Sports
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Extra time gives Saints flags
The Sainter It was a thrilling weekend for the Trentham Saints with two of its four Grand Final teams playing in drawn games that were decided in extra time. It was heartbreak for the Reserves footballers and the large contingent of Saints fans while on the netball court it was ecstasy for the girls in…
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Grand Finals ahead for Saints
The Sainter It was a great weekend of football and netball for the Trentham Saints with all four of their sides playing in preliminary finals winning their way through to next week’s Grand Finals. The Reserves are through to their first Grand Final since 2011 after a hard-fought victory over Avoca and will now face…
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Gisborne U18s to Grand Final
Gisborne Under 18s are headed to the QEO for a second semi against Strathfieldsaye. In the first Quarter both Gisborne and Strathfieldsaye hotly contested the ball. The game was fast paced but a low-scoring affair, due to strong defensive pressure by both teams. Gisborne finished on top scoring seven points to six. In the second…
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Gisborne is finals bound
The senior Gisborne Bulldogs needed a win on their home ground against South Bendigo on Saturday to get to play finals footy for the first time since 2014 – and they did it! Next Sunday they’ll meet Sandhurst in their elimination final at Bendigo’s QEO. But back to last Saturday and the match which helped…
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Tigers need your help
Kyneton Football Netball Club is calling on the community for support as it struggles under the weight of financial burden. A five-year-old legacy debt from when the club went into recession, combined with accumulating new costs, has left it with a current debt of about $200,000. Club president Karen O’Sullivan said the new executive committee…
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Strong second half downs Magpies
Kyneton produced a strong second half to defeat a plucky Castlemaine by 58 points on Saturday. The match started in some of the toughest conditions seen all season, with heavy rain and hail thumping down for the first five minutes of play and then steady rain persisting for much of the first half, enough to…
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And now for the finals!
The 16 home and away rounds are down and dusted, and the business end of the Riddell District League’s season is on in earnest this weekend with a qualifying final and two elimination finals. The RDFNL has a final six system, where finishing second is equally as good as ending up on top of the…
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Way leads VCCL team
Outstanding Romsey opening batsman Ben Way (pictured) has been named as captain of the Victorian Country Cricket League’s 2017-18 Team of the Year. The team was announced last week and Way said it came as a surprise as he was not aware the team was being chosen. Way made 820 runs for Romsey as playing…
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Hawks stay alive!
Woodend-Hesket’s season was on the line in a do-or-die match against an in-form Romsey on Saturday, and the Hawks came through with flying colours with a runaway 56 points margin at Gilbert Gordon Oval. Second placed Riddell, on a 11-game winning streak, play both Romsey and Woodend-Hesket in the next two rounds, and both will…
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Rangers roll on
Looking to continue their unbeaten run of 11 wins, the Kyneton senior soccer men took on fourth-placed Laverton at Barkly Square on Sunday. The ground was heavy from the recent rain and both teams were looking early for the opening goal of the game. A great run involving several of the Rangers lads had Jarryd…
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How time flies for Hawks
Woodend Football Netball Club hosted reunions for three of the club’s former premiership sides on July 7 – from 1968 (50 years), 1978 and 2008 – and a great day was had by all. Pictured from left to right are 1968 players Robert Falloon, Tim Morgan, Alan (Pud) Williams and Noel Rawlings. Williams was the…
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New courts to be a hit
Tennis will become even more of a hit in Riddells Creek with three new Tennis Australia compliant hard courts to be constructed. The $100,000 upgrade for Riddells Creek Tennis Club’s long-awaited stage two development will be funded through the Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream. Riddells Creek Tennis Club secretary Andrew Nicoll said…