Sport
7:36 AM AEDT | aHardens Merrin Cup cricket team has now catapulted into the box seat, so to speak, after the first weekend of the finals.
On Saturday Cootamundra’s Albert Park was unplayable due to the inclement weather the night before. And so the Harden and Big O (Olympic Hotel) clash was moved to the synthetic pitch of Mitchell Park.
04 Mar 10 | Harden Merrin Cup side secured a grand final berth defeating Cootamundra’s Central Hotel winning by 35 runs at Albert Park last Saturday.
18 Feb 10 | A week of mixed fortunes, last week, as the Midweek Comp attracted the largest field for a long time and the Summer Comp on the weekend was hampered by heavy rain.
04 Feb 10 | Harden Junior Rugby League held their first meeting for the 2010 season on Monday night at the Royal Hotel.
Registrations for the coming season will be taken on two sign on days, the first on Thursday February 25 at Roberts Park during touch football from 6pm. The second will be on Saturday March 6, between 9am and 12pm outside the post office.
28 Jan 10 | Recognised for their efforts, hard work and leadership during 2009 were members of the Murrumburrah Public School PSSA Open Rugby League Classic Shield Team.
21 Jan 10 | Even before the heavens opened on Saturday’s Merrin Cup match between Harden 1 and Big O at Tim Doolan Oval, Harden players could see there was a storm already gathering for them.
17 Dec 09 | The Harden Rugby Club is proud to announce the signing of Adam Walsh for the 2010 season. Adam is married to Erin, daughter of Mark and Lyn Douglass and can be seen working hard in the local Amcal Chemist. Erin can also notably be seen plying her trade as a physiotherapist in the Kruger Medical Centre.
10 Dec 09 | Both the Harden A and B Grade sides came away with wins on Saturday and are in a good position going into the final rounds.
Hardens A Grade side travelled to Stockinbingal to take on the local lads on their home turf.
03 Dec 09 | LAST season’s Merrin Cup runners-up Harden 1 produced the most dominate performance of the current cricket season with a 220-run trouncing of Central Hotel 2 at Roberts Park on Saturday.
26 Nov 09 | After proudly displaying the Harden Picnic Race Cup at their BP Service Station in Harden since last years Picnic Races, Robyn Smith and Peter Joseph were looking for a good run from their horse ‘Spirited Choice’ to retain the cup.
19 Nov 09 | Local legendary race horse trainer extraordinaire, Chris “Fonz” Heywood from Gloaming Racing stables will be notching up a new page in the history books this year with a record number of horses entered in the Harden Picnic Races, 9 in total.
12 Nov 09 | The second annual Jugiong Carpathon fishing competition held last weekend in Jugiong was an outstanding success in both the number entered and the number of Carp caught.
05 Nov 09 | THE local lady bowlers were well rewarded for all the hard work they put in organising their President’s and 50th Birthday Celebrations Day when all South West District Clubs were represented plus Gundagai and Yass.
29 Oct 09 | Once again the weather played a part in our golfing activities last week, producing ghastly heat on Wednesday followed by superb conditions on Friday and Saturday and then drizzling rain on Sunday, wiping out any chance of fixtures on that day.
22 Oct 09 | RUGBY league fans were treated to two days of vintage footy over the weekend when Young hosted its first ever Masters Carnival.
15 Oct 09 | When La Vedette crossed the line to win the Young Picnic Cup last Saturday she had a group of owners from three surrounding towns cheering on from the sidelines.
24 Sep 09 | Last weekend readers may have noticed a huge increase in the number of vehicles towing golf carts driving through town.
10 Sep 09 | The Hawks travelled to Nixon Park to contest the Grand Final for 2009, against a well drilled and hungry Tumut Blues outfit. Whilst the quality of the game wasn’t up to the usual standard, the excitement and nail biting factors were there in force, with every parent and the coaching staff on the edge of their seats as the Hawks left their run for victory to the very last minute of the game.
04 Sep 09 | The Harden Hawks played third placed Braidwood Bears at McLean Oval last Saturday and had a good 26-12 victory.
Both sides started well but the Hawks were the first to score after five minutes when Jason Pollard received a good pass from Luke Brown which was converted by Abed Atallah.
27 Aug 09 | The club hosted the South West district bowing association champion of club champions singles over last weekend and some very good bowls was witnessed by spectators.