Sports
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Local talent bound for nationals
Local teen Hailey Stubbs recently won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the Athletics Victoria State Championships and will now go on to compete at the Athletics Australia National Championships in Sydney from March 26-April 3. The 13-year-old Sacred Heart College student started competing in shot put in primary school athletics and later…
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Launch day roar
Kyneton Football Netball Club is kicking off the sporting year with a day of free fun and entertainment on March 27. Kyneton Showgrounds will host live music including Jessica Mangan, Reece Mastin, Hayden Evans, Aaron Schembri and Steve Falcon and the Kingswoods. There will also be activities for children, junior registration, membership sales, a raffle…
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Maddern selected for state
Castlemaine Cycling Club member Jade Maddern has been selected to represent Victoria at the 2022 Australian National Track Championships at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane later this month. Maddern will join 11 junior and senior riders from the Bendigo Cycling Club representing our region. The central Victorian riders make up a third of the…
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$500,000 to fix soccer ground
There’s plenty of elation and excitement with the news that $500,000 has been allocated towards better irrigation and drainage at Kyneton’s Barkly Square, the home of Kyneton District Soccer Club. Last week the Victorian Government’s Community Sports Minister, Ros Spence, announced $500,000 for Barkly Square was one of 10 applications approved in the third round…
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Business end of cricket season
After some trials and tribulations, finals time has arrived for the Gisborne District Cricket Association’s 2021-2022 season. The experimental ‘Final 6’ for McIntyre Cup and Johnstone Shield teams unfold with qualifying finals this Saturday afternoon. Straight first and second semi-finals are scheduled in most of the other grades. The GDCA executive, headed by president Rob…
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Newest life member
Lancefield Cricket Club’s Mark Caton has a tremendous input record both on and off the field for almost 20 years, and this was acknowledged when he received life membership of LCC on Sunday afternoon. “His record alone warrants this award,” stated former president and life member Peter Burns in summing up the tremendous contribution Caton…
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Highlands bowls regional finals approach
The first two rounds of Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region mixed pairs championships were completed at the Kyneton and Kyneton Golf greens on Sunday. Gisborne duo Dot Evans and Ethan Higgins (s) won their two matches and progress to round 3 at Kyneton this Sunday. Higgins is fresh from his memorable 25-22 Champion of Champions regional…
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Exciting new era for Magpies
An exciting new era of football continues for Castlemaine Football Netball Club with the female football program going from strength to strength. Last week the club held its first joint development session between the junior and open age sections, with a big group of players being put through their paces by senior coach Tiahna Cochrane.…
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FIDA – come and try
Kyneton Football Netball Club established the FIDA side last year in 2021. FIDA provides Victorians with an intellectual impairment the opportunity to participate in Australian Rules Football. It plays an important role in our local community and consists of approximately 25 male and female players from various areas of the Macedon Ranges, some even travel…
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Masters still getting a kick out of footy
They are grey, they are bald and they say they’re too old, but Woodend-Hesket Masters still get a kick out of footy… so says their club song. Masters football is for men aged from 35 years old with an emphasis on “footy for fun”, with games in the Victorian AFL Masters League more social than…
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Higgins crowned Regional Champion bowler
Gisborne Bowling Club’s Ethan Higgins has been crowned Regional Champion after defeating Kyneton’s Craig Vincent in a thrilling Champion of Champions final at City Oval BC last Sunday. Both players traded shots in the early ends to get to 8-8 before Vincent eked out a two-shot lead. But Higgins came back and started to build…
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Lovin’ Laughs brings joy
Kyneton galloper Lovin’ Laughs broke through for his first city win by the narrowest of margins on Wednesday, much to the delight of trainer Mick Sell and connections. The victory at Sandown Hillside was the five-year-old gelding’s fourth from 18 starts. The first two were on debut by four lengths at Echuca and in the…