NELSON Bay Navigators’ 21-years netball team is flying high and poised for premiership honours. The skilful lineup demonstrated why they’re firm favourites to clinch the Newcastle Netball Association 21-years Division 2 competition after blitzing second-ranked Souths Holly 52-30 in last Saturday’s qualifying final at the National Park courts. It was a dominant finals performance by […]

NELSON Bay’s first-grade rugby team has fallen agonisingly short in the quest for the 2026 Hunter Suburban Rugby Presidents Cup A Grade championship trophy. Scone Brumbies rule the roost after securing back-to-back premiership titles with a hard-fought 34-24 grand final victory over the Gropers last Saturday at Newcastle’s No. 2 Sportsground. The trusty boot of […]

CORLETTE schoolgirl Maebel Colley has experienced a memorable week on the local sporting front. Fresh after being named Player of the NSW Combined High Schools under-15 touch football team, the emerging rugby league halfback has steered the Nelson Bay Marlins into a Hunter Junior League grand final appearance. The outstanding Tomaree High School athlete was […]

NELSON Bay rugby stocks couldn’t be healthier following the inspirational deeds of the Gropers’ first grade and under-1616s outfits in Hunter Suburban and Junior Rugby grand finals last weekend. While the Scone Brumbies captured back-to-back Presidents Cup A Grade titles it was the junior Gropers who won the hearts of rugby diehards with a courageous […]

NELSON Bay Marlins Junior Rugby League Club will be chasing silverware this weekend in the women’s tackle ranks. The club’s talented under-14 Girls squad are primed to bring home the Hunter Junior League Division Three trophy when they square off with rivals Greta-Branxton Colts in grand final action this Saturday at St John Oval in […]

WARNERS Bay Bulldogs have struck a late-season blow to Nelson Bay Marlins’ title aspirations in the AFL Hunter Central Coast Black Diamond Senior Men’s Cup series. The fifth-placed Bulldogs – celebrating the club’s 50th anniversary – tuned up for the finals with a classic 83-74 victory over the fourth-ranked Marlins last weekend at Dick Burwell […]

100 Pickleball players coming together for the ultimate rivalry. Photo: Sean Andrews. Players in action. Photo: Sean Andrews. MORE than 100 pickleball players took to the Tomaree Netball Courts on Sunday for a new competition bringing Port Stephens players together with their Sydney rivals. The inaugural Interclub Challenge was held on 30 August between the […]

NELSON Bay Marlins AFL men’s team is gathering momentum in the quest for premiership honours in the AFL Hunter Central Coast Senior Men’s Cup series. Having already locked up fourth spot, the in-form Marlins showed their champion qualities with a resounding 97-16 victory over Maitland Saints last weekend at Max McMahon Oval. They are now […]

LIFE is fascinating on the sporting front for Nelson Bay Rugby Club’s speed machine Jake Langsford. As the Gropers mount a serious challenge for this year’s Hunter Suburban Rugby Presidents Cup A Grade trophy, all eyes will be on the flying winger who has found a purple patch of form. The elusive Langsford has produced […]

NELSON Bay Gropers’ first grade rugby team is on the Hunter Suburban Presidents Cup A Grade premiership prowl. After a three-year hiatus, the established Port Stephens-based club is ready to bring the coveted championship trophy back to the region. In what is shaping as an epic contest, Michael Squires’ hungry Gropers will lock horns with […]