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NRL scores a try as junior competition launches
The Pilbara Rugby League kicked off its junior league last week with a bang as former NRL players Dean Young and Shaun Timmins attended junior matches and held clinics last weekend.
The players also joined the …
Sea of pink at Mother’s Day Classic fun run
More than 400 Hedland residents packed the Civic Centre Gardens last Sunday wearing everything from jogger’s shorts to cupcake costumes to raise money for breast cancer at the Mother’s Day Classic fun run.
For some, the …
New challenges and wins for bikers
Round two of the Burrup Mountain Bike Club’s Scott Cycles Club Championship saw another good field of riders turn out for the event on Saturday May 11.
The hot and gruelling race of Round One …
Bluewater Tackle Exmouth Fishing Report
The Pannawonica Sporting Club held their inaugural fishing and spearing competition recently, which was proudly supported by many local and Western Australian businesses including Tackle World Exmouth.
There are many keen anglers living in Pannawonica and …
Life is a beach for polo players
With the travel season kicking off, another attraction that might tempt locals beyond the Pilbara’s borders this month is the annual Pinctada Cable Beach Polo tournament being held this year from May 18 to 19.
A …
Skimpy blokes on expedition for charity
At 8am on Sunday April 14, five men donning lime green mankinis hopped in their sea kayaks at Coral Bay and started paddling north along the Ningaloo coast.
Their final destination was 180 kilometres away at …
Newman’s Braveheart to pack a punch for charity
The property market versus the stock market – it is a matchup that normally excites investors rather than boxing fans.
Yet when Newman real estate professional Kurt “Braveheart” Wallace steps into the boxing ring in Perth …
Frozen ambition
Even though the closest snowflake is thousands of miles away, 24-year old part time Pilbara resident Christian Turner is planning to next year become just the second Australian to enter the world’s toughest dog sled …
Olympic distance triathlon awaits
A small field of triathletes, including a number of newcomers, took to the ocean and roads around Dampier on Sunday April 21 for a hit-out in perfect windless conditions in Race 8 of the Nickol …
Nolan wins first winter mug
The first 18-hole Monthly Mug event welcomed 59 golfers to the competition at the Karratha Golf Club last Saturday April 13.
The gentle breeze helped keep the temperature down.
Novelty winners were Greg Hulin, Craig Angus, Peter …
