AFTER plenty of thought, time, and effort into each individual design, the winners of six different categories in the Tarrington Hay Bale Art Competition have been announced after judging commenced on Tuesday.

THE Hamilton and District Cricket Association Twenty20 competition continues on Thursday night with St Andrew’s and Casterton District playing out a thriller which went down to the last ball.

CAVENDISH export, Emma Kearney, will be out for premiership glory when she leads the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos out in the AFLW Grand Final on Sunday.

A 23-YEAR-OLD shearer had a big day at the ‘office’ last weekend, shearing 830 lambs in a marathon effort for ‘Movember’ to raise funds and awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide.

HAWKESDALE P12 College Year 11 and 12 VCAL students have been working in partnership with Moyne Shire Council’s Waste and Environment Team on a project named Hawkesdale P12 Bin Chickens, which involved a whole school recycling survey and an audit of the school’s waste management costs and practices.

GRANGEBURN and Penshurst played on Friday night, with the division one clash rescheduled due to the Penshurst Cup.

CHRISTMAS wouldn’t be the same without carols.

IT was a double header for the Hamilton Hurricanes at the weekend, going down to Terang and Mt Gambier at HILAC in round eight Country Basketball League (CBL) action

IT’S that time of year again with the return of the pleasant musical Sunday afternoons - ‘Music in the Gardens’.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council has recently carried out almost $40,000 worth of improvements to the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX) to further develop Western Victoria’s premier sheep market sales facility.