Thursday 13 March 2014
Issue 285
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IMAGE: Anne Ward (left) and Berna Wright with press cuttings of family history
Stranger Than “Strangerland”– Nicole’s Family Links With Canowindra
As the production team for the movie “Strangerland” was surveying downtown Canowindra locations this week, the most fascinating coincidences emerged linking our town with the movie and one of its three stars, Nicole Kidman. First, who would have thought that Nicole has a connection to Canowindra’s founding Finn and Grant families? Well she has, according to a family tree drawn up by 92-year-old Berna Wright, granddaughter of T.J. Finn and cousin of Canowindra resident Anne Ward. And this is how it goes: Nicole Kidman’s great great great grandparents were John and Mary Finn from Tralee in County Kerry who settled in Hartley in 1839. They had eight children. Their second child Michael married Elizabeth Kelly, and their eldest son was the legendary T.J. Finn, Canowindra’s virtual founding father. Their sixth child John was Nicole Kidman’s great great grandfather. Their eighth child Julia married John Grant Jr of Canowindra.
And all these family links make Nicole the fourth cousin of Richard Payten, the “Strangerland” executive producer, who is also in fact the brother of Anne Ward. According to the family, Nicole herself is intrigued with the complex family links and may well visit Berna during the “Strangerland” filming. As for the shoot itself, we now have an initial schedule. Location manager Colin McDougall has announced plans to film sequences in Gaskill Street from April 4-11 during which the street will be closed to traffic at various times. Meanwhile, there’s been another location scout, Richard Montgomery of What Ya Need Film Services, in Canowindra over the past week surveying for yet another movie that may be set here. Richard’s keeping this one tightly under wraps -- all that’s known is that it could have an historical setting, and that Carcoar is being considered for locations as well. By Derek Maitland
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To the editor We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who volunteered their time at the Canowindra Swimming Pool official opening and efforts for the day. To Suze Clarke, Anna Stanley, Michelle Stacey, Sue Johnson, Liz Mitchell, Liz Grant and members of the CWA for their amazing selection of baked goods for morning tea. Andrew Holmes and the Pony Club for lending their marquees to provide the much needed shade on the day. Debbie Guihot and Robyn Wilkinson for providing the ribbon cutting shears and taking plenty of memorable photographs during the morning. Sally Wallace for helping locate past members of Swimming Club and previous managers. Kim Roberts for the absolutely stunning cake she donated for the opening. Finlay Rowston, Samantha Flannery, Joshua Flannery and Dawn Flannery for cooking and running the free BBQ and tidying up afterwards. Graham Rice for being MC on the day. Charlie McCarron, Mayor Ian Gosper and Michael Hoy of Beaucorp for their informative and heartfelt speeches and cutting of the ribbon. Dale Sherwin and Pauline Carroll for cutting the cake and Pauline’s impromptu speech. Joe and Ethan Cartwright, Bianca Amos and Sally Fitzgerald for manning the kiosk, helping tidy up, supplying the many tables we needed and kid wrangling our children so we were free to do things that needed doing. A HUGE THANK YOU to Lynne Russell, Stephen Russell, Stewart Russell, Ash Wright,
Will Wright, Claire Wright and Julia Wright for helping to set up, organise, plan, clearing up after was and helping the day run smoothly. Without their help it would not have been the fantastic day that it was. Many thanks to everyone who came to share photos, stories and celebrate this memorable occasion. Sincerely Jarrod Strange & Lisa Cartwright To Editor, Regarding Diana Frost in issue 284 Diana, I don’t know whether people living in rural areas realise just how badly disadvantaged we are when it comes to internet connection. I have only lived in Canowindra for 4 years and am still not used to how slow and pathetic the service is to our area, and I do have ADSL. My ADSL is as slow as dial up would be in the city (any city). I have friends who live in Coffs Harbour who are raving about how good the new NBN is. They have no idea that we don’t even have the speed & efficiency that their old connection gave. Also we don’t have the choice of service providers that exist in metropolitan areas. Just another city VS country issue I suppose. By Sylvia Skelton
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IMAGE: Jane Atkinson, the guest speaker and Mel Stanbury at the IWD Morning Tea
