AFL Central Victoria
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Mixed results for Magpie Women
Castlemaine Football Netball Club’s Women’s and Under 18 Girls football sides tackled White Hills in an AFL Central Vic double header at the Camp Reserve on Sunday. The Under 18 Girls were first to hit the park against the Demons. White Hills were on the board early with a goal and the Magpies trailed by…
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A bold and courageous decision
Stuart Dunn, Castlemaine I write in relation to the recent reports that Kyneton Football Netball Club has sought clearance to leave the Bendigo Football Netball League and join the Riddell Football Netball League in 2024. As someone who had a long involvement in local football and netball, as a participant, former administrator, junior parent and…
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Riddell option looms large for Kyneton FNC
Kyneton Football Netball Club’s future affiliation is very much up in the air. The Tigers could soon make a formal move to ‘jump ship’ from the Bendigo League and seek to join the Riddell District Football League in 2024. At an open public forum held at the Showgrounds on Friday night, a large majority vote…
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Tigers call meeting to discuss future
Kyneton Football Netball Club will hold public meeting this week after the AFL Central Vic Commission floated the possibility of a promotion and relegation system with a second division of the Bendigo Football Netball League next season. Kyneton’s committee has labelled what the commission has put forward as “surprising announcements regarding the change in the…
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Falcons gear up for season 2022
Mount Alexander’s dedicated women’s footy club is gearing up to play even more matches in 2022 following the withdrawal of a Bendigo women’s team on the eve of AFL Central Victoria’s 2022 season. The Mt Alexander Falcons are now set to play eight games after being approached by AFL Central Victoria to take on the…
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Falcons appeal decision
The Mount Alexander Falcons have appealed to the Australian Football League to review AFL Central Victoria’s decision to permit only one local side, Castlemaine Football Netball Club, to enter a senior women’s team in the Central Victoria Football League – Women in 2022. The club was reportedly in talks with the AFL on Monday but…
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Falcons have landed in Castlemaine
Castlemaine is getting ready to cheer on its first women’s footy team – the Mount Alexander Falcons.There has already been a strong wave of interest only days after the Falcons were unveiled online by the new Mount Alexander Women’s Sports Club, and excitement within the new club is mounting as it gets ready to host…
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Football-netball clubs in doubt on match play
What are the prospects of football and netball taking place across the Bendigo and Riddell leagues this season? “We just don’t know” is the current condensed summation from Gisborne Football Netball Club president John Wood (pictured). While he was speaking to the Express following a BFL club presidents’ meeting last week, and a follow-up get-together of the…