A NEW website that will allow Australians to compare the quality of universities has been given the thumbs-up by University of New England Vice-Chancellor, Professor James Barber. The Federal Government is to create the site, to be called My University, which will be online by January 2012.

The NSW Nationals elected Armidale businessman Andrew Wood as chairman of the Northern Tablelands State Electoral Council at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bingara last Saturday. Mr Wood was elected after outgoing chairman Archie Cameron decided not to recontest the position.

O’CONNOR Catholic College is the first Armidale school out of the blocks in declaring a mass student entry in this year’s Campus City Canter fun run and walk. PE teacher Jenny Roff hopes to have as many as 75 students - from Years 7 to 12 - on the starting line at Sport UNE at 8am on Saturday week.

Duval High Year 10 formal 2009 at Booloominbah

DUVAL High School continued their dominance on the cricket pitch with a victory in the inaugural Armidale secondary school Twenty20 competition on Monday night. Named the Toad Cup, standing for The Armidale School (TAS), O’Connor Catholic Collage, Armidale High and Duval High, it was a terrific individual performance from captain Matt Baillie which got Duval over the line.

IN A FORMAT suited for the lower handicap players, Jan Kirk was always going to struggle to win the Armidale Golf Club women’s division one gross championship. But that didn’t stop her from playing out of her skin to blitz the field in the nett category.