Mallawa picnic racing steeped in history

BEFORE Mallawa came along in 1930 and joined Talmoi and Moree picnic race clubs on bush racing’s Golden Triangle, meetings were held a short distance away at Spring Plain during the very early 1900s. There is also evidence of picnic racing at Bullarah as far back as 1915. But at Spring Plain, about 28 miles [...]

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Mallawa picnic races jump from the barriers June 7

MALLAWA Picnic Race Club stages six races with big prize money when round two of bush racing’s Golden Triangle hits the track on Saturday, June 7. The meeting offers a whopping $50,000 prize money as well as cash bonuses for the leading trainer and jockey. In recent weeks, the hardworking committee has been preparing for [...]

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Moree Race Club TAB meeting June 3 expected to draw big numbers

MOREE Race Club will stage a seven-race TAB meeting on Tuesday, June 3, with nominations expected to come from across New South Wales and southern Queensland after recent flooding and big rain events have forced owners and trainers inland. The Moree meeting, with $195,000 prize money, features a $30,000 1400m Country Boosted BM-58 Handicap and [...]

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Half-time rev-up lifts Boars reserves to easy win against Boggabri

A half-time rev-up from coach Alf Newman and team manager Charlie Shearer completely turned the game around when Moree Boars reserves put on a second-half demolition to beat Boggabri Kangaroos 32-14 at Boughton Oval on Sunday. Two quick tries to Boggabri centre Esava Nadalo gave the visitors an 8-nil lead 20 minutes into the game, [...]

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Moree Boars dish out a grand-final repeat against Boggabri Kangaroos

MOREE Boars and Boggabri Kangaroos played a rematch of their 2024 Group 4 first-grade grand-final on Sunday at Boughton Oval – and coach Jack Durheim reckons his team played better this time around. Moree pounced on Boggabri 40-18 in last year’s season decider and on Saturday dished out a similar scoreline, winning 46-12. Durheim, currently [...]

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World champion bowler Aron Sherriff wows Moree – and Moree wows Sherriff

BROADBEACH Bulls won the lawn bowls, but Moree won the weekend. Moree Magpies played Broadbeach Bulls at Moree Service Club on Saturday afternoon, and while the Bulls won narrowly, the big winner was Moree. Playing for Broadbeach was Aron Sherriff, currently ranked No.1 in the world and a six-times Australian singles champion. Sherriff and the [...]

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Greig quinellas Moree Bracelet with half-sisters

PICNIC racing juggernaut Connie Greig came, saw and collected at Moree picnic races on Saturday, when half-sisters I’m Scarlett and Line of Law ran one-two in the 950m RDO Equipment Moree Picnic Bracelet. Greig, who also won the 1600m Kenway and Clark Case IH Class 2 Handicap with Allande, has won 51 races this season. [...]

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Clement and Drews combine for Awesome Boolooroo Cup win at Moree

ARMIDALE trainer Jane Clement and Scone jockey Eloise Drews were at it again at Moree picnic races on Saturday when they teamed up to win the 1400m B&W Rural Boolooroo Cup with tough gelding Awesome Tycoon. Clement and Drews last year won the Talmoi Bracelet and Talmoi Cup with Sparks and Hardyo, and added another [...]

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Blewitt returns to Moree with a full book of rides

NARROMINE hoop Ricky Blewitt is looking forward to getting back in the Moree winners’ circle today after a busted ankle late last year sidelined him for more than three months. Blewitt, one of the most experienced riders on the Golden Triangle circuit, has been back riding work for six weeks. He returns to Moree picnics [...]

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Moree Magpies to host showdown with the Sherriff today

A meet-and-greet with world champion lawn bowler Aron Sherriff at Moree Services Club on Friday afternoon was the perfect ice-breaker to a trial match between Moree Magpies and Broadbeach Bulls today. Sherriff, currently ranked No.1 in the world and a six-times Australian singles champion, held a coaching clinic yesterday between photo-ops with local bowlers and [...]

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