July 23, 2026
Nambucca Roosters launch 2026 campaign with renewed vision
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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 […]

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Braves host Bronwyn Vigors Pacific Challenge The Coffs Harbour Suns Under 13s Girls Division 1 team.
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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. […]

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Best Coffs Coast clubs of 2025 Coffs Harbour Snappers won six premierships in 2025.
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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 […]

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Registration open for Coffs Coast Ocean Swims 2026 This year’s Coffs Coast Oceans Swims.
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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 […]

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AFL North Coast juniors selected to Sydney Swans Academy 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.
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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 […]

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AOC rolls out $50-million athlete funding package Anna Meares said it took her three Olympic cycles to have the confidence to be backed financially. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS.
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AOC rolls out $50-million athlete funding package

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 […]

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Coffs Harbour High School win North Coast title Coffs Harbour High School’s Opens Boys cricket team celebrate their North Coast title win. Back row: Adam Mason (Coach), Noah Hart, Charlie Cameron, Tom Craig, Zane Guthrie, Darcy Nikolich, Ben Watson (Coach). Front row: Hunter Lynch, Josh Degle, Harley Teale, Ryan Ellingham, Darcy Franks, Cooper Pearce, Nathan Clarke. Absent: Deegan Tomlinson.
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Coffs Harbour High School win North Coast title

COFFS Harbour High School are North Coast champions after winning the final of the Combined High Schools – North Coast Cricket Boys Opens Alan Davidson Shield competition. They defeated Kingscliff High School in a thrilling regional final at Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park. Third time was a charm for the Coffs side after losing […]

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Orara Thunder dominate on court and in the sand with multiple championship titles The Orara High School beach volleyball team.
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Orara Thunder dominate on court and in the sand with multiple championship titles

The Orara High School beach volleyball team. The Orara High School volleyball team. THE volleyball program at Orara High School has capped off one of its most successful seasons on record, with the ‘Thunder’ claiming Grand Final victories across both indoor and beach competitions. Both the Girls and Boys indoor teams repeated last year’s heroics […]

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Former AFL North Coast player named in All-Australian team Cambridge McCormick in action for the GWS Giants. Photo: Ryan Jones/GWS Giants.
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Former AFL North Coast player named in All-Australian team

CAMBRIDGE McCormick has proven herself to be one of the top female Australian Rules players in the country. The GWS Giants defender and former AFL North Coast player was named in this year’s AFLW All-Australian team, with selection in the Half Back line. The former Port Macquarie Magpies star had a stellar season for the […]

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Former Sawtell/Toormina Saints player drafted by Collingwood Angus Anderson with the Jack Oatey medal for best on ground in this year’s SANFL grand final. Photo: Lachlan Martin.
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Former Sawtell/Toormina Saints player drafted by Collingwood

Angus Anderson with the Jack Oatey medal for best on ground in this year’s SANFL grand final. Photo: Lachlan Martin. Angus Anderson gets his first feel for wearing Collingwood’s black and white stripes after being drafted by the Magpies last week. Photo: Collingwood FC. Angus Anderson gets his first feel for wearing Collingwood’s black and […]

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