25 Aug 10 | Presentation Day for Gloucester Soccer is on this Saturday. Please return all raffle tickets to the canteen this week before 10am.
25 Aug 10 | Results from semi-finals played Saturday August 21
Sub-juniors
25 Aug 10 | On Saturday August 14 the annual Mid Winter open was held, a huge thank you to Barney and Donna- Maree for their organisation of this successful event.
The individual scratch winner for the day and recipient of the Bob Webeck memorial trophy was won by Paul Blanch with a 1 under par round to sign the card for 37 points with closely followed by Warren Gorton with 34 points.
25 Aug 10 | By Phil Wilkins
The hair-raising play-offs in the Abigroup Cup have continued with the Forster Tuncurry Dolphins squeaking into their third successive Lower Mid North Coast rugby union grand final against the Old Bar Clams by beating Gloucester, 21-19, at Tuncurry on Saturday.
25 Aug 10 | The Magpies have sailed to victory, beating Morisset Bulls 27 – 20 in the first elimination final last Saturday. However celebrations were dampened with crucial injury striking the team.
25 Aug 10 | Since January 1 Colin Hanson has gone without a shave or a haircut.
Colin, who normally sports a clean-shaven face and a shaved head, is growing his hair and beard to raise funds for the local breast cancer support group.
25 Aug 10 | Gloucester Mayor Cr Geoff Slack said the re-election of Independent Rob Oakeshott as the Member for Lyne in a hung parliament could have advantages for the local shire.
25 Aug 10 | The weight of a nation’s expectation rests on Rob Oakeshott’s shoulders.
And the re-elected Lyne MP believes the Mid-North Coast could benefit.
25 Aug 10 | Today is National Meals on Wheels day and it’s the day that the work of volunteers who help keep the service going are put into the spotlight, and their enormous contribution to the community is celebrated.
25 Aug 10 | A group of Gloucester mums has joined the push for Gloucester to be included in the State Government’s Hunter based air quality monitoring study.
25 Aug 10 | In stark contrast to the July Gloucester Shire Council meeting, just two people sat in the public gallery last Wednesday as council debated a notice of motion from Cr Richard Webb which outlined council’s policy in relation to current and potential mining activity in the shire.
18 Aug 10 | Please return all raffle tickets and perpetual trophies from last year to the canteen this week.
Yates & Twomey Division One Results
18 Aug 10 | By Jessica Brown
Despite a recent bout of glandular fever training is heating up for Paralympian Heath Francis before he heads off to the Commonwealth Games at the end of September.
18 Aug 10 | Thirteen students from Gloucester High School travelled to Glendale Athletics Centre to compete in the Hunter Region Athletics over two days, July 28 and 29.
18 Aug 10 | by Phil Wilkins
Bush rugby has never looked better than at Gloucester on Sunday as the Cockies overcame the Manning River Ratz at the last gasp to qualify for the Lower Mid North Coast preliminary final against Forster Tuncurry at Tuncurry on Saturday.
18 Aug 10 | The Gloucester Cockies have flown into next week’s final against Forster after defeating the Manning River Ratz 25-24 in a nail-biting semi-final on Sunday afternoon.
18 Aug 10 | The Magpies executed a good win over West Wallsend last Saturday, winning the last competition round 32 – 12. The game didn’t come easy however as the recent lack of game time (a four week break due to byes and wet weather) really showed in the first half with plenty of dropped ball and sloppy penalties.
18 Aug 10 | Gloucester Blue Light will run a coach to the Saturday night NRL match in Newcastle between the Newcastle Knights and the St George Illawarra Dragons.
The trip is available to any student aged between eight and 16 years of age.
18 Aug 10 | A contingent of almost forty Vietnam Veterans from the Newcastle and Hunter Vietnam Veterans association joined local Diggers to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day on Saturday.
18 Aug 10 | As the cold weather continues motorists are being urged to take care on roads in Barrington Tops National Park following recent snowfalls.