FINE, if slightly cooler weather welcomed a large field of golfers competing in Sheep Hills Golf Club’s stroke tournament, annual tournament and mixed pinehurst during the weekend. The club came alive during the weekend as a large field of golfers, from across the district including Dimboola, Hopetoun, Brim, Warracknabeal, Horsham, Moore Park, Minyip, Murtoa and [...]
WARRACK Eagles will take a 7-1 win-loss record into the second half of the Wimmera Football League season after claiming victory over Nhill on Saturday. The Eagles eclipsed the Tigers by 39 points at Davis Park to hit the halfway point of the season in second place, a game behind undefeated ladder leader Horsham. Inaccurate [...]
AUSTRALIAN grains industry’s mission to boost productivity and grower profitability is being supported through an increasing focus on farm business management. Recognising the importance of enterprise management in improving growers’ returns, the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is targeting professionals who advise and service grain growers in a broader thrust to bolster industry productivity. [...]
PLAYGROUP children became “Pirates of the Caribbean” on Friday, setting sail for the high seas in their own cardboard cut-out ship, during a pirate themed day. Grinning from ear-to-ear, babies and toddlers were armed with crayons, glue and glitter, busily making pirate hats and threading loot bags for coins. Warracknabeal Playgroup president Kirsten Zwar said [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Herald journalists were recently approached by a concerned business manager who wanted to raise the issue of community behaviour. The manager, who preferred to remain relatively anonymous said part of their job involved addressing certain behaviours or issues of concern to the community. Believing there is a serious need to address some of these [...]
SIR: It was interesting to read Mr Chris Riviere’s comment that “Smart Meters will include access to regular electricity consumption data with no change to tariffs.” It has been confirmed by Origin Energy, Australian Power and Gas, and by Australian Energy Regulator that peak tariffs will use six cents a kilowatt which is a 30 [...]
HAWTHORN football fans flocked to Davis Park in Nhill, eager to greet Hawthorn defender Kyle Cheney during his visit to the town on Saturday. The former Warrack Eagles player travelled home to watch the Eagles upset Nhill, only hours after playing in Hawthorn’s 65-point win against Essendon on Friday night. Mad Hawthorn supporter Corey Dovaston [...]
WITH bountiful numbers of quail in the Wimmera, shooters from around the country entered the final sixth round of the pointer and setter field trial season with high hopes of bringing home a winning game bag. A field of 20 starters were presented with ideal conditions in the two trials during the weekend competition at [...]
THE newly-formed Warracknabeal Racing Club is hoping for some much-needed community support for its fourth cup meeting which will take place at the racecourse on July 9. Again sponsored by O’Connors Case IH, the $20,000 event will be run over the usual distance of 2000 metres. With the locust plague damaging parts of the track [...]
Beulah did nothing to dent its position as Mallee Football League premiership favourites with a powerful 62-point win against Hopetoun on Saturday. Once again Beulah’s strength, skilful teamwork and polished finishing was the difference between the two sides. Accounting easily for the Lakers last week, this week Hopetoun was a different team. Not only did [...]