11 Nov 09 | Holbrook Men’s Shed volunteers have a message for the person who stole their materials. “Return the timber and stumps; drop them in the vicinity of the old railway building. If the stuff is returned, no questions will be asked,” they said.

04 Nov 09 | Lockhart was the big winner in the NSW Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities award. The small eastern Riverina town was awarded the prestigious 2010 Overall State Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities award.

28 Oct 09 | David Gooden from Lockhart has just joined an elite group of about 1400 worldwide by receiving a Nuffield Farming Scholarship. He is one of just 18 outstanding primary producers from across Australia who was named a winner of Australia’s most prestigious agricultural scholarship for 2010.

18 Nov 09 | Culcairn retained second place on the ladder by easily beating the Holbrook Colts who just like their other team was short on a few key players. The Colts started reasonably well with James “Higgins” Ross compiling an elegant (27) and with Simon Montague (25) took Holbrook to 1/48, before the wickets tumbled.

11 Nov 09 | Section 1 hosted Burrumbuttock at Walbundrie due to the show being held at Holbrook and this saw the Brookers continue the winning streak . Jarrod Hibberson and Dougal McKay were the stars in a good team effort to see the team win 84 to 58 games.