Sports
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Influx of quality bowlers
It’s early days yet, but Kyneton Bowling Club’s division 1 premiership prospects this season have just received a major boost with an influx of quality players. Not just one or two, but at least six who will probably walk in to Kyneton’s top side, sending shudders through last season’s pennant premiers Kyneton Golf and runner-up…
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Get Into Golf for Women
Women keen to try their hand at the sport of golf are invited to sign up for the ‘Get Into Golf for Women’ sessions to be held at Castlemaine Golf Club next month. You can expect to learn a few basics of golf, meet the members and enjoy some wine and refreshments. The sessions will…
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Exceeding all expectations
Trentham Golf Club’s new Women Get Into Golf Program is exceeding all expectations, with 44 participants. The program runs for six months for beginners to the sport, with fortnightly sessions run by PGA teaching professional Matthew Duncan. Trentham women’s vice-captain Lisa Caines and Janine Lord are coordinating the program. “Our club has a strong women’s…
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Bulldogs back from the brink
Chasing back-to-back premierships, Gisborne A-grade netballers were in a shaky position nine goals in arrears halfway through the third quarter of Saturday’s grand final. Kangaroo Flat had worked hard to establish the lead, and the Bulldogs needed to lift. Experienced coach Tarryn Rymer was proud of her side’s response under pressure, particularly as some players…
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Gisborne set for QEO
Gisborne Football Netball Club has a record-breaking seven teams in Bendigo League Grand Finals at the Queen Elizabeth Oval tomorrow (Saturday). The Bulldogs won the senior football grand final in 2022, missed the finals last season, and won the A-grade netball premiership by a goal last season. As Gisborne president John Wood pointed out this…
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Harcourt Lions roar to MCDFNL victory
Harcourt, Newstead and Maldon Football Netball Clubs are celebrating this week after their sides achieved premiership success at the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League grand final showdowns at Princes Park, Maryborough on Saturday. Meanwhile Trentham FNC’s senior football side was unable to complete a fairytale ending to their season after facing off against Natte…
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Rangers girls make history
The forecast was for blustery winds, rain, possible hail, even snow, but the Kyneton U/12A Girls soccer team travelled up to Bendigo on Saturday morning thinking about nothing but the momentous match ahead of them. It was the first time a junior girls team from Kyneton has ever made it into a Grand Final and…
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Kyneton boys victorious
The Kyneton Rangers Under 12Cs have won their Grand Final 3-0 against a previously unbeaten Strathdale United. The Rangers started strongly with great passing by Zeke Scott and Flynn Osmond through midfield that led to several shots by players including Finn Bamford which narrowly missed. Strathdale hit back with a shot on goal, which was…
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Back-to-back champions!
Gisborne Soccer Club’s 13A girls team has taken out Football Victoria’s Metro Community League championship for the second year running. Playing at the top level for 13s in the Community Metro League, the team finished on top of the ladder for the North West region. They played in the grand final on Sunday September 15…
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CSC State Finals success!
Castlemaine Secondary College’s year 9/10 girls and year 9/10 boys soccer teams represented the local region at the state finals in Darebin on September 10 and 12. To make it there, the girls squad won every single match in the Sandhurst and Loddon Mallee Division without conceding a single goal. They continued this streak by…
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Bombers prove best
In the 2024 Grand Final on Sunday, hot favourite Riddell erased any lingering doubts about which team was the absolute best in the league this season. The Bombers led throughout before a massive crowd of about 4000 at Romsey Park, and the final margin was 31 points. Threatening weather evaporated at the right time and…
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Hawks go back-to-back
The Riddell League’s A-grade netball grand final on Sunday lived up to expectations, with reigning premiers Woodend-Hesket surviving a stern test from Riddell to clinch the premiership in front of a raucous crowd at Romsey. The Hawks are still very much in celebration mode after their 45-41 victory over the Bombers. “We set ourselves a…