COFFS Harbour District Cricket Association’s T20 Cup resumes next week with Round 6 matches to be played on Thursday 29 January. Undefeated ladder leaders and defending champions Nana Glen Lizards take on fellow undefeated side Sawtell Cricket Club Gold at Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park. Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Blue play off against Woolgoolga […]
Coffs Harbour yachtsman nears last leg of year-long round the world race
Eric Marsh sailing his Mini Globe Sunbear yacht. Photos: supplied. Brenda and Eric Marsh in Cape Town at Christmas. Photos: supplied. Cape Town farewells the Mini Globe yacht race competitors. Photos: supplied. COFFS Harbour yachtsman Eric Marsh, 72, is preparing to embark on the final stage of the solo McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) aboard […]
Coffs cricket mid-season review
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 […]
AFL Draft pick returns home to Sawtell
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 […]
Sean Abbott was among the Sixers' key bowlers in their win over the Heat in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS.
Sixers pip Heat in Coffs in low-scoring BBL thriller
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 […]
Nambucca Roosters launch 2026 campaign with renewed vision
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 […]
Braves host Bronwyn Vigors Pacific Challenge
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. […]
Best Coffs Coast clubs of 2025
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 […]
Registration open for Coffs Coast Ocean Swims 2026
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 […]
Coffs Coast-based Sydney Swans Academy members meet Sydney Swans players and coaches at the captain’s training run before last month’s AFLW game in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sydney Swans.
AFL North Coast juniors selected to Sydney Swans Academy
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 […]
