Sport
01 Sep 10 | ON Saturday at Boronia Park Wallis Lake and reigning premiers Taree Wildcats fought out a one-all draw.
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.
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.
29 Jul 10 | GREAT waves and amazing surfing highlighted day two of the Ocean & Earth NSW Junior Surfing Titles, as scores soared at Boomerang Beach.
28 Jul 10 | FORTY students from the USA stopped into Forster last weekend for a taste of the Australian East Coast.
The students, who were hosted by members of Cape Hawke SLSC, took a whale watching cruise on the Amaroo where skipper Bill Coombes generously provided discounts for the group and had whales on call for the excursion out to sea.
28 Jul 10 | THE Hawks struggled to prepare for the game after scoring 76 points in their last game against the Eagles.
A number of key players were out in Freeman, Basham and Dooker which would test the Hawks’ depth. Five-eight Troy Hilder was playing his 100th first grade game after debuting in 1994 under King Tutt, and was out to have a big game and leave his mark.
28 Jul 10 | GREAT Lakes College 16s Rugby League Team walked in the shoes of the Newcastle Knights coming up against St Pius X of Adamstown at Energy Australia Stadium last week.
28 Jul 10 | THEY were the biggest names in Australian tennis two decades ago. Rachel McQuillan, Peter Doohan and Heather McKay are still playing at a competitive level and are the top seeds heading into Forster’s Harvey Norman Seniors Tournament this weekend.
28 Jul 10 | WIDELY regarded as the most important junior surfing event in NSW, the Ocean and Earth NSW Junior Surfing Titles is set to go off with a bang.
21 Jul 10 | IT was a match that was a real danger game for the Hawks and it proved to be that in a number of respects. The Hawks went into the match up against Wauchope without Tom Freeman and Troy Hilder with a few other players carrying niggling injuries.
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