Narrogin Hawks were unable to walk away with any premierships after losing their respective C and D-grade grand finals at Pingelly on Sunday in the Upper Great Southern Football League.
Taj Stubber
Riffs are the 2020 Upper Great Southern Hockey Association men’s A-grade premiers after they defeated All Blacks at Narrogin Hockey Turf on Saturday
Rodney Johnson
Pingelly 1 claimed a third straight Narrogin and Districts A1 premiership after outlasting Williams 1 in a hotly contested grand final on Saturday afternoon
Holli Hanson
A late goal from Taryn Trevenen guided Wagin to the 2020 Upper Great Southern Hockey Association women’s A-grade grand final over Williams on Saturday night.
Ten students are getting hands-on experience on the boards in Wellstead at a shearing camp designed to fill labour shortages and drive Indigenous employment.
Bob Garnant
Williams have returned as kings of the Upper Great Southern Football League, winning their seventh grand final in the past 11 seasons after defeating Wickepin at Pingelly on Sunday.
The Upper Great Southern Football League grand final drew hundreds of spectators to Pingelly on Sunday, see all the pics here.
Emma Taylor
Williams recruit Isaac Christoforou says he is lapping up premiership glory after celebrating a grand final victory in his first season with the Cats in the Upper Great Southern Football League.
Motorists are being told to expect more delays around Williams over spring and into summer as Main Roads WA carries out major roadworks on Albany Highway.
St Matthew’s School held their bi-annual production last week, with performances on Thursday and Friday afternoon before a finale on Friday night. This year it was Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr.
A dozen drivers returned positive tests during a two-day Narrogin police operation last week — 10 for illicit drugs and two for alcohol.
When TV producers Ray Pedretti and Elise Walker rented a house in Williams to visit Elise’s son on weekends, they had no plans to stay for good, let alone open up a coffee roastery in the Wheatbelt.
Narrogin’s Clontarf Academy will start up next term, with director Henry Papertalk spending the past few weeks forging a connection with its host school and prospective Clontarf students.
WA College of Agriculture — Narrogin held its annual open day last Friday, drawing visitors from all over the State, among them families, prospective students and industry leaders.
“Help-seeking isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength and it’s really important to acknowledge that with the stoicism and ‘toughen-up’ attitude out here.”
Wickepin will be out to complete a perfect season and win their first Upper Great Southern Football League premiership since 2008 when they clash with Williams in the grand final on Saturday.
Pingelly 1 tuned up for the grand final with an impressive win over the fourth-placed Olympics Gold on Saturday to finish the regular season on top of the ladder.
Williams secured their first league grand final appearance since the club’s 2016 premiership success, proving far too strong for Narrogin in the preliminary final
Cameron Newbold
Cranbrook resident Mark Adams took out the 36 hole nett competition at the 2020 Aglime State Sand Green Championships at the Riverview Golf Club, near Albany last week.
All Blacks booked their place in the Upper Great Southern Hockey Association men’s A-grade grand final after a hard-fought win over Warriors in their semifinal clash on Saturday.
Racism and bullying were among the key issues identified in a youth survey commissioned by the Shire of Narrogin. The YMCA have in turn drafted a youth strategy, to help Narrogin’s youth thrive.
After years of planning, The shire of Narrogin has scrapped it’s multi-million-dollar clubroom facility on Clayton Road and is going back to the drawing board to assess the sporting needs of the town.
Farmers have slammed a State Government incentive campaign to lure young WA workers out to agricultural jobs, saying they need skilled labour from interstate for this year’s harvest.
Traffic in and out of Narrogin ground to a halt on Thursday after a serious crash west of town.
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