WET and windy weather did Casterton Sandford no favours at the weekend, coming up against a tough North Gambier across the board in almost every grade. But despite the wild conditions, every team took it up to the opposition, with juniors continuing to find their feet playing at senior levels. The Cats 13 & Under […]
CASTERTON’S Stacey Edwards is celebrating a great start to the 2023 Green Triangle Winter Showjumping Series, with wins in both the Horse of the Series and Pony of the Series classes. Glenelg Pony Club hosted the first round of the eight-event series at the weekend, with 95 entries received over eight classes in the main […]
CASTERTON Sandford’s Reserves are celebrating their first win of the season after taking full control of their match against North Gambier on Saturday. The Cats travelled to Vansittart Park for round five of the Western Border Football season and both the Ressies and Under 16s returned home on Saturday night with good wins under their […]
THE entire community is invited to put its hands up to reconnect and create a new map for the future, with the revival of Hands Up Casterton. Launched in 2019, Hands Up saw more than 100 residents from all walks of life, including parents and grandparents, educators and community organisation leaders, come together over two […]
WORK on the Warrock Road bridge at Roseneath is expected to begin today, with residents issued with a works update, two days after last week’s Casterton News published news of their impatience with the stalled project. Warrock Road residents, Robert Simson, Clancy Burn and Tim and Alex Currie all spoke of their exasperation with constant […]
MILLICENT is a tough opponent across the board, at home and away, but the Cats managed to pick up one win each in the junior and senior divisions of Western Border netball at the weekend. The B Grade and 13 & Under B Cats continued their outstanding form to take their third and fourth wins […]
NEWSPAPER CLUB MERINO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL LAST week we were so lucky to have Ally back to do another football clinic with us. We revisited some past skills from the last session last term like zombie fingers and holding the football and hand along it like a pancake and ice cream. We played new games and […]
ON TUESDAY, 10 February, the Grade 6 students, along with some Grade 5 students, took part in the Lion’s Youth of the Year Public Speaking Competition. Each student had spent time researching, writing, and practising their speeches over several weeks. The students chose a topic of interest to present to Lion’s Club members. The students’ […]
CASTERTON Sandford Football Netball Club welcomes the announcement of a recommended new structure for south-east South Australian football leagues, in 2024, earlier than the expected announcement date of mid-this-year. President Dylan Ayton said following the announcement of the SANFL’s working group announcement of recommended restructure, last week, he had received positive feedback from Mid South […]
BOLD Bourbon took home the 2023 Casterton FoodWorks Cup in convincing style for trainer Lindsey Smith and rider Dean Yendall, but it was a newly-crowned king of the live hedges that stole the limelight. A large crowd witnessed a fantastic day’s racing, especially a dominant performance by Elvison in the Pullen & Co Steeplechase. With […]