Sport
23 Dec 09 | SPORT is life.
That is the motto Matt Nicholls lives by.
The newest addition to The Armidale Express team, you’ll struggle to find a sport that Matt doesn’t enjoy.
18 Nov 09 | FOUR teams have been promoted up a grade as open mixed touch teams settle into the twilight competition. This summer, the final number of 35 mixed teams will compete on Thursday evenings at the Rologas fields.
16 Nov 09 | THE ARMIDALE Four-Seasons Rodeo was a huge success on the weekend with a record crowd of 5000 people turning up to the showground for a variety of events.
16 Nov 09 | Patrons, students, fitness fanatics, sportspeople and staff will soon be able to enjoy a new look Sport UNE with work on the first in three upgrades well underway.
28 Oct 09 | The fifth season of WHK indoor hockey pushes off tomorrow evening at The Den. Divisions this season will consist of primary, under 13, under 16 and opens.
12 Oct 09 | A FORMER Olympic finalist visited Armidale for the first time this week in the form of hurdles champion Kyle Vander Kuyp.
28 Sep 09 | ARMIDALE pilot Lachie Onslow has done the town and the country proud, having finished seventh in the Formula One Air Races in Reno, Nevada in the United States.
21 Sep 09 | THE ARMIDALE School’s Matthew Baker is the latest local recipient of the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin award.
The award, presented by the Australian Olympic Committee ‘in recognition of sporting achievements and demonstration of those endeavours which are consistent with the aims of the Olympic movement’, is named after the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
14 Sep 09 | TAS Year 11 student Jason Tai was the most successful player in the Northern NSW invitational table tennis tournament in Lismore played during August.
09 Sep 09 | Armidale’s Dennis Carson is currently in Korea competing at the Archery World Championships.
02 Sep 09 | WALLABY great Matt Burke was in Armidale on Friday to support the charity Ride for Sick Kids and to impart some of his knowledge on local rugby union players of all ages.
29 Jul 09 | ARMIDALE ARCHERS Brendon Howe, Ken Thompson and Shane Thompson competed in the National/Indoor Championships.
The Championships was a postal shoot with each state hosting their own event with reults determining the national winners,the NSW event was hosted by the Cessnock Club.
08 Jul 09 | ORGANISERS’ fears about a predicted deluge of rain led to a last minute postponement of the inter-school sports challenge between Armidale and Inverell high schools which were set down for Friday.
06 Jul 09 | Week Eight of the cross country season saw 46 runners compete in the 1.5km, 2.5km and 5km runs.
In the 5km run Keith McPherson was first home in a time of 16 minutes and 44 seconds followed by Campbell Jones and Jessie Percival.
06 Jul 09 | Week Eight of the cross country season saw 46 runners compete in the 1.5km, 2.5km and 5km runs.
In the 5km run Keith McPherson was first home in a time of 16 minutes and 44 seconds followed by Campbell Jones and Jessie Percival.
01 Jul 09 | THE FINAL of the autumn 2009 table tennis competition was played on Thursday night, when Double Zero took Division One honours.
29 Jun 09 | THE GUYRA sporting community has recognised the need for dedicated sporting facilities and has united to develop a new sporting complex.
The Guyra Sporting Complex Association GSCA has been formed to construct and administer a premium sporting facility in Guyra.
01 Jun 09 | THE ARMIDALE Alligators swimming club recently held their presentation night at the Armidale City Bowling Club.
01 Jun 09 | The Guyra Gun Club hosted 28 members and visitors who contested five events on Saturday.
27 May 09 | URALLA professional bull rider Duncan Elks is back in Australia for an event he considers to be his ‘local’ – the 2009 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Brendon Clark Invitational at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Friday and Saturday.