Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Rugby League
DUNGOWAN Cowboys withstood a gallant Kootingal surge to run away with their Whitehaven Coal Group 4 under-18s grand-final 40-10 at Moree’s Boughton Oval on Saturday. Kootingal lost captain and inspirational lock Blake Russell just 10 minutes into the match with his side trailing 6-4. Russell suffered a dislocated knee and was transported to hospital. Not [...]
League Legends
TWO Moree legends of rugby league were remembered mid-season, with special days at Boughton Oval in honour of Bernie Briggs and Paul ‘Poey’ Raveneau. Their names will no doubt be mentioned a few times today as Moree Boars strive to win the Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final. Moree Boars in July thumped Narrabri Blues [...]
Grand-Final
WHEN Moree fitness guru Jenny Carter put the Moree Boars through training drills four years ago, she quickly identified Mick Watton as a team leader. On Saturday, Watton will lead the Boars onto Boughton Oval as first-grade captain and co-coach with Alex Barker – for the second year in a row – when Moree take [...]
Grand-Final
MOREE Boars will be at full strength for Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final against Boggabri Kangaroos. The Michael Watton captained Boars have no injury concerns and will also stage their first home grand -final in more than 20 years on what could be a hot day. The bureau has forecast 29 degrees for [...]
Photo Gallery
THE future of rugby is in very good hands, with Moree Junior Rugby Club enjoying a terrific season, filled with footy, friendship and competitions across the Central North region. The recent Armidale Gala Day marked the end of the season. And, for a number of under-12 players and their families, the gala day also signalled [...]
Junior Cricket
JUNIOR cricket has been a well-loved Moree institution for generations, attracting scores of keen young batsmen and women to Ron Harborne Ovals each Saturday over summer. All this is now in jeopardy – an absence of nominations for key positions at the recent Moree Junior Cricket Committee annual general meeting means a committee could not [...]
History
MOREE’s rich rugby league history is punctuated with myriad stellar seasons and unforgettable highpoints. The 1970s was an incredible period for The Big M – a defining decade that produced 16 grand-final wins across four grades. Fifty years later, the unstoppable Moree Boars are rewriting local rugby league history. The Boars this season are playing [...]
Racing
A TOUCH of the city came to the country on Sunday when top-class mare Outiska made an absolute mess of her rivals in the $35,000 Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service Moree Town Plate (950m). Outiska, with three-kilo claimer Ella Drew sitting quietly, travelled sweetly in front to score by a big space. Trainer Scott Singleton, who [...]
Racing
ARMIDALE trainer Stirling Osland bookended the eight-race card at Moree on cup day with a winning double. Miler-in-the-making Suit Day opened the meeting with a dominant win in the 1400m Moree Services Club Maiden Plate and track specialist Leica Model brought down the curtain on a history-laden day with a last-to-first win in the 1300m [...]
Racing
PUNTERS were served a knock-out blow when $61 bolter Macleay scraped paint to win the $55,000 Graysonline Moree Cup (1400m) on Sunday. Armidale trainer Jane Clement is no stranger to big-race wins, but the Moree Cup was one trophy missing from her mantelpiece. Clement’s grandfather, legendary Tamworth trainer Merv Corliss, went close in 1999 when [...]
