Sport
12 Mar 10 | Heddon Greta’s Caprice Russell admits she could have played netball like a “normal girl”.
But Russell said the adrenalin rush of racing a motorbike through a dirt track, over jumps and through loops was too much to pass up.
11 Mar 10 | The centre of Maitland Showground is being transformed into a 550 metre “supercross-style” dirt track ahead of the final round of the 2010 Stadium MX Series on Saturday.
09 Mar 10 | Hunter Valley Grammar School went within reach but Singleton High School claimed the prize at Maitland Park on Friday.
09 Mar 10 | A raft of touch footballers from Maitland and the surrounding regions will head north to Queensland this week to take part in the largest version of the National Touch League on record.
08 Mar 10 | The Maitland rugby league community has lost one of its most colourful and caring characters.
John Newcombe, 63, died in hospital on Friday after a short battle with cancer.
01 Mar 10 | The biggest day in the Maitland touch football calendar saw 11 new champions crowned at Maitland Park yesterday.
26 Feb 10 | Finals fever will reach a crescendo at Maitland Park on Sunday when the best in the business clash across 10 Maitland Touch Association grand finals.
24 Feb 10 | The search has begun for Maitland’s top sportspeople.
With the 2009 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year awards night run and won earlier this month, the time has come to unearth the city’s next batch of sporting stars.
23 Feb 10 | The Beresfield Bandits under-12 boys’ touch footy team made the semi-finals of the NSW junior state cup in Wollongong on the back of their impenetrable defence.
19 Feb 10 | It will be all in the family for the Beresfield Bandits this weekend at the NSW Junior State Cup in Wollongong.
Bayley Ritchie will line up for the Bandits’ under-12 boys team, while his older brother Kaidyn will take on the whistle blowing responsibilities for the squad.
19 Feb 10 | Jade Middleton is out to defend her NSW Country Showjumping Championships amateur crowns at Maitland Showground this weekend.
18 Feb 10 | Maitland athletes will push on to represent their country in India despite terrorist threats from al-Qaeda specifically
targeting some of the world’s biggest sporting events.
15 Feb 10 | A Maitland runner who went down in Australian folklore after winning the Stawell Gift has added her name to another prestigious winners’ list.
15 Feb 10 | Siobhan Betham was speechless when she received the encouragement award at the 2009 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year on Friday night.
15 Feb 10 | Lochinvar superfish Matt Roberts said he was honoured when he received the phone call telling him he’d won back-to-back Maitland Junior Sportsperson of the Year awards.
15 Feb 10 | Trisha Greaves said her emotions went from complete exhilaration to regret and disappointment when she heard she’d been named 2009 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year.
12 Feb 10 | The cream of the Maitland sporting crop will be rewarded and awarded on Friday night for their achievements around the grounds, courts and fields during 2009.
10 Feb 10 | Today is your last chance to put your stamp on the 2009 Sportsperson of the Year awards.
04 Feb 10 | Paul Caslick has been around the track once or twice before during his three decades of racing, but he has never spun the wheels at Tamworth.
03 Feb 10 | Ben Austin has quickly learned to love the Manly Sea Eagles.
The three-time Paralympian and OAM, who will be the guest speaker for the 2009 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year Awards next week, may not have supported the Eagles previously – but he does now.
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