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Early start for cricket
The Gisborne District Cricket Association hierarchy has ruled that all matches tomorrow (Saturday) will start at 11am. This move has been made in the light of forecasts for extremely hot temperatures right across the GDCA area. A drinks break will take place every half hour. Water is to be carried by the square leg umpire…
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Spotlight on tennis
The Australian Open is in full swing, and many tennis enthusiasts from the Express circulation area are paying plenty of attention to what is taking place at the extremely busy Melbourne Park. Macedon Tennis Club’s coach, Ashleigh Woda, has been instrumental in plenty of young local players visiting the centre over the past couple of…
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Try croquet at the nation’s oldest club
The Kyneton Croquet Club celebrates 150 years of croquet play in Kyneton this year, making it the oldest croquet club in all of Australia, and one of the oldest in the world. The club was founded only eight years after Wimbledon, long regarded as the home of croquet (before the tennis). To share this history…
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It’s cup day at Hanging Rock
The annual Australia Day races at Hanging Rock are one of the major drawcard attractions in the district next Monday. Being a public holiday, thousands are expected to flock to The Rock for an enjoyable family day out. Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club is looking forward to the program, highlighted by the running of…
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Wilson breaks event record
Kyneton marathon runner, Greg Wilson, broke a record at the Two Bays Trail Run recently, a 56km feat across the Mornington Peninsula. The 73-year-old completed the marathon in approximately 6 hours, 36 minutes, 35 seconds, breaking the race’s previously held record for males above 70, by about 56 minutes. He said training on grass and…
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Logging truck tips and loses load
A logging truck with two trailers attached crashed and spilled its load at Woodend last Tuesday afternoon. The rear trailer was reportedly loose and caused the truck to tip on its side when it came to a bend on Woodend-Tylden Road at about 2.30pm. Ambulance Victoria assessed and released the driver from the scene and…
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Kyneton’s new drive-through
Volunteer firefighters arriving to head out to the devastating Harcourt fires last week were treated to a delicious pre-dawn breakfast courtesy of the Kyneton Lions Club. Lion’s members Denis, Alan, Robert and Gerry were out of bed early to have everything ready for the CFA members who were drawn from brigades across area. The local…
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New live music series to launch
A new live music initiative will launch in Kyneton this Australia Day Eve, bringing together live entertainment, community connection and regional support following recent fire activity across the region. ShamRocks Summer Sessions will debut at the Shamrock Hotel Kyneton on Saturday, January 25, marking the first event in what is planned to become an ongoing…
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Rebuilding from the ashes
Taradale Fire Brigade has organised a GoFundMe appeal to assist four volunteers from the Harcourt CFA who lost their homes and a business in the Harcourt fires on January 9 while fighting fires and saving other people’s homes and businesses. One of the affected firefighters, Stephen Upton, and his wife Sam, lost the majority of…
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Fire contained, recovery begins
The Fogartys Gap Road fire that impacted Ravenswood South, Walmer, Harcourt, Sutton Grange, Faraday and surrounds on January 9 was officially declared contained on Friday morning. CFA and Forest Fire Management crews have been working around the clock to build containment lines, back burn and black out the fire with the support of three aircraft.…
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Fire sends shock waves through industries
Dozens of local small businesses and producers have been impacted by the Harcourt fire on January 9, which destroyed the Harcourt Cooperative Cool Stores, with the loss of stock and equipment estimated to be in the millions of dollars. Business Mount Alexander chair and Shedshaker Brewing co-owner Jacqueline Brodie-Hanns said the Harcourt fire had seriously…
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Wildlife burnt, respondents at odds
Wildlife advocates have raised concern for the welfare of native animals and how the state government will respond since bushfires ravaged habitats in the past two weeks across Victoria. Rescuers across this region have so far aided – among others – burnt kangaroos and koalas, or their orphaned offspring, that emerged from the charred surrounds…