Coffs Coast Advocate

How Lismore saved the future of All-Star baseball team

It's a win-win situation for baseball fans and the Australian Baseball League.

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20th Jan. 2021 12:01 AM

ABL action will return to Lismore’s Albert Park this Friday. PHOTO: Steve Bell/SMP Images

Gympie Hammers unveil ‘one of a kind’ new training equipment

“We’re quite proud to say that even with every hurdle we’ve had to face we’ve still met our target and can now offer...

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02nd Oct. 2020 12:10 AM

The Gympie Hammers have launched their exclusive new training vessels, designed to improve all aspects of rugby skills.

‘Great leader, loyal friend, true servant of the game’

It will be a fitting farewell in Gympie on Saturday when the man they call “Skip” will play one last time in the fabled...

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18th Sept. 2020 12:09 AM

Gympie Hammers and Nambour Toads legend Bryce Henderson will say a final farewell to Albert Park in Saturday's Bone of Contention match.

Playing field squeeze shows sport is doing well in Gympie

OPINION: Gympie councillor says the sporting field challenge will be worked through over next few years

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18th Aug. 2020 11:08 AM

Councillor Dan Stewart. Photo Renee Albrecht/Gympie Times

‘Just not right’: Women’s rugby left homeless in Gympie

The team could be forced to play on Sunshine Coast as Gympie field squeeze remains unresolved after 2 years

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15th Aug. 2020 12:08 AM

Gympie Hammers girls Layla Milligan, Stella Crumblin and Georgina Simpson, pictured with Gympie Hammers President Jason McPherson at the front, face having to spend the whole 2020 season heading to the Sunshine Coast to play as the club struggles to carve out space amid the region’s limited field space.

Sporting codes clash over field shortage

Gympie’s sporting fields have become a lighting rod as major codes look to grow

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29th Feb. 2020 12:02 AM

Gympie Hammers president Jason McPherson says the code’s juniors are being squeezed by a lack of playing space. Photo: Bec Singh

Stop strangling our Hammers out of a home ground

It has never been more important to fight for Gympie’s mighty union team who are finding themselves with out a permanent...

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28th Feb. 2020 12:02 PM

Why the Hammers need a home ground

Gympie Hammers are without a home ground before the start of the season.

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28th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

Upsets, nailbiters: Gympie touch finals go down to wire

The Gympie junior touch season went out on a high note last Wednesday when a few upsets were recorded.

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03rd Dec. 2019 6:12 PM

Gympie junior touch - 8-10 year pool B winners Jones Hill (back, from left) Emmett Delisser, Madelyn Tate, Riley Williams, Chloe Maher, Joshua Maher, Mitchell Whittaker, (front, from left) Jai Durie, Lilly Lane, Rieland Devlin, Cooper Stubbins, Izabel Butterfield and Inca Smerdon. Photo: Zahner Photography

GALLERY: Gympie junior touch grand finals