Sport
01 Sep 10 | ON Saturday at Boronia Park Wallis Lake and reigning premiers Taree Wildcats fought out a one-all draw.
01 Sep 10 | THE Bledisloe Cup Roadshow is coming to Forster-Tuncurry next week.
01 Sep 10 | PORT City earned a home grand final and firmed as Group Three Rugby League premiership favourites when dominating Forster 40-0 in the major semi-final played before a disappointing crowd under lights at Port Regional Stadium.
01 Sep 10 | THE Forster Tuncurry Rugby Union club’s prolific goal-scorer, Lee Crozier, recovered his golden boot when it mattered by kicking the Dolphins to their second Abigroup Cup victory in three years at Old Bar Reserve on Saturday.
25 Aug 10 | WITH a place in the finals series all but assured for the TFFC Tigers, but definitely in the balance for the Taree Wildcats, a tough battle was on the cards at Tuncurry on Saturday.
25 Aug 10 | THE triathletes of tomorrow are being urged to enter one of the many events designed specifically for them at the Triforster Triathlon Festival next month.
25 Aug 10 | THE hair-raising play-offs in the Abigroup Cup have continued with the Forster Tuncurry Dolphins squeaking into their third successive Lower Mid North Coast rugby union grand final against the Old Bar Clams by beating Gloucester, 21-19, at Tuncurry on Saturday.
18 Aug 10 | IT’LL be girl power in Forster this weekend as the town again plays host to the successful All Women’s Triathlon Camp organised by Triathlon NSW.
18 Aug 10 | THE Old Bar Clams needed all their muscle and willpower to qualify for their third successive Abigroup Cup grand final when they edged out the fast-finishing Forster Tuncurry Dolphins, 21-20, in a gripping Lower Mid North Coast rugby union major semi-final at Taree Rugby Park on Saturday.
11 Aug 10 | SATURDAY saw Wallis Lake take on The Macleay Valley Rangers in what was one of the hardest games for them all year.
11 Aug 10 | THE Old Bar Clams swept to the minor premiership of the Abigroup Cup by comfortably overcoming an under-strength Manning River Ratz and will now host the Forster Tuncurry Dolphins in Saturday’s Lower Mid North Coast rugby union major semi-final at Taree Rugby Park.
11 Aug 10 | FORSTER will once again host a weekend triathlon festival in September but with a few changes to the line-up.
11 Aug 10 | THE game was to be a real test of exactly where the Hawks rated in their premiership aspirations up against the frontrunners and competition favourites, Port Macquarie Breakers.
11 Aug 10 | “WHERE the bloody hell is Pacific Palms?”
Aub Judge said that’s all Merrylands players had to say as one of the smallest clubs in the state stormed a win against them in the State Pennants playoffs last week.
“We said we weren’t going to tell them because we didn’t want to spoil paradise.”
04 Aug 10 | SUSAN Pratley, NSW Swifts and Australian representative netball player visited the Great Lakes on Sunday to run a coaching clinic for the local association.
04 Aug 10 | THE JR Richards Hawks turned in the worse performance all season in just holding out the Taree City Bulls 40-30. The Hawks never seemed to rise to their normal attacking style and their defence continues to be a concern for spectators.
04 Aug 10 | THIRTY courts between Taree and Pacific Palms were booked out at the weekend to accommodate almost 350 tennis players for Forster Tennis Club’s Harvey Norman Seniors Tournament.
04 Aug 10 | IT can be done, a newspaper can win an award in surf life saving and your local newspaper is proof of that.
Last week the Great Lakes Advocate became the 2009/10 recipient of Outstanding Media Service at the Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence.
04 Aug 10 | THE ‘little dynamo’ Debbie Booth from Hawks Nest has taken out the 2010 Surf Life Saving NSW Facilitator of the Year Award.
04 Aug 10 | THE Ocean and Earth NSW Junior Surfing Titles saw a fitting end to five outstanding days of competition at Boomerang Beach.