IT seemed only right that Moree’s Sinclair family should quinella the first running of the 1000m Darren Jones Memorial Sprint at Warialda on Saturday – a race named in honour of one of the greats of bush racing. Jones was tragically killed in a horrific three-horse...
WE may not have the race that stops a nation, but here in the north-west there’s no doubt we have the races that stop a region. Steeped in style and engrained into the annual social calendar, The Moree Picnic Races are to be held on Saturday,...
SPORTING clubs across the Northern Tablelands, including Moree Golf Club and Moree Football Club, will soon have the latest in life saving technology to help with cardiac arrest, thanks to $16,900 of NSW Government support provided under the new Local Sport Defibrillator program. Member for Northern...
A PALL will hang over the picturesque Warialda racecourse next Saturday as family, friends, colleagues and members of the racing community pause to remember jockey Darren Jones, one of the true greats of bush racing. Jones was tragically killed in a three-horse fall at Warialda 12...
WORKS to secure Boggabilla and Toomelah’s water supply have hit a major milestone, with a floating inlet pontoon now installed on the 15 kilometre bi-directional pipeline. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall this week met with Moree Plains Shire Council Executive Projects Manager John Carleton to...
COUNCILLORS and senior management on Thursday met with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and our local Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton MP, Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. These discussions follow a meeting late last year with...
THE Moree community is being encouraged to take advantage of an opportunity to have input into the NSW Government’s Water Reform Action Plan at public meeting next week in Moree. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall today urged community members, stakeholders and interested parties to...
PALLAMALLAWA farmer Phillip Tonkin’s incredible start to racehorse ownership is set to continue at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday – Golden Slipper day – when his four-year-old mare Invincible Gem takes on out-and-out champion Winx in the 1500m $1million George Ryder Stakes. Tonkin, better-known around Pallamallawa way...
THERE wouldn’t be a baby-boomer who lived in Moree during the late 1960s and into the late 1980s that wasn’t guided through the OTC Station as part of a school excursion. Every school in Moree once had a must-do list of excursion destinations – and the...