MOON’S Native Nursery CEO, Rabbitohs tragic and Meridan Street resident Steph Sweeney spent last week down the coast at North Haven where, by all accounts, he was thinking of opening up a new fish and chip shop. He reckons he was run out of town by the Fisheries Department for catching too many fish.
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AROUND the same time, “Clean Sween” was very happy when he landed a sizeable whiting before he carefully placed the “swishy” into his fishing bag. Unfortunately, “Gomez” hadn’t zipped up the bottom end of the bag and the last Stevie saw of his most recent catch was the whiting swimming away, looking back over its gills and smiling profusely.
WHILE attending the Uralla Vets Golf Open last Friday, Wayne Brennan was looking for the men’s open draw scheduled for last Sunday. Fellow Walcha vet Bob Denniss pointed out to Breno it was over there on the wall, but when Wayne checked it out, soon found out the “draw” was, in fact, the Uralla Golf Club bar roster.
THE Uralla Vets Open commenced with a shotgun start where Brenno and myself, along with Longyard duo Brian Thompson and Brian Cox, hit off the sixth tee. After completing the hole, Wayne drove his cart around to the “next” tee and parked adjacent to the tee box. When I asked Brenno if we were playing cross-country golf, he wanted to know why. I replied: “how come we are here next to the 11th tee and the blokes we are playing with are over there next to the seventh?”. Maybe a trip to Specsavers might be the answer for both “Brenno” and Bob.
LAST Thursday, Leslie Doyle and Aggie Micallef were having a yarn about alarm clocks when Leslie mentioned she wasn’t in attendance at the pool the previous morning because she hadn’t turned hers on. Aggie admitted she had her own alarm clock hassles when she set her alarm for 5pm instead of 5am. Luck had it that Aggie was woken by her daughter Kristina rustling around in the kitchen after she had risen at the intended time.
Great to hear the news that Walcha Council has received over a million dollars to upgrade the pool and gym.
WHEN the Walcha Central School fun run was conducted late last week, parent Bec Bullock got things a bit mixed up when she asked if anyone had seen all the pinecones on the bridge. What Bec really meant was witches’ hats. The next day Bec wasn’t impressed with ice she was served by her sister Lisa Swanton, complaining it was “too frozen”.
LOCAL golf club captain Willy Brennan was competing in the Uralla Open last Sunday when he struck an approach shot nicely, but was surprised when his ball pulled up well short of the green he was aiming at. Apparently, Will thought he had selected a six iron for the job but got a nine iron by mistake. Check with Bob and “Brenno”, they may have a spare chair on the Specsavers bus, Willy.
LATE last week when the very windy conditions hit town, Wendy Bird picked up a piece of clothing outside the chemist which still had the price tag attached. She soon found out the garment was from Paperdolls, and politely returned it. Shop owner and former mayor Janelle Archdale quickly decided it would be a good idea if the clothing rack outside on the footpath was moved inside.
ON the subject of the wind, what a sad start to the 2018-19 local swimming season. Last weekend, it was that windy the solar blankets weren’t able to be put on the pool and the water temperature dropped to under 20 degrees celsius. Early morning swimmer Luke Wellings reckons the water on Monday was the coldest he has swum in for a long time. Thankfully, the water temp is climbing again.
GREAT to hear the news that Walcha Council has received over a million dollars to upgrade the pool and gym. The pool will certainly benefit from funding, and considering it has been in action for nearly 50 years since it was opened in October 1970, a bit of a facelift won’t go astray.
CONGRATULATIONS to local shooter John Lisle on winning the Northern Zone single barrel Continental Championships at Guyra last Saturday. Earlier in the year, John won the Northern Zone double barrel championships. His travelling offsider Billy Fletcher took out the overall highgun at Guyra after missing only two out of 100 target, and also won the handicap event.
WORD has it that Fitzroy Street resident Judy Eckford was making something of a fashion statement at tennis. Judy received some comments about how “out there” her attire was, but Judy didn’t click that the tights she was unintentionally wearing were see-through, not the pair Judy thought she had on.
LAST week, there was a mention only three players were members of the Roos reserve grade team that lost three consecutive Group 4 second division grand finals in the mid-1990s to the South Tamworth Gators. Tony McKenna and A. J. Cross were the two named. The unnamed teammate was none other than Martin “Sumo” Smith.
NEXT time you are watching the Australian one-day cricket in action and spinner Adam Zampa is playing, see if you reckon he looks like one of Walcha’s residents? Hint – the bloke lives in North Street, is a carpet layer and is married to one of the girls at the Advocate.
