Sports
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Way leads VCCL team
Outstanding Romsey opening batsman Ben Way (pictured) has been named as captain of the Victorian Country Cricket League’s 2017-18 Team of the Year. The team was announced last week and Way said it came as a surprise as he was not aware the team was being chosen. Way made 820 runs for Romsey as playing…
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Hawks stay alive!
Woodend-Hesket’s season was on the line in a do-or-die match against an in-form Romsey on Saturday, and the Hawks came through with flying colours with a runaway 56 points margin at Gilbert Gordon Oval. Second placed Riddell, on a 11-game winning streak, play both Romsey and Woodend-Hesket in the next two rounds, and both will…
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Rangers roll on
Looking to continue their unbeaten run of 11 wins, the Kyneton senior soccer men took on fourth-placed Laverton at Barkly Square on Sunday. The ground was heavy from the recent rain and both teams were looking early for the opening goal of the game. A great run involving several of the Rangers lads had Jarryd…
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How time flies for Hawks
Woodend Football Netball Club hosted reunions for three of the club’s former premiership sides on July 7 – from 1968 (50 years), 1978 and 2008 – and a great day was had by all. Pictured from left to right are 1968 players Robert Falloon, Tim Morgan, Alan (Pud) Williams and Noel Rawlings. Williams was the…
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New courts to be a hit
Tennis will become even more of a hit in Riddells Creek with three new Tennis Australia compliant hard courts to be constructed. The $100,000 upgrade for Riddells Creek Tennis Club’s long-awaited stage two development will be funded through the Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream. Riddells Creek Tennis Club secretary Andrew Nicoll said…
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Eight goal burst comes too late
Woodend-Hesket threw off the shackles imposed by Riddell and kicked eight goals in a devastating last quarter turnaround at Gilbert Gordon Oval on Saturday. But the bird had well and truly flown in the first half, and the Bombers prevailed by 19 points and will spend this week preparing for the blockbuster clash against reigning…
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Cats shake off Hawks
Forced to work extremely hard for the first three quarters, reigning Riddell League premier Macedon finished full of running to defeat Woodend-Hesket by seven goals on Saturday. While the visiting Hawks were gallant for much of the match, Macedon’s near water-tight defence only conceded one goal, from a 50m penalty, in the second half and…
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Tigers bring home exciting win
It’s a measure of how far the Kyneton Football Netball Club has travelled that a seven-goal lead against Kangaroo Flat in the final term seemed a bit ho hum. The crowd wasn’t into it and nor did it seem were the players. Then they exploded! The Tigers rammed home 12 goals in 20 minutes in…
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AFL kicks in $100,000
AFL Victoria is providing $100,000 towards the multi-million dollar Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct sports fields at New Gisborne. Mayor Jennifer Anderson said the AFL’s backing is very significant, as it is the first external funding commitment to the major project. There was jubilation at Gardiner Reserve in Gisborne on Thursday evening as AFL Victoria’s…
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Riders raring to race
Harcourt’s new mountain bike park hosts its first major competitive mountain biking event this Sunday. The Goldfields Winter Series is expected to bring up to 140 riders to the scenic La Larr Ba Gauwa Park for the competition. The competitive series is a new initiative of the Castlemaine Rocky Riders Mountain Bike Club and the…
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Futsal refs get involved
Futsal is a sport growing in leaps and bounds in the Macedon Ranges. This modified form of soccer, traditionally played indoors, is growing in popularity with more than 450 players of all ages from under eight years old, all the way through to open-age players. Macedon Ranges Futsal has in recent seasons had many of…
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Sports precinct gains momentum
Macedon Ranges Shire Council is advocating for state and federal government support for a Regional Sports Precinct in New Gisborne. Last week the council met with Minister for Sport John Eren, Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas and representatives from the New Gisborne Regional Sports Field and the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Hub Projects for a briefing…