Sports
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Inclusion win for Tigers
Kyneton Football Netball Club has been awarded the winner of the 2021 AFL Victoria Community Award Club Inclusion due to the club’s incredible work in the disability and LGBTQIA+ space. The Community Awards were presented via a live Facebook event last week to acknowledge the important role that community members state wide play in the…
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Riddell courts a hit
A sense of achievement and optimism for the future was very evident at the long-awaited opening of the three new hardcourts at Riddells Creek Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon. Livewire tennis club president Fiona Walker described the $492,479 project as “extra special” because it had the support and funding from many partners, including all three…
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Century sinks Woodsmen
Gisborne District Cricket Association’s season is finally under way, and Woodend’s healthy tally of 188 was not enough to keep promoted Wallan at bay in their McIntyre Cup clash on Saturday. Spectators at Gilbert Gordon Oval witnessed some fine batting in the one-day fixture, but it was Bryan Vance who turned the match in the…
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Local winners – spectators back
Spectators were finally allowed back at a Kyneton race meeting on Friday, where local trainers chalked up two winners and multiple placings on the eight event program. Once again less than ideal weather prevailed, with rain of varying intensity and a track becoming heavier as the day progressed.There was a mixture of both long and…
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Soccer club is No. 1
A crescendo of excitement and jubilation has swept through Kyneton District Soccer Club, just awarded Regional Club of the Year status by Football Victoria. “This has been achieved by a lot of hardworking people involved to make sure we continued to support our community in what has been a very tough couple of years,” stalwart…
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Grey gets home
Kyneton-trained Kerioth was slowly away but flew home to win over 1100m at Geelong on Saturday. Kerioth was sent out as favourite despite having not raced since May 10, but a recent impressive jump out performance at Avoca showed the four-year-old was primed to run well first-up. Trained by George Osborne, Kerioth went into racing…
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Cup goes to Indiana Lilly
Run in pouring rain with a depleted field, Cranbourne-trained mare Indiana Lilly got up in the last couple of strides to edge out Silent Command in the 2021 bet365 Kyneton Cup last Wednesday. A masterly ride by experienced jockey Craig Newitt made the difference between winning and losing, as Indiana Lilly ($7 chance) did not…
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Gisborne’s $104,700 MND record breaker
Against the odds, Gisborne Football and Netball Community, and importantly its sponsors and partners, has raised a huge amount to go to the Fight MND charity in the ongoing battle to try and find a cure for motor neurone disease. The $104,700 record breaking tally for the 2021 season campaign selling thousands of special beanies…
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Fun on the fairway
James Hynson has channelled his boundless energy into golf. The Gisborne man is not letting disability get in the way of embracing a pastime good for the mind, body and soul. For the past year, James and his community support person, Sam Santo, have taken to Woodend Golf Course every Thursday afternoon. James says it’s…
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Tenth win for ‘Magic’
Riddells Creek owner-trainer Robert Linnell could be excused for wondering if favourite galloper Keep The Magic had lost some of his former magic, but faith was restored on Sunday. Having his 102nd race start, the well-bred 11-year-old narrowly won over 1200m at St Arnaud, a track where he had previously been successful twice in a…
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Falcons appeal decision
The Mount Alexander Falcons have appealed to the Australian Football League to review AFL Central Victoria’s decision to permit only one local side, Castlemaine Football Netball Club, to enter a senior women’s team in the Central Victoria Football League – Women in 2022. The club was reportedly in talks with the AFL on Monday but…
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Petition to allow crowds at Kyneton Cup
Macedon Ranges resident Suzanne Carroll, a successful fashion designer and ardent racegoer, has made a petition-led bid to persuade authorities to allow spectators to attend the 2021 Kyneton Cup race meeting on November 3. The Riddells Creek entrepreneur said the residents of Macedon Ranges had supported the action to get vaccinated and deserved to be…