IMAGE: Ladies enjoying morning tea
Celebrating International Women’s Day On Friday 7th March, around 30 ladies from in and around Canowindra enjoyed a wonderful Morning Tea at the Deli Lama to celebrate International Women’s Day. The Canowindra Phoenix, together with First Choice Credit Union and Yates Baker McLean sponsored the event. Cheryl Newsom, from the Canowindra Phoenix welcomed all of the ladies and in particular Jane Atkinson, who was the Guest Speaker. Jane went on to say that ‘the speech gave her an opportunity to reflect over the years in her life, and she broke this down into slices of age groups.’ It started with her growing up on the farm in Stockinbingal, and then moving onto High School in both Temora and Wagga, followed by Ag College. From ages 20-30 she spent time in the outback as a governess and where she also met her now husband, Rob. Jane has two daughters, Laura and Lucy. Jane has overcome personal diagnosis of a disease which has no cure, and has asked the question, Why Me? In true spirit Jane went onto raise funds for Arthritis NSW and combined with four other ladies to ride a bike from Vietnam to Cambodia in November 2013. They raised over $30,000. Jane is undertaking more study and hopes in 2015 to grow her mediation and farm succession planning work. Jane finished her speech with an emotional thought, ‘However, more than anything, I want my daughters to have the opportunity to become women who are the best version of themselves they can be. I want them to be happy and to grow up knowing that life is not always fair, and that life is what you chose to make of the opportunities you are given.’ Funds raised from the morning tea are going towards CWA and approximately $300 was raised on Friday. By Jessica Jenkins
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Snippets... Volunteers are wanted for the Canowindra@home 100 Mile Lunch on Sunday the 6th April. Contact Katie Kelly for more information 6344 2515. Huge Charity Book Sale – Virginia Cullane Books are hosting this event and all proceeds will go towards Central West Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer. This will be held on Monday the 14th – 21st April at Canowindra Hardware (94-96 Gaskill Street). Doors will open from 9am to 4pm and will be closed on Good Friday. Prices of books will range from $1 to $5 and donations can be left at the bookshop. For more information contact: 6344 3265 Congratulations to Canowindra based Marketing Company, Adloyalty who have won the Cowra Tourism Corp. Tender for the 2014 Cowra Visitor Guide! Montana Bound Car Wash will be held at Burn’s Service Station on the 15th March at 9am. $15 per vehicle. CWA receives Community Chest Cheque Lawrence’s IGA presents the Country Women’s Association with a cheque for $4886.20 as part of their loyalty points program, whereby everybody who shops has the opportunity to contribute to this throughout the year. Thank you to those who donated their points towards the Community Chest, it’s great to see the generosity of the locals.
IMAGE: Connie Christinson, Michelle Fisher, Bev Taylor, Peter Watt and Gwen Campbell.
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Do you know how your business is performing? Do you understand how banks think and look at your business? Do you want to negotiate a better rate with your bank? FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS Canowindra Old Vic Inn Monday 24th March 9.30am – 3pm Registration $55 per business Morning tea and Lunch included Call Sarah Jacobson 0427 487 346
IMAGE: Charlie McCarron cuts the ribbon flanked by Mayor Ian Gosper (left) and Beaucorp Aquatics’ Michael Hoy
Canowindra’s New Swimming Pool –
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Topping the McCarron Family Legacy
Sitting under pink-bloomed crepe myrtle trees, watching the rippling blue waters and official opening ceremony of the newly-renovated Canowindra Pool, it wasn’t difficult last Sunday to imagine what wonderful leisure and recreational boon the facility is going to be in coming summers. The opening attracted a large crowd of Canowindra community supporters and shire dignitaries who listened from the shade of the trees to speeches by Cabonne’s Mayor Ian Gosper, Beaucoup Aquatics development manager Michael Hoy and Charlie McCarron, the community doyen whose uncle opened the original pool 60 years ago. It was thus perfectly fitting that Charlie should perform the ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday. In his speech, Ian Gosper paid tribute to fellow-councillors Anthony Durkin and Kevin Walker, along with the former mayor Bob Dowling, who made the new pool possible by funding it from council reserves rather than relying on government grants.
