Sam Pryor books Australia Indoor Championships spot with strong win in Moree qualifier
GUNNEDAH lawn bowlers took home the spoils on Monday when Sam Pryor and Dillon Eather fought out the final of the Moree round of the 2026 Australian Indoor Singles Lawn Bowls Qualifiers at Moree Services Club. Pryor, playing for Gunnedah Services and Bowling Club, utilised long ends in the latter stages to outgun Eather, who
Linda O’Reilly heading to Australian nationals after winning indoor singles qualifier at Moree
TAMWORTH lawn bowler Linda O’Reilly swept through a two-day round robin competition to win the Moree qualifying round of the 2026 Australian Indoor Women’s Singles at Moree Services Club on Saturday. The win catapulted O’Reilly to a spot in the Australia Indoor Championships at Tweed Heads in August. O’Reilly said getting to national level is
Historic play: 2026 Australian Indoor Singles Lawn Bowls Qualifiers in Moree this weekend
MOREE Services Club will create history this weekend when Magpies Bowling Club hosts an opening round of the 2026 Australian Indoor Singles Lawn Bowls Qualifiers. The four-day knock-out competition started yesterday with women’s sectional rounds. Women’s finals will be decided today, with the men’s sectionals played Sunday and finals decided Monday. Magpies club president Wayne
Yabbies snagged by Golfies, with Moree Thunder thunderstruck by Crows
MOREE and District Cricket Association slammed into round one of the local Twenty20 competition on Saturday, with Moree Golfies’ Mathew Lather whacking the ball all over Ron Harborne Oval in an impressive display. Lather single-handedly walloped Yarraman Yabbies with an unbeaten 152 off 66 balls, including nine sixes and 18 fours at a strike rate
Moree Aboriginal Elders invited to participate in 24th Annual Elders Olympics
REGISTRATIONS are now open for the 24th annual Aboriginal Elders Olympics, where more than 200 Elders from across New South Wales will take part. Moree Elders are encouraged to participate in the event at Yamba on Wednesday-Thursday, March 11-12. The two-day competition provides an opportunity for Elders to gather and celebrate culture, connection and community
Local sporting organisations encouraged to apply for grant funding
THE NSW Government will commit more than $3 million over the next two years to partner with sporting organisations to deliver programs that address the drivers of domestic, family and sexual violence. The Game on for Change – Preventing Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Through Sport grant program is a whole-of-community approach to addressing domestic,
Rhiannon back home with plenty of presents and Christmas cheer
PALLAMALLAWA rugby league export Rhiannon Byers is home for Christmas – and she didn’t arrive empty-handed, either. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks second-rower, awarded the 2025 Veronica White Medal at the Dally M Awards in October, landed in Pally earlier this week with plenty of Sharks merchandise. And she kindly donated everything to Moree United Disability Care
Moree Council intercepts to help Greater Western Challenge knock-out in February
MOREE Plains Shire Council will help Moree Boars Rugby League Club with an in-kind donation of manpower to help the club prepare for the huge Greater Western Challenge knock-out competition early next year. The knock-out, heading into its third year, brings teams from across New South Wales for a one-day event that attracts thousands of
Torrens’ double at Moree the perfect Christmas present
SALLY Torrens’ recent run of minor placings went one better on Saturday – twice – when the popular trainer led back a winning double at the Moree Ag Supplies Christmas twilight race meeting. Torrens trains a big team at Gunnedah and two weeks ago led back three minor place-getters at her hometown Christmas meeting. Previously,
Looker’s Highway frustration tempered by strong Moree maiden win
PORT Macquarie jockey Ben Looker bravely smiled as he watched Navy Buoy win the TAB Highway Handicap at Randwick on Saturday from the jockeys’ room at Moree racecourse. Looker had the choice of one ride at Randwick for Port Macquarie trainer Paul Snowden or a full book of rides at Moree, including ghostly-grey Toowoomba mare
