LEARNING FUN: Pictured (left) is Bill Harpley with new kindergarten student Gus Smart at Cootamundra Public School on Monday. The kindergarten class for 2014 started at the school this week.
CUT SHOT: Pictured is Lindsay Butt playing for the Coota Thunder in the annual seven a side cricket carnival which was held on Australia Day.
Photo: Kelly Manwaring
WICKET KEEPER THROW: Pictured is Zac Craw playing the seven a side cricket carnival which was held on Australia Day.
Photo: Kelly Manwaring
SENDING ONE DOWN: Pictured is Brad Piffero bowling in the recent seven side cricket tournament while Alex Jones (left) looks on.
Photo: Kelly Manwaring
GETTING IN THE SPIRIT: Ben and Jill Verri were part of the fun in Jubilee Park on Australia Day morning.
AUSSIE PRIDE: Emily and Charlie Paterson are pictured at the Australia Day celebrations in Jubilee Park and how gorgeous does Charlie look in his Aussie t-shirt!
ENJOYING THEMSELVES: Having a great time competing in one of the activities at the Australia Day pool party at the town pool are the Collins family (from left) Azelyn, Kyle, Siobhan and Logan.
Pictured standing are Clarrie Power (left) and Ray Clark while seated are Harold Jamieson and Gordon Bateup.
FINE MACHINERY: Checking out the vintage car displays while promoting an upcoming charity ride to be completed by Alex Sutherland were (from left) Alex who belongs to the Cootamundra Restorers Club, John Collins and John Milnes, both of the Cootamundra Antique Motor Club.
KICKING BACK: Enjoying themselves at the Australia Day Breakfast in the Park celebrations were (from left) Ian Roberts, Margaret Roberts and Marie Coggins.
FANTASTIC MUSIC: Beaconsfield Street were absolutely fantastic entertainment during the Australia Day Breakfast in the Park celebrations. Pictured (from left) are Ben Visser, Keith Holder and Alan Thompson.
AN HONOUR: Cootamundra Citizen of the Year for 2014 John Paterson (right) accepts his award from mayor Jim Slattery.
PROUD MOMENT: The honour of cutting the Australia Day cake in Jubilee Park was shared between (from left) Cootamundra Citizen of the Year John Paterson, Young Person of the Year Sammy Maxwell, ambassador Matt Levy and Contribution to Cootamundra award winners Marie and Neil Murray.
WITH THANKS: Cootamundra Lions Club president Paul Basham hands over a cheque for $6000 to the Cootamundra Nursing Home Sprinkler Appeal’s Cathy Manwaring.
BAT SLIDE: Pictured is Jay White getting back in his ground at the recent seven a side cricket carnival which was played on Australia Day.
Photo: Kelly Manwaring
On board the cruise are (back, from left) John Fitzgerald, Greg Newing of Newcastle, Jane Bateup, Brad Bateup, Dave Louttit and Jacques Scholtz (front) Sue Waddingham of Newcastle, Virginia Fitzgerald, Bec Louttit and Yolanda Scholtz.
The girls are dressed enjoying a night out on board the Celebrity Solstice.
It was a picture perfect Sydney day for the group as they boarded the ship.
PROUD WINNER: Former local girl Brodie Chester has been named the 2014 Bega Showgirl and will go on to represent her new hometown, doing Coota proud along the way.
Photo: Bega District News
STAYING IN THE RED AND WHITE: pictured is former Cootamundra boy Jack de Belin who recently signed a three year contract
extension with the St George Illawara Dragons.
COMING ALONG WELL: Cootamundra deputy mayor Dennis Palmer (seated) and mayor Jim Slattery look over the construction of heated pool. Dennis is holding the tiles that will be used. Both agree it will be a great community facility once complete.
CULTURAL EXPERIENCE: pictured (from left) are Alexander Trinder, Amanda Willoughby, Emily McClintock, Belinda Dunn, Danyelle McKie-Bailey, Cindy McKie-Bailey, Barbara Tinnock in India recently. The group returned from their trip last week.
UP IN THE AIR: Pictured are scale modellers at a recent Cootamundra competition. This weekend will see a scale model acrobatic event at the Cootamundra Flying Field.
CANINE CALLING: Cootamundra Kennel Club obedience instructors (from left) David Taylor, Robin Fowkes and Kieran Read are encouraging interested community members to go along to classes. Absent from photo is instructor Jan Edwards.
