Words: Bill Poulos THE Moree community lost a treasured member late last week with the passing of local greyhound racing administrator and fervent fundraiser Sammy Sabine. After battling serious illness, Sammy passed away late Thursday evening at Moree Hospital – the same health service he raised thousands...
Words: Bill Poulos Image: horsenation.com A “TEST-TUBE” thoroughbred colt bred by a Swedish veterinary scientist using a newly-developed and top-secret procedure called Collective Hereditary Infusion – a mixture of genetic engineering and synthetic biology – has been foaled at a covert location on the outskirts of...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said that $100,000 in State Government funding for Moree Plains Shire Council would help it undertake a structural assessment of 15 concrete bridges and pave the way for important freight routes to be opened up for heavy vehicle...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has today welcomed the cancelling of Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 437 by the NSW Government, following a buy-back from resources company Pangaea. Mr Marshall said PEL 437 covered an area of 565,497 hectares from near Warialda and the Gwydir...
Media Release ARMIDALE City Public School will next year become just the 17th school in country NSW to offer academically gifted and talented students specialised tuition, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced today. Mr Marshall was joined by Principal Matt Hobbs and Northern Tablelands Public Schools NSW...
Media Release RURAL FUEL PRICES INQUIRY Everyone out here is well aware of the disparity between fuel prices in metropolitan and rural areas and for a lot of businesses, it is a crippling cost. The discrepancy became more pronounced last month as we watched record price plunges...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall was on hand to take part in the celebrations at Saturday’s official opening of the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Warialda Unit Headquarters. Mr Marshall opened the new facilities and was joined at the official opening of the Headquarters...
Words, Images Copyright Bill Poulos 2015 LEON Cross’s decision to move back home to Warialda after spending nearly 20 years at Tweed Heads training trotters and gallopers paid instant dividends when speedy mare Anchorfel easily won the 950m Suncorp Bank Class 1 Handicap at Moree on...
Words, images Copyright Bill Poulos 2015 THE irony wasn’t lost on Wayne Monckton. Monckton’s family business, Fred Monckton Bearing Centre, had for the past five years held naming rights to the Moree Cotton Cup, so he bought into a tried horse called Playa to try and win...
Words, image Copyright Bill Poulos 2015 DARREN Jones reunites with Nathan Sinclair’s veteran sprinter-miler Playa at Moree tomorrow in the inaugural 1400m Pacific National Chopper Cup. And the Tamworth jockey couldn’t be happier, despite the manner in which he and Playa parted ways the last time they...