Riddell Football Netball Club
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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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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…
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Bombers run riot
Wet winter conditions created some new challenges for football teams in the Riddell League’s 11th round on Saturday. Ladder-leader Riddell was the scene stealer, absolutely stunning a Kyneton side buoyed by a courageous win over Romsey seven days earlier. Riddell won by 74 points, with Kyneton’s lone goal from nine scoring shots coming in the…
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Crammed on the court
Weeks of training disarray has amplified Riddell Football Netball Club’s campaign for more netball courts. Riddell netballers have been scrambling for training time since their only outdoor court was shut for repairs nearly a month ago. Macedon Ranges Shire Council issued a cease play notice following court safety concerns flagged in RDFNL’s round two senior…
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Bombers stun Redbacks
Riddell senior footballers produced their best form this season to overwhelm Romsey by 50 points on Saturday, convincing many onlookers the Bombers are now entitled to be the 2024 premiership favourites. But reigning premier Diggers Rest, still adapting to a new and larger home ground, may have a big say in this on May 25…
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Goals scarce for Tigers
Buoyed after beating Woodend-Hesket by 53 points on Good Friday, Kyneton senior footballers received a reality jolt at Riddell on Saturday. The Tigers were restricted to a paltry three goals by the Bombers in a low-scoring encounter, not outscoring the home side in any of the four quarters. “We’re not playing our best football …..…
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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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‘Skip’ to coach Riddell
Much-travelled Aaron ‘Skip’ Bray has been appointed head football coach of Riddell for 2024.
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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…
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Redbacks survive epic final
The Riddell League’s two football finals at the weekend were certainly action-packed, with the undoubted highlight being fifth-placed Romsey’s dramatic five-point victory over arch-rival Riddell on Sunday. This elimination final played at Woodend will be talked about for a long time, with both sides having chances to wrap up the match, and seven goals kicked…
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Boilover of the season
Lancefield, celebrating its 150th year, caused the boilover of the season on Saturday by toppling Riddell by a solitary point. The Bombers, last season’s premiers, were on an eight-game winning streak and needed to win to secure the double chance. Instead, the tenacious Tigers produced their best sustained football of the season for their fourth…