Category: North West Sport

Northern Inland Football is still on the hunt for teams ahead of its Summer Football season kickoff this Friday. The association will cap the competition at 60 teams this year, with players of all ages encouraged to pick up their boots.

Almost 100 seniors, have dusted-off their whites to take part in a three-day veterans cricket carnival. The over-60s tournament features teams from as far as Canberra.

Members of the Northern Inland Academy of Sport have had limited opportunities to play and even train during the pandemic. Today, the academy’s rugby league squad came together for only it’s second training session for the year.

The Northern Inland Football summer competition returns next week – a series that keeps players involved in the off-season. While the coronavirus has impacted numbers slightly this year, the competition has still roped in plenty of players.

Breast Cancer is an insidious disease that most Australians have been impacted by – one way or another. Now volunteer groups in the north west are urging women to get regular check-ups.

South United FC has leapfrogged North Companions on the ladder, to qualify for next weekend’s premier league semi-finals. Souths’ defeated Quirindi three-nil yesterday, while Gunnedah beat Kootingal. Helping Souths’ quality was Moore Creek’s win over Companions, as the Mushies wrapped-up the minor premiership.

While tomorrow’s match between Oxley Vale Attunga and Tamworth FC will ultimately decide who wins the minor premiership, there’s another award at stake too. The Golden Boot is award to the season’s top goal scorer will be determined – and this year it’s testing family ties.

Tamworth Veterans Cricket was planning on hosting one of the state’s biggest events this coming week, before it was cancelled due to the pandemic. However, the group has organised another carnival catering for over-60s.

Enthusiastic racers will hit the track this weekend for the state’s largest event on the go-kart calendar. The annual Alan Cox Cup was delayed due to COVID-19, but organisers say they’re still expecting up to 80 drivers to enter the competition.

Tamworth’s Peel Valley Bush Cricket will return to the pitch this weekend. The ten-week social competition will run until December 6, before returning again in February. It’s an opportunity for farmers and their families to take a break and enjoy some high-spirited fun with friends. The competition has been expanded this season – it’ll now…