HAMILTON para-bowler Alison East has claimed a silver and bronze medal at the Bowls Australia 2024 Australian Championships held recently on the Gold Coast at the Broadbeach Bowls club.

HAMILTON cricketer Nic Cullinane has been selected to play for Victoria Over-50 and Over-55 teams at the Veterans Cricket Australia National Championships that will be held over the next month.

CALLING it an intergenerational project, Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) was thrilled to announce yesterday they have received a grant of $5 million for the design of Hamilton’s Community and Cultural Precinct.

THE district’s Lutheran community, particularly, will remember Ron Hartwich who died in 2016.

KELLIE Atkins received the Betty Homes Memorial Trophy for 2024, with the speedway volunteer’s impact on the sport acknowledged at Hamilton’s Sportswoman of the Year awards night on Monday.

HAMILTON Rotary president Noel Howard welcomed 30 members, nine partners and five guests to celebrate the club’s milestone of 50 years since Hamilton North Rotary Club was chartered in 1974.

“THERE’S probably not many other sports similar to it – I think golf would be one, though; we don’t think on our feet like hockey or footy or AFL or anything like that. You play a shot and then you’ve got downtime. You switch on, switch off, and you try to have processes in order to do that successfully.”

BACK again for 2024 is the Glenthompson Art Show with some of the best creativity from the region on display at the War Memorial Hall on McLennan St. Gala Opening Night is this Friday, November 1 at 6-9pm with drinks and canapes on offer and winners announced.

THE woman who led a successful grassroots campaign to become the first independent member for the north-east Victorian electorate of Indi was in Yulecart last week to inspire a similar movement for Wannon in 2025.

THE Barker family added to its harness racing legacy, as Stacey trained her first winner on Friday at Maryborough.