Moree Giants launch junior rugby league season on a winning note

HUNDREDS of kids – boys and girls – pulled on their jerseys and laced up the footy boots at Boughton Oval on Saturday to launch the Moree Giants’ 2026 junior rugby league season. The Giants hosted Inverell Hawks across three fields, with under-6s through to under-17s girls running on. Moree Giants club president Steve Cory [...]

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Moree’s Karen Tighe fulfils role as NSW Indigenous women’s cricket team assistant coach

KAREN Tighe is back home in Moree after completing her role as assistant coach of the New South Wales Indigenous women’s cricket team, runners-up to Victoria in the women’s grand-final at the National Indigenous Cricket Championships in Mackay recently. Tighe, selected alongside fellow assistant coach Zoya Thakur and head coach Kerry Marshall, is one of [...]

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Next generation of bull riding stars named for PBR Origin 2026

EMERGING bull-riding stars, 13-year-old Kassedy Carlon from Bundarra, 10-year-old Chase Berry from Gunnedah and 16-year-old Liam Birks from Tamworth have been selected to represent New South Wales for the 2026 Professional Bull Riders Australia Monster Energy Origin Series’ junior teams. Junior riders will compete at all three Origin events in Newcastle, Brisbane and Sydney, with [...]

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Bush racing’s Golden Triangle starts at Moree Saturday, May 23

THE highly-anticipated first round of bush racing’s Golden Triangle – the heart of bush racing in the heart of the country – is only four weeks away. The annual picnic racing circuit linking Moree, Mallawa and Talmoi is again expected to bring big crowds from across the region to enjoy bush racing at its finest. [...]

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Sport kicking goals for regional tourism

WITH ongoing concern over the impact of the fuel crisis on regional tourism, sporting events continue to have strong attendances, providing a much-needed uptick in visitation. Shadow Minister for Tourism Kevin Anderson attended the 2026 Your Local Club Regional Academy Games in Tamworth at the weekend, which brought close to 1000 junior athletes from across [...]

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Boars repeat grand-final win against Gunnedah – with the same scoreline

MOREE Boars defeated Gunnedah Bulldogs 32-16 in last year’s Group 4 rugby league grand-final – and incredibly, the score was replicated in the 2026 season opener against the same team at Boughton Oval on Saturday. About 15 minutes from full-time, comeback kid Jamie Sampson landed a four-pointer when the Boars desperately needed points, and winger [...]

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Business as usual for Moree Boars second-grade with big win against Gunnedah

IT was business as usual at Boughton Oval on Saturday when Moree Boars second-grade squad launched their 2026 Group 4 season with a thumping 50-18 win against Gunnedah Bulldogs. Boasting a raft of new players, the Boars ran in nine tries to three against Gunnedah in a dominant display. Daniel Smith, wearing the No.21 jersey [...]

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Travelling lawn-bowlers visit Moree for fun, mateship and a few social ends

BOWLERS from Warialda, Bingara and Narrabri arrived in Moree Saturday morning to play in the Travelling Bowlers’ social lawn-bowls competition at Moree Services Club – and every team was a winner. Moree Services Club Travelling Bowlers secretary Michael Ivanov said the competition is anything but, with the eventual winner decided by an all-important hat-draw at [...]

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Funding available for innovative women’s sport projects

NEW South Wales sporting organisations can apply for a share of $500,000 funding for innovative initiatives that will increase participation in sport by women and girls, on and off the field as part of the Play Her Way innovation program. The Play Her Way women’s sport strategy is a four-year plan to facilitate opportunities for [...]

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Geoff O’Brien targets feature races at Warialda tomorrow

QUIRINDI trainer Geoff O’Brien makes a rare visit to Warialda tomorrow with three runners – and he says all three will run well. “I’ve only been to Warialda a few times with runners and maybe won a maiden there,” he said. O’Brien starts versatile mare Akauwheo in the 1400m Anipro Warialda Cup, with in-form apprentice [...]

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