Sports
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A bumper year for Kyneton junior cricket
Nine players from the Kyneton Junior Cricket Club were selected to take part in representative cricket this month throughout the Central Highlands region as well as in and around Melbourne. Kyneton Cricket has a wealth of talent in its junior ranks. Club members are very proud that many of their players began their cricket journey…
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Star switch for Riddell League
The Riddell League’s 2019 Bowen Medal winner Jaidyn Caruana is switching from Romsey to Diggers Rest for the 2020 season.Caruana polled 28 votes in the medal count, 14 more than the runner-up , and was also voted Player of the Year.“I can’t wait for next season. Thanks for making me welcome,” the star midfielder-forward said…
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Nation’s number one
Even though she is now living ‘up north’ and playing bowls for Queensland, Chloe Stewart still calls Kyneton home. The 24-year-old expects to be ‘home for Christmas’ and is sure to receive a warm welcome especially as she has just become the Australian women’s singles champion for the first time. Chloe is pictured with her…
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Our futsal champ
Sports-mad Jimmy Beck of North Woodend is just 11 years old but he’s already an Australian sporting representative. He’s also an international champion because the Australian Gold 11 Boys Team has just taken out the championships of the futsal series in the Pacific Rim Cup in Hawaii. Back home Jimmy plays for the Pink Unicorns…
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One shot makes a big difference
The battle for supremacy between the top two sides in Central Highlands division one pennant bowls on Saturday came down to the very last end, with Gisborne edging out Lancefield by a solitary shot overall. And what a difference it makes with the double chance now wide open again. Ladder leader Lancefield fell to Gisborne…
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Weather impedes match for Macedon Ranges-Sunbury veteran cricketers
Macedon Ranges-Sunbury veteran cricketers welcomed The Australian Cricket Society team to play on turf at Keilor Park on Sunday. Ranges skipper Dave Cordy won the toss and elected to bat. Due to the weather forecast, it was decided to play four lots of 20 overs rather than the usual 40 overs apiece. After both sides…
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Bulldogs picked up in draft
Two former Gisborne footballers are beginning to live the dream. Sam Ramsay and Harrison Jones, who until this season just gone played with the Calder Cannons, were picked up last week in the AFL draft. Ramsay, who was number 47 in the draft has been snared by Carlton. Jones was pick 30 and is now…
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Grogan’s big day at Kyneton races
Hardworking local trainer Ted Grogan is kept busy with thoroughbreds and quarter horses, and stole the limelight when his very long-priced entrants made their presence felt at the Kyneton race meeting last week. Grogan had four runners at Kyneton, with rank outsider Evolvement winning at odds of $61, Cerveau running second at $101, Discombulate finishing…
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Stable star in top form
Robert Linnell describes himself as Riddells Creek’s only horse trainer, and he’s really pleased with the recent purple patch of form shown by stable star Keep The Magic. It’s often hard to win a race, but the well bred nine year-old chalked up three successive victories – starting at long odds each time – before…
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Thrilling finish in Kyneton Cup
The bet365 Kyneton Cup produced the most exciting finish on the nine-event program staged by Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club last week. Just when the well fancied and supported duo of Pacodali and Double You Tee were fighting out the finish of the $125,000 feature event, Midterm swooped down the middle of the track…
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Gisborne’s Gardiner Reserve upgrades given go ahead
A major cost blowout will not stop two pavilion upgrade projects for Gisborne’s Gardiner Reserve from getting underway before the 2020 game season. Macedon Ranges Council agreed to allocate $20,000 from its Public Open Space Financial Reserve and to run a $462,099 short-term budget deficit to fund the project. Reserve user groups have spent years…
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Riddell Bombers on front foot
There was plenty of optimism at Riddell Football Netball Club’s annual meeting last week, with Justin Belleville confirmed as senior football coach for 2020, and three talented recruits from Gisborne signed up. The Bombers finished third on the Riddell League ladder in 2019, but ‘bombed out’ unexpectedly in an elimination final against Wallan, shattering premiership…