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Christmas Races
TOOWOOMBA apprentice Chloe Lowe brought her incredible strike-rate over the border on Saturday with a winning double at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Christmas twilight races. Lowe, 22, has ridden 48 winners despite only hitting the racetrack in March this year, and currently leads the Queensland country jockeys’ premiership with 28 wins. Her Moree [...]
Regional News
A second person has died following a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a group of cyclists at Armidale on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists – a man [...]
Local Government
RATEPAYERS and residents of Moree Plains Shire are encouraged to complete a survey – online or on-paper – to give councillors guidance and direction for the future of the shire. The Moree Plains Community Strategic Plan 2036 was launched two weeks ago, and Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Susannah Pearse is asking community members to [...]
Christmas Races
PROBLEM child Irish Arthur repaid Inverell trainer Brodie Fenton’s hard work and patience with an impressive win in the 950m Elders Insurance and Boland Petroleum Maiden Handicap at Moree on Saturday. Ace hoop Clayton Gallagher settled Irish Arthur ($3.40) in fourth spot behind the leaders before peeling three- and four-wide on the home turn. The [...]
Sport
MOREE golfers Kevin Moore and Gus Baillie last week played their way to a top-five position in the KENO Let’s Play Ambrose State Final at Bonville Golf Resort, Coffs Harbour from an original field numbering more than 6000 pairs. Competitors played in club qualifying rounds and regional finals across New South Wales over several months [...]
Christmas Races
TRACK specialist Lesgo Don relished being “home away from home” on Saturday with an all-the-way win at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel twilight Christmas races. And the Ridge Wilson-trained gelding strengthened part-owner Jack Forman’s reputation as a horse-trader when journeyman jockey Georgina McDonnell led from pillar to post on the four-year-old. Forman, now living [...]
Regional News
A cyclist has died, and a number of people have been injured following a crash in Armidale this afternoon. At about 3.30pm, emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists died at the [...]
Regional News
EARLY results from the additional testing of three bores at Warialda have now been received by Gwydir Shire Council. Encouragingly, the samples collected from the Saleyard and Gragin Road bores had no detectable levels of PFAS. Town water will now be sourced solely from these bores which will provide PFAS free water to the Town. [...]
Our Community
THE 2024 Melbourne Cup may have produced 80-1 winner Knight’s Choice and quite a few torn-up tickets, but the result was a clear winner for members of Moree Cancer Support Group and staff at the Regional Australia Bank Moree branch. This year, as Knight’s Choice stunned punters across the nation, Moree Cancer Support Group became [...]
Northern Tablelands
Earlier this week, elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) were detected in Warialda’s water supply. PFAS are chemicals used to make products which resist heat, stains, grease and water. PFAS chemicals remain in the environment, including water and soil, for a long time. PFAS chemicals can build up in the body and take a [...]
