Category: North West Sport

As the warmer weather approaches so too does waterpolo season, with registrations now open for the Tamworth competition. Matches will begin later this month, with junior girls competing on a Monday night and junior boys taking to the pool on Tuesdays. Mens and Womens open-aged comps will take place on Sunday morning. To get involved…

You might not know it, but a sleepy town in the North West is home to one of Australia’s biggest clay shooting clubs. The Gunnedah Sporting Clays have a long and proud history and they’re hosting their premier event this weekend.

Nearly 100 children show off their best serves at the Tamworth Tennis Club today. From beginners to high performers – each court focused on building different skills during the holiday clinic.

A group of north-west athletes will make the trip to Coffs Harbour this weekend, for the 2019 Champion of Champions. The annual tournament brings the state’s best onto footy field.

Despite coming-away from the Gold Coast winless the UNE Lions will take plenty of positives from round two of the Australian University Sevens series on the weekend. Their biggest losing margin across their five matches was 15-points. The Lions best result coming against last year’s champions Griffith University – going down 22-points to 19. The…

Mick Schmiedel has long been involved in rugby league in the North West. While time has passed since he last coached a first grade team, but next season will see him return to the top ranks.  

The full-time whistle sounded on the Group 4 rugby league season several weeks ago, but the organisation is about to kick-off another competition. The Women’s Nines series is now less than a fortnight away and there’s record interest.    

Earlier this year, the Lake Keepit Sailing Club transferred their biggest regatta to Copeton Dam due to sever drought conditions. Lake Keepit hasn’t improved, but the club is still getting back out on the water.  

Yesterday’s Manilla Cup didn’t attract the biggest field, although that didn’t take away from the excitement of the race. Eight-year-old gelding Dubali holding off New Endeavour, for trainer Cameron Crockett. PLEASE NOTE: SOME AUDIO UNAVAILABLE.    

Tamworth’s Stacey Porter is heading to yet another Olympic Games, following Australia’s clean-sweep at this week’s Asia and Oceania Olympic Qualifiers. Yesterday, the Aussies defeated China 9-3 in their final match of the tournament. Captain Porter will now chase her third Olympic medal at Tokyo next year. Softball returns to the Olympic schedule next year,…