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VOLUME 1: ISSUE #23 Thursday, 16 March 2017 FREE

WAGIN WOOLORAMA WEEKEND Over the weekend the Wagin Agricultural Society held the annual agricultural show

“Wagin Woolorama”, the show had a twist this year with the local Pool Manager Jen Bannerman

and her team taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave.

The official Woolorama report and a Jen’s World’s Greatest Shave report will be featured in the next

edition of the Wagin Wool Press, so keep an eye out!

I’m now FREE and available from; the Wagin CRC, Foodworks,

Newsagency, Lambshank Café, Cresswells Emporium, Visual

Effects Framing and Gallery and Doms Deli.

THE WAGIN WOOL PRESS Thursday, 16 March 2017 ISSUE #23

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WAGIN FOOD RELIEF (An initiative of the Combined Churches of Wagin)

Is open every Monday 3:00-3:30pm and is

located within the Community Resource

Building, also known as the RSL Hall.

If you have any food you wish to donate feel

free to drop it off at the building at the

above time and place, or contact Ann or

Graham on 9861 1724.

RECYCLING AT THE CRC

We have now got a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark

recycling box located in the front foyer of

the CRC. We would love for you to bring in

your used cartridges, any type and brand of

laser, inkjet and toner bottles are accepted.

We also have a mobile phone recycling box

in our foyer.

FEEDBACK FORMS

The next time you’re in the CRC, please feel

free to pick up a feedback form to fill out.

All feedback is welcome.

MOVIE BOOKINGS

The CRC are taking ticket bookings for all

movies shown at the Betty Terry Community

Theatre.

OUR SERVICES

We currently provide a number of services

including printing/copying, secretarial

services, faxing, scanning, laminating,

internet access and wifi, photo printing,

video conferencing and room hire,

Centrelink & ATO services and much more.

If you would like to know more about our

services or have any feedback regarding

our services please feel free to contact us on

9861 1644.

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and the Wool Press we encourage you all to

follow our social media pages.

We currently use Facebook, twitter and also

our website to inform the community of what

we are up to. Below are our usernames.

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PHOTO PRINTING

We are extremely excited to announce that

we have upgraded our photo printer.

Our new printer allows us to print photos of

great quality and up to an A3 size.

Our photo printing sizes and costs are:

4x6: $1.00

5x7: $1.50

A4: $3.00

A3: $5.50

WAGIN WOOLORAMA

If you have any news or photos from the

Woolorama weekend please send them

through to [email protected] to be

featured in the next edition.



UPDATE ON WAGIN ROAD CONDTIONS:

- Chester Road - OPEN

- Riseborough Road – LIGHT VEHICLES ONLY

- Gundaring Road South

- Gundaring Road North

- Painter Road - note: East of Collanilling is open to light vehicles ONLY

- Jaloran Road

- Morgan Road

- Frost Road - OPEN

- Ballaying Road West - OPEN

- Lime Lake Road West

- Piesseville-Tarwonga Road (Gravel section) - OPEN

- Lucas Road (from Fullers to Noble) - OPEN

- Jessup Road - OPEN

- Sprigg Fraser Road - OPEN

- Andrews Road – LIGHT VEHICLES ONLY

All other rural roads are still under repairs and open to all vehicles - please drive with caution.

SHIRE ROAD NETWORK REPAIRS

Council has engaged the services of CORE Business Australia from Busselton to undertake an

assessment of roads and call tenders for their repairs across the Shire. This has been done in line with

Federal Government requirements. This is not Council’s first choice; we would like to have done the

work ourselves.

It is proposed that two tenders will be called: one for the section of shire north of the Arthur River –

Dumbleyung Rd and the other south of that road.

This process, which is totally out of Council’s control, will take time so we ask for patience from the

community. Most roads have been opened out but the proper repairs could take between 6 – 12

months.

Should anyone have any questions please contact the CEO at the Shire Office.

NEW RESIDENTS EVENING – 21ST MARCH 2017

The Shire will be hosting the New Residents Reception on the 21st of March 2017 from 5.30 at the Eric

Farrow Pavilion. Invitations were sent out on Friday 3rd of March 2017, if you are new to town and

you didn’t receive an invitation please contact Kirsty Simkins at the Shire Office.

