Trentham Sports

I'm still learning much about the history of our small village of Trentham. You learn much much talking to the long term locals but also from the internet. I've been trawling TROVE which are the Australian Newspaper archive. Trentham had a somewhat sporting history, much of which has disappeared with time.

Trentham had a racecourse where horse racing was conducted but this ceased sometime in the mid-1900s. Being a cycling enthusiast, I discovered that Trentham had its own bike track with an annual sporting event with bike racing, running events and wood chopping competition.

I found this newspaper clipping of a sports meeting that was held at the Trentham Falls sports arena of which I can not find any signs of its existence. The town these days has football, cricket and netball facilities and currently these are undergoing improvements.

Difficult to determine whether this scene is before or after the falls but it does look  to be before with the falls in the distance. After the falls, the Coliban river runs within a deep narrow valley.

The Coliban river below the falls.