Sports
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Hawks sign top players
Woodend-Hesket has signed up three of its outstanding footballers for next season. The Hawks just missed out on making the Riddell League finals this season, and hope to improve further in 2019 with a strong contingent of teenage players on the list. At the club’s recent annual meeting Paul Podbury, a club stalwart on and…
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Be the roar for the Tigers
Kyneton Tigers have entered a men’s and women’s team in the Country Basketball League for the second year in a row. With the Tigers striving for greatness they are hoping for a very successful year ahead with both teams not only aspiring to make finals but take out the championship. Both teams have been in…
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The Woodsmen hammer 0/228
Woodend’s McIntyre Cup Premier Firsts opening batsmen Josh Eastley and Michael Nalesnyik were in superb form with a match-winning unbeaten partnership of 228 runs on Saturday. Far from being deflated by a stunning 10-wicket loss to Gisborne in the opening round, Woodend bounced back superbly to overpower a Sunbury United side which batted first to…
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Golf stun premiers
Reigning Central Highlands division one bowls premiers Gisborne Red had an enviable record of never losing a match on its synthetic green, but a resilient Kyneton Golf put an end to that with a tremendous effort on Saturday. The “plastic fantastic” surface has been in use for three seasons, and the battle between last year’s…
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Dragons demolish Woodend
Gisborne sent a powerful message to other McIntyre Cup cricket hopefuls with a stunning demolition of last season’s runners-up Woodend on Saturday. The Dragons finished fifth last season after two successive premierships, and are out to make amends in 2018-19. Woodend batsmen failed dismally, crashing from 0/39 to be bundled out for just 84 runs…
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Warm welcome for UK import
Woodend Cricket Club’s first-ever international player received a very enthusiastic welcome within a few hours of arriving from England last Wednesday. Monte McCague, from Leeds & Broomfield CC, is the son of former English fast bowler Martin McCague who played three Tests against Australia in the 1990s. The strongly built 20-year-old describes himself as “a…
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Tribunal is busy
The Riddell League’s 2018 grand final may be over, with Diggers Rest premiers, but the independent tribunal conducted a very interesting hearings last week. Riddell Football Netball Club went to the tribunal in support of its two players who were sent off during the tense second quarter of the grand final. Top utility player Dylan…
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Redbacks gain Blair
After spending five seasons with Coburg in the VFL, former Romsey teenage football star Nathan Blair is returning to play with the Redbacks next season. Blair, a strongly built 23-year-old defender has been in Coburg’s leadership group for the past two seasons, and brings a wealth of experience back to his home town club. Romsey…
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Three point victory
A mass of red, blue and white supporters arrived by the busload to back their beloved local Bulldogs under 18s football team in the Grand Final against Sandhurst at the QEO on Saturday, and their trip along and Calder proved to be well worth the effort – Gisborne brought home the premiership. In the first…
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Grand final to the Tigers
Kyneton A Reserve Tiger netballers hadn’t won a match against Kangaroo Flat all season but on the weekend they did win when it really mattered and now they are the season’s premiers. The Tigers were full of determination and had the support of many locals who flocked to Bendigo’s QEO to see them play. The…
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Grand finals success
Kyneton Rangers Under 12C have taken out the double by winning the Soccer Championship and their Grand Fina in the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League finals. The game was played at Epsom on the weekend. The Strathdale Zebra Sharks were the first to score but just before half-time, Kyneton’s David Geissler equalised with a quality strike.…
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Ladies Championships
Tuesday was the final round of the Kyneton Golf Club Ladies Championships. Congratulations to Denise Murphy for winning her 19th and the 2018 Ladies Championship with a gross of 282. The runner up and B Minor Champion was Deidre Dawes with a total of 295. The winner of C Grade and the Ruth Sievers Trophy…