HAMILTON Kangaroos copped their ninth loss of the year on Saturday as they were convincingly defeated by 34 points against Camperdown in round 11 of the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) senior football at Leura Oval.

HAMILTON Regional Livestock Exchange recently marked the millionth sheep sold for the financial year 2023/2024, and despite the challenging weather conditions, prices have held steady, testifying to the resilience of local graziers.

PARKLANDS Golf Club has been given the honour of hosting the Victorian Veterans Golf Association Sandgreen Championships for 2024.

LAST weekend marked the halfway point of 2024 and rainfall statistics for Hamilton revealed the first six months to be the second-driest January to June period in the town’s recorded history since 1878.

BETWEEN July 1 and 18, you may see a Taylor Motors Toyota Hilux with an image of Rev Peter Cook OAM painted on the side and parked out the front of one of Hamilton’s four supermarkets.

HAMILTON’S Western Speedway was awarded 2024 Track of the Year at the Speedway Sedans Victoria (SSV) gala dinner in Ballarat on Saturday.

THE future of the Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre (BBNC) has been put under a cloud after its Board expressed concern about financial sustainability in the lead up to their 100th anniversary next year.

THE State Government said it was protecting the nation’s food bowl and the future of Victoria’s regional communities while also meeting the state’s obligations under its recently released Murray Darling Basin Plan.

AUSTRALIA’S giant lizards could hold the key to help farmers reduce the number of sheep being infected by a painful and potentially fatal disease.

FOLLOWING last week’s report on the cancellation of the Ram Sale at this year’s Sheepvention, the question of a possible reinstatement in 2025 has been raised.