EXCITED: An obviously excited Ben Doubleday is pictured on his first day in kindergarten at EA Southee School on Monday. Contributed
OUT OF THE HAND: pictured is Central Blues bowler Jarred Keenan during his side’s match with Wallendbeen. The Blues won the game by nine wickets.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
DELIVERY STRIDE: pictured is Stockinbingal bowler Ryan Miller bowling in his side’s match against Country Club on Saturday.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
BLOCK: Country Club batsman Zac Craw plays a defensive stroke in his side’s Sparre Cup match against Stockinbingal on Saturday.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
BOWLED HIM: pictured is Country Club batsman Judd Kerrison being bowled by a Sam Annetts delivery at Clarke Oval on Saturday.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
FORM: Country Club’s Nathan Corby keeps his eyes on the ball during weekend cricket. He had a strong game for his side with both the bat and ball finishing with 83 runs and three wickets.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
CLEAN BOWLED: The bails fly as Darren Connell is knocked over for 10 against the Temora Tornadoes on the weekend.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
FACING UP: Country Club batsman Chris Dawe prepares to play a defensive stroke in his side’s match against Temora on Saturday. Country Club ended up winning the game by 133 runs.
Photo: Michael Van Baast
Geoff is pictured here with daughter Meggan at our Australian Day Celebration. Meggan was leaving later that day to visit her sisters Pricilla and Rebecca in Melbourne before flying onto Perth then Kalgoorlie. Her next venture after having worked as a teacher in the Northern Territory and in a town on the Nullarbor, is to set off together with her partner on a long ‘working holiday’ up through the north of Western Australia and the Kimberley.
Pictured with Fr. Kevin cutting his farewell cake are Fr. Paul Nulley and the ‘backstop of the parish community’ Sr. Kathy Hodge.
PROUD: Proud as punch in her new EA Southee School uniform is new kindergarten student Leila Ismay. Contributed
SPECIAL DAY: It was a very special day for Sacred Heart Central School students Scarlett Chambers and Kaiden Benson, when they attended their welcome Mass last week. The kindergarten students were all presented a candle by Father Kevin Barry-Cotter.
SCHOOL JOURNEY: Sacred Heart Central School student Zara Bodycott started her school journey last week. All of the kindergarten students were presented with a school candle at the welcome Mass held last week.
THANKYOU: Cootamundra Sacred Heart Central School students bid farewell to Father Kevin as their Parish Priest at a Mass held on Friday.
COOTAMUNDRA Antique Motor Club president Tim O’Keefe presents Cootamundra Nursing Home’s Annette Brien, Riding for the Disabled Doreen O’Connor, Cootamundra Hospital Auxiliary’s Jenny McClintock and CanAssist’s Tammy Thompson with a donation.
BIG STEP: Pictured (from left) are Grace McLaren, Trish Palleine and Mia McLaren at Cootamundra Public School on Monday. The school welcomed their new kindergarten students this week.
FIRST DAY: New Cootamundra Public School kindergarten students sister and brother Emily and Graham Percival are pictured before the start of school on Monday.
HELPING OUT: Cootamundra Public School student Olivia Hamilton (left) with Brooke O’Loughlin who had her first day at the school on Monday. Each of the new kindergarten students was paired with a member of the year 5/6 class as part of the school’s buddy program.
LENDING A HAND: Pictured (left) is Richie Tooth with new kindergarten student Ryan Douglas at Cootmaundra Public School on Monday.
SPECIAL OCCASION: Pictured (back) is Brody Anderson with (front, from left) Shayla Anderson, Colby Owen, Bronte Anderson and Keely Owen at Jugiong on Sunday. The children are the grandchildren of the late Michael Livingstone.
GOOD LUCK: Seth Baldry’s parents Shane and Chloe wish him all the best for his first day at school at EA Southee on Monday. Contributed
DESERVING WINNER: Bega Showgirl Brodie Chester (middle), formerly of Cootamundra, is congratulated on winning the Zone Three final in Crookwell on Saturday night by (from left) Barbara Ubrihien, Norm Pearce, Narelle Pearce, Jacinta Day and Marie Smith.
Photo: Bega AP and H Society
HEADING TO SYDNEY: pictured is local playwright Julie Smith who will head to Sydney this weekend to see her play ‘Kinked’ performed as part of the Sydney Short and Sweet Festival of plays.
Heaps of smiles on the faces of these gentlemen (from left) John Hogan , his son Jack, Tim Mahon, Gerard Trinder and Graham Last.
Wayne is pictured here with fellow teacher Tim Mahon.
THE KHAYA’S BIRTHDAY:
How nice to be enjoying a coffee at The Khaya Coffee Shop on Saturday last as they were celebrating their third birthday.
There were a number of patrons present and lovely lady Yolanda Scholtz was giving out ‘lucky dips’ with fun surprises for all!
