28 Feb 07 | A SPECIALLY-formed Country Rugby League committee will meet with the Nations Aboriginal Super League in Tamworth tomorrow to discuss the breakaway competition.
28 Feb 07 | DONNA Hickey became the third Gunnedah triathlete to win a national title as she and two-time national champion Peter Loveridge grabbed Australian Short Course Triathlon Championship titles at Huskisson on the weekend.
28 Feb 07 | RUSSELL Jordan believes the local greyhound fraternity is headed for “exciting times”.
28 Feb 07 | TAMWORTH TAFE students who travel to Sydney campuses at a high cost and inconvenience would be educated in Tamworth if the Coalition wins next month’s election it was claimed yesterday.
28 Feb 07 | THE University of New England has secured $5.4m to upgrade sporting facilities, after being hamstrung by the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism.
28 Feb 07 | MINISTER for primary industries, natural resources and mineral resources Ian Macdonald made a whirlwind tour of Tamworth and Armidale yesterday.
28 Feb 07 | COMPETITORS have celebrated their first day of “flyable weather” in the 10th FAI Paragliding World Championships in Manilla.
28 Feb 07 | IT was red faces all around when a massive polyethylene tank – and the truck on which it was being carried – came to an abrupt halt under Tamworth’s Marius St viaduct just after 4.30pm
yesterday.
27 Feb 07 | WAYNE Toomey was back in the winner’s circle when the Tamworth Cycle Club continued its popular Sunday morning Criterium series at Riverside on Sunday.
27 Feb 07 | JOHN Bessell continues to like what he sees in Tamworth even if the temperature is always hot.
So too is the hockey talent, the NSW Institute of Sport’s pre-elite regional coach said.
27 Feb 07 | SATURDAY’S Watson, Watt and McNamara Guyra Cup (1300m) will be run at the earliest time in its history.
27 Feb 07 | THE paragliding team from the Czech Republic describes the sport as “like a game of chess”, so important is mental strategy in performance.
27 Feb 07 | LIVERPOOL plains residents are concerned continued coal exploration and future mining by BHP Billiton could devastate the region’s water catchment.
27 Feb 07 | THE Supreme Court matter dealing with the future of the New England Regional Art Museum’s prized Tom Roberts painting Mosman’s Bay has been delayed until March 19.
27 Feb 07 | QUIRINDI residents are living in fear due to a lack of police that has left the community vulnerable to a small group of troublemakers The Leader has been told.
27 Feb 07 | A SLOW moving front delivered about 22mm of rain to Tamworth yesterday afternoon, filling tanks and generally putting a smile on people’s faces.
26 Feb 07 | SOUTH Tamworth kept alive its semi-final hopes with a 11.36 bonus point haul against disappointing Old Boys in their Tamworth first grade cricket clash at Dick Edwards Oval on Saturday.
26 Feb 07 | TYCOON Mick might be headed for an Armidale Cup after he won his third race in four starts at Quirindi on Friday.
26 Feb 07 | TAMWORTH and Manilla believe Scone might be a jinxed cricketing venue for the two sides after they suffered Cup disappointment for the second year running yesterday.