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. […]

PORT Stephens Power senior women’s AFL team capped a big day for the club after trouncing the Muswellbrook Cats 94-6 at Ferodale Oval. The 88 point triumph preceded the Power men’ s team’s historic victory over the Cats at the same venue later that afternoon. It was a powerful and dominant performance by the Power […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]