Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Group 4
MOREE Boars second-grade outfit suffered their first loss for the season after copping a 42-12 thumping from Werris Creek Magpies in Group 4 rugby league at David Taylor Oval on Saturday. Winger Steve Le Milliere scored for Moree in the opening minutes, but that’s where it stopped, with hooker David Annis-Brown scoring just before the [...]
The Golden Triangle
TAMWORTH jockey Sarah Curtis gave Quirindi trainer Geoff O’Brien the third leg of a winning treble at Talmoi on Saturday when they teamed up to win the 1200m Providore Global-Toowoomba Truck Spares Col Goldman Class 1 Handicap with five-year-old mare Akauwheo. O’Brien, a former picnic jockey who rode when weights and distances were measured in [...]
The Golden Triangle
DURING the past four weeks, Kembla Grange jockey Paul Zerafa and good mate and agent Luke Galea have driven more than 4500km in search of winners on bush racing’s Golden Triangle. Zerafa drew blanks at Moree and Mallawa, but made up the shortfall with a hard-fought win on Gavin Groth’s Norman in the 1400m B&W [...]
The Golden Triangle
IT’S been a long run of outs for Zara Lewis, but the Inverell rider made up for lost ground with a hat-trick of wins at Talmoi picnic races on Saturday. Lewis’s last visit to the winners’ stall was on Star Stroke for Stuart Canham at Tottenham picnic races in early March, and Saturday’s treble was [...]
Joeys World Cup
MOREE junior soccer stars Aden Bridge and Sarsha Maas fly out of Brisbane tonight, headed to Europe to tour Germany as part of the 2025 Joeys All-Star Team. Sarsha and Aden are part of a 36-strong squad of talented young footballers selected from New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland, after playing in the Rale [...]
The Golden Triangle
PUNTERS wondering what time the gates open at Talmoi on Saturday, need to take a look at Garah icon Cedda O’Neill’s diary – the races don’t start until he gets there. A day at Talmoi without Cedda O’Neill trackside would be like a day at the races without the horses. Cedda turns 93 next month, [...]
Regional News
GUNNEDAH Shire Council has adopted final Master Plans for the Gunnedah Showground and riverine precincts following extensive community engagement. The Master Plans provide a clear vision for the future development and ongoing operation of the Gunnedah Showground and riverside precinct, which includes Donnelly Fields, Namoi Fields and the Woolshed Reserve. Gunnedah Shire Council mayor, Colleen [...]
Regional Sport
BARRABA Rugby is now home to new changerooms and new playground, providing a boost to the club’s existing facility and offering more inclusivity. The addition of new changerooms will support the club in being able to host larger games and community events. Some of the key features of the new facility include additional toilet facilities, [...]
Junior Sport
MOREE Riders’ Club this week completed its autumn three-race series – a timely wind-up as winter takes hold. The club, formed last year by Steele Sutton and a group of parents and volunteers, has completely reshaped the old velodrome circuit at the end of Endeavour Lane, near Taylor Oval. The Moree Riders’ Track has held [...]
The Golden Triangle
TWO years ago, Ringside defied all-comers to win the 1400m Warren and Ruth Hunter Memorial Talmoi Picnic Cup, and Collarenebri trainer Kelly Smith hopes the now nine-year-old can collar the time-honoured race again on Saturday. Ringside showed he was far from a spent force when a last-start third, beaten a length, behind Connie Greig’s stablemates [...]
