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Left to right: Fraser Adams (Border Districts Captain), Chris Castine (Castec Rural Supplies) and Craig Lewis (Kingston Football Club President) holding the CASTEC KNTFL A Grade Premiership Cup.
By Barb Altus. Bordertown scored the first goal of the match when Hayes kicked truly two minutes in, before Kybybolite’s Ottoson-Crossling kicked accurately four minutes in, then George Malone made no mistake a minute later. After a minor score, Kyby’s Sidney Malone goaled, then Ellis gathered the ball and ran forward and his kick goalward bounced through the big sticks, before the Roosters registered a minor score. When Charlie Brodie kicked the final major of the first term the Tigers led 5-1-31 to 1-1-7. Kybybolite again attacked strongly in the second quarter, starting with a minor score before C Brodie collected the loose ball and kicked truly. The Roosters’ next attack resulted in a behind, before Kyby’s Freckleton launched attack from defence and S Malone made no mistake, then Ellis also kicked accurately. Bordertown’s Cornish drove the ball forward from defence and Hayes’ shot hit the post, before the Roosters […]
Your Say: Cliff Hignett, Naracoorte. The article by Nasik Swami was essentially a free advertorial for the No case in the referendum. Why is the News passing up advertising revenue? And if you were paid then let’s have it marked ‘advertisement’ please. As I have said on these pages before, Tony Pasin’s opinion has no value. His No vote has been bought. The Liberal Party was ordered to promote the No case by a faceless, nameless ‘controller’. There were no meetings of grass-roots Liberal members to discuss the referendum. There were no meetings of MPs to discuss it. Did Opposition Leader Peter Dutton summon MPs to Canberra, forbid any discussion, and tell them that they will support the No case or be sacked (two Liberal MPs objected to the party’s stance and chose to resign)? At the last election, the Liberals not only over-spent taxpayer funds, but they overspent their […]
By Sally Bywater. A Grade: Keith 43 (Mary Wachtel) d Lucindale 39 (Chloe Cane). The game was off to a flying start with Keith initially controlling the game. Lucindale fought their way back to even the score at the end of the first quarter, 10 all. Keith had a very solid start to the second quarter but Lucindale closed the gap to be down by 4 goals at half time, 23-19. A very even game! By three quarter time, Keith were up by 7 (35-28), playing a very settled game putting in great defensive pressure but Lucindale were still right in it! Lucindale made a great effort to claw back, but Keith held onto the win. Well done to both teams! A Reserves: Penola 48 (Tess Porter) d Keith 37 (Melanie Makin). The first quarter was evenly contested with accurate shooting from Penola, they led by 6, 16-10. Keith lifted […]
By Barb Altus. The 2023 Junior Colts Preliminary Final was low-scoring and closely contested, with the Keith lads unable to score in the first quarter while Kybybolite kicked two behinds in the first minute followed by a goal by Crossling eight minutes into the term. The young Crows registered their first score, a behind, six minutes into the second quarter and the Kyby lads replied with the same score eight minutes later, and at half-time the Tigers led 1-3-9 to 0-1-1. Kybybolite started strongly in the third term, with a goal to Southern in the first minute, followed by a major by Nolan two minutes later. Keith continued to work hard, and Fisher replied with a goal six minutes into the term, before Kyby’s Captain Brewin booted a long goal thirteen minutes in and a second major two minutes later and at three-quarter time the Tigers led 5-3-33 to 1-1-7. […]
Have you ever imagined carrying two big things in your pocket—a giant lobster and a fossil cave?
Well, you can definitely do that now.
Two of Southeast’s most iconic moneymakers—Kingston’s Larry the Lobster and Naracoorte’s Fossil Mammal Reserves—are officially in mint condition, having received a unique new honour last week.
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By Georgia Gill. Div 1 – Kingston 41 d Naracoorte 35. Naracoorte started the better of the two sides in their clash with Kingston and held a slender three goal lead at quarter time. Some positional changes worked in Kingston’s favor as they regained momentum to be up by four at half time. Midwinter was pivotal for Naracoorte in the third quarter as they closed the gap to three goals at three quarter time. Stenner continued her dominance for Kingston as they held on to win by six goals, 41 to 35. Kingston will now play Penola next week. Div 2 – Keith 44 d Naracoorte 30. In a replay of the two sides that faced off in the qualifying final, Naracoorte started well and led by three goals at quarter time. The second quarter saw Keith find their rhythm as they went into halftime with a two goal lead, […]
Book Week: It has been a wonderful week at Sunrise Christian School. Thank you to Mrs Bettina Palma who has been busy behind the scenes turning our Discovery Centre into the Scholastic Book Fair. Mrs Palma did a wonderful job creating a buzz around books! Creator, Writer and Illustrator Andrew McDonough took students through the […]
By Nasik Swami. The South Australian Education Union and the state government are still at loggerheads over better pay and conditions for public educators. Union president Andrew Gohl told this newspaper that the parties have not reached any agreement yet, and their executives “will determine whether industrial action is needed” again. If the union members vote for a second strike action, many public schools, including those in Naracoorte and the Limestone Coast region, would close for another day. An industrial action on September 1 resulted in the closure of over 160 public South Australian schools, with teachers protesting outside the South Australian Parliament. According to the Education Department, 167 of South Australia’s 927 public schools and pre-schools were closed or operating on a reduced program because of the strike. Mr Gohl said government negotiators were working on developing an improved second offer to meet the union’s stated deadline. “We wait […]
2023 Grand Final 16th September to be played at Naracoorte: 9.00am – Division 2 – Border Districts v Keith. 10.30am – Division 1 – Penola v Kingston. 10.30am – 13 & Under A – Bordertown v Kybybolite. 12.000noon – B Grade – Penola v Border Districts. 12.00noon – Division 3 – Kybybolite v Naracoorte . 1.30pm – A Reserves – Naracoorte v Penola . 1.30pm – C Grade – Mundulla v Penola. 3.00pm – A Grade – Penola v Keith.
By Michael Waite, Founder/Volunteer, Naracoorte News. THANK YOU team Top Mark! On behalf of The News team we want to express our gratitude to Trevor and Gail Pfeiffer and the entire Top Mark team for their advertising in The News. Top Mark has adorned a page in The News every week since we asked for their support of our new community newspaper. Literally we asked them in time for edition #2 on 13 May 2020 and they have supported your local paper – essentially helped ensure its survival – every edition since, up to and including today’s feature in issue 167. My friendship with Trevor and Gail’s late son Daniel was an incredibly special one. Daniel and I grew up going to Naracoorte Primary, riding bikes, playing hockey, and having a whole lot of fun together. There was already so much emotion tied up in the launch of The News, […]
By Michael Waters. In the latest round of matches, Centaur took over top spot on the ladder with a 8-4 win over Griffin. Centaur players all chipped in, Alan Martyn, Gommo and Tom Randall winning two singles each. Griffin captain Steve Lawrie won his 3 singles, and teammate Simon Smith can count himself unlucky, losing 2 five set matches, firstly against Tom Randall, going down 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, and then against Gommo, 11-7, 4-11, 8-11,11-8, 6-11. Centaur won 2 of the 3 doubles to give them the points. Medusa climbed up to third on the ladder with an 8-4 win over bottom team Goblin. Medusa captain Troy Harris won 3 singles, Dylan Agnew won 2 singles and Michael Williams 1 single. Goblin captain Steve Biggins won 2 singles and Peter Gericke, filling in for Peter Lawrie, won a close 5 set single against Michael Williams, 13-15, 7-11, 11-5, […]
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