GLENELG Region Hockey Association (GRHA) round 12 games were played at the weekend, with one of the Division 1 Women’s clashes providing one of the biggest margins in recent history.

WITH an ongoing senate inquiry handing down an interim report following public hearings last month, further pressure has forced Telstra and Optus to again delay switching off the 3G network, this time until October 28.

SATURDAY’S field included 48 men and 12 women, who participated in a stableford event.

THIS Week was National Science Week, and many schools across the region took the opportunity to engage students with science activities, including Good Shepherd College Junior School students who visited the Senior Campus science lab on Monday and Tuesday, and Tarrington Lutheran Primary School students who completed activities on Wednesday afternoon. Photography: Glenn Guy.

THE Hamilton Basketball Association is gearing up for another Country Basketball League (CBL) campaign, but it will be a more condensed season this time around.

AGRICULTURE Victoria has confirmed Varroa mite has been detected for the first time in Victoria at a property in Nangiloc near Mildura.

THE State Government’s ‘Free Kinder’ program has been said to be ‘far from free’, and ratepayers are helping to foot the bill, according to key Local Government leaders.

DR Dependable upstaged the main chances in the $60,000 Great Western Steeplechase to provide former Irish jockey, Cillin Leonard, his first win on Australian soil.

RECENTLY alongside a number of musical performers, the Hamilton Singers sang to a large audience at the Hamilton Presbyterian Church during the Music for Malawi fundraising concert.

SATURDAY’S event at Parklands Golf Club was an 18-hole par and Ron Oakley topped the scores with +3, two clear of runner-up, Bruce Taylor.