Sports
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Cricket boost for Woodend
As part of a new coaching and development strategy, Woodend Cricket Club is excited to announce that experienced all-rounder Josh Eastley will be head coach for next season. And the club will have an international player in its ranks. Medium-fast seam bowler Joe Monk is coming from England to join the Hawks as assistant coach.…
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Significant wins in netball
In a low-scoring encounter, Woodend-Hesket A-grade netballers replaced Wallan in top spot on the Riddell League ladder. It was a key match, and Hawks’ playing coach Ty Coppinger was in fine form in defence, and pleased with the contribution made by all players. Last year’s premiers want to retain top spot, knowing there’s tough matches…
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Tigers to host Redbacks
Kyneton Tigers are hosting their annual Indigenous matches across two weeks for their senior teams this season. Their netball and senior men’s football department took part in the RDFNL Indigenous round on Saturday with the Tigers wearing their Indigenous uniforms, designed by Taungurung Elder, Uncle Mick Harding. Belonging to the Yowong-Illam-Baluk and Nattarak Baluk clans…
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Galea’s eight sinks Cats
Back in 2012 and 2013 Dean Galea won the Jim ‘Frosty’ Miller Medal for top goalkicker when playing for Port Melbourne in the VFL. On Saturday, the veteran goalkicker showed he can still be a match winner by kicking eight of Riddell’s 11 goals in a cliffhanger against Macedon. It took Galea’s senior goals tally…
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Championship medals for Kade
New sports continue to emerge in the Macedon Ranges and a Kyneton competitor has fared well at both the World and European Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships in recent months. Kade Ryan, 20, represented Maroccolo Academy Kyneton and Australia in Paris and Los Angeles and was thrilled to secure several medals. BJJ dates back to 1925,…
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Eleven-year losing streak ends
Exactly 11 years ago, or precisely 4017 days, Lancefield Under 19 footballers won their last match … with the losing drought finally broken on Friday night. Amid scenes of extraordinary jubilation and celebration, the young Tigers defeated fourth-placed Riddell 7.13 (55) to 5.1 (31). Is this the longest drought in Australian Rules football was the…
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Top place at stake
Riddell League round 13 A-grade netball this Saturday, July 13, features two crackerjack matches with implications on the double chance. Reigning premier Woodend-Hesket impressed with a strong win over Riddell on Saturday, and sit in second place just four points behind ladder-leader Wallan. The Hawks easily have the best percentage and a victory at Wallan…
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Cats by four points
Tony Clarke Reserve was a battleground on Saturday as Macedon and Kyneton footballers fought out a low-scoring 12th round thriller. In the end, the Cats scrambled home by four points after Dylan McDonald marked and kicked truly deep into the last quarter. Both sides had plenty at stake, and the game was an even contest…
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Aussie title to Akasha
Akasha Fortune played her first official game of bowls for Romsey Bowling Club as a eight-year-old, when the club was desperately short of pennant players. Progressively she became hooked on the sport, and on the Gold Coast on June 21, won the Australian Open under 18 girls’ singles bowls championship. The 17-year-old Kyneton High School…
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Arabella to play for NT
A very talented young basketballer from Kyneton will play for the Northern Territory at the Under 16 Footlocker National Championships in Bendigo from July 6 – 14. Arabella Dietz had originally hoped to gain selection in the Vic Country side, but an ankle injury in an early practice match meant she was sidelined, dashing her…
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Top trio join the Giants
Gisborne Giants Football Netball Club has just appointed three very well credentialed leaders to guide the club’s full affiliation with the Riddell League next season. Andrew Hall, Aaron McLean and Adrian ‘AJ’ Craske come to the Giants after a long recruitment process. “These are significant appointments to help strengthen the club and create strong pathways…
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Bulldogs hold off late surge
For three quarters Gisborne senior footballers were clearly superior to their top-of-the-ladder Sandhurst opposition on Saturday, then the match developed into an absolute thriller. The unbeaten Dragons suddenly found their best form, ramming home 6.4 to 3.1 in the last term at Gardiner Reserve.The Bulldogs hung on to win by six points. Proven big occasion…