Over and out from Tokyo
OLYMPICS – With the Games at an end, Australia has brought home 46 medals, 17 gold, 7 silver and 22 bronze, shared among 99 team members – including two from…
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Avoca pair shares games front seat
CANOE SPRINT – OLYMPICS Lachlan Tame and Riley Fitzsimmons are two more Central Coast athletes to have competed together at Tokyo 2020, reaching the final race in the Kayak Fours…
Matt brings home a silver medal
FIELD HOCKEY – OLYMPICS Matt Dawson from Berkeley Vale and the Australian Men’s Hockey team have won a Silver medal at the Games after losing a penalty shoot-out to Belgium…
River of Gold
OLYMPICS – Australian Gold continues to flow in Tokyo as the Games enter Day 13, Thursday August 5. Fifteen gold medals have so far been won, the fourth highest of…
Nicola’s dream continues
HIGH JUMP – ATHLETICS Tascot local, Nicola McDermott, has flown through to the Women’s High Jump Final after her clinical qualification on Thursday, August 5. Alongside her in the final…
Rise and fall of the Olyroos
FOOTBALL – OLYMPICS – The Olympic Men’s Football Tournament has advanced to the finals but the Australian men’s side will have to wait another four years for its next medal…
Matildas to play USA for bronze
FOOTBALL – OLYMPICS – The Matildas have been eliminated from the pursuit of gold in the Women’s Tournament at the Tokyo Olympics after being defeated for a second time by…
Will the Kookaburras sing?
FIELD HOCKEY – OLYMPICS – The Coast’s Matt Dawson and the Australian Men’s Hockey team have advanced to the Gold Medal Final after a challenging run against the Netherlands and…
Elders enjoy Olympics fun and games
Aged care centres on the Peninsula have jumped into the Olympic spirit with a range of events to help cheer on the Aussies competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign….
The ‘Faith Factor’ deserved better than fifth
RUGBY 7s – OLYMPICS – The Australian Women’s Rugby 7s team have been eliminated from the medals run despite improving throughout their campaign and concluding with a consolatory win and…
Charlie achieves his Tokyo goal
ATHLETICS – OLYMPICS – Central Coast Grammar School 2014 graduate, Charlie Hunter, has fulfilled his goal of performing in the Olympics after reaching the Semi Finals in the Men’s 800…
Australia off the marks
OLYMPICS – At the close of Tuesday, July 27, the official ‘Day Four’ of the Olympic Games came to an end, despite being the sixth day of competitions wherein Australia…
Aussie football gets by with a little help from the Coast
FOOTBALL – OLYMPICS – The Men’s and Women’s Olympic Football Tournaments are well underway, and both the Matildas and Olyroos have had success and failure in the opening two games…
Let the Games begin
Whilst the Opening Ceremony is scheduled to begin tonight 9pm, the much delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is underway with Australia already tasting both the sweet and sour in pursuit of…
New Australian high jump record
TRACK AND FIELD – Nicola McDermott, has once again created athletics history, setting a new personal record at the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm on Sunday, July 4. McDermott set a new…
Nicola McDermott makes athletics history
TRACK & FIELD – Tascott local, Nicola McDermott has made athletics history at the 2021 Australian Championships, becoming the first Australian Women High Jumper to clear 2.00m. In setting this…