Lifestyle coverage
Junior Sport
KIDS across the Moree Plains are encouraged to “try before they buy” when Moree Little Athletics stages a games night on Wednesday, October 23 to launch the 2024-2025 junior athletics’ season. Little As club president, Kelly James, invites families to come along and try it out before committing to the entire season. “If kids are [...]
Sponsored Content
AFTER 12 months of tweaking, fine-tuning and perfecting, Sparkes Jewellers in Moree and Goondiwindi have launched their new website – and it’s an absolute sparkler. Owners Stephen and Robyn Sparke have been working closely with Brisbane web designers, Alessandro Meucci Creative & Marketing Agency, to create an online masterpiece befitting their enterprise, and Alessandro has [...]
New England Police District
INSPECTOR Phil Malligan this week signed off from the New England Police District after filling the role of District Inspector in Moree for the past three-and-a-half years. He’s seen it all in that time – and responded accordingly. Floods, border closures and COVID-19 lockdowns are just some of the challenges Insp Malligan has faced since [...]
Moree Cricket
CHRIS Rowden was looking down and smiling. There is absolutely no doubt about that. At Ron Harborne Oval on Saturday afternoon, six teams on three ovals had a few games of friendly, 10-over cricket for the bloke that started the short and sharp concept in Moree in 2023. Rowden’s mates came from everywhere to pad [...]
Festive Entertainment
TICKETS for the free New South Wales Seniors’ Christmas Concerts in Moree are now available, with seniors urged to snap them up and enjoy the festive fun. The concerts star singing sensations Amy Lehpamer from the musical & Juliet, Arlo Sims, Liz Player and Emily Kate, from The Voice, and Will Skarpona from the Conservatorium [...]
Oceania Junior Cup
THE switch from dirt-track racing to road-bike racing has been a natural progression for 12-year-old Jed Louis, who takes his place in the bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup road-racing competition next weekend at Phillip Island, ahead of the Australian MotoGP. Jed, who with parents Simon and Maria Louis, lived in Moree for 10 years before [...]
Gone Fishing!
MORE than 150 recreational anglers cast lines to help clear Moree and district waterways of unwanted European carp on Sunday as part of the Gone Fishing Carp Muster, organised locally by Northern Slopes Landcare Association and OzFish. Online registrations were ticked off from around 6am at Jellicoe Park by Kiara Temperley from Landcare and Jay [...]
Rising Sun Film Society
The Road Dance is a 2022 film written by Richie Adams and John MacKay. The film is based on a novel by the same name, written by MacKay. The Road Dance is set in the early years of the First World War on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where it was also [...]
Regional News
ROSES, ranunculus and rhododendrons will replace racehorses and running rails in early November – Melbourne Cup week – when Armidale racecourse hosts the New England Garden Festival on November 2-3. The two-day event is part of a week-long gardening and growing expo across the New England region, including open garden events at Walcha, Uralla, Guyra, [...]
One Foot Forward
IN 2023, Moree’s Luke Woods and a group of volunteers raised more than $22,000 as part of the One Foot Forward campaign to raise awareness and funds for the Black Dog Institute. The group walked nearly 30 kilometres from Weebolla rugby grounds to Pallamallawa to support those suffering from mental health issues and remember those [...]
