Category: North West Sport

Tamworth trainer Craig Martin will be hoping to go one better tomorrow when he saddles-up ‘Congregate’ in the Highway Handicap at Royal Randwick. The four-year-old gelding finished second in the same race at Rosehill Gardens last start. Jockey Rachel King climbs back in the saddle, with ‘Congregate’ jumping from barrier 11 in the $75,000 race.…

The Tamworth Rugby Sevens off-season competition helps grow rugby at the junior level, while promoting inclusiveness within the senior ranks. But this year, drought has forced the competition to be played at a later date.  

The start of next season’s North West AFL competition in April, may seem far away, but not for the Tamworth Swans. They’re already planning for 2020, getting a jump start on their rivals.  

The Newcastle Knights are being put through their paces on and off the field in Tamworth. Players, getting a taste of the conditions supporters are dealing with on a daily basis.

The New England Rugby Union will kick off an exciting new competition come 20-20. Four clubs across the Zone will facilitate an Under 21’s division, aimed at keeping budding young players on the field throughout their early 20s.

Up until this year, children with intellectual and physical disabilities in the North West haven’t had access to playing cricket. The region’s first ‘All Abilities Cricket’ program has launched, and it’s improved more than just their batting skills.  

They were last in the North West in 2018 when they played Wests Tigers at Scully Park. This week the Newcastle Knights are back, basing themselves in Tamworth for a week-long training cam  

The Australian women’s rugby sevens team has finished top of their pool in the latest round of the world series in Cape Town. UNE Lions players Rhiannon Byers and Alicia Lucas both featured for the Aussies in their three wins. Both crossing the line for respective tries. The Aussies will line-up against Fiji in the…

Horse trainer Peter Sinclair has continued his impeccable season, winning four of the six races at yesterday’s annual Moree twilight meeting. In what’s become one of the biggest events on the regions social calendar, it was Sinclair who stole the limelight. The Moree trainer started the meeting with three consecutive victories, before winning the last…

Tamworth’s Nick Kay has produced another trademark performance overnight for the Perth Wildcats, as they defeated the Brisbane Bullets by eight-points. Kay shot 18 for the match, including seven rebounds. The 86-78 win by the Wildcats was their fourth game in eight days. The match also marked Gloucester born and bred product Damian Martin’s 300th…