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2025 Moree Cup
JENNY Steepe doesn’t get home to Moree very often, and the trip from Tamworth at the weekend with husband Kel Penfold was bittersweet for two reasons. Tavros, a horse they part-own with a syndicate that includes trainer Craig Martin, chased hard in the straight to decisively win the 1400m Agri Storage and Logistics Moree Cup [...]
Group 4 League
MOREE ladies tackle team will play a home grand-final next Sunday at Boughton Oval after scraping to a 12-8 win against Dungowan at Gunnedah’s Kitchener Park on Saturday. The Moree squad, beaten only once this year, will play their nemesis, Gunnedah, in the Group 4 decider. The ladies join Moree Boars first-grade and second-grade, who [...]
Regional News
NSW Rural Fire Service members in the Northern Tablelands on Saturday celebrated the official re-opening of the Bonshaw Rural Fire Brigade station and the recognition of long-serving volunteers across the region. The Bonshaw Brigade’s new $230,000 station replaces the facility tragically destroyed by fire in January, 2024. The modern, two-bay station will provide improved amenities [...]
Agriculture
THE National Farmers’ Federation has urged lawmakers to ensure there will be no detrimental impacts to agriculture, as federal environmental law is flagged for fast-tracked reform. The Federal Minister for the Environment and Water will introduce reworked reforms of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to Parliament by the end of the year. NFF [...]
Group 19 League
FROM an early-season slump to five wins in a row – Moree Boomerangs reserve-grade team has booked its spot in the Group 19 grand-final at Inverell today. The squad, captained by Jay Puru-Walzak and coached by Anthony Robinson, chase grand-final glory against Warialda Wombats, with the Rangs’ women’s team also after the grand-final trophy in [...]
NSW Fire and Rescue
IT’S all about removing the car from the person trapped, not removing the trapped person from the car. NSW Fire and Rescue firefighters from Moree last week conducted essential skills maintenance training at the Moree Rural Fire Service’s Tycannah Street depot to keep on top of ever-evolving motor vehicle technology. Training drills focused on the [...]
Local Government
NEW rules for council meetings will soon be in place as the State Government spearheads a change of culture to boost transparency and community confidence in local government. A new Model Code of Meeting Practice for local councils, released on Friday, will come into effect in councils from January 1 next year. The changes to [...]
Regional News
SUPPORT for subsidising commercial flights to and from some of western New South Wales’ most remote communities – including Lightning Ridge and Walgett – has been extended for another 12 months to better connect people and businesses. The subsidies are funded from a $2 million investment from the NSW Government’s Regional Development Trust, and will [...]
Central North Rugby
MOREE Bulls first-grade captain Duncan Woods has a big month ahead. Next Saturday, the back-row forward will lead Moree Bulls onto Weebolla Oval in the 2025 Central North grand-final – the club’s first home grand-final in 10 years. The Bulls will play either Gunnedah Red Devils or Quirindi Lions, with those teams playing at Gunnedah [...]
2025 Moree Cup
SYDNEY one day, Moree the next – Tamworth apprentice jockey Siena Grima will clock the miles over the next couple of days, with six rides at Rosehill Gardens today and another seven at tomorrow’s Agri Storage and Logistics Moree Cup meeting. Grima, fresh from winning on Yanabah for boss Mel O’Gorman at Tamworth yesterday, rode [...]