THANK A VOLUNTEER DAY CHANGE OF VENUE AND DATE

The Thank a Volunteer day has been rescheduled to Friday 31st of March and will now be held at

the Eric Farrow Pavilion from 5.30 pm. RSVP to Donna George at the Shire office for catering

purposes.

SHIRE COMMUNITY BUDGET REQUESTS ARE NOW OPEN

If you are a Community Group or Organisation you can now make a submission for funding to

Council for the 2017/18 Budget. Applications must be received by 28 April 2017 and submission

forms are available from the Shire office. For more information and assistance please contact Tegan

Hall at the Shire.

NEW SHIRE TOURIST BROCHURE

The new Tourist brochures have arrived at the Shire. They will be taken to the Caravan & Camping

Show which will be held in Perth from 23rd – 26th March 2017.

Council corner


WAGIN CEMETERY SHELTER

The plans and specifications for the cemetery shelter have been received and a budget quote is

currently being obtained.

RAV (RESTRICTED ACCESS VEHICLE) 4 TRUCK NETWORK

During the month approval was given for a number of Shire roads to be included on the RAV 4

network.

The following roads are approved subject to clearing conditions: -

Gundaring South Rd

Halls Road

Jessup Rd

Lime Lake East Rd

Moore St

Thompson Rd

Queerearrup Rd

The following roads are unsuitable for the RAV 4 Network

Dellyanine Rd

Drayton Rd

Edwards Rd

Ganzer Rd

Lime Lake West Rd

Lucas Rd

Rowells Rd

Wagin – Wickepin Rd

Walkers RD

Warup South Rd

Warup West Rd

The following roads are approved: -

Dellyanine Rd

Dwelyerdine Rd

Farrow Rd

Flagstaff Rd

Murdoch Rd

Pederick Rd

Puntapin Rd

Robinson Rd

Toolibin Rd

Friends of the Wagin Library & Gallery News Our beautiful new screen has been installed! Thanks to John Parker for his quick, professional

construction. The screen features a pinup board for important notices and enables library staff to

process bulk book exchanges in a secure environment where they don’t inconvenience patrons.

Work is continuing on the provision of the computer to go in this space to enable staff to process

these exchanges without compromising the borrowing services to patrons.

All these improvements require funding so if you have any ideas for fundraising please come along

and share them with us. We intend to submit a request for funding via a Community Budget

Submission for more facilities and resources to improve the library experience for staff and patrons

alike.

If you would like to be more involved with our Library & Gallery we would love to see you at our next

meeting on Thursday March 30 at 4:30 in the Library. Ivy has been practising her special cake for

the occasion, so come along and sample it!

Some wise words from Ivy:

• Baby African elephants throw themselves headfirst into mud when they are angry

• When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

• Right-handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left-handed people.


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Around West Arthur

with West Arthur CRC

Getting Your Act Together

Colin Chapman, the Director of Willcraft Estate

Planning will be visiting Darkan on Wednesday

March 22. The CRC will host two sessions with

one at 2pm and the other at 7pm. Colin will

talk about Enduring Power of Guardianship,

Enduring Power of Attorney and Advanced

Health Care Directives; information that you

may want to know for yourself, or for others in

your family. The afternoon session will include

a cuppa and the evening session a glass of

wine and cheese. There is no cost and you can

RSVP to the CRC on 9736 2000.

AusChem

Is anyone interested in doing their AusChem

training (old ChemCert) at the CRC? They

nearly have enough for the course to go

ahead so if you are interested please contact

the CRC on 9736 2000 ASAP.

Shire Welcomes New Planning &

Administration Trainee

The Shire has received funding from the

Royalties for Regions Country Local

Government Fund Youth Development

Program, which supports young people in

regional local governments through the

provision of traineeship and scholarship

opportunities, to appoint a new trainee.

Artamesia Barritt (Mesha) has been successful

in securing this position and in addition to her

studies will be providing administrative and

customer support with particular regards to

regulatory matters including environmental

health, planning, building, animal control, fire

control and emergency services and

occupational health and safety. Mesha joins

the Shire following completion of a Certificate

II in Business traineeship at the West Arthur CRC.

DrumMuster

The Shire is seeking expressions of interest for a

DrumMuster which is being organised for

March. To register your interest please ring the

Shire office on 9736 2222 with your contact

details and number of drums.

