Category: North West Sport

After five weeks off the track, Tamworth’s Kart Racing club is now able to return to Oakburn park for training. The organisation says it won’t be able to host a meet until restrictions lift across large parts of the state.

Tamworth Netball Association has called it a day on its winter competition. With community sport still in limbo, organisers say there’s no opportunity for finals to be played.

Tamworth Hockey Association has been forced to ditch the remainder of both the men’s and women’s seasons. The organisation had planned for a finals series that would wrap on the October long weekend. An uncertain date for when restrictions on community sport would lift meant that the tough call to cancel had to be made.…

It has been four weeks since Tamworth’s City Swim Club’s members have dipped a toe in the water. Although they’re now able to return to the pool with the lifting of stay-at-home orders, the wait might not be over quite yet.

Tamworth’s Sam Hill is one to look out for in the cycling world. Currently part of the Zwift Academy online training program – Hill could soon have a chance of being in major rides like the Tour de France.

The remainder of the Group 4 rugby season has been scrapped. With community sport to be off-limits even once lockdown lifts, and Narrabri remaining under stay-at-home orders, officials say the decision was all-but made for them. The 9s competition has also been cancelled, but could be played early next year.

The Northern Inland Academy of Sport has a new CEO, and she’s a familiar face. Shona Eichorn was the organisation’s inaugural chief executive in 1992 – and she returns with the mission to keep it afloat during the pandemic.

Lake Keepit Sailing Club unveiled its spring calendar for the upcoming season. Its opening event, the Spring Races, had initially been slated for Father’s Day – competitors will now hit the water, as soon as lockdown lifts.

The Tamworth Mountain Bikers Club is one of the few local sporting organisations still pulling interest in lockdown. Organisers say virtual competitions have been taking place, with a Summer Series planned when restrictions ease.

The start date for Tamworth’s cricket season is up in the air, as the COVID pandemic continues to force changes to local sport. The committee has player safety as top priority, but plans are being put together to get batsmen to the crease.