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Town & Country Journal, Week #116 - March 30, 2023

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TV Guide inside! p.21 Footy Tipping Comp. p.14 Weather outlook p.6 p.10 p.16 p.28

Allora's Shirley Cornhill recognised recently

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RSL victorious in the Jim Mitchell Shield

Warwick show highlights Kim Hanson-Ross

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he Warwick Agricultural Show was a three-day fun-fuelled extravaganza with rides, local produce, animals, fireworks, live entertainment and the like for guests to enjoy last weekend. The show had various bits and pieces for attendees to observe, including a Pet Parade (where children could show off their family animals), a Ute Show, a dinosaur exhibition, FMX stunts, and equestrian competitions.

Joan Webb and Snowweb

Fun with clay The Warwick Potter’s Association showed off its talents with this year’s local judge Lindsay Muir, reportedly being

“really impressed” with the entrants. “We had a really good turnout,” a representative of the Warwick Potters’ Association said, “Had a lot of entries this year.” “He (the judge) found it really difficult to pick a winner,”the representative added, “He had to keep going back and changing his mind.” Mr Muir is a well-known, professional potter, who’s only recently moved to the Granite Belt. His own collection of pottery creations can be found online. Pottery entries on the day included creations of people,

animals, houses, and nature, as well as practical items like pots and plates. The Champion of this year’s pottery competition was Roslyn Lang, for her rectangular vase. Fluffy competitors Samoyeds were on the scene on Friday March 24, with Marnie and Romeo (show names Snowweb and Stormboy respectively), standing tall at the entrance to the Dog Obedience Club. “Samoyeds are ancient breeds,” vereran dog trainer Lynette Harvey explained. “They were used to protect reindeer, and people used to give their babies to these dogs, who

would keep the babies warm and sometimes fed.” Ms Harvey has been training dogs for 20 years, and says they have several Samoyed dogs at home. “Never shave a Samoyed,” she said, “Keep them cool with fans and in the shade.” Ms Harvey’s entrant is Romeo, who at the time was attending his first show. They were scheduled to attend two more shows on the weekend. Marnie is an Australian Grand Champion, who has been in the showdog business since 2018, and is on her way to becoming Supreme Champion.

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Cowboys overwhelm Wattles in Shield win Glyn Rees sports@thedailyjournal.ink

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he Warwick Cowboys rose to the occasion on Saturday evening, March 25 at Father Ranger Oval to overwhelm the Wattles Warriors top grade outfit and fierce weather conditions to

drive home a 16 – 4 Barrett Family Shield win in front of a very supportive home crowd. The match was preceded by a memorial and minute silence in recognition of Warwick Cowboys Club stalwart, Denise Sullivan who passed recently. The Shield is a bench mark for both clubs as the door opens to the Toowoomba

Rugby League premiership annually and, and on Saturday night the weather added another dimension to the usual fiercely contested contest. It was the eighteenth Shield success for Warwick on the end of a busy pre-season that also saw them involved in trials against Marist Brothers and the Kyogle Turkeys on

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