Junior numbers boosted through Moree Motorcycle Club’s recruitment program
AROUND this time last year, Moree Motorcycle Club was struggling to get half-a-dozen kids interested in slipping on a helmet and protective riding gear and learning the Motocross craft at Boolooroo Raceway. As a result, earlier this year a new program was devised by club president Matt Anderson, his wife Renee and their son Max
Moree Motorcycle Club closes big year with Christmas party presentations
MOREE Motorcycle Club on Sunday closed the 2025 season at Boolooroo Raceway with an RPA day, trophy presentation and a visit from Santa Claus – and the promise of a bigger and stronger year ahead. Club president Matt Anderson said the end-of-year Christmas party, featuring learner-riders as young as four years of age, showcased everything
Greg Inglis and Goanna Academy heading to Moree
FORMER Melbourne Storm and South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL star Greg Inglis will be in Moree next week to deliver a series of engaging mental health programs as part of his ground-breaking Goanna Academy advocacy group. Inglis will be in Moree for two days, after Moree Plains Shire Council’s Community Development Team successfully obtained an Alcohol
Shut Eye Texas Cup details
Moree galloper Shut Eye, owned by the Our Next New Horse Syndicate, is off to the Texas Cup on Saturday, December 13 – and we’re organising a bus trip to make a real day of it. We have a driver organised and syndicate members Mark and Nat Cook have kindly loaned us their bus for
Hell of the West named Triathlon Australia medium-sized Event of the Year
GOONDIWINDI’s Hell of the West Triathlon was named medium-sized Event of the Year at the 2025 AusTriathlon annual awards ceremony, held at the Gold Coast on Saturday night. The Hell of the West is a community-run endurance event that has become a ‘must-do’ for athletes from across Australia. Winning the medium-sized Event of the Year, for
Moree-owned Shut Eye wins Port of Brisbane Cup at Kach’s last day calling at Goondiwindi
MOREE-owned gelding Shut Eye resumed at Goondiwindi on Saturday to easily win the 1200m Port of Brisbane Cup on an historic day that saw on-course race-caller Greg Kachel call his last meeting at Gunsynd Park. Shut Eye, trained at Inverell by Wayne Oakenfull and owned by Moree’s Our Next New Horse Syndicate, was resuming after
Sport stars honoured at Tamworth awards ceremony
FIFTEEN-year-old Olivia Earl has been named Sports Star of the Year at the 2025 Tamworth Regional Sports Awards, held last night at West Tamworth League Club. She was also named Junior Sports Star of the Year for her incredible list of feats on the athletics field over the past year, which includes a string of
New pennant score boards and seating dedicated to Moree lawn bowls stalwarts
MOREE Magpies Bowling Club held its championships presentation and Christmas party at Moree Services Club on Saturday, showcased by the unveiling of two new pennant scoreboards and three bench seats donated by well-known Moree families. Pennant scoreboards dedicated to Darcy and Glenda Hobday, and Allan Kite were donated by the Hobday and Kite families on Saturday.
Moree Race Club prepares for Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races
MOREE Race Club is preparing for its biggest social event of the year, with the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races on Saturday, December 20 showcasing a big weekend in Moree. The Christmas race meeting has quickly become the club’s signature event, with thousands of people – young and old – expected to
Phil Hobday crowned Moree Magpies A-grade singles’ championship winner
HE’S been trying for more than 20 years, and this year he did it – for his mum. Phil Hobday has always been one of Moree’s best lawn-bowlers, but winning a Moree Magpies A-grade singles club championship has eluded him. Hobday’s mum, Glenda, passed away in 2018, but she’s never been far away in the
