20/08/2008 | HULKING front-rower Grant Wooden yesterday pledged his allegiance to Brothers and denied his decision to sign with Wagga rival Kangaroos would have an impact on his form leading into the Group Nine finals.
20/08/2008 | OUTGOING Tumbarumba captain-coach Matt Rose yesterday admitted his playing future was “up in the air” but claimed there was still a possibility he would remain in Group Nine next season.
20/08/2008 | WAGGA trainer Trevor Sutherland could not be happier with the progress of exciting filly Balmont after she took out the William Farrer 3YO Open Handicap (1200m) at Murrumbidgee Turf Club yesterday.
20/08/2008 | LEADING Sydney trainer Paul Fitzpatrick will headline an all-star line-up at Wagga Harness Racing Club’s night of nights on Saturday.
20/08/2008 | WAGGA’S triathlon superstar Brad Kahlefeldt may be disappointed with his finish in Beijing yesterday but his family remains proud as punch.
20/08/2008 | TO HIS friends, Brian Cockshutt, who died in yesterday’s fatal crash near Wagga, was a hard worker who loved his NRL team the Sydney Roosters.
20/08/2008 | AN EMERGENCY evacuation was called at the Roads and Traffic Authority office in Narrandera yesterday morning when a bitumen tank caught alight.
20/08/2008 | AS RIVERINA councils jostle to be included in the route for a proposed inland rail line between Melbourne and Brisbane, the company in charge of recommending the best route said yesterday economics, not lobbying, would be the deciding factor.
20/08/2008 | A WAGGA Base Hospital nurse at the centre of smacking allegations in April is still not allowed to work in Wagga but was authorised to work at last month’s World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney.
20/08/2008 | STAR Wagga triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has set his sights on returning bigger and better at the London Olympic Games in 2012 after his down-the-track finish in Beijing yesterday.
19/08/2008 | WAGGA has been hit by Brad Kahlefeldt fever.
19/08/2008 | TUMBARUMBA is on the lookout for a new captain-coach for next season after the club decided against reappointing Matt Rose for a fourth term.
19/08/2008 | DRUG cheats are everywhere at the Olympic Games.
They’re certainly everywhere an Australian athlete is beaten for a gold medal or for a place in a final etc.
19/08/2008 | WAGGA has thrown its collective support behind hometown hero Brad Kahlefeldt in his bid to become the city’s first ever Olympic Games gold medallist.
19/08/2008 | VOTERS in Bland and Carrathool shires will be spared a trip to the polling booth on local government election day.
19/08/2008 | NSW Minister for Health Reba Meagher admits the Ambulance Service of NSW did not react fast enough to last Sunday night’s paramedic shortage which forced police to take a critically-ill man to hospital.
19/08/2008 | A FIFTH man from the Griffith region has been arrested for his alleged involvement with the drug ring behind the world’s biggest ecstasy bust.
19/08/2008 | TWO Mount Austin High students were caught wagging school in spectacular fashion yesterday when emergency service crews had to pull them to safety from a stormwater drain.
19/08/2008 | ONE of Wagga’s biggest sporting legends has declared Brad Kahlefeldt will become the city’s greatest ever athlete if he wins the gold medal in today’s Olympic Games triathlon in Beijing.
18/08/2008 | THE air was clear and fresh and there was no horde of flag-waving onlookers, but Albury soldier Wayne Heath was a marathon champion in his own right yesterday.