Sports
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Club links with Carlton Respects
Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club has just become the first community club in Victoria to partner with Carlton Football Club and the important Carlton Respects Program. Carlton Respects, founded in 2016, promotes gender equality for the prevention of domestic violence against women, and has over 7500 participants in its schools’ program. The co-gender Woodend club sees…
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Top teams tumble in flooding footy
Horrendous conditions with waterlogged grounds put a whole new perspective on round 11 of Riddell League football on Saturday. In the final wash-up sixth placed Wallan impressed in toppling ladder leader Romsey, and second placed Macedon slid to sixth after failing to hold off a last quarter blitz from down the ladder Melton Centrals. Football…
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To Paris and back
Woodend’s Tiffany Winchester is in France right now with her family preparing for one of the world’s most famous cycling endurance events, the 1200 kilometre Paris-Brest-Paris. It’s an impressive undertaking for someone who took to bike riding for exercise only three years ago after a foot injury prevented her from running. The PBP, as it…
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Batting for change
Chelsea McCarthy has made a compelling case for Macedon Ranges Shire Council to support what could be the first Romsey junior girls’ cricket side. The 10-year-old put passion to paper in a submission to the council’s budget process seeking funds to kick-start junior girls’ cricket spanning several age groups. “There are already heaps of girls…
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Umpire notches up 1500
Alan ‘Ollie’ Matthews chalked up his 1500th game as an umpire on Saturday, a record that may never be beaten in the Riddell League! “I love it, it’s in my blood and I’ve made so many friends,” Matthews said after completing his stint as goal umpire in the exciting Romsey versus Rupertswood encounter. A Monegeetta…
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Veterans are appreciated
Appreciation and recognition of Defence Force veterans and their contributions to our country took place at the Gilbert Gordon Reserve in Woodend on Saturday. The Woodend-Hesket versus Riddell senior football match and accompanying ceremonies and speeches celebrated current and former district defence personnel and their service to the nation in a local sporting environment. The…
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Real deal Redbacks!
Romsey rocketed to the top of the Riddell League ladder by overwhelming previously unbeaten reigning premiers Diggers Rest by six goals on Saturday, and Riddell bounced back from an ordinary effort seven days previously to absolutely demolish a disappointing Woodend-Hesket by 122 points. These two results highlighted round eight matches, with the Redbacks confirming they…
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Sales soar for a cause
Gisborne Football Netball Club has sold more than 2000 FightMND beanies and raised more than $42,000 for the cause, which aims to find a cure for motor neurone disease. In addition to selling FightMND beanies, Gisborne’s football and netball players wore FightMND socks for all their games on Saturday against Sandhurst in round eight of…
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Bombers shot down!
Riddell’s momentum was halted at Bomberland on Saturday when a well organised Rupertswood combination answered every challenge and deserved a five-goal victory in the match of the round. The Bombers learnt you cannot expect to win against strong opposition in ideal conditions by producing just four goals in the first three quarters, and going into…
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Mixed results for girls
Round six for the Gisborne girls was a mixed bag with the club’s Under 13 Girls and Under 15 Youth Girls enjoying wins, the U18 Youth Girls losing their first game for the season and the Senior Women playing out a draw. U15 Youth Girls In the first game of the round, the U15 Youth…
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Gisborne footy girls excel
With the Gisborne Under 13 Junior Girls having a bye this round, the Gisborne Under 15 Youth Girls were first up in Round 5, taking on Darley at Darley Park. In relatively cool, yet fine conditions, the girls continued their good form from last week, linking well across the ground, but couldn’t quite convert on…
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A win under adversity
Hit hard by injuries, Macedon’s 2019 football prospects received a major boost on Saturday with a gutsy six points victory over Wallan at Tony Clarke Reserve. “Our best football is yet to come,” relieved coach Ben Tankard said after his side’s gallant last quarter effort which put the Cats back into the top six. With…