Community Directory

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WILLIAMS GATEWAY EXPO
May be an image of fireworks
PRESIDENT Dennis Haddrick 0439 555 380
SECRETARY Brooke Rintoul
STALL HOLDER INFORMATION Kirby Dickson 0405 367 664

The Gateway Expo is a family day held annually in April, showcasing the local and wider community. The Expo is run by a volunteer committee. 

For further information search Williams Gateway Expo on Facebook or email williamsgatewayexpo@gmail.com

WILLIAMS REPERTORY CLUB
PRESIDENT Phil Stewart 0433 394 941
SECRETARY Jacky Chadwick 9885 6161
TREASURER Courtney Kett 9885 1228

A group of acting enthusiasts performing amateur theatre. One or two shows are staged each year with everyone encouraged to participate and have fun.

Community Groups

WILLIAMS ANGLICAN CHURCH
Paul Bartley 0431 849 169
office@gatewayparish.org

Holy Trinity Church Williams. Part of the Gateway Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, incorporating Wandering, Boddington, Marradong, Quindanning, Darkan and Arthur River. Services of public worship welcome every Sunday at 10:30am. You are welcome!
WILLIAMS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
thewilliams@williams.wa.au     
EDITOR Wendy McDonald 9885 1137
PRESIDENT Kerry Carne 9885 1023
TREASURER Debbie Kemp 0488 570 611

A group of dedicated volunteers meet fortnightly to assemble the community newspaper, which features information on local services, events and community groups as well as advertising for local businesses. Get your copy at the Newsagency.
WILLIAMS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE
9885 1378  williams@crc.net.au   5 Brooking Street, Williams
COORDINATOR Hazel Harris
CHAIR Kerry Carne 9885 1023

The objective of the Community Resource Centre Network is to provide information and education to support the development of the Williams Community. The offer a wide range of services including computer and Internet use, photocopying, laminating, binding, secretarial services, TAFE courses, video conferencing, Centrelink access point, desktop publishing, speciality papers and more. Located in Brooking Street.

WILLIAMS DISTRICT CLUB
No photo description available. 9885 1107 13 Brooking Street, Williams
PRESIDENT Jeff Rintoul 0417 973 600
VICE PRESIDENT David Carter 0418 959 620
SECRETARY / TREASURER Kathy Rintoul

Community Bar and Function Area for Members and Visitors. Open 5pm week days

Education & Learning 

WILLIAMS PLAYGROUP
PRESIDENT Emma Kirk 0409 373 977
VICE PRESIDENT Jaimee Medlen 0427 352 000
SECRETARY Jess Buller
TREASURER Jaymie Piesse

Playgroup meet on Thursday mornings at the Art & Craft Centre. While at playgroup, children have the opportunity to learn through play and develop social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills in a safe and stimulating environment.
WILLIAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL
No photo description available. 9885 2200 0409 119 062 williamsps@education.wa.edu.au
PRINCIPAL Catherine Gordan
P & C Committee President Samantha Bull

Our school provides a caring environment with opportunities for all children to become independent and self-managing learners. Our learning environment lets children acquire the skills, knowledge and values to develop their creativity and individuality - meeting their full portential.

WILLI WAGTAILS CHILDCARE CENTRE
Image Gallery Albums » Shire of Williams 9885 1673 williwagtails@williams.wa.gov.au
MANAGER Sharon Palumbo 0455 461 655
PROVIDER NUMBER: PR00007585
SERVICE NUMBER: SE0013220

The Centre is open Monday to Fridays from 7:30am to 5:30pm. Full day sessions are available as well as before and after school care.

Health & Well Being

WILLIAMS HOMECARE & STAY ON YOUR FEET
Phone: 9885 2600 williams.hacc@health.wa.gov.au
Membership costs:  The cost for various services is varied depending on your income. 

Home Care Service provides home support and respite care to people who are aged, frail aged and younger people with disabilities and their carers, to enable people to continue to live in their own home. The Stay on Your Feet Group hold weekly exercise classes and organise regular outings for seniors.

WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTRE
Phone: 9885 2600 Address: Adam Street, Williams

Give the Health Centre a ring if you require assistance with or information on the following:

  • Commonwealth Home Support Packages (prev. HACC), including home help for the frail aged.
  • Community nursing
  • Outpatient clinic (bookings preferred, please call 9885 2600)
  • Child Health Nurse
  • School Nurse
  • Pathology (Thursdays from 9.00am to 10.00am by appointment)

Open from 8.30am to 4.30pm Mondays to Fridays; please phone first for an appointment with the nurse on 9885 2600. For more extensive services, please contact the Narrogin Hospital on 9881 0333.

WILLIAMS PHARMACY & NURSE PRACTITIONER
Phone: 9865 9101 0455 352 800 williams.pharmacy@yahoo.com

OPENING HOURS: Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday 8:30am to 12:30pm

 

Hilary Bowman, Endorsed Nurse Practitioner is holding clinics every Thursday at the Williams Pharmacy. Patients can see Hilary on Thursdays for prescriptions, health assessments and general support with health issues and questions. 

