Category: Mid North Sport
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BIG BASH CRICKET ROUND TO BE PLAYED AT COFFS HARBOUR’S INTERNATIONAL STADIUM
The Big Bash League is coming to Coffs Harbour’s International Stadium next year. A game between the Sydney Sixers and Adelaide Strikers scheduled for January 5. It’ll be the first time the Sixers take a BBL match to a regional venue, and community leaders are already predicting a sell-out crowd.
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BRAZILIAN COACH URGES JUNIORS TO TAKE UP FUTSAL
A former Brazilian footballer currently living on the Mid North Coast, is urging youngsters interested in playing football… to first take up futsal. He says the indoor version of the world game is the best way to learn the skills needed, to make a mark on the sport.
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TWO YOUNG PADDLERS RETURNING FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH SILVER
Two young paddlers on the Mid North Coast have returned from the Dragon Boat world championships with a haul of medals. After success in Thailand Jade Page and Tyler Hogden now have their sights set on Hong Kong.
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STINGERS SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR REGIONAL BIG BASH
Fourteen of the Mid Coast’s best cricketers have been named in the regional big bash Four players from Wauchope will don the baggy uniform while Taree United’s Tom Burley will skipper the side. The T-20 tournament is scheduled to be played in Armidale but could be moved to Tamworth because of the drought. The regional…
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MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FIVE CHARGES FOLLOWING TAREE SIEGE
A man faced court today following an eight hour siege in Taree West on Sunday night. The 42-year-old man pleaded not guilty to five charges including property damage, assaulting an officer and threatening person with injury, while pleading guilty to drug possession. He was refused bail to reappear at Forster Local Court on November 19.…
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AUSHA PAULSON NAMED INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN TENNIS CHAMPION
A young tennis player from Tinonee has returned from Darwin’s Indigenous Tennis Carnival with a new title. Ausha Paulson has been named the 14 and under Indigenous Australian champion after winning the singles competition.
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PORT MACQUARIE NRC MATCH ATTRACTING THE EYES OF JUNIOR TALENT
Rugby Union has produced some of Australia’s greatest sporting moments but fewer junior numbers in recent times has put pressure on the sport. But on the Mid North Coast the future looks brighter following Sunday’s N-R-C match which attracted the attention of youngsters.
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COFFS HARBOUR HOSTS THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TITLES
600 players and officials are in Coffs Harbour this week for the F-F-A National Youth Championships. For players from across Australia, the tournament is an opportunity to impress selectors for state and national teams.
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DEW DROP INTO NEXT MONTH’S PORT MACQUARIE CUP
John Sprague will end his Port Macquarie Cup hiatus after his very own Dew Drop placed second in Sunday’s prelude race. The local racing identity will now have to beat the best trainers in the country to claim his first cup.
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COUNTRY EAGLES TOO GOOD FOR FORCE IN NRC
New South Wales Country has outplayed the Perth Force at Port Macquarie, 38-24 Winners in the National Rugby Championships. The Country Eagles boosted by the return of Newcastle front rower, Harry Johnson-Holmes.