Goldfields eight-ball veteran Grant Weekley hopes years of major tournament experience will hold him in good stead in the masters division of the 2023 world championships in Agadir, Morocco from July 2-11. Weekley is no stranger to major competitions in a career spanning nearly 40 years. The 56-year-old launched his competitive career in Adelaide aged … [Read more…]
Railways coach Rhett Pettit said a decision to forfeit Saturday’s Goldfields Football League clash with Boulder before half-time, amid unprecedented scenes at Digger Daws Oval when teenager Judd McKay was seriously injured, was his call and one he vehemently stood by in the aftermath. Play in the second term had ticked over six minutes when … [Read more…]
A truck-driving swimwear model turned fashion designer is set to showcase her latest swim collection on an international runway at Miami Swim Week. Former Kalgoorlie-Boulder local Amanda Hinchcliffe’s Kobu Collective Swimwear will be the only Australian swimwear brand representing local shores at The Shows next month, where she will launch her latest collection. Ms Hinchcliffe … [Read more…]
The organisation holding native title in the Esperance region says it shares concerns about the “workability” of the new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021. Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation also believes new activities undertaken by farmers and residential land users will pose a low risk of causing additional impact to Aboriginal sites and should … [Read more…]
Southern Cross’ Goldfields Brewing Company has won a bronze award for its Sticky Beak beer at the Western Australian Brewing Association beer competition. The beer was created by the brewing company in partnership with Limestone Coast Brewing. Brewer Geoff Munday told the Kalgoorlie Miner the beer was an India Pale Lager which was clean and … [Read more…]
Local trainer Neil Dellar will lock horns with Peter Fernie and rising star Nick Thomas in Sunday’s $22,000 City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mayoral Cup (1100m) at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club. The Dellar-trained Double Spice on Friday emerged as a $3.50 favourite on TABtouch from barrier two after the gelding ran second to the Luke Fernie-trained Man Crush … [Read more…]
Goldfields Football League colts mentor Rhett Foster is confident he has the talent at his disposal to go one better at this weekend’s annual Great Southern carnival in Lake Grace after near-misses in each of the past two seasons. The strength of the GFL’s development program under Foster was highlighted at the 2022 carnival by … [Read more…]
Goldfields Giants star Lafonzo Smith’s worst fears have been realised, with the US import ruled out for the remainder of the men’s NBL1 season with a knee injury. The absence of Smith, who was hurt in the dying minutes of last Sunday’s road clash with Mandurah, robs the squad of its leader in rebounds (7.67 … [Read more…]
Boulder fought back after an early blitz to edge Kalgoorlie by two points, 16.5 (101) to 15.9 (99), last Saturday to highlight round 10 in the Goldfields Football League’s colts division. The third-placed Tigers conceded six first-quarter goals and were still 34 points in arrears at the long break before they produced a hard-running second … [Read more…]
Western Power has added drones to support network reliability and increase operational efficiencies across the State, including Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The utility company’s 22 drones have reportedly undertaken 488 flight missions including power line inspections, fault finding, operations mapping, line-of-sight testing for communications towers and line stringing since August last year. Western Power said pole inspections to … [Read more…]