Riddell District Football Netball League
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Stark contrast in key matches
What an extraordinary contrast in Riddell League football matches affecting the final five on Saturday! Coming off its best win of the season over reigning premier Diggers Rest, Kyneton struggled to beat cellar-dweller Lancefield by four points to keep finals hopes alive. The drawcard Riddell versus Romsey match was a fizzer as far as a…
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Hawks lead in netball
Wet conditions were encountered at many of Riddell League round 15 netball matches on Saturday. Reigning premier and ladder-leader Woodend-Hesket fielded its strongest team for six weeks and proved too strong for Romsey, winning 58-38 to virtually wrap up top place. Romsey’s Hope Hamilton scored 24 goals in her 400th game, with Sarah Duff, Ty…
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Kyneton back in contention
“Our season is not over yet … It would be nice to get a win over one of the big three.” These prophetic words from Kyneton coach Ethan Foreman translated into reality as the inspired Tigers led throughout to topple reigning RDFNL premiers Diggers Rest by 19 points on Saturday. The Kyneton Tigers were freshened…
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Riddell now a Premier League
Riddell District Football Netball League is being elevated to Premier League level. Member clubs have been verbally informed of the decision by AFL Victoria. “One positive is that it will make it a lot easier for clubs to recruit really good players, and to retain them,” the league’s operations manager, Grace Bibby, said yesterday. League…
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Hope’s 400 games
This Saturday will be a milestone for Romsey netball supremo Hope Hamilton, as she notches up her 400th game, still giving A-grade defenders plenty of headaches. “I love it … I wouldn’t be still playing if I didn’t. I think it will be very difficult to give up,” the 43-year-old deadly accurate goal shooter said…
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Can you believe it?
On May 25, 2023 premiers Diggers Rest beat Riddell by eight points. Fast forward to Saturday at Bomberland for one of the most astonishing turnarounds in Riddell League history. An absolutely dominant Riddell threw aside a couple of below average performances against Woodend-Hesket and Macedon and absolutely slaughtered a shell shocked Diggers Rest. Final scores:…
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Significant wins in netball
In a low-scoring encounter, Woodend-Hesket A-grade netballers replaced Wallan in top spot on the Riddell League ladder. It was a key match, and Hawks’ playing coach Ty Coppinger was in fine form in defence, and pleased with the contribution made by all players. Last year’s premiers want to retain top spot, knowing there’s tough matches…
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Tigers to host Redbacks
Kyneton Tigers are hosting their annual Indigenous matches across two weeks for their senior teams this season. Their netball and senior men’s football department took part in the RDFNL Indigenous round on Saturday with the Tigers wearing their Indigenous uniforms, designed by Taungurung Elder, Uncle Mick Harding. Belonging to the Yowong-Illam-Baluk and Nattarak Baluk clans…
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Galea’s eight sinks Cats
Back in 2012 and 2013 Dean Galea won the Jim ‘Frosty’ Miller Medal for top goalkicker when playing for Port Melbourne in the VFL. On Saturday, the veteran goalkicker showed he can still be a match winner by kicking eight of Riddell’s 11 goals in a cliffhanger against Macedon. It took Galea’s senior goals tally…
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Eleven-year losing streak ends
Exactly 11 years ago, or precisely 4017 days, Lancefield Under 19 footballers won their last match … with the losing drought finally broken on Friday night. Amid scenes of extraordinary jubilation and celebration, the young Tigers defeated fourth-placed Riddell 7.13 (55) to 5.1 (31). Is this the longest drought in Australian Rules football was the…
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Top place at stake
Riddell League round 13 A-grade netball this Saturday, July 13, features two crackerjack matches with implications on the double chance. Reigning premier Woodend-Hesket impressed with a strong win over Riddell on Saturday, and sit in second place just four points behind ladder-leader Wallan. The Hawks easily have the best percentage and a victory at Wallan…
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Cats by four points
Tony Clarke Reserve was a battleground on Saturday as Macedon and Kyneton footballers fought out a low-scoring 12th round thriller. In the end, the Cats scrambled home by four points after Dylan McDonald marked and kicked truly deep into the last quarter. Both sides had plenty at stake, and the game was an even contest…