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Articles published in March 2024
 | League ladies line up for a lively 2024 In all the excitement about the senior men's league team it's possible to forget that another team from Oberon competes at all the Woodbridge Cup rounds. It's the Women's League Tag Team. Introducing the Tigers' women’s league tag team for 2024. This year's team is a mix of past and present players with a few young ones arriving for the first time. |
Another great week at Oberon's schools There was the usual mix of learning, experimenting, excitement, helping the community and more at Oberon's three schools this week. |  |
 | Oberon Tigers past and present get together to reminisce On Saturday, March 9, a reunion of past and present Oberon Tigers players happened at the Oberon Leagues Club. It was a great opportunity to renew old friendships, make some new ones and share some memories. The club has a long history, with its inevitable ups and downs, but the turnout to this event showed that no matter when people competed or what the results might have happened to be at the time, club loyalty is still strong. |
International Women's Day Dinner Each year Oberon Council sponsors a dinner to celebrate International Women's Day, and for 2024 it was held for the first time in the Community Centre. A large group of Oberon's women attended, plus five token males - two boys from St Joseph's Catholic School, the fiancé and a friend of one of the speakers and the photographer. |  |
 | Have fun and learn some soccer skills Creative Community Concepts (CCC) are back in Oberon with a non-competitive three week sports clinic for young children. In the past they featured tag league and mixed touch league, and this time it's soccer. There are some things that everyone seems to feel are true about kids' sport - it promotes good health, teaches team spirit, helps with self-image, is a cohesive force in communities, provides a breeding ground for players at more senior levels and more. |
Walk'n'Talk, one step at a time towards preventing suicide March 10 saw a smallish group of people get together at the Edith Recreation Ground for a regular Walk'n'Talk for Life meeting to talk about suicide prevention. In case you think that suicide isn't much of a problem, the number of people who take their lives in Australia each year is about three times the road toll but we never stop hearing about driving safely. The speaker on the day was Amanda Cass who told everyone about her attempts to get similar groups up and running in Bathurst and Blayney under the name Mental Health Mate. |  |
 | Give Golf a Go As part of the celebrations for International Women's Day, Oberon Golf Club put on a "try it and see" day on March 10, described as "An afternoon of fun for women and girls". Golf professionals were on hand to give instructions, golf clubs were provided (because most people would not have had their own), and the Club turned on a barbecue afterwards. Everyone learnt something, even those who had played before, and it was easy to see the improvement as the participants were given more advice and practised more. |
Media release: New amenities for Oberon Golf Club Member for Bathurst Paul Toole had the pleasure of joining some members of Oberon Golf Club to officially open new amenities on the course. The new amenities and shade structure are providing comfort for golfers who have reached the halfway mark of the course. The shade structure will provide protection from Oberon’s weather and will be set up as a catering station when tournaments or events are hosted. |  |
 | Sport, writing, community spirit and more at Oberon's schools Another busy week for Oberon's three schools. As well as lots of sport there were some interesting educational pursuits, plus involvement in International Women's Day. |
Do you want to be a Councillor? Local government elections will take place across NSW on Saturday, September 14 2024. If you are not happy with your current Councillors, feel you can do a better job or just want to get more involved in community affairs, you might like to think about standing as a candidate. Council elections are held every four years on the second Saturday in September. |  |
 | Coffee cups come back to O'Connell The coffee shop at O'Connell is back in business. It's now run by Sarah, Paula and Emily Coad. Sarah's "Get Roasted" van is well known at events round the area and now the business has a permanent home. Anybody who travels by road knows how welcome roadside cafes are, especially if they aren't just outposts of the normal fast food chains. They provide a little bit of local colour that the photocopied chain "restaurants" can't provide. And the coffee is better, too (Get Roasted serve coffee sourced from local supplier Fish River Roasters). |
The weather couldn't beat the St Joseph's Fete The weather wasn't very kind on the morning of Sunday, March 17, and caused a bit of reorganising and rethinking about the Charity Fete at St Joseph's Catholic School. As much as possible was moved indoors, but it made for very crowded conditions. This wasn't really a worry except to anyone who wanted to roam around getting photographs. Still, nobody was complaining and the money raised will be distributed across a range of charities. |  |
 | What's happening around Oberon Schools? It's been another full week for Oberon's three schools. In the middle of all this activity there is still time for education and learning. As Chuck Berry might have said if he lived in Oberon (and been away when punctuation was taught): Up in the mornin' and out to school |
This week's sport Not a lot of sport happening yet, but the seasons for many sports are about to start. The Golf Club Championship is off top a good start, which can't be said for the Oberon Tigers. The Oberon United Wolves are looking for players. |  |
 | A great big thank you! I want to say a great big "Thank You" for the support that this site has been getting since it was launched on February 1 this year. The number of visitors keeps going up, although it will take some time before a regular pattern of visits matches the schedule of updates. But it will come. This site has an associated Facebook page that is also gathering likers and followers at an encouraging rate. So once again, thank you for coming here, reading the local news and making it worthwhile to keep the site going. |
Stage Fright - ein Kabarett What good is sitting alone In your room? On Saturday, March 23, the Malachi Gilmore Hall turned on yet another exceptional night out, with a return to the days of cabaret and the music of performers like Marlene Dietrich, delivered via the talent of Jude Bowler and her show "Stage Fright - ein Kabarett". The dictionary definition of "cabaret" is "a performance of popular music, singing, or dancing, especially in a restaurant or bar". Well, there was little dancing and the Malachi wasn't a restaurant for the evening, but the bar was open and the popular music and singing were certainly there. |  |
 | Ruby Moon rises at Oberon High School On Wednesday, March 27, the Preliminary Drama Class at Oberon High School presented a condensed version of the play "Ruby Moon" by Matt Cameron. With four actors each playing multiple parts (complete with costume changes) and without the ability to tell the complete story, it put the "absurd" in "Absurdism" into high relief. |
March 2024 Oberon Council Meeting A change to the rate structure for 2024/25, some money for charity, the Reef Reserve additions are finished and Council is considering the move to renewable energy. |  |
 | This week's sport The Oberon Wolves get the junior soccer season underway with a fun day kicking balls around and the Oberon Golf Club has new champions for 2024. |
Another great week for Oberon's schools Sport, culture, diversity, drama. And a bit of maths and gardening. And tractors!! |  |
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