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Posted inEntertainment, Local festivals and shows, Tamworth

33 years of Jubilee at TCMF

by Hamish BatleyJanuary 28, 2025April 6, 2025

Nestled in between the romping Diggers club, the riverside campground is the Jubilee Cafe, a local TCMF Christian initiative running for 33 years.

Posted inEntertainment, Local festivals and shows, Tamworth

Local musos an important part of TCMF

by Hamish BatleyJanuary 27, 2025April 6, 2025

Tamworth Country music Festival isn’t all Keith Urban and other big name stars. Home Grown Bands night at Tamworth Park is a chance for Tamworth’s best locals to cut loose […]

Posted inTamworth

The many faces of the Tamworth Country Music Festival

by Hamish BatleyJanuary 23, 2025

We’ve hit the streets this Country Music Festival, to meet the faces out and about. Check out who we ran into. Have you seen them around?

Posted inCricket, Sport, Tamworth

Next generation hit the pitch with Steve Waugh

by Hamish BatleyDecember 27, 2024April 10, 2025

Steve Waugh returned to Tamworth to host a coaching clinic for the region’s junior cricketers, drawing over 100 youngsters from as far north as Moree and further south to the Upper Hunter.

Posted inCricket, Sport

Tamworth a home a way from home for Mohammed

by Hamish BatleyDecember 26, 2024April 10, 2025

There’s nothing in cricket like a fast bowler in full flight. Genuine pace is rare, and extracting help from a docile wicket can feel like pulling teeth. But when a ball flies at road-illegal speeds, the crowd can’t help but pay attention.

Posted inArmidale, Awards, Sport

Armidale student awarded highest sporting honour

by Hamish BatleyDecember 11, 2024

Armidale student Jack McLeod has been awarded the highest honour available for Northwest School Sports Association representative.

Posted inCricket, Sport

Peel Valley bush cricket goes from strength to strength

by Hamish BatleyNovember 30, 2024April 10, 2025

Not every idea found at the bottom of a schooner is a good one, but this one sure was.

Posted inSport, Tamworth

Western Wolves to kick off Tamworth’s first all female football club

by Hamish BatleyNovember 27, 2024

Get ready Tamworth, the first ever all female football club is heading your way in 2025 powered by two local powerhouses.

Posted inInvestigation, Social issues and services

Poverty surge in the New England: Part 3

by Hamish BatleyNovember 26, 2024

Systematic upheaval, on a social, economic and political scale, is required to address our current poverty crisis. But it’s not as complex as that sounds.

Posted inInvestigation, Social issues and services

Poverty surge in the New England: Part 2

by Hamish BatleyNovember 24, 2024

Several leading voices have gone on record raising their concerns and observations about why poverty is rising in the region, with housing – or lack of it – topping the list of concerns.

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