ntnews.com.aulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll SPORT Williams to fight on Bulldogs look to new recruits McManus in Knights deal ALL Black believes competing in a THE last time the Canterbury Bulldogs revamped NEWCASTLE winger James McManus has signed a boxing match less than a month before the start of their side with a bag of new additions they became new contract with the Knights that will keep him at the 2011 Super Rugby season will make him a better NRL minor premiers. And skipper Andrew Ryan hopes the NRL club until 2013. ‘‘I love the town, I love the player. The controversial former NRL star announced next season’s new recruits can replicate and perhaps team and I am ecstatic that my fiancee Eshia and I get yesterday he’ll fight forklift driver Scott better that. Converts include powerhouse forwards to stay here for the next three years,’’ McManus said. Lewis at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Frank Pritchard (Panthers) and After a series of injuries limited him to just eight January 29 in what will be his third professional bout. (Leeds), with Aiden Tolman (Storm), Trent Hodkinson games in the 18 months following his 2009 NSW Williams’s decision has the blessing of the New (Sea Eagles), Kris Keating and Jonathan Wright (Eels), debut, the Northern Territory league star is fit and Zealand Rugby Union. Grant Millington (Sharks) and Michael Lett (Dragons). well prepared for the start of 2011. NT shooters don’t miss beat at titles

By IAN BUTTERWORTH further showcases our strength. A number of coun- SIX straight-shooting Territ- tries participated in the orians successfully competed event and we acquitted our- at an international two This further selves quite well.’’ match tournament in New Top End shooters have loc- Zealand last month. showcases our ked their guns away for the The Top End shooters were strength festive period, but will break among 48 Australians and them out in January for a more than 270 competitors series of events culminating overall at Rotorua for the NZ A-grade and senior standard in the Arafura Games in national titles. divisions. May 2011. Four of the six Territory Graham, who is the IPSC ‘‘The Top End clubs have shooters gained podium Australian regional director, wound up for the year, but places in their respective div- was first overall in the three we will start up again in Jan- isions of the three-day pistol gun (pistol, rifle and shot- uary with matches in Dar- shooting match. gun) match. The Territory win and South Australia for Gareth Graham placed has a proud record in the their titles at the end of the first in the grand masters sport of shooting and Gra- month,’’ Graham said. division and was the top ham is happy that the team ‘‘The Victorian state cham- overall international com- upheld the tradition. pionships are in February petitor. Gina Graham, Gail ‘‘It was a good, positive re- and these lead into the Laughton-Gibbs and Mark sult for Australian and Terr- Nationals in Melbourne Walklin all had top-three fin- itory shooting,’’ Graham around Easter.’’ Darwin Pistol Club members Mark Walklin and Gail Laughton-Gibbs competed in the NZ ishes, with Walklin placing said. ‘‘The NT is traditionally The 2011 Arafura Games Nationals in IPSC Pistol Championships and Three Gun Match. Picture: Picture: PATRINA MALONE first in the both the strong in the sport and this are also in their sights. Female Titans to play full contact competition

By GREY MORRIS to getting representation in called on women from all the senior men and under-18s are cultural weekend for the Thurston-Darren Lockyer the inaugural national football codes to play in the in Adelaide for the affiliated sport. showdown. will test its indigenous women’s side. full contact Titans side. states. ‘‘It’s a week before the NRL Tickets go on sale from boundaries in the women’s The women will play a ‘‘It’s the first time in a long ‘‘An outcome of that, and trial game in Alice Springs Friday at the Darwin game next year when a curtain-raiser to the second time we’ve picked an NT one of the key things for us, is between the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and Territory representative side Indigenous All-Stars match women’s rugby league getting our girls in a national Broncos and Queensland Centralian Sports in Alice plays some trial matches in in February on the Gold team,’’ he said. indigenous women’s side.’’ Cowboys,’’ he said. Springs. Sydney. Coast. ‘‘We’re sending them down Keech said the February 12 Traeger Park will host the Corporate bookings and The team will play under NT Rugby League general to Sydney on the June long Indigenous All-Stars game at February 19 pre-season packages are available by the Titans brand with a view manager Mike Keech has weekend, the same time the Skilled Stadium was a clash, dubbed the Johnathan accessing the NTRL website. WIN A $15,000 DREAM WEDDING

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