Youth

The Corryong Golf Club has received strong interest in two events scheduled for the weekend of November 18 and 19 when the new synthetic greens will be officially opened ... Interest in the sport is growing with Corryong College students playing golf as part of this semester’s sport curriculum ...

The Mallee Root Round Up committee was delighted to welcome almost nine hundred revellers back to the Mallee Root Roundup B&S ball last Saturday, October 21, after a three-year hiatus caused by unprecedented circumstances. In the 1980s there were up to 500 balls across Australia, but now it is more like thirty.

Students from years 9 through 12 across Sydney will have the opportunity to experience drone flight in an exhilarating setting next month, with the University of NSW’s School of Aviation and the Australian Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Service (AUAVS) teaming up for a Drone Racing Day in Moore Park ... "The launch of the Bachelor of Aviation majoring in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems represents a significant step forward in aviation education": AUAVS Manager, Paul Hardy.  

On Tuesday Corryong College held its annual Tough Mudder and Colour Run ... The course was designed by Claudia McKimmie’s Year 9/10 fun and fitness class and had more than ten different stations including the water slide, the ice bath, silage bails, hay bale climb, mazes, hill climb and barbed-wire crawl.

Allora P-10 State School Principal Megan Rauchle took up the challenge on Friday. Any students raising over $100 have the opportunity to slime the Principal.

A concept for young people aged 13-18 to take a leading role in disaster resilience in their local area has taken out the 2023 Disaster Challenge, run by Natural Hazards Research Australia in Melbourne.

A record number of 25 exhibitors showcased the resources that are available to communities before, during and after an emergency at the North East Emergency Expo in Corryong on Saturday.

Australian Soccer legend, Paul Wade, has been in Koondrook Barham this week delivering a life skills program to kids at the towns’ schools. Paul competed for Australia in the 1988 Olympic Games, captained the Socceroos from 1990-1996, representing the country in 118 international games including two World Cup campaigns and also had great success back home with two National Soccer League Championships and 1988 National Soccer League player of the year.  

There was anticipation in the air as two time capsules from 25 years ago were unearthed last week ... School captains, Meiha Burns and Daisy McGlone, led the formalities, with vice captains, Lainie Hawken and Hayley Rooney, principal Fiona Miller and principal of 1998, Glenn Hall, giving an insight into school life past and present.

Mother Kimberley and daughter Hannah, who attends Kaniva College were among 120 students from across regional and rural Victoria to attend the Annual Biomedical Sciences Day at the University of Melbourne. The local student had the exciting opportunity to experience life as a biomedical scientist at the event presented by the University of Melbourne’s School of Biomedical Sciences and the Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC).

Meet Lionel Marr, a proud Bunuba man, who always felt a calling to return from the city back to his childhood home of Fitzroy Crossing. He wanted to know more about his country, his people and his culture and became a trainee ranger with the Parks and Wildlife Service, earning a coxswain skippers ticket. Lionel’s efforts during the Kimberley floods of January 2023, despite losing his family home, and his commitment to his job, earned him special recognition.

Clarence Valley beaches now feature a splash of pink after the Far North Coast Surf Lifesaving Nippers season began and children don their pink rash shirts. Nippers at Yamba is open to children between the ages of six and fourteen, and the surf skills program teaches lifesaving techniques, surf safety, CPR, and rescue experience, while completing fun activities in the surf.

A new bike library will link Orelia Primary School students with unclaimed bikes from WA Police to encourage physical activity. An exciting new bike library concept aims to leave a positive legacy in Kwinana by linking unclaimed or donated bikes with students at Orelia Primary School.

The Harcourt Pony Club in Central Victoria is not one of the biggest in the state but certainly one of the most innovative and thoughtful. It realises that in addition to teaching children the basics of how to ride and look after their horse, pony club also needs to challenge young minds and be fun.

Alyssa Walker. For the second year in a row, Backflips Against Bullying has put on a parkour performance at Donald High School, weaving tools and life lessons in amongst their dynamic tricks ... Year 7-11 students all gathered under the cover of the Big Shed to watch Luca and Sam’s bombastic performance, interspersed with a variety of tips and tricks on how to de-escalate bullying situations.

Balanced Choice founder, Adam Drake, is in Tennant Creek to deliver his program to community members. RN Employment has made this possible for him. During his visit, Adam will be working with both adults and youth to help them achieve positive outcomes in their personal and professional lives.

Cambooya teen Jordon Fenton-Anderson has had an amazing season in Futsal and Soccer as a goalkeeper. Jordon has just competed at the National Schools Futsal Championships, where she was honoured to Captain the South West 15s to runners-up for the second year in a row. Due to her standout performance at the championships she has just been named on the Australian 16s Futsal team.

Australia's most promising young alpaca judges have been announced by Agricultural Shows Australia as eligible to compete in the national finals of the prestigious annual competition to be judged in October ... Grace Nesbitt, 18, from Illawong will be representing New South Wales in the alpaca young judges competition.  

He knew they would give it their all and strive to achieve the best result, but when the 12–16-year-old Grafton City Juniors were announced as the winners of the 2023 Australian Fire Cadet Championships, Captain of Grafton City RFS Michael Rogan was overwhelmed with happiness and pride ... Established in 2007 by the RFS, the championships present the firefighters of tomorrow with opportunities to showcase their technical talent, enthusiasm, and leadership.

Since the beginning of March this year, an extra 9,499 proactive police patrols and activities have been conducted on the Darling Downs as part of a leading police operation aimed at enhancing community safety ... Police have charged 385 adults with 744 offences while 186 juveniles have been charged with 328 offences.