Tag: Wauchope
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FOOTBALL TEAM HAS STATE TITLE IN ITS SIGHTS
A high school football team from Wauchope is only one win away from being named the best of the best. It’s the first time the school has ever made it this far in the state-wide competition, and they plan on bringing home the crown.
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TODDLER DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY A TRUCK
A two-year-old girl has died after being hit by a truck in Beechwood, west of Wauchope on Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to the rural property on Beechwood Road at about 11-o’clock. The toddler was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital, but later died from her injuries. The 28-year-old male driver was taken for…
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PUTTING WAUCHOPE ON THE MAP
Wauchope will soon be home to the largest hand-painted tourist map in the state. The mural will be painted by local artists Jo Davidson and Stephen Killick on a blank wall in Hastings Street. Port Macquarie-Hastings Council says the map will highlight popular attractions and help draw tourists to the area. Residents are invited to grab…
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100 GAMES FOR WAUCHOPE’S BEAU KETTLE
This weekend’s clash against the Port City Breakers will be a special game for Wauchope front rower, Beau Kettle. The 24-year-old will celebrate his 100th first grade match for the club, since joining the side in 2009. During his time, he’s helped the club to three premiership wins. Wauchope is currently second on the Group 3…
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NEW PARK ON ITS WAY FOR WAUCHOPE SKATERS
Wauchope’s skaters will soon have more space to ride, with construction of a new skate park set to commence in August. Stage one of the $120,000 project will include landscaping, a new footpath and seating. Situated at Landrigan Park, it’ll be larger than the existing facility, and has been designed to expand in the future. It’s…
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SCHOOLS CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF COMPETITION
There was plenty of cheering, chanting and drumming in Wauchope on Wednesday morning, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Cumberland and Wauchope inter-school visit. More than 200 students from Wauchope High and Cumberland High School in Sydney marched through High Street, before taking part in a sporting challenge that will continue over the next two…
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NATIONAL STANDARD FOR EGG LABELLING
Many shoppers think they’re doing the right thing when buying free range eggs, but the labelling can be misleading. In a win for consumers, a national standard for free range eggs is set to be enforced.
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YOUNG RIDERS LEAP TO SUCCESS AT SHOWJUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The bar was set high in Wauchope on Sunday for the annual Hastings Showjumping Championships. Now in its 25th year, the event attracts the most promising young horse riders from across the state,
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YOUNG RIDERS RETURN TO WAUCHOPE FOR SHOWJUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wauchope will host some of the state’s best young horse riders this weekend for the 25th annual Hastings Showjumping Championships. Organisers say the event will be one of its biggest since the compulsory Hendra vaccine policy was lifted.
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WAUCHOPE’S HIGH STREET TO RECEIVE A FACE LIFT
If you could change anything about your town’s main street, what would it be? Wauchope locals are being asked that very question, as plans to improve High Street get underway.