Nagambie MuseumFrom our collection

The young Shire of Goulburn was formed on land which had already proven agriculturally rich. In 1872, the Shire submitted grains to the Melbourne International Exhibition, which then were exhibited at the London International Exhibition.

By 1873 samples of wheat from the Goulburn Valley were exhibited at the Vienna World Fair, with over 26,000 other exhibits.

We have two medals won at the earlier fairs, but recently we found midst carefully housed framed items, a Medal for Merit awarded at Vienna to the Shire of Goulburn, for wheat.

It takes the form of a certificate, heavily gilded and bearing the clay casts of two medallions, celebrating 25 years of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign.

It was framed and had obviously been hanging on a wall for much of its life, possibly near smokey fires.

The Shire of Goulburn at the time of receiving the award was housed in a room owned by Stewart Kennedy, between Prentice and Marie streets. Two years later they had a room in the Mechanics Institute and it wasn’t until 1887, after the 'new' post office was built, that they moved to our museum building, adjacent to the courtroom. So this small certificate has had a long and varied life.

It is dusty and slightly bent behind the glass but we are in the process of seeking a grant for its conservation, after which it will take pride of place in our display of Shire of Goulburn items. This time well protected in a display case. Nagambie Historical Society is holding their AGM on August 22 at 2pm in the museum building. Refreshments to follow. All welcome.

Judy Macdonald

Nagambie Women’s Golf

RESULTS WEDNESDAY 19TH JULY

Wednesday the 19th only had 8 players and only 1 grade. Winner was Irene Keogh with 33 points. Nine hole winner was Irene with 16 points. 18 hole balls went to Irene 33 points and Annette Mills [28] Nine hole balls to Irene [16] and Annette [15] Only 1 N/P Irene on 13th. We played the composite course and will do again this week.

We have this week a stroke round on the composite course and the monthly Medal.

Thursday Mixed 9 Hole Competition

Results Thursday 20th July

There were only 9 players for a round of Par. The winner on a 4 way C/B was Wayne LeCerf with -1. There were no N/P winners.

Nagambie Men's Golf

RESULTS SUNDAY 23 JULY

John James' good year continued with a win in the Sunday Par event in fine winter weather at Nagambie on Sunday, having won multiple times already including the Finnigan four ball two months ago James' good form was enough to win by two shots with a +3 result. The runner up on the day went to Ryhs Shepherd having been in the top finishes right throughout the Autumn and Winter thus far Shepherd carded the only other positive result a +1. The next best, barely worth mentioning a long way back were Jeremy Ezard, Shaun Bryant and Hugh Lawrence with -2.

The nearest the pin prizes were once again difficult to achieve with only two going off Dean Brown stuck the short par 3 thirteen and the days and years inform man John James hammered one to the 16th. Next week's golf will be a stableford event with B. Leviston on office duty and W. LeCerf in the bar.

RESULTS MONDAY 17TH JULY

The usual suspects were all the top finishers again with ‘Fabulous’ Phil Hageman winning for the second time in a month, Hageman put together 36 points from a handicap of 17 to win by two, the winter of great results keep coming for ‘Fabulous Phil’. The next three on the leaderboard have all been the top contenders throughout the winter so far Jeremy Ezard was runner up on 34 points followed by Rhys ‘Lightening’ Shepherd on 33 points and Tim Baldwin with 32.

The nearest the pin prizes went to wild swinging ‘swinger’ Des Phelan on the 3rd and the 13th, Rhys Shepherd was the other ball getter with a glorious strike on the 8th. Next week’s golf will be a Par event with J. Lodding on office duty and H. Lawrence in the bar.

Nagambie Football Netball Club

100 GAME MILESTONE

Congratulations to Mahony Fothergill another of our 2 time club junior premiership players that has returned to her home courts after several years at Euroa.

Playing in her 100th club game for the mighty Lakers today versus Longwood. We certainly love seeing our talented local girls back in the red, white and black for some senior netball years. It's also particularly pleasing to see Mahn joining the A grade list this season and playing an important role in the midcourt for her team.

Mahony started her junior netball for Lakers back in 2012 in the Under 15's age group finishing Runners Up that first season. In 2013 as top age Under 15's the girls went one better to finish as premiers. Testament to Mahony's skill in her 2015 season in the Under 17's she also played games in all 3 of our senior netball sides that same year.

2015 was the year she also added the 2nd premiership to her name with her Under 17's side finishing the season undefeated as premiers and championsAnother grand final day appearance in her 2016 season saw her B grade side finish runners up. Showing that Mahony is no stranger to finals action and we are hoping this year brings the same opportunity for her and our current A grade side.

