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Rain is set to flush out the muddies at last
WITH only eight days until the opening of the 2013 barra season - noon on Friday, February 1 - the locals are busily preparing for when they can get amongst them. The current rain is a welcome relief, and hopefully, it will see the start of a good flush for our river systems allowing the fish to spawn and keep the numbers strong. And with this rain, a
few other species will become active too. Grunter will be a prime fish to target this weekend. They love a bit of dirty water, so bottom of the run-in usually works. Best baits include prawns and strips of flesh. Finally we should now be able to chase some muddys as they should be flushed out with the last rains. Offshore reports have
Invitation to Aust. Day teams shoot WE had a good roll up on Wednesday night and shot a service match with a possible score of 360 on offer. Mal shot a 345 with a double action revolver to finish first. Other than Dizzy, we all used semi autos. Toby was second with 338 and Janne third with 336. We are conducting an Australia Day teams shoot at 3.30pm on Saturday, January 26 using lever action rifles and pistols. Come along for something different. If anyone would like to come out and see what pistol shooting is all about, call in any Wednesday at 5.30pm. Just bring photo ID and wear closed-in shoes. January dates for your diary: Saturday - 26 - Teams Shoot using lever action rifles and pistols from 5.30pm; Sunday, 27 - Practical Shoot at 9am; and Wednesday, 30 - Sunset Shoot and general meeting at 5.30pm. Janne Stewart Secretary/Treasurer
Saturday shoot cancelled
HAPPY Australia Day. Please note the scheduled Rifle Shoot at the SSAA Cameron Creek Range will not be held this Saturday, January 26. Also it may be too wet for the working bee on Sunday, January 27 if the weather forecast is correct. Contact 4069 5173 for any further information. Anne Williams Secretary
been great. While only a few headed out last weekend, they all returned with quality trout and reds in their eskies. On the glass calm mornings, a few have
ventured out just to enjoy and observe nature in the close inshore bays with turtle, dugong, baitfish and birds all just doing what is natural. The forecast is unclear,
changing hourly. The best guess if the system moves south of us is that we could have some calm weather, but we will just have to be ready. Either that, or just
enjoy the Australia Day celebrations over the weekend and maybe dust off your barra gear and maybe service that reel so you are ready for the barra season start, which once
again is Friday, Febuary 1 at midday. Tight Lines, Russell Bowman, The Lure Shop.
Hash Tartans mark Burn’s Night on Mt Cook
Wet and soggy though they may have been, a little rain was not going to deter the Cooktown Hashers from their run. Photo: ERIC GEORGE. As always, The first one consisted of belly and started punishing peoMONDAY had some good, solid rain coming down in sheets, but arranging some clansmen (and ple - McMoses for not stopping M c W h i z z that was not going to stop the clanswomen) in a line with the rain, McCracklin for having s t u m b l e d balloons held between them - no another birthday, McDad for t h r o u g h T h e Hash. Not only because they are old, hands - by squeezing together stumbling and McOyster for Ode to the Hagrubbery and insoluble in water, only. This line then had to race returning from UK only when gis. Once the haggis had been but also because it was Burn’s across the grass without losing or her money ran out. We also cut and toasted in whisky, we all welcomed two virgin runners, settled down to a huge and varied Night again. We must be the only bursting their balloons. The next game saw the teams and farewelled Hotdog who is off meal prepared by McMatchbox. institution in town that celebrates the bard’s birthday, but we do it in circles with hands on each to school in Cairns (he will come Next week’s run falls on other’s shoulders, trying to lift back to the Hash whenever they the Australia Day holiday, and in style. For a start, all the Hashers their balloon from the ground let him out). McYoYo is desperately studying Then the decks were cleared Australian cooking to feed the turned up wearing some tartan. up over their heads and out of a for the ceremonies. After a troops. Just turn up at McMoses The trail had been laid by designated circle. McWhizz, from his clan hideaGames over, McWhizz led tedious recital of the bard’s and McYoYo’s to join in the fun way high on the slopes of Mount most of the pack over the hills biography, the haggis was piped at 5.30pm on Monday, January Cook. He started by taking us and far away, getting back home by McArchive’s bagpipes, lead- 28. Call 4069 5854 or 0409 686 ing McWhizz and McDad in 032 for details. to some arcane games down by in the dark. GM Thermo had fire in her authentic highland garb. the loch. On-on! LyeBak
Locals to feature in Goldfield Ashes carnival By ALF WILSON CRICKETERS from around the Cooktown, Hope Vale, Coen and Mossman regions will line up for various teams with family connections at this weekend’s Goldfield Ashes cricket carnival at Charters Towers. A total of 224 teams will compete at the 65th Ashes which started as a six side carnival in 1948. There will be 26 teams in A grade, 24 in B-1, 118 in B-2, 48 in social and eight in the Ladies’. Just six sides contested the inaugural Ashes, which has grown in size over the decades to become the biggest such carnival in the southern hemisphere and maybe even the world.
Organisers are hopeful of some light rain in the lead up to the first games on Saturday, with 75 wickets at parks, schools and on private properties being used. For the first time, there will be a prize for the best drinks cart with a bar tab of $250 being the much sought after prize. Mossman, which will include cricketers from the Cooktown Local News’ readership area will be striving for honours in the B-1 grade. On Sunday, the Mossman XI will meet the Weipa Crocs which should be entertaining. Mossman finished below the Crocs on the ladder last year and this should have players and supporters confident of good showings. Mossman, a team with mainly players from
the town 60km north of Cairns, have been long time competitors at the Ashes. At the 2012 carnival, Mossman ended up 13th, scoring 498 runs and taking 28 wickets for 13.40 points. There will be a change made to the “A” grade competition from previous Ashes. Only one competition will exist rather than having an “A1” and “A2” competition. On Sunday at the York Street Complex, the headquarters for the carnival, a Queensland Masters Bulls XI will meet a Charters Towers Invitational XI under the Twenty20 format. The Cooktown Local News will once again be at the Ashes to capture all of the action and if you want your side covered, please phone Alf on 0408 009 301.
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