10 Mar 10 | Culcairn have won the right to play Henty in this weekends Holbrook and District Cricket grand final, following a rain affected drawn match against Holbrook at Culcairn.
10 Mar 10 | Farmers came out to see a torrent of water come bursting down the dry bed of the Billabong Creek on Sunday.
Flowing past the Hume Highway bridge, water spread out over the creek banks onto the flood plain and filled the lagoon.
03 Mar 10 | Terlich puts Lions
in a spin
In form Henty leg spinner Shannon Terlich claimed another five wicket haul, to send
his team into the Holbrook DCA grand final in a fortnight with a win over Culcairn at Henty.
Terlich who has had an outstanding season with both bat and ball, also made a very handy (37no) to guide his team home in a tricky run chase.
03 Mar 10 | Has racism reared its head with three simple words, ‘sink boat people’ attached to a large road sign welcoming tourists to the Riverina?
Using printed letters in red, the offender pasted the message on the NSW tourist information sign located on the Olympic Highway between Henty and Yerong Creek.
24 Feb 10 | Henty’s unbeaten season almost stumbled in the final round when they just fell over the line against home ground specials Holbrook in a thrilling finale to the home and away season.
24 Feb 10 | Greater Hume Shire Council has determined it will move away from differential rating for residential and business landowners and introduce a common rate in the dollar by the 2012/2013 Financial Year.
24 Feb 10 | St Patrick’s Primary School community expect to make a tidy profit of $5,000 by selling electricity generated by its new solar panels back to the supplier.
Over a period of one year, the Holbrook Catholic school will be able to recoup the electricity used by the school.
17 Feb 10 | Holbrook driver Bronson Butcher will return to the USA as soon as March to race Legend cars at the Las Vegas “Bullring” and Toyota Speedway, Irwindale, Los Angeles.
17 Feb 10 | Despite cancelling horse events at the Henty Show, locals drew on their own resources for a day of entertainment and fun.
10 Feb 10 | Despite the rain playing havoc with two of the three Division one matches, a cameo appearance from current St Kilda AFL star Adam Schneider highlighted the completion of round nine.
The former Sydney Swan premiership player and three times Osborne premiership star, made an impact, compiling a stylish (36) to top score for Osborne in their loss to Henty.
10 Feb 10 | Yerong Creek residents are pushing hard to keep their local police officer and police residence.
A petition of 180 signatures has protested against the potential loss of their local ‘copper’ and police station which appears imminent.
03 Feb 10 | The controversial My School web site was launched last week amid accusations by the NSW Teachers Federation that the statistics will be misused.
03 Feb 10 | HENTY BATS DOMINATE OSBORNE
Ladder leaders and firm premiership favourites Henty produced another dominating batting display on Saturday, when they put the Osborne attack to the sword.
27 Jan 10 | Round seven saw two thrilling finishes in HDCA cricket, with Culcairn and The Rock Yerong Creek (TRYC) both launching impressive comebacks to derail Holbrook and Osborne respectively.
27 Jan 10 | Greater Hume Shire Mayor Denise Osborne impressed on residents, “the one constant in communities such as ours is the support from other members.”
20 Jan 10 | Holbrook Pony Clubbers excelled in all areas of horsemanship at the Zone 20 Pony Club Camp held at Tumbarumba.
20 Jan 10 | Two men are dead and their families traumatised following a head-on crash by two trucks on the Hume Highway south of Holbrook.
Police have identified the deceased in the north bound truck as Brett Fitzgerald, aged 37 years of Hoppers Crossing, Victoria.
16 Dec 09 | BRAND AND COOPER 337 OPENING STAND
Culcairn pair Steven Brand (157) and Jamie Cooper (165) combined last Saturday to record an amazing opening partnership of 337 against Osborne at Culcairn. The partnership is believed to be a Holbrook DCA record with many of the association’s stalwarts never witnessing or remembering such a score line in the past fifty plus seasons.
16 Dec 09 | Commander Norman Holbrook’s Victoria Cross and medals were unveiled at the Australian War Memorial on Friday.
His medals were made available, on loan from the Greater Hume Shire Council on behalf of the community of Holbrook, NSW.
09 Dec 09 | Holbrook have already taken first innings points in the local derby against Holbrook Colts and will press hard this week for outright points that would be a huge boost to its finals chances.
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