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Rugby League
MOREE Boars skipped into overdrive in the second half of the Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade major semi-final against Werris Creek at Boughton Oval on Saturday, running out winners, 62-24, to secure a home grand-final. Down 20-18 at half-time, the Boars ran rampant in the second half. Earlier in the day the Boars’ second-grade lost [...]
Police Beat
A 32-year-old man will appear in Moree Local Court in October after being charged with animal cruelty offences at Garah. Police will allege in court the man struck a female border collie with a steel pole at around 10pm on Friday, August 16 at Garah. The dog died as a result of the attack. On [...]
Rugby League
MOREE and Boggabri are preparing for huge Whitehaven Coal Group Finals. Boughton Oval, Moree will be in first-class condition for Saturday’s major semi- final between the Moree Boars and Werris Creek Magpies. At Boggabri on Sunday, it’s a similar condition for the local Kangaroos, who will host the Whitehaven Coal minor semi-finals. Moree’s Boughton Oval [...]
They’re Racing!
THE Grays Online 2024 Moree Cup meeting and cup-eve charity dinner will be held at Moree racecourse over the Fathers’ Day weekend, with dinner tickets and race-day marquee tickets now available online. The August 31 dinner, featuring former Australian rugby league international, Polar Bear Ben Hannant, raises funds for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service and is [...]
Funeral
The relatives and friends of the late Gregory Allan Macey, better known as Pud, aged 69 years, late of Warialda Street, Pallamallawa, are respectfully invited to Pud’s funeral service. Pud’s funeral will take place at the Pallamallawa Hall, Pallamallawa, on Monday, September 2 at 11am followed by interment at the Pallamallawa Lawn Cemetery. Pud was [...]
Rugby League
MOREE captain-coach Michael Watton had some tough decisions to make this week as he planned his club’s match plan for the Whitehaven Coal Group 4 First Grade major semi-final against Werris Creek at Boughton Oval on Saturday. Trying to fit 19 into 17 doesn’t work as he had some tough talks with some disappointed players. [...]
Welcome Experience
POLICE officers, teachers, firefighters, medical professionals, allied healthcare workers and childcare workers are set to receive an extra-special Moree Plains welcome, thanks to New South Wales Government funding over the next two years. The Welcome Experience, delivered by Moree Plains Shire Council, will be a free concierge-style service to support essential workers and their families [...]
Major Semis
WERRIS Creek go to Boughton Oval under no pressure for Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 First Grade major semi-final. That’s the word from Magpies’ coach Dave Stewart after he was able to name an unchanged side for the game which will deliver the winner a home ground advantage Grand Final. “We will go out there [...]
Moree to the UK
ON August 18, 1973, Gregg Humphries was part of Moree High School’s University Shield-winning team against Forbes High School at Gosford’s Grahame Park. Fifty-one years later to the day in England, Gregg’s son, Rob Humphries, celebrated as coach and club chairman, a grand-final win by Anglian Vipers Rugby League in the East Premier Division. The [...]
The Week That Was
It’s been wonderful to be back in the electorate this week after a busy sitting fortnight. I spent some time in Armidale, Inverell, Uralla, Glen Innes, Guyra, and Moree, and used the opportunity to catch up with many locals. Earlier in the week, I attended AgQuip which is Australia’s largest primary industry field day event. [...]
