NELSON Bay Football Club have enhanced their reputation as a soccer powerhouse in the Port Stephens region. With six grand final championship victories in this year’s Newcastle Football Community inter-district junior and senior competitions, the Bay are basking in success. Fifteen of the club’s 23 community competition teams qualified for the 2026 semi-finals, with 11 […]

RISING Nelson Bay athlete, Malia Foster has achieved a significant early career milestone. The gifted 10-year-old will realise a personal goal when she competes at her first State Primary Schools Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre next month. A Year 4 pupil at St Michael’s Catholic Primary School at Nelson Bay, Foster is […]

SALAMANDER Bay’s Tomaree High School has unearthed another crop of State athletics champions. Spearheaded by boom all-rounder Anna Taylor, the Port Stephens-based school turned in outstanding performances at last week’s NSW Combined High School Athletics Championships in Sydney. Fifteen-year-old Taylor enhanced her reputation by claiming two gold medals and a bronze to stamp herself as […]

TALENTED Nelson Bay goal attack Brooke Hunter won’t forget her debut coaching stint in the Newcastle Netball Association in a hurry. When the representative shooter’s playing commitments with Kotara Souths Tigers in the Tri Series Championship clashed with her desire to lead the Nelson Bay Navigators attack in the 21 Years Division Two competition, she […]

RAYMOND Terrace Athletics Centre’s 50th anniversary season is off to a flying start – literally. The club’s Jubilee campaign is set to take off with a specially approved commemorative group photo with a 77 Squadron F-35A Lightning II supersonic stealth fighter at RAAF Williamtown. All registered athletes are eligible to attend. It’s an exciting and […]

ALL-conquering Newcastle City are the team to beat for this year’s Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Senior Mens Cup premiership title. The slick Blues outfit demonstrated their champion qualities with a crushing 136-19 victory over the Nelson Bay Marlins in a superb qualifying final performance last Saturday at Max McMahon Oval. In a masterful […]

Nelson Bay Strikers fifth grade baseball team finished joint champions with Woodberry Wolves. Standing, left to right: Andrew Benn, Craig Burton, Lachlan Urquhart, Ray Anderson, Hayden McGlinchy, Ryan Hodgson, Dave Pollard; front Tim Poole, Clinton Walshe, Robbie Pukallus, Dave Connors (captain), Bill Marshall (coach); absent Elliot John. Photo: Nelson Bay Baseball. Nelson Bay Strikers’ talented […]

MEDOWIE Football Club has had phenomenal success in the 2026 Newcastle Football Community interdistrict junior and senior competitions. In one of their finest seasons on record, the Bumblebees have annexed six championship titles – a magnificent accomplishment for the Port Stephens-based club. Three Medowie FC teams – the Boys under-12/1, Girls under-13/1 and the Mens […]

TOMAREE High School has enhanced its reputation as a touch football powerhouse. Renowned for its sporting prowess in the Port Stephens region, the Salamander Bay-based school’s Year 9/10 Girls touch football team was crowned State champions last week at the Kingsway Playing Fields in Werrington. Competing at the NSW Touch Football All Schools State Championships, […]