31 Dec 08 | TAMWORTH’S SCG Country Cup Final-bound cricketers can expect another prizemoney windfall from the Tamworth District Cricket Association.
31 Dec 08 | MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says the Premier League title race will be a three-way fight between Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.
31 Dec 08 | SIMON Furneaux is literally flying into a new direction today.
The 29-year-old professional golfer drives down to Sydney to hop on a flight for Bangkok and a tilt at the Asian Tour School.
31 Dec 08 | TAMWORTH Harness Racing Club embarks on a new time slot – Sunday matinee races – this weekend but two local drivers will be missing.
31 Dec 08 | APPRENTICE jockeys are lining up to celebrate Cup success at both Inverell and Wallabadah tomorrow.
Five apprentices – Malcolm Duce, Jessica Drury, Heather McKean, Hari Singh and Tim McIntosh – will be aiming for Wallabadah Cup success while up at Inverell, Adam Hyeronimus, Blake Spriggs, Tim Bell, Alvin Ng and Cameron Dixon are all engaged in tomorrow’s $25,000 Fencing North West Inverell Cup (1400m).
31 Dec 08 | OXLEY Local Area Command police will effectively double their numbers for tonight’s New Year’s Eve shift.
A high police presence will be felt in the Tamworth and Gunnedah central business districts and alcohol-free zones.
31 Dec 08 | PEOPLE planning on celebrating the arrival of 2009 with a few cool drinks have been warned that drink spiking is a major concern.
31 Dec 08 | AT THE stroke of midnight tonight, 63 per cent of people will resolve to exercise more often, 38 per cent will strive to get more sleep, 17 per cent will attempt to drink less, 15 per cent will attempt to deal with stress and 13 or cent will attempt to kick their smoking habit.
31 Dec 08 | THE countdown hasn’t officially begun yet, but there’s a few glimmers of Tamworth Country Music Festival excitement in the air already.
31 Dec 08 | A STORM lashed Boggabilla late on Monday afternoon and its ferocity caused damage to 11 homes and the local pub.
Boggabilla bore the brunt of the storm, which was felt to some extent in Tamworth just before 5pm on Monday.
A State Emergency Services spokeswoman said the 11 homes had been reported damaged but there was a possibility more would be reported.
31 Dec 08 | A FOOT pursuit turned into an afternoon on the green for Tamworth police officers yesterday.
The incident began when police officers stopped a vehicle for the purpose of a vehicle check in Kent St just after 3pm.
31 Dec 08 | THE Hawaiian luau is shaping up to be the way to welcome in the new year, if sales of party items at Tamworth’s Spotlight store are anything to go by.
Spotlight Tamworth store manager Jen Proudfoot told The Leader novelty sandpits and all things Hawaiian beach party had been the biggest sellers in the lead-up to welcoming 2009.
31 Dec 08 | NSW residents will wake up to more than a headache on New Year’s Day with a raft of new fees and taxes, including an increase in train fares.
The State Government is implementing a range of new or changed legislation for 2009, affecting some land owners, businesses, the coal mining industry and residents.
31 Dec 08 | THEY’RE mates from Manilla. School friends who have grown up together and are now making their football dreams come true together ... with one small catch.
Scott Blanch, Jake Hawkins and Josh Dutton are not going to be together for much longer.
30 Dec 08 | TAMWORTH skipper Don Lewington reckons his side should have scored even more runs at Orange yesterday but 9-236 proved more than sufficient after Josh Hazlewood and Jeff Cook demoralised the Albury-Wodonga top order.
30 Dec 08 | MELBOURNE: Staring down the barrel of a Test series defeat by South Africa, Australia captain Ricky Ponting can only cross his fingers and hope.
Set 183 to win at the MCG and take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series, South Africa will resume on the final day at 0-30.
30 Dec 08 | TEMORA became the seventh different side to win the VB Country Plate when it overcame Upper Hunter for an 82-run final win at historic and picturesque Albert Park in Cootamundra yesterday.
30 Dec 08 | TAMWORTH is off to the SCG Country Cup final for the third year in a row and this time it is hellbent on winning the trophy.
Don Lewington’s team hammered Albury-Wodonga in yesterday’s semi-final at Wade Park in Orange and will face Stockton in the January 18 decider at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
30 Dec 08 | MARCUS Wilson has his heart set on winning either the Shorts Handicap or Inverell Cup – or both – but he’s also got a big team chasing Thursday’s
undercard.
The Muswellbrook trainer, who will soon transfer his team to a private training set-up at Singleton, was born and raised at Inverell.
30 Dec 08 | NATHAN McCulloch, the Tamworth senior constable charged on December 18 with the possession and supply of drugs, had already appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on December 9 on another matter.
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