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.
Locals shine in Yamba ocean swim
After two years of rough conditions that forced the Yamba Ocean Swim to be held at Whiting Beach, smaller surf this year saw the event return to its spiritual home of Main Beach with almost a record number of entries.
Fishers reel in reprieve
Michelle Daw. Yorke Peninsula’s commercial fishers have won a reprieve in the marine-scale fishery industry’s campaign against a steep increase in state government fees. Primary Industries Minister Clare Scriven recently announced a $1.55 million scheme over the next three years ... Yorketown commercial fisher Shane Bishop said the extended support would buy time for the industry but the overall fee structure was still inequitable.
And they’re off – Young riders face first race ever at Magic Millions
The Magic Millions on the Gold Coast is recognised as the second largest horse race event in Australia after the Melbourne Cup. Local riders from Woodburn and Casino raced in the National Pony Club Racing Series at the Magic Millions.
Klynton Kitto’s 10/36 and other sporting highlights
Peter Argent. Klynton Kitto has recorded numerous sporting highlights throughout his lifetime, perhaps the most notable is taking 10/36 in a single innings playing for YP in the 1960 SA Cricket Association Country Carnival.
Golden Nugget Tournament attracts a field of over 70 darts competitors
Jason Dunemann. Tennant Creek Darts hosted its annual Darrell "Bear" Logue Memorial Golden Nugget Tournament over the weekend of December 2-3. The 35th edition of this fabulous tournament attracted 63 competitors to Tennant Creek Memorial Club for an action-packed weekend of darts. The competition brought players from all over the country ...
A big step for the pool
At last, the steps at the Maldon swimming pool have been installed! If you have reduced or limited mobility, you now have the opportunity to enter and exit the pool safely.
Tasmanian exporter, Scoot Boot, wins Australia’s prestigious  E-Commerce Exporter of the Year Award at 61st Australian Export Awards
Scoot Boots are a healthier, natural barefoot alternative to metal horseshoes to help protect horses’ hooves and the innovative Australian company has taken out the prestigious E-Commerce Exporter of the Year Award at 61st Australian Export Awards.
Grong Grong netballer selected in NSW side
Netball NSW has unveiled the netballers who will represent the State at the 2024 National Netball Championships and among them is Grong Grong’s Emily McPherson, who plays for Wagga Wagga. Emily has been chosen in the 2024 NSW 17U team...
