Gisborne Football Netball Club
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Bulldogs chase six flags
Gisborne Football Netball Club has six teams in Bendigo League grand finals at the Queen Elizabeth Oval this Saturday. To have all three football teams and three netball sides with premiership chances is a remarkable performance by the southern-most club in the BFNL. Gisborne A-grade netballers went down 52-49 to Kangaroo Flat in the preliminary…
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Extra time called
Gisborne netballers were involved in two astonishing Bendigo League knockout semi-finals on Sunday. Both went to extra time, and the Bulldogs finished up with a 50/50 outcome – the A-graders surviving with a pressure packed victory over Castlemaine, while the B-graders succumbed to South Bendigo. The A-grade semi-final was a see-sawing affair, with the in-form…
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Two-goal defeat
Chasing their first premiership since 2006, Gisborne senior footballers were defeated by two goals by a battle-hardened Strathfieldsaye in the Bendigo League’s second semi-final on Saturday. Now Gisborne’s task is to rebound in the preliminary final against Golden Square in the preliminary final and earn another crack at the Storm (Strathfieldsaye). Bulldogs coach Rob Waters…
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Big game at Gisborne
After winning by a massive 172 points against Maryborough on Saturday, Bendigo League football ladder-leader Gisborne now face up to Strathfieldsaye at Gardiner Reserve in the match of the round. On May 7 the Bulldogs beat the Storm by six points, and these two sides are favoured to meet in the 2022 grand final. Strathfieldsaye…
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Bulldogs dominate at Camp Reserve
Castlemaine played host to league powerhouse Gisborne in round 12 action at the Camp Reserve last Saturday. A tough contest was assured with Gisborne sitting in top spot and looking to record their 11th win of the season having only dropped one game to Sandhurst in round 10. Castlemaine made a positive start in the…
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Bulldogs halt Tigers’ run
Gardiner Reserve is a virtual fortress for Gisborne footballers and netballers, and they had a clean sweep of eight victories against Kyneton on Saturday. Coming off their first defeat of the season at the hands of Sandhurst, the Bulldogs’ senior footballers bounced back hard and put a comprehensive end to the Tigers’ six-in-a-row record. A…
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Kyneton, Gisborne spring late revivals
Trailing at three-quarter-time on Saturday, Kyneton and Gisborne senior footballers produced scintillating last-term efforts to overrun respective opponents Sandhurst and Golden Square in murky conditions on Saturday. At the Showgrounds, the often inaccurate Tigers rattled home to kick five decisive goals and chalk up a fourth successive victory, increasing finals hopes for 2022. Down south…
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Gisborne supreme
Gisborne senior footballers reigned supreme at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday, demolishing Castlemaine by a mammoth 223 points. After the Magpies’ 52-point victory over Maryborough in the previous round, the talented Bulldogs were prepared for some strong opposition. To Castlemaine’s credit, players battled hard and kept up their efforts in the face of a scoring blitz…
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Rampant Bulldogs
Six goals apiece in the first quarter at the Showgrounds on Saturday indicated the Kyneton versus Gisborne senior match would be a high-scoring, closely fought affair. Then a dramatic change came over the match, with the Bulldogs systematically taking control in most positions, snuffling out the Tigers’ forward advances, and ramming home 15-7 to 1.5…
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Gisborne’s $104,700 MND record breaker
Against the odds, Gisborne Football and Netball Community, and importantly its sponsors and partners, has raised a huge amount to go to the Fight MND charity in the ongoing battle to try and find a cure for motor neurone disease. The $104,700 record breaking tally for the 2021 season campaign selling thousands of special beanies…
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Lakey’s Morrish Medal
There was plenty of elation in the Gisborne area last week as teenage star Flynn Lakey won the NAB League’s Morrish Medal. Lakey played nine matches with the Calder Cannons this season in between some senior matches with Gisborne. The ball-winning midfielder was best afield three times with the Cannons, and finished with 12 votes…
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Over until next year
Diminishing hopes that there would be a Bendigo Football Netball League finals series in 2021 were finally snuffed out on Friday. The season has been cancelled, with no team or individual awards whatsoever in senior ranks. In a media release, the BFNL’s board of management in conjunction with affiliated clubs, regrettably announced a finals series…