MAITLAND Pickers first grade rugby league team are proving a force to be reckoned with again in the Newcastle Rugby League Denton Engineering Cup premiership. The four time champions showed why they are the side to beat for the 2026 title after a resounding 48-12 triumph over the resurgent Northern Hawks last Sunday at the […]

The award-winning Raymond Terrace Bowling Club will host a round of the Bowls for Brisbane: The Long Roll initiative this Saturday, in a bid to carry out the world’s farthest game of lawn bowls. Raymond Terrace Bowling Club’s Lee Schraner and Matt Baus. Photo: supplied, RTBC. RAYMOND Terrace Bowling Club (RTBC) has been selected to […]

RUGBY warrior Nathan McLeay will celebrate a special milestone this weekend when he chalks up his 100th appearance for the Nelson Bay Rugby Club. The teak-tough front rower is set to join a select band of players on the Hunter Suburban Rugby century honour roll in the Gropers’ big clash with rivals Cooks Hill Brown […]

A selection of scenes from the Brian Lawrence Memorial Handicap. Photo: Cory Small/Camera Crave. A selection of scenes from the Brian Lawrence Memorial Handicap. Photo: Cory Small/Camera Crave. A selection of scenes from the Brian Lawrence Memorial Handicap. Photo: Cory Small/Camera Crave. A selection of scenes from the Brian Lawrence Memorial Handicap. Photo: Cory Small/Camera […]

Emerging Raymond Terrace athlete Audrey Russell proudly displays her gold medal after winning the 15yrs Girls 3000m Race Walk at the recent Australian Athletics Junior Championships in Brisbane. Photo: supplied. National 15yrs Girls 3000m Race Walk champion Audrey Russell demonstrates her gold medal-winning style on the track. Photo: supplied. RAYMOND Terrace has produced a new […]

PREPARATIONS for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Newcastle will ramp up early, with Japan and Ireland confirmed for an international rugby Test at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday 11 July 2026. Japan’s head coach Eddie Jones was in Newcastle last week to make the announcement, with the fixture forming part of the lead-up to […]

CORLETTE’S Rafe Grant has stamped his name as one of the nation’s premier distance swimmers for his age group. Lining up at his first Australian Age Swim championships at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre last week, the emerging 13-year-old produced a herculean effort in the pool to confirm his status as a future endurance star. […]

PORT Stephens hurdler Anna Taylor-Anderson is lapping up Australia’s re-emergence as a track and field powerhouse. Inspired by the deeds of sprint kings Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy, as well as Torrie Lewis and distance queen Jessica Hull, the 15-year-old Salamander Bay schoolgirl has set her sights on competing at the 2027 Commonwealth Youth Games […]

NELSON Bay Marlins AFL stalwart Adam Blyth has chalked up a significant playing milestone. The blue and gold’s warrior celebrated his 250th appearance for the club during the Marlins’ 95-80 loss to the Killarney Vale Bombers in opening round action in the 2026 AFL Hunter Central Coast Black Diamond Senior Mens Cup competition. Despite the […]