Maitland Street retailers SportsPower and Toyworld have your holiday essentials sorted, from Christmas gifts in all shapes and sizes, shoes, apparel and items ready for enjoying the summer sun.

Narrabri district shoppers have a ‘true sports store for all ages’ on their doorstep in Maitland Street with Longies Sportspower stocking virtually every kind of sports equipment, sportswear and footwear.

SportsPower proprietor Tony Longworth was determined that when he launched the Narrabri store 29 years ago it would be a sports store catering for as many sports as possible across all ages for males and females, with a comprehensive inventory and the biggest product range of any sports store in the north and north west regions.

SportsPower has a huge variety of bigger ticket items including trampolines and swing sets, table tennis tables, pool tables, air hockey tables, foosball tables, dart boards, compound bows, and basketball systems.

The business also has a large range of accessories to complement these items.

SportsPower’s great range of bikes and wheel toys spans all ages, starting from tricycles, trikes and balance bikes, to go karts and sliders, through all bike sizes from 12 inch to 29 inch wheels.

There are also scooters, skateboards, roller skates and inline skates.

An extensive range of aquatic toys, water pistols, activities and inflatable items are ready to be put to use on those warm summer days, whether you’re having a splash of fun, be it at home, the pool, or at the beach.

A full range of swimwear, goggles and swim aids including kick boards, floaties, snorkel kits, and water bottles are also available.

Brands in stock include Way Funky, Zoggs, Speedo, Wahu, Intex, Wham-o, Zuru, Bestway and Ka-zaang.

Longie’s has yard games aplenty – corn hole, Kubb, quoits, bocce, giant dice, dominoes, hookey, tumbling towers, throwing cans, tic tac toe, volleyball, badminton, soccer goals and more – perfect for holiday gatherings.

Home gyms, benches, exercise bikes, treadmills and rowers, along with a variety of weights and other equipment is also available.

Fitness accessories including yoga mats, resistance bands, rollers, exercise balls, and body massagers might just hit the mark, or try out the range of boxing bags, reflex bags and punching gloves and accessories to burn off that Christmas excess.

There is still time to stock up on Christmas items with SportsPower’s massive range of shoes, slides and sporting apparel being options for those looking for gift ideas.

The store’s range of socks, hats, sunglasses, backpacks, and balls for every sport, plus a large range of accessories required for sports such as archery, fishing, golf, darts, cricket, football, netball, soccer, softball, basketball and tennis are great ideas for stocking fillers this Christmas.

A world of toys awaits with a big range of toys on the shelves at Toyworld Narrabri, where it is a toy paradise for the young … and the young at heart, and where adults wish they were kids again.

In store, you will find an enormous and diverse variety of popular and trusted names, with fantastic toys, games, puzzles and much more, ranging from high tech, to traditional, to educational and recreational – all are fun.

Brent’s advice to buyers – “come in and look, and keep looking – you will be surprised what’s here – there are so many great products.”

Toyworld covers toys from birth – stacking blocks, rattles, snuggies, bath toys, playsets, learning toys, walkers, play centres, musical, interactive, sensory and light up items from a broad range of brands including Fisher Price, Little People, V-Tech, Play-Gro, Lamaze, Miffy, Bluey, Peter Rabbit and Little Tikes.

An extensive range of girls’ toys is on offer – dolls and dollhouses, prams, house playsets as well as dress ups, jewellery and all the accessories to go with these items.

There is something in store to suit girls of all ages, including the popular brands of Schleich, Sylvanian Families, LOL, Barbie, Baby Born, Furreal, Na Na Na Surprise, Disney Princess, Rainbocorns, Puppycorn, Kittycorn, Gabbies, LLP, Magic Mixies, Real Littles, Pets Alive and Dolls World.

Toyworld has a massive range of Pink Poppy jewellery – rings, ear rings, hair clips, bracelets, hair bands, nails and accessories including jewellery boxes, snow globes, handbags, purses and dress up items.

Soft toys, soft dolls, rag dolls, animals, playsets, clothing and accessories are available from a large variety of animal types, including the brands of Squishmallows, P-Lushes, Stuffies, Care Bears, Sesame Street and Playskool.

Toyworld also has your little boy covered too.

For the young car fans, there are Scalextric slot car sets, Hot Wheels cars and sets, as well as remote control cars, trucks and boats.

Tash Elder and Deb Noble from Toyworld Narrabri.

Among its wheels offerings, Toyworld stocks a variety of motorbikes, cars, trucks, tractors, trains, army vehicles, monster trucks, farming, trucking, construction and industrial vehicles from all the big brands including ERTL, John Deere, CAT, Tonka, Bruder, KTM, Kawasaki, Wooden Thomas, Tech Deck and World Peace Keepers.

Toyworld has a full selection of Nerf Guns, water pistols, cap guns, electronic guns, swords and archery sets.

There’s even an assortment of tool kits, building and construction tools, tool belts and torches for your little handy man from the brands of Stanley, Black & Decker, John Deere and Bosch.

Throughout Narrabri’s toy heaven, there is an array of science Kidz Lab science and nature kits including solar system, weather station, crystal growing, ant farms, small robotics and mechanical kits, animals, dinosaurs, Sea Monkeys, Schleich and Robo Alive, Wild Republic tubes, bug catchers, Hex bugs and Nano bugs.

If your little (or big) one is into building there is a range of Lego, Meccano and Mega Bloks, starting from entry level designs through to sophisticated constructions.

There is even a range of Wooden toys including blocks, building kits and vehicles.

Toyworld has figurines, cards and accessories for the avid player or collector covering Pop culture, Pop Vinyls, Marvel, Super Heroes, Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, Among Us, Goo Jit Zu, Roblox, Disney, Beyblades, Bakugan, Paw Patrol, Bluey, Coco Melon and the Wiggles.

Outdoor toys such as hoppers, grip balls, skipping ropes, gliders, phlat balls, frisbees, high bounce balls, kites, bubble items, Hula hoops, musical toys, little ride-ons and much more are all available.

Stocking filler ideas at Toyworld include a range of children’s art and craft kits, easels, glitter pens, finger paints, crayons, play-doh, colouring in pencils and activities, textas, felt boards, modelling clay and paints, with selections from brands such as Crayola, Playdough, Educational Colours and Tiger Tribe.

Other stocking filler ideas include books, plush animals, Beanie Boos and a great selection of novelties including bouncy balls, squishies, fidget items, sensory toys, slinkies, yo yos, slime, jumping putty, wind ups, pullback items and science tubes.

For anyone looking to have fun indoors, both SportsPower and Toyworld stock a great range of puzzles, card games and board games.

All the classics plus a large variety of not so common games with other options, brands and variations are available.

Whatever your sports and toy needs for this holiday season, or for anytime during the year, the teams at SportsPower and Toyworld are not only your local experts, but are the stores where the best toys come from.

Visit SportsPower at 105 Maitland Street or phone 6792 2409 and Toyworld at 103 Maitland Street or phone 6792 1700.

Extended shopping hours will be available during the Christmas Carnival on Friday, December 15 and Thursday evening, December 21, ready for those looking for last-minute Christmas gifts and holiday items.

 

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