SALAMANDER Bay cricketer Ed Williams is riding a wave of success with the Stockton and Northern Districts first grade team in the Newcastle District Cricket Rippit premiership. The young pace ace is revelling in his new ball role for the high flying Seagulls, who have opened up a five point lead at the top of […]

Port Stephens rep players will mix it with the best at the Junior State Cup OzTag in Coffs Harbour. Anna Bay’s Zara McCaull is a player to watch in the U13s. She was Players’ Player at last year’s U12 championship. PORT Stephens OzTag will parade their emerging talent at the upcoming NSW Junior State Cup […]

PORT Stephens Athletics Centre mainstays have opened the new season in record-breaking fashion. Ten of the club’s most promising juniors have entered the record books with inspirational performances on the track and field at Tomaree Sports Complex. Port Stephens Athletics Centre president Michelle Chan told News Of The Area that the spate of records in […]

A TALENTED crop of young athletes from the Port Stephens region have left their mark at the inaugural Fijian Cup OzTag tournament in Saratoga. Competing under the Hunter Brothers banner, the skilful contingent produced top displays to reach the finals of the international Men’s Division, staged at Lawaqa Park on Fiji’s Coral Coast. The young […]

SHOAL Bay rugby sensation Zoe Smith has commenced the New Year with a significant milestone. On Australia Day, fierce competitor Zoe received the Port Stephens Council Sportsperson of the Year Award. The award recognises her deeds with the NSW Waratahs U16s rugby and NSW Combined High Schools touch football teams last season. It is a […]

RAYMOND Terrace Athletics Centre have unearthed a real find in middle distance running sensation Ashlyn Wall. The budding 17-year-old track ace demonstrated her sprinting prowess with a double gold medal haul at the recent NSW Country Athletics Championships in Dubbo. Fleet footed Ashlyn powered her way to victory in the Women’s U20s 400m and 800m […]

A FAMILY wish has triggered a prominent pathway for budding Salamander Bay snowboarder Nate Hodgson. The 12-year-old Tomaree High School boy developed a love for the snow back in 2019 after elder sister Kaylee was diagnosed with cancer at the age of eight. Her ‘Grant-A-Wish’ was to see and play in snow for the first […]

NELSON Bay Rugby Club have bolstered their first grade stocks for 2026 with the signatures of premiership-winning Scone Brumbies prop Jack Albury and Epping Rams hooker forward Luke Sweeney. Both recruits are a welcome addition to the Gropers’ playing ranks as the club strives for premiership honours in the Hunter Suburban Mens Rugby competition. Rugged […]

EMERGING Port Stephens netballers Lucy De Souza and Maalaa McLennan will represent the Australian Indigenous Netball Schools squad in 2026. The outstanding duo earned selection after skilful performances at the annual Budgies Indigenous Junior Netball Carnival recently at Brisbane’s Nissan Arena. Goal attack, 13-year-old, Maalaa and talented wing attack Lucy,14, are set to gain valuable […]

CREAM of Nelson Bay’s emerging touch footballers are primed for strong showings at this year’s Junior State Cup Northern Conference Championships in Dubbo. Billed as the premier NSW Touch Football junior representative event, the Cup’s northern conference players return to the central west to test their stamina and skills from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 […]