Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Local Racing
THERE are three certainties in life – death, taxes and Lesgo Don when he races at Moree. Well, maybe not quite, but the popular galloper with a huge following again proved the spacious Moree track is his preferred circuit with a last-stride win in the 1400m Patrons’ BM-58 Handicap on Friday. The win, his third [...]
Local Racing
SIENA Grima’s have-saddle-will-travel approach to race-riding steps up a notch at Muswellbrook today, where she has three rides on the seven-race card leading into Melbourne Cup week. Grima won on Crimson Bonnet at Moree on Friday for Tamworth trainer Sue Grills. She then headed to Randwick on Saturday for one ride, finishing third on Chris [...]
Local Racing
TOOWOOMBA jockey Les “Bubba” Tilley made the most of a rare trip south of the border on Friday, with a hat-trick of wins at Moree Race Club’s TAB Tradies Day. Tilley opened the eight-race card with a soft win in the 1300m Gwydir Gallop Class 1 Handicap with Pat Webster’s blue-blooded gelding Pan a Million [...]
Tradies' Day
THE rise and rise of Siena Grima continues at Moree today, with the Tamworth apprentice taking five rides at the eight-race Tradies Day TAB meeting. Grima, fresh from five winners on Coonabarabran Cup day, has ridden 109 winners since her first day on the job at Deepwater last year, where she rode her first winner [...]
Moree Races
MOREE Race Club tomorrow stages its eight-race Tradies’ TAB meeting, and Inverell trainer Ridge Wilson will bring a team of six runners across from the Sapphire City – all with tradesmanlike qualities, he says. And no horse better suits that description than Lesgo Don, owned locally by Les Quinn and his family. Lesgo Don will [...]
Flashback Friday
IT was a rugby league knock-out competition that drew nearly 30 teams from across New South Wales and southern Queensland – but it was much more than that. The ABCARE Greater Western Challenge at Boughton Oval on Saturday – hosted by Moree Boars Rugby League Club – was about bringing people together. And while Cabbage [...]
This Sporting Life
THE list reads like a who’s who of Moree sporting greats – a glossary of champions. The Greg Jones Sporting Hall of Fame at Moree Plains Museum catalogues dozens of local champions who have represented New South Wales or Australia at senior level. The call is now on to add new names to the list, [...]
Fit For Life
THE Fit for Life program at Moree PCYC is back for Term 4, with before-school sessions scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fit for Life, co-ordinated by Moree PCYC staff in partnership with Moree Secondary College Clontarf Academy and NSW Police youth engagement officers, is designed for 10- to 16-year-olds. The program promotes physical fitness, wellbeing and [...]
Junior Sport
THE winter chills are gone and it’s time to oil the chains, dust off the helmets and make sure the tyres are pumped and airtight – Moree Riders’ Club is back in action, with a new-look season ahead. Club president Steele Sutton said the 2025-2026 season, starting Thursday, October 23, will run for 12 weeks. [...]
Rowdo’s Day 2025
THERE were six teams and perfect weather – and Chris Rowden watching every ball bowled and every wicket taken at Ron Harborne Oval on Saturday. Rowdo’s 10s Day, the official launch of senior cricket in Moree, is a day to celebrate one the game’s greats – and not so much about who wins and who [...]
