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Davey lands Bacchus Marsh role

Bacchus Marsh has appointed Banyule premiership winning coach Peter Davey as its senior coach for next two seasons. Davey, who coached Banyule to a Northern...

AFL Goldfields disappointment at Sunbury Kangaroos decision

AFL Goldfields regional general manager Rod Ward has expressed his disappointment at the Sunbury Kangaroos decision to look to leave the Riddell District Football...

League’s top women’s honour for Sunbury Kangaroos Bailee Said

To say that Sunbury Kangaroos’ Bailee Said was shocked to take out the inaugural Essendon District Football League Women's best and fairest award is...

Kamen Ogilvie claims EDFL division 2 best and fairest

East Sunbury’s Kamen Ogilvie had a sense of deja vu at the Essendon District Football League awards night last week. He led the division 2...

Third time lucky for Bacchus Marsh

After missing out in 2014 and 2017, Bacchus Marsh has claimed the Ballarat Football League reserves premiership. With most of the playing group part of...

Melton blows its chance

Melton’s third quarter of the Ballarat Football League grand final will haunt the side for a while to come. Take out that quarter, and the...

Grand despair, but future bright for Melton

Melton president Greg Davis couldn’t be any prouder of the season his side has produced in the Ballarat Football League this year. This time last...

Manor Lakes ends the season with a perfect storm

Manor Lakes is invincible. The Storm have completed a perfect season in the inaugural Western Region Football League senior women’s competition, securing the premiership with...

Daniel Burton claims Ballarat FL’s top honour

Bacchus Marsh’s Daniel Burton thought his chances of winning the Ballarat Football League’s Henderson Medal were over midway through the count on Monday night. One...

Diggers Rest is back at the top

It wasn’t pretty, nor high scoring, but it didn’t matter for Diggers Rest as it won its second Riddell District Football League reserves premiership...

Darley fights to the end, but finally runs out of puff

Darley’s finals campaign in the Ballarat Football League ran out of steam against East Point in a preliminary final on Saturday. Having come from fourth...

Tom Gleeson goes out in style with a premiership victory

Diggers Rest captain Tom Gleeson went out with a bang in the Riddell District Football League grand final on Sunday. With a flight to Canada...

Diggers Rest leaves it best til last

Diggers Rest peaked at the right time to claim its second Riddell District Football League premiership in three years. For much of the year, the...

Diggers Rest digs in for top win

Diggers Rest is through to the Riddell District Football League grand final, but not without suffering some tense moments on Saturday. The Burras were the...

Melton runs hot for final

Melton is through to the Ballarat Football League grand final for the first time since 2005. The Bloods have been on a run that not...

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40 years on air

After 40 years of working in community radio, Melton community radio DJ Duane Zigliotto is more passionate than ever. Mr Zigliotto, who started as a...