September 22, 2026
International opportunity for Camden Haven futsal star
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International opportunity for Camden Haven futsal star

CAMDEN Haven High School student Havanah Murie is set to represent her country on the international futsal stage. The talented goalkeeper, 15, has been selected for the U16 Girls Australian Futsal team which is set to compete in Greece in October. Playing futsal – a five-a-side, indoor version of football – for just two years, […]

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Iona Ibises take up the challenge to promote Female Football Week Team members and participants celebrating Female Football Week. Photo: Pauline Cain.
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Iona Ibises take up the challenge to promote Female Football Week

THE IONA Ibises have taken up the challenge of encouraging girls and women to join the growing sport of football. On Saturday 16 May, they were at St Columba Anglican School, running fun activities for girls that included ball skills and games, and face painting and nail painting. The team has also attended U17’s and […]

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Reeve Simmons makes VFL debut for the GWS Giants Reeve Simmons debuted for the Giants on 10 May. Photo: SaltyFoxFotography.
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Reeve Simmons makes VFL debut for the GWS Giants

Reeve Simmons debuted for the Giants on 10 May. Photo: SaltyFoxFotography. Simmons was selected to play ruck against the Bombers. Photo: SaltyFoxFotography. EIGHTEEN-year-old Reeve Simmons has taken another major step in his Aussie Rules journey, making his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut on Sunday 10 May.  Simmons was selected to play ruck for the Greater […]

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Ex-Liverpool star Craig Johnston shares footballing philosophy in Port Macquarie Former Liverpool legends Ian Rush and Craig Johnston. Photo: AAP Image/Mark Dadswell.
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Ex-Liverpool star Craig Johnston shares footballing philosophy in Port Macquarie

Former Liverpool legends Ian Rush and Craig Johnston. Photo: AAP Image/Mark Dadswell. Mid North Coast hotelier Alistair Flower and Craig Johnston during the ex-footballer’s visit to Port Macquarie last week. Photo: Alistair Flower. Former West Bromwich Albion player Mark Trenter, Richard McGovern from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, Craig Johnston and Mick Day from the […]

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Wauchope Women’s Bowling Club Wauchope ladies grade 3 pennant team which travelled to Kempsey Bowlo to play in the regional play-off against Woolgoolga.
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Wauchope Women’s Bowling Club

THURSDAY 30th April 2026. It was a very exciting game with the score at 18 all, 25 all, every Wauchope bowler was contributing to the score. By the time the game reached 21 ends Wauchope was behind 30 to 32. A big thank you to Kempsey Bowlo for the well prepared venue and the hospitality. […]

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World Croquet Day celebrated In Port Macquarie Port Macquarie Croquet Club members celebrate World Croquet Day.
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World Croquet Day celebrated In Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie Croquet Club members celebrate World Croquet Day. Port Macquarie Croquet Club members celebrate World Croquet Day. PORT Macquarie Croquet Club celebrated World Croquet Day on Saturday 2 May with a great roll-up of 21 players. Croquet has a long history dating back to the 14th Century, when peasants fashioned hoops from willow branches […]

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The Long Roll: Interstate bowls event heading for Port City The Long Roll is being billed as the ‘world's farthest game of lawn bowls’. Photo: Port City Bowling Club.
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The Long Roll: Interstate bowls event heading for Port City

PORT City Bowling Club has been selected to host a round of Bowls for Brisbane: The Long Roll, a unique event designed to highlight Australia’s case for bowls’ inclusion in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympic Games.  It is being billed as the “world’s farthest game of lawn bowls”. Each club will host a round […]

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Port Macquarie Sailing Club Rob Barwick in his Impulse 'Drift' who won on both Yardstick and Handicap.
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Port Macquarie Sailing Club

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 […]

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Camden Haven’s Isabella Fede dominates discus and sets new Australian record Bella in her competitive element. Photo: supplied.
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Camden Haven’s Isabella Fede dominates discus and sets new Australian record

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 […]

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Medal haul for the Flamin’ Dragons The Flamin’ Dragons with their silver medals.
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Medal haul for the Flamin’ Dragons

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 […]

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