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'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

Maimuru-based pacer Ned Pepper, pictured winning the Leeton Pacers Cup earlier this year, will feature in Friday's 10 race program at the Young Paceway.

$80,000 prizemoney on offer as harness racing returns

Stuart Maxwell

Young captain Nick Bush and the reserve grade side celebrates a try against Albury last week. Photo: Sharon Corcoran

Reserves in box seat to sew up first minor premiership since 2004

'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

The Young Lions first grade side is chasing victories in the final two regular rounds to secure a place in the finals. Photos: Sam Mitchell

First of two must-win fixtures for the Young Lions

No bowls due to weather

No bowls played due to weather condition over weekend

Cliff Traynor

Rodney Blythe has been racing around the region lately and is likely to be among the chances on Friday at Young.

Pacing action returns to Young on Friday, August 16

Stuart Maxwell

Cricket NSW representatives Michael Minns and Emma Webb-Wagg with students from Young North Public School on Wednesday afternoon.

Cricket NSW promotes game, visits schools and helps plan competitions

Major General K MacKay.

Talking tourism: statue to be unveiled at end of August

Rodney Blythe has been racing around the region lately and is likely to be among the chances on Friday at Young.

Pacing action returns to Young on Friday, August 16

Lions Club of Young member Stuart Freudenstein with an information flyer regarding this Saturday's Diabetes Expo at Young.

Lions Club and Murrumbidgee Local Health District to host diabetes Expo

A selection of camellia entries at one of Young's previous events. This year's National Show could attract more than 1000 entries.

National Camellia Show coming to Young next month

EARLY GROWTH: "At Felix Rams we select for quick early growth, and maturity, grown in the paddock, not maximum adult ram size."

It's all about the lambs at Felix

GENETIC TESTING: The stud utilises all genetic tests available to provide quality assurance on pedigree and inherited diseases and traits such as colour and horns.

Visitors welcome

SALE DAY: The Springwaters Poll Dorset stud will offer 180 rams at its annual ram sale, held on property at "Corcorans Plains" Boorowa on October 4.

High growth rates

EARLY GROWTH: "At Felix Rams we select for quick early growth, and maturity, grown in the paddock, not maximum adult ram size."

It's all about the lambs at Felix

TOP RAMS: Robert has put a lot of time over the past 30 years into breeding the standard of White Suffolk he does today.

Sound rams with uniform structure

BLUE-E BULLS: 40 Blue-E bulls will go to sale on September 3 at 2 pm in conjunction with AuctionsPlus. The bulls are predominantly black with some red bulls.

Breeders looking to future

GOING UP: Most Central West locations experienced an increase in their rental costs during the past year. Photo: FILE

Going up: Weekly rental costs are rising in many Central West towns

Nadine Morton

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

Community minded: Cameron is not only an experienced HAZMAT Sydney firefighter, he also is the head of first aid training at his local surf club at Elouera.

Giving community support a red hot go

SAFE HANDS: Pick up your 32-page farm safety guide in the July 25 edition of The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock & Land and Stock Journal.

Time to put our farms in Safe Hands

MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

Eris Gleeson of the Hilltops Suicide Prevention Network accepting a cheque for $700 from Tracy Clark (left) and Carole Clark (right) on behalf of Macquarie Singers.

Singers raise funds for Hilltops Suicide Prevention Network

Lions Club of Young member Stuart Freudenstein with an information flyer regarding this Saturday's Diabetes Expo at Young.

Lions Club and Murrumbidgee Local Health District to host diabetes Expo

Ready to rock: Star filly Libertini. Picture: Yarraman Park Stud.

Off The Beaten Track: Racing's week that was

'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

'It's so good': Cherrypickers celebrate reserve grade minor premiership

Triumphing against the odds

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Flashback Friday: Young in 2005 | Photos

Flashback Friday: Young in 2005 | Photos

Meme? Why are people so meme. Geddit?

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Why are people so meme?

Rob Inglis

Crazy: A man races through the level crossing, right in the path of not one, but two trains. Picture: Transport for NSW

Watch the dangerous double cross in front of two NSW

Glen Humphries

'Good to have a dog in the backyard again': Sergeant Luke Warburton at home with T-Bone.

Life, near-death and man's best friend: Luke Warburton's story

Ilsa Cunningham

Life, on Australia's third-largest island. Photo: Shutterstock

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Stan Gorton

Early bushfire season now the new normal

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VET building pathways to a bright future

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Jenny Lambert

Dress up without the stress

Dress up without the stress

Michelle Haines Thomas

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Building Bridges to Boorowa volunteer Dick Orchard takes a break from tree planting. Photo: Andrew Scott

Tree change: How one Orchard and an army of volunteers can make a difference

Geraldine Cardozo

Vaccination is your best protection against the bug and it's still not too late to get the jab. Photo: Shutterstock

It is not too late to get your flu shot

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Australian surfer Sean McKinnon, who was killed as he slept in a campervan in Raglan, New Zealand.

Aust surfer murder accused was struggling

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SPEAK UP: Gary Ablett believes being honest with concussion is important.

Ablett says to be honest when dealing with concussion

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IN ACTION: World record holder Aidan Copp shearing a lamb during his world record attempt on Saturday where he was shearing for eight-hours. Picture: Nikki Reynolds

Shearer breaks world record

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Australia's coal and gas exports mean it's now the world's third-largest fossil fuel exporter.

Australia third for fossil fuel exports

Matt Coughlan

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will push to overhaul the financial services sector by the end of 2020.

Frydenberg unveils bank overhaul road map

Newspoll shows Anthony Albanese has the best approval rating for an opposition leader since 2013.

Honeymoon over as coalition's lead slips

PM Scott Morrison wants public servants to focus on serving quiet Australians instead of lobbyists.

Serve quiet Aussies, PM urges bureaucrats

Marnie Banger

Tropical grass Premier digit growing on the same light acidic country as the photo below. Addressing soil deficiencies plus growing in conjunction with serradella and other acid soil tolerant winter legumes is part of this success story.

Acidic, light soil deemed useless no more thanks to research

Bob Freebairn
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Uarbry's Jill Goodman shared her story on The Land's Hear Them Raw podcast after losing everything in the Sir Ivan bushfire. Pictures: Lucy Kinbacher

"Their hoses were melting, they were exhausted"

Lucy Kinbacher

Brothers Campbell and Greg Hedley from Two Heads Brewing.

Two heads are better than one

Samantha Townsend

Impressive: The view from Common Grounds and the historic wooden bridge across the Hunter.

Take time to mosey around Morpeth

John Rozentals

Two monks walk in the Sacred Garden at the heart of Lumbini. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The holiest site you've never heard of

Michael Turtle

Chippendale: one of Sydney's hippest, artiest neighbourhoods.

Travel deals: Where will you go next?

John Rozentals

Where will it end?: Apart from the evolutionary steps of a better S Pen with more features and the phone's increased memory and improved battery life and charging times, the last step is the blurring of PC and phone.

Smartphone evolution is now a revolution

Mathew Dickerson
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Alexis (not pictured): "There is not a huge difference between what we do and people who use Tinder."

Why Alexis took up sex work during her university studies

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Options: There are plenty of ways to create beautiful and practical outdoor spaces that are also low on maintenance and water requirements. Photos by Jason Busch.

Tips to create water-wise gardens