Riddell District Football Netball League
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Falcons ready to soar in 2024
The Mount Alexander Falcons celebrated their season launch on Saturday night. And it was lucky there were a few players missing from the evening as the stage was at capacity with the jumper presentations. The Falcons are scheduled to play their first match of the 2024 Riddell District Football League season against Romsey this Friday…
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‘Winning ugly’ okay
“We won ugly today,” new Riddell football coach Arron Bray told his players after their 11-point victory over Macedon on Saturday. The match was hard to rationalise overall, with just 14 goals being scored, and the Bombers establishing what proved to be a winning lead with a five-goal-to-one third term. There has been a lot…
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‘Tigers can do a lot better’
Kyneton senior footballers debuted in the Riddell League by defeating Woodend-Hesket by 53 points on Saturday, with playing coach Ethan Foreman predicting the Tigers “can play a lot better” as the season progresses. Looking ahead to the next match for the Tigers in round 2 on Saturday, April 13, Foreman said Riddell was reputed to…
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Enormous crowd turns out
An enormous crowd of close to 3000 people – far in excess of most optimistic expectations – descended on the Kyneton Showgrounds on Good Friday for the opening round matches in the Riddell District Football Netball League’s 2024 season. Old, young, very young and middle-aged poured in to see Kyneton Football Netball Club make its…
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Blockbuster at Showgrounds
Just four days to go to the blockbuster Kyneton versus Woodend-Hesket football and netball matches to launch the Riddell League’s 2024 season.
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Tigers v Hawks to open season
The Riddell District Football Netball League’s 2024 season will open with just two clubs involved on Good Friday, March 29.
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‘Skip’ to coach Riddell
Much-travelled Aaron ‘Skip’ Bray has been appointed head football coach of Riddell for 2024.
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Hawks make history
Pandemonium reigned as spectators surged onto the Romsey netball court after Woodend-Hesket secured a history making first-ever A-grade premiership on Sunday. The grand final between the Hawks and Riddell was the show stealer across the board in the Riddell League’s 2023 finals series. Remarkably, four matches (netball and football) were decided in extra time across…
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Premiers by a wide margin
After a series of extremely close football finals, a very accomplished Diggers Rest wrapped up the Riddell League’s 2023 senior premiership on Sunday, defeating Woodend-Hesket by 43 points. In fine, sunny conditions at Romsey, a crowd of almost 4100 saw the Burras prove they are the best side in the competition, virtually wrapping up the…
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A bold and courageous decision
Stuart Dunn, Castlemaine I write in relation to the recent reports that Kyneton Football Netball Club has sought clearance to leave the Bendigo Football Netball League and join the Riddell Football Netball League in 2024. As someone who had a long involvement in local football and netball, as a participant, former administrator, junior parent and…
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Hawks into grand final
“You have just done something special as a team … but the job’s not done,” Woodend-Hesket coach Josh Pound told his players after defeating Wallan in the Riddell League’s preliminary final on Saturday. The Hawks were calm under pressure and took control in the second half to win by 21 points and set the stage…
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Netball final promises a thriller
What a feast of netball in the four Riddell League grand finals at Romsey this Sunday. The A-grade contest between Woodend-Hesket and Riddell promises to be a thriller, with the Hawks chasing their first-ever A-grade premiership. In the semi-final, Woodend-Hesket downed the Bombers by four goals, after coming from behind to topple Macedon by a…