THE Mininera and District Football League home and away season inches closer to the end, with today’s round 15 games being the penultimate games for seven of the clubs.

THE Hampshire Down ram, ‘Chief’ from Mortlake-based Bonong stud won Champion Ram and Supreme Exhibit in that breed’s section of the Virbac Sheep Show.

MEMBERS of the Hamilton Bowling Club (HBC) have been enjoying the benefits of a new green thanks to Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS).

THE Hamilton Kangaroos will be eyeing off back-to-back wins today when they travel to Gardens Oval to take on Port Fairy in Hampden Football Netball League round 16 action.

THE Peter Schroder Memorial Lecture at this year’s Sheepvention was attended, virtually to capacity, by about 100 farmers and others interested in what Melbourne University’s Professor Richard Eckard had to say about agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions, and the ongoing quest to achieve the target of a carbon-neutral or “net-zero” economy.

TAKING over the Kitchen Stage at Sheepvention for a second year in a row was local business, Grange Garlic, presented by master cooks and local personalities who wowed the audience with their expertise and use of the natural product.

This one-off boutique design elegantly flows in a private U shape design with a hyper focus on centring all views towards the picture-perfect Grampian Mountain Vista’s and sweeping across the vast open space of the neighbouring farm that makes you feel like you are set on your own 100-acre oasis.

A STRONG field of 55 men contested the August Monthly Medal with some very good scores recorded.

A GREAT line up of Merino rams and ewes did not disappoint in terms of quality and quantity on the first day of Sheepvention Rural Expo 2024.

THE Division 1 Women’s games were all low-scoring, but the Division 1 Men found scoring a little easier in Glenelg Region Hockey Association (GRHA) round 11 action at the weekend.