29 Dec 10 | DESPITE getting a bit of a touch up in their final match of a three-game series, Cootamundra’s Jenna Collingridge said her Australian Schoolgirls soccer team has been given the perfect preparation for its upcoming tour of China and Japan.
29 Dec 10 | THREE of Cootamundra’s most promising football prospects were given the perfect Christmas present this week when they were named in the Canberra Raiders Harold Matthews Shield (under 16s) team for the 2011 season.
Ryan Miller, Sam Jennings-Mays and Jordyn Ballard were part of a squad of 40 that undertook an intensive six week training program that culminated with a trial against the Western Suburbs Magpies under 16s in Goulburn.
29 Dec 10 | TALENT DISCOVERED: local business owner Stephanie Cooke of Native Botanical features some of her floral displays in the December edition of the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine
29 Dec 10 | LOCAL man John Dietsch can proudly boast saving about 225 lives after recently giving his 75th official blood donation.
22 Dec 10 | FRUSTRATED by not being able to get out on the paddock for two weeks, Globe Poached needed to call on all their stamina to hold out Central Smooth in Thursday night’s pool one men’s touch football games.
22 Dec 10 | RUMOUR has it David Harris was so confident of victory heading into Saturday’s O’Malley’s Christmas Cup at the Cootamundra Golf Course that he had already decided on his condiments and side salads.
22 Dec 10 | HARVEST was held up again with heavy rain falling on Sunday, however with dry and windy conditions
prevailing on Monday most landholders were back on the header yesterday.
22 Dec 10 | SPRING WEDDING
The wedding of popular local couple Adam Gammon and Heather Richmond took place in the Sacred Heart Church on Saturday, October 16.
22 Dec 10 | THERE would not be many people in Cootamundra who have not, at some point, purchased an item of clothing or a pair of shoes from Kevin Deep.
20 Dec 10 | BOXSELL’S Young Guns have
successfully completed their first step towards back-to-back women’s A grade touch football premierships by
maintaining their unbeaten record in the pre-Christmas rounds.
20 Dec 10 | AROUND COOTAMUNDRA WITH LOUISE LEAHY
20 Dec 10 | MID morning showers could not
dampen the spirits of enthusiastic Christmas Parade viewers on Saturday.
The street parade, which was held at noon, is considered one of the highlights of Cootamundra’s festive calendar and attracted hundreds of locals and visitors alike, who lined both sides of the main street to cheer on the passing floats.
17 Dec 10 | IT may not have the same intense rivalry as the Ashes, but there’s no doubting there’s a
genuine enmity between Cootamundra and Yass when it comes to the Stribley Shield.
17 Dec 10 | YEARS of hard work and
dedication were rewarded with the ultimate prize on Tuesday when Cootamundra’s rising soccer star Jenna Collingridge was officially handed an Australian uniform.
17 Dec 10 | THROUGH Cootamundra Local Area Command Domestic Violence Liaison Officer Paul Wilcox, local Police played a major role in Saturday’s Toy Run through Cootamundra.
17 Dec 10 | FOR the past three weeks local Police have been patrolling roads across the district in an effort to crack down on drink drivers.
17 Dec 10 | KEN’S RETIREMENT
Ken Leahy retired from Cootamundra Holden (Jenkins Garage) on August 18, 2010 after having worked there for 42 years.
17 Dec 10 | FOLLOWING 13 years of school and a 27 day Higher School Certificate (HSC) exam period there were some extremely proud and excited students in Cootamundra this week.
15 Dec 10 | THE start to their innings were as contrasting as you could get, however it was the team that suffered the worst beginning that triumphed in the end.
15 Dec 10 | A BRILLIANT display of ball striking has seen rising junior Brad Lange finish as the last man standing in Sunday’s Triple C Top 10 Shoot Out at the Cootamundra Golf Club.
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