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9 June 2025

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What's on at Club Cowra

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What’s on at Club Cowra

IT’S A HAPPY EASTER AT CLUB COWRAEaster is here folks, and we are kicking it off with a huge day on Saturday April 12 with the annual Easter Egg Raffle. This year a whopping 70 prizes are up for grabs. The Easter Bunny will be making an appearance...

22 hours ago

Gender Neutral Championships played

Gender Neutral Championships played

The Saturday event was the Australian Gender Neutral Championships sponsored by Elegant Timber Shutters and Blinds. The overall winner and Australian Gender Neutral Champion for 2025 is Daryl Brown with 42 points off the White Tees. The winner off...

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23 hours ago

Sports grant to benefit hockey club

Sports grant to benefit hockey club

We’re thrilled to share that we were recent recipients of a Woolworths Sports Grant and the timing couldn’t have been better. Thanks to Woolworths, we were able to:Replace our broken pie warmerBuy a new slow cooker for our beloved hot dogsUpgrade...

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23 hours ago

Sports grant to benefit hockey club

Sports grant to benefit hockey club

We’re thrilled to share that we were recent recipients of a Woolworths Sports Grant and the timing couldn’t have been better. Thanks to Woolworths, we were able to:Replace our broken pie warmerBuy a new slow cooker for our beloved hot dogsUpgrade...

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23 hours ago

Peter and Jeanette win at Harden Country Club

Peter and Jeanette win at Harden Country Club

Results from the two person Ambrose at the Harden Country Club on Sunday. It was a great day out on the course. The weather was on point. Well done to the winners. RESULTS:1 Peter Elliot and Jeanette Elliot 66 net2 Damien Shea and Simon Glover 67 nett2...

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23 hours ago

Cathy and Carol win on Wednesday

Cathy and Carol win on Wednesday

On Wednesday 28th, the ladies played a Single Stableford. Winners on the day:Cathy Marshall 35 pts and Carol Hunter (Dongara GC) 34 ptsNTP’s – not struckBall winners: Cathy Marshall 5 balls, Carol Hunter 3 balls, Helen Hamblin 33 pts 2 balls...

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23 hours ago

Riverina Open held in Cootamundra

Riverina Open held in Cootamundra

The Cootamundra Rifle Club hosted the Riverina Open Prize Meeting on Sunday, May 25. 60 competitors converged on the range from all parts of NSW and the ACT. Competitors fired ten scoring shots twice at 500 yards, and 15 scoring shots at 600...

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23 hours ago

One sided results in triples play

One sided results in triples play

Two more games of the Club Triples Championship were completed on Saturday with both games having very one–sided scorelines. In one game Albert Carter, Geoff Holt and Peter Watts played Joe Bargwanna, Ivor Watkiss and Cliff Traynor. Peter’s team...

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23 hours ago

Cherry Bombs decimate the Dragons

Cherry Bombs decimate the Dragons

The Cherry Bombs blew through the Temora Dragons last Saturday at Nixon Park defeating the Dragons 16-42. The Cherry Bombs were on fire with nine tries scored by Beth Loco x3, Billy Duggan, Chelsea Leggett, Indyana Bedford x2 and Josey Hoey with...

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23 hours ago

One sided results in triples play

One sided results in triples play

Two more games of the Club Triples Championship were completed on Saturday with both games having very one–sided scorelines. In one game Albert Carter, Geoff Holt and Peter Watts played Joe Bargwanna, Ivor Watkiss and Cliff Traynor. Peter’s team...

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23 hours ago

Cherry Bombs decimate the Dragons

Cherry Bombs decimate the Dragons

The Cherry Bombs blew through the Temora Dragons last Saturday at Nixon Park defeating the Dragons 16-42. The Cherry Bombs were on fire with nine tries scored by Beth Loco x3, Billy Duggan, Chelsea Leggett, Indyana Bedford x2 and Josey Hoey with...

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23 hours ago

Goldies continue winning streak

Goldies continue winning streak

It was a top of the table clash at Harden Rugby Club over the weekend with the Boorowa Goldies facing off against the Red Devils. The tightly contested game had some big hits and some great tries by both sides, however, Goldies proved to be stronger...

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23 hours ago

Come and try day for Young Croquet

Come and try day for Young Croquet

Young Croquet Club’s biggest fund raising day will be held on June 21, 2025 all in aid of Young and Boorowa Can Assist. There will be a big morning tea, a huge raffle which starts now and will run until the day. The come and try day will start at...

