Harvey Hockey Club has broken its grand final drought in a stunning win in slippery conditions over Towns South on Saturday.
Briana Fiore
Busselton advanced to the SWFL women’s preliminary final after defeating longstanding competition powerhouse Bunbury 2.4 (16) to 1.6 (12) at a heavy Brunswick Oval on Saturday afternoon.
Justin Fris
The Collie Eagles stormed into the first semi-final against Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault after stunning the Eaton Boomers on Sunday afternoon at the Collie Recreation Ground.
South Bunbury brushed off the Harvey Bulls women’s team 4.10 (34) to 0.4 (4) in Sunday’s second semi-final at the Collie Recreation Ground.
In a thrilling conclusion, both Kirsty Fitzgerald (Eaton Boomers) and Sheridan Duke (Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault) tied for the Testrow Medal at the Eaton Recreation Centre on Saturday night.
Busselton claimed the 2020 South West Netball Football League premiership after a hard-fought 61-49 win over Bunbury at the Eaton Recreation Centre on Saturday night.
Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault squandered a chance to go straight through to the second semi final on Saturday — trailing almost from start to finish against Busselton.
Jackson Barrett
The film Empire of the Sun has been shown many times in schools since it was released in 1988, but for Year 10 students at BCGS, the famous story came to life last week.
Bunbury youngsters going above and beyond to help their community are set to be recognised for their efforts with the Bunbury Forum’s Choose Respect Champions awards.
Producers are being reminded to remove or fence off items containing lead from grazing paddocks after several recent cattle deaths on two South West properties.
Jodie Spencer reached out to the people of Collie for help to raise money for what could be life-changing surgery for her son, and received a response quicker and greater than she could have imagined.
The South West is set to benefit from the newly announced WA Recovery College, with the region included in the first phase of the roll-out of the new program.
A piece of Collie’s industrial heritage could be home to a new occupant, with the National Trust of Western Australia calling for Expressions of Interests to “lease and adapt” the Collie Roundhouse.
New Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre curator Jenny Scott says building awareness around the museum and Bunbury’s history will be the number one priority in her new role.
It was only a couple of years ago that Bunbury footballer Ella Smith was told her kicking was not up to scratch and to go back and work on her skills before trialling for a State squad again.
Rental vacancy rates in the South West have dropped rapidly as people struggle to find somewhere to live.
It took Bunbury resident Sunè Van Zyl six months, three flights and about $10,000 to return to Perth after being stuck in South Africa due to the global pandemic.
Nicolette Barbas
Bunbury hoop Kyra Yuill delivered in spades yet again at Belmont Park on Saturday, where she secured a victory and three placings from six mounts.
It should come as little surprise South Bunbury’s Bethany Bond has been so dominant at Hands Oval, given the red-and-white that flows through her veins.
Nannup is hosting its first Art Trail, which kicks off tomorrow.
Bunbury advanced to the SWNFL grand final against Busselton after outlasting the Eaton Boomers 56-47 at the Eaton Recreation Centre on Sunday afternoon.
Keren Stewart and Justin Fris
Bunbury city councillor, former journalist and Firey Productions director James Hayward will run for a South West Upper House seat in the 2021 State Election.
The community is being urged to dig through food they may have stockpiled during the the pandemic to donate to the Rotary Club of Bunbury-Leschenault’s Give a Damn, Give a Can appeal.
Ailish Delaney
Students at Carey Park Primary School have been getting creative ahead of their annual Art Show event.
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