Woodford won the first round of this year’s Woodrow Warman Shield played at Kilcoy a week ago, winning the day 147-136 in a very close competition. The deciding match will be played at Woodford on Saturday, May 23.
The bowls calendar has been very full over the past week.
A highlight of last week’s bowls line-up was the Burnett Ladies Singles championships, which were held at Nanango.
As our community’s elected representative, honours are often given to Members of Parliament to officiate at major ceremonies and events. But no higher honour has been given to me in my three years in this role than being chosen to address the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Nanango.
What a great week it has been – plenty of Anzac Day action, and plenty of movement on the club championships’ scoreboard, along with quite a bit of club rivalry fuelled by inter-club visits.
Ninety-four men from Yarraman and surrounding districts enlisted in World War I … 20 did not return. These are amazing figures when you realise the population of the town at the time was just 350 people.
Kingaroy’s greens have been busy this past week as the club makes an impression on its championship calendar.
With the days ticking down to the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, just about every local town is planning something special … this time it’s Yarraman’s turn.
Residents who love history – particularly local history – are in for a treat over the coming month
Yarraman and Cooyar residents have until Friday (April 10) to lodge online comments or information to be considered as part of Toowoomba Regional Council’s flood resilience project.
About 3000 Ergon Energy customers in Kingaroy and Wooroolin had their power supply interrupted this morning as a result of damage to the network caused by last week’s storm.
In 2013, Yarraman State School students made a great video with the help of country music singer Josh Arnold’s Small Town Culture project to promote their town … now Kilkivan has the opportunity to get a similar boost, but you have to vote for them!
There was plenty of action in the South Burnett and neighbouring clubs this past week.
Most clubs have been very active over the past week, running the early rounds of club championships and conducting inter-club visits and matches.
Three people have been taken to Kingaroy Hospital with minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash on the D’Aguilar Highway between Yarraman and Blackbutt this morning.
Toowoomba Regional Council has released the results of flood studies for Cooyar and Yarraman
There’s one day a year when it’s almost mandatory to enjoy pancakes … Shrove Tuesday, better known as pancake day!
A community plan for Yarraman adopted at a public meeting on Tuesday night will be presented to Toowoomba Regional Council before the end of the month.
Yarraman Historical Society president Helene Johnson has been appointed to the Toowoomba Regional Council’s Heritage Advisory Committee.
Yarraman residents can learn how easy it is to grow their own fruit and veges at a free Toowoomba Regional Council workshop in early March.
