January 3: Wide, no-ball, free-hit dot, wide, wide, wicket, single, single, wide, dot, single – former ODCA cricketer of the year Chris Tremain bowls a ridiculous 11-ball over, in his Renegades Big Bash League Melbourne derby win.
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January 4: Confederates coach Fiona Reith tentatively predicts a top five finish in 2017, as the blue and reds kick off pre-season training.
January 5: Grace McRae, Willow Smith, Cody Wright earn NSW Country Development Tour, while Kobe Mansell, Zak Simons and Jay Cole earn a spot in in NSW Country’s side for the Australian Junior Country Basketball Cup.
January 6: Erin Naden skippers NSW/ACT to sixth at the National Female Australian Rules Diversity Championship at Shepparton, earning tournament MVP honours along with a spot in the Australian Woomeras’ preliminary squad.
January 7: After half a decade of work, harness racing finally finds its new home at Towac Park. A number of the region’s leading trainers take to the grass track in a final trial.
January 9: Two-time Olympian Bec Henderson, at the MTBA XCO National Series, rides for second behind Anna Beck on the opening day, and lifts on the second to win.
January 9: Dan McConnell, a three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games medalist, dominates the opening two rounds of the MTBA XCO National Series elite men’s division, at Kinross State Forest.
January 11: Nick Murphy bangs out an unbeaten 109 to set up an incredible win for his Orange Invitational XI at the Western NSW Under 13s Junior Carnival.
January 12: Central West Rugby Union releases the 2017 Blowes Clothing Cup draw.
January 13: Northern District seals the 2017 Western NSW Under-13 Carnival title with an emphatic grand final victory over traditional rivals Parramatta.
It’s certainly not farfetched to say there’s a couple of future Wallabies [here].
- Waratahs and Wallabies halfback Nick Phipps
January 14: Rach Divall claims a second gold medal in as many weeks, skippering her NSW side to the Hockey Australia Under-21 Indoor Championship. Her NSW side claimed the opens equivalent earlier in the month.
January 14: Orange District Junior Cricket Association’s under 16s side flies out for New Zealand, for a two-week tour.
January 15: Shaun Grenfell’s century and Ed Morrish’s four-wicket haul lead Orange City to it’s first win of the Orange District Cricket Association summer, over Cavaliers.
January 16: Orange breathes life back into its President’s Cup campaign with a thrilling one-wicket win over Bathurst. With four to get Scott Kennedy edges one through the slips for a boundary.
January 16: Sam Giumelli scores twice as his NSW side claims the Hockey Australia Under-13 Indoor Championship.
January 17: Kinross and Western Zone star Phoebe Litchfield scores her first century, peeling off a stunning 100 not out against Gordon on the opening day of the inaugural all-girls’ Western NSW Under-15 Carnival.
January 19: Former Kinross first XV skipper Cody Walker is named in the NSW Waratah’s Gen Blue squad, to play in the 2017 Super 20s Championship.
January 20: Bella Grieg and Yuvraj Sharma inspire their ACT and Blacktown sides to victory in the Western NSW Under-15 Carnival girls’ and boys’ grand finals, respectively,
January 21: Sydney Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello rolls into Orange to run his Minifit coaching clinic, and vows to return.
January 23: Orange’s hopes of a Mitchell Cricket Council Colts title are washed away. Rain forces an end to the opening round, before the Baby Bluebaggers lose the second and third to Blue Mountains and Bathurst, respectively.
January 23: Chloe Barrett leads NSW to a gold medal at the Hockey Australia Under-18 Indoor Championship. Annabelle Tierney finishes sixth with Tasmania.
January 24: Ben McAlpine steers the Gladstone to a second straight Orange District Cricket Association Second Grade Twenty20 title, smashing 78 not out from 27 balls in the decider.
January 25: City of Orange Touch Association dominates the Don Green Western Junior Championship at Dubbo, winning eight of 10 divisions.
January 26: After committing to 12 full rounds, Wentworth’s Todd Brakenridge, Costa Mavros and Troy Swain complete their gruelling golf marathon in the name of Relay For Life.
January 28: Cavaliers’ all-rounder Evan McCall announces his appointment as the Philippines’ assistant coach for its World Cricket League (WCL) qualifying campaign, at Bendigo.
January 28: Orange CYMS prop Cam Jones is one of four green and golds guns – along with Ryan Griffin, Jack Bastick and Jerome Harrison – to be named in Western’s preliminary under 23s squad.
January 30: Orange sneaks into the President’s Cup final on net run rate.
January 31: Nick Phipps and Israel Folau both suggest there could be a few Waratahs and Wallabies hiding in Orange after taking youngsters through a clinic on their way to Mudgee for their Super Rugby trial against the ACT Brumbies.
