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The push for an A2 competition in local cricket is gathering momentum, with the re-formed Renmark Cricket Club (RCC) confirming its intent to enter a side in the Riverland competition.
The Berri Football Club has all five of its teams in the RFL finals - a rarity for the Demons.
The Murray Pioneer previews the 2010 RFL finals series which begins tomorrow.
Roly Telfer has worked on many election days since joining the Australian Labor Party 48 years ago.
More than 50 soccer teams converged on the Riverland on the weekend for the South Australian Junior Country Championships.
Barmera Dev Estates secured the Riverland Soccer Association premiership in style on Sunday, with an 8-1 win over a plucky Renmark Development side.
Eight second half goals to Raphael Liddle helped guide Loxton to a stirring come from behind RFL A grade first semi-final win over Waikerie by 20 points at Loxton on Sunday.
Berri progressed through to its first RFL A grade grand final since 2002 with a runaway 39-point win over bitter enemy Barmera-Monash in the second semi-final at Renmark Oval on Saturday.
A rejuvenated Lyrup advanced to the RFL Independent A grade grand final with an 18-point win over Wunkar in Saturday's preliminary final at Paringa.
Loxton has given itself the opportunity to claim back-to-back Riverland A1 netball premierships, with a four-goal preliminary final win over Berri on Friday night.
1/Sep/10 Renmark's Leanne Menz won her fourth Riverland A1 netball best and fairest on Saturday night.
27/Aug/10 The Riverland will "of course" be on Bob Katter's River Murray tour itinerary, independent Senator Nick Xenophon has reassured the region.
27/Aug/10 The Overland Corner Hotel's resident dog, Boots, is lucky to be alive following a snake bite on the weekend.
25/Aug/10 Riverland growers have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket following the collapse of South Australian wine company R Winery.
25/Aug/10 Riverland police were called into action over a high-speed 200-kilometre car chase through the region on Thursday.
25/Aug/10 The idea of 'making' Barker a marginal seat at every federal election is desirable, but unrealistic, according to two politically active locals.
1/Sep/10 Timed parking will soon be implemented along a stretch of Kay Avenue, in Berri, in an attempt to curb all-day parking.
1/Sep/10 The Riverland is still waiting for a replacement resident surgeon eight months after the position became vacant.
1/Sep/10 They kept bouncing for 24 hours straight.
1/Sep/10 The last remaining Save Lake Bonney Group member has quit a lake management committee, claiming the council-operated body has lost all credibility.
1/Sep/10 A South Australian Government decision to lift water restrictions from December 1 should signal a substantial and immediate increase in grower water allocations, a leading irrigation body says.
1/Sep/10 An international cycling event to be held in the Riverland this November has been postponed due to the global financial crisis.
1/Sep/10 Former Renmark resident Daniel O'Donnell flew an army "Tiger" helicopter onto the Renmark High School oval on Friday morning.
1/Sep/10 Renmark Junior Primary School students experienced food and art from countries across the world on Thursday to celebrate the cultural diversity of their school community.
1/Sep/10 The motivation behind recent road safety blitzes across regional South Australia has been called into question by the State Opposition this week.
1/Sep/10 A new cat by-law will limit the number of felines in Loxton and Waikerie households to two.
1/Sep/10 The Lions Club of Renmark will host a dinner for a group of motorcyclists who are travelling from Sydney to Alice Springs in an effort to raise awareness about depression and funds for the Black Dog Institute.
1/Sep/10 A Renmark Paringa councillor received applause from the public gallery after he called for an end to government talkfests at a meeting last week.
1/Sep/10 Year 11 students at Glossop High School's senior campus have proudly finished a retaining wall they started in April.
1/Sep/10 Member for Chaffey Tim Whetstone officially launched the 2011 Images of the Riverland calendar in Berri on Thursday night.
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