Sports
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Champs do battle
Ballarat Highlands Bowling Region Champion of Champions competition kicked off on Sunday, contested by men’s and women’s singles champions from all region clubs. This includes all clubs in the local Highlands Region. The first two knockout rounds of the finals took place at Central Wendouree, Kyneton, Webbcona and Woodend bowling clubs. Woodend returned as a…
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Macedon hang on
Underdogs Macedon showed plenty of resilience to stave off Gisborne’s desperate efforts to win their round 12 McIntyre 1sts match at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday. Rain was Macedon’s initial saviour, with more than half an hour’s play lost, then several of the the Cats’ younger batters “dug in” and at stumps the score was 9/169…
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Country Week record breaker
Records tumbled yesterday (Tuesday) when Gisborne District Cricket Association outclassed Wangaratta at Melbourne Country Week. GDCA vice-captain Marcus Stewart hit a superb unbeaten 152 (14 fours, four sixes) to become the highest GDCA scorer yet in Country Week competitions. The tally of 7/325 from 50 overs was a record as well for the GDCA, and…
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A Turner double
Husband and wife duo Wayne and Josie Turner won Kyneton Golf Bowling Club’s singles championships. Two well contested finals were played last Wednesday, and Wayne took his tally to nine singles titles — six at Kyneton Golf, two at Woodend, and one at Kyneton. The pinnacle was his Victorian singles crown in 2001. “I gave…
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Golf trio too good
Kyneton Golf Bowling Club was unbeaten in all three matches to take out Lancefield Bowling Club’s annual triples tournament. Pictured (from left) are Paul Tobin, Stephen Taylor and skipper Adrian Plowman after the presentations. Funeral directors TJ Scott & Son again sponsored the tournament, with Lancefield club president Jeff Smith praising John Scott for his…
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Gisborne White on top
Kyneton Cricket Club hosted the first round of the Central Highlands Wendy Gray Shield at the Showgrounds on Sunday. The Under 14 girls’ competition hosted teams from Castlemaine and Maryborough Associates, and the GDCA. The standout match between Gisborne White and Gisborne Green saw Green score 2/77 — Freya Dodd 21, Ruby Shinn Mahony 15…
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Romsey in a thriller
Chasing Gisborne’s sizeable 286, Romsey won a thrilling McIntyre Cup match on Saturday as Thomas Boyer hit a boundary with just four balls remaining. Boyer’s 66 not out from just 45 balls was just what the home side needed. Gisborne reduced Romsey to 9/260 with four overs remaining, and it was pace bowler Jamie Taylor…
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Woodend — One Day champs
Woodend Cricket Club convincingly won the inaugural McIntyre Cup One Day Cup on Sunday. Deciding to bat against home side Romsey in the 45 overs per side final, the Woodsmen compiled a healthy 9/200 c.c. Evergreen Warren Else top scored with 59 and gave the innings impetus after several other batters had made a start,…
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Podesta, Knight champs
Kyneton Bowling Club’s new singles champions were decided on Friday afternoon. Some qualify bowling was on display, with Greg Podesta — formerly with Kangaroo Flat — the new men’s champion in his first season with Kyneton. Denise Knight won her third Kyneton championship, equalling the record of opponent Christine Plowman. The men’s final brought together…
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Action heats up in CDCA
The Castlemaine District Cricket Association summer of cricket continues with all sides returning to the pitch last weekend after the school holidays and Australia Day long weekend. A Grade sides played two-day clashes across Saturday and Sunday in round 10, A Reserve played one-day matches in round 13, B Grade contested one-day matches in round…
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Woodend Cup on Saturday
Macedon Ranges trainer Liam Howley has two runners in the 2025 Macedon Ranges Ag Machinery Woodend Cup this Saturday (February 1). Last year’s Howley won the Woodend Cup with prolific Cups winning galloper Station One … and he has two runners in this year’s feature event. They are Fiftysevenyears, to be ridden by stable apprentice…
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Castlemaine Gift fast approaching
The annual Castlemaine Gift returns to the Camp Reserve on Sunday February 23 with registrations opening soon. The meeting will feature a full day of professional, handicap running that lasts for about seven hours of non-stop action. The day starts at 10am with the heats of the Junior Castlemaine Gift for boys and girls aged…