Charlie McCarron told the gathering how his uncle Charles “started lobbying for a swimming pool in Canowindra in 1934” when he was chairman of the Shires Association. It took another 20 years before the original 33-yard swimming pool and toddlers pool were built and opened in 1954. “The wheels of council turned slowly but they needed to be oiled very often,” Charlie observed. “The council’s lack of urgency annoyed Charlie so he took on the role of organising cement supplies and other necessary parts to build the pool.” Charles McCarron not only got a pool dedicated to his name but also an OBE awarded by the Queen in 1961 for his services to local government. And thanks to his legacy we’ve now got “a 25-metre lap pool, new program pool, children’s water playground as well as solar heating, new club room and plant rooms, new shade sails and state of the art pump and filtration technology.” By Derek Maitland
This week’s market has seen a major increase in the market, particularly over the last 4 weeks. The cattle market was up to 60c kg better over some grades on Monday. Tuesday saw the fat lambs make over $6.00 per kg, an increase from 3 months ago where they were selling at $4.80 kg. The KMWL top price was $200.00 which was sold on behalf of Ian Tremain from the Cranbury area which were 2nd cross lambs – out of first cross ewes by a dorset ram. In addition, store lambs were making up to $100.00. With the early break, lots of oats have been planted and the local lucerne growth has been fantastic. Most farmers have gone from no feed to plenty of feed within two weeks. Paul said that, ‘good follow up rain is very important now – we are only 25 ml away from a very good autumn, which we haven’t seen for 10 years.’ By Paul Breen
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INSURANCE Tips Words you should never use in Insurance: Here are common “wrong words” that could slow down or impede an otherwise legitimate insurance claim. ‘Sorry’ - Don’t Assume anything - Without sounding insensitive, try to avoid saying “I’m sorry” because it can be interpreted as an admission of fault. Describe what happened to the best of your ability and stick to the facts. ‘In my opinion’ - Don’t offer your opinion. Just give the cold, hard facts. . . . Don’t say, ‘I think,’ ‘I feel,’ ‘I felt.’ No touchy-feely stuff. For example, following a car accident, people can rarely provide an accurate estimate of the rate, speed and flow of traffic. Unless you were staring at the speedometer, you don’t know how fast you were going. ‘Flood’ - Policyholders often use the “F” word inappropriately, and it can trigger an alarm with insurers since flood damage (as we have seen in the media of late) is not covered under many standard home policies. To an insurance company, “flood” means water from a nearby lake, stream, river or other body of water. Many people believe their house is flooded because it’s full of water - but it’s not a flood by the insurance definition. If your water damage did not come from an overflow of a nearby lake, stream, river or other body of water, don’t even say the word “flood.” If your house is filled with water due to a burst pipe, it’s not considered a flood. When making an insurance claim, what you say can mean the difference between fast payment and a nightmarish process. Insurance companies are sensitive to certain words. Of course, lying to your insurance company or misrepresenting facts is fraud and your claim will surely be denied if the insurer finds out. But using the right words to accurately describe your problem is important. By John Bowman Ausure Insurance Brokers
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CATCH of the Week Pearls of Wisdom We are celebrating Seniors Week by inviting you to send us pearls of wisdom from your Parents or your Nan, Pop, Grandma or Grandpa. You remember those sayings or pieces of advice your parents or grandparents gave you that were absolute treasures, we want you to share them with us! Share with us by dropping in this entry form and the lucky winner will win lunch for two at the Gardens Table Canowindra. Here is a piece of advice for you; “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them and pretty soon you have a dozen.” Name: Phone: Email: Pearl of Wisdom:
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This 82cm, 25 pound Murray Cod shown here by Matthew Shingles, was caught by Dean Taylor at Wyangala Dam using an Oargee lure. What a catch! Remember to send in your photo, what you caught, where, with what and the size, for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher at French’s Store in Cowra at the end of April.
