Rob Barwick in his Impulse 'Drift' who won on both Yardstick and Handicap.
26-4-26 THE Port Macquarie Sailing Club held their final race of the season on Sunday, Summer Series Race 9. All week the report had been for very little wind, if any, for the day, so expectations of actually getting a race in were not high. Despite this, 9 monohulls rigged ready to race hoping the […]
Bella in her competitive element. Photo: supplied.
Bella in her competitive element. Photo: supplied. A very proud athlete, Bella Fede. Photo: supplied. A RISING young athlete from the Camden Haven is making her mark on the national stage. Fourteen-year-old Isabella Fede is breaking records in para athletics. Isabella, who competes in the F21 classification in the under 15 women’s division, first discovered […]
The Flamin’ Dragons with their silver medals.
JENNY Higgins was a keen squash and netball player, and passionate about staying fit, until a double hip replacement meant finding a new sport. In 2009 she took up dragon boating and eventually became a member of the Flamin’ Dragons Club based at Port Macquarie. The Club boasts more than 80 members and receives new […]
Rob Dwyer MP with some of the members of the Hastings Valley Motorcycle Club. Photo: Rob Lloyd, Sportive Media.
CLUBS across the Port Macquarie-Hastings are encouraged to apply for funding to boost the number of women and girls in sport. Under the Play Her Way Innovation Program, the NSW Government is making $500,000 available for participation initiatives. Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer said the program provides a valuable opportunity for organisations to break […]
Comboyne’s four-time national downhill champion Luke Meier-Smith is a former sporting fund scholarship recipient. Photo: Sven Martin/Giant Bicycles.
A LACK of official members of the Hastings Sporting Fund has called its future into question. An expression of interest carried out last year resulted in three applications to sit on the fund’s sub-committee, however rules require seven members. A staff report presented to councillors by Director of Community, Planning and Environment Melissa Watkins, outlined […]
The Port Macquarie Pirates started their season with wins for both first and second grade men’s sides. Photo: Port Macquarie Pirates.
THE Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season kicked off last weekend. Port Macquarie Pirates started their premiership defence with a 19-17 win against the Hastings Valley Vikings. In second grade, the Pirates were 45-27 winners over the Vikings. Coffs Harbour Snappers got their season off to a dominant start, having a 45-7 win […]
It was a dominant day for the Port Macquarie Magpies, winning in seniors, reserves and women’s competitions. Photo: SaltyFoxFotography.
THE AFL North Coast season continued with Round 2 matches in Port Macquarie and Grafton. The Port Macquarie Magpies recorded their first win of the season in dominant fashion, smashing the Northern Beaches Blues 24.12 (156) to 4.2 (26) in Port Macquarie. Port Macquarie Magpies women’s side had a 4.2 (26) to 2.7 (19) win […]
The spray of the bowls that were rolled with the opposite hand to the bowler's normal hand. The winning bowl was a distance of 41mm (one and a half inches) from the jack, bowled by Ned McKelvey .
THE winning marble was rink 4 with a very large margin of 36 was Larry Wedd, David Woodlands and skip George Campbell. Runners up with a margin of 13 on rink 2 was Maki Ngaro, Sandra Hackney and skip Marie Winter. The lucky losing marble on rink 4 was John Smyth, Jim Fancourt, and skip […]
Simon Gandy and Ezra Mert in their MG14 ‘Vamos’ who dominated the monohull division in the later races.
19-4-26 ROUND 4 of the Port Macquarie Sailing Club’s Sprint Race series (races 14 – 19) was held on Sunday in yet another variable Southerly. To be fair, the first 2 races weren’t too bad, but then the wind seem to go all over the place, varying 60 degrees in some shifts. The first race […]
Blair Maxwell from Laurieton Tennis Club and Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer.
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 […]
