Category: North West Sport

Preparations are underway for Tamworth FC’s upcoming season. Coach Wayne May is gearing up the squad for a premiership winning campaign, after the club narrowly missed-out on a three-peat last year.

The Tamworth Jockey Club will host the $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier tomorrow, with trainers vying for a place in the final at Royal Randwick. Cody Morgan has qualified horses before, although he says tomorrow’s race is very open.

Around 80 players have turned-out for today’s inaugural ‘Tradies Support the Ladies’ pink golf day in Tamworth. The fairways at the Longyard Golf Club were in the pink, as players helped raise funding for the Cancer Council.  

The Greater Northern Tigers have added size to their forward pack ahead of this weekend’s match at Farrer High School. They enter Saturday’s match on a high, after beating Newcastle last weekend 34 to 12.

Born and bred on the outskirts of Moree, Rhiannon Byers is now an integral part of the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens. Relishing the chance to get home to the North West with her sporting family, she’ll head up a local training camp.

After taking a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic, the group four competition is back. The chairman says registration across all grades has been overwhelming, but reserve grade in particular is chock-a-block, with 10 teams signing on to play.

This year’s ‘Regional Challenge’ has been deemed an “overwhelming” success – as the redeveloped Tamworth Hockey Complex was put to its first major test. More than 1,000 athletes took part in the carnival from 11 regions.

The Tamworth Magpies are undergoing a rigorous pre-season, with coach Peter Burke determined to improve the club’s overall fitness. So far, numbers have been solid at training, with another wave of players arriving.

The Tamworth Roosters could be fielding plenty of new players this season, if today’s Come and Try Day is anything to go by. Around 40 future Aussie Rules stars took part in today’s session.

Glen Innes product Alex Newsome will captain the Waratahs tomorrow night, as they travel to Canberra to play the Brumbies. He says, he’s had limited experience as skipper, but is relishing the opportunity.