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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]