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Sandbaggers shoot sees top scores at 300 yards

THE Silver City and National Servicemen’s Rifle Club conducted a Sandbaggers target shoot on Sunday for service, sniper and tactical rifles at the 300 yard range. The weather was warm and sunny with a light to moderate breeze that didn’t bother the...

28 Mar 2025
Bowls

Bowls Notes

Broken Hill Men’s Indoor Bowls AssociationRESULTS after round 9 played on Tuesday night, March 25. Flags defeated Try Hards 18 to 8. Demo defeated Sturt 19 to 12. Last round next Tuesday before we move into the finals. The ladder stands now at:Muso...

28 Mar 2025
Sport

Sports reporter’s decades of dedication

AN accomplished junior sportsman and a member of the Barrier’s 1982 Harry Meyer Cup-winning cricket team, at the SACA Country Cup as a tear-away quick, John Casey has come through the ranks of Australia’s sporting media to become one of the...

28 Mar 2025
Cricket

Cricket legend a true servant of the sport

ONE of the great servants of Broken Hill cricket, Paul “Paddy” Attard signed off on a brilliant cricket career in perfect style for a proud family man, playing in a West Broken Hill A grade cricket premiership with his two lads, just four short...

22 Mar 2025
Football

Auskick launches for 2025

IN good news for young footy players, the AFL Auskick season has kicked off for 2025, enticing new players to sign up with new and old programs. The season started last week with a girls-only training day on Thursday, March 13, and the main Auskick...

21 Mar 2025
Cricket

Jetta shines bright

SACRED Heart Parish School cricketer Jetta Hall has shone bright at the NSW PSSA State Cricket Championships. Jetta, a rising star in cricket from Sacred Heart Parish School, has demonstrated remarkable talent and dedication at the NSW PSSA State...

21 Mar 2025
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Golf

Golf Notes

SOUTH BROKEN HILL GOLF CLUB This week’s results:Wednesday March 12 9-hole Par RoundResults: A Carlaw +2 c/b, K Holmes +2 c/b, R Thomas +2Friday March 14 9-hole Stableford RoundResults: B Gillespie 19 pts c/b, R Thomas 19 pts, D Richardson 18...

21 Mar 2025
Bowls

Bowls Notes

NORTH BROKEN HILL BOWLING CLUB REPORT Saturday evening social bowls March 15, 2025FOURTEEN social bowlers played one game of triples and two editions of pairs. There were two victorious teams under the control of skips Wayne Williams and Ray...

21 Mar 2025
Water Sports

Swimmers make a splash

SWIMMERS Hamilton Anflous and Rosalie Woodman from Sacred Heart Parish School are set to embark on an exciting adventure in Sydney. They will be taking part in the prestigious Polding Swimming Trials at the iconic Sydney Olympic Park on April 2. They...

21 Mar 2025
Sport

Mountain of a challenge for local riders

TWO members of the Broken Hill Bike Club, president Ben Evans and Ethan Kimball, took on the gruelling 235km Peaks Challenge in alpine Victoria earlier in the month. On Sunday, March 9, riders were given 13 hours to complete the not only lengthy, but...

21 Mar 2025
Football

Raven readies for third Central season

THE SANFL Women’s competition enters its ninth season in 2025, starting this weekend, with two games on Saturday, March 15, and Central District playing Glenelg in their season opener at X Convenience Stadium, Elizabeth starting at 12pm, on...

15 Mar 2025
Football

25 Icons of Broken Hill Sport Colin Casey Footballer, Coach, Administrator

EDUCATED at Railway Town Primary School and Broken Hill High School, Colin Casey first came to national football prominence in 1967, selected for New South Wales Combined High School and becoming vice-captain of the team that played in national...

15 Mar 2025
News

Hotel all set for recovery day

PATSY and Peter Price were speaking so fast about all the things they have planned for the St Pat’s Recovery Day on Sunday at their Silverton Hotel they were forced to pull off the road and focus - so they didn’t forget anything. And it’s a good...

14 Mar 2025
Horse Racing

Coulter & Co behind scenes

IF you think the St Pat’s Day races are “the” community event for Broken Hill, have you stopped for a minute to think about the Coulter community day?It starts with Marc Coulter who, with the exception of a six-year posting to Cobar, has been...

14 Mar 2025
Horse Racing

A welcome from the St Patrick’s Race Club president

ON behalf of the St Patrick’s Race Club, I welcome locals and visitors alike to our 60th race meeting, our special anniversary year where we celebrate all that has gone before us and hopefully provide an event to remember. What started from humble...

14 Mar 2025
Horse Racing

So much going on, and not just on race day!

THE annual St Pat’s race day is much, much more than that - just ask club president Andrew Schmidt. The Cup might be run on Saturday, but the greyhounds will be on the track the day after. To make entries for the big day even more attractive, Mr...

14 Mar 2025
Horse Racing

A tough game back in the day

RACING superstar Rain Lover won a “whopping” $188,100 in his unparalleled track career. Which included back-to-back Melbourne Cups and an incredible swag of Group 1s, other cups, derbies and blue-ribbon crowns such as the Mackinnon and Underwood...

14 Mar 2025