Category: North West Sport

Tamworth’s Brody Blackett-Gregg has been selected to play in the Australian men’s under 20s side. The 18-year-old will fly to New Zealand next week, for his toughest competition yet.

Nominations are open for the TAFE New South Wales Summer football season. The competition caters to players 12 years and over, and includes a senior mixed team. Budding young players are encouraged to either create their own team or join an established one. To register, head to Northern Inland Football’s website. (VISION ONLY)

Tamworth’s Nick Kay and the Australian Boomers have made a winning start to the FIBA World Cup, with a 108 to 92 win over Canada. The Boomers trailed by 12-points at half-time, before mounting a fight-back in the third quarter. Kay finished the match with eight-points. PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO UNAVAILABLE.  

The Hockeyroos begin their ‘Road to Tokyo’ in Rockhampton this week, when they host New Zealand in a best-of-three match series. Armidale’s Georgie Morgan has been named for the Olympic qualifiers, with the series also doubling as the Oceania Cup. It’ll be a hectic schedule for the Hockeyroos, playing three matches in four days. PLEASE…

The regular season of the Northern Inland Premier League wrapped-up at the weekend, with big wins to the Scorpions and Norths. Meanwhile minor premiers Tamworth FC ended Oxley Vale Attunga’s semi-final hopes.  

Tamworth’s Bo Abra has made a successful debut in the National Rugby Championships, after coming-off the bench yesterday for the Canberra Vikings. The boys from the nation’s capital defeated Melbourne Rising 47 to 22, as they now face Queensland Country next weekend. PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO UNAVAILABLE.  

The Kootingal-Moonbi Roosters will now face the unbeaten North Tamworth Bears in next weekend’s Group 4 decider. But, yesterday’s 16-point win over Werris Creek has come at a price, with Roosters half-back Jordan Sharpe carried from the field.  

Around 90 competitors came to Tamworth Clay Target Club this weekend for the Northern Zone Championships. And there were some state and national champions in the mix.  

They have the same number of competition points as North Companions and South Armidale on the local premier league ladder. Although for and against places Oxley Vale Attunga in fifth position, making tomorrow’s final round vitally important for the Mushies.