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Racing
PUNTERS were served a knock-out blow when $61 bolter Macleay scraped paint to win the $55,000 Graysonline Moree Cup (1400m) on Sunday. Armidale trainer Jane Clement is no stranger to big-race wins, but the Moree Cup was one trophy missing from her mantelpiece. Clement’s grandfather, legendary Tamworth trainer Merv Corliss, went close in 1999 when [...]
Racing
LOCAL turf history was created at the Moree Cup meeting on Sunday when female jockeys rode every winner on the eight-race card. Father’s Day took a back-seat to Ladies’ Day, when Mollie Fitzgerald and Mikayla Weir led the way with winning doubles. Cassey Williams, Zoe Hunt, Siena Grima and Ella Drew also rode winners – [...]
Fathers' Day
THE morning was made to order. A bright, sunny day with just the hint of a breeze heralded the first day of spring – Fathers’ Day – and the picture-post-card conditions drew hundreds of people to Jellicoe Park for the Moree Motor Trade Expo and Show & Shine. The Fathers’ Day Moree Markets are traditionally [...]
Local elections
Name: Pete Mailler. Age: 53. Status: Married with four children. Current or past employment if now retired or otherwise: Grain and cattle producer. How long have you lived in the Moree shire: I was born in Moree. What part of the shire do you live? I live and farm on a property between Boggabilla and [...]
Local elections
Name: Debbie Williams. Age: 61. Status: Married to Richard. We have three children, Kahla, Matthew and Jake. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Self-employed at our stock and station agency, Williams Stock & Property Moree. How long have you lived in the Moree shire? All my life. I was born here. What part of [...]
Local elections
Name: Stephen John Ritchie. Age: 73. Status: I have three children, Joshua, Jeremy and Amy. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Retired builder. What part of the shire do you live? Moree. How long did you sit as a councillor on MPSC? I was a sitting councillor for five years and three months, including [...]
Local elections
Name: Frederick Ronald McGrady. Age: 71. Status: Married to Pat for 53 years. We raised our three sons, Richard, Fred and Linden, in Moree. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: I have lived in Moree since 1967 and started work as a railway station porter at the Moree Railway Station. I completed a welder’s [...]
Local elections
Name: Brooke Sauer. Age: 45. Status: Married to Josh. We have two children, Augustus and Penelope. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: I work in our vibrant agriculture sector, currently employed and head of research and development at PURE Grain, where I am in charge of our 435ha trial farm, investigating sustainable farming practices [...]
Local elections
Name: Susannah Pearse. Age: 41. Status: Married to Oscar. We have three children, Gregory, Eleanor and Josephine. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Together with my husband Oscar, we run a sixth generation farming business between Moree and Pallamallawa. I have also held roles managing economic development and communications for Moree Plains Shire Council, [...]
Local elections
Name: Michael Raymond Ivanov. Age: 64. Status: Married to Leanne. We have three children, Stephen, Lisa and Sarah, and two grandson, Raiden and Archie. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Cleaner and part-time scrap metal dealer. What part of the shire do you live? Ashley. How long did you sit as a councillor on [...]
