Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Bush Racing
A Collarenebri Cup win for hometown favourite Kelly Smith was not to be on Saturday when Peak Road finished a luckless second to Clint Lundholm’s Tupou in the 1400m bush feature. Tupou ($6), ridden by Lundholm’s partner Zoe Hunt, jumped slowly before mustering speed to lead throughout. “He was slow to begin but drove through [...]
Run the Plains
RUN the Plains, the two-day running carnival to be held in Moree later this month, is expected to bring hundreds of spectators and participants to Moree. Sponsors have clambered on board to be a part of what is hoped to become an annual event. Run the Plains, planned for September 27-28, is being jointly organised [...]
Racing
THE cheering rang loud and clear across the north-west plains – and the Gold Coast – when Moree-owned gelding Awaygoesthebunny landed some hefty bets to win the $120,000 TAB Highway Handicap at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. A crack at the rich Country Championships series in 2025 now beckons after Awaygoesthebunny overcame a wide barrier to [...]
Bush Racing
HOME track advantage means everything to a racehorse trainer, especially when the home track only races once a year. That’s why Collarenebri trainer Kelly Smith is hopeful he can lead back a winner or two at his hometown cup meeting on Saturday. Smith saddles up Peak Road in the 1400m B&W Rural Collarenebri Cup, Volcanic [...]
World Champ
LUCENA Deakin is still coming to terms with her new title: World Champion. The one-time rookie touch football player and her Athelite Australian Emus mixed 30s team-mates took on the rest of the world at the Federation of International Touch World Cup in Nottingham, England, in July and beat them fair and square. The round-robin [...]
Ladies League Tag
MOREE Boomerangs Ladies League Tag take on Warialda Wombats in the Group 19 B-grade plate grand-final at Warialda’s Jim Payne Oval on Sunday. In week one of the finals, the Boomerangs were beaten in extra time by Warialda but earned their grand-final slot with a thumping 34-nil win against Inverell Hawks at Armidale last week. [...]
Health and Fitness
MOREE is lacing up and stepping up, with the month-long Moree Muscle Muster well under way. More than 250 people connected to 22 local businesses and organisations have signed up for the month of September to do battle in the sixth running of the popular health and fitness competition. Moree Muscle Muster is co-ordinated by [...]
Rugby League
BOGGABRI Kangaroos may have lost Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final 40-18 to Moree Boars at Boughton Oval, but they won plenty of admirers. The small town, with a population around 900, turned out in hundreds to support their side in the premiership decider. Boggabri Club president Greg Haire was disappointed by the loss [...]
Grand-Final Photo Gallery
MOREE Boars acted out their billing as a “second-half side” when they surged home in the final 40 minutes against Boggabri Kangaroos to win Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final 40-18 at Boughton Oval on Saturday. The Boars were down 14-12 at half-time and then 18-12 six minutes into the second half when Boggy [...]
Rugby League
WERRIS Creek Magpies won their first second-grade premiership in 40 years when they held off Dungowan Cowboys to win 24-20 at Boughton Oval on Saturday. The Creek had last won a second-grade title in 1986, club president Darby Sherlock confirmed with club legend Ron Dellar. It didn’t start well for the Magpies though, with Dungowan [...]
