netball
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Clarke Cats’ head coach
Top-flight long-term defender Katie Clarke has been appointed as Macedon Football Netball Club’s head netball coach for the next three years.
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Netballers put through their paces
Lisa Dennis Magpie netball co-coach and former Super Netball, Commonwealth Games and World Cup elite netballer Fiona Fowler conducted a free school holiday clinic for talented local netballers in the Mount Alexander Shire at Castlemaine’s Wesley Hill Netball Complex last Wednesday. The day saw around 40 netballers ranging from 15 & Under through to 17…
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Lakey, Stewart, Gisborne’s best
Bill West Gisborne’s highest football award, the Gardiner Medal, has been won by 19-year-old dynamo Flynn Lakey. And not unexpectedly, star netballer Maddy Stewart – twice a Bendigo League Betty Thompson Medal winner – took out Gisborne A-grade netball’s best player award. The club’s awards night on Thursday was at the Starlight Room at Taylor…
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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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Bomber invasion
The Macedon Ranges were invaded by Bombers last week – Bombers of the football variety that is. Hundreds of young school children had the chance to catch up with Essendon’s finest from the field as they came to local footy clubs and Hanging Rock (pictured) to mix with the kids, run them through training sessions…
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Kyneton U18 coach needed…VFL players set to assist
Kyneton Football Netball Club is widening its net in its search for an Under 18s coach for the 2019 Season. The yet -to-be-appointed coach will have excellent support from two of the club’s senior VFL players. Patrick McCarthy is listed with the North Melbourne Football Club’s VFL department and Max O’Sullivan is training with Carlton’s…
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Oz Day gong for Ken
Citizen of the Year for Mount Alexander Shire, Ken Maddern has not let having chronic fatigue stand in his way. Instead, the passionate local volunteer, sports administrator and junior sports promoter has done more to benefit his local community than many achieve in a lifetime. It’s a fact that on Saturday saw Ken named the…
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Tigers kick off year with upgrade
Kyneton Football Netball Club will kick start the year with a $13,636 upgrade to its pavilion kitchen. Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters announced a Stronger Communities grant for the refurbishment at the Kyneton Showgrounds last week. “The refurbishment will not only benefit KFNC in terms of revenue and service to members and the public,…
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Tigers need your help
Kyneton Football Netball Club is calling on the community for support as it struggles under the weight of financial burden. A five-year-old legacy debt from when the club went into recession, combined with accumulating new costs, has left it with a current debt of about $200,000. Club president Karen O’Sullivan said the new executive committee…
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Comedy for the club
*Change of venue* Kyneton Football Netball Club’s comedy night fundraiser on Saturday will now be held at the KFNC Social Clubrooms! No joke! Stay after the Kyneton V Maryborough game for some laughs. Comedy for a Cause will feature comedians from the Sydney and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, including Xavier Michelides, James Masters, Beau Stegmann…
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Cats by just one point!
The 2018 Riddell League football season kicked off on Saturday with a frenetic, pulsating encounter as reigning premier Macedon survived a desperate late charge by Riddell to win by a solitary point. The see-saw match before a massive opening round crowd at Riddell certainly lived up to expectations, with both sides showing they have the…