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THE annual St Philomena’s Catholic School Spring Fair looms large, and the school P&F invites the entire Moree community, visitors and tourists to its biggest fundraiser of the year. The Spring Fair on Sunday, September 22, will have something for everyone, including tombola, a bottle stall, cake and plant stalls, and trash ‘n’ treasure. Do [...]
Rugby League
BOGGABRI Kangaroos may have lost Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final 40-18 to Moree Boars at Boughton Oval, but they won plenty of admirers. The small town, with a population around 900, turned out in hundreds to support their side in the premiership decider. Boggabri Club president Greg Haire was disappointed by the loss [...]
Grand-Final Photo Gallery
MOREE Boars acted out their billing as a “second-half side” when they surged home in the final 40 minutes against Boggabri Kangaroos to win Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final 40-18 at Boughton Oval on Saturday. The Boars were down 14-12 at half-time and then 18-12 six minutes into the second half when Boggy [...]
Rugby League
WERRIS Creek Magpies won their first second-grade premiership in 40 years when they held off Dungowan Cowboys to win 24-20 at Boughton Oval on Saturday. The Creek had last won a second-grade title in 1986, club president Darby Sherlock confirmed with club legend Ron Dellar. It didn’t start well for the Magpies though, with Dungowan [...]
Rugby League
DUNGOWAN Cowboys withstood a gallant Kootingal surge to run away with their Whitehaven Coal Group 4 under-18s grand-final 40-10 at Moree’s Boughton Oval on Saturday. Kootingal lost captain and inspirational lock Blake Russell just 10 minutes into the match with his side trailing 6-4. Russell suffered a dislocated knee and was transported to hospital. Not [...]
League Legends
TWO Moree legends of rugby league were remembered mid-season, with special days at Boughton Oval in honour of Bernie Briggs and Paul ‘Poey’ Raveneau. Their names will no doubt be mentioned a few times today as Moree Boars strive to win the Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final. Moree Boars in July thumped Narrabri Blues [...]
Agriculture
FROM fungi to flies – everything will be covered at the PURE trial farm field day, a unique event highlighting the latest advancements in sustainable agriculture. The September 11 field day, with presentations at the Pally Pub as well as in-field demonstrations, will be hosted by Stuart and Lyndall Tighe, of Boolah Farms. The field [...]
Health
NSW Health Pathology and Hunter New England Local Health District have assured the Moree community high-quality pathology services will still be available when testing and collection services are transferred from St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited (SydPath). From Monday, September 10, 2024, pathology collection services will temporarily relocate from Moree’s Frome St Collection Centre to Moree [...]
Run the Plains
A partnership between Moree Little Athletics Club, Tourism Moree, 2400 Run Club, Moree Ski Park and Moree Parkrun has a new event planned for Moree – and participants are running full-pelt to get involved. Run the Plains, a two-day festival featuring running races over various distances, came about earlier this year when Tourism Moree CEO [...]
Moree Show
MOREE Show Society is calling on wheat growers from across the district to enter crops in the Agshows NSW Suncorp Bank Championship Dryland Field Wheat Competition. With a bumper harvest anticipated, Show Society secretary Karen Munn says now is the time to enter crops. “I’d love our local growers to show the rest of New [...]
