Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
Local Racing
THE annual Moree Ag Supplies twilight Christmas race meeting in Moree doesn’t happen without the help of volunteers, organisations and in-kind donations from local businesses. In terms of turnstile clicks, the meeting is one of Moree’s biggest events. As a thank-you, Moree Race Club’s St Patrick’s Day TAB meeting next Tuesday features races bearing the [...]
Border Sport
THE 35th annual Hell of the West Triathlon was held at Goondiwindi last weekend, with the race drawing more than 900 professional and amateur athletes from across Australia and overseas. Kieran Storch won back-to-back Hell of the West triathlon men’s titles, with Sophie Malowiecki winning the women’s title. On the fast and flat bike course, [...]
Rugby Union
WHEN Sid Harvey ran onto the field on Friday night at Allianz Stadium for the Waratahs, the young outside back had the full-throated backing of Narrabri High School. Harvey graduated from the Waratahs academy to the senior squad late last year and on Friday made his first-grade debut against the New Zealand Hurricanes. The Hurricanes [...]
Regional Sport
THE University of New England has teamed up with Armidale Regional Council to nurture the region’s top young athletes, as part of the inaugural Talent ID High Performance Academy, launched last week. Held at UNE’s Exercise and Sports Science Laboratory, the academy is a four-week program designed to accelerate athletic capability through elite testing, evidence-based [...]
Rugby League
HOSTING 30 teams and more than 800 players for a 12-hour footy-fest can’t be achieved without one important element – the referee. Sourcing enough referees to cover all games at last weekend’s ABCARE Western Challenge knock-out at Boughton Oval in Moree was a challenge in itself for event organisers, led by Moree Boars club president, [...]
Rugby League
The ABCARE Western Challenge knock-out at Moree’s Boughton Oval at the weekend again brought thousands of people together from across New South Wales, with players and spectators arriving days ahead of the carnival. And while Galamaay Connexions sealed the men’s grand-final 26-10 against a gallant Terry Hie Hie Warriors and Ed John Saunders Memorial beating [...]
Rugby League
HISTORY was repeated at Moree’s Boughton Oval on Saturday when Ed John Saunders Memorial beat Gamilaroi Sisters United 26-14 in the ABCARE Western Challenge knock-out women’s senior grand-final. Both teams met in last year’s grand-final when Ed John Saunders Memorial scraped home 18-16. This year’s margin was a little more decisive, with a late try [...]
Junior Rugby
NSW Junior Rugby Union will this week host a twilight 7s come-and-try afternoon – and kids aged nine, 10, 11 and 12 are encouraged to lace up the boots and head down to Moree Rugby Union Club’s Weebolla ovals to find out what a game of rugby is all about. Moree Junior Rugby Union Club [...]
Rugby League
FIRST-season tyros Galamaay Connexions outgunned a gallant Terry Hie Hie Warriors five tries to two at Boughton Oval on Saturday to decisively win the ABCARE Western Challenge knock-out men’s senior grand-final. After leading 20-6 with about 20 minutes remaining, Galamaay Connexions sealed the game 26-10 – a stand-out debut performance in a competiton that draws [...]
Western Challenge
FORMER NRL star Dean Whare knows what it’s like to grow up with domestic violence. Whare, 36, is in Moree with fellow former NRL player, 38-year-old Joseph ‘Sefa’ Paulo, as part of the Voice Against Violence information workshops being rolled out across Australia. Supported by the NSW Government and the NRL, the Voice Against Violence [...]