For appointments please call 9865 9101 or 0411 796 272 or e-mail hilary@bowmannursingservices.com
WILLIAMS ST JOHN AMBULANCE - WILLIAMS SUB-CENTRE
Open Thursdays 9:00 - 1:00 williams.subcentre@stjohnwa.com.au 9885 1299

Membership costs: 

Single Membership - one person $64.00

Family Membership - Includes up to 2 adults and any children, under 18 years old, that are under the care of the card holders $107.00

One in five West Australian ambulance users requires transport outside the metropolitan area every year. In country Western Australia, St John Country Ambulance Cover is administered by the local St John Ambulance Sub Centres.

For those who reside in regional or remote Western Australia, the cost of your ambulance service is covered if you have comprehensive Country Ambulance Cover. This includes as many emergency or necessary non-emergency transports you, or one of your family members, require.

Within WA, St John Country Ambulance Cover will protect you for ambulance cover 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

To get cover, please visit the Williams Sub Centre Thursday 9-1 or the Shire Office.

Sporting Clubs

WILLIAMS BOWLING CLUB
PRESIDENT Robert Duff 0428 858 035
SECRETARY Jeremy Genders 0429 689 920
TREASURER Ali Ford 0428 290 237

Bowls is a mixed club, with ladies and men having their own match days. The emphasis is on joining in and having a go. The bowls season runs from mid October through to April.

WILLIAMS CRICKET CLUB
PRESIDENT Mitchell Hogg 0429 851 228
SECRETARY / TREASURER Robert Rose 0427 352 000

Catering for juniors and seniors, playing in the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association

WILLIAMS FOOTBALL CLUB
PRESIDENT Simon Maylor 0447 575 159
VICE PRESIDENT Gerard Medlen 0488 588 274
SECRETARY Ryan Pearce
TREASURER Tina Morony

Catering for juniors and seniors, playing in the Upper Great Southern Football League.

Postal Address: PO Box 135, Williams

williamsfc@live.com.au

WILLIAMS GOLF CLUB
PRESIDENT Grant Bingham 0429 851 028
VICE PRESIDENT Ryan Duff 0447 723 612
SECRETARY Michael Gillett
TREASURER Ross Major

This 18 hole course is located 2kms North of Williams on the Albany Highway. 

WILLIAMS HOCKEY CLUB
PRESIDENT Ben Keally 0429 851 228
SECRETARY Kristy Medlen 0439 977 422
TREASURER Fleur Ford

A combined club catering for men, women and juniors. Games are mostly played on Saturday afternoons in Narrogin. Many games are played on the new astro-turf facility in Narrogin 

WILLIAMS NETBALL CLUB
PRESIDENT Emma Liddelow 0459 111 000
VICE PRESIDENT Lisa Medlen 0439 913 575
SECRETARY Jaimee Medlen
TREASURER Haylee Frederickson

The Williams Netball Club caters for junior and senior women’s teams. Games are played indoor at the Narrogin Leisure Centre on Saturdays with the season running from May through to September. Seniors training is on Thursday nights at 6:30pm at the Ram Shed. For information on juniors, please contact the president.

WILLIAMS TENNIS CLUB
PRESIDENT Jeremy Dickson 0488 553 665
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER

Tennis courts are ideally located adjacent to the swimming pool, at the recreation ground. Social tennis is played on Saturday afternoons during the summer.
TARWONGA TENNIS CLUB
PRESIDENT Cliff Hall 9885 8013
SECRETARY Tischa Forman 9885 8021
TREASURER Suzie Sattler 9885 8018

Tarwonga Hall and sports facilities are located 20kms south of Williams on the Albany Highway. Tennis is played on Sundays throughout the summer.

Agricultural Clubs / Sporting Clubs

WILLIAMS CAMPDRAFT
No photo description available. PRESIDENT Michael Bowman 0427 440 229
SECRETARY
TREASURER

Australia's fastest growing equine sport showcasing incredible horsemanship and cattle handling. The Williams campdraft is an annual event, generally held around March/April.
WILLIAMS HARNESS RACING CLUB
PRESIDENT Peter Rintoul 9885 1031
SECRETARY Brooke Rintoul
whrcsecretary@gmail.com 

The Harness Racing Club holds two meets over the season, going from November to February.

WILLIAMS STUD BREEDERS
PRESIDENT Andrew Rintoul 0447 945 255
VICE PRESIDENT Jeff Rintoul 0417 973 600
SECRETARY Ann Rintoul 0407 851 031
TREASURER Peter Rintoul

Quindanning Clubs / Groups

QUINDANNING HALL COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT Natalee Lombardi 0404 986 161
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY

QUINDANNING PICNIC RACES
PRESIDENT Robyn Cavanagh
VICE PRESIDENT Jason Miles
SECRETARY Susan Batt
TREASURER Paula Colby
For a detailed description of the race day and contact details, please refer to our Upcoming Events Page.

Natural Resource Management

The Shires of Boddington, Williams, Wandering and Cuballing have a Memorandum of Understanding with the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council, with each Council contributing to the provision of a Natural Resource Manager, located in Boddington and assisting with natural resource management and landcare support for landowners and the community of the Hotham-Williams catchment. Their projects are also supported through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program and Newmont Boddington Gold.

Please contact Mel Durack on hotham-williams@peel-harvey.org.au or 0455 166 780
Williams Environmental Group Inc.: President: Ben Cole, 9885 1378 Secretary: Rebecca Higham

If you are interested in Natural Resource Management on your property this group can help you with the information and support you need. Meetings are held every two months to organise projects, events and workshops to implement and promote landcare in the local community. Equipment is available to hire to assist with tree planting and farm planning.