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By Linda Prentice
After a cancellation of women’s last Friday due to heat, Naracoorte RSL and Districts Bowling Club had both Saturday divisions play away. Division 1 played against Millicent Red and had two rinks up and one down.
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November 2023
Principal news
By Mr Aaron Haines, Interim Principal
Dear families, What a wonderful celebration was held last Friday evening at the South-East Music Festival. The Sunrise choir (Grade 4/5 and selected Grade 6s) did a fabulous job, the culmination of their hard work and dedication over the entire year.
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By Gwen Colwill
The Bowling season is becoming busier each week. Coughlin Park 2 visited Serviceton Club this week for Midweek Pennant. We played East – West on the green, this being new to us as well as our visitors. Serviceton team 1 drew with Coughlin park 20 shots each.
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By Nasik Swami
Lucindale police officer Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, who was killed during a shooting incident at Senior, has been described as a “perfect small town country copper”. Naracoorte-Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross said all Sgt Doig ever wanted from his role in the community was for everybody to get home safely.
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By Sam Brooksby
Saturday 18th November 2023
Field: 55 (39 Men and 16 Ladies)
Sponsor: Adama
Competition: Stableford
A Grade Winner: Brian Norcock 39 Pts
A Grade Runner-Up: Roger Pridmore 38 Pts
B Grade Winner: Michael Childs 37 Pts
B Grade Runner-Up: David Castine 36 Pts
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By Paul Mitchell
A winner for former jockey-turned-trainer Louise Cooper was a highlight of the Naracoorte Racing Club recent meeting – and a potential turning point for the club’s disability access. Staged earlier this month after being transferred from Penola, the meeting saw Bomber’s Kiss salute for Louise and her training partner.
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By Christopher Steer
Bordertown Ladies played their Championship Triples in early November in good conditions with 4 teams on the greens. It was great to see most of our Ladies playing. Playing Round Robin there were some very good bowls being played by all teams. Winners were Jenny Marshall, June Tink and Belinda Pepper (sk).
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Lucindale continued their strong season in Millicent and District Cricket association last Saturday. Lucindale hosted a big celebrity cricket match on Friday night against an Adelaide Crows representative side, on a night full of emotion after the tragic events of the night before.
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By Jock McClure
Last Saturday saw the 4th round of the U14 Hall trophy commence. This week’s opponents for the Penola/Naracoorte U14’s were Mil Lel, being played at their home ground Frew Park. The sky was cloudy, a light drizzle was around, and both teams were ready for a good game.
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By Katelyn Baker
The weather shone down on Round 5 of the SPTA Season as three matches were played along the coast. Beachport were once again looking dominant over Penola and have moved themselves comfortably into second position on the ladder. Meanwhile, Kingston held top spot with another win, this time over Naracoorte.
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By Kirsty Starling
We held a minute’s silence at the beginning of the Junior matches held at Lucindale this weekend and would like to pay our respects to the late Jason Doig, Lucindale Police Officer, who lost his life this week. Thank you for protecting our community.
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Your Say: Ken Grundy, Naracoorte
Council has sought community consultation regarding two possible positions which could be transformed into parking spaces. There are very few occasions when we find many vacant parking spaces in our CBD, so I appreciate Council considering the opportunity to create additional parks when the chance arises.
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