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...
Media Release STAFF at New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) were delighted to receive news last week from Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall that they’d been successful in an application for $2,200 funding from the NSW Government to run their Artful Antics project. [caption id="attachment_3249" align="alignleft" width="434"]...
Words Bill Poulos MOREE Race Club will offer thousands of dollars’ worth of auction items at a special charity dinner on Friday – and interested bidders unable to attend can still make the running when club president Anthony Diprose calls for opening bids. The charity auction, part...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has today called on all parties and candidates contesting the upcoming election to join with him and his Nationals colleagues in opposing the Australian Energy Regulator’s draft electricity network determination, which could see hundreds of jobs slashed across...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has welcomed Bingara Central School Year 11 student Nikita Frazer to the State’s new virtual high school, Aurora College. Mr Marshall was at Bingara Central School last week and caught up Nikita who commenced lessons earlier in the week...
Media Release STUDENTS and staff at Gravesend Public School were delighted to receive news last week from Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall that they’d been successful in an application for $2,200 funding from the NSW Government to run their ARTbird project. [caption id="attachment_3226" align="alignleft" width="434"] Member for...
Media Release FIRE protection and emergency response in Armidale has received a huge boost with the arrival of a brand new $310,000 fire truck, Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall announced today The new Mercedes Benz fire truck, referred to as a ‘Class 2’ pumper, is now...
Media Release Community organisations, environment groups and local councils in the Parkes Electorate are invited to nominate new Green Army projects to support practical environment and conservation activities in the region – with Round 3 of the programme now open for applications. The Green Army gives Australians...
Words, Images Copyright Bill Poulos 2015 MOREE father-and-son training duo Peter and Nathan Sinclair plan having three runners between them in the inaugural 1400m Pacific National Chopper Cup at their home track on Saturday. Sinclair senior today nominated speedy gelding Booked Out as well as talented four-year-old...