Discontinuation of Local Government Vehicle

Licensing Concessions

In January 2017, local government authorities

in Western Australia were notified that long

standing local government concessions on

vehicle licence fees and stamp duty would be

discontinued from the first licence expiry date

on or after 30 June 2017.

The direct cost to the Shire of West Arthur of this

policy change has been calculated as an

additional $44,907 for licensing fees and

approximately $17,991 for stamp duty on the

purchase of vehicles per annum. Combined

this equates to 4% of the Shire’s total rate

income. This will have a full and immediate

impact on the Shire’s 2017/18 budget and

subsequent budgets, and the cost cutting

and/or revenue raising measures required will

be extremely difficult.

Shire President Cr Ray Harrington has written to

all major political parties raising concerns this

policy change will have, which will impact rural

communities particularly hard because of the

vehicles and plant required to maintain rural

roads, and to seek the direct support of

political leaders to have the local government

vehicle licensing concessions reinstated.

At this stage it is not known whether the request

by this and other local government authorities

and the WA Local Government Association to

reinstate these concessions will be supported.

Decluttering Workshop

Do you need to regain control of you kitchen

cupboard, wardrobe, life! If so come along to

the West Arthur CRC’s Decluttering workshop

presented by Bernadette Malouf from “A

Clutterless Life.” The session is on Monday April

3 (note new date) at 10am and will cost only

$10 thanks to a big subsidy from the Waste

Authority and the West Arthur Tidy Towns

committee. RSVP to CRC on 9736 2000.


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Hello to all our Wagin book lovers!

What's on this month in the Library?

Wagin Library & Gallery's Book Club will be held on Saturday 18th March in the Library, from 2:00 to

4:00pm as usual.

Our monthly Storytime for the 0-3 year olds will be running on Thursday March 30th from 9:00 to

9:30am, which allows time for a get-together and borrowing of books before the Library opens for

patrons at 10am.

The Friends of Wagin Library & Gallery meeting will also be held on Thursday March 30th at 4:30pm

in the Library. Anybody who has some time to spare on a regular basis, and the interests of the

Library at heart will be made very welcome. As an added bonus, our co-ordinator Ivy makes a

mean cake!

Here's some interesting titles from our latest State Library of WA exchange.

New Adult Fiction:

Jessica Cornwell, The Serpent Papers, 2015. A crime novel with a veneer of alchemy.

Hannah Kent, The Good People, 2016. Australian author writing about Ireland in 1825.

New Adult Non-Fiction:

Emer O'Sullivan, The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and his family, 2016.

Richard Fidler, Ghost Empire, 2016. Reconstructing the one-thousand year story of

Constantinople.

New Young Adult Fiction:

Peter Bunzl, Cogheart,2016. The first in an exciting new series of steampunk adventures.

New Younger Readers' Fiction:

Rob Reger + others, The Complete Emily the Strange: All Things Strange, 2016. The first three

volumes about this black-haired 13-year old girl with a razor-sharp wit.

New DVDs:

Adult fiction: Call the midwife, Series 5 + 2015 Christmas special.

Adult Non-Fiction:

Young Viewers' Fiction: Antz, PG. Very smart and very, very funny.

Young Viewers' Non-Fiction: Jack Hanna's Wild but true: amazing animal facts you won't

believe!

Adult Fiction Review by Wendy Steels

Jacaranda Blue by Joy Dettman

"Life in a small, conservative rural town in Australia is predictable and often boring, until one person's

unexpected actions ...

The consequences are startling and ripple through the community causing gossip, speculation and,

to those most closely affected, surprising reaction.

This book shows small town country life at its best. An interesting read."

We are at 3 Trent Street, Wagin. Membership is free, and you can renew your items up to 3 times

by phoning us on 9861 1247.

HAPPY READING!

From your Wagin Library & Gallery team - Stephanie, Graeme and Tina

Library lines

WAGIN LIBRARY & GALLERY OPENING TIMES

Monday 2pm – 4pm Tuesday 2pm – 5pm Wednesday 10am-12pm/2pm – 5pm

Thursday 10am -12pm/ 2pm -5pm Friday 1pm – 5pm Saturday 10am – 12pm


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Red sky ride stops in wagin by Kelly enright

The SolarisCare Red Sky Ride is an event led by local heroes committed to raising funds and

awareness for the SolarisCare Foundation, which provides free support services to WA cancer

patients and their families. The SolarisCare Foundation does not receive ongoing government

funding. As a community based health organisation they rely on the generosity of community

partnerships, support from the general public and fundraising events in particular the SolarisCare

Red Sky Ride.

