Bill was described as an aggressive, sometimes wild, breakaway whose courage was outstanding. In 1983 he won his first golf competition at Orange Golf Club and this was probably a time of decision in his sporting life. Some of his victories were over Australian champions as well as Olympic and Commonwealth Games representatives. In his 17 tests, George Bonnor scored 512 runs at an average of 17.06, and he took two wickets at 42.00 from his 16 overs and his highest score was 128. He won his first Australian sprint championship in 1966 and within 10 years he had won 25 Australian Canoeing championships, represented Australia in three Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. A crowd of 700 people farewelled the Orange boxer. Glen made his debut as a professional at Lithgow where he defeated Gary Martin on a KO in round 5. A move to Sydney, saw Tahnee follow her interest in Rugby League where she joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs Womens Team. Stephen Russell Bernard was born in Orange and took an early interest in Cricket with social matches on the old concrete pitch that was housed where the Orange TAFE building now stands. On July. In 1965, John was chosen to represent Australia against New Zealand in a series where he rowed in the engine room in the Six seat. Once his sons had left school, Joe no longer had anyone to coach and he raised the idea of introducing rowing to Orange with the School Council of Kinross Wolaroi. Pat displayed great courage to take on Argote again in February 1954, and this time he reversed the decision with a points win over 12 rounds. During 1960 James toured Australia competing against a team of Japanese swimmers and this gave him an excellent preparation for the national titles. He joined the executive of the Orange District Cricket Association in 1958 and was also on the selection panel. With Willed, tasks that can stay on the to-do list for months or years are streamlined and straightforward, from the comfort of your own home. Up to the 2000 season, Darren had represented the Bulldogs on 130 occasions, 124 of which have been in first grade, 6 in reserve grade and 2 World Cup Challenge games. Glen Alexander Sutherland was born in Coonabarabran on 18 May 1969. May 1992 and she attended Primary School at Glenroi Public School and her Higher Education was at The Canobolas Rural Technology High School. He was the son of well known rifle shooter T.B.Hill, who was a farmer at Spring Hill. Many critics felt that the selectors unjustly treated him after being dropped for the remaining tests. Gib fought in World War I with the 30th Battalion, and it was not until the war ended and he returned to Orange in 1919, that he took any real interest in rifle shooting. [1], In addition to his fiction, Brunner wrote poetry and published many unpaid articles in a variety of venues, particularly fanzines. Brunner was born in 1934 in Preston Crowmarsh, near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, and went to school at St Andrew's Prep School, Pangbourne. Billy was then living in Orange and trained by Ken Williams He travelled to Port Moresby, New Guinea to defend his Commonwealth title against Johnny Aba and lost a controversial decision. He also served as president and coach of Emus and has retained a lifelong association with them. The famous Dr W G Grace once wrote he is of the grandest specimens of humanity that ever stepped onto a cricket field.. John Brunner Feb. 24, 1940-Feb. 3, 2015 Age: 74 Residence: Windsor G. John Brunner, 74, of Windsor went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Son of Robert (dec'd) and Jill Walker, Step-son of Ron Walker, Brother and Brother-in-law to Roslyn and Rodney Hawkins; Amanda and Jarrad Rubesaame and Uncle to their families. Suzy was an ambassador for the 2005 Sydney Youth Olympic Festival, with the honour of officially opening the ceremony, and she is a newly elected committee member of the Olympians Club NSW. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA award in 1970. She continued to represent Orange at John Knight Carnivals and New South Wales Country Championships through until 1995, even though she was playing First Grade in Sydney with Berala since 1989. John W. Brunner Brunner, John W. of Waukesha, found eternal peace on Sat. So when it comes to your funeral, it makes sense to pre-plan so you can get every detail just the way you want it. However, the times were so close that both swimmers were selected to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962, where James entered the 100m and 200m events, but narrowly finished out of a place. In 2012, a group of 8 athletes again trained at Kinross Wolaroi in Orange and competed at the NSW State Championships in February. Since 1983 Dave has continued fishing, further capturing an Australian and one world record 25 March 1989 a 31.5kg Wahoo on a 15kg line; Nowra; 2 January 1994 a 27kg hammerhead shark, on an 8 kg line, Laurieton; 3 July 1994, a 57.5kg black stingray, on an 8kg line, Laurieton. Marianne played her first Test in July in 1994 in Adelaide and her second in Brisbane. In that year, Jason was selected in the Australian Open mens team, where he remains to the present