April 19, 2026
More than $46k boost for local sporting clubs Blair Maxwell from Laurieton Tennis Club and Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer.
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More than $46k boost for local sporting clubs

Blair Maxwell from Laurieton Tennis Club and Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer. David Relf and Mick Bulmar from Mid North Coast Veteran Cricket Association with Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer (centre). NINE sporting clubs across the Port Macquarie electorate will benefit from a combined $46,000 in funding through the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program […]

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Bogie Bandits Social Golf Club Bogie Bandits Social Golf Club.
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Bogie Bandits Social Golf Club

TUESDAY 07/04/2026 Number of Players – 30 ( great turnout) Game Played –2 Man Ambrose Winners -Glenn & Matt Holt-                              net 61.75 2nd  Luke & Flynn Ackroyd   –                            net 63.75(on count back) 3rd          Chas Viner & George Evans              – net 63.75 4th          Ian McKenzie & Michael Hassett – net 64 NTP        4              […]

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Port Macquarie Sailing Club Steve Couch in his Laser ‘Lazybuoy’ who won the monohull division.
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Port Macquarie Sailing Club

12-4-26 PORT Macquarie Sailing Club’s 3rd race of the handicap start series was held on Sunday under sunny skies in a very variable Westerly. The race was run in the last of the run out tide. Jeff Walsh set a 3 lap, Port buoy course with an up river start working to buoy A across […]

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Rugby returns for another season The Port Macquarie Pirates will look to defend their premiership bounty in 2026. Photo: Pirates.
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Rugby returns for another season

THE GAME they play in heaven makes its return for another year, with the Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season kicking off across the region this weekend. The Port Macquarie Pirates begin their premiership defence at home in the local derby against the Hastings Valley Vikings. Last season’s runners-up the Coffs Harbour Snappers […]

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Port Macquarie Boxing Club’s historic Fight Night returns The card will be stacked with many promising seasoned and amateur fighters, supported by the coaches from Port Macquarie Boxing Club. Photo: supplied.
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Port Macquarie Boxing Club’s historic Fight Night returns

Local fighter Jess Messina is the main event at The Homecoming Fight Night on 18 April. Photo: supplied. The card will be stacked with many promising seasoned and amateur fighters, supported by the coaches from Port Macquarie Boxing Club. Photo: supplied. IT’S been a decade in the making, but Port Macquarie Boxing Club is ready […]

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Port Phoenix Always Able softball team finishes season strong The Port Phoenix Always Able women's softball team.
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Port Phoenix Always Able softball team finishes season strong

THE Port Phoenix Always Able women’s softball team finished their season with a decisive win in the Mid North Coast Softball Association competition last month. The competition has been in existence for more than 50 years, and the team of ten comprises players aged 14 to 70.  Long-time player Michelle Nohotima is 54 and juggles […]

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Wauchope Tennis Club hosts annual Purple Pickleball Tournament Brendan Hansard and Lucy Kowalewski compete in the Upper Intermediate division. Photo: Wauchope Tennis Club & Pickleball Facebook.
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Wauchope Tennis Club hosts annual Purple Pickleball Tournament

Brendan Hansard and Lucy Kowalewski compete in the Upper Intermediate division. Photo: Wauchope Tennis Club & Pickleball Facebook. Michael Hall, Simon Moore, Kari Amundsen, Leeanne Gilmour, Sophie Taylor, Laura Robertson, Megan Rombi, and Rikki Waller. Photo: Wauchope Tennis Club & Pickleball Facebook. Matt Cosgrove, Laura Robertson, Helen Garret and Julia Grey. Photo: Wauchope Tennis Club […]

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Coffs City vs Iona FC: Interclub Challenge played in ‘great spirit’ Players from both clubs gather for a group shot.
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Coffs City vs Iona FC: Interclub Challenge played in ‘great spirit’

COFFS City came out on top in a strongly-contested Interclub Challenge played against Iona FC on Saturday, 28 March. The two Mid North Coast clubs played pre-season games across the following divisions: U12 Boys, U14 Boys, U16 Boys, U16 Girls, and Ladies and Men’s premier and reserve grades. Coffs won five games to two to […]

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Port Macquarie Sailing Club Tony Kuhn on his Arrow Cat ‘Stella’ who won the 6th Club Championship race.
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Port Macquarie Sailing Club

22-3-26 THE Port Macquarie Sailing Club held race 7 of the Summer Series in the morning and the 6th Club Championship after lunch on Sunday in a quite variable Southerly breeze and some scattered cloud. The morning race was conducted in the last of the run in tide, and the tide ran out during the […]

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