Entire town getting behind Warialda’s once-a-year cup meeting
THE 2026 Warialda Cup meeting on Saturday will be more than just a race meeting, with the entire community getting behind the town’s big day of the year. Local business houses and shops have decorated store windows and kids across the district have the crayons and pencils out as they try to win a huge
Historic Warialda Jockey Club jumps from the gates April 11
ON Friday, July 1, 1853, people came from everywhere to celebrate the first official race meeting at Warialda. More than 170 years later, Warialda Jockey Club will hold its annual cup meeting on Saturday, April 11 with a six-race card. The popular meeting features the 1400m Warialda Cup and 1000m Darren Jones Memorial Sprint. The
Moree Services FC back in training and ready to defend premiership title
MOREE Services FC players are back in training and preparing to defend their premiership title in the 2026 Namoi League football competition. The 20-round season, with five teams each playing a series of round robins, starts Saturday, April 18, with a Moree Yellow versus Moree Blue local derby from 2.30pm at Moree Services Club sporting fields.
Inverell Shire Council to host 2026 Cricket NSW Country Blitz
INVERELL Shire Council has confirmed it will host the 2026 Cricket NSW Country Blitz, following formal approval at the March Council Meeting. The event will bring high‑profile state cricketers to the region for two days of community engagement, school visits, cricket clinics and promotional activities. The Country Blitz is delivered by Cricket NSW and features
Moree junior soccer gets automated external defibrillators ahead of 2026 season
MOREE Junior Soccer Club, Chalky’s Boxing Gym and Moree Clay Target Club are three of 90 sporting organisations across New South Wales to receive automated external defibrillators through the NSW Government’s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. The program provides grants of up to $3000 to eligible sport and active recreation organisations to purchase automated external
Moree senior cricketers to tour New Zealand with Australian Aboriginal over-50s squad
MOREE senior cricketers Alf Newman and Darrel Smith travel to New Zealand on Saturday to represent Australia in the Aboriginal over-50s Cricket Australia Masters Tour. Smith and Newman will reunite with Moree old boys, brothers Percy and Les Raveneau, on the New Zealand tour, which takes in games against Maori teams from Auckland, Rotorua and
Moree Boars chasing Group 4 premiership hat-trick in 2026
AS the countdown to round one of the Group 4 rugby league season begins, Moree Boars Rugby League Club officials and coaches have never seen confidence so high and camaraderie and mateship so strong. Players are turning up to training in record numbers as the Boars’ first-grade squad, coached by Jack Durheim, chases a hat-trick
Moree Boars’ under-18s recruitment drive in full swing
MOREE Boars’ under-18s squad is on-song to improve on their Group 4 rugby league debut season last year, with players still signing up as the season launch draws closer. But a few more players are needed, says coach Brent McDonald, who also plays for the Moree Boars’ first-grade premiership-winning team. “This is only our under-18s’
Moree Pius X Elders hold their own at 24th Annual Aboriginal Elders Olympics
A group of Moree Elders travelled to the New South Wales Northern Rivers region last week to take part in the 24th Annual Aboriginal Elders Olympics at Yamba’s Raymond Laurie Sports Centre. Pius X Elders’ team member Kim Grose said the carnival was an incredible experience. “This is the second time I’ve been, but a
Moree home track advantage suits Fernando runners today
MOREE trainer Doug Fernando says home track advantage will hold him in good stead at today’s seven-race St Patrick’s Day TAB card – Moree Race Club’s first meeting for 2026. Fernando saddles up four runners, including veterans Lady Cornelia and Your Temptation in the 1600m Moree Rural Fire Service BM-58 Handicap. Lady Cornelia, a nine-year-old
