Record numbers representing Moree at Coolah cross country zone qualifiers
MOREE junior athletics coach Ronny Clissold is going out on a limb. Next Thursday, June 11, a group of young athletes – all members of Ronny’s Runners – will travel to Coolah, about one hour south-east of Coonabarabran, to compete in zone qualifiers for the NSW PSSA Cross Country Championships at Sydney International Equestrian Centre
Sir Brian Crowley: The wiry old giant of the racing world
THE development of picnic racing across the district during the early part of the 20th century was an important chapter of an incredible era of country racing in the New South Wales north and north-west. There is evidence of sporadic, charity-driven race meetings as far back as the mid-1800s but picnic racing across the black-soil
Geoff O’Brien Mallawa Cup bound with tough mare Akauwheo
QUIRINDI trainer Geoff O’Brien has confirmed tough mare Akauwheo will start in the 1400m Mallawa Cup at round two of bush racing’s Golden Triangle on Saturday. The mare, a winner at Talmoi last year, has been in work for more than 12 months, and will carry 69kg in the $12,000 bush feature. “She’s big enough
A double to Luke Rolls at Moree TAB meeting
MID north coast jockey Luke Rolls made the trip inland well and truly worth it on Tuesday, with a winning double at Moree Race Club’s big seven-race TAB meeting. Rolls partnered impressive three-year-old gelding Devilish Sun to a soft win in the 1200m Big Sky Country Maiden Handicap and 40 minutes later booted home four-year-old
“Moses” parts runners to win at Moree Tuesday
ARMIDALE trainer Lea Selby ended a long run of outs when tough old gelding Set to Prophet – affectionately known as Moses – won the September 6 Moree Cup BM-58 Handicap at Moree on Tuesday. Selby, whose last winner was the aptly-named Invincible Faith at Deepwater back in January, went within a long-head of landing
Izzy’s switch from picnic to professional ranks continues at Moree today
TWO years ago this month, Izzy Neale was riding at Mallawa and Talmoi picnic races as an amateur jockey. Today at Moree, as a claiming apprentice in the professional ranks, Neale has three rides for her boss, Dubbo trainer Brett Robb. Neale rode her first winner at her first ride in a race at Condobolin
Moree Old Bulls’ day celebrates 40 years of rugby at Weebolla Oval
MOREE Rugby Union Club celebrated Old Bulls’ day at the weekend, nearly 40 years to the day the Bulls played Inverell Highlanders at Weebolla Oval. On June 14, 1986, Moree Weebolla Bulls created local rugby history when they beat the Highlanders in the club’s first home game. Bulls club president, David Watts, said more than
Brown predicts Soft 7 track rating for Moree TAB meeting Tuesday
MOREE Race Club tomorrow stages a seven-race TAB card, and after nearly 100mm of rain fell on the Moree course proper last week, course curator, John Brown, is confident he’ll post the track a Soft 7, pending a stewards’ inspection today. “We had 98mm, and the track really needed it because it’s been so dry
Wet weather bolsters enthusiasm for Mallawa and Talmoi picnic races
TICKETS for Mallawa and Talmoi picnic races are now available online, with much-needed rain this week signalling larger than usual crowds are likely at bush racing’s Golden Triangle. With round one at Moree done and dusted for another year, the carnival continues west and north of Moree over the next four weeks. Mallawa Picnic Race
Moree Boars’ three grades, three wins, but not without incident
MOREE Boars first-grade came from behind at Boughton Oval on Sunday to beat Dungowan Cowboys 42-24 in a game marred by a second-half send-off and two sin bins. Boars captain-coach Jack Durheim was given 10 minutes early in the second half and five minutes from full-time, referee James Brown sent Dungowan lock Trent Taylor from
