Sports
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MAINfm kicking goals for community
The second annual MAIN Kick-Off is hitting Castlemaine’s Camp Reserve this Saturday for a community fundraiser of a different kind! The day will feature an all-inclusive game of footy plus loads more and promises to be fun for all! The day is a major fundraising initiative for 94.9 MAINfm and will kick off the station’s…
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KFNC seeking new treasurer
Kyneton Football Netball Club is seeking a new treasurer following the recent resignation of Clive Fanning. “Clive joined the club last May and has done an exceptional job putting the club’s finances back on a firm footing, with a budget surplus forecast for this year,” club president Karen O’Sullivan said. “Clive has begun a new…
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Chloe’s number one
Kyneton’s Chloe Stewart has achieved a burning ambition to reach the pinnacle in her chosen sport of lawn bowls, with Bowls Australia confirming her number one nation-wide women’s ranking at the beginning of April. The 23 year-old star has rocketed up the rankings in recent months, and has 254 ranking points, replacing Tasmanian Rebecca Van…
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Go try and sign up!
Campbells Creek FNC Junior Come and Try Afternoon is being held at the Campbells Creek FNC Oval on Friday April 12 from 3pm-5pm. It is being held by The Campbells Creek FNC in conjunction with AFL Goldfields and will be great fun and include giveaways for all the kids on behalf of the Western Bulldogs…
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Cool Cats open with win
Finals aspirants Macedon and Riddell fought hard for supremacy at Tony Clarke Reserve in a worthy opener to the Riddell League’s 2019 season on Saturday. The Cats eventually won by 14 points in a low scoring match which had unexpected twists and turns, overall using the ball better than the Bombers who suffered from inaccuracy…
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Medal count produces tie
A magnificent 125 runs in Gisborne Cricket Association’s final home and away round enabled Romsey’s Taylor Stevenson to gain maximum votes to share the prestigious Sullivan Medal with Bacchus Marsh speedster Madushanka Ekanayaka. The dramatic vote count for the top individual award took place at the GDCA’s presentation night held at Sunbury Bowling Club last…
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Rank outsider’s debut win
The racing industry has always been littered with ‘feel good’ stories, and another one emerged when owner-trainer Mark Ashby produced his previously unraced two-year-old filly Geraldine’s Jewel to win a 1200 metre event at Sandown last Wednesday. Listed as a Kyneton-based trainer, Ashby and Geraldine’s Jewel share a special affinity on a small property at…
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Laurie Marshall…This is your cricket life
Malmsbury Cricket Club will honour stalwart and legend Laurie ‘Frizza’ Marshall on April 6 when a celebration of his amazing 70 years in cricket will be held. A Life Member of Malmsbury, Kyneton and the Castlemaine District Cricket Association, Frizza has achieved much in his long and decorated career. Frizza has been curator of the…
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Community rallies behind Tigers
A lot of community support – including an interest-free loan from a local businessman – has got the Kyneton Football Netball Club out of a horror five-year financial stretch that culminated in the club being unable to play its players or local businesses for services. The club was forced to go public with its financial…
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A legend of the club
Maurice ‘Mozza’ Smith August 5 1934 – February 24 2019 The Kyneton Football Netball Club remembers Maurie ‘Mozza’ Smith who recently passed away peacefully. Maurie was involved with the KFNC for 54 years, playing more than 100 senior games. He played Reserves in 1957, ran the boundary in 1959-61 and spent the next 42 years…
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$10M for sports precinct
An elected Shorten Labor Government will invest $10 million in stages one and two of the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct. Shadow Minister for Sport Senator Don Farrell made the commitment at the New Gisborne site before an excited crowd on Friday with local Federal MPs Rob Mitchell and Lisa Chesters. The project evolved from…
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Glenlyon entries open
Glenlyon and District Pony Club is in full swing in preparation for its annual horse trials on Sunday February 24. Whenever the club holds this event, riders travel from all across the state to take part in the competition, which involves three phases over the day including a dressage test, show jumping round and a…