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Youth Advisory Council on the agenda at monthly meeting

2 days ago | grenfellrecord.com.au | Brendan McCool

Weddin Shire Council has hosted their June ordinary monthly meeting on Thursday, 19 June where they discussed a motion moved by Councillor Wezley Makin that Council establishes a Junior Weddin Shire Council Advisory Committee comprising local youth aged 12-18 to provide insight into the interests, concerns and ideas of young people across the Shire. After a lengthy discussion by Council, the moti...
Condo strikes early to tame Tigers

2 days ago | cowraguardian.com.au | Brendan McCool

Over the weekend the Canowindra Tigers took on Condobolin in what promised to be an exciting clash. The match opened up with some tough tussles and quick play. Condobolin drew first blood, with a try in the corner off a kick in the seventh minute. Condobolin backed this up with tries in the 12th and 19th minutes, and played some nice ad-libbed football while the Tigers had a couple of fundamental err...
Students learn the ins and outs of junior judging

2 days ago | farmernews.com.au | Brendan McCool

Students from around the region including from Grenfell, Forbes, Parkes, OrangE, West Wyalong and Peak Hill travelled to Bedgerabong on Wednesday, 18 June to learn more about agriculture including junior judging, beef parading, poultry, wool and grains. FROM PEAK HILL CENTRAL: • On Wednesday 18th June, our Show Team attended the Young Judges Workshop in Bedgerabong.
State titles in sight for Boccia team

6 days ago | forbesadvocate.com.au | Brendan McCool

The Henry Lawson High School Boccia team has the state titles firmly in their sights for the second year in a row after winning the regional tournament in Bathurst ton Wednesday, 11 June. The team consisted of five players; Riley Dennis (year 7), Damien Lyons (year 8), Blair Randall (year 9), Jens Hodgess (year 10) and Jebediah York (year 11).
Sophie breaks long standing record

6 days ago | forbesadvocate.com.au | Brendan McCool

Sophie Hughes has broken a 28 year old school shotput record at The Henry Lawson High School's athletics carnival on Friday, 30 May. With her throw of 9.91 metres, Sophie broke the Women’s 17 plus shotput record, exceeding the previous mark of 9.83 metres set by Kaye Bradtkeback in 1997. Sphie said she was very happy with her result, and while she hopes her record lasts for a little while, she is not too fussed about it.
Sophie breaks long standing record

1 week ago | grenfellrecord.com.au | Brendan McCool

Sophie Hughes has broken a 28 year old school shotput record at The Henry Lawson High School's athletics carnival on Friday, 30 May. With her throw of 9.91 metres, Sophie broke the Women’s 17 plus shotput record, exceeding the previous mark of 9.83 metres set by Kaye Bradtkeback in 1997. Sphie said she was very happy with her result, and while she hopes her record lasts for a little while, she is ...
State titles in sight for Boccia team

1 week ago | grenfellrecord.com.au | Brendan McCool

The Henry Lawson High School Boccia team has the state titles firmly in their sights for the second year in a row after winning the regional tournament in Bathurst ton Wednesday, 11 June. The team consisted of five players; Riley Dennis (year 7), Damien Lyons (year 8), Blair Randall (year 9), Jens Hodgess (year 10) and Jebediah York (year 11). The Henry Lawson High's Josh Andrews said the team had a...
Championship experience for Ada

1 week ago | cowraguardian.com.au | Brendan McCool

Canowindra's Ada Duff has returned from the NSW Rugby Union State Championship hosted in Dubbo with a wealth of new experiences on the footy field. Ada was named most improved of a successful Central West junior rugby Under 14s team at the end of the tournament. The U14 girls finished their NSW Junior Rugby Union State Championships third in Country and fifth in State. Ada, who usually plays as a fo...
Kindness theme shines in Henry Lawson Festival parade

2 weeks ago | grenfellrecord.com.au | Brendan McCool

Events Kindness theme shines in Henry Lawson Festival parade Jun 13 2025 Updated June 11, 2025 After the official opening ceremony on Saturday, the Henry Lawson Festival put on grand parade. The world is full of kindness theme invited people to make kindness their superpower and parade participants embraced the theme There's more to this story... Subscribe to Grenfell Record.
Canowindra Tigers ready to take on Grenfell

2 weeks ago | cowraguardian.com.au | Brendan McCool

After the long weekend off, the Canowindra Tigers are ready to take to the field this weekend against the Grenfell Goannas. Canowindra Tigers' Malcom Miller said they are all set to head over to Grenfell and kick on from the Eugowra wins in both the juniors and first grade. All three grades will be squaring up against Grenfell, and while the home side has seen a couple of disappointing results so fa...