21 February 2015

The Kettering Mariners Cricket Club invite you to join them on 21 February at the Kettering Oval in support the McGrath Foundation.

The A-Grade side are playing Snug.

There will be a BBQ and and raffles and a jumping castle for the kids. Lots of other bits and pieces going on as well.

This is for a really good cause – so pink-up and come down and enjoy a great day and night as it promises to be a long one!!

Match starts at 10.00am and a BBQ and raffles will ensue.

Priority queue for the BBQ for those wearing pink.

St Crispins Well – Mt Wellington

For their first special walk of 2015 twenty-two Kettering Walkers set forth to St Crispins Well, Mt Wellington.

The weather was perfect for walking; cool, crisp and clear ensuring great views of  Cathedral Rock.

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Calling all patriots

Around forty locals braved the brisk breeze yesterday for the annual Kettering Australia Day Community BBQ.

Fortunately the sun came through often enough to warm the well-rugged revellers (a bit).

There were no patriotic speeches but no shortage of spirit (community and other) and lots of chatter.

A good time was had by all.

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Channel families, friends and visitors to our lovely village are warmly invited to the Carols at Kettering at 7.30 on Monday,  22 December.

Well-loved traditional carols and and some newer ones to take on will be included in the program for this Combined Churches function.

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Deep in the Gorge

Last Friday,  thirteen intrepid Kettering Walkers set off to visit a showcase of ancient Tasmania.

They joined an experienced guide and walked into Bluff River Gorge behind Buckland .
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Cricket by the Channel

Our local cricket club, the Kettering Mariners, have been undertaking some extra-curricular activities over the past several weeks.

The result of this formidable volunteer effort – a spectacular new picket fence around the Kettering Oval, turning it into the Village Green with a view.

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Golden Shoes winner Elspeth Haughie

Today is World Heart Day and Elspeth and her Kettering Walkers have generated their own “Kettering (media) Incident” ahead of the forthcoming mini-series.

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Elspeth (2nd from right) and fellow walkers at recent Alzheimer’s Family Fundraiser

The outstanding efforts of the local coordinator of the Kettering Heart Foundation Walkers, Elspeth Haughie have been recognised in this year’s Heart Foundation Walking Golden Shoe Awards.

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Maria Wombat

Co-ordinator of the Kettering Walkers, Elspeth Haughie, reports on the group’s recent trip to Maria Island.

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Elizabeth Debicki to star in Kettering Incident

Foxtel today announced Elizabeth Debicki and Matt Le Nevez are set to star in The Kettering Incident, an eight episode mystery drama for Foxtel’s SoHo channel from Porchlight Films and Sweet Potato Films, which will commence shooting in Tasmania next month.

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