The Smarter than Smoking Junior Winter Carnival was played at the Merredin Regional Community and Leisure Centre.

The carnival was organised for students in the Eastern Wheatbelt to participate in a sporting competition comprising of netball, football and hockey.

Teams playing in each sport included Merredin, Narembeen, Southern Cross, Kellerberrin and Corrigin for football and Merredin, Mukinbudin, Bruce Rock and a combined Narembeen/Corrigin team for hockey.

In netball, Cunderdin, Merredin, Yilgarn and Kellerberrin fielded two teams each and Narembeen and Quairading fielded one each.

The Merredin team won the football competition with Kellerberrin runners up, Bruce Rock won the hockey competition with Narembeen/Corrigin combined team as runners up and Merredin Team One snatched the honours from Narembeen in the netball.

The fixture was sponsored by Healthway, the CBH Group, Landmark, Wesfarmers Federation Insurance and Bankwest, Westpac and the Merredin Sports Council.