Camp Reserve
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Runners to converge for Castlemaine Gift
The annual Castlemaine Gift returns to the Camp Reserve on Sunday February 22. The meeting will feature a full day of professional, handicap running that lasts for about seven hours of non-stop action. The day starts at 10am with the heats of the Junior Castlemaine Gift for boys and girls aged from five to 13…
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Get your show entries in!
The 171st Castlemaine and District Agricultural Show returns to the Camp Reserve this Friday and Saturday, October 31 and November 1. Be sure to get your horticulture, flower and cookery entry forms in by tomorrow, Wednesday October 29, at 5.30pm. These entries must be dropped off between 8am and 10am on Thursday October 30. Judging…
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MAIN Game set to return
Castlemaine’s highly anticipated and much-loved community event, the MAIN Game, returns to the Camp Reserve on Sunday June 8. Featuring a footy friendly between the Rockatoos and the Radio Galahs, the event brings footy and fundraising together for local radio station 94.9 MainFM, which has long been a cornerstone of the community. Both teams, composed…
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Get set for the Gift
Eve Lamb For the first time ever the upcoming Castlemaine Gift will be live-streamed, but it’s not the only reason this year’s Gift will be especially significant. Coming up fast on Sunday February 27 this year’s running marks the 100th year since the Castlemaine Gift first happened on Camp Reserve. Organiser Darryl Nettleton was exuberant…
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Camp Reserve master plan draws debate
A “once in a lifetime opportunity to improve our premier reserve” is the way one local councillor has described the adoption of an amended Camp Reserve Master Plan in recent days. At its September meeting last week, Mount Alexander Shire Council voted 6:1 in favour of adopting the new plan intended to guide some $6…