Sports
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Gisborne premiers
Gisborne chased down Romsey’s 8/144 c.c. to win the McIntyre Cup grand final with 10 balls to spare on Saturday. In a remarkable set of three finals, the Dragons only lost five wickets on their way to their fourth McIntyre Cup title, with skipper Jason Wilson winning the toss all three times and making the…
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Lancefield ‘6’ secures flag
The fairytale is now reality! Fourth-placed Lancefield has shocked the bowls world by winning successive finals matches against Romsey, Gisborne and Kyneton Golf to emerge as 2021-2022 Highlands division one premiers. The first time in history the Tigers have won successive pennants at this top level. The grand final on a fast green at Kyneton…
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It’s Golf v Lancefield
For the second week in a row, Lancefield division one bowlers have caused a major upset, this time eliminating Gisborne from the Highlands finals with a 20-shot victory. Now the Tigers have to face up to the formidable Kyneton Golf combination in this Saturday’s Highlands grand final on the Kyneton green. It promises to be…
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Magpie women off to a flyer
Castlemaine Football Netball Club’s new senior women footballers are celebrating this week after claiming the ‘atWork Australia Cup’ at Shepparton on Sunday. This was a significant day for the team as it was also the first time they had played together, 2022 being the first season CFNC has fielded a senior women’s side! The side…
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Hawks’ girls show enthusiasm
Having two very proficient junior girls’ football teams at Woodend was just a dream four years ago, but it’s now reality with plenty of optimism about the coming 2022 season. The Woodend Hawks Junior Football and Netball Club is still looking for more players to supplement the Under 15s and Under 19s sides, which train…
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Barkers Creek claims fifth premiership
Crowds across the region were treated to some top cricket action as Castlemaine District Cricket Association grand finals were battled out across all grades last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Highlights of the round were Hepburn A Reserve batsman Brayden Yanner’s 83 not out and Harcourt C Grade bowler Fraser McAinch’s 3-17. Results were: A Grade…
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Regional champions celebrate
Tethering on the brink of defeat, David Beardmore, Terry Kelly, Graham Edwards and Ethan Higgins (s) staged a remarkable comeback to win eight ends in succession and wrap up the Ballarat Highlands Region men’s fours championship. Representing Highlands, Gisborne’s Beardmore, Kelly and Higgins were pleased to welcome Kyneton Golf’s topliner Edwards into their ranks for…
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All the way
Having not raced since October 16, Irascible Miss effortlessly won for Kyneton trainer George Osborne at Kilmore on Thursday. Alana Kelly – pictured bringing the four-year-old mare back to scale – rated her perfectly in front to win by nearly two lengths in the 1200m bet365 Odds Drift Protector Maiden Plate. “It’s onwards and upward…
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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…