Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Picnic Racing
THE “crazy lady” from Muswellbrook – five-year-old mare Avoid Me – and champion approved rider Leandro Ribeiro kept their unbeaten picnic record intact with a powerhouse win in the 1600m Boggabri Business Houses Wean Picnic Cup on Saturday. Ribeiro and Avoid Me – trained at Muswellbrook by the jockey’s partner, Julia Presits – are now [...]
Picnic Racing
JOURNEYMAN jockey Paul Zerafa is on the road again, and heads to Wean picnic races today with five strong rides. The 1200km round-trip from his base at Kembla Grange to Wean racecourse, nestled on the Manilla Road about 30km east of Boggabri, is one of Zerafa’s shorter drives. In recent weeks, he’s travelled more than [...]
Group 4 League
REIGNING Group 4 first-grade premiers Moree Boars made a statement on Sunday when walloping Dungowan Cowboys 52-4 away from home. The clinical win put the Boars in a clear third on the Group 4 first-grade competition ladder with 14 points, three behind Werris Creek Magpies and one point behind Boggabri Kangaroos. “It was a great [...]
Group 4 League
MOREE Boars reserve-grade retained their top-of-the-table ranking when overcoming the odds and depleted numbers to beat Dungowan Cowboys 32-18 at Dungowan Recreation Ground on Sunday. Team manager Charlier Shearer, who shares coaching duties with Alf Newman, said the Moree squad travelled to Dungowan down on numbers due to a few “no-shows” and injuries, but produced [...]
Border Racing
IT’S a toss-up who’s done the most miles in the past three or four weeks – Inverell trainer Jo Methven and her tough old gelding Better Tomorrow, or her well-travelled son, apprentice jockey Glenn Cahill, who launched his career in Ireland before returning to Australia. Methven and Better Tomorrow went to Rockhampton last month – [...]
Border Racing
SIX years ago, heavyweight Inverell hoop Scott Sweedman took four rides at the Mungindi Cup meeting – Swiglars, Brown Brown, Valleseco and Newcastle Dancer – and returned home with four winners In 2023, he secured three rides at the once-a-year meeting – and rode two winners. On Saturday, the 48-year-old jockey drove to Mungindi for [...]
Border Racing
ARMIDALE gelding Awesome Tycoon chases a hat-trick of bush cups when trainer Jane Clement legs up 3kg-claiming apprentice Bronte Simpson in the 1400m Namoi Cotton and B&W Rural Mungindi Cup on Saturday. Awesome Tycoon won the Boolooroo Cup at Moree picnic races in May, when ridden by Eloise Drews, before annexing the Walgett Cup in [...]
Grassroots Sport
MOREE and district sporting organisations and clubs are encouraged to apply for funding following the opening of the Local Sport Grant Program. Up to $4.65 million will be available for facility upgrades, new equipment and programs that support and encourage participation in sport and active recreation in New South Wales. Grants of $2000 to $20,000 [...]
MX Moree
LOCAL MX riders Max Anderson, Trent Loder, Jaxon Page and Jesse Moore led the laps for Moree, with impressive performances at the Ironman MX Series Round 4 at Boolooroo Raceway at the weekend. Moree Motorcycle Club president Matt Anderson said the two-day event was a major success, with riders from across New South Wales and [...]
Lawn Bowls
DURING the past 12 months, 164 lawn bowls teams from across New South Wales competed for two coveted spots in the State Fours Grade 4 Pennants Final, held at Wagga Wagga at the weekend. After a 2024-2025 season for the ages, involving countless trips across the north-west and New England region, Moree Services Club Magpies [...]
