Local Power AFL junior products Noah McKimm, Alex Brady, Toby Ruhl and Riley Johnston.
HISTORY-making Port Stephens Power AFL men’s team has opened their 2025 Hunter Central Coast Seniors Black Diamond Plate campaign in winning fashion. Fielding a senior men’s team for the first time, the Power line-up etched their names in the record books with an encouraging 73-45 victory over the Muswellbrook Cats at Ferodale Oval. Tall on-baller […]
Nelson Bay Marlins AFL co-captains Billy Barton (left) and Louis Dews turned in outstanding games in the club’s 219-1 victory over Cardiff Hawks Seconds.
NELSON Bay Marlins are a force to be reckoned with in the 2025 Hunter Central Coast Senior Men’s Black Diamond Plate competition. The much-vaunted Marlins outclassed Cardiff Hawks’ seconds team by a staggering 219-1 in an opening round fixture at Dick Burwell Oval – stamping their mark as premiership favourites. Top Marlins forward Billy Barton […]
Emerging Nelson Bay swimmers Lara Budd, Ebony Nix, Lachlan Parker, Stefan Grant and Randal Ingram are competing at the Australian and New Zealand Age Swimming Championships.
CORLETTE superfish Ebony Nix and Stefan Grant are chasing national swimming championship medals in different countries. The talented duo are part of a strong Nelson Bay Swim Club contingent that will participate in this week’s Australian Age Swimming Championships at Brisbane Aquatic Centre. Thirteen year old whiz kid Stefan – the club’s youngest national qualifier […]
Millie Meadows of Soldiers Point was presented with a prized retro Balmain Tigers rugby league jumper from Regis Port Stephens staff on her 101st birthday.
A LOVE of horses, punting and the famous Balmain Tigers rugby league club has enriched the life of Soldiers Point centenarian Millie Meadows. A passion for all three pastimes runs deep in this evergreen and charming character, who is blessed with good health and a sense of humour. The Regis Port Stephens resident celebrated two […]
Port Stephens pickleball hot shots Tony Mayers and John Grace with Anna Bay’s John McDonald and Doonbah’s Terry Broadbent.
PORT Stephens pickleball warriors Tony Mayers and John Grace have a spring in their step when they prepare for action on the court. Having formed a potent doubles partnership on the national circuit, the experienced duo are savouring deserved honours on the seniors pickleball scene. Fingal Bay hotshot Mayers and the power-hitting Grace from One […]
Talented Nelson Bay rugby recruits Will Clark, Oliver Edwards, Jacob Affleck and Jarrod Zuvela will boost the Gropers’ first grade men's squad in 2025.
NELSON Bay Rugby Club will invest in a proven youth policy in its quest for championship honours in the 2025 Hunter Suburban Men’s Rugby competition. The Gropers will parade an exciting batch of promising colts for this year’s first grade campaign under the guidance of new coach Zion Takarua. Still reeling from their shock 12-7 […]
Former Parramatta and Kangaroos forward John Muggleton, Cronulla Sharks Hall of Fame inductee David Peachey and Balmain Tigers legend Neil Pringle were guests of the Port Stephens Family of League.
THEY don’t breed them any tougher than rugby league personality forward Neil “Bing” Pringle. A fine ball runner and cover defender in his heyday, the legendary Newtown and Balmain lock held his own against some of the greatest rugby league champions during the rough and tumble 1970s. Pringle, 72, took a trip down memory lane […]
Gary Peters, Dale Rabbett, Arthur Poynting.
WHEN the Gloucester Veteran Golfers played their fifth round of their Summer Cup on Tuesday 14 January Gary Peters turned in a score showing a handy two-point lead over the field. The day was warm and fine which was a nice change over the damp Tuesday of the previous week although the course was […]
Judy Sheely's team.
WE CERTAINTLY got a warm welcome back for 2025 for our first Point Score competition and it was good to have 18 ladies venture out with a welcome to Catherine Chen whom we welcome from Scone. We managed to have 10 ends of Triples before the heat chased us indoors. Suzanne Cross,Joan Ridgeway and […]
Steve Smith is under a fitness cloud for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka after injuring an elbow. Photo: Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS.
STAND-IN Australian captain Steve Smith has suffered an elbow injury just 10 days out from the first Test in Sri Lanka, potentially delaying his departure for a crucial pre-series camp. The 35-year-old damaged his right elbow while throwing in the field for the Sydney Sixers in their washed-out Big Bash League derby against the […]
