Last Wednesday, 18 Lucindale lady golfers enjoyed playing a stroke round sponsored by Naracoorte Betta Home. The members of the Lucindale Country Club have welcomed their generous support for over four years and encourage all members to reciprocate. Weather conditions were perfect and the course is looking immaculate, a great combination for good scores. Congratulations to Karena Higgins, A grade winner with a nett 71, a wonderful score for the second of four qualifying rounds of Club Championships. Karena rightfully commented on how privileged we are to be able to play golf considering the world’s current turmoil. Ladies president, Sharon Menz was runner-up with a nett 73. Huge congratulations to Judy James who played exceptionally well to be B grade winner with a nett 65, her handicap is now reduced by two. During her round, a bird blessed Judy, often considered to be ‘good luck’. Judy’s precision drive on the […]

There were six full tables at Bridge@Bowls at the Naracoorte Bowling and Croquet Club on Thursday which was great to see. While the surroundings were pleasant and the company congenial, the cards refused to behave themselves. This is evidenced by the strange distribution of scores on the result sheet. Our three N.S. winners on the day were Jill Jacob/Sandra Haynes, Christine McDonald/Helen Cox, and Marjorie Todd/Jill Redway. For E.W.  we had Janeen Wishart/John Sunderland, Meredith Lawrie/Jenni Castine, and Mary Lush/Sally Clarke. Well done to all placegetters as it was a very tricky day. Congratulations also to Mary Lush/Sally Clarke and Janeen Wishart/John Sunderland for each getting one of those ever elusive slams. The play of the day goes to Meredith Lawrie and Jenni Castine, and centers on the action occurring on Board 29.  Meredith and Jenni had confidently bid up to 4 Hearts when the wily pair of Christine McDonald […]

The Padthaway Oval was in magnificent condition, and after a tight, low-scoring first quarter Mundulla took the lead in the second term which they extended with a strong third quarter and held on to win despite the Lions winning the last term. Padthaway scored first but their shot was touched for a point, then the Tigers’ Packer and Davies worked the ball into attack where McGrice snapped accurately. The Lions’ next attacks resulted in minor scores despite good work by Ficken, Holtzbauer, and Green. Mundulla attacked again with King, Ridgway, and Phillips prominent, and Jaeschke and Hinge drove the ball forward where Wiese marked under pressure and kicked truly. Padthaway’s Obst, Colwell, Minns, and McCarthy were working hard and drove the ball forward where Ficken made no mistake from a tight angle, so at quarter-time, the Tigers led narrowly 2-0-12 to 1-3-9. The Lions again opened the scoring in the […]

Things are starting to sort themselves out already after only two rounds of the KNTFL A grade competition in 2026. The four winners of last Saturday’s round 2 matches have declared themselves as finals probabilities, and the four losers of those games have some work to do. In the feature game of the round – the first night game under the new lights at Bordertown – the home side underlined their credentials as a true contender this year with a thumping win over Kybybolite. Kyby have been a finalist in the last two years, but had no answers for the hard-running Roosters who kicked 7.2 to 0.0 in the first quarter to put the result beyond doubt from the start. The game was slightly more even from there, but the Roosters kicked away again at the end to win big 18.11 to 4.4. Bordertown had good players everywhere with Billy […]

The West Wimmera Shire Council has endorsed its 2026-27 draft budget, with a continued focus on financial sustainability, service delivery, and investment in critical infrastructure.

The Naracoorte Cancer Council Branch extends a huge thank you to the Naracoorte community for the part they played in making history, holding the inaugural iconic Marilyn Jetty Swim at the Naracoorte Swimming Lake on March 1.