THE 55TH Alexandra Easter Art Show opened on Good Friday evening with a good crowd in attendance, food and drinks enjoyed, and great music from Steve Paix to set the mood. Judge Greg Allen cast his educated eyes over the assembled works and decided the winning works were as follows: Gold Medal, Best in Show, […]
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Thirty-two golfers for a stableford round
LAST Saturday saw one of the biggest attendances of men to play golf in a club event for sometime at the Yea Golf Club. Thirty-two men played a stableford round with stalwart Rob O’Halloran (21) winning the day with 36 points from second Brian Simmons (10) on countback. Third was Ken Whitfort (10) 35 from […]
Annual Ladies’ Pink Ball Day at Alexandra Golf Club
ONCE again the weather was fine, warm and mainly sunny for all golfers last week at Alexandra Golf Club. Twelve players teed it up for last Tuesday’s stableford round, and once again it was Bill Wind who came out on top, his 37 points just enough to give him the win, with Bruce Colville second, […]
Positive prices at April cattle sale in Yea
THE April cattle sale at the Yea Saleyards took place last Friday, with a big yarding of 3250 head due to continuing strong interest from northern buyers. Majority of the cattle were steers and black Angus, with the top price per head being $2560 and top weight 645 kilograms, making for 411c/kg. The last three […]
River’s not deep but visitation’s high
DESPITE the low water level at the Yea Wetlands, there are still plenty of birds around. Chair Don Knight recently took a walk and saw spoonbills and ibises and a number of other wading birds, “But there’s not a lot of water for them to wade around in. The Cummins Lagoon and the frog pond […]
Barry Moore Trophy played in Yea
SATURDAY saw 26 men contest the second round of the Barry Moore trophy at Yea Golf Club. Barry’s record at Yea was that he won 18 A Grade and four B Grade Championships in his time as a golfer at Yea between 1953 and 2001. The second round played on Saturday was won on the […]
Alexandra Race Club season wraps with country and western races
“THEY’RE off.” Who is? Well, the horses of course, as are the conventional clothes normally worn at an Alexandra race meeting, as is self-consciousness and the limitations of excessively hot weather. The final meeting of the Alexandra Race Club for this part of 2025, was very successfully run on Saturday, April 5, with a well-supported […]
Thornton Eildon Womens kicks off season with a win
ROUND one of the outer Eastern division two women’s football kicked off this week with Thornton heading over the Great Divide to take on Seville on their home ground. The team this season would see many returning players complimented by some exceptional recruiting by the coaching staff. After a short but energised pre-season, the Thornton […]
Yea women footballers hit the field
AN enthusiastic crowd was treated to a thrilling contest between Yea and Wandin’s Female Football sides, with Wandin emerging victorious, 5.9.39 to 0.7.7 to win over Yea Women’s Football Team in their first ever outing. With no sense of occasion, Wandin wasted no time in asserting their dominance, scoring 4.7.31 to 0.2.2 in the first […]
Working bee at Narbeview Wildlife Shelter
THE Melbourne Jeep Owners Club members were at Narbeview Wildlife Shelter over the weekend of March 29 and 30. Members volunteer twice a year helping Rod and Shelley with physical work at the shelter. Members and some locals arrived early on Saturday morning and after a briefing from Rod on what work was planned, one […]
