COFFS Coast cricketers have been on their Christmas/New Year’s break. Here is how each club has fared so far this season. Sawtell Cricket Club: Yet to lose a match in the first-grade competition while their Sawtell Gold side are undefeated in the T20 Cup. They have also been strong in the juniors remaining undefeated in […]

COLLINGWOOD Magpies draft pick Angus Anderson made a return to his old stomping ground after having a year he will never forget. The former Sawtell/Toormina Saints player visited his old home ground of Richardson Park, a place where he enjoyed the formative years of his footy career. There he met an eager group of Sawtell/Toormina […]

SYDNEY Sixers went fourth on the BBL ladder after prevailing in a low-scoring thriller by three wickets against Brisbane Heat in Coffs Harbour. Blue-chip pacemen Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis, along with in-form spinner and player of the match Joel Davies, each took two wickets to restrict the Heat to a paltry 9-114. It should […]

First Grade Coach Warwick Jones. Newly appointed Reserve Grade Coach Jeremy Burrows. Under 18s coach Geoff Batten. THE Nambucca Roosters Rugby League Football Club has kicked off its 2026 Group 2 campaign with pre-season training at Coronation Park, setting the tone for another big year after remarkable back-to-back premierships. With first grade success now the […]

VALLEY Braves have hosted the Coffs Coast’s biggest annual junior basketball carnival. The 11th annual Bronwyn Vigors Pacific Challenge featured three big days of basketball played at Sportz Central and the Wiigulga Sports Complex. The carnival started in 2015 and is named after former Braves President and co-founder Bronwyn Vigors, who passed away in 2016. […]

IT was another banner year for sport on the Coffs Coast with a number of clubs rising to the top as they added premierships to their trophy cabinets. These were the best sporting clubs of 2025. Nana Glen Lizards: Won last season’s first grade cricket competition after losing just one match. Went through undefeated to […]

This year’s Coffs Coast Oceans Swims. This year’s Coffs Coast Oceans Swims. REGISTRATION is open for the 2026 Coffs Coast Ocean Swims to be held on Sunday 22 March 2026. With the swimming and surfing seasons in full swing, the local Ocean Swims organiser Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club is pushing ahead with planning for […]

AFL North Coast’s top junior players have been selected into Sydney Swans Academy squads for 2026. A record number of 52 players from the region were selected to the squads, bettering the 45 players chosen in 2024. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy exists to increase the number of players in NSW who have expert AFL […]

SPORTING mums and retiring athletes are key targets of a $50 million funding package from the Australian Olympic Committee. It’s being hailed as the AOC’s most significant athlete-funding initiative since the buildup to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Capitalising on a boost from its sizeable investment portfolio, the AOC will set up the $20 million Olympian […]