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47 people helped the Cohuna Lions Club add to the national tally of kilometres for Lap the Map on Saturday when they participated in Cohuna parkrun ... Funds raised go to the Lions Australia Medical Alert Dog Program that provides Diabetic Alert Dogs to people with type 1 diabetes, free of charge.

Toowoomba’s Will Brown has taken out the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship with a win at the Adelaide 500. Brown said he couldn’t have been happier to finish off the year with a win. "I was pretty stoked to finish off the year with a win to be honest," Brown said.

Sean Cunningham. Narrandera Public School pupil Braxton Ivanoff was part of the winning New South Wales golf team which was crowned this year’s Team Stroke Champions of the School Sport Australia (SSA) 12 years and under National Golf Championship. Braxton qualified for the NSW team when he previously finished eighth in the NSW School Sports Association Championship in the Hunter Valley..

Wilson McShane. Port Turton’s Hugo “Rockstar” Taheny introduced the 2024 Special Olympics South Australian State Games in style earlier this month when he walked in the opening parade and made a speech to the athletes ... “I want to encourage people to be the best person they can be. I encourage athletes to enjoy their life, to meet other athletes and to make friends,” Taheny said.

In February 1957 a dirt track at Carrathool was the site for record breaking Australian land speed records. Behind the wheel of an AC race car was a glamourous young British socialite, Mary Seed (nee Morton). Seed has raced an Austin Healy in the UK in 1955 but after coming to Australia as a new bride in 1956 she drove an AC.

...a group of local tennis enthusiasts attended the Queensland Tennis Awards at the W Brisbane Hotel. The Allora Tennis Club was one of only seven clubs selected as a finalist in the Most Outstanding Club - Metro and Regional/Rural. Although they did not get the win the Club can be very proud to be listed as a finalist.

Peter Moyle. What a great month – at last consistent clear weather on our scheduled walks. We revisited the secluded and difficult to access 38/38 Chasm, a wonderland of ferns, waterfalls ... Our annual pilgrimage to The Gibraltar Ranges National Park finished the month.

She is already an inspiration to many throughout the Clarence Valley, and after coaching the Australian Mighty 11s BMX team to victory at the 2024 BMX NZ North Island Titles at the Cambridge BMX Club ... Tahlia Marsh’s knowledge, exuberance, and passion for the sport has been passed on to the next generation of accomplished athletes.

Wilson McShane. Kadina’s Tate Cowie will join an elite cohort of drivers ... when he races in front of a crowd of close to 10,000 people at the VAILO Adelaide 500. Cowie will compete in his wingless sprint car ... “Because we’re more of a budget sort of class, your average joe could sort of look at it and go ‘oh yeah I can afford to race one of these’ and hopefully grow the class from there.”

The Moulamein Men’s Shed is helping to keep the small village alive. The oldest town in the Riverina, members of the shed work hard to do whatever they can to keep various aspects of the town afloat ... Moulamein’s main drawcard is to fishermen and bird watchers.

Kelly Midwinter. The 2024 off-road dirt bike racing season has been nothing short of extraordinary, showcasing remarkable achievements and thrilling competition for Max Midwinter. As the season draws to a close, racers and fans alike reflect on an unforgettable year filled with adrenaline-fueled moments and personal victories.

Maldon Golf Club wants the dog-owners of Maldon to know that they can enjoy the lush grassy golf course with their furry friend if they take out a ‘recreational membership.’ The scheme has been in place for about five years after the club realised that many options for off-leash pooch play were being removed in the region.

Australian basketball legend Aaron Bruce has relocated to Birchip to manage his Uncle Des Ryan’s Hotel, and he is eager to share his skills, knowledge, and passion for the game with people of all ages. Aaron, who starred in college basketball at Baylor University before making his mark in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Adelaide 36ers and the Sydney Kings…

...Barham Koondrook A Grade cricket won the toss and elected to bat as they faced Ultima TUF at Koondrook. Warren Lolicato was the highest scoring batsman with 35 runs. After 30.1 overs, the Raiders were all out for 120.

The annual LHI Yachties BBQ Cruise is a rare example of the alternative outlasting the original. It owes its existence to the limited number of visitor moorings in the Lagoon. Two decades ago, when the annual Gosford-Lord Howe Yacht Race was at its peak of popularity, the Race Committee had to turn away many entrants every year simply because they could not be accommodated. In response, some of those excluded entrants decided to cruise over from the mainland a week or two after the race as an informal group.

The story of an American father and his two sons who swam Australia’s longest river, the Murray, is now available for streaming in Australia ... ‘Take Your Dream’ was made by the Helmick family ... The film features their 120-day swim down the Murray from Corryong, through Lake Hume and Lake Alexandrina, eventually ending at the mouth of the river in Goolwa, South Australia.

The sun shone brightly over the Lockhart Recreation Ground as over 300 competitors gathered for the highly anticipated annual Lockhart Little Athletics Carnival. At the start of the day, a short cake-cuttting ceremony was held by host club Lockhart to recognise the day as the 20th carnival held in the town.

Jodie Hicks played her 50th AFLW game last Saturday night in the Richmond Tigers’ Dreamtime in Darwin clash against Essendon. It was a frantic final few minutes of the first AFLW Dreamtime match, which saw both sides score 6.6 (42) to post a full-time draw … Hicks was a first-round pick at the 2017 AFLW Draft and has not missed a game in the past three seasons.

Wilson McShane. Three Yorke Peninsula bowlers have earned a national title. Bob Scott (Wallaroo Bowling Club), Don Bennett and Daryl Steinwedel (both Moonta Bowling Club) were members of the South Australian side which went through the Australian Senior Sides Championships (over 60s) — Men undefeated, in Tweed Heads...

Joanna Tucker. A vourt at the Copper Coast Sport and Leisure Centre, Kadina, is now officially named in honour of local Olympian Stephanie Talbot ... Talbot, formerly of Kadina, said she had learned everything she knew from playing sport. "It means the world to be able to have the court named after me," Ms Talbot said.

Perfect weather on Saturday welcomed cricketers to grounds throughout the Wimmera Mallee for the opening round of the 2024-’25 season ... Nic Baird led the way with 47, while Stuart Lang contributed 42 not out, David Lang 20, “fill-in” 19, and Brylie Cameron 8 not out.

S Scott. It is with a great deal of pride and satisfaction that I share with your readers the celebration of 50 years of Yanchep Netball Club. This year marks our club as one of the oldest if not the oldest in the area.