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Lions roaring with sights on third win to start season

Playing the top three teams from last season in the first three rounds of this season, Darley could have been forgiven for not having...

A bigger and better Melton Centrals

It will be a bigger and better Melton Centrals Football Netball Club next season, with Centrals’ three football and netball clubs joining forces. The Centrals’...

Mixed bag for struggling Bulls

  There’s been a little bit of everything for Bacchus Marsh in the opening four rounds of the Gisborne and District Cricket Association’s McIntyre Cup. A...

Rupo recovers to be in line for fourth win

Rupertswood has started 2015-16 where it left off last season in the Gisborne and District cricket B-grade competition. After dominating the regular season last season,...

Higher cap for Burras

Diggers Rest has been granted two extra points for next season’s player points cap. AFL Goldfields, the region’s governing body, initially knocked back the Burras’...

Tail between Lion’s legs

Melton has suffered its second loss of the Victorian Sub-District cricket season after going down to Caulfield on Saturday. The Lions were set 127 for...

Jason Williams’ new bid for the top

When Jason Williams was 17, he believed his AFL career was a given. Less than three years later, he would find any excuse to avoid...

Lions in winning form Sports

Northern Lions’ quest for a third straight win to start the North West Metropolitan cricket’s Vic Kyte Shield remains on track after day one...

Doug Hawkins back with Cobras

AFL legend Doug Hawkins is returning to Bacchus Marsh to coach the Cobras’ under-18 side in 2016. The 55-year-old, who played 329 games for Western...

Bowlers taking time to gel

Melton is aiming to set up its Bowls Victoria season in the next month. The club has taken time to adjust to the new division...

Perfect start to season for Lancefield

Lancefield has made the perfect start to the Central Highlands Bowls division 1 season with three wins from as many matches. The latest victory was...

Early losses put Bundoora RSL under the pump

The season is only four rounds old but Bundoora RSL already knows every game is a crunch game in Bowls Victoria’s premier division. Last year’s...

Footy decline in Melton ‘a worry’

AFL Goldfields has admitted it’s worried by football participation rates in Melton. Following a 12-month review, the region’s football governing body released figures last week...

Pair belie their youth to give Lions perfect start

An 80-run partnership between two teenagers gave Darley the perfect start to the season in Ballarat Cricket Association A-grade on Saturday. After being set 154...

UK duo pitch in for Aussie juniors

Lloyd Lambert ticked all the boxes Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows Cricket Club wanted in a development coach. Vice captain at his club, Basildon and Pitsea, in...

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