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Central West Naturopathic & Health Foods If you are sick and tired of being sick or tired, you have a right to better health! CONSIDER NATUROPATHY Cowra Clinic | 104 Kendal St Forbes Clinic | 24 Spring St Phone/Fax: 02 6342 3887 www.centralwestnaturopathic.com.au
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NSW Seniors Week is presented by the Department of Family and Community Services and is the largest annual celebration of seniors in the southern hemisphere. In 2014, NSW Seniors Week will be turning 56 years young and the NSW Government, community and commercial organizations will be holding hundreds of free or discounted events across NSW between 15 - 23 March. To find out more about these events, please visit http://www.nswseniorsweek.com.au/ home and check out the events page. This year there is something new for you to try and enjoy whether it be arts and crafts, technology, health and wellbeing or sport. The theme Live Life! Celebrates active, healthy, independent seniors involved in their communities. Across the State, seniors can join in hundreds of free or specially discounted events. NSW Seniors Week is for people aged over 60 in the southern hemisphere. It’s also for people aged 50 and older who have a lifelong disability or are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
Hearing Issues Australian Hearing is encouraging seniors to make their hearing health a priority. According to leading research, hearing loss is a common issue among older Australians. Getting your hearing checked is an easy way to learn more about your hearing and what can be done to help. Consider your hearing as you do having your blood pressure checked. It’s so important. Australian Hearing Orange manager, Debra Clarke-McSephney, said Seniors Week was the perfect time for people to do something about their hearing and have a free hearing check for seniors. “A hearing check only takes around 15 minutes of your time and measures what sounds you can and cannot hear,” Debra says. For more information, or to book an appointment call 6393 0500. Australian Hearing Orange is located on the corner of Lords Place and Kite Street, Orange. The centre also offers regular services in Bathurst, Cowra, Forbes, Parkes and Condobolin.
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How are you really enjoying being ‘older’? As we get older there are normal changes of the body that need to be managed however these changes which are not true diseases are often described as diseases needing treatment. Many of the health problems associated with ageing can be managed effectively with simple modification to diet and lifestyle. Nutritional deficiency diseases are brought about by changes in gut health, use of refined or processed foods, medications and other substances, hormonal change, and by food intolerance or allergy. If you’re feeling a bit ‘stodgy’, bloated, or not as well as you’d like try this simple test. Write down how you feel, then cut out all white foods from your diet – that means milk, white bread, white potato, white sugar, and so on, for just a week. Then compare how you feel with your notes. At Central West Naturopathic Cowra, the process of age-related change is well understood, and the impact of over-medication and inadequate nutrition is continually being scrutinized. Their Naturopath has nearly 40 years’ experience in health management and nutritional correction of chronic health disturbances. Many clients have found true well-being and regained vitality and the enjoyment of life with simple changes. To coin a phrase – without change there will be no change. If you want personalised assistance to regain your wellbeing phone 6342 3887 for an appointment.
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Fairy Tale Wedding On Saturday, 8th of March 2014, Brad Tangye of Canowindra, son of Colin and Sharon married Sian Rowlands of Eugowra, daughter of Karen and the late Rowland – under the watchful eyes of their close friends and family. The venue of the wedding was at Eat Your Greens in Eugowra in which they catered and set the scene for a truly fairy-tale story wedding. Even though grey clouds loomed in the distance and thunder crackled from afar, it did not dampen the spirits of everyone as they awaited the arrival of both the bride and groom. Sian’s arrival was very Cinderella, as she arrived in a horse and carriage pulled by two beautiful white horses. As the carriage pulled away, Sian was revealed in her lavish white dress with an embellished bodice and flowing skirt. She was walked down the aisle by her brother Gethin with her dad in spirit walking by her side.
