Category: North West Sport

It’s an initiative undertaken by Tamworth Regional Council, with the input of Wheelchair Sports New South Wales. Today, they opened the doors to promote para-sports, with the hope of permanently establishing activities in the North West.  

While Robb College has already booked its grand final ticket tomorrow’s preliminary final will determine who else will play in the New England Rugby Union decider. Tamworth Magpies and St Alberts will re-ignite their battle from a fortnight ago. While the students prevailed then, a jam-packed home-crowd at Rugby Park will work in the Magpies…

Six teams are currently in the running for the four spots in the Northern Inland Premier League finals series. North Companions and Oxley Vale Attunga both sit on 18-points in fourth and fifth place respectively.  

The 2019 Central North Rugby season has undoubtedly been one of the closest fought competitions in recent years. While the Tamworth Pirates have had a monopoly on the premiership, this year has played-out a bit differently, as they sit outside the top four.  

He’s Tamworth’s star of the pool and now, 17-year-old Connor Roberts has added four more medals to his tally. The keen swimmer took home two gold and two bronze at the All Schools Championship in Melbourne last week.

Tamworth junior Nick Kay has been selected to represent Australia in the 2019 Fiba World Cup. The Perth Wildcats star is one of five NBL players to be named in the Boomers squad. Competition begins on August 31. (VISION ONLY)

A record number of students from The Armidale School will head to Sydney on a special mission this weekend. The eager athletes will don their runners to jog alongside former Wallaby, Richard Tombs, in the annual City 2 Surf.

The Armidale Blues season came to a halt yesterday, after they were beaten in the New England Rugby Union minor semi-final. But for St Alberts, their season remains very much alive, winning by 14-points.  

The Dungowan Cowboys overcame the Boggabi Roos by two-points at the weekend, while Gunnedah defated Narrabri in Group 4 rugby league. The North Tamworth Bears kept their unbeaten record going on the weekend. At one stage the match was reduced to 12 players on 11, following three yellow cards. Shane Wadwell crossed for two tries…

Almost 500 competitors laced up to take part in yesterday’s Tamworth Running Festival. Entries even came from interstate, with race distances ranging from a half-marathon down to a four-kilometre walk.