time. Writing in the Sydney Mail, Tom Richards, star of the tour, said in all fairness to the four who played so few games, it must be said that they were steady, kept themselves in good condition and waited patiently and anxiously to be at least given a chance to show their real worth. Later that year he fought former world champion Lionel Rose in what was said to be Billys defence of his two titles, but Lionel Rose could not make the weight and the bout went ahead as a non-title fight with Billy winning over 10 rounds. However, more problems arose in 2007 and in typical fashion the girl who uses the mighty Phar Lap as her inspiration, fought back with her usual determination. At the age of eighteen he was selected for the 1957 tour of Ceylon by the Australian Colts and he capped a great career by being chosen in the Australian team to play the Maoris in the first test in Brisbane in 1958. Six weeks of intensive training at the Orange Olympic Pool in temperatures of 56 Fahrenheit saw the 16 year old Orange swimmer compete in the Country Championships where he ran into future Olympian Ian OBrien from Wellington. In November 2011, Joe coached the Vietnamese men and womens team of 20 athletes for the South East Asian Games in Indonesia. Darrell has never been far away from controversy but in each case, it has been strictly by virtue of him insisting that the game be played according to the rules he is set down to administer. Olympic Trap: 5th Bobby represented Australia at tournaments in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and New Caledonia. In 1975 Billy won the vacant Commonwealth Junior Lightweight title. Jade again represented Australia when Argentina returned to Sydney in 2011, followed by matches against China and India at Busselton in Western Australia. Joe put the vision to the City Council of theOarsome Foursomecoming from Orange. James was made an excellent offer by the Balmain Rugby League Club and commenced his career in professional football at the beginning of 1989, after having represented New South Wales on 15 occasions and Australia in four tests and one unofficial test. In 1955 during National Service, Peter Farrell and Jim McDonald took out Army Championships in Lightweight and Light Welterweight divisions. Orange City Council In the State Championships in 1970 he scored 91 and in 1972 he scored 95, both out of a maximum possible of 100. Ken was recognised for his dedication by being selected as assistant trainer for the Australian World Cup Team in New York in 1979. As a result of failure in the 1973 Kings Cup, the University boys trained solidly through the winter months to rectify the loss of the 1973 season. Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region. He was described as a hard running centre with nothing tricky or fancy about his game, but he was a brave and heavy tackler and for him, manliness was a great virtue. Stuart currently holds sponsorship with Yamaha Australia. Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020. She continued her good form and represented Australia again in February 1995 with Tests against South Africa in Sydney and Brisbane. Bisley is regarded as the ultimate in world rifle shooting competition and in the 2003 competition, Ron competed in the World Long Range Championship, gaining a place in the top 100 shooters in the world. He was chosen for the first Wallaby tour in 1908 but had to withdraw with a cartilage problem in the final trial match and never played again. During this period he performed brilliantly in a number of sports. The bulk of the University VIII was then selected into the NSW Kings Cup crew to compete at Ballarat in Victoria. He then joined St George as coach and played with Saints from 1979 to 1985. Leon represented New South Wales in 1962 and toured New Zealand in the Australian under 17 rugby team in 1984 and continued the line of representative rugby players from George Boufflers family. Gary also defeated Stevens for the Oceania title in 1979. In 1965 he moved into open wheeler racing cars in a Renmax Formula II and then a Mildren where he was runner up in 1965 and winner in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 for Australian Formula II. Kevin Laughton featured strongly in Australian Championships, coming in second in 1954, 1956 and 1957, and finally in 1958 he won the coveted Australian Champion of Champions title which he successfully defended again in 1959. In 1970, Eda married Peter Egger, also a well-known slalom champion, and the husband and wife team represented Australia at the Classic 25 mile Wild River race down the Arkansas River from Denver, Colorado in June 1970. With his parents owning the Orange Ten Pin Bowl, Jason started rolling a ball at 18 months and he started competing at the age of three and won his first event at the age of four. Joe Donnelly was then named the NSW Schoolboy Coach of the Year for the 2009/2010 season. In international bouts Gary was runner up in the Kings Cup in Bangkok in 1978 and in the same year he represented Australia in the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton Canada, where he was defeated in the semi final. 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