Eat Your Greens offered an array of fabulous canapés ranging from mini quiches to tartlets of salmon and cream cheese and sushi. The mains were a choice between pork belly and beef with the star of the night being the tasting plate of deserts! Apart from the beautiful 5 tier wedding cake, there was an array of choices for deserts including chocolate mousse, cheesecake, mini meringues and chocolate tarts. All guests had a fabulous time with music played by David Duke, and were kept happy by the wonderful bar staff that made sure no one went thirsty. The night ended respectively with the bouquet toss (caught by Hannah Gilroy) and the removal of the garter that stopped everyone in their tracks! Brad and Sian are now happily husband and wife, with that they now share a promise, a lifetime and two children – all the best for the future. By Jessica Jenkins
A Grade Results – Central Motors vs. Rivers Road The teams were neck and neck until Rivers crossed half way through the first half to take an early lead. Central Motors answered shortly after to take the teams to half time with a draw. The score remained 1 all and with 7 mins to go Central Motors crossed in the corner. They were able to guarantee a win when they crossed again with only a min on the clock. A grade score Central Motors 3 def River Road 1 Player of the game Tim Middleton B Grade Results – Mr Embroidery vs. Wildcats Wildcats held out Mr Embroidery for the first 10 mins until they crossed for the first try of the game. They were able to put more points on the score board going to half time up 2-0. Wildcats weren’t disheartened and went out strong in the second half. Unfortunately unable to score against Mr Embroidery who scored a third and final time before full time. B grade score Mr Embroidery 3 def Wildcats 0 Player of the game Daniel Williams
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Banana caramel choc chip muffins
1 cup self-raising flour 3/4 cup plain flour 1/4 cup caster sugar 1 cup milk 60g butter, melted, cooled 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 cup mashed banana 1/3 cup caramel bits 1. Preheat oven to 190°C/170°C fan-forced. Line a 12 hole, 1/3 cup capacity muffin pan with paper cases. 2. Combine flours and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Add butter, milk, egg and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Fold in banana and caramel bits. 3. Spoon mixture evenly between paper cases. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until golden and just firm to touch. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve.
How long have you lived in Canowindra? I was born here so I’ve lived here 61 years and I spent 7 years in Canberra Where do you work? – IGA How long have you worked here? 24 years and I have loved every minute of it! What do you love most about your job? Meeting and chatting to people, helping the oldies with their groceries How do you start your day? Get ready for work and check Facebook now I know how to use it What do you do in your spare time? Gardening and going for a drive it visit the kids, I have 3 boys What’s your favourite coffee? Cappuccino What’s your favourite food? Lobster What makes your day? Helping others Pearls of wisdom? You only live once – so enjoy it
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IMAGE: Dr Dharshini (left) and Dr Raj Kadambi
Dr. Dharshini Jeyalingam (Female GP) Wednesday and Thursday Dr. Varadaraj Kadambi 5 days per week Appointments Necessary Taking new patients
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Saturday 15th March 3.30pm @ Preschool IMAGE: Gwen Campbell
Royal Easter Showbound
IMAGE: Kristy White – Royal Easter Showbound
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Local girl Kristy White is representing Canowindra at the State Finals for the Show Girl in April at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. We would like to congratulate Kristy on making it this far and representing Canowindra at this level. “I never thought that I would have got this far, I am extremely excited”, Kristy said. Other girls from Coonamble and Blayney have also made it through but we are definitely behind Kristy all the way – Goodluck Kristy!
