Kyneton Football Netball Club
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‘We are on the rise’ – Evans
Hayden Evans (pictured) was re-elected unopposed as Kyneton Football Netball Club president on Saturday afternoon, and he firmly believes the Tigers will go from strength to strength in 2023. “Please share the excitement amongst the Kyneton community …. please continue to support our great club. We are on the rise,” Evans declared in presenting his…
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Kyneton juniors to move south
Bill West In a significant move for the future, Kyneton Football Netball Club’s junior football teams will transfer from the Bendigo League to the Riddell League next season. “Our club is looking forward to joining Riddell next season and recognise that we need to implement additional actions to support our junior development and retention to…
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Major raffle bonanza
“All I can say is this guy stood by us in really hard times,” was how Kyneton Football Netball Club president Hayden Evans described the first prize winner in the club’s major raffle for 2022. The winner was staunch clubman and on-field leader Harrison Huntley, with the first prize being worth nearly $160,000 all up.…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…