Sports
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CDCA premiers crowned
Castlemaine District Cricket Association sides overcame blistering heat and overnight rain to complete their grand final showdowns last weekend. The Women kicked off the weekend with a grand final battle at Hepburn on Friday night where the home side emerged victorious over Newstead. A Grade and C Grade (Under 16s) began two-day contests on Saturday…
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Kyneton region champions!
A never-say-die attitude and some great bowling under pressure led to Kyneton winning the Ballarat-Highlands Bowls Region Champion of Champions final by three shots in a tense finish on Sunday afternoon. The Kyneton side, which defeated Romsey by 21 shots in the Saturday pennant division one final, travelled to play the strong Victoria (Ballarat) side…
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Kyneton dominate in midweek
Kyneton Bowling Club’s pennant dominance this season continued last week when the Highlands midweek finals were played. Buoyed by Saturday division 1 and 3 pennants already, Kyneton swept to victory in Tuesday (midweek) finals for divisions 1 and 2. The winning margins were very large, despite the best efforts of the opposition in the finals…
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Region finals for Kyneton
Kyneton Bowling Club’s division 1 premiership teams from Saturday and midweek pennant are looking forward to playing in the Ballarat Highlands Region pennant finals. This Sunday afternoon, March 15, Kyneton’s Saturday division 1 side takes on the strong Victoria (Ballarat) lineup in the regional final at Sebastopol. On Tuesday, March 18, Kyneton’s division 1 midweek…
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Soccer registrations open
Kyneton District Soccer Club is currently welcoming anyone interested in joining their men’s and women’s senior teams. Everyone over the age of 16 is welcome to join and no prior experience is necessary. The teams train Tuesdays and Thursdays and play each Sunday. Player Jack Keane said the club was a space steeped in community.…
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Umpires on the job
Umpires are part and parcel of cricket and many other sports. On Saturday, Emily Wilkinson, of Macedon, became the first woman to umpire a men’s grand final in the Gisborne District Cricket Association. Emily is pictured, as are Mick Jensen (at left) and Andrew Headberry, who were in charge of the thrilling Jensen 1sts grand…
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Grand finalists to go head to head
Castlemaine District Cricket Association semi-final contests were battled out last weekend across the competition. In A Grade matches, finals contenders undertook a two-day fixture to decide this year’s grand finalists, A Reserve played one-day encounters on Saturday and Sunday in qualifying, elimination and preliminary finals to decide their final two, and B Grade contested one-day…
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Gisborne on run spree
In excess of 400 runs in successive matches has boosted Gisborne’s confidence with McIntyre Cup finals coming up. The Dragons’ tally of 9/409 c.c. from 80 overs against Rupertswood at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday was highlighted by 154 (174 balls — 23 fours and a six) by run machine Riley Vernon. Gisborne welcomed back captain…
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Kyneton victorious
Hot favourite Kyneton took out the Highlands division one bowls pennant grand final against Romsey by 21 shots today. In ideal conditions at Woodend, Romsey began well but Kyneton methodically fought back to trail by a shot at half-time. The favourites maintained the pressure in the second half and finished up with an all fours up…
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Woodend wins bowls grand final
After trailing Kyneton all afternoon, Woodend division two bowlers picked up seven shots on the last two ends in the Highlands grand final today (Saturday) at Lancefield. There was sustained elation from the Woodend players and supporters, with Kyneton left to lament ‘the one that got away’. Woodend is almost certain to accept promotion to the…
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Big bowls weekend
Grand finals in the three divisions of Highlands pennant bowls take place this weekend. On Sunday at Woodend, Kyneton goes into the division one grand final as hot favourite against Romsey, after an 80-56 semi-final win over the Redbacks. Romsey is trying to win its first-ever top-grade bowls premiership, and the Redbacks are buoyed after…
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Top teams stand up
Top team Woodend and premiership aspirant Romsey made sure of avoiding upset losses in the second last home and away round of McIntyre 1sts cricket on Saturday. Both stepped up with the bal land in the field to snuff out challenges from Rupertswood and Broadford. Reigning premiers Gisborne made a mammoth 425 as various batters…