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Price returns to sky-high form

08 Feb 12 | IF Toby Price’s opposition needed any more confirmation the former Australian champion is back to full health, they only need to look at this photo.

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Australian honour is city’s best

27 Jan 12 | AFTER a breakout year, Ashley DeMarco has been named Griffith Sportsperson of the Year after representing Australia at the sixth World Poonsae Taekwondo championships in Russia. Ashley was a part of the under 15s female team, which finished 18th in the world. She was also the youngest of the three in the squad.

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Judges of awards spoilt for choice

25 Jan 12 | GRIFFITH City Sports Council president Lou Testoni has praised the city’s sporting community for getting behind its local stars ahead of the traditional Australia Day awards.

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Zalunardo’s cruise towards finals spot

18 Jan 12 | ZALUNARDO’S moved a step closer to securing a spot in the finals after comfortably defeating Coates Hire 11-5 in Griffith Men’s division four touch football on Monday night.

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Archers right on target at national youth titles

16 Jan 12 | GRIFFITH City Archery president Ben Pawson said he cannot be prouder of his students after they brought home a swag of impressive results from the National Youth Archery Championships in Armidale. Competitors in the city are quickly developing a name for themselves as ones to fear on the range, with 13 medals won among the Griffith City group.

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No holiday for joggers

30 Dec 11 | DESPITE the multiple temptations of the Christmas season there was still a keen turnout of seventy runners for the first of the Griffith Joggers holiday series of runs on Scenic Hill on Christmas Eve. For this series, runners are sent off in two-minute groupings with the aim to be as sociable as possible, the course varies according to the whims of the weather and there are no course markings, so runners need a good mental picture of the map before they take off.

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Grants lend a helping hand to young guns

30 Dec 11 | GRIFFITH'S sporting future looks to be in good hands with three rising stars being awarded with grants for their achievements. Luke Tsantefskis, in soccer, Dana Biondo, in archery, and Samuel Villata, in AFL, have all secured the Local Sporting Champions grants after their successes in their chosen sport.

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Ready to fire

23 Dec 11 | BEHIND these eagle eyes is one determined junior archer. Despite only having picked up a bow seriously a year ago Sean Pianca has quickly risen through the ranks and will represent New South Wales at the National Youth Archery Championships in Armidale next year.

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Freightlink powers on to skin Panthers

21 Dec 11 | FREIGHTLINK Transport has performed a massive second-half comeback to de-claw the Panthers at Griffith men's touch football at Ted Scobie Oval on Monday night. The come-from-behind victory narrows the gap between the two sides in the division six competition, with Freightlink now nipping at the heels of Panthers at the top of the ladder.

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Cricketer swaps bat for joggers

16 Dec 11 | A TOTAL of 61 Ferals ran at all speeds during race six on Scenic Hill last Saturday, some cleansing themselves after Christmas festivities or preparing for the night ahead. One not showing any signs of weariness was Fletcher Josling who rounded up the field to take line honours from the back of the field in 25.49.

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Try-fest secures Dartnells the win

14 Dec 11 | DARTNELLS Building has made a push for the top spot in division three women's touch football, after putting MV Trenching to the sword 16-1 at Ted Scobie Oval. Possessing too much skill and speed for their opponents, Dartnells had the game wrapped up by half-time, but to MV's credit they never dropped their heads.

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Concreting cements second ladder spot

14 Dec 11 | G&C Concreting has leap-frogged Colla Bros into second place in division three of Griffith men's touch football after a comfortable 8-3 win at Ted Scobie Oval on Monday night. The final margin is no indication of the closeness of the contest, as Colla Bros looked threatening in several attacking raids, but fell short in not being able to capitalise on their chances.

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Final hopes end for Hunter

12 Dec 11 | GRIFFITH squash minor premiers Hunter were unceremoniously bundled out of grand final contention when they were beaten by McLaren continuing the tradition that minor premiers rarely win in the decider.

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