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World’s Greatest Shave Yoga @ CWA Hall, 9.45 – 11am, contact: Robyn 6341 1817 Canowindra Food Basket @ Uniting Church Hall 9.30 – 12noon Montana Bound Car Wash @ Burns Service Station, 9am, $15 per vehicle Festival of International Understanding @ Kendal St Cowra & carnival at River Park, 12noon Cowra Farmers Markets @ Cowra Showground Pavillion (Grenfell Rd), 8am, contact: 6342 9225 John Davis Volvo Polo Carnival @ Millamolong course, 9am start on Saturday & 830am start on Sunday Aqua Fitness @ Canowindra Pool 9am – 10am Tai Chi Classes @ Canowindra Public School Hall 5.30pm – 6.30pm Canowindra Garden Club Meeting @ 11 Gaskill Street, 2pm, BYO chair and coffee/tea cup Business Chamber Meeting @ Ex Services Club, 7pm, Location Manager for ‘Strangerland’ movie, Mr Colin McDougall will be attending Aqua Fitness @ Canowindra Pool 9am – 10am Alkinetic Rock N Roll dance classes @ Canowindra Showground grandstand, 6.30pm, $10/lesson, contact: Ali 0439 185 066 Little Athletics Presentation @ the oval, 4.30pm Yoga @ CWA Hall, 9.45 – 11am, contact: Robyn 6341 1817 Canowindra Food Basket @ Uniting Church Hall 9.30 – 12noon Flickerfest @ Rosnay Vineyards, 510 Rivers Road Canowindra, 630pm start with dinner and drinks
Community Notices In Memorium
Stanley James Brown or Jim (as he was more commonly known) of Cargo sadly passed away peacefully on the 6th March. In issue 280, we looked at Jim’s life with his wife Pearl as they celebrated 64 years of marriage. Jim has welcomed 7 children and 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren in the 64 years that he was married. Jim was a very kind hearted and genuine man, rarest of the rare to find in this world. I’m sure the people
who had the pleasure of meeting Jim would agree that he always had a smile on his face. During his life Jim worked on a farm and was a shearer. He loved his sport including AFL with his favourite team being Hawthorne. Jim also loved to watch the rugby with his favourite team being the Heelers (of course) and the joy he felt when they won the grand final last year, he was very proud of the team. Jim will always be in our hearts, he will never be forgotten.
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Canowindra Garden Club After being in recess for the summer, Canowindra Garden Club will hold their 1st meeting on Wednesday, 19th March @ 11 Gaskill Street Canowindra (Mrs Nola Meggit’s Garden) at 2pm. The guest speaker will be Sally Cox (Bourne) she will be speaking about designing gardens. She designed Nola’s lovely garden. We welcome our current members and in particular new members and those who will hopefully join us this year. A very interesting year has been planned
Community Notices Funeral Notice Joe Campbell died in Cowra on 8 March at the age of 89 and his funeral is at 11am at the Cowra Presbyterian Church on Thursday 13 March. Joe was well known in district farming circles when he worked as an agent for Lachlan Fertilisers, and later for Ian Brown in Canowindra. He was also well known to vintage cars and machinery enthusiasts Walla Rugby Sign Up Day Canowindra Pythons Rugby Union Club Sunday 16th March 4pm @ Canowindra Rugby Club Canowindra Junior Pythons are looking for anyone interested in playing U7’s, U9’s or U11’s Walla Rugby this season. Please join us this Sunday to enjoy a free BBQ, meet the players and get all the info you need. For sign up, registration is $20, socks are $10. Cowra and Districts Soccer Club Assistant Registrars will be at Canowindra High School on Wednesday, 12th and 19th March to establish teams involving around 100 Canowindra players. 5s to 8s cost $60, fees cover affiliation and insurances, as well as ground equipment 9s to 16s cost $90, and this includes referees fees as well.
thanks to Mrs Gwenyth McCarron and Mrs Ann Ward who have worked hard to find us new and interesting places to visit. The beautiful rain over the weekend has been wonderful and our thirsty gardens have certainly benefited. Look forward to seeing you all at Nola’s until then HAPPY GARDENING Mary Finn President Canowindra Garden Club BYO Chair & Tea or Coffee Cup THE COOPERATING ANGLICAN AND UNITING CHURCHES OF CANOWINDRA Sunday 16 March The Second Sunday in Lent. 9.30am All Saints’ Anglican Church Canowindra followed by Anglican AGM 11.15am Cranbury Uniting Church Thursday 20 March 10am Morning Worship including Lenten Bible Study at Peace Memorial Uniting Church Canowindra
IN Memorium In loving memory Doreen May Bermingham Passed Away 10 March 2013
A year has passed so quickly We miss you and will never forget the good times we had together You will live in our hearts forever Your loving husband John and the children June, John, Trevor, Maureen, Michael, Wendy, Sharon, Ellen, Kenneth and Families.