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23 hours ago

Nev wins monthly medal at Boorowa

Nev wins monthly medal at Boorowa

In an eight race to the finish Nev Thurtell out sprinted the opposition to win the monthly point score on 88 points. It was a tight race for the minor placings. John Cooper just pipped Dave Bromham by 79 to 77. In the last weekly social bowls Nev won...

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23 hours ago

Under 12s improving week in and week out

Under 12s improving week in and week out

Under 12’s Cherry Pickers – Coach Steven ShippThe Under 12s team had a slow start to the season with an 18-0 loss against a well-prepared Harden/Boorowa side. The boys were understandably disappointed but recognised the need to focus and train...

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23 hours ago

A Mighty Nighty for Doug and Ruth Leabeater

A Mighty Nighty for Doug and Ruth Leabeater

Doug and Ruth Leabeater marked an incredible milestone over the weekend, celebrating their 90th birthdays with a joyful gathering of family, friends, and community members in Young. Guests travelled from near and far—including all the way from...

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23 hours ago

Hilltops Councillor column

Hilltops Councillor column

Winter is just around the corner, and while I love this time of year, the cold always takes me by surprise. On Wednesday, 28 May, Hilltops Council held its Ordinary Meeting, where I put forward two key motions. The first motion proposed an assessment...

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23 hours ago

From mother to daughter

From mother to daughter

This apron came to the Young Historical Museum from the estate of Mrs Ethel May West who died in 1980. Ethel was born at Thuddungra in 1890 to John Jenkin Tiedemann and his wife Louisa. She married Thomas Charles West at Thuddungra in 1916. After...

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23 hours ago

Royal Flying Doctor visit

Royal Flying Doctor visit

John Johnson hosted some interested Weddin locals and nine pilots and their planes on Sunday morning June 1, at the “Myee” airstrip. John hosted the group to draw attention to the upcoming Royal Flying Doctor Service’s 2025 Outback Air Race and...

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23 hours ago

Braving the cold to bring colour to winter

Braving the cold to bring colour to winter

We had a successful ‘Colour in Winter’ workshop at the community garden. Thank you to the people who braved the cold and wind last week to listen to Olwen Smith talk about the winter garden. It was particularly special to welcome two guests who...

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23 hours ago

The most fitting special guests

The most fitting special guests

With this year’s Henry Lawson Festival feature poem being “The World is Full of Kindness” there is no more fitting special guests than Deidre and Terry Carroll OAM for the 2025 festival. When Lithgow girl, Deidre married her husband, Terry in...

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23 hours ago

Report released on proposed changes

Politics and Government

Report released on proposed changes

The Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice has released its report into proposed changes to liability and entitlements for psychological injury in New South Wales. The inquiry was referred to the committee by Treasurer of NSW...

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23 hours ago

Parliament listens to Councils on RFS

Politics and Government

Parliament listens to Councils on RFS

In a significant win for local government, a NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended that the state’s Rural Fire Service fleet should be legally recognised as NSW Government assets. The Public Accounts Committee has tabled the report for its...

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23 hours ago

Neill wins ladies golf day

Neill wins ladies golf day

On Sunday 1 June 12 ladies played in a 9 Sealed holes event for a trophy donated by Phillipa Baker. The day was perfect for golf and a great day was enjoyed by all, it was great to see so many players playing. The winner of the event over the 9...

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23 hours ago

Jack on the lookout for past contest participants

Arts and Entertainment

Jack on the lookout for past contest participants

Do you remember Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds? Maybe you were even part of it? If so, radio host Jack Hodgins wants to hear from you. Mr. Hodgins is writing a book that documents the iconic Hoadley’s contest. This was Australia’s biggest music...

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23 hours ago

An eye for capturing Grenfell

Arts and Entertainment

An eye for capturing Grenfell

Helen Carpenter has turned her hobby of photography into award winning work. With three photos recognised by Camera House in The Landscape Awards and one of her photos featuring on the front page of the popular Galah magazine, Helen’s photography...

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23 hours ago

IPART makes decision on Valuer General charges to Councils

IPART makes decision on Valuer General charges to Councils

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released its decisions on the maximum prices the Valuer General can charge local councils for land valuation services, effective from 1 July 2025 for a period of 4 years to 30 June...

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23 hours ago

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