AUSTRALIA’s best handball players are playing off for national titles in Coffs Harbour. The Australian Handball Club Championships are currently being held at Sportz Central, with a spot in the World Championship up for grabs. The National Championships got underway on Wednesday, 27 May, with semi-finals to be played on Saturday, 30 May, and the […]

Storm Townsend of Toormina will represent NSW at the nationals. Photo: William Bayldon Public School. Sawtell students tuned in to watch the PSSA championships in Sydney. Photo: Sawtell Public School. TOORMINA swimmer Storm Townsend and Sawtell’s Frankie Lambert have their sights set on the national titles in Melbourne later this year, after sensational results in […]

The 10km short course mixed race. Photo: Rob Cleary. Event Director Cherie Collison with Kimara Haronga and Jean Temoke. Photo: Kate Pye. Lorraine Paradero, Marc Lusted and Gina Cano from the Sydney Bluefins Outrigger Club. Bryan Wilkinson from Sunset Bay, QLD. Olive and Poppy Van Gool from Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club. A sea of colour […]

AFTER having the first bye round of the season, the Group 2 Rugby League season resumes this weekend with Round 5 matches. Coffs Coast teams the Coffs Harbour Comets, Sawtell Panthers, and Woolgoolga Seahorses all hit the road this weekend. Early season ladder leaders the Sawtell Panthers travel to take on the Macksville Sea Eagles […]

Key Community, winners of the Walking Football Charity Shield. Father and son Peter and Will Lagettie receiving special awards for their contribution to the success of the event. Will, 84, refereed all day while son Peter hand-made all the trophies and medals. IT was a fantastic gala day out at the Coffs Synthetics, as the […]

Alanni Morris is carried by fellow competitors after winning the Under 14s category in the Surf Reflections Junior Series at Hungry Head Beach. Under 16s girls winner Pearl Eaton, U14s winner Alanni Morris, Under 14s winner Max Goold and Under 16s winner Hugo Spierings. NORTH Shelley Boardriders’ Alanni Morris, Palm Beach’s Max Goold and Byron […]

AUSTRALIA’s best outrigger crews are ready to race for national titles on the Coffs Coast. Coffs Harbour is set to host the 2026 Australian Outriggers National Marathon Championship this weekend. It will be contested over three fierce days of racing from Friday, 15 May, to Sunday, 17 May at Jetty Beach. The event draws hundreds […]

REIGNING Women’s Premier League champions Urunga celebrated Female Football Week in style, overpowering Woolgoolga Wildcats 4-0 on a chilly Friday night away from home. Kate Fry struck twice inside the opening half hour as the Raiders made the perfect start in Woolgoolga. The Wildcats refused to go quietly however, launching a series of attacking raids […]

AMAIA Wain has been drafted into the best female Aussie Rules league in the country. The former Bellingen Bulldogs and Sawtell/Toormina Saints player was selected at pick number four by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural AFLW pre-season draft. The 18-year-old was selected by the Bulldogs after a breakout season playing for the University of […]

THE COFFS Coast is set to host a historic drop-knee bodyboarding competition from 30-31 May. It will be the first time a drop-knee competition has been held in Coffs Harbour, and the first event in Australia to include a dedicated women’s division. Drop-knee is a specialised form of the sport where competitors ride with one […]