Sports
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Tigers women off to big dance
It has been a long wait for Kyneton Tigers’ women footballers but they have cemented their spot in the grand final in the RDFNL Women’s League for the first time ever! The team established in 2014, have had many years of struggle and heartache. For the first two years playing, they didn’t win a game…
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Tigers stun Gisborne
In front of a huge and parochial Showgrounds crowd, a seemingly rejuvenated Kyneton senior football side kicked six goals straight in the last quarter to upset Gisborne by three points. The Tigers lifted their intensity and work rate in the final term, sending their supporters into raptures after Gisborne had looked set to make a…
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Great Escape – Hawks by a point
Woodend-Hesket senior footballers conjured up an astonishing escape with two extremely late goals to defeat a gallant Romsey by a solitary point on Saturday. It was one of the great matches played at Gilbert Gordon Oval, and the outcome has huge ramifications for both clubs as far as the Riddell League’s 2023 finals are concerned.…
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Magpies celebrate milestones
Castlemaine Football Netball Club sides made the trek to Dower Park last Saturday to take on Kangaroo Flat. It was a big weekend for the Magpies with netballer Bri Pedretti and Women’s footballer Taylah Sartori each celebrating their 100th game milestones. Bri returned to the club in 2022 and is making her mark in both…
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Welcome change of luck
There was plenty of jubilation when tough Kyneton-trained galloper Lovin’ Laughs led throughout to win at Sandown last Wednesday. It was a change of fortune for long time trainer Mick Sell and wife Mel, and they are warmly appreciative of all who have been helping them get through some tough times. There was flooding that…
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Gisborne gets that winning feeling
Gisborne senior footballers proved too strong for Kangaroo Flat at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday, scoring their fifth win for the season. The Bulldogs tuned up for this Saturday’s match at Kyneton with a 14.19 (103) to 8.12 (60) victory. Sitting in sixth position on the ladder, it is still possible for Gisborne to make the…
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Kyneton untroubled
If Kyneton women’s football players were feeling nervous for their first finals outing, they certainly didn’t show it. The players ran out in front of a boisterous home crowd on Saturday, with a squad of junior Tigers taking part in the warm-up with the players. It was an exciting atmosphere and the undefeated hot favourites…
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TAC slogan in the limelight
The TAC Road Safety Round at the weekend saw a positive and provoking slogan on display to a massive audience. The slogan was created by an injured Lancefield netballer and was on display at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. Kira Baldwin’s ‘MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS, YOUR PHONE SHOULDN’T BE’ received exposure to a…
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Tigers looking for new coach
Kyneton Football Netball Club will have a new senior football coach in season 2024. This follows a mutual decision made earlier this week between the club and former AFL superstar Paul Chapman (pictured) that he would step down as senior coach, effectively immediately. Kyneton play Maryborough tomorrow (Saturday) and Darren Chambers will be the interim…
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Ultra achievements
Greg Wilson has claimed two M70 Australian age group records and the title of Open Race Male Champion at the Australian 24 Hour Track Invitational Open in the ACT. The Kyneton ultramarathon runner set a new M70 100-mile record at 21:47:42 (previously 22:32:30) and M70 24H record at 175.034km (previously 170.395km). “It was only three…
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Inspired, ready for the finals
Unbeaten during the home and away season, Kyneton’s women footballers go into the finals as red hot favourites. The Tigers turned on a master class at the Showgrounds on Saturday to defeat Romsey by 100 points. It was an extra special occasion as the club was hosting its first ever Indigenous Round on club grounds.…
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Wild fluctuations at Riddell
This was what the electronic scoreboard showed at half-time in the Riddell League’s match of the day on Saturday. In an astonishing first half, a very young and slick moving Romsey shocked last season’s premiers Riddell, threatening to bring the Bombers’ five-game winning streak to an end. These two neighbouring clubs have a long-term rivalry,…