Kyneton Football Netball Club
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Inclusion win for Tigers
Kyneton Football Netball Club has been awarded the winner of the 2021 AFL Victoria Community Award Club Inclusion due to the club’s incredible work in the disability and LGBTQIA+ space. The Community Awards were presented via a live Facebook event last week to acknowledge the important role that community members state wide play in the…
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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…
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Tigers appoint club manager
Kyneton Football Netball Club has appointed Nikki Young (pictured) to the full-time role of club manager. President Hayden Evans said the club was now in a position to employ Nikki who would oversee all club communications and administrative functions for Auskick, junior football, netball, women’s football, men’s football and FIDA (all-abilities football). “This will help…
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Worthy winner of Tigers raffle
A chance footy club raffle win has replaced a broken-down ute for Donald resident Robert ‘Doormat’ Young. While not connected to the Kyneton Football Netball Club as a regular supporter, Robert took a $100 punt on purchasing an online ticket and came away the lucky winner of a brand new HiLux Rugged X ute. KFNC…
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Snell given AFLW chance
Kyneton’s Elizabeth Snell was thrilled to be selected by Western Bulldogs in the AFLW draft last week, and was scheduled to meet up with her new teammates yesterday. “I didn’t know if I would get picked or not,” the 19-year-old swift moving and versatile midfielder said.She admitted it was a very anxious wait, and she…
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Tigers show plenty of spirit
Kyneton footballers faced a daunting task against strong Sandhurst opposition at the Showgrounds on Saturday.With plenty of players on the injury list spread across the Tigers’ teams, the senior match may have been expected to be very one-sided.It was anything but that, as the Kyneton contingent reinforced by the inclusion of several lads from the…
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The game must go on …
Where there’s a will there’s a way! This is how a ‘no spectators’ Bendigo League fixture between Gisborne and Kyneton was staged at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday.Gisborne teams proved too strong in both football and netball right across the board against the Tigers, with the decision to rejig the fixture and stage the matches there…
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Tigers make impression
Kyneton and Maryborough have young, energetic senior football sides in the Bendigo League this season, and for three quarters on Saturday they were closely matched. In a seesawing affair the Tigers led by four points at half time, and finished the match off with a seven-goals-to-three last term to win by 31 points — 17.13…
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Back to the courts
Kyneton Netball Association is looking forward to the 2021 season and welcoming kids back to the courts. The association held its Annual General Meeting on February 9 and has announced a new committee for the 2021 season, led by president James Bone and vice-president Nikki Young. “After a difficult 2020, KNA is looking forward to…
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Enthusiasm at the top at Kyneton FNC
If unbridled passion and enthusiasm counts for anything, Kyneton Football Netball Club is on a winner with new president Hayden Evans at the helm. That’s the distinct impression I formed after briefly speaking with the Tigers’ new leader after the club’s annual meeting last week. Evans, 39, is clearly excited about taking on the president’s…
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‘I’m excited too’ — new coach
“I’m excited too,” Kyneton’s new senior football coach Paul Chapman responded quickly on The Front Bar Channel 7 footy entertainment show on Thursday night. Comedian Mick Molloy had a message for the Tigers’ coach: “Can I say they’re very excited up there (Kyneton). Don’t stuff it up.” Chapman, with 280 games, three premierships and a…
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Ex-AFL star to coach Tigers
High-profile former AFL triple premiership player Paul Chapman will coach Kyneton senior footballers next season. Chapman, 38, is now a Macedon Ranges resident and is thrilled to join the Tigers after coaching Werribee Districts and Greenvale Jets since retiring from the AFL with a record of 280 senior games (251 with Geelong and 29 with…