Gisborne Football Netball Club
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Chasing extra players
Gisborne Football Netball Club needs some additional players to ensure it fields a strong women’s team at the top level in the Essendon District Football League next season. Highly credentialed coach Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Marantelli has been working for several weeks with a core group to build up numbers. “We need to make sure we have…
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Bulldogs hold off late surge
For three quarters Gisborne senior footballers were clearly superior to their top-of-the-ladder Sandhurst opposition on Saturday, then the match developed into an absolute thriller. The unbeaten Dragons suddenly found their best form, ramming home 6.4 to 3.1 in the last term at Gardiner Reserve.The Bulldogs hung on to win by six points. Proven big occasion…
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Magpies and Bulldogs go head to head
The Castlemaine Magpies hosted Gisborne in round eight Bendigo Football Netball League action at the Camp Reserve on Saturday. The Magpies came into the match fresh off their Indigenous Round Shield win over Kangaroo Flat and Gisborne from a 28-point victory over fellow top-four contender Strathfieldsaye Storm. It was a huge day for the Magpie…
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Gisborne on a roll
A devastating first quarter of football paved the way for Gisborne to defeat reigning Bendigo League premiers Golden Square by 46 points on Saturday. It was a big day at Gardiner Reserve for the ‘Battle of the Bulldogs’, with Gisborne honouring former captain and on and off the field stalwart Jarrad Lynch as he played…
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Gisborne by 258 points
A precision demolition performance by Gisborne senior footballers against an outclassed Maryborough shattered several records on Saturday. The 42.21 (273) to 2.3 (15) carnage at Gardiner Reserve was the Bulldogs highest winning score ever since joining the Bendigo League in 2000, and the highest score by any club in the league this century. But it…
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Shannon’s journey continues
Victorian AFLW legend and Gisborne local, Shannon McFerran, is preparing for yet another season to follow on from her best and fairest wins in the Bulldog senior women’s football team in 2022 and 2023.
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Gisborne’s netball glory
An almost unbelievable fightback late in the last quarter gave Gisborne the A-grade netball premiership against Bendigo League powerhouse Sandhurst. The 40-39 victory on Saturday highlighted one of the greatest grand final days in the Gisborne club’s proud history. In fact the Bulldogs came away from the Queen Elizabeth Oval with three premierships to celebrate.…
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U18s do it again
It’s hard enough to win one premiership, but two in succession is really something to talk about for a long time. No wonder Gisborne U18s coach Rob Kerr was pleased with the young Bulldogs who produced a determined, team brand of football to defeat Golden Square by four points in the Bendigo League grand final…
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Lakey close, Eve wins medal
Prolific ball winner Flynn Lakey (Gisborne) has polled 22 votes to be runner-up in the Michelsen Medal for 2023. The Bendigo League’s top individual football award went to Eaglehawk’s Noah Wheeler with 24 votes. James Coghlan (Sandhurst) was third with 16 votes. Despite missing many games, Brad Bernacki (Gisborne) still polled 12 votes. Castlemaine’s top…
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Tough going for Tigers, Bulldogs
Kyneton and Gisborne senior football teams found the going tough against respective opposition Eaglehawk and Sandhurst on Saturday. On June 3 this season, Kyneton downed the Hawks on their own territory with an after-the-siren goal to Cameron Manuel, but it was a different story at the Showgrounds in the return bout. Gearing up for the…
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Waters back to coach Bulldogs
Rob Waters coached Gisborne senior footballers to the 2022 Bendigo League premiership, breaking a long drought for the Bulldogs. Yesterday the club announced it was very happy to have Waters returning as the men’s senior coach next season. He will also be in charge for the three remaining matches of this season, starting with the…
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Square too good for Gisborne
Golden Square came to Gardiner Reserve on Saturday intent collecting four points, and proved too powerful despite the best efforts of the local Bulldogs. The final margin was 40 points after the visitors rammed home 6.3 to a solitary goal in the last quarter. An analysis of the match shows Gisborne only managed one scoring…