Glen Innes runner Kayden Elliot has finished 25th in the world after running for Australia in the under 20 men’s 8km race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships at Tallahassee in Florida earlier this month. More than 500 athletes from 65 countries competed...

The 2026 Inverell Saints Coaching roster has been confirmed with a few changes from last year as they gear up for another big year both on and off the field. Saints men’s coach is current player and former coach Hayden Chappel who takes over from Matt Harrison, the...

Group 19 Rugby league have confirmed their executive for the 2026 season. Craig Smith has been installed as the new President, Secretary is Candita Collins, Treasurer is Brett Cohen, Briggete Jerrard remains as the Group Registrar, Mark O’Brien has been elected as the...

Thousands of people packed into Deepwater racecourse on Saturday for the annual race meeting, many of them travelling from across Queensland and the North Coast. The Cup was won by an outsider UNDER THE CAP trained by Steve Hardy and ridden by Reece O’Connell who...

Local golfers have dominated the 2026 Sapphire Cup played at the Inverell Golf Club over the weekend. Gary Hadland and Darren Pithers were the overall winners of the tournament with a score of 93 points. Saturday’s competition was taken out by Andrew Blair from...

All is in readiness for Australia Day activities for Monday as Aussies prepare to celebrate what’s great about our country. Inverell Shire activities will centre on Victoria Park on Monday morning with celebrations kicking off at 7:30 with entertainment, the Awards...

The racing roads lead to Deepwater tomorrow for the 161st running of the Deepwater Cup. The volunteer committee expects one of the largest crowds for many years coinciding with the Australia Day long weekend, and marquee spaces along the outside running rail have been...

The horse that won an Inverell syndicate $2 million after claiming the 2024 Kosciusko has been retired after pulling up stressed on Saturday. Trainer David McColm says once he saw his beloved stable star Far Too Easy succumbing to heat stress after Saturday's $1...

51 nominations have been received for the annual Deepwater Cup Race meeting this Saturday. The Deepwater Cup has 10 nominations with local trainers Todd Payne and Ridge Wilson having runners engaged. Payne has two runners, Takemine and Shamedy while Wilson will have...