FIVE YEARS AGO
JOANY UPBEAT DESPITE SOCHI DRAMA
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Joany Badenhorst has returned home smiling despite being forced to pull out of her first Paralympics after dislocating her knew just minutes before her snowboarding event.
ATHLETICS BOOST
Griffith's 40-year-old long jump pits will be rejuvenated as Griffith Little Athletics has been granted $14,000 in state funding. It will cover half the cost of an "all-in-one" pit.
PUNCHING ABOUT WEIGHT FOR STATE
Five of the 12 tennis players chosen to represent Riverina at the PSSA state championships are from Griffith. Elise Townsend, Ben Mahlknecht, Brady Clifford, Airlee Savage and Natalie Gibbs will head to Newcastle in May.
TEN YEARS AGO
HONOURS FOR TOP DROP
McWilliam's Hanwood Estate Chardonnay has been named one of the best Chardonnays in the world at the prestigious French competition Chardonnay Du Monde. The 2007 vintage was listed as the ninth best Chardonnay in the entire world.
FRANCHISES EYE GRIFFITH
Brumby's Bakery, GO Sushi, Hairhouse Warehouse, Sportsco and Sumo Salad have all put the call out to locals interested in being franchisees to open outlets in Griffith Central.
SHIELD THRILLER
A penalty to Yenda with five minutes left was the catalyst for a remarkable Blueheelers comeback in the Paul Kelly Memorial Shield final, but Yanco-Wamoon Hawks hung on to snatch the win 20-18 in golden point time.
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
IT'S ELECTION TIME
In what is expected to be one of the closest results for the seat in decades, only three candidates are standing for Murrumbidgee, with voters to decide from the Greens' Martin Ducker, Country Labor's Michael Kidd or the National Party's Adrian Piccoli.
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE
Defending premiers Yenda will meet Coro Cougars in the A grade grand final. Yenda will be looking to make it two in a row and has plenty of grand final experience, while Cougars' last grand final appearance was a successful one three years ago.
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