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Swim records fall

TWO new records were set at Wedderburn College’s swimming carnival. Dylan Caruana who broke the 50-metre freestyle record held by M Troy (46.10, 2015) with a time of 43.91. and Junior Whyman who broke the 50-metre backstroke by 0.03 seconds. This...

16 Mar 2023

Off road three months

A 21-YEAR-OLD Boort man has had his licence suspended for three months and been fined $601. Police said the man was detected driving at 134km on a 100kmh speed limit section of the Boort-Wedderburn Road

Women’s Day award

WOMEN’S DAY HONOUR Jenny Hosking was named the 2023 recipient of the Kooyoora Women’s Network International Women’s Day certificate of recognition. Jenny, of Bridgewater, was presented with the award by network president Colleen Condliffe in...

Skiers in top team

THREE Bridgewater Water Ski Club members have been selected to represent Australia at the IWWF under 21 world titles in Mexico in June. Ben Cosgriff, Corey Saddington and Layne Moroney are training from the club’s Loddon River base for the...

Farmer get-together

Loddon Plains Landcare Network is this Thursday, March 16, hosting a farmer community get-together in Inglewood. Unbreakable Farmer Warren Davies and Jeremy Forbes from HALT will be the guest speakers. The free evening also includes a meal and...

February falls below average

RAINFALL across the Loddon in February was well below average with Wedderburn recording the highest fall for the month. Wedderburn had 5.8mm after receiving 42mm in January, according to the Bureau of Meterology. Durham Ox recorded a slightly above...

Mid-year hopes on camping

CAMPERS could return to Newbridge Recreation Reserve by the mid-year school break. Committee secretary Sue Horsley said a June re-opening for camping was possible as volunteers and contractors continued the cleanup that started within days of the...

Bowls teams battle to end

AFTER magnificent performances all season by Inglewood’s division five team, a flag proved elusive in last week’s midweek grand final. Inglewood fell six shots short against Strathfieldsay in the final at Bendigo East. The team propelled along by...