Sport

Bodyboard club call for members

18 Jan 12 | PORT Stephens Bodyboard Club is celebrating another successful year in 2011 with great performances from all members during the seven exciting rounds of competition. The younger members are startin

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Turnout of 160 for Fingal Mile ocean swim

18 Jan 12 | The Fingal Mile Ocean Swim was held for the second consecutive year on January 7, drawing 160 competitors to more than double on last year's turnout. Organiser Kate Preston said she was "really ha

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Another mangrove Jack : Stinker

18 Jan 12 | I HAVE been writing this column weekly for 25 years and there are two fish that I have always hoped I would see in Port Stephens. One is a 1kg whiting, the other a mangrove Jack. To this day I h

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Sharks lifeline close hoping to broker deal this week

18 Jan 12 | THE Port Stephens Sharks are still swimming in the Newcastle rugby league. The club has confirmed it is chasing the assistance of a last-minute financial backer, who could help steer them onto the

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Pair making waves - New paddlers take national outrigger title

18 Jan 12 | HUSBAND and wife duo Tony Compton (58) and Carol, 60, have been rowing only a short time but are already making waves in their new found sport. In December the Compton's travelled to the National M

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School picnic days as they were : Old Salt

18 Jan 12 | FROM what I have gathered any visitors arriving in Nelson Bay on that day must have thought that they had just set foot in a ghost town, as the place was all but deserted. Best the Lund kids tell y

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Crabs dancing in the Port : Stinker

28 Dec 11 | WHAT a great time of the year, particularly for the kids who love nothing more than a fishing and crabbing excursion. The good news is that the Port is filling up with dusky flathead, summer whiting,

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Raymond Terrace's success in challenge

28 Dec 11 | RAYMOND Terrace went one better in its bid to take out the 2011 NSW Clubs Challenge by not dropping a single rink throughout the tournament. The Jets, who were without Australian international Nata

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Tomaree High School students star in touch football

28 Dec 11 | THE touch football paddock is proving to be a place Tomaree High School students are getting to know well. A host of skilled athletes from the high school are making inroads into the sport, which i

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