Wrap of the day one of the 2022 Hockey Australia Country Challenge in Albany.
Cameron Newbold & Calvin Sims
The event kicked off with Noongar Land Enterprise Group senior project officer Heidi Mippy giving a welcome to country followed by her two eldest daughters performing a welcome dance.
Isabel Vieira
Wrap of the Upper Great Southern Hockey Association action.
A determined WA side fought back strongly in the final term but ultimately ran out of time, kicking four goals to one to win the quarter but going down by 27 points.
Cameron Newbold
The annual event involved a three-day tournament with teams from Narrogin, Esperance, Denmark, Katanning, Kojonup, Ongerup, Narrikup and Albany taking part.
Calvin Sims
The hard-nosed Pingaring-raised star put pen to paper last week, inking a two-year contract that will see him remain at Punt Road until the end of 2024.
The Great Southern Police District met with Aboriginal elders and community leaders, as well at the Shire of Pingelly and school representatives on Monday.
Isabel Vieira, Cameron Newbold, Sean Van Der Wielen, Phil Hickey and Shannon Hampton
Wrap of all the action from round 12 of the Upper Great Southern Football League competition.
Cameron Newbold & Andrew Pritchard
RAC’s Risky Roads Survey received more than 10,000 nominations from WA residents identifying the most troublesome major highways and dangerous intersections in the state.
Carbon Positive Australia chief executive Louise Tarrier said it was the first ‘pocket forest’ they had planted within a community space.
The restoration of the Narrogin Railway Station would continue to be a key area of spending for a third year, with a total $175,000 to be set aside for the completion and fit-out, dependent on grants.
Events manager Brad Flett said the team was honoured and proud to have received the award.
In Narrogin, wildflowers can be discovered at Dryandra Woodland National Park, Foxes Lair Nature Reserve, Yilliminning Rock and Highbury Nature Reserve.
Police Commissioner Col Blanch has thrown his full support behind a police officer who shot an armed man in Pingelly after confronting security vision emerged showing the incident unfolding.
Shannon Hampton and Isabel Vieira
Majority of the 20 mammal species most at risk from extinction over the next two decades are found in south-west WA and northern Australia.
Upper Great Southern Football League with strong representation in WA Country Football League State team.
Tambellup hockey star Penny Squibb was part of the Australia’s bronze medal winning outfit in Spain this month and now the side have their sights set on a Commonwealth Games medal.
Spectators were treated to a highly skillful and fast-paced game with some incredible shooting from both teams as Wagin edged out Pingelly, 54-47.
Jodie Sercombe
Another great weekend of hockey was played in the Upper Great Southern Hockey Association with superb skills and goals on display from all teams involved.
Kulin resident Lesley Dugall said she depended on the service to access her prescription medication.
The 15-year-old was one of the standouts in the WA side, recording the highest team averages in points and rebounds a game.
The proposed rates hike follows the 2.5 per cent rates increase last year, which was reduced from 2.9 per cent due to “efficiency gains”.
Wrap of all the action in round 11 of the Upper Great Southern Football League.
Andrew Pritchard & Calvin Sims
Last year’s highly anticipated October show attracted hundreds of locals and visitors from around the southern Wheatbelt after the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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