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Lawn Bowls
BROADBEACH Bulls won the lawn bowls, but Moree won the weekend. Moree Magpies played Broadbeach Bulls at Moree Service Club on Saturday afternoon, and while the Bulls won narrowly, the big winner was Moree. Playing for Broadbeach was Aron Sherriff, currently ranked No.1 in the world and a six-times Australian singles champion. Sherriff and the [...]
The Golden Triangle
PICNIC racing juggernaut Connie Greig came, saw and collected at Moree picnic races on Saturday, when half-sisters I’m Scarlett and Line of Law ran one-two in the 950m RDO Equipment Moree Picnic Bracelet. Greig, who also won the 1600m Kenway and Clark Case IH Class 2 Handicap with Allande, has won 51 races this season. [...]
The Golden Triangle
ARMIDALE trainer Jane Clement and Scone jockey Eloise Drews were at it again at Moree picnic races on Saturday when they teamed up to win the 1400m B&W Rural Boolooroo Cup with tough gelding Awesome Tycoon. Clement and Drews last year won the Talmoi Bracelet and Talmoi Cup with Sparks and Hardyo, and added another [...]
The Golden Triangle
NARROMINE hoop Ricky Blewitt is looking forward to getting back in the Moree winners’ circle today after a busted ankle late last year sidelined him for more than three months. Blewitt, one of the most experienced riders on the Golden Triangle circuit, has been back riding work for six weeks. He returns to Moree picnics [...]
Lawn Bowls
A meet-and-greet with world champion lawn bowler Aron Sherriff at Moree Services Club on Friday afternoon was the perfect ice-breaker to a trial match between Moree Magpies and Broadbeach Bulls today. Sherriff, currently ranked No.1 in the world and a six-times Australian singles champion, held a coaching clinic yesterday between photo-ops with local bowlers and [...]
Regional Health
NARRABRI Shire mayor, Darrell Tiemens, has welcomed the release of the final report from the NSW Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional Health. Cr Tiemens says the report shines a light on the systemic challenges facing regional healthcare and highlights the pressing need to address long-standing governance issues. The report identifies ongoing [...]
Northern Tablelands
Last month, 16 new paramedics began work out of the Moree Ambulance Station. They were part of a cohort of 125 paramedics beginning work in rural and regional New South Wales as part of the Strategic Workforce and Infrastructure Team program, known as SWIFT. I caught up with some of these paramedics at the Moree [...]
Coastal Flooding
THE NSW Government is urging people to remain vigilant when donating to flood recovery efforts. As communities recover and rebuild, authorities are warning that scammers may attempt to exploit the situation through fake fundraising appeals. NSW Fair Trading is reminding the public to take simple precautions to ensure their donations are going to legitimate causes. [...]
Our Community
LODGE Aviation 688 was re-formed late last year, and members flew to Moree recently as part of a NSW and ACT Freemasons’ statewide fundraising initiative. The group, made up chiefly of former airline pilots, visited Silverton, near Broken Hill, in November and earlier this year flew to deputy grand treasurer Joe Corrigan’s property Lachballin, near [...]
Coastal Flooding
NSW State Emergency Service and emergency service partners are continuing to support communities along the Hunter and Mid North Coast impacted by major flooding. Emergency warnings advising people to evacuate, or seek shelter, remain in place in many locations from Bellingen in the north to Paterson in the south. Severe weather is expected to continue [...]
