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2026 Golden Triangle
MOREE Picnic Race Club yesterday received 64 nominations for round one of bush racing’s Golden Triangle on Saturday. The time-honoured 1400m Boolooroo Cup, first run in 1924, has drawn 17 nominations, including 2022 Picnic Championships Final winner Hemsted and last-start Quambone Cup winner I’m Scarlett, both from the powerful Connie Greig stable. Versatile mare I’m [...]
Group 4 Rugby League
ON Sunday, Moree Boars second-grade coaches Alf Newman and Charlie Shearer warned their team they didn’t want a repeat of the previous week when the full-time score was locked at 30-all against North Tamworth Bears at Jack Woolaston Oval. And the boys heeded the warning when beating Kootingal Moonbi Roosters 46-24 in round four of [...]
Group 4 Rugby League
LORILIE Haines said some changes at training made the difference – and the Moree Boars ladies heeded their coach’s advice with an 18-4 win against Kootingal Moonbi Roosters in the Group 4 ladies tackle competition at Boughton Oval on Sunday. Despite the team being unbeaten this season, Haines said changes were crucial – and those [...]
Our Community
THE Moree Town and Country Club is an important part of the community, where locals come together to celebrate, commiserate and catch-up. The venue will receive important accessibility upgrades, thanks to $25,000 secured through the Community Building Partnership program by Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan. “The Moree Town and Country Club has long been [...]
Agriculture
THE NSW Government invites stakeholders to have their say on the next stage of reforms to the state’s non-urban metering framework, aimed at improving compliance and ensuring licensed water take is accurately measured and reported. The proposed changes to the Water Management (General) Regulation 2025 would put in place the final recommendations from the review [...]
Group 4 Rugby League
THERE are three certainties in life – death, taxes and Moree Boars first-grade on home turf. Group 4 referee Tom Aylett applied the mercy rule about 10 minutes from full-time when Joe Wade planted the Boars’ 12th try against a scoreless Kootingal Moonbi Roosters at Boughton Oval on Sunday, winning 60-nil. Moree captain-coach Jack Durheim [...]
Featured Property
WITH schools, shops and a game of golf all within walking distance, Raine and Horne’s featured property at 1 Dobbie Street – one of Moree’s most sought-after residential areas – is expected to create plenty of interest when selling agent Kelly Atkins holds an open house on Saturday. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home on a private, [...]
Police News
A man will face court after allegedly seriously injuring another man and threatening police in Inverell early today. At about 2am, police were called to a motel on Otho Street, Inverell, following reports of an assault. On arrival, officers attached to New England Police District found that a 24-year-old man had been allegedly assaulted with [...]
2026 Deb Ball
THE long-standing tradition of the deb ball will once again bring the Moree community together as young people prepare to step confidently into adulthood at the Moree Masonic Debutante Ball on Saturday, September 19 at Moree Services Club. An information session for young girls thinking about making their debut will be at the Moree Masonic [...]
Bookmaking Dynasty
IN August, 1981, the great horse Kingston Town was at unbackable odds to win the 1200m Premiere Stakes at Rosehill. The King, first-up since winning the Cox Plate the previous year, was expected to make a romp of it for legendary trainer Tommy Smith. Big-betting bookie Bruce Picone was fielding ‘the board’ at Moree, and [...]
