29 Aug 08 | TWENTY-FOUR teams will battle for the last grand final spot tomorrow after the Highlands finals race was cut from 56 to 42 teams last Saturday.
29 Aug 08 | GROUP 6 President Grahame Andrews admitted his first year in the job had been tough but hoped the season would finish on a high with a big grand final day at Community Oval, Moss Vale on Sunday.
29 Aug 08 | IN a stark contrast from the first week of junior Group 6 finals Moss Vale tasted success, while Mittagong floundered in the major semi-finals at Picton last Saturday.
29 Aug 08 | BUNDANOON’S third graders could leapfrog Shoalhaven into seventh spot with a bonus point win when the teams clash in the last round at Bundanoon Oval tomorrow.
29 Aug 08 | ONE of Robertson’s main attacking weapons, Pat Pearse, will watch from the sidelines when the Spuds and Warragamba Wombats battle it out in the under-18 Veolia Pennant grand final at Community Oval, Moss Vale, on Sunday (8.45am kick-off).
29 Aug 08 | THERE’S some cattle getting around the Monaro region who have full bellies thanks to a wonderful act of generosity from Southern Highlands resident, Lady Jean Griffin.
29 Aug 08 | SIX months ago renowned Sydney artist Carlos Barrios and his family left the big smoke for the beauty of Robertson. To celebrate, he has produced The Joy to Be Here.
29 Aug 08 | WHEN Emily-Kate Downie was just six years old, her grandfather handed her a clarinet.
29 Aug 08 | OPENING hours at Wingecarribee Shire’s four pools could be reduced this season if council can’t find enough lifeguards, pool attendants and supervisors.
29 Aug 08 | SOUTHERN Highlands Food and Wine (SHFW) is under new management and working closely with Tourism Southern Highlands (TSH) to promote the area as a food and wine destination.
29 Aug 08 | IF Sir Donald Bradman needed any sign his spirit would live on in Bowral forever it was shown with great pride at Bradman Oval on Wednesday.
28 Aug 08 | REMEMBER the man more than the cricketer.
That’s the message from John Bradman as the world remembers his father, Sir Donald Bradman, exactly one century on from his birth. Speaking from Adelaide, Mr Bradman hoped tributes would also extend for more than his cricketing abilities.
28 Aug 08 | THE Mittagong Lions recovered from an early scare to see off title rivals Moss Vale in the first grade women’s major semi-final preview at Welby on Saturday.
Robertson kept their fifth successive title hopes on track by securing their finals berth with a 2-1 win over Bowral.
28 Aug 08 | THE Highlands Hawks under-12s and under-15s both booked places in the September 6 grand final after winning their major semi-finals in windy conditions at Figtree Oval on Saturday.
28 Aug 08 | DANIEL Rumsey will captain the Australian team at the fourth Down Syndrome World Swimming Championships in Portugal in December but he needs the Highlands help to raise the funds required to go to the Iberian Peninsula.
28 Aug 08 | MITTAGONG’s titles chances were shattered on Sunday with both teams going down in nail biting preliminary finals at Picton.
28 Aug 08 | ROBERTSON look set to feature in the Illawarra first grade semi-finals after they edged out their rivals for the last finals spot, Fairy Meadow with a 2-1 win in the penultimate round at Welby on Sunday.
28 Aug 08 | MORE than 200 people die each day while they wait to be treated by doctors in an Ethiopian famine clinic.
Meanwhile, a young Cambodian girl survives the reign of terror of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge only to die in a dengue fever epidemic a few years later.
28 Aug 08 | BOWRAL parents Rob and Leanne Dole have renewed calls for volunteers to help with the intensive therapy that is helping to bring the world back to their autistic son Blake.
28 Aug 08 | THE Highlands community can surely take a bow.
The generosity offered from the citizens of this shire has been nothing short of amazing.