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Canowindra Sport Canowindra Women’s Bowls Result No. 3 Pennant 1st round match played against Cowra, Tuesday 4th March - Cowra def Canowindra with 42-30, Cowra winning both rinks and scoring 5 points. Result No. 4 Pennant 3rd round match played against Cowra, Tuesday 4th March - Cowra def Canowindra with 46-32. Each team won one rink, Cowra 4 points and Canowindra 1 point. Thanks to the Umpire Bob Robson and to the Controlling Body Marion Wilson and Joice McNaught for all her help that day. Social Triples - Marion Wilson, Betty Hodge def Jean Roth, Bobbie Turner & Radka Tatterson 15-8. Second round of No. 3 Pennant - Forbes def Canowindra with 43-24, Forbes winning both rinks and scoring 5 points. Fourth round of No. 4 Pennant - Canowindra def Forbes with 39-36, each team winning one rink, Canowindra 4 points and Forbes 1 point. Tuesday, 18th March No. 4 Pennant team have a bye and No. 3 Pennant team play Forbes at home in the 5th round. Thursday 20th March, Canowindra No. 3 Pennant team have a bye in the 6th round and the No. 4 Pennant team play Cowra at Cowra in the 8th round. Next monthly meeting - Tuesday 18th March.
Swimming Club Report Medley Championships Results – Firstly, a request from the table officials and marshal, could a certain female Year 11 swimmer be ready in swimmers, cap and goggles by roll call so her fellow swimmers don’t have to wait on the blocks while she sprints down the pool deck. Eliza Ward and Jonty Thurgate were too fast for the Spoon semis as they improved their time by 5 and 4 seconds respectively. Ryan Ellis improved his time by 2 seconds and after some pointed comments from Jarrod Strange, Paul Sinfield put in a big effort, dropped a second from his time so now both men have a time of 13 seconds for the 25m freestyle.
Ella Breen swam a PB of 27 seconds to take home the Spoon ahead of the fast-finishing trio of Max Wensley, Zac Giger and Stewart Russell. Well done Ella. Fifty four swimmers still had enough energy at the end of the night for the relay and it was a ding dong struggle as different lanes pulled ahead and fell behind due to the speed of the swimmers. Wade Kinsela anchored lane 6 to win over lane 4 and lane 1. Taking home the pennants with Wade were Ella Breen, Lucas Ellis, Caleb Giger, Georgie Fisher, Meg Austin, Mila Gower, Mitch Stanley and Jonty Thurgate. 200m freestyle is this week’s championship, sign up by Wednesday afternoon and be ready for roll call at 5:45pm.
Canowindra Little A’s Sunday, March 9th - Parkes Little Athletics Centre ‘Annual Carnival’. Results: Finbar Smyth – 1st in discus & long jump, 2nd in 400m, 3rd in shot put & high jump, 4th in 200m Dominic Smyth – 1st in high jump & 400m, 2nd in in shot put, 3rd in long jump, 4th in discus and 100m Sophie Phelan – 2nd in 70m & 100m Tiny Tots races The club’s presentation will be held on Thursday 20th March at 4:30pm at The Oval. The AGM will be held on Tuesday 8th April at Canowindra Services Club at 7pm where the committee for the 2014/2015 season will be voted in and planning will begin for next season. All welcome Enquiries to Club President Andrew Phelan at andrewphelan26@hotmail.com
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