ASPIRING netballers from the Port Stephens region returned to competitive action last weekend with an extra spring in their step. Both Nelson Bay and Port Stephens netball associations launched the 2025 season campaigns with healthy numbers in all ranks. Undeterred by a period of inclement weather, it was all systems go with pin point shooting, […]

IT was a case of déjà vu for Nelson Bay Rugby Club when they locked horns with Cooks Hill Brown Snakes in Hunter Suburban Men’s Rugby action at Empire Park at Bar Beach. Lining up for their first match of the season following an opening round bye, the Gropers suffered a heart-breaking 18-15 loss to […]

RISING Port Stephens athlete Anna Taylor-Anderson has been recognised for her sterling efforts on and off the athletics track. The talented 14-year-old from Salamander Bay received the prestigious Lee Thompson Memorial Sportsmanship Award at Port Stephens Athletics Club’s end-of-season presentation at Soldiers Point Bowling Club. It was a fitting reward for the Tomaree High School […]

JILLAROOS rugby league hooker Olivia Higgins has spent time in camp with the NSW Women’s Origin squad. The Raymond Terrace golden girl was named in the 20-player Sky Blues squad that began their first week-long camp at Sydney Olympic Park last week, before travelling to Brisbane for the series opener against Queensland at Suncorp Stadium. […]

THE NSW Marathon Outrigger Canoe Championships will see competitors paddling their way towards victory at Shoal Bay Beach this weekend, 3-4 May. “It’s heartening to see the support of the local community and its Council [for] this magnificent sport, where all ages can be competitive and enjoy the wonderful land and seascape of amazing Port […]

  Sail Port Stephens 2025 Performance Series Div 1 IRC winner Hooligan. Photo: Promocean Media.   IRC Div 2 winner Zen 40. Photo: Promocean Media.   Super RC IRC winner Bumblebee V. Photo: Promocean Media.   Super RC line honours winner Wild Oats X. Photo: Promocean Media.   Super RC PHS winner 51st Project. Photo: […]

PORT Stephens Power and Nelson Bay Marlins senior women’s AFL teams have set a cracking pace in this year’s Hunter Central Coast Black Diamond Plate competition. Both clubs are entrenched at the top of the premiership table after posting back-to-back victories in the opening two rounds of the 2025 series. Emma Chester’s revamped Power line […]

“ANOTHER year, another title challenge” is the motto for Nelson Bay Gropers’ top grade men’s rugby squad in 2025. Rocked by their shock exit in last year’s Hunter Suburban Rugby first grade preliminary final, the Gropers are a club on a mission this season and regaining the Presidents Cup premiership trophy is high on the […]

CAPTURING your first ever hole-in-one is the dream of any prospective golfer. To achieve the feat at the age of eighteen at the second oldest golf club in Victoria was a special moment for Boat Harbour’s rising star Amy Squires during the recent Riversdale Cup tournament in Melbourne. Competing in the women’s event, Amy finished […]

MATILDAS star Mary Fowler has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and is in a race against time to play in next year’s home Asian Cup. Manchester City had been hopeful the brilliant winger had avoided the dreaded injury, suffered when she appeared to wrench her right knee while overstretching for the ball on Sunday. […]