20 Dec 01 | Applications are being taken from talented junior athletes from country areas to attend coaching clinics and competitions in the city.
20 Dec 01 | In the upset of the season second ranked cricket team Collarenebri were beaten by second last placed team the Bombers.
20 Dec 01 | In their final game for the 2001 year RSL batted their way to a win over new competition entrants Wild Meat.
20 Dec 01 | Lightning Ridge cricket team secured a resounding victory over Mitchells on Sunday to take equal second place on the competition ladder.
20 Dec 01 | One of Lightning Ridge’s biggest drawcards, the Opal Jewellery Design Awards, will not go ahead next year.
20 Dec 01 | A two-car accident in Morilla Street on Tuesday left one woman in hospital and a man badly shaken.
20 Dec 01 | Lightning Ridge apprentice builder Paul Brown was named Moree TAFE student of the year last week.
13 Dec 01 | The Bombers stole victory off Wild Meat on Sunday after a stunning batting innings.
13 Dec 01 | An outstanding innings by Mitchells ensured their victory against Wild Meat on Saturday.
13 Dec 01 | Veterans golf
Things are starting to slow down all around as only five of our veterans arrived for the game on Wednesday.
13 Dec 01 | the Lightning Ridge Pistol Club held its annual Christmas fun shoot on Sunday which was well attended by all members.
13 Dec 01 | Though the road’s affectionately known as the ‘airstrip’ in the village of Cumborah caused problems initially, residents have come to accept the price of progress.
13 Dec 01 | The Far West Area Health Service (FWAHS) has started a review of the ordering of supplies at the Lightning Ridge Health Service following a recent incident involving a teenage girl who required stitches in her foot.
13 Dec 01 | Confusion caused by the new loading zone has been put to rest with new signs and white line markers.
13 Dec 01 | Better promotion and more cohesive planning will stop the current economic downturn in Lightning Ridge according to Chamber of Commerce president Stephen Eldridge.
06 Dec 01 | A top score of 119 runs and bowling and a five wicket haul by all rounder Norm Walford, assured Mitchells of victory over Bombers on Saturday.
06 Dec 01 | Lightning Ridge cricket team have broken their losing streak with a smashing victory against Wild Meat in Walgett on Sunday.
Lightning Ridge won the toss and went into bat first.
06 Dec 01 | Veterans golf
Last weekend Pat and Reg headed off to Uralla for the veterans game on Friday and the Uralla Open on the weekend.
06 Dec 01 | With 64 registered members, the newly established Lightning Ridge Little Athletics Club is literally taking off in leaps and bounds
06 Dec 01 | After 18 years as president of the Lightning Ridge Tourism Association, Betty Bevan has resigned and handed the reigns to local artist John Murray.
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