On the last week of February each year, a group of cyclists will embark on an extraordinary journey

through the South West of WA travelling through the towns of Harvey, Dunsborough, Augusta,

Bridgetown, Wagin and York before returning to Perth. Good news section

by Ivy Bicknell

I would really like to begin a “Good News” section in our local Wagin Wool Press. I am sure people

need to know what great events are happening in our wonderful Wagin town. I had a telephone

call from a family member in the city this morning (9th March) to say that I had forgotten to remind

them about Woolorama. Shame on me.

People are always interested in happy events. Anniversaries, Births, Engagements, Marriages, Life

Stories. I have a few coming up to report in the next few issues of the Wagin Wool Press. Please assist

me with all the “Good News”, so I can pass it on to all the readers.

Day 6 - Bridgetown to Wagin: A rollercoaster of rough bitumen. This day is the highest increase

in altitude. Luckily the 37 degree day didn't eventuate. Posted to the Red Sky Ride Facebook

Page.


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Albany Community Legal Centre Inc by Mariana Tane On Tuesday 14th of March 2017, Vanessa Hillerman from Albany

Community Legal Centre, came to the Wagin CRC. During her one

hour workshop, Vanessa talked about:

Wills

Enduring Powers of Attorney

Enduring Powers of Guardianship

Advance Health Directives

Probate

Criminal Law

Family Law

Tenancy Advocacy

Disability Advocacy

Community Legal Education

Vanessa has left some information at the Wagin CRC if you have

any interest in any of the above areas of law, or you could contact her directly at the Albany Centre

on

Freecall: 1800 60 60 60.

We are taking bookings for anyone in the community, who would like to book an appointment, or

have a chat with Vanessa about any legal advice. Please call the Wagin CRC on 08 9861 1644, or

email us at [email protected] for your booking.

Farewell Ayla by the Wagin CRC staff

March 10th marked Ayla’s last day at the Wagin CRC as a Trainee.

Ayla started her Business Traineeship with us in 2016 and has been a very well known face at the

CRC in her time here. We wish Ayla all the best in her future career paths and would like to thank

her for all of the work she did whilst at the CRC!

Please note all emails that would usually be sent to Ayla, we ask that you forward them to

[email protected]



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Community events & Rosters


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AM PM FRIDAY 17TH MARCH

John Sprigg Neil Vagg

SATURDAY 18TH

Christine Rich Melanie Meehan

SUNDAY 19TH

Melanie Meehan John Sprigg

MONDAY 20TH

Stephanie Stutley Alan & Ludy Dean

TUESDAY 21ST

Simeret & Rosemarie Maurie Becker

WEDNESDAY 22ND

Joyce & Marleen Lyn

THURSDAY 23RD

John Sprigg Stephanie Stutley

FRIDAY 24TH

John & Paula Thomas Gary Flint

SATURDAY 25TH

Christine Rich Betty Spooner

SUNDAY 26TH

Geoff Cheriton Neil Vagg

Monday 27th

TBA Alan & Ludy Dean

TUESDAY 28TH

Simeret & Rosemarie Maurie Becker

WEDNESDAY 29TH

Joyce & Marleen Denise Palmer

THURSDAY 30TH

Geoff Cheriton Stephanie Stutley

Historical village roster

Biggest Morning Tea May 19th

Wagin CWA Rooms

Delicious Food, Drink & Entertainment

Wagin cwa meet the 3rd Friday of every month at 10am you are welcome to

join us!


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Open 8am – 7days

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A La Carte Restaurant

Thursday Friday & Saturday nights

BYO Licenced


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Visual Effects Framing and Gallery

2 Trent St Wagin

mob. 0428 611 697

For all your Custom Framing

Dreams Art, Canvas, Sporting Memorabilia, Photos,

Collections.

and for fabulous COFFEE and Australian Giftware Anna Chandler, LEE GARRETT, Zorya Candles

Mobile Coffee Cart available for your Event

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LAMB SHANK CAFÉ

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Breakfast

Morning teas

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Functions

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Movie Meals

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Creek fill ins and clean outs & catchments


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Wagin Auskick 2017 Registrations for Wagin Auskick are now

open. Boys and girls ages 5-10 (must be 5

before 30th June) Please visit

www.aflauskick.com.au and click on

register.

