as posted on TheWest
Professional golfer and almost Australian Open Champion Nick O’Hern visited Subiaco’s Ronald McDonald House today to provide the children some advice on the art of driving a club like a PGA champion.
The kids, for their part, seemed a little more interested in rolling the golf balls down the plastic slide in the playground with a satisfactory clanking sound than learning the delicate art of putting, but O’Hern didn’t seem too concerned.
The Perth-born champion is preparing for a charity round on Wednesday at Gosnells to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House, which provides accommodation for families of children who need medical treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital.
Many thought today would see O’Hern revelling in the role of Australian Open Champion, but a disappointing loss to Craig Parry on the weekend meant the title eluded him yet again.
“I played beautifully yesterday, unfortunately my putting just let me down there towards the end all credit to Craig Parry though he played very well,” O’Hern said.
“I’ve had some really good rounds in my career where I’ve thought I can’t really hit the ball much better and that was definitely one of them. The whole week I struck the ball fantastic but getting the ball in the hole was the problem once again.”
O’Hern spent much of the past year competing on the lucrative US golf circuit. He plans to take a month’s holiday after the Charity Pro Am on Wednesday before heading back to the US to continue competing.
He said he expects to play between 22 to 23 tournaments next year.
“The money we play for in the US is a little bit out of control but it’s a lot of fun over there and if you play well you get rewarded,” O’Hern said.
“I’ve had a good finish to the year. I seem to play well in the last event of the year - maybe it’s knowing I’m going to go on holiday.”
The Nick O’Hern Ronald McDonald House Charity Pro-Am will begin with a shotgun start at 12.30pm on Wednesday at the Gosnells Golf Club.
High Profile players will include Steve Collins and Stuart Beament.
BELLE TAYLOR
as posted on TheWest
Monday, 17 December 2007
Heritage FM now online ...
tune into HeritageFM and you can connect online to hear their local broadcasts
and some HertiageFM history ...
After months of hard work and planning the then 93.7 Heritage FM began broadcasting on Australia Day 1998 from studios in the Orchard Avenue, Armadale. In the lead up to this historic occasion a small group lead by then Mayor of Armadale, Councillor Spike Fokkema worked hard to establish a broadcasting facility that the community could be proud of. The opening day's broadcast began at 10.00am - 96FM’s Darren DeMello hosted the first hour on-air - featuring Australian music in the lead up to a simulcast of the City of Armadale's Australia Day Skyshow, these simulcasts continued on the station over the next few years.
For the first few months on air the station was only able to broadcast from 4pm Fridays to 11pm Sundays however in July 1998 Heritage FM was granted a licence to broadcast 24 hours a day.
Throughout 1998 more and more locally produced programs were added to the schedule. In 1999 the station applied for and received a grant to purchase new studio equipment and this was installed into a new larger studio during early 2000. In 2002 the station moved to the current studios in Mills Road, Gosnells and in mid 2002, the station changed to the current 107.3 frequency.
Special mention must be made of the following people for their hard work and tireless dedication to the station over the years - they include, Spike Fokema, Martin Jansen, Henry Zelones, Anne and Henk Heuvink, Susan Iwanyk, Ryan Honschooten, Brett Tizard, Rosalie Powers, Phil Youd, Fiona Williams, Eric t'Hart, Neil Haring and many others. We would like to encourage anyone who was involved in establishing the station and has a story to tell to contact us so we can add your name and information to our History Page. Photographs of events and copies of news clippings and memorabilia would also be appreciated.
To be continued …
If you would like to get involved in the exciting and ongoing future of 107.3 Heritage FM please contact Robyn at the station on (08) 9398 3100.
as posted on HeritageFM
and some HertiageFM history ...
After months of hard work and planning the then 93.7 Heritage FM began broadcasting on Australia Day 1998 from studios in the Orchard Avenue, Armadale. In the lead up to this historic occasion a small group lead by then Mayor of Armadale, Councillor Spike Fokkema worked hard to establish a broadcasting facility that the community could be proud of. The opening day's broadcast began at 10.00am - 96FM’s Darren DeMello hosted the first hour on-air - featuring Australian music in the lead up to a simulcast of the City of Armadale's Australia Day Skyshow, these simulcasts continued on the station over the next few years.
For the first few months on air the station was only able to broadcast from 4pm Fridays to 11pm Sundays however in July 1998 Heritage FM was granted a licence to broadcast 24 hours a day.
Throughout 1998 more and more locally produced programs were added to the schedule. In 1999 the station applied for and received a grant to purchase new studio equipment and this was installed into a new larger studio during early 2000. In 2002 the station moved to the current studios in Mills Road, Gosnells and in mid 2002, the station changed to the current 107.3 frequency.
Special mention must be made of the following people for their hard work and tireless dedication to the station over the years - they include, Spike Fokema, Martin Jansen, Henry Zelones, Anne and Henk Heuvink, Susan Iwanyk, Ryan Honschooten, Brett Tizard, Rosalie Powers, Phil Youd, Fiona Williams, Eric t'Hart, Neil Haring and many others. We would like to encourage anyone who was involved in establishing the station and has a story to tell to contact us so we can add your name and information to our History Page. Photographs of events and copies of news clippings and memorabilia would also be appreciated.
To be continued …
If you would like to get involved in the exciting and ongoing future of 107.3 Heritage FM please contact Robyn at the station on (08) 9398 3100.
as posted on HeritageFM
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