Source: Port Waratah Coal Services
The biggest sponsorship deal in the 100-year history of Newcastle Surf Life Saving Club has been struck, enabling the club to grow and move closer to being an eminent player in the state and national surf life saving movement.
Hunter-based Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) has committed $90,000 to the club over 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Source: Newcastle City Council
Last year’s sporting heroes and the outstanding contribution of volunteers and committee members will be recognised at the 2007 Newcastle Sports Awards Dinner next Friday 22 February.
Parks and Recreation Manager GRAEME MATTHEWS says the annual Sports Awards are a significant event on the Newcastle calendar.
Source: HMRI
The latest technology from China and clinical and imaging expertise in the Hunter have been brought together in a bid to minimise the devastating impact of stroke.
A team from Harbin Medical University (HMU) in Northern China is this week meeting with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) Stroke Research Group to advance research into cooling the brain after a stroke, through a world first acute stroke research partnership between Australia and China.
Source: Newcastle Knights
The NRL has today released full scheduling details for one of the highlight rounds of the Centenary season.
One hundred years on from the April 20 kick-off that started it all in 1908, the Harvey Norman Heritage Round will bring together teams in a series of history-based ‘head to head’ encounters.
Source: Newcastle Port Corporation
The return visit to Newcastle tomorrow (Friday 15 February) by the largest cruise liner to visit the city will see a Ship Security Zone implemented from early morning.
The Mercury is scheduled to sail into the Port of Newcastle about 7am tomorrow to berth at Dyke Point because of its 263 metre length.
Source: Newcastle Jets
This week could serve as one of the biggest occasions in the long history of football in the Hunter region. A spot in the 2008 Hyundai A-League Grand Final is on the line this Sunday as the Jets take on the Queensland Roar in the Preliminary Final.
Coincidentally, this is the same stage of the competition that saw the Jets bow out of last season’s Finals Series against Adelaide United in a heartbreaking penalty shootout. This time, however, there is one significant difference; we’re on home soil.
Source: Newcastle Business Club
The Newcastle Business Club would like to invite you to attend the first monthly luncheon of our 75th year. We are proud to begin our year with such a high profile speaker as David Gallop and Lord Mayor John Tate.
Source: Newcastle City Council
The Newcastle community is invited to be a part of the history making event when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the Stolen Generation on behalf of the Australian Government.
Source: Hunter Valley Research Foundation
While Hunter residents remained optimistic despite November’s interest rate rise and the uncertainty generated by the Federal election, business people did not, according to HVRF Co-Director of Research, Robin Mcdonald,.
Source: Sharon Grierson
With Federal Parliament resuming this week, Member for Newcastle Sharon Grierson has written to the Minister for Transport seeking urgent consideration of the infrastructure and transport needs of business and residents in the Newcastle and Hunter region.
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