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.
Council commits to Stawell gift
Northern Grampians Shire Council has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to the Stawell Gift, signing a significant four-year partnership agreement with Stawell Gift Event Management afternoon that will see the council invest $400,000 in the prestigious Australian athletics carnival over the next four years.
Lifeguards look after nippers
Lifeguards at the Corryong swimming pool have banded together to take part in Super Swim to raise funds for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The team of Tony Irwin, Jorja McInness, Mia Saxon, Angus Pilli and Andrew Kendall has already exceeded its target of $3000 after covering nine kilometres to date - with the month of February to go...
Taking their netball to a higher level
Two local teenagers have spent time overseas honing their netball skills and developing friendships. Maddy Black and Evie Mackenzie participated in netball tours to the UK and New Zealand respectively, and both have said their trips developed their netball skills as well as wider personal development.
Oarsome to be rowing on Clarence River again
The calm conditions, openness, and gentle currents of the Clarence River enticed more than 80 budding athletes from TSS on the Gold Coast to return to Grafton ... and dip their oars into the famous waterway once again. Not even the persistent wet weather could dampen their spirits as the boys … rowed upwards of 50km along a 20km section of the river each day in their respective crews…
Inaugural Zac Clasohm Twenty20 Cup held
Port Victoria and Kadina Cricket Clubs came together to celebrate and remember the life of Zac Clasohm, with a hotly contested twenty20 match at Port Victoria on Sunday, January 21. The Zac Clasohm Twenty20 Cup has been named in memory of Zac, who played for Port Victoria and died in October.
Community – and cricket – in the park
Alyssa Walker. Australia Day, now more than ever, means many different things to many different people. But Australia wouldn’t even be Australia without the diversity and medley of souls at its heart, and each one is just as worth honouring as the other.
Young speedway racer competes in national junior titles tonight
Jamie Jones, a Junior Sedan driver from Tennant Creek Speedway, is currently competing in the 2024 SSA Junior Sedan National Titles in Grafton, New South Wales. The finals will be held tonight at the Grafton Speedway, where Jamie will be racing alongside 76 other juniors from across Australia.
Pilots gather for laidback event
The Corryong Cup Hang Gliding Competition 2024 concuded on the weekend with 65 pilots attending from all over Australia and Norway, Germany, Austria and Ireland. The aim of the Corryong event is to foster learning in a relaxed environment as well as to improve competition flying skills while having fun.
Hike to Heal Scavenger Hike
Do you love hiking and nature or care about mental health and suicide prevention? If so, you are invited to join the Hike to Heal Scavenger Hike, a week-long event hosted by Hike to Heal Australia, a local not-for-profit suicide prevention charity.
Grafton Rifle Club Grebert Shield
David Gillies. 11 shooters met at the 300-yard mound for the first stage of the Grebert Shield ... One of our Junior members Thomas Brady-Smith shot well in Hunter scoring 48 with 4 in his second round shooting a total of 9 centre bulls.
Dickinson selected for Bloods
Congratulations to Kaniva Leeor United’s Mitch Dickinson who has been selected in the u/18 centre for excellence squad for the 2024 season for West Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL. Matches will begin at the end of March and he has already been attending preseason with the club.
Sports tragics attend Allora’s long lunch
Allora Regional Sports Museum welcomed over 90 guests to the Commercial Hotel on Saturday for the Long Lunch. Catching up with super coach Wayne Bennett are two of his early school mates from St Joseph (now St Pats) - former Qld League Representative John Cowley and half century Rugby League administrator Peter Cavanagh.
90th anniversary of Allora Bowls Club
John Ellwood. The Allora Bowls Club was formed at a meeting in the Shire Hall on the 23rd January, 1933. Shire Clerk Andy Hamilton took the chair but declined nomination as the foundation president. It appears that Andy must have relented afterwards ...
Racers wanted for regatta
A new local event on the Australia Day weekend is certain to attract participants and spectators. The Khancoban Lakefest incorporating the Khancoban Cup Raft Regatta will be the first of its kind on the picturesque waters of Khancoban Pondage.
