Sports
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Trailblazing Tigers
There is a real chance Lancefield Cricket Club may be able to field not one but two open-age female teams this season. Everyone’s jumping on board,” women’s coordinator Emily Consiglio said at a well-attended information session for prospective players on Thursday evening. From a minimum age of 14 to mature age, girls and women are…
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Redbacks out, Rupo favourite
Rupertswood has emerged as a very short-priced favourite to take out the Riddell League’s 2019 football premiership, advancing straight into the grand final with an unanswered six-goal last quarter blitz against Diggers Rest in the second semi-final on Saturday. Then Wallan showed its runaway elimination final win over Riddell was no fluke with a 35-point…
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Wins all round for Bulldogs
Gisborne has ended the home and away season with wins all round for their three teams, the seniors, reserves and under 18s. The senior boys hosted Golden Square at Gisborne’s Gardiner Reserve and the Dogs were determined to win in front of their home crowd. The first term was controlled by Gisborne from the first…
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Finals shock as Bombers crash
Wallan delivered a monumental shock by comprehensively knocking strong premiership fancy Riddell out of the 2019 finals series on Sunday. While reigning premiers Diggers Rest clinically defeated Romsey in the qualifying final on Saturday, it was Sunday’s boilover 45-point victory by the Magpies that threw a whole new complexion over the finals battle. Meanwhile, third-placed…
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Thompson coach for 2020, Beattie steps down after five years
Footy legend Nathan Thompson is taking over coaching Kyneton’s senior football team next season. This follows on from the retirement of Luke Beattie who is stepping down from the coaching role after five years, four of which saw the Tigers compete in the finals. Both played for the Tigers this season. Thompson came out for…
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Lights up after dark
The launch of six new floodlights at Chewton’s Soldiers Memorial Park on Friday means Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club can now expand its membership and programs. A large crowd including numerous young soccer players gathered at the park on Friday evening to launch the new floodlights that will now be used for after-dark training by the…
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Tigers need help
Doubt over the future survival of Lancefield Football Netball Club prompted a special meeting last week. Put simply, this important sporting and social institution in Lancefield needs much more assistance from many more people. More than 30 enthusiasts attended, including several former Tiger presidents and office-bearers. There were plenty of ideas tossed around, and club…
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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…