So here we are, perfecting our social distancing skills while schools, sports and other forms of social engagement are on indefinite hold, by a dangerous virus named after a (regal) crown. The coronavirus is named because the center envelope is surrounded by small protein spikes called peplomers. These little protein […]
For the first time, an intervention – lifting weights – has been able to slow and even halt degeneration, over a long period, in brain areas particularly vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have found that six months of strength training (lifting weights) can help protect brain areas especially vulnerable to […]
In Pearls and Irritations ( September 2, 2019) I wrote about the way that the long-standing intimidatory bowling of bouncers in international Test cricket is both clearly in conflict with the Laws of cricket in spite of being widely practiced, relished by most commentators, and ignored by umpires. Since then […]
AUSTRALIA will not host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2020, but expects to return from 2021 as the series implements a new policy of event rotation. The 2020 calendar was announced yesterday after a vote of the world motorsport governing body, the FIA, and sees three […]
Twenty teenagers in the one small boat! Sounds like some kind of uni student stunt. However, for the Australian Navy Cadets of Taipan Flotilla it is a serious team building exercise and, no doubt, loads of fun too. The Coffs Coast Dragon Boat Club this year will welcome 64 young […]
Forget 10,000 steps a day. Modern sports science and evolutionary biology now tell us how much exercise the human body really needs By Herman Pontzer THE Spine Challenger is a brutal race. It claws its way along the toughest 174 kilometres of the Pennines, the geological backbone of England, in […]
The World Motor Rally comes to the Coffs Coast in mid-November again and the organisers have been in touch with past volunteers and others updating them on new changes.So we thought we’d let you share the info too. (Our emphasis added in places) Changes for Competitors & Spectators (Part 1) […]
The consolidation of the Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park (CCSLP), Coffs Harbour Education Campus, Southern Cross University and the Coffs Harbour Health Campus into a Regional Sports Hub has taken a significant step forward following today’s announcement of a $10m grant for Stage Two from the NSW Government’s Regional […]
The Wallabies looking forlorn after Saturday’s loss. Photo: Getty I’m wary of attributing too many life lessons to the sporting field, but there’s one every rugby forward was meant to know back in the day: Whatever else is happening, whatever the score, whatever time is left on the clock, whatever […]