WELL-KNOWN Moree residents Frank Crump and Ron Clissold, along with 12-year-old Moree Public School student Michelle Dunlop, have been named Queen’s baton bearers in the lead-up to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The baton relay, first held in 1958 at the British Empire and Commonwealth...
MOREE residents and visitors will be treated to a night under the stars – and with the stars – when local singer-songwriters Fi Claus and Merri-May Gill officially launch their debut album Sunday Heart Parade on November 4 at Mary Brand Park. The past 12 months...
MORE than 150 people raised more than $40,000 for Moree Junior Cricket Club at a huge fundraiser at the Max Function Centre on Friday night. The McGregor Gourlay-sponsored evening, emceed by Jimmy Smith from Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast, also featured Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin,...
MOREE old boy Max Hitchins – licensee of the Imperial Hotel back in the 1960s and son of famed bookmaker and hotelier Ernie Hitchins – is once again compiling form and statistics for this year’s time-honoured Melbourne Cup. Hitchins, known universally as Melbourne Cup Max, has...
MOREE singer-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus will early next month officially launch Sunday Heart Parade, their much-awaited debut album that has been more than 12 months in the making. The album features 16 original songs as well as Leonard Cohen’s timeless classic, Hallelujah. The songs, written...
THOUSANDS of dollars’ worth of prizes and auction items have been donated to Moree Junior Cricket Club to help finance a new white picket fence at Ron Harborne Oval sporting precinct. And they will go under the hammer at a huge sports dinner at the Max...
EMMA Botfield is now home in Moree and recovering but still undergoing rehabilitation after suffering horrific injuries from a horse-riding accident 12 weeks ago. And she is looking forward to catching up with her many friends and family at the three-day Jump4Em fundraising campdraft in her...
THE small village of Ashley, about 20km north-west of Moree, is still celebrating the news that local cowgirl Rebekah McMahon has been crowned 2018 Australian Rodeo Queen. The announcement was made at a glittering pageant at the Gold Coast on Saturday night, drawing six finalists from...
CASH and prescription drugs were taken from a Moree pharmacy just after lunchtime on Friday during a brazen daylight robbery. The three assailants then fled in a vehicle stolen from a pharmacy staff member. Police are appealing for public assistance to identify the three males, who entered...
MOREE galloper Track Flash will hold bush racing’s Golden Triangle banner high on Sunday when the Peter Sinclair-trained gelding represents the black-soil plains in the inaugural $50,000 NSW Picnic Championships Final at Dubbo. The 1400m set-weights feature, restricted to horses that have accrued points on the...