30 Sep 10 | FWAS Camps: October is shaping up to be a busy month for the Far West Academy of Sport (FWAS).
30 Sep 10 | Pistol: Last weekend the Lightning Ridge Pistol Club held Standard and Service/Unrestricted matches.
30 Sep 10 | Three major events were played last week as the golfing season is very quickly coming to an end.
30 Sep 10 | Poker: There were 38 players
who arrived at the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club on September 28.
30 Sep 10 | The Lightning Ridge Arts and Crafts Council (LRACC) opened its 2010 Spring Exhibition on September 26.
It was declared a huge success, with long-time attendees remarking it was one of the best spring exhibitions they had been to.
30 Sep 10 | September 29 marked five years since the arrival of Shannon Barrett and Jasna Bedenikovic’s triplets Lucy, Ellie and Kiara.
30 Sep 10 | The closing date for entries in the 2010 Walgett Crop Competition is drawing near.
30 Sep 10 | The number of tourists visiting Lightning Ridge usually begins to dwindle in October so the Lightning Ridge Tourism Association has spent a lot of time trying to come up with ways to attract people to town during the warmer months of the year.
30 Sep 10 | Commissioner Dixon of the Land and Environment Court handed down her decision on September 24 in regards to a case of unlawful mining after hearing the case in Lightning Ridge on August 19, 2010.
30 Sep 10 | At the Walgett Shire Council’s monthly meeting, which was held in Carinda last Tuesday, Mayor Ian Woodcock was re-elected for his third successive term. His re-elected was unopposed.
30 Sep 10 | The two-night extravaganza that is the Opal Prince and Princess Ball got under way on Tuesday evening with the Mini Micro and Micro Opal Prince and Princess competition.
23 Sep 10 | It dawned bright and sunny for the annual Collarenebri race meeting on September 18, which went off extremely well and was well supported by locals and visitors from near and far.
23 Sep 10 | The Far West Academy of Sport (FWAS), supported by Cricket NSW, will be conducting a Cricket Camp for up-and-coming junior cricketers in the region next month.
It will be held in Warren on October 9 and 10 and is open to junior male and female cricketers aged 11 to 16 years in 2010.
23 Sep 10 | Joe Popovic had his first chook run win for quite some time last Friday, with 24 points. Good on ya Joe.
Chooks were won by David Schafer, Alan Huskinson and Peter Byron.
23 Sep 10 | GYMNASTICS: We are into our last week of gymnastics for the term and what a busy period it has been. We have had the school children for the past eight weeks, totalling 1633 children all up.
23 Sep 10 | Poker: On Tuesday night there were 40 poker players battling it out for the $360 side sweep pot and club vouchers.
23 Sep 10 | The cochineal bug that we are hoping will assist with the control of Hudson Pear (cylindropuntia rosea and tunicata) should be here within the next 12 months.
23 Sep 10 | This year Murdi Paaki has been running a Certificate II in Business for a group of CDEP women in Goodooga.
As part of the program, the women hosted 40 women and schoolgirls for a health and pamper evening at the Health Service last Friday. The women had the chance to be pampered from head to toe.
23 Sep 10 | Zoe King will be holding an exhibition at the Ridge Artspace from tomorrow until October 4.
23 Sep 10 | North West Livestock Health and Pest Authority rangers are urging landholders to check for locusts and report any activity.
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