Sports
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Kyneton juniors challenge the best
A team of young Kyneton CFA brigade members recently took on, and defeated, the Chief Officer’s Chargers in one of the most popular events of the CFA/VFBV State Firefighter Championships. Under 17 team members, Nic Hanna, Sam Foster, Royce Sharp and Spencer Zan, competed in the Chief Officer’s Challenge in front a huge crowd at…
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Falcons gear up for season 2022
Mount Alexander’s dedicated women’s footy club is gearing up to play even more matches in 2022 following the withdrawal of a Bendigo women’s team on the eve of AFL Central Victoria’s 2022 season. The Mt Alexander Falcons are now set to play eight games after being approached by AFL Central Victoria to take on the…
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Top finish for Lambert
Christy Lambert has finished first in the women’s field and third overall in the 2022 Coburg 24 Hour Carnival. The April 9-10 weekend was the Romsey athlete’s first taste of a 24-hour marathon. Having not competed since 2Bays in January, Lambert was keen to take on the gruelling challenge. “Early in the race I thought…
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Champion effort
Castlemaine Cycling Club stalwart Emma Waldron has blitzed the competition at the 2022 AusCycling Masters Track National Championships at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, picking up a raft of medals. The local mum has produced some fantastic rides in recent Castlemaine, Bendigo and state competitions and competed as an independent entrant in the Masters…
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Bombers – by two points
Good Friday football is here to stay in the Riddell League if last Friday’s match between Riddell and Woodend-Hesket is any indication. In perfect conditions in front of a bumper crowd, both teams provided a tremendous display of football and signalled to the rest of the competition that they are likely to be in the…
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Tayla’s 200th – at last!
Loyal, talented and long-term netballer Tayla Durham played her 200th game for the Kyneton club on Saturday, with plaudits from all quarters. The celebration had been delayed and finally cancelled from the 2021 season, and fellow netballers and supporters finally saw Tayla run through the ‘200’ banner and receive her awards. An exquisite goaler for…
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Rampant Bulldogs
Six goals apiece in the first quarter at the Showgrounds on Saturday indicated the Kyneton versus Gisborne senior match would be a high-scoring, closely fought affair. Then a dramatic change came over the match, with the Bulldogs systematically taking control in most positions, snuffling out the Tigers’ forward advances, and ramming home 15-7 to 1.5…
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Triple bronze success
Castlemaine Cycling Club’s Jade Maddern won two bronze medals last week representing Victoria at the 2022 Australian National Track Championships at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane. Jade and Vic teammates Sam Gallagher and Ned Pollard started fast in the Elite Men’s Team Sprint, with Jade finishing it off to take the bronze medal in…
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Hailey wins silver
Kyneton teen Hailey Stubbs has come away with a silver medal and seventh placing at the Athletics Australia National Championships in Sydney. Representing Victoria, the 13-year-old Sacred Heart College student was thrilled to win the silver in the Under 15 Girls Hammer Throw and a seventh in the Under 17 Girls Hammer Throw – an…
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It’s a draw! Plus two tight games
Spectators certainly got their money’s worth in second round Riddell District football matches on Saturday, highlighted by an astonishing draw at Gilbert Gordon Oval between Woodend-Hesket and Wallan. Lancefield heartened their coach Tom Waters and supporters with a strong second half with a desperate Macedon hanging on to win by less than a goal, and…
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Creek makes its return
Campbells Creek Football Netball Club has made its return to the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League after a year’s recess. The side celebrating with the season opening match against the Avoca Bulldogs (Round 2 on the fixture) at its home ground at the Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve last Saturday. Club Secretary Marg Stevens said…
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Castlemaine wins Challenge Cup honours
Castlemaine Football Netball Club played host to long-time rival Kyneton Football Netball Club on Saturday at the Camp Reserve as part of the annual Des Kelly Memorial ‘Challenge Cup’ proudly supported by Elliott Midland Newspapers. The competition marked the opening round of the 2022 Bendigo Football Netball League season. It was a historic day for…