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The Golden Triangle
INVERELL trainer Wayne Oakenfull had a day of highs and lows at Mallawa on Saturday. At the bottom end of the scale was race favourite Shut Eye’s disappointing effort in the Mallawa Cup when second-last behind Pahang, but at the high end was lightly-raced mare Ellati’s powerful win in the 1000m Irritek Class 2 Handicap. [...]
The Golden Triangle
NARROMINE jockey Ricky Blewitt is back to his best, and he proved that on Saturday with a winning treble at Mallawa picnic races – round two of bush racing’s Golden Triangle. Blewitt resumed at the recent Moree picnics after a six-month injury-enforced lay-off and managed a couple of placings, but soon found the winning post [...]
Our Community
GETTING up at dawn to put on mud-boots and pour concrete when there’s a frost on the ground isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But on Thursday morning, when the thermometer nudged two degrees and the thermos struggled to keep the damn tea hot, the boys from O’Neill Concreting were at Jellicoe Park doing their bit [...]
The Golden Triangle
SCONE jockey Eloise Drews is making a name for herself as a cups’ queen on bush racing’s Golden Triangle. Last year, she became the first female claiming jockey in nearly 20 years to annex the Talmoi Cup-Talmoi Bracelet double at Garah. Drews won the Helen Boland Memorial Bracelet on Sparks and the Warren and Ruth [...]
Regional News
A $15 million funding boost for not-for-profit charity the Royal Flying Doctor Service will support people in regional, rural and remote New South Wales to access healthcare. The additional funding will be delivered as part of the 2025-26 NSW Budget. Operating for 97 years, the RFDS is a key partner of NSW Health and employs [...]
Northern Tablelands
A petition debate brought on by my good mate and Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke in Parliament this week raised credible concerns about the NSW Government’s overreliance on department advice, and lacking consultation with frontline staff and local communities in regional and rural healthcare settings. The Protect Regional and Rural Health Service in NSW petition [...]
The Golden Triangle
INVERELL trainer Ridge Wilson knows his way around the Mallawa racetrack. Wilson was a picnic jockey in a former life, and rode Emvepee for John McLachlan into fourth spot behind Peter Sinclair’s Track Flash in the 2018 Mallawa Cup. In 2019, he again filled fourth spot, this time on Selaw for Leon Cross, and again [...]
Police News
Detectives have released a CCTV image as investigations continue into a public place shooting at Armidale last week. At about 3.20am on Saturday, May 31, emergency services were called to Niagara Street, Armidale, following reports of shots being fired. Officers attached to New England Police District were told 19-year-old man was on the street when [...]
East Coast Tour
THINGS changed for KICKED-IN BICKIE TIN frontman Shaun Mills when he volunteered to help clean up after the devastating 2022 Moree floods. A chance meeting with a flood victim who was already doing it tough before the rains came, inspired Mills to compose KICKED-IN BICKIE TIN’s latest single, Deep End, which explores themes of gratitude [...]
Local Government
GLEN Innes Severn Council mayor Margot Davis has told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese there is a silent crisis unfolding across New South Wales – and it is not just about dollars and cents. In an open letter to the prime minister, which has also been sent to New South Wales senators, Member for Northern Tablelands [...]
