THE course was looking greener after the recent rain when the Gloucester Golf Ladies played their last event for the year, with the 12-hole Summer Competition last Wednesday, 17 December. Rhonda Nightingale was the player of the day, winning with 27 points. Balls went to Susie Higgins on 25 points, and Karen Howarth and Moya […]
SALLY Higgins and Gary Peters combined well for a Four Ball Aggregate Stableford win at the Gloucester Veteran Golfers outing on Tuesday 16 December. The event, sponsored by Gai and Greg Falla, was played in cool and cloudy conditions and managed to attract a good field accordingly. The winners were Sally Higgins and Gary Peters […]
On the move.
Kim Haschek celebrated completing her 100th run. On the move. Getting started. IT WAS an overcast day, with the ground still damp from the welcome rain during the week, for Gloucester’s 235th parkrun last Saturday. There was a buzz in the air and not just from the hundreds of flies which were hanging around to […]
Johanna Ware, Moya Harris.
AFTER the penetrating heat of the previous day, the Gloucester Golf Ladies were glad to play under cloudy skies for their Summer Competition last Wednesday 10 December. Johanna Ware achieved a Stableford score of 36 points to storm home in Division 2, which would have been a good score over 18 holes but was even […]
Mitchell Starc (r) and Scott Boland have been lauded for their key partnership at the Gabba. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS.
THE last time Australia went 2-0 up in the Ashes, they went on to blow a golden chance to win the series outright, but Marnus Labuschagne pointed to one passage of play from the Brisbane Test when asked how the team would stop history repeating. Mitchell Starc’s second player-of-the-match performance from as many Tests this […]
LANE Edwards has had a dominant year on the Australian bronc riding scene. In September, 21-year-old Lane was named the 2025 Rookie Xtreme Broncs Australia Champion by the Australian Professional Rodeo Association (APRA), after another strong showing at the Marrar Madness campdraft and rodeo in the NSW Riverina. “The weekend was special because grandparents Des […]
Dropped from the Test side, but Sam Konstas will get a look at England through the PM's XI. Photo: Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS.
SAM Konstas will return to the scene of where he made his case for Test selection last summer, with the axed opener given a chance to face England with the Prime Minister’s XI. Dropped by Australia’s selectors after a poor start to the summer, Konstas was on Monday confirmed as a big-name inclusion for the […]
Gloucester Tennis Club president Tony Kingston, Adam Feeney, Dane Fernandez and Ben Howen.
Gloucester Tennis Club president Tony Kingston, Adam Feeney, Dane Fernandez and Ben Howen. The Wyong crowd. THE Seven Sounds Gloucester Open experienced another successful year in 2025, attracting over 100 players and their families to the town. “More than 70 percent of the players come from outside the area, including Sydney, the Central Coast, and […]
DOING what others may consider crazy comes naturally to Ken McDonald, now 85. When he was 35, he rode over 3100 km on a bicycle from Adelaide to Darwin with two friends, averaging 200km a day. He then rode back to Adelaide with wife Brenda driving a support car, a Datsun Bluebird. That same year […]
Try scorer Jonny Tighe with Tommy, Dimity and Henry Tighe and Bille and Scarlet Smith. Chris Marchant. Photo: Jamie Searle. A big hit. Photo: Marc Dalmulder. THE Gloucester Cockies Rugby Union Club hosted a successful day of rugby and fundraising on Saturday, 1 November. Over 30 young rugby enthusiasts participated in a skills training session […]
