Sports
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Rangers fight hard
Kyneton Rangers women’s soccer teams both played at their home ground on the new Barkly Square grounds last weekend. It was a double header with Rangers taking on Strathfieldsaye Colts. Both were good hard games with mighty football spirit to match the A-League grand final taking place at the same time at AAMI Park. The…
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Record female numbers
Thirty years after Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club saw its first women’s team lace up their boots, the club is celebrating a record 166 female players, ranging from ages four to 54. May 3-12 is Female Football Week, a nationwide initiative to celebrate the immense growth of women’s football at all levels of the game and…
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Bombers stun Redbacks
Riddell senior footballers produced their best form this season to overwhelm Romsey by 50 points on Saturday, convincing many onlookers the Bombers are now entitled to be the 2024 premiership favourites. But reigning premier Diggers Rest, still adapting to a new and larger home ground, may have a big say in this on May 25…
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Echuca winners
Macedon Ranges horse trainers had success at Echuca races on Friday. Charles Cassar saddled up Factually for a good win in a BM58 Handicap. Ridden by Paul Gatt, the five-year-old mare finished well to beat rank outsider Debit Credit by 0.2 length. After the race Cassar said owners Robert Patterson, Darren Howe and Lynn St…
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Golf pennant winners
Woodend won two pennants and Lancefield one when the Dalhousie District pennant finals were played at Strathbogie on Sunday. In the last two seasons Woodend has captured the Division 1 scratch title, but this year missed out on the final on a countback. However, Woodend had two teams in handicap finals on Sunday, and they…
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Players show Anzac spirit
Players from all codes participated in an impressive Anzac Day ceremony at the inaugural ‘Clash of the Tigers’ encounters between Lancefield and Kyneton. The LFNC awarded medals to exemplify the Anzac spirit of skill, courage, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play, and they were named in honour of some of the great names in Lancefield who…
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Gisborne by 258 points
A precision demolition performance by Gisborne senior footballers against an outclassed Maryborough shattered several records on Saturday. The 42.21 (273) to 2.3 (15) carnage at Gardiner Reserve was the Bulldogs highest winning score ever since joining the Bendigo League in 2000, and the highest score by any club in the league this century. But it…
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Kyneton women support campaign
Over the weekend, people from all over Australia came together in their communities to rally against gender-based violence. This rally-cry was also brought to the soccer pitch. Across the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League, women’s teams were wearing orange armbands in solidarity with women who have been victims of violence. A terrifying 31 women have been…
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Women’s soccer starts strong
Kyneton District Soccer Club has two women’s teams this season – Division 1 and Division 2 – in the Bendigo Amature Soccer League. On Sunday April 7, the women opened the season against Golden City White with a phenomenal away game, bringing home a 7-1 win with the team’s minted captain, Bec Cole, securing a…
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Clash of the Tigers
One of the Riddell District Football Netball League’s biggest events of the year takes place on Anzac Day when Lancefield Football Netball Club plays Kyneton in the first ‘Clash of the Tigers’. It will be the first time the two Tigers have played each other since Kyneton joined the Riddell League this season. However, accounts…
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Scores tell the story
Having struggled to beat Melton Centrals a week earlier, Romsey footballers produced a devastating first term to take control of Saturday’s match against a Kyneton side hoping to rebound from an ordinary performance at Riddell. It seemed the Redbacks were quite at home on the Showgrounds, running into space, backing one another up, and keeping…
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Record-breaking turnout
The 2024 season kickoff for Kyneton District Soccer Club saw a record-breaking turnout of junior players. With 19 matches played on the brand new pitches, and boasting a membership of 374 registered players, the club has seen a remarkable 55 per cent increase in participation from the previous year. Kyneton’s 13 Mini-Roos teams, spanning from…