Sports
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Ranges cricketers inspire
Harrison Sheahan and Lucas Cavigan represented the Macedon Ranges in the Cricket Victoria Under 17 Bendigo Summer Series on January 10-13. Harrison is a 16-year-old left-arm fast bower from Kyneton who played in the Cricket Victoria Under 17 Vic Country State team. Lucas is a 15-year-old batsman from Romsey was a part of the CV…
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GDCA teams do well
Gisborne District Cricket Association has just completed a successful week of junior male and female representative matches. The association sent an Under 17 and two Under 14 female teams to the Northern Rivers Junior Country Week for the first time. The U14As (pictured) defeated Goulburn Murray in the final, and the Under 17s fell just…
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‘Gem’ tops $100,000 mark
Paris Gem, purchased for $800 as a weanling, won easily at Mornington on Sunday to take her stake earnings to $100,793. Trainer Sue Naylor did a great job to have the seven-year-old mare primed to win the fillies and mares race over 1600m, as she was fresh from a 20 weeks’ spell. Naylor prepares the…
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Rock home in doubt
Hanging Rock Cricket Club may be forced to move from its long-held home at Hanging Rock Reserve if a draft masterplan released by the state government is implemented. Under the plan, released last week and now open for community consultation, the cricket, petanque and tennis clubs will be moved offsite to enable the relocation of…
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The new champions
In a dramatic day’s play, Ann Shipcott and Gordon Charles (pictured) emerged as Lancefield Bowling Club’s singles champions on Sunday. Remarkably, Charles had to wait for 29 years to emulate his first title, when he defeated Bern Shannon 25-10 in 1993. In contrast, Shipcott only took up bowls when she moved to Lancefield nine years…
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A day to remember
There are countless stories about racing at Hanging Rock going back generations, and New Year’s Day 2022 added yet another chapter, with the next element ahead being the Hanging Rock Cup meeting on Australia Day. Extreme heat predictions and wavering uncertainty about the latest COVID transmissions in Victoria guaranteed there would not be record numbers…
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Six races at ‘The Rock’
Everything is in readiness for the traditional New Year’s Day race meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at Hanging Rock. Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club has been taking advance package bookings from patrons for several weeks. A shuttle bus service will run from Woodend Railway Station to ‘The Rock’ from 10.30am. Tickets are $5 per person return.…
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Castlemaine juniors ready to soar in 2022
The Castlemaine Football Netball Club Juniors have appointed all coaches for the 2022 season. CFNC Juniors president Chris Mackenzie said it is reassuring to have appointed their coaches well before the start of the season. “We have secured a talented group of coaches, all of whom believe that their job is not only to develop…
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A Parmy Party!
Malmsbury’s top two cricket sides secured good wins on Saturday, with a swashbuckling century by Parminder ‘Parmy’ Singh the undoubted highlight. In the Jensen Shield match against Sunbury at Riddell, Singh effectively snuffed out Sunbury’s hopes. Malmsbury bowlers contained the opposition to 5/173, with opener Dylan Caruna shining with 84., and Kyle Fisher claiming two…
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Five winners a record
It must surely be some sort of record for a gallops meeting held at Kyneton. Probably one that will never be beaten. Five horses prepared by five individual Kyneton-based trainers were winners on the local club’s eight-event race meeting early last week. With spectators finally allowed back on course, the eight-event program was another step…
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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…
