Hobart College student and Kingborough resident Konan Masuda has been selected to attend the 2024 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in 2024.He will travel to Canberra in January 2024 to join hundreds of other gifted Year 11 science students from around the country. The NYSF summer school will run from January 5-14.Konan Masuda said he loves science and after missing out on the Rotary Science...

Channel Men's Shed (CMS) recently contacted Pam Lane from Community Against Poverty (CAP) to inquire if their organisation could use a variety of preloved hand tools that had been donated by the community.CAP is part of the E3 Global Adventure Project who help third world country towns become self-sufficient by helping the villagers improve their living standards with a hands-on approach.As...

Blackmans Bay athlete Tegan Dench, 14, has returned from the World Dwarf Games in Germany a gold medalist.Tegan won four gold medals (javelin, discus, backstroke and freestyle events) and three silver medals (shotput, swimming relay and women's basketball).The Australian women's basketball team made it to the gold medal match for the first time ever, only losing one game to the Netherlands.The...

Congratulations to Ricky Shaw from Kingston Locksmiths for winning the 2023 Kingborough Chronicle Footy Tipping competition with a total score of 144.Ricky led for most of the season, with local MP Dean Young, Steve Westwood from Co-Op Toyota and Michael West from HFT Interiors all closing the gap quickly towards the end of the year and placing top four.The competition was very tight in the...

Levi Bush, 11, a student at Snug Primary School, won the Karting Tasmania state-wide series in his Cadet 12 class recently.There were four rounds of racing, one at each club in Tasmania, and when the points were tallied, Levi had come out on top.Levi's brothers Kai and Zac are racers too.The family regularly travels the state together to support the boys in their passion.The Bush family...