Category: Mid North Sport
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MAYOR’S SPORTING FUND GOLF DAY
Players are preparing to tee off for a one-of-a-kind golf day at Wauchope Country Club. The event raises money for promising young athletes in the region competing at a state, national or international level. Since it was established 20 years ago, the Mayor’s Sporting Fund has provided more than $320,000 to local athletes. The event…
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GROUP 2 COMPETITION HEAVYWEIGHTS GO HEAD TO HEAD
The Group 2 competition is heating up, with three teams sharing points at the top of the ladder. Grafton has lost its dominance after being stripped of four competition points.
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TWO NORTH COAST BULLDOGS TO REPRESENT NSW IN WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Two North Coast women have been selected in the New South Wales Country Rugby League side to play in the National Championships later this month. Grafton’s Shellie Long and Forster’s Ellie Johnston will get to meet some of their Jillaroos heroes.
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LAURIETON SWIMMERS IMPRESS ON NATIONAL STAGE
Hard work, dedication and hours of training paid off for three Laurieton swimmers, at the recent National Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide. The trio competed in a range of events in the multi-class category, designed for athletes with disabilities.
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CROQUET PLAYERS BATTLING IT OUT TODAY AT TAREE’S WILD FIG CARNIVAL
Croquet players came from far and wide to play a special game at Taree’s Wild Fig Carnival today. And when they weren’t battling it out on the field – they were soaking up the sun.
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LADY GOLFERS TEE OFF IN WAUCHOPE FOR ANNUAL SENIORS TOURNAMENT
Conditions were perfect on day one of an annual golfing tournament for seniors on the north coast. The two-day competition is being held in Wauchope.
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2019 PORT MACQUARIE IRONMAN BREAKS A NUMBER OF RECORDS
The Port Macquarie Ironan has been run and won for another year, and the 2019 event is one that won’t be forgotten. It was the year Cameron Wurf came back to the place he grew up, and broke three records.
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SAWTELL TOO GOOD FOR WOOPI
In Group 2 rugby league over the weekend Bellingen almost staged an upset going down to the more fancied Macksville by just two-points’ South Grafton accounted for the Axemen. The Ghosts were way too good for reigning premiers Coffs. While Sawtell got up over Woolgoolga.
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CAMERON WURF CROWNED 2019 PORT MACQUARIE IRONMAN
He spent his early childhood in Port Macquarie and today Cameron Wurf was crowned the 20-19 Port Macquarie Ironman. While Britain’s Laura Siddall won the women’s title for the third straight year.
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DRAGON BOATS AT URUNGA
Hundreds of paddlers from Ballina to the Great Lakes were in Urunga today for the town’s annual dragon boat regatta. Kempsey’s River Rats and the Haven Dragons among some of the strongest clubs taking part.