Tag: milestone
Aussie icon to host Support Homeless People Luncheon
CELEBRATED Australian and internationally recognised poet Rupert McCall OAM will visit Mount Gambier to perform the role of emcee for the 2020 Support Homeless...
Friends and family gather to recognise Mount Gambier community treasure’s 100th birthday
MOUNT Gambier community treasure and former prisoner of war Jack Hopgood OAM today celebrates his 100th birthday.
Mr Hopgood - one of the last surviving...
Field umpire Bruce McLaughlin officiates 400th senior Western Border football game
LIKE many players in the Western Border Football League, umpires come and go over time, but there has been one familiar face over the...
Milestone coach celebrated
THE Mount Gambier Pioneers have been the success story of Australian basketball for much of the last decade.
Under the tutelage of head coach Richard...
Vicis’ 70-year-old netballer clocks up 550th game for club
IN an achievement few manage in a lifetime, Vicis netballer Gloria McKinnon celebrated game 550 for her club last Wednesday.
To boast such an achievement...
Bulldog joins 300 club
HARD working East Gambier player Tarsh McCallum became the second Bulldog to hit the 300 game mark in the Western Border Netball Association last...
Millicent’s star defender reaches 300 games
MILLICENT defender Hayley Dunn notched up her 300th senior game for the Saints in the Western Border Netball Association in round three against Casterton-Sandford...
Gilmore happy with milestone 400th game
A SIGNIFICANT milestone was reached during Saturday's Port MacDonnell and Nangwarry Mid South East Netball clash, as Demons' Toni-Lee Gilmore played her 400th game...
Penola IGA celebrates milestone
TOMORROW will mark 10 years since Penola IGA opened its doors at its prominent Church Street location.
Owners Kerry and Shane McPherson previously operated the...
Rook Walk centenary event
HUNDREDS of school children and community members assembled at the historic Rook Walk overlooking the Blue Lake to celebrate its centenary on Tuesday.
The 10ft...
‘Symbol of hope’ stands test of time
DESCENDANTS of the Rook family were among those in attendance at the Rook Walk centenary event on Tuesday morning.
Susan Chamie travelled from Sydney to...
Rook Walk centenary celebrated
TODAY marks exactly 100 years since more than 2000 people assembled at the Blue Lake to build the Rook Walk in the largest day...