Giving back drives NRL Hogs Tour to visit country schools
The NRL National Hogs Tour stopped to visit Casino High School ... NRL player Brad Fittler (Sydney Roosters) and women’s rugby league stars Jaime Chapman (Titans) and Yasmin Clydsdale ( Knights) played and chatted with the students ... Brad said Casino was “really rich on NRL players.”
Sun City Yacht Club is in the heart of Two Rocks
During a visit to Sun City Yacht Club reporter Betheney A’vard talked to club members about their focus on introducing people to sailing but also found out about the Two Rocks community rallying together to seek heritage status for the area.
Dillon leaves a visual lasting legacy
Little did Pam Dillon know when she accepted a six-month contract to come to Tennant Creek that it would develop into a 10-year passion for delivering sports education to communities and schools in the Barkly.
Thousands flock to see Red Bull Ampol livery
In front of a massive crowd at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport last Sunday, Red Bull Ampol Racing revealed its 2024 Supercars Championship liveries that will feature on the team’s two Gen3 Chevrolet Camaros.
Mighty marathon win for local athlete
Cassie Fikri from The Yard Narrandera won the women’s all round half marathon at Batemans Bay at the weekend. Her time was one hour and 39 minutes, which is a personal best for her.
Charlies Surf School for West Wimmera youth
A visit to the beach is not something that happens everyday for many of the young people in West Wimmera. For most it is around a 2 hour drive to the nearest beach.
Wattles hatch new hooker
Glyn Rees. Thomas Hatch is the latest addition to the Travis Burns coached Stillwater Pastoral Company Wattles Warriors top grade outfit, and according to the experienced mentor the 21-year-old hooker has hit the ground running.
Wattles juniors sign on for 2024
Glyn Rees. Club President Aaron Gilmore is enthusiastic about the season ahead, after such a successful 2023 season that reaped three grand final appearances in the international grades, including an undefeated Under 13 team premiership success.
International standard arena opens in Bundanoon
There is cause to celebrate in the Southern Highlands with the completion of an international standard Arena in Bundanoon, and everyone is invited to the Grand Opening at 11am on Saturday 17 February ... And this is another feather in the cap of the Carriage Club, which was awarded the 2023 International Carriage Club of the Year by the British Carriage Driving Society.
The other Noah would be impressed
You’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative . . .” That’s precisely the advice followed by Donald-Jeffcott’s Noah Berry when he took to the crease against St. Arnaud’s “A” grade at the Jeffcott ground on Saturday.
Concussion inaction threatens regional community sports
Regional football and community sporting clubs risk folding if recommendations on concussion and head knocks – particularly in junior sport – are not implemented appropriately by sporting codes, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health, Dr. Anne Webster, said at the weekend.
Alkimos Ball Club a big hit with kids
Alkimos Ball Club was created in 2016 and offers tee-ball and baseball for both juniors and seniors. The aim of the club is to allow people to pursue these sports in a friendly social environment.
Evans Head surfer rides wave for near perfect score at Hawaii comp
Surfer Callum Robson has done it again. At the World Surf League Series Lexus Pipe Pro in Hawaii, Robson scored 9 points in his heat ... The 23 year old Evans Head surfer described what the winning wave at Oahu was like.
A win for Aussie battler
Peter Hibberd. Victorian harness racing hobby trainer, Paul Castle, and his wife, Fiona, didn’t hold back their emotions when ten-year-old gelding Touchandgo (Down Under Muscles) got the money at his 49th race attempt. The victory at the Wedderburn Cup meeting ... had added significance, as it was the first training success for Castle, of Swan Marsh, 20 minutes from Colac.
Clydesdales cancelled?
Due to compliance issues with Council, Sandy Creek Clydesdales owners Matthew and Jaimie Thompson say they have been forced to cancel much of their business activities ... well-known and much-loved enterprise ... “We delved into just what changing the land use zoning would require,” Jaimie said.
Vincent Kennedy
It was a great result for yacht Oroton Drumfire and her crew in the last Sydney-Hobart race. Vincent Kennedy ... was part of the winning team, taking out the PHS division and coming in 30th over the line in a fleet of 85.
Impressive return by Steph Talbot
Peter Argent. Stephanie Talbot (Kadina) made a stunning return to basketball in the Women’s National Basketball League for Adelaide Lightning against Canberra Capitals on Sunday, January 28. It was Talbot’s first game of competitive basketball in 11 months, since rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament in a February 18, 2023 WNBL game.
Free fish for all at festival
The 10th annual Gynburra festival was held at Port Victoria on Friday and Saturday, January 26-27. The festival is named after the Gynburra fish, also known as butterfish or dusky morwong, which has cultural significance for the Narungga people.
Tight at the top
With two rounds of North Central Playing Area’s 2023-’24 pennant bowls home-and-away season remaining, just five points separate the top five teams, only four of which will earn the right to challenge for the season’s premiership. Donald Golf, currently fifth with 84 points to its credit, backed up its round 11 win over top team St. Arnaud ...
Lifesaving volunteer our Ambassador
Australia Day Ambassador and surf lifesaving volunteer Doug Hawkins will join the Narrandera Shire community and offer inspiration and share his optimistic messages and stories. For 23 years, Doug has been a proud surf-lifesaving volunteer whose visionary approach has helped Coogee SLSC and other NSW Clubs implement inclusive training programs ...
Town Hall meeting for sports hub
The time and date for a public meeting in the Naracoorte Town Hall regarding a $35m sporting complex, or two new basketball courts for $8 million, will be soon to be announced ... “If you were faced with the largest investment by our council ever, do we need to ask ourselves, is this a fair and reasonable representation of ratepayers and the community?": Cr Peter Ireland.
Graham West and his 70s Torana win West Coast Classic
Graham West did the car roof-top dance to loud cheers and applause when he took on some of the biggest, fattest race cars in his division while driving his Torana to win the SSA Modified Sedans West Coast Classic 2024 at Avalon Raceway ... The Torana is a car model that was popular in the 1970s.
