Sports
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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…
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Journey of discovery
A chance find of a gold medallion proving Woodend Cricket Club won a premiership in 1900-1901 has ignited interest in discovering more about the early days of cricket in Woodend and surrounds.
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Shirley to represent Australia
Hanging Rock Petanque Club’s Shirley Marshall will represent Australia at the Trans Tasman Championship against New Zealand in Perth next month.
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Kangas set big run chase
The in-form Vernon brothers piled on the runs again at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday, with Gisborne setting fourth-placed Sunbury Kangaroos a formidable target of 343 for an upset victory.
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Rescue mission! Centuries save Woodend
Woodend’s hopes of making the McIntyre Cup finals hung by a thread after the loss of four quick wickets on Saturday.
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Showdown for Kyneton, Golf
Highlands division one ladder-leader Kyneton stumbled at the wrong time on Saturday, going down by five shots at Broadford.