MOULAMEIN will be hosting the first semi-final this weekend for the Golden Rivers league.
The under 17s managed to get up in a nail-biting do or die game. Our boys were three points up when a Murrabit kid took a mark on the half forward flank and the siren went.
Unfortunately, this poor kid thought if he kicks it quickly there would be no one in the goal square. It worked; the ball went through for a goal.
But, it was after the siren and he played on so the goal was not counted.
Our under 17 netballers also had a win to get them into the finals.
That gives the Mighty Swans five teams in the finals this year.
Next week at home we will have the under 17 football and netball teams in as well as our A Grade netballers.
Our senior footballers and our B Grade netballers will be playing the week after at Ultima.
Get your cameras clicking
THE gallery girls will be having their photographic competition again this year.
This will all be happening on Friday, October 6.
They have stuck with their colour scheme from last year’s successful competition and this year they have gone for yellow for the open and the kids section.
They have a new section this year called Sepia and the theme is “animals”.
I have not got a clue what Sepia is, but I am sure the camera buffs know.
Evidently, it is not black and white. It is brown or something like that. If you know what it is, take a photo of an animal of some description.
They are also having a 2024 calendar section with the theme of “best of Moulamein”.
This is just an early warning of what is involved this year.
Just in case you see something that you should have taken a photo of, but the moment passed.
I will get more details from our gallery girls as soon as they become available.
Sheep take a tumble
I WAS in Swan Hill last Thursday and I decided my lunch should be the best hamburger in town.
Not the Scottish one, that is for sure.
Cafe On Karinie happens to be just beside the saleyards. I thought I would take a wander and check out the sheep prices while I eat this creation.
I almost choked on my hamburger. Anything that was not presented, well took a flogging.
Even the best lambs that I saw were $120 to $130.
Dorpers were like an orphan. No one wanted them and the drought has not even started yet.
I said to an agent that I might have to open up the pit from 1989 that I shot 1500 sheep into.
“Not that bad yet,” he said.
Then I got a text from an old mate that told me that an old fella called Keven White – a few of us would remember him from way back – he went to the sheep sale up at Forbes and picked up 30 sheep for $15.
Someone asked him what he is going to do with them. He said that he will take them home and shear them and bring them back in and hopes he will get his 50 cents each back for them.
Not a bad job for a fella that is 86. Keep it going, Keven, you could still be shearing at 100.
It’s not quite that bad down here yet, but I did see a bid on a pen full of lambs on Thursday.
Not per each but for the pen-full. I didn’t catch the price but it was passed in anyway.
Hang onto your hat’s sheep growers, this could be a bumpy ride. In our sheep enterprise, the big half of the income came from the sheep sales and the wool was a handy byproduct.
Maybe not this year. On the bright side, if you ever wanted to get into sheep, now could be the time.
River level
THE Edward River has continued to drop.
Our rivers will continue to drop unless there is a rain event up in our catchments.
The Edward at Moulamein is just over 600 megalires a day and about 3.3 metres.
Our fish are still too well fed and bites are rare.
