June 9, 2014
Rising Sun Film Society 2014 schedule
Rising Sun Film Society presents . . . ...
Deluxe Cafe
May 31, 2014
Meet our customers!
(this page is ongoing) [caption id="attachment_2877" align="alignleft" width="372"] When I walk in the PO Hotel, I see Red, I see Red, I see Red . . . I see Red-ed-ed, I see Red!! (with abject apologies to Split Enz). Steven Red Lloyd, a long-serving (pun intended)...
May 16, 2014
Picone bookmaking family steeped in history
Words Copyright Bill Poulos 2014 (images supplied) IT was August, 1981 and the great horse Kingston Town was at unbackable odds to win the 1200m Premiere Stakes. The King, first-up since winning the Cox Plate the previous year, was expected to make a romp of it for...
May 6, 2014
Riding legend Noel Colvin passes away aged 77
Words, image copyright Bill Poulos 2014 MOREE turf legend and former champion bush jockey Noel Colvin – the cheeky little bloke who was just as well-known away from the racetrack as he was on it – has passed away after battling a short illness. He was 77. Noel,...
April 5, 2014
Sinclair factor gives Deluxe Cafe’s camel the winning edge at Moree Show on Saturday
MOREE racing’s Sinclair family teamed up with former turf journo Bill Poulos and his wife Cindy to add yet another string to the well-known stable’s bow at last weekend’s Moree Show – camel racing. Peter Sinclair’s niece, 14-year-old Jess Towns, was legged aboard the Deluxe Café...
December 19, 2013
The ties that bind: Nathan Sinclair’s new lease on life, thanks to dad Peter
Words, images Copyright Bill Poulos 2013 RACEHORSE trainer Peter Sinclair has given his son Nathan the greatest Christmas gift a father could possibly give – the gift of life. Nathan, who trains alongside his father at Moree racecourse, has suffered spina bifida since birth, and in the...
December 9, 2013
Deluxe Cafe Moree’s hospital tip jar passes $7000 mark after just two-and-a-half years
NEW pieces of furniture for the chemotherapy room and oncology clinic are items that have been on the Moree Hospital’s wish-list for quite a while now – and with the help of Deluxe Café Moree’s generous customers, those wishes will become a reality in the...
September 8, 2013
Cancer takes greyhound racing’s all-round good bloke David Rose
Words and pics: Bill Poulos THE end was peaceful for much-loved and highly-respected Bingara resident David Rose, who passed away in his sleep on Tuesday morning after battling pancreatic cancer for eight months. He was 62. David, owner of the Sportsman Hotel in Bingara with his wife Lyn,...
August 25, 2013
Uni Shield 40-year reunion defining moment in Moree history
Words, images Copyright Bill Poulos 2013 THEY are memories that stubbornly refuse to fade – and they were relived, replayed and often re-jigged at the perfectly-named Liars’ Bar on the Gold Coast at the weekend when more than 300 past and present Moree residents clinked glasses...
June 29, 2012
Cindy’s incredible memory: Read our wallpaper
Cindy has gained quite a reputation for remembering exactly just how everyone likes their coffee . . . “Okay . . . We need a Jock, a Tayla, a Robbo and Kevin and a Hamish – it must be Friday – as well as a Rob...