Sports
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Hawks stun premiers
Bill West A stunning second-half performance enabled Woodend-Hesket senior footballers to demolish reigning premiers Riddell by six goals on Good Friday. Hawks’ players and supporters were over the moon after the clash at Gilbert Gordon Oval, where the visiting Bombers could not kick a goal in the entire second half. The first match of the…
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Good Friday match up
Woodend-Hesket coach Josh Pound (at left) and Riddell’s reigning premiership coach Justin Bellville will have their sides geared up for highly competitive performances on Good Friday. It’s a feast of football and netball at Gilbert Gordon Oval from 10am onwards. Both sides have some well credentialed recruits keen to prove their worth. The drawcard Woodend-Hesket…
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Basketballers on a high
Macedon Ranges Basketball Association is on a high following the recent Under 16 Boys’ Division 1 Country Championship. This was quickly followed by the inclusion of MRBA rising stars Finn McGinty, Sonny Maxwell, Samuel Haslett and Alex Gray in the Country Victoria U16s team to play in the National Championships in July. The Express highlighted…
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Sullivan Medal goes to Vernon
Bill West As widely anticipated, Gisborne captain Jarryd Vernon has won the highest individual award in McIntyre Cup cricket for season 2022-2023. The talented 28-year-old allrounder received 20 votes to win the Sullivan Medal by seven votes from team-mate and former medal winner Mick Allen, who won the bowling award. The medal count was conducted…
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Double at Ballarat
Winners are continuing to flow from the Hirsch Park training establishment at Tylden. Last Tuesday, the Salanitri brothers saddled up two lightly raced galllopers for narrow wins at Ballarat. Both three-year-old filly Carolina Sunrise and Sir Juggernaut gave connections and supporters plenty to think about, but each ended up making late runs and hitting the…
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Tigers host practise match
Lancefield senior footballers held their first practise at home to North Sunshine last Sunday evening. Tigers’ new non-playing coach Tim Bannan is pictured addressing his players at the quarter-time break. The coach was generally pleased with the first-term performance with the Tigers monopolising the ball but wasting some opportunities to put a big lead on…
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Helping hand from VicForests
Woodend Golf Club is very appreciative of help provided by VicForests personnel in clearing up massive stumps left over from the June 21 storms. While the club members cleaned up much of the extreme damage, managing the huge stumps was beyond their club’s capacity. “We are very grateful to have staff from VicForests out on…
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Come and try FIDA football
Sports Focus has partnered with the Bendigo FIDA Suns to deliver a free Come and Try FIDA Football session in Castlemaine. FIDA Football is Australian Rules football for people with intellectual disabilities and has teams across Victoria, including Bendigo and Kyneton. The Kyneton FIDA Tigers are a newly established team who came together in 2021…
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Back-to-back premierships!
Kyneton District Tennis Club is going from strength to strength, recently taking out the Macedon Ranges Tennis Association Saturday Open pennant for the second season in a row. It was a hotly contested Grand Final played between the Kyneton team and this season’s minor premiers, Lancefield Yellow. Spectators braved the wind and cold to watch…
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Impressive winner
Bill West Liam Howley produced a lightly raced three-year-old for an impressive win at Geelong on Friday. Ridden by Harry Coffey, Fiftysevenyears was sent out as a $3.30 chance after finishing third at his previous start at Bendigo on March 9. The Street Boss – Belle Chanteeler galloper has his only previous start as a…
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Jemma bound for Nationals
Talented Castlemaine swimmer Jemma Cole is set to compete at the National Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast next month. The 18-year-old was selected to swim at the Nationals back in 2020 in Perth, but COVID quashed those plans. As restrictions began to ease, the Castlemaine Amateur Swimming Club member was able to train…
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Romsey’s hard fight to glory
Bill WestIn one of the best Gisborne District Cricket Association grand finals for many years, Romsey fought tooth and nail to overcome Sunbury United in a tense and absorbing McIntyre Cup grand final spread over Saturday and Sunday. Celebrations in Romsey are likely to be extended, with the club capturing its first McIntyre Cup/A-grade flag…