Sports
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Club mourns an all-time legend
The Macedon Cricket Club community is in mourning following the death late last week of John Ewels, a remarkable man and one of its all-time legends.
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Lancefield’s coach coup
Lancefield Football Netball Club has secured a coup for women footballers in the district.
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Cricket wipe-out
Heavy rain wrecked Saturday’s Gisborne District Cricket Association matches, with the only one able to be completed being the Jensen 1sts encounter between Malmsbury and Hanging Rock.
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Rain impacts two-day fixture in CDCA
Rain affected play in a number of matches across the Castlemaine District Cricket Association last weekend.
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Gisborne in the box seat
The eagerly awaited cricket battle between unbeaten McIntyre Cup sides Gisborne and Romsey is heavily weighted in favour of the Dragons after last Saturday’s play at Gardiner Reserve.
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Tiger women ready for finals
The Tigers are ready to take on Mildura in the semi finals in Kyneton this coming Saturday.
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Horse trials return to Kyneton
Kyneton Pony Club held its first Horse Trials event since 2019 at Rollinson Reserve on November 11-12. The weather was sunny and warm and attracted more than 240 entries from across the state, including riders from Swan Hill to Colac and Healesville. Earlier this year the committee set a very ambitious goal to upgrade the…
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Mixed fortunes in CDCA
Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior sides contested one day matches in round six action last Saturday.
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Spilt catches prove costly
The McIntyre Cup 1sts two-day match between Woodend and Sunbury Kangaroos on Saturday produced a really tight finish, with the visitors scraping home in pursuit of 242.
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Runaway Redbacks
Romsey pennant bowlers accounted for arch-rivals Lancefield by 31 shots on Saturday, the biggest margin in division one. There is a close battle for Highlands ladder supremacy after the completion of six rounds, with Kilmore a surprise leader, just two shots ahead of Romsey, with Gisborne, Kyneton Golf and Kyneton hot on their heels. Kilmore…
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Setting up run chases
Two-day cricket encounters returned in McIntyre and Johnstone Shield 1sts and 2nds on Saturday, with Romsey and Woodend batters setting up formidable run chases on their home grounds. Unbeaten reigning premier Romsey and an improving Woodend have sights firmly set on McIntyre 1sts finals spots at the end of the season. At home to Macedon,…
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Kyneton Cup to Harmysian
Tough galloper Harmysian finished strongly to defeat favourite Red Sun Sensation and local hope Station One in the 2023 bet365 Kyneton Cup last Wednesday. Harmysian was having his third start after being off the scene through injury for almost a year, and carried his stake earnings over the $300,000 mark. The seven-year-old gave young Mornington…