Urunga Raiders celebrating their Grand Final victory.
THE Urunga Raiders capped their dream season with a nerve-shredding 4-3 victory over Boambee in the Women’s Premier League grand final at C.ex Coffs International Stadium. The premiers looked unstoppable, storming to a 3-0 lead shortly after halftime. But the Eagles refused to fold. Golden Boot winner Kylie McDonald sparked life into Boambee with a […]
Coffs Harbour will host The Championships again in 2026.
COFFS Harbour is set to once again host Australia’s premier touch football competition. The National Touch League’s The Championships will be held from Wednesday, 4 March to Saturday, 7 March 2026 at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium. As Australia’s premier national championship event for adult participants, The Championships attracted more than 150 teams in 2025 […]
Sam Dicker crossing the line to claim his third consecutive KZ2 Championship. Photo: Pace Images.
WESTERN Australian Sam Dicker has created history by winning a third consecutive Australian KZ2 Gearbox Championship at the Grand Final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Coffs Harbour. He is the first and only driver to win the premier KZ2 category three times in succession in the history of the Championship – becoming just […]
Bostobrick-based logging company M&M Timbers said the GKNP announcement marked the ‘end of an era’.
NSW NATIONALS MPs are claiming that the recent Great Koala National Park (GKNP) announcement has “obliterated” the North Coast timber industry, will cost thousands of regional jobs and has no guarantee of being funded or established. The proposed boundaries of the GKNP were announced by Premier Chris Minns and Labor ministers in Coffs Harbour on […]
The Nambucca Roosters women celebrate their premiership win.
The Macksville Sea Eagles reserve grade side celebrate their premiership win. The Nambucca Roosters women celebrate their premiership win. The Macksville Sea Eagles Under 18s celebrate their premiership win. THE Macksville Sea Eagles and Nambucca Roosters have both won premierships with victories in Group 2 Rugby League’s grand finals at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium. […]
Players and committee members showcasing the Club Championship with life members and sponsor Jason Lower from GNL Produce.
Players and committee members showcasing the Club Championship with life members and sponsor Jason Lower from GNL Produce. The club’s under 10s side. The club’s under 12s side. Woolgoolga’s premiership-winning Fourth Grade team. THE Woolgoolga Cricket Club kicked off its 2025/26 season this week, with high hopes for a successful summer on the back of […]
Gross winners - Dennis Holmstrom, Kim Michelsen, Warren Rawlings.
SEPTEMBER 8 Stroke Event Final round of Club Championships 32 players contested today’s event, including visitors from Young and Wodonga. Winner, with a nett 65, birthday boy, Kim Michelsen, 2nd Warren Rawlings 67, on a count back from Arthur Hassett. Run-down Tom Faulkner, Brett Bosbach 68, Dave Baldock, John Anselmi, Andrew O’Keeffe 70, Loz Renshall […]
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DEAR News Of The Area, PETER Dingle asks where are the “so-called green organisations” in relation to the environmental destruction posed by the Robbins Island wind project? (NOTA 5/9/25). I asked a similar question some months ago, regarding the environmental destruction resulting from renewable energy projects, in Queensland and Kosciusko National Park. I guess that […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER years of lobbying, peaceful protest, and dedicated vigilance by thousands of ordinary citizens, the long-anticipated announcement for the declaration of the Great Koala National Park has arrived at last. Since the Minns Government took office, there has been wide-spread degradation of valuable habitat and ecological services, as well as […]
