Lifestyle coverage
Health and Education
APPLICATIONS are now open for two long-running $10,000 scholarships supporting rural health students from the Moree and Gwydir regions. Supported by HealthWISE and the Gwydir Cotton Growers Association, the Dr William Hunter and Healthy Communities scholarships provide financial support for local students studying medicine, nursing or allied health. Last year’s recipient, Madelyn Johnson, said the [...]
Moree Masons
VISITING Masons from across New South Wales joined special guests in Moree on Saturday night to celebrate the installation of Lodge Courallie’s new Worshipful Master, Roman Modzelewski. Guests included past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of NSW and ACT, Les Hicks, 94-year-old Right Worshipful Brother John Walker from Palm Beach, Moree Plains Shire [...]
Community Funding
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is encouraging sporting clubs and recreation facilities from across the region to apply for the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. The program is aimed at providing a grant of up to $3000 for clubs and facilities across New South Wales to purchase Automated External Defibrillators. Mr Moylan said it [...]
Running Room Only
THERE was running room only in Balo Street Friday night when Run the Plains 2025 was launched in front of a record crowd under perfect conditions. Hundreds of spectators lined both sides of the main street as runners of all ages and abilities contested a series of running events designed to promote health, fitness and [...]
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
DUAL Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Roberto Frias – Professor Bob – will be in Moree in October to exclusively teach super-classes for kids and adults. Brazilian jiu-jitsu, known as BJJ, is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting and submission holds. Moree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club will host Frias at an [...]
Run the Plains
WITH perfect weather forecast and record nominations, the starter’s gun is poised and ready to launch the two-day Run the Plains community-led running festival in Moree on Friday. Organisers are thrilled to announce Cirque-Um-Navigate will bring their incredible roving performance to Run the Plains on opening night. Cirque-Um-Navigate has performed across Australia at regional shows, [...]
Small Business Month
NARRABRI Shire Council is celebrating the strength and growth of the region’s hospitality sector with the Serving Success: Hospitality Industry Summit 2025, to be held on Thursday, October 30 from 2pm to 5pm at The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri. The event is part of NSW Small Business Month activities being hosted by Council in October and [...]
Gone Fishin’
MORE than 1000 anglers of all ages – from mums and dads and extended families to youth who love to drop a line – will take part in the inaugural Fish Reflections catch-and-release fishing competition this weekend, flocking to popular and remote waterways across New South Wales, including Copeton Dam and Lake Keepit. Registrations are [...]
Regional Sport
THE Bingara bowling greens will undergo an overhaul thanks to a grant from the Community Building Partnership program. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan visited the Bingara Sporting Club to deliver the $18,000 in funding which will see wheelchair access to the green improved, more seating and shade, and repairs to the green’s ditch head. [...]
War On Terror
AFTER 9/11, Australia sent soldiers from the Special Air Service Regiment to Afghanistan. More than 25 years later, their suffering continues. The SAS now tell their story of what really happened in Afghanistan and Iraq in the film, Bravery and Betrayal, which features at a special screening in Moree on Thursday. Bravery and Betrayal will [...]
