Diggers Cricket Club’s Under 16s team celebrate their win and finals berth.
COFFS Coast’s junior cricketers booked their finals spots during the final round of Sixers Cricket League Coffs Harbour’s junior season. Under 16s Sawtell Sloggers finished the home and away season undefeated after having a 105-run win against Coffs Colts Cricket Club at Jetty Oval. Sawtell set a total of 5/178 from 20 overs, after winning […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the excellent letter from Greg Hackfath (27 February) regarding the dedication and skill over 40 years of the ocean lifeguard service. Among many positive anecdotes from locals and visitors, I would like to remind you all of the dependence we have on those emergency workers, like the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE may be no literal devil in our world yet there is never a shortage of people willing to step into the role: to stoke fear, to turn neighbour against neighbour, and to profit from the shadows they cast. And perhaps Jesus never walked this earth, but the role he […]
Sam Carswell sprinted and dived his way to a silver medal in beach flags before placing sixth in the sprint.
COFFS Coast surf life savers have done their club and region proud at the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships. Six athletes and two surf boat crews from Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club (CHSLSC) travelled south to Swansea Belmont Surf Life Saving Club last week to compete at the championships – returning home with outstanding […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ASHLEY Love’s Letter to the Editor in the Nambucca and Coffs NOTA of 27/2/26 relates to several comments I made in an unpublished Forest & Wood Communities press release that accused anti-forestry activists, like Mr Love, of hypocrisy when it came to their claims that the native timber industry can […]
Wellness was the focus of the Silver Sirens gathering.
COFFS Harbour’s “Silver Sirens” group held its inaugural event last Saturday 28 February, at Yarilla Place. “Ageless Beauty: Inner Foundations and Outer Expression” provided participants with “a space to breathe, reflect, and connect with other women who truly ‘get’ this stage of life,” Silver Sirens founder Faith Agugu said. “Silver Sirens exists to change the […]
CWA Bellingen Branch member Meaghan Burkett reviews the women’s survey results with daughter Xanthe. Photo: supplied.
THE Country Women’s Association Bellingen Branch has released the results of a survey into the needs of local women. Women of Bellingen and surrounding areas were invited to share their experiences, challenges, hopes and ideas, with the CWA planning to use the results to inform their work. CWA member and survey coordinator Meaghan Burkett, was […]
A MAN has faced court this week accused of an alleged murder at an Ebor campground. Ahwen Kohn, 26, appeared in the crime court at Armidale on Tuesday, charged with “murder”, “intentionally choke person with recklessness”, and “assault occasioning actual bodily harm’. Mr Kohn was arrested on Waterfall Way, Ebor about 11.30am on Monday, 2 […]
Mandi Monck, Chris Sheridan, Lyndy McLeod, Ann Worboys.
Mandi Monck, Chris Sheridan, Lyndy McLeod, Ann Worboys. Ann Marie Taylor, Judy Clarke, Yvonne Hinsley, Jan Slater. CONGRATSULATIONS to Mandy Monck, Chris Sheridan, Lyndy McLeod and Ann Worboys on winning the club Fours on Wednesday 18th February. Well done to Jan Slater, Yvonne Hinsley, Judy Clarke and Ann Marie Taylor the runners up. Social bowls […]
SELECTING the winner of the upcoming Men’s Club Championship at Coff Harbour Golf Club is proving to be a difficult task. When the major event tees off this Saturday, there is a strong field of contenders without a real standout as they are all currently playing off very similar handicaps. Two-time winner Aden Louez has […]