Well done on this achievement Mahn, we hope today brings another win in this milestone game. We also secretly hope you continue to play till you can over take your amazing Mum's total games for the Lakers

Nagambie VS Longwood

ROUND 12

The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the Lakers took on the Redlegs at Nagambie (or temporary Redlegs Stadium). There was plenty of competitive action on display for the spectators on the courts and the field. Saturday night marked our Annual Ball at the Nagambie Brewery & Distillery and boy oh boy what a night it was. Over 110 people attended the Ball and were treated with lovely food and drinks, while we all danced the night away to local band Jam On It. Thanks to those volunteers behind the scenes who worked tirelessly to make the ball a night to remember. We hope that all who attended also enjoyed themselves and we can't wait to do it all again next year.

RESULTS BELOW:

FOOTBALL

SENIORS

Nagambie 15.20.110 defeated Longwood 2.4.16

Goals: P.Rattray 5, T.Barnes 3, J.Moore 3, M.Wilson 2, B.Biggs, T.Gladwin.

Best Players: David Comi, Jesse Rule, Nathan Fothergill, Mark Wilson, Patrick Rattray, William O'Brien.

Awards: Patrick Rattray, Jesse Rule and Trent Gladwin.

RESERVES

Nagambie 23.11.149 defeated Longwood 1.3.9

Goals: B.Hutton 4, J.Shepherd 3, H.Szczykulski 3, J.Hutton 2, M.Mensfeld 2, B-Taylor-Lloyd 2, W.Ulrich 2, N.Gelntzes, R.Lambert, T.Muir, A.O'Connor, L.Storey.

Best Players: Charles Martin, Lachlan Storey, William Ulrich, Ben Hutton, Ryan Lambert, Nick Glentzes.

Awards: Charles Martin and Lachlan Storey.

UNDER 18'S

Nagambie 24.18.162 defeated Longwood 0.1.1

Goals: B.Ezard 9, C.Kelly 3, Z.Killroy 3, O.Maltman 2, K.Sutherland 2, M.Coll, W.Galdwin.

Best Players: Korey Sutherland, Ayden Preab, Matthew Short, Blake Ezard, Charlie Kelly, Zane Kilroy.

Awards: Korey Sutherland, Ayden Preab and Matthew Short.

NETBALL

A GRADE

Nagambie 67 defeated Longwood 41

Awards: Mahony Fothergill & Rachel Beames.

B GRADE

Nagambie 88 defeated Longwood 21

Awards: Rebecca Comi & Tasman Taylor-Lloyd.

C GRADE

Nagambie 33 defeated by Longwood 42

Awards: Shae Merrifield & Brittney Goodger.

UNDER 17'S

Nagambie 44 defeated Longwood 32

Awards: Holly Boyer & Chloe Mitcham.

Umpires Award: Laci Hepburn.

UNDER 13'S

Nagambie 47 defeated Longwood 1

Awards: Jazarah Beer & Jasmine D'Andrea.

Nagambie Womens Football

Northern Country Womens League Presentation Night

Last night, a small delegation of Nagambie Womens Footballers and Officials attended the NCWL League Presentation Evening. Our first year didn't yield a win, but the improvement and teamwork of the Womens Footballers made their Club and supporters proud. Two of our footballers were nominated for the Rising Star award. Congratulations to Hannah Cotter and Emily Chapman who both played sensationally this season. One very special volunteer from Nagambie won the Volunteer of the Year award. It was none other than local legend and club stalwart Michael "Manga" Mensfeld. Here's what the league had to say about Manga:

"Michael has been involved at Nagambie for many years. Michael recently played his 350th game at Nagambie, is the Coach of the Reserves team and volunteers for the senior team. Despite of these commitments, Michael committed to being the team manager for the inaugural women’s team at Nagambie before the team was established, helping develop a foundation for the new team.

Michael’s hard work, commitment and dedication to the Women’s team at Nagambie has been instrumental in the successful establishment of Nagambie’s Women’s team. His support of the team extends far beyond his team manager role, including providing individual development"

Coach Breanna Davison was one of three coaches that were nominated for Coach of the Year. The amount of time and effort Breanna has put into training and coaching the women in their inaugural season has been tremendous and as a club we are extremely grateful. On behalf of your club and your community, we congratulate Hannah, Emily, and Breanna on their nominations and Michael on his award from the NCWL. We are very proud of our players and our volunteers. We hope to see you all back at Laker Land for Season 2024.

GO LAKERS!!