Due to changes by AFL Auskick, all

registrations and payments must now be

done online.

Auskick will run in Wagin at Matera Oval on

Saturday mornings 9.30-10.30am. The start

date is yet to be advised. For any queries

please contact

Melanie English 0429 426 352 or

[email protected]

100 YEARS OLD Wagin Co-op

1917-2017

Celebration

Saturday 29th April

PLEASE JOIN US (more details to follow)

http://www.aflauskick.com.au/



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Ladies Bowling Club Notes By Bron Hegarty

A gorgeous warm day

greeted the ladies as they,

and their band of

supporters, travelled to

Darkan to play their final

game of Pennants. The

Community Bus was hired

for the day so everyone

could travel together.

Wagin are fortunate to

have excess Pennant

players so have never had

to play short.

Unfortunately, not all

Pennant players could

play the final match as

only eight were required.

But, good sportsmanship

prevailed and all ladies

came across for the

match.

Prior to this match, Wagin

were sitting on top of the

ladder and needed to win

one of the two rinks to ensure the Championship. Wagin were playing this final match against

Dumbleyung – never a team to be taken lightly.

Leanne Cook led one team with Karynne Robinson, Kerry Walker and Bron Hegarty while Gwen

Lathwell led her team of Coral Davies, Jenny Ewen and Fe Thompson.

Leanne’s team got off to a strong start and, although Dumbleyung came back in the second half,

were comfortable winners at 33-20.

Gwen’s team had a close match all day with the last end deciding the game in favour of Wagin

19-16.

Presentations were held following a delicious lunch hosted by Darkan and their band of helpers.

Wagin finished on top therefore winning the Pennant trophy.

Wagin also won two League events through the season (Fours and Triples), came 3rd in the Pairs and

runner-up in the Singles. These wonderful achievements led to Wagin also being awarded the

League Round Robin Shield.

Thank you to our supporters who came across and thanks to Kerry Walker and David Robinson for

making sure we all got there and home safely.

And thank you to Karynne Robinson who hosted our after after match celebrations!

Well done Wagin!!

Sport

Pennant Winners 2017 - F Thompson, L Cook, W Hicks, J Ewen, G Lathwell (Captain),

P Edmonds, K Robinson, K Walker, B Hegarty, C Davies. Absent: D Walker


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Saltbush carnival By Sandra Moffatt

The Wagin Gun Club’s Saltbush Carnival is synonymous with flies, heat, sunburn and dust. Not this

year. The weekend saw 185mm of rain fall in the town with the majority of this on the Friday.

However, whilst this understandably stopped some shooters from attending a valiant bunch of 40

shooters shot over the weekend.

The first event of the carnival was the 25 Points Score Dohnbouillet Koonac Cup which was won by

Sam West with a 74/75. This is Sam’s second time winning the event – a feat which only Geoff Faulkes

had achieved in the past. The second event was the 25 Single Barrel Western Trap & Field Past

Members Trophy which was won by Neil Suckling with 38/39. Saw West and Leanne Storer flew the

Wagin flag by taking out graded prizes in this event. The final event of the Saturday was the 50DB

Betterwear Welding Special with William Freni-Lizzi taking the win with 100/101. Local superstars were

Sam West and Gary Smith who took out graded prizes. The wet, soggy but oh-so-brave shooters

were treated to a magnificent lamb spitroast feast fit for 80, so seconds, thirds and fourths were

heartily encouraged. Lizzy P made sure shooters hearts were warmed with their chosen beverages

over the evening.

