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Bullengarook’s golden fleece
Cloverleaf Corriedale Stud fleece has outclassed the rest to claim Melbourne Royal’s J.F. Guthrie Perpetual Trophy. The trophy, named after a pioneering sheep breeder, recognises the most valuable Corriedale ram’s fleece and has been awarded since 1955. The Bullengarook stud fleeces saw a successful show, also securing Most Valuable Corriedale Fleece, Best Non-Merino Fleece, and…
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Valmont Clydesdales steal the show
Kyneton South’s Valmont Clydesdale Stud is home to two reigning champions following superb performances at this year’s Melbourne Royal Show. Valmont Evoque (‘Evie’) won her Brood Mare class, before going on to win Champion Female Clydesdale three years and over, and finally securing Grand Champion Clydesdale. Her sire, Valmont Daktari (dec’d), won Champion Stallion at…
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Alpaca perfection for Precision
Baynton’s Precision Alpaca Group has celebrated a fairytale 2024 show season, having won Supreme Grand Champion on six occasions. The group secured the top title at this year’s: Canberra Royal, Sydney Easter Royal, Melbourne Royal, Australian Alpaca Association National Show, Charles Ledger Alpaca Show, and Christmas Carnival of Colour. Precision Alpaca Group’s Taryan and Max…
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Kyneton’s the team to beat!
After plenty of pre-season speculation about Kyneton’s division one bowls prospects this season, the answer came with a convincing all fours up victory over Kyneton Golf on Saturday. The influx of an array of new players, including proven skippers Greg Podesta (ex-Kangaroo Flat) and John O’Donnell, as well as much-travelled Glen Gascoyne and ‘Big G’…
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Blaze & Faörn – Introspection
Evie Dora’s exhibition Blaze & Faörn – Introspection will be on display at Shedshaker in Castlemaine until the end of October. Dora’s works highlight the importance of expressing deep emotions, versus suppressing them, a subject that will resonate with many, especially in regards to both physical and mental health and wellbeing. A central Victorian artist…
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Celebrating 25 years of dance
Local dance school Movement Zone is turning 25 and will celebrate the milestone with three special concerts at Castlemaine’s Phee Broadway Theatre this weekend, October 18 and 19. The community is invited to join them for this silver celebration with an explosion of dance and performing arts, featuring hip-hop, breakin’, funk, commercial, musical theatre, Bollywood,…
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New homes for workers
Don Smallgoods in Castlemaine will be one of 20 projects included in the first round of $150 million Regional Worker Accommodation Fund. Nine new apartments will be built in close proximity to the facility, adding the current pool of worker accommodation already provided by the company and increasing worker accommodation from 35 to 75. Will…
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‘Life’s good’ — national champ
Kyneton Bowling Club is very proud of new National Champion of Champions bowler Chloe Stewart. And Chloe says she will always remember where she grew up and began her amazing journey, which has taken to her top level in her chosen sport, and become a career path as well. “Life’s good,” a reflective Chloe said…
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Romsey on the last ball
A brilliant unbeaten 130 runs for the fifth wicket between skipper Ben Way and battle-hardened Matt Burkett enabled Romsey to topple Sunbury United on the very last ball delivered on Saturday. Burkett pulverised a drive through cover point for a boundary to give the Redbacks their second successive McIntyre Cup win on the last ball…
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CDCA swings into action
The Castlemaine District Cricket Association 2024-2025 season kicked off last weekend with one-day matches in round one of the A Grade and A Reserve competition. The Women’s competition begins this Friday October 18 and the B Grade and C Grade (Under 16) competitions commences this Saturday October 19. The opening round saw Taradale A Reserve…
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Sixth Cup for Station One
Station One’s remarkable record in country cups continued when he won the $50,000 Murtoa Cup in a photo-finish on Saturday. The brave win by the Liam Howley-trained stable star gave him his sixth Cup in the space of two years. It also brought up the third win in four days for the Macedon Ranges stable,…
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Goldfields United wins tournament
After three days of thrilling soccer this weekend, Goldfields United – a representative female soccer team of the Castlemaine and Bendigo region – remained undefeated in the Western United Cup in Ballarat, winning all of their group and knockout stage matches (without conceding a single goal) against many of the top clubs in Victoria. They…