Wee Waa
  • Wee Waa High School

Roy Butler hosts meeting to discuss ongoing Wee Waa High School concerns

Community members met with Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ representatives Roy Butler and Mark Banaziak at The Imperial Hotel last week to discuss concerns about Wee Waa High School. Attendees raised a number of topics including the impact of ongoing disruptions at WWHS on students’ welfare, proposed locations for a new site and what facilities should be on offer if a new school is built. Member for Barwon Roy Butler said he would be urging the Minister for Education to seek local feedback and knowledge about the best location for a new school site after a number of attendees described a […]

Apr 21, 2021

  • Wee Waa show

READY, SET, SHOW: Wee Waa Show will go ahead in 2021

The latest Wee Waa Show Society committee meeting was held last Thursday, when the decision was made to go ahead with this year’s show. In early March, the group announced the event would be cancelled due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19. Wee Waa Show Society president, Gary Hibbens, said the committee moved to rescind this motion and instead hold the event from August 27 to 29. “We’ve instead decided to go ahead with the show, at a later date, and are hoping it will run as close to normal as possible within the COVID safety guidelines,” he said. “We’ve got a […]

Apr 19, 2021

  • Wee Waa High School

UPDATE: Latest on the future of Wee Waa High School

Minister considers options for Wee Waa High’s future NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell has reaffirmed that moves are well underway to resolve the issues around the future of Wee Waa High School. The school was closed because of health issues and students relocated to continue their studies at the Wee Waa Public School campus last year. “I am in constant communication with the Department of Education on the issues at Wee Waa High School” the Minister said in a statement. “I’ve asked for the community to be regularly updated on any developments, and that support is provided to the […]

Apr 14, 2021

  • Bowls

Wee Waa bowlers Hunter Doring and Dustyn Allen return home from state event with bronze medals

NSW Bowls’ 2021 Interzone Juniors Seven-a-Side Championships were contested in Dubbo on Wednesday and Thursday, April 7 and 8. Wee Waa Bowling Club juniors Hunter Doring and Dustyn Allen competed at the two-day event, representing a seven-player Zone 3 Bowls squad. The duo teamed up with West Tamworth’s Lucy Hooker and Zoe Stewart to place third in the Fours competition and help Zone 3 finish ranked fifth in the state overall out of 14 teams. The Zone 3 Bowls team consisted of the following players: Singles – Tim Thorning (Gunnedah Services), Pairs – Shania Bell (Inverell Sporties) and Tara Stewart […]

Apr 12, 2021

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