Kyneton Football Netball Club
-
Pride Cup to Magpies
The winner of the Pride Round Cup between Kyneton and Castlemaine football netball clubs went down to the ninth match – women’s senior football – on Saturday. Locked at four wins each, the outcome was decided when the Magpies romped home by 89 points under lights in the women’s footy at the Kyneton Showgrounds. The…
-
Tigers in the zone
Kyneton senior footballers turned on a clinical display to overwhelm Castlemaine by 126 points on Saturday. The sixth win in a row was highlighted by nine goals from the irrepressible Rhys Magin, and six from Guy Dickson in the Pride Round encounter at the Showgrounds. Kyneton’s victory sets up a blockbuster against ladder-leader Gisborne at…
-
Urgent plea on netball needs
Kyneton netballers have made an urgent and desperate plea for action to bring their facilities up to code. Last week, Kyneton Football Netball Club secretary, Vinitha Pinto, made an appeal for funding in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s 2022/23 budget. “The netball courts we have in Kyneton are not as per code and for the last…
-
Pride Round to celebrate inclusion
Diversity and inclusion need to be present in every level of sport, and Kyneton Football Netball Club knows just how important it is within their community. A Pride Round function for the community at the Kyneton Showgrounds next Saturday will spread the message of inclusion and diversity. The Pride Round celebrates inclusion in sport for…
-
Grimes looks at life after footy
Co-captain and three-times premiership player Dylan Grimes is expected to play his 200th match for Richmond this week. Grimes, who successfully balances his football career with operating a farm, vineyard and restaurant enterprise in the Macedon Ranges, admits he is already thinking about life after AFL football. The tall, highly rated intercept defender was the…
-
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…
-
Tigers on a roll
A great weekend for Kyneton Football Netball Club, with all four football teams winning against Eaglehawk on Saturday. For the seniors to go to Canterbury Park and finish strongly to topple Eaglehawk by 19 points was another step forward in the bid to consolidate a finals berth. Canterbury Park has a reputation as a fortress…
-
Tigers back in the hunt
A courageous, skilled and straight-kicking Kyneton combination toppled third-placed Golden Square by seven points on Saturday, lifting hopes of making the Bendigo League football finals this season. In a close and intriguing battle at the Showgrounds, the Tigers delighted coach Paul Chapman, selectors and supporters by outscoring the opposition by four goals to two in…
-
Tigers just miss in thriller
Kyneton senior footballers missed a golden opportunity to leap into fifth spot on the ladder when South Bendigo came from 13 points down at the last change at the Showgrounds to scramble home by three points on Saturday. It was an absolute thrilling finish between two evenly matches sides, with the visitors fighting back to…
-
Tayla’s 200th – at last!
Loyal, talented and long-term netballer Tayla Durham played her 200th game for the Kyneton club on Saturday, with plaudits from all quarters. The celebration had been delayed and finally cancelled from the 2021 season, and fellow netballers and supporters finally saw Tayla run through the ‘200’ banner and receive her awards. An exquisite goaler for…
-
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…
-
Castlemaine wins Challenge Cup honours
Castlemaine Football Netball Club played host to long-time rival Kyneton Football Netball Club on Saturday at the Camp Reserve as part of the annual Des Kelly Memorial ‘Challenge Cup’ proudly supported by Elliott Midland Newspapers. The competition marked the opening round of the 2022 Bendigo Football Netball League season. It was a historic day for…