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Putt-ing young talent on par

STUDENTS across the Swan Hill and Mallee regions were hit with NSW Open fever after attending the school and junior activation zone at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Groups of students from St Mary’s Primary School, Lake Bog...

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November 2024

Putt-ing young talent on par

COHEN MORTIMER STUDENTS across the Swan Hill and Mallee regions were hit with NSW Open fever after attending the school and junior activation zone at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Groups of students from St Mary’s Primary School, Lake Bog...

19 Nov 2024

News

All the action from fairway to green

The NSW Open offered a high quality of golf from some of the best players both nationally and internationally. The Guardian photographers Cohen Mortimer and Meagan McGregor teamed up with Golf NSW to capture some amazing shots of all the action on...

19 Nov 2024

Opinion

Coalition has better plan for water use

WATER is our lifeblood in this district, but Labor is sucking us dry to buy supposed “Greenie” votes in the inner cities. The Albanese Labor Government’s 450 gigalitre (GL) Murray-Darling Basin water buyback program at an estimated cost over...

16 Nov 2024

News

Origin of the shotgun start

THE shotgun start used to get the field moving in the pre-NSW Open pro-am at Murray Downs Golf and Country Club on Wednesday is no stranger to this area. In fact it was used for the first time in Swan Hill, and possibly in Australia, 60...

16 Nov 2024

Golf

Pro Am tournament a thriller

MORE than 130 amateur golfers from across the region had the unique opportunity to rub shoulders with golf professionals on the Murray Downs golf course on Wednesday. Forty four teams of four, each featuring one pro and three amateur...

15 Nov 2024

News

Cam goes wham in Open

THE drawcards of this year’s NSW Open, Cam Smith and Lucas Herbert, have delivered for the entourage of fans following their every stroke on the opening day of competition yesterday at Murray Downs Golf and Country Club. Smith, the...

15 Nov 2024

Moulamein Notes

Mens shed call out for fish restocking

Our Moulamein men’s shed is still collecting batteries for their yearly fish restocking program for our district rivers. You can drop batteries off at any time of the year at their shed in Moulamein but this is the time when we keep reminding you...

15 Nov 2024

Golf

The Murray’s fairway to heaven

GOLFING professionals across the nation are fast learning something many in the region already knew – Murray Downs is home to one of Australia’s leading golf courses. Ranked the No. 1 golf course on the Murray, the Murray Downs Golf...

15 Nov 2024

News

A message from CEO, Scott Barber

ON Friday, November 8, 2024, successful candidates for the Swan Hill Rural City Council Local Government election, were declared. After a well-contested election process, the following individuals have been duly elected to serve...

15 Nov 2024

Opinion

Celebrate elections based on policy not personality

THIS week’s US elections present a good opportunity to thank God we’re not America, and celebrate that Australia is the best country in the world. First of all, much as Donald Trump and Kamela Harris dominated election coverage, the US’s...

08 Nov 2024

Moulamein Notes

Snakes swell and on the move

They are everywhere. They are big and fat and shiny and plentiful. I keep saying that it is the most snakes I have seen since the ‘70s. I had a camper turn up today and I warned him about the number of snakes and to watch his dog. I said that I...

08 Nov 2024