Pictured here (from left) Tracy Moon with her son Zander, Janet Elliott nursing Ben Moon - and the little Moon boys were certainly having a ball chasing the balloons around the Khaya!
FUN EVENING OUT:
I caught up with these ladies Julie Jenkins, Jan Davies and Barb Beveridge at the Arts Centre Tin Shed Theatre enjoying supper after viewing that first class movie “Backyard Ashes”.
CANADIAN
ADVENTURE:
Stockinbingal lad James Minehan is pictured here celebrating Australia Day at Hemlock Valley ski fields in British Columbia, Canada.
In the picture are other young Aussies who are also on working holidays in Canada and what fun they were having celebrating.
James is loving the snowboarding and life in the snowfields. Meanwhile his brother Ashley has returned home after working in Hendersonville USA, Banff and Hemlock Valley Canada.
ENJOYING
THE DAY:
Pictured here enjoying catch up time at the farewell luncheon for Fr Kevin on Sunday last are (from left) Lindy Cooper, Rene Spicer, Debbie Millington and Kristen Rees.
How nice it was to catch up with Mrs Alison Kingwill who was present with her daughter Sue and they sat over lunch with Wendy Slater.
Mrs Fay Cunningham was afforded the honour of making a presentation to Fr Kevin. Fay informed the congregation that prior to her retirement she had served on the staff of the Sacred Heart Parish for some 41 years!
SPREADING THE WORD: Cootamundra’s Naomi Ismay, pictured with son Thomas, has recently established the Epilepsy Support Group Cootamundra and Riverina NSW and invites anyone affected by epilepsy to join in an effort to provide support to those families affected and spread the word on the condition.
MAJOR PRIZE: pictured (left) is Cootamundra Country Club manager Phil Gay and Cootamundra Golf Club captain Garry Mason with the Scott Fuller Shield. The final round of the
competition will take place at Cootamundra Golf course on Sunday.
FIRST DAY AND FIRST DAY BACK: pictured (left) is Elouera Special School captain Daniel Braumueller with new kindergarten enrolment Jesse Sheather.
Photo: Contributed
WITH THANKS: Pictured with the photocopier donated to Elouera Special School by Cootamundra Meals on Wheels are (front, from left) students Jesse Sheather, Jo Roberts, Mitch Campbell and Jacinta Cullen (back) Elouera vice captain Sally Nielsen, Meals on Wheels Coordinator Kerry Kostrubic, Elouera’s Leonie Dunn and Elouera captain David Braumuller.
LOVE IN THE AIR: Looking forward to Valentine’s Day are Native Botanical’s Steph Cooke and Emily Rickett.
MORE FOR LOCAL BUSINESS: NSW Business Chamber Murray Riverina regional manager Ben Foley (second from right ) presents the CDC’s (from left) office manager Sharon Breese, chairman John Stephens and Ashleigh Warton with a certificate recognising the formal partnership between the two
organisations.
WATCHING ON: Blues supporters (from left) Todd Basham, Alan Bear and Pat Kerin were pleased to see so many players at training on Tuesday.
HARD AT WORK: The boys get into the swing of training at the first Blues session of the season.
LEADERSHIP TEAM: Cootamundra Rugby Club 2014 president Bill Scott (left) and club captain Corey Nicholson are looking forward to a good season for the club.
HELPING HAND: Cootamundra Sports Foundation secretary Graeme Worboys presented Ben Filmer with a cheque for $300 to assist him with expenses associated with his trip to the World Junior Wushu Championships in Turkey.
IN FORM: Cootamundra will be hoping Nathan Corby can continue his recent good form in the Stribley Shield final to be held on Sunday.
WELCOME: EA Southee School has welcomed new assistant principal Rav Reddy. Mr Reddy is pictured here with his wife Susan and children Deklyn, Stephanie and Aaliyah.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK: pictured (from left) are competition winner Kellie Johnson, Cootamundra Shire Council Information Technology trainee Aaron Black and Cootmaundra Library employee Rochelle Nicholls in front of the new Cootamundra Library Facebook page. The page was launched last week.
ACCESSIBLE: Pictured with the newly installed lift at EA Southee School are principal Zita McLeod and 2014 school captains Brendan Kelleher and Sophie McDermott.
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: Amy Randall finds the perfect position for story time at the library on Wednesday.
NEW STUDENT: Pictured (left) is new kindergarten student Henry Jarvis with his year 5/6 buddy Ethan Blackney at Cootamundra Public School on Monday.
SHOWING HER THE ROPES: Pictured (left) is Abby Bailey with Hallie Kelly at
Cootamundra Public School on Monday.