Category: North West Sport

The Northern Inland Academy of Sport is calling for expressions of interest for kids who would like to give soccer a go. They’re hosting a number of clinics in January right across the North West.

The Armidale Jockey Club will come back to life this weekend for its annual cup meeting. The event was washed out in March – with organisers on alert, fearing Sunday’s races could meet the same fate.

Josh Hazlewood continues to do his town proud, after being named in the 2022 Ashes squad. The Bendemeer product is looking to impress in one of his biggest matches yet.

Registrations are still open for the Tamworth Netball Association’s rep squad. Complications with COVID have pushed back the closing date, but organisers are confident there’ll be plenty of sign-ups.

Northern Inland Football clubs have strapped their boots on for an important cause. They’ve squared off against one another to raise money for Tamworth Headspace, in the league’s first ever charity comp.

It was selection day for the Greater Northern Tigers rep teams, with the under 16 and under 18 trials taking place at Kootingal. On hand to provide advice, two players who made it to the NRL big time.

Tomorrow’s nine-race meet in Gunnedah has been forced to relocate to Scone due to the wet weather The meeting will see some of Tamworth and Gunnedah’s best horses make a last-minute trek down to the horse capital of New South Wales. All of the Gunnedah Christmas party bookings and race tickets have now been refunded.…

Preseason kicked off last night for North West AFL at various grounds across the region. Next year’s season is the first one when the competition will be under the state body.

Ken Chillingworth Oval will host Tamworth football’s inaugural Headspace charity day this weekend. Raising money for the mental health support service, sides taking part will have an all-star feel about them.

It’s been great weather for ducks – but not for much else… including tennis. The flooding in Gunnedah has forced organisers of this weekend’s North West Championship to serve up a last-minute change of venue.