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Sport
  • Swimming

Gunnedah swimmers smash records and personal bests

Gunnedah swimmers braved the cold, wet and rainy conditions for a weekend of racing at Tamworth and Mudgee recently where they returned home with a swag of medals, best times and new club and pool records. Scully Park kicked off their long course carnival on a Friday night, with 25 swimmers hitting the water over the two-day event which included a rising number of Gunnedah juniors. Cameron Sills was quick off the mark with a record in the 200m breaststroke that was previously held by Josh Spinks. Then nine-year-old also claimed Spinks’ 100m freestyle record and smashed a 29-year-old club […]

Dec 8, 2023

  • basketball

State award for tireless volunteer

Gunnedah’s Jody King has won the Basketball NSW Administrator of the Year Award. The Gunnedah Basketball Association secretary was recognised for her tireless work, especially in the last 12 months, to ensure the association was compliant with all legal and administrative regulations. Jody was commended for the time and effort invested to ensure the association can offer competitions and programs, not only in Gunnedah, but throughout the region. The volunteer has worked with country basketball boards and representative carnivals, managed girls’ and boys’ teams at home and across the state, coached high school basketball teams and was instrumental in coordination […]

Dec 8, 2023

  • Racing

Super Mind super fast for win at Riverside

Super Mind was in super form to win the H&M Refrigeration Maiden Plate at Gunnedah’s Riverside Racecourse on Saturday. The Gunnedah gelding blitzed the field to win by two lengths for local trainer Gavin Groth. Ridden by jockey Billy Cray, Super Mind was a clear favourite with punters as betting had shortened from a $2 favourite to $1.60 when he jumped from the gates. Groth said the 1300m distance was a perfect sweet spot for this horse on the up. “It was a target race, if he didn’t perform like he did I would have been pretty disappointed,” the trainer […]

Dec 7, 2023

  • Light it up Leah

Keam bound for US ninja arena

Gunnedah’s Leah Keam has set her sights on the international stage after placing fourth at the Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association (UNAA) Australia Regional National Championships in Boggabri. ‘Light it up Leah’ as she is known in ninja circles, had already claimed the NSW under 13 ninja warrior champion title before heading to familiar territory at Boggabri for the national championships. Mum, Cindy, said Leah was a little nervous after being second out in her age group. It meant some obstacles were unseen and tricky to approach. “Some obstacles moved fast, others needed balance and coordination all in mixed sequence,” Cindy […]

Nov 30, 2023

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