18/07/2008 | ROBB College faces an important clash with the UNE Barbarians tomorrow but coach Mick McCarthy is still sweating on his holidaying team showing up.
18/07/2008 | MOREE Bulls know they aren’t quite a safe finals bet yet but will be looking to refine their game with the finals in mind when they host Gunnedah tomorrow.
18/07/2008 | GRAFTON, NSW: A change of luck resulted in Art Success recording his first official win in more than two years with an outstanding victory in the Listed Grafton Cup yesterday.
18/07/2008 | SID Turnham left the biggest cascade as Scully Park Swimming and Life Saving Club made a splash at last weekend’s NSW Winter Short Course Championships in Sydney.
18/07/2008 | GUNNEDAH upset the apple cart when it rolled North Tamworth 39-38 earlier in the year and fully expects the Group 4 premiers to be out for blood when they meet again at Jack Woolaston Oval this Sunday.
17/07/2008 | MICHAEL York has enjoyed a lot of hockey-associated success.
17/07/2008 | A GUTSY Cambridge University side was no match for a talented UNE Invitational XIII in Armidale last night but for a young side short on rugby league experience the tourists will take plenty from the game.
17/07/2008 | THE North West Tamworth U12 boys’ soccer side has taken on a bit of a giant-killer role.
17/07/2008 | ARMIDALE Jockey Geoff Snowden can claim his biggest racing success in today’s $160,000 Ken Casson Motors Grafton Cup (2350m).
17/07/2008 | KIMBERLEY Resch’s sporting schedule is taking on the look of an Olympic program, as she juggles representative commitments.
16/07/2008 | ARMIDALE has welcomed the Cambridge University touring side to town but all the pleasantries go out the window for 80 minutes this evening when the Pommies face a New England Select XIII at the University of New England.
14/07/2008 | FIVE-goal hauls from Gunnedah’s United and Imperials highlighted a Namoi Soccer League first grade round where Moree also banged in eight against Namoi Hotel Cougars.
14/07/2008 | OXLEY Vale Attunga dealt North Companions’ NECU Premier League semi-finals hopes a major blow on Saturday when it ended North’s resurgence with a 2-nil win at Jack Woolaston Oval, Tamworth.
14/07/2008 | THE COMPETITION was fierce at the Northern NSW Branch Indoor Championships in Tamworth over the weekend with local archers coming up against strong opposition from across the north of the State.
14/07/2008 | TAMWORTH trainer Mark Mason pulled the right rein to celebrate one of his best weekends when Laogan (6-1) surged away to win yesterday’s $45,000 South Grafton Ex-Servicemen’s South Grafton Cup (1600m).
14/07/2008 | THE JOSTLING for rugby league semi-final positions is already well under way across the region as teams get down to the business end of the rugby league season.
Gunnedah will have to regroup if it is to play a part in the Group 4 playoffs after yet another loss
yesterday.
13/07/2008 | NORTHERN Inland Academy of Sport’s netball and swimming squads are preparing for busy camps, carnivals and tournaments.
13/07/2008 | TAMWORTH Thunderbolt coach John Ireland might have something of a dead rubber on his hands for tonight’s State League clash with Grafton Vikings but he’ll be on a “razor edge” for the game, tipping off at 7pm in the Thunderdome.
13/07/2008 | TAMWORTH will be chasing a breakthrough title at this weekend’s Northern Half State U13 Girls’ Hockey Championships at Coffs Harbour.
13/07/2008 | TRY-SCORING machine Scott Spencer hopes he can bag a few four-pointers against Coonabarabran tomorrow.
Getting a win for North Tamworth at Coona is the first aim, of course, but the Bears fullback is also chasing West Lions skipper Nathan Hamlin in the try-scoring stakes.