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10 Mar 10 | Things are heating up down at Bert Gallagher oval as the rugby league boys are back in training. The 2010 season will commence soon with trials scheduled at Raymond Terrace prior to Easter.
10 Mar 10 | Both Gloucester Women’s Bowling Club pennants sides played at home last week with the No. 4s having a win over Tuncurry and the No 6s a win over Harrington A which put both grades well up the ladder.
10 Mar 10 | Last Saturday the first round of the 2010 Pennant season got underway at Gloucester Bowling Club with mixed results for Gloucester. The No3 side against Tuncurry won on two rinks and drew the third for a 5.5-0.5 (64 - 38) win for a good start. The No5s were not so fortunate and went down to Wingham 0 - 6 (49-54) in a very close tussle.
10 Mar 10 | This Saturday is semi final time in the Gloucester senior cricket competition, with minor premiers Rawdon Vale taking on the Top Pub Cavaliers on No. 1 oval, and Stroud and Bowling Club Ford confronting each other in the minor semi on No. 2.
10 Mar 10 | Saturday golf On Saturday members played the monthly stroke and mug event for N & E Sansom’s trophy day, thanks very much for your continued support of our club Peter and Shirley.
10 Mar 10 | Season 2010 start this Saturday, March 13. Please be on time for your games, and if you are unable to play please let someone know. Fees to be paid before you play.
Top 10 swimmers
10 Mar 10 | Round 2 Top Ten pointscorers Girls: 1st Ella Malone 79, 2nd Tahnee Yates 66, 3rd Claire Maslen 64, 4th Chloe Waugh 60, 5th Jessica Ward 56, 6th Mackenzie Ryan 43, 7th Jessica Relf 40, 8th Bronte Davis 38, 9th Kate Radford 38 and 10th Nina Burrows 35.
Nationals hit the hustings early
10 Mar 10 | National Party candidate for the seat of Lyne David Gillespie has started to hit the hustings, in the lead up to the yet to be called Federal election.
Community cleans up
10 Mar 10 | Three hundred kilograms of rubbish, including four shopping trolleys, was collected as part of the local haul for Clean Up Australia Day.
10 Mar 10 | Stroud residents now have until April 16 to lodge submissions with Great Lakes Council in relation to draft development control plan.
Building friendships (and furniture)
10 Mar 10 | It’s amazing what a building project and a cuppa can do. Or so say the committee behind Gloucester’s Men’s Shed. Up to 15 men regularly gather at the Community Workshop in Britten St, home to the Men’s Shed, among other facilities.
10 Mar 10 | NSW Health is moving ahead with plans to transfer nursing home beds at Hillcrest and Kimbarra to the private sector.
10 Mar 10 | Common sense needs to prevail. That’s the opinion of Gloucester Shire Council’s general manager Allan Young surrounding the current push by the NSW Ambulance Service to introduce volunteer drivers at five stations in the Hunter region, Gloucester, Stroud, Bulahdelah, Merriwa and Murrurundi.
Lives in danger
10 Mar 10 | Stroud residents are up in arms over the State Government’s proposal to use volunteer drivers for the ambulance service in their town.
A community thanked and a daughter's wish fulfilled
10 Mar 10 | There was silence in the crowd of around 100 as Mark Westley told his family’s story on Saturday, a story he felt bound to tell after his dying daughter Sarah asked that the story be told.
Opening doors to a nursing career
10 Mar 10 | Two Gloucester High School students have joined more than 30 senior high school students across the region in signing up to complete a Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Acute Care) as they study for their Higher School Certificate.
03 Mar 10 | With the completion of Gloucester Bowling Club’s trial against Raymond Terrace last week end our preparations for the 2010 Pennant season are now complete and we are as ready as we will ever be.
03 Mar 10 | Defending premiers Rawdon Vale sealed the Senior cricket minor premiership on Saturday with a hard-fought 5 wicket win over the Top Pub Cavaliers in a highly entertaining top of the table clash played on No. 1 oval last Saturday.
03 Mar 10 | Saturday golf What a weekend with Tom Blundell celebrating his 50th and one of our newest members thinking he could walk on water.
Junior cricket nears season finale
03 Mar 10 | Next weekend is the last round game in the U13s cricket competition before the grand final on March 13.
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