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
Fashions, fun and fast horses at Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races
RACEGOERS handled a typical Moree summer afternoon at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races on Saturday, when more than 3500 people converged on the local track to take in six races and after-party entertainment by Australian country music star Max Jackson. Moree Race Club secretary Michell Gobbert said Saturday’s twilight meeting was
Winning double at Moree worth the weight for Spokes
COFFS Harbour apprentice Grady Spokes made the trip westward well worth the ‘weight’ on Saturday, with a winning double at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races. The journey to professional ranks hasn’t been easy for the 22-year-old former picnic jockey, the son of well-known Northern Rivers rider, Raymond Spokes. Not that long
Heavyweight hoop Scott Sweedman the jockey to watch at Moree races today
STRAPPER and stablehand one day, jockey the next – Inverell heavyweight hoop Scott Sweedman is back in the saddle at today’s Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races with a full book of good rides. Sweedman has always struggled with weight, and when not in the saddle on race-day, he’s strapping runners and riding
Fernando’s Temptation on show at Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races
LOCAL trainer Doug Fernando will have one runner at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races tomorrow, with stable newcomer Your Temptation representing the town in the 1400m Brett Brazel Painting BM-50 Handicap. Your Temptation, owned by the trainer’s father, Marty Fernando, arrived in Moree about a month ago from the Pakenham stables
Sinclair back home with three runners at Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races
MOREE’s favourite racing son Peter Sinclair returns home on Saturday with three runners at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races. Sinclair, now training a team of 12 at Murwillumbah, will saddle up Rocky Rich in the 1200m Moree Ag Supplies and Steel BM-50 Handicap and Picador in the 1600m Girard Grader Hire