Sunday morning welcomed shooters with no rain but a cold breeze – the weekend’s temperatures

never got above 18 degrees. A 10DB cash divide started the day with the attempts of warming

people up – this had mixed success. The main event for the day was the WA State Champion of

Champions Title. Geraldton superstar Gary Kelly claimed the victory with 145/150 after shooting off

with Narrogin’s David “Cowboy” Whitting. Leanne Storer from the mighty Wagin Gun Club shot

consistently to win the Ladies title with a 114/125. William Freni-Lizzi added another Junior State Title

to his collection after shooting 111/125. Another mighty Waginite in Jim West won the Veterans title

with 119/125. The final event of the day was the Norring Park 25 Continental. Glenn O’Brien finished

his carnival on a high by winning with 43/43. Clinton Smith, Leanne Storer and Pas Carbone were

the local heroes taking out graded prizes. With the Champion of Champions and Continental scores

combined it was time to award the annual Phillip Becker Memorial Cup which went to David

Whitting with 146/150 – a decent score in trying conditions!

The Wagin Gun Club’s unique event , the Woolgarre Top Gun, has been running since 2013. It sees

the top six from the high gun go out and shoot at a further 25 targets single barrel from 21m using

flash targets. This score is then added to their high gun score to award the top gun. The shooters

that made the cut this year were Josh Fleay, Neil Suckling, Gary Kelly, Trevor Morris, Sam West and

Giovanni Quaranta. Josh shot the event very impressively hitting 23/25 targets which added to his

winning high gun score saw him win the top gun too.

Overall High Gun went to Josh Fleay who overtook Sam West in the last event to claim victory. Fleay

commented that last time he won the Wagin High Gun he was three points down, this year he won

it 15 points down with 295/310. Ladies High Gun was won by Sandra Moffatt with 279/310. Veterans

High Gun was awarded to Terry Marsden with 263/310. Overall Junior High Gun was won by William

Freni-Lizzi with 283/310, Jordan Crouch second with 259/310 and third to Jacob Featherstone

228/310.

The Wagin Gun Club would like to thank all those who attended the carnival and those who sent

forth apolog ies. May next year see the return of flies, heat and dust.

Photos of Wagin’s winners on the next page.


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Ladies High Gun Winner: Sandra Moffatt with Sam West Ladies State Title Winner: Leanne Storer

Veterans State Title Winner: Jim West with Club President and son Sam West


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GREAT SOUTHERN KART CLUB RACE DATES

4TH MARCH : Race Day 1ST JULY : Race Day

15TH APRIL : Race Day 22ND JULY : Education Day

6TH MAY : Education Day 12TH AUGUST : Race Day

20TH MAY : Race Day 9TH SEPTEMBER : Race Day

10TH JUNE : Race Day 7TH OCTOBER : Race Day

TROTTING in WAGIN

Friday, March 24

feature race

WAGIN PANEL & PAINT CUP

Hours of horse racing fun - Jackpot tickets Bar open from 5pm - Fabulous meals and dessert

Racing sponsored by Wagin Panel & Paint

Season memberships only $45 (Pensioner $20)

Membership includes $15 meal voucher & Guest pass

Contact Leanne Storer for more information – 0417961575

FIRST RACE approx 6.30pm


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Successful Season for Wagin Pennant Tennis By Cam Clifton The Wagin intra-club pennant tennis competition has enjoyed another successful season with 26

regular players and 34 reserve players enjoying mid week night pennants. The season kicked off on

18th of October with four teams playing either Tuesday or Thursday night. Teams consist of four Ladies

and four Gents playing two sets of doubles and one set of mixed doubles.

This season was the first year we have been able to hold two rounds. This gave us the flexibility to

wrap up the first round on the 10th of November, after four games each. The second round consisted

of another four games, starting 7th Feb and finishing eight days before Woolorama.

Of the 16 nights of scheduled tennis, only 3 were cancelled due to inclement weather.

The final results were;

Mick’s Machines Played 7 Won 6

Longy’s Legends Played 6 Won 4

Cam’s Crusaders Played 6 Won 2

Towball’s Terminators Played 7 Won 1

Thanks to all the regular players for their commitment this season. We are already looking forward

to next season kicking off again in October.

With only a few more reserve players needed to step up and become regular players next summer,

night teams pennants will become stronger and a lot easier for the captains to organise.

Along with the wonderful work our ladies do for the junior players, night teams pennants will ensure

a successful tennis club for the town of Wagin into the future.

New players are always welcome. Phone Cam on 0448 612 033

Send all sporting fixtures, results, notices,

write ups and photos through to :

[email protected]


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