Sports
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Rocky Riders to compete at Nationals
After months of rigorous training, four young Castlemaine mountain bikers are set to compete this week at the Australian Cross Country Mountain Bike National Championships.
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Romsey on top: Milne 202 n.o., Way 141
An incredible Saturday afternoon of McIntyre 1sts cricket saw reigning premier Romsey score a massive 5/462 to leapfrog Gisborne into top spot going into the knockout semi-finals.
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Local cricket star bound for India
Gisborne cricket star Riley Vernon is the first batter to top 1000 runs in a Gisborne District Cricket Association season.
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Early start for grand finals
The three Highlands area pennant bowls 2023-24 grand finals this weekend will now begin at 10am – instead of 1.15pm – due to forecasts for extremely hot weather conditions. The five-member Highlands pennant match committee chaired by John Coates made this decision in the interests of both players and spectators. There has been a positive…
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Male runner of the year!
Kyneton Ultramarathon runner Greg Wilson last month took part in the 100km Australian Championships at Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, where he was presented with some long-awaited awards.
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Game called off following incident between two players
The tribunal will be asked to decide if the match result is to be awarded to either team, or if the match should be declared null and void.
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Finals places still not set
One Saturday of McIntyre 1sts cricket remains before the knockout semi-finals
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Romsey v Golf for bowls glory
No surprise, it’s Romsey versus Kyneton Golf in the Highlands area division 1 bowls pennant grand final for the 2023-2024 season.
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Legends and Hall of Famers
What an incredible and unforgettable night! More than 125 guests attended Woodend Cricket Club’s extravaganza Hall of Fame night on Saturday. The cricket club inducted 14 of its finest players of the last decade into the Hall of Fame. The gathering at Gisborne Golf Club also celebrated five of WCC’s greatest cricketers of the last…
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Dragons back on top
With one round to play, Gisborne secured enough bonus points on Saturday to narrowly edge back in front of Romsey in the battle for top spot on the McIntyre 1sts cricket ladder. “Pretty happy” was how Dragons’ skipper Jarryd Vernon summed up the day’s play against Sunbury Kangaroos at Gardiner Reserve. The Kangaroos offered some…
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Pressure mounts as finals loom
Castlemaine District Cricket Association A Grade and A Reserve sides contested day one of the Round 12 two-day fixture last Saturday in the last round before the finals get under way. B Grade played one-day matches in Round 13, C Grade (Under 16) battled out day one of their final Round 9 matches and the…
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Astonishing final round
A Hollywood script writer could hardly have conjured up the remarkable last home and away round outcome of Highlands pennant bowls on Saturday. Gisborne jumped from seventh to fourth place in division one, replacing Kilmore, and Broadford missed a finals spot when a last end measure went ladder leader Romsey’s way by around an eighth…