LAST week, there was a yarn about pool attendant Sophie Morgan making a fashion statement by wearing her shirt inside out while attending the pool for an early morning swim. In her company was her little brother Charlie, who thought it was funny but he shouldn’t have been giving too much cheek, because when he went to get dressed after his dip, he couldn’t find his school socks. Nothing a call to mum Prue couldn’t fix, but was it really necessary? When Prue arrived with the socks, she conducted a search of Charlie’s school bag which revealed there were socks all along.
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GOOD luck to Wirraway grazier Neil Dunn when the 2016 Volunteer Director of the Year is announced in Sydney at the NSW Sports Awards tonight. Neil was nominated by the Tamworth Australian Rules and is one of four finalists in his category with winners to be announced at a gala dinner this evening.
TRAINEE golf professional Andrew Brennan shot a two under par 69 to finish in a tie for second place when he played in a trainee tournament at East Maitland on Monday. The reigning Walcha champion is ineligible to defend his title since joining the professional ranks but will no doubt take an interest in the local championships which commence this weekend.
THERE was a whisper that 12-time champ Tim Stackman won’t be in the field this year, so the gates are open for another changing of the guard after AJ rounded up Timmy last year. There would be a few players who may think they are in with a chance, but they won’t be named here this week because they don’t need the added pressure.
THERE wouldn’t be many cricketers who get to play the game with their grandfather, but to do so in a semi-final would be even more remote. Last Saturday, young Preston Boyd got the opportunity to line up for rugby league with his grandad and local cricket life member Peter against Colts in the Walcha News Cup minor semi-final. Unfortunately for Preston and “Duke”, Colts were a bit too strong on the day and now still have a chance to defend the title they won last year.
TO win the competition, Colts will have to do it from third position, which has happened three times in the past five seasons. Bowling Club did it in 2012 before Round Swamp repeated the feat in 2014 and 2015. Swamp, on the other hand, need to win the preliminary final to give them any chance of collecting the three major trophies in the one season after having already won the Turton Cup and Yalgoo Shield.
URALLA have the chance to become the first cricket team outside the Walcha Council to win the Walcha News Cup after they progressed to the “Big Dance” last Saturday with a 30 run win over minor premiers Round Swamp. The last “outside team” to go close was the UNE Nomads who were beaten by Bowling Club in the 2004 grand final. Unfortunately for the Nomads, the only two games they lost all season was that one and the Turton Cup, but they did finish minor premiers to claim the Yalgoo Shield.
A couple of points separate the top four players in the Cricketer of the Year competition, with Colts duo Ed Blomfield and Jacob Sherrin, Uralla all-rounder Cameron Wood, and Swampy Lee Harrison all well and truly in the running.
THERE were plenty of stars for the BC in the 2004 grand final with their number eight batsman Nowendoc law enforcer Andrew Noble leading the way with a game high of 35 unbeaten runs. Man of the match Rohan Lisle made 23 runs and snared four wickets, Mitchell Sweeney scored 22 runs and claimed three wickets, while Hyde Thomson captured three wickets. The only Nomads batsman to bother the scorers was E.R. Brazel Memorial Player of that season Andrew Brownlie, who made 21 runs out of a team total of 50.
PRESENTATIONS will be made following the grand final at the bowling club with a few surprises in store, individual trophy-wise. A couple of points separate the top four players in the Cricketer of the Year competition, with Colts duo Ed Blomfield and Jacob Sherrin, Uralla all-rounder Cameron Wood, and Swampy Lee Harrison all well and truly in the running.
FLICKING through some of the season tickets at the pool recently, it made me wonder what was on the mind of Anna Wood when she filled hers out last year. She had her two school kids Kateland (16) and Isabel (13) listed, and although I don’t know the girls as well as Anna does, I thought Isabel had left school. Anna’s other daughter Nichola was a surprise omission. When it was pointed out to Anna, she said it must have been one of those days.
SWIMMING Club held a handicap day on Tuesday where some of the competitors have to give their opponents plenty of start. There were close finishes, emphasizing the handicapper must have done his homework, but none tighter than the senior breaststroke. In a photo finish, Chyna Smith touched out Chloe Mackaway, Thomas Micallef and Zac Warden in a three-way deadheat for second, according to judges John Payne and Murray Power.