Coastal car challenge this weekend South East Automobile Club kicks of 2023 competition with Twin Peaks Hill Climb

The South Eastern Automobile Club competition season gets underway on February 11 and 12 with the running of the Twin Peaks Hill Climb at the picturesque Port MacDonnell coastal area, to the west of the light house.

With the capacity field of 70 competitors filling the entry list in less than a day from opening, it has proven to be a winner event for the club, proving to be a fair challenge to competitors to get it right and be fast as well.

There are two courses to be set up by director Paul Height, assisted by Curtis Boyd, Bradley Harry and Allison Height handling the huge paperwork load, there will also be a small army of helpers to setup and then pack up the event.

That will provide the challenge with a tight and twisty first Test laid out in front of the lookout at the Bay, followed by a less complex and much more open second track down to the Finger Point Rock car park.

Throw in some wind to shift the sand, constantly changing the grip level on the bitumen surface and each corner on each attempt can catch the driver off guard and see a bit of gardening or loss of control.

Each driver gets to do each end many times on each day, with the scoring for the winner being calculated by adding the fastest time for each of the two courses Saturday, then doing the same for

Sunday’s effort and adding both day’s totals for a combined total, with the outright award for overall Quickest, then class winners being decided.

Road Closures will be in place from 7.30am Saturday until completion of the event on Sunday afternoon, to enable a safe environment for the competition to take place. Spectators are welcome to walk in and see the action from the designated areas. Catering for both days will be available at the lookout area. All that is needed for a brilliant weekend of competition this weekend is for some sunshine and a little breeze.

Hallmont team takes out the Mount Gambier RSL fours

The Mount Gambier RSl & District Bowling Club held its Invitiation Fours last week in sunny conditions with 12 teams from clubs across the region.

The winning team (pictured right) was representing Hallmont - Barb Milstead, Beryl Messenger, Jan Dowdell and Carol Schmidt.

Runners up (pictured below left) were Nell Lucas, Marilye Sutton, Roma Henderson and Jennie Tilley, from Port MacDonnell.

The best team in the morning competition was Naracoorte (pictured below centre) represented by Ruth McInnes, Chris Murphy, Colleen Fox and Lynette Williams.

The best team in the afternoon competition, (pictured below right) were Joy Warren, Robin Rolfe, Mac Macdonald and Adriana Ross, representing Millicent.

Summer season kicks off

Mount Gambier Table Tennis

Summer 2023 Season launched this week with teams organised into two divisions. The season will once again comprise 10 weeks, with 2] two matches being played in each division every week. Teams are as yet unnamed.

Katrina McPhee starred for her team against Ben Newman’s side in the first of the Division 1 battles. McPhee, Alex McGregor and Kylie Boston all started their season strongly with a clean singles sheet, while Newman fought bravely for the opposition.

Ultimately McPhee’s team had too much firepower, prevailing by a score line of 10 rubbers to 8. A number of the rubbers in this match went the distance to five games, including stirring comebacks from two games down from both Aaron McPhee and Dale Bachmann in their respective singles rubbers.

The other Division 1 stoush saw a super team including the likes of Leigh Barry, Sirinat Sweet, Cameron Beal and Justin Hutchesson absolutely dominate and outclass Robin Pellen’s team to the tune