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By Christopher Steer
Craig Sutton (SK), Bryan Paech, Mick Kerber and Quentin Milne defeated Friend Cleggett (SK), Peter Will, David Crisp and Trevor Langdon 25-11 in the final of Bordertown’s Men’s Fours Championship.
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By Chris Oldfield
GOVERNMENT red tape had to be addressed before Naracoorte Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross could take up his position as a local government representative on the SE Water Conservation and Drainage Board (SEWCDB). Operating under special legislation, the SEWCD Act mainly provides for the conservation and management of water and the prevention of
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By Jock McClure
Last Saturday saw the fifth round of the U14 Hall Trophy commence. Last week’s game for all teams was washed out due to heavy downpours the day before. This week’s opponents for the Penola/Naracoorte U14’s were Gambier Centrals/West Gambier. The sky was overcast, outfield was dewy.
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By Eliza Handbury
The 2023 South East Tennis Association Junior Singles Championships were played at Lucindale Country Club. 72 players enjoyed the lawn courts impressively prepared as always by Lucindale Country Club greenskeeper Don Thiele. Players, spectators and organisers enjoyed some beautiful tennis weather, finally, with blue skies and sunshine throughout the day.
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By Chris Oldfield
NARACOORTE’S former ANZ Bank building will not be bought by the council, demolished, and turned into 41 public car parks.
Mayor Patrick Ross used his casting vote to squash the concept at Naracoorte Lucindale Council’s November 28 meeting when councillors were tied 5-5 over the issue.
Meanwhile, 17 private car parks at the site on 99 Smith St are no longer accessible to the public for parking.
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By Eve Rayner
Lucindale Bowling Club welcomed competitors from around the SE to their club on November 21st for the annual Ladies 4s & 2s tournament. It was great to have 14 teams attending. Four games were played with a lunch served in the interval.
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By Tim Delany, MLA
Cattle: LWB 22 – LWY 812 – LWC 341 – OAY 10
There was a jump in cattle numbers to 1,173 at Naracoorte which was an increase of 378 head on last week. Quality was mostly good with another outstanding offering of cows, grown cattle showing condition and well presented mixed sex yearlings and vealers.
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By Katelyn Baker
Beachport Breakthrough
Beachport have dealt Kingston their first loss of the season in Round 7 of the Southern Ports Tennis Association, 14 sets to 10 in a fierce afternoon of tennis. The home team blitzed away early in the piece, leaving top-team Kingston chasing sets across the afternoon.
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By Elise Baker, Liberal Party
The Opposition fears the Malinauskas Labor Government’s recent school funding announcement simply doesn’t go far enough to address significant infrastructure concerns at many South Australian public schools – particularly those in regional SA.
Shadow Minister for Education, Training and Skills, John Gardner, and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional South Australia, Ben Hood, have been in direct contact with numerous schools in the South East that be been overlooked in Labor’s $14.3 million school upgrades announcement – including Glenburnie Primary School, Mulga Street Primary School and Mil-Lel Primary School, who are exposed to a range of unacceptable safety issues.
By Kirsty Starling
Naracoorte Blue def Naracoorte Red 44-34 games
Naracoorte Blue won the day with 10 games ahead of Naracoorte Red, 44-34. Angus and Ashton had a close and highly contested game, with Angus taking the win 7-6.
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By Erin McWaters In November 2022, Shannon and Erin were handed the keys to the Autumn 2021 Shitbox Rally AU Falcon of local Lucindale Survivors Rohan Giles and Andrew Wilks, and began their fundraising campaign to get the face-lifted Sherlee the Shitbox off the Port Douglas start-line on October 13th 2023 for the Spring 2023 […]
By Michael Waters
Sizzle maintained their top spot on the ladder with a 7-5 win against Volcanos in the last minor round match before the finals kick off next Monday night. It was a real team effort by the Sizzle players, with Steve Biggins, Tom Randall and fill in Peter Lawrie all winning 2 singles each.
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