Sports
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Mount Macedon scoops the pool
Dalhousie District Golf Association’s three top awards for 2023-2024 all went the way of the Mount Macedon Golf Club and two of its illustrious members. The awards were announced by DDGA president Mary Campbell at the district championships held at Broadford Golf Club on Sunday, August 11. Mount Macedon representatives were thrilled to hear the…
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Lancefield Gift revival
An event that was once one of the features of the Macedon Ranges sporting calendar is returning after an absence of more than 60 years. Lancefield is gearing up to stage one of Victorian athletics major events. The 2024 Bendigo Bank Lancefield Gift meeting will take place on Saturday, November 6. Athletes and fans from…
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Cats Premiers – by a point
Macedon’s women’s football team hung on desperately to hold off a very late Kyneton challenge to win the 2024 Rookie Me premiership on Saturday evening. Fortunes ebbed and flowed in the grand final played at Woodend’s Gilbert Gordon Reserve, and the Cats ended up going through the season undefeated in only the second year of…
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One-sided at Gardiner
Wet conditions prevailed at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday, as Gisborne had some big wins against Castlemaine. In seven of the eight matches (three football, five netball) the Bulldogs were never in danger. The one exception was the thrilling 17&Under netball match where scores were tied 37-37 at siren time. With this result, Castlemaine’s young side…
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Club shows calibre
Three members of the Woodend Hanging Rock Petanque Club have been chosen to represent Victoria in the Interstate Challenge in Queensland this coming weekend. Rod Gell, Ruth Giddings and Shirley Marshall will join nine other Victorian team members to compete against players from across Australia at the event, held from August 24-25. “We have another…
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Tom Waters to retire
For almost two decades, Tom Waters has been recognised as one of the preeminent ruckmen across the Riddell and Bendigo football leagues. This Saturday, Waters will retire after playing his 300th career game in the Lancefield versus Riddell match at Tigerland. Waters reads the game to perfection. A giant leap, clever tap work and a…
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Cats, Tigers to GF
Macedon Cats and Kyneton Tigers will contest the Riddell League Rookie Me women’s football grand final at Gilbert Gordon Oval, Woodend, on Saturday afternoon. It’s no surprise to see the two best sides in the home and away season in the big match. While Macedon reached the grand final with a convincing 6.4 to 1.3…
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Bendigo League, Broadford talk
Bendigo Football Netball League and Broadford Football Netball Club are exploring the possibility of Broadford joining the BFNL for the 2025 season. “Exploring new avenues for growth is a key part of our strategic vision,” Bendigo League chair, Professor Carol McKinstry, said late last week. Kyneton FNC departed from Bendigo to the Riddell District Football…
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Hawks halt Kyneton
Kyneton senior footballers debuted in the Riddell League on March 29 this season by outclassing Woodend-Hesket by 53 points. Weather conditions were ideal for football, appreciated by players and spectators alike. At Gilbert Gordon Oval on Saturday the Hawks gained revenge, defeating the Tigers by 15 points and ending their slim hopes of making the…
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Last chance match
Kyneton Showgrounds is the venue for the Riddell League Rookie Me women’s football preliminary final tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, August 10). Last season, Kyneton Tigers went through the season undefeated to gain a historic premiership victory, but tomorrow’s match is the last chance for either Kyneton or Woodend-Hesket to earn a place in the 2024 grand…
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Stark contrast in key matches
What an extraordinary contrast in Riddell League football matches affecting the final five on Saturday! Coming off its best win of the season over reigning premier Diggers Rest, Kyneton struggled to beat cellar-dweller Lancefield by four points to keep finals hopes alive. The drawcard Riddell versus Romsey match was a fizzer as far as a…
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Kyneton Rangers fight
Kyneton’s Barkly Square saw a stunning winter’s day on Sunday with the low-hanging sun providing some reprieve from the previous weeks’ wet pitches. The women’s Div 1 team met Shepparton South for the last game of the day at Barkly Square, and with a Shepp South’s defender drawing two yellow cards to a red card,…