Sport
03 Mar 10 | ARMIDALE is gearing up to host its second consecutive NSW Academy Games, with more than 1000 visitors expected to flock to the heart of New England next month.
The games, run by the Northern Inland Academy of Sport (NIAS), will incorporate 10 other academies.
They will compete in seven sports across three days, starting on Wednesday April 7.
29 Jan 10 | WITH more than $17,000 up for grabs, the competition will be fierce at this weekend’s Eastern Falls Futurity.
18 Jan 10 | WHILE most of his schoolmates are relishing the extra time to kick back and relax, promising young Armidale athlete Riley Hopwood is working harder than ever to achieve his goals.
18 Jan 10 | LINDSAY Frizell is one talented young horseman.
The 14-year-old, pictured, set off for Tamworth yesterday to compete in both campdrafting and rodeo at the national finals of the Australian Bushman’s Campdraft and Rodeo Association.
08 Jan 10 | ARMIDALE’S archery club is having a come-and-try day tomorrow and a good turnout is expected.
18 Dec 09 | LEADING Australian show hack rider Mark Kenzig made a special appearance in Armidale over the weekend to coach some of the region’s up-and-coming riders.
16 Dec 09 | Versatile Armidale City Public School student Callan MacGregor was named the joint winner of the 2009 ‘Most Outstanding Primary Athlete Award’ at the North-West Public School Sports Association (P.S.S.A.) presentation held in Tamworth on Friday.
11 Dec 09 | If Armidale was the wild west we could boast two of the best crack shots in the state.
Armidale Pistol Club deadeyes Trevor Schofield and Greg Dawson have had a great end to the year with Schofield named state champion in centre fire and Dawson the national champion in the standing silhouette class.
11 Dec 09 | A record number of entries took their place in the New England Rods and Customs annual Summer Cruise.
09 Dec 09 | The pre-season touch knockout finals which had been scheduled for this Friday have been deferred until early February.
04 Dec 09 | If you are going to be a boxer it helps if you are very good because boxers who are not very good don’t last long.
02 Dec 09 | A packed house of more than 4000 people enjoyed the thrills and spills finals of the professional Bull Riders national titles held in Tamworth at the weekend in which Uralla rider Chris Lowe placed fourth.
25 Nov 09 | Armidale Alligators swimmers brought home a haul of medals, some impressive times and a pool record from the Scully Park long course carnival on Sunday November eight.
25 Nov 09 | A great year of competition for Armidale Archers has been capped off with three archers being named as finalists in the 2AD/FM100.3 Sports Star of the Year awards.
20 Nov 09 | ON THE back of record crowds at the Armidale rodeo on the weekend, president Nick Rice said the committee are discussing a bid for the 2011 Australian championships.
13 Nov 09 | ARMIDALE-based cowboy David Rice will be among competitors from across the eastern seaboard hitting town tomorrow and Sunday for the Australian Bushman’s Campdraft and Rodeo Association’s (ABCRA) NSW State Championships.
06 Nov 09 | ARMIDALE’S Andrea Gibney returned from the World Dog Games in Sydney last weekend $10,000 richer after her dog Sammy won the small dog agility discipline at Acer Arena.
06 Nov 09 | Today former champion tennis player Sandon Stolle will be at the Armidale Tennis Club as part of an on the road development program.
30 Oct 09 | ALMOST 70 of the state’s best archers will be competing in Armidale tomorrow and Sunday when the NSW Field Archery Championships are held at the local range.
30 Oct 09 | THE NEW England Sailing Club will throw open its doors on Sunday as part of the Boating Industry of NSW’s annual Try Sailing Day.
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