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It’s Wyche., Then Daylight

Wycheproof continues to exert its authority over North Central Playing Area’s midweek pennant bowls competition this season, adding another 10 points to its tally after a 14-shot victory over Donald. It has a handy 16-shot buffer over its nearest...

Birchip Tennis Teams Back Home

Birchip and Wirrim tennis teams returned to their home courts on Saturday, hosting St Arnaud and Kara Kara for their first match-up of the season. Despite the heat, determination remained high across the day with plenty of long rallies seeing...

Rare Double at Charlton

(By Peter Hibberd) Great Western trainer Peter Manning has been in harness racing for a very long time. On Monday he would have been a very proud father when both his daughters won races. This would be a rare double for Kerryn and Michelle. Kerryn...

Chartres Wins Donald Cup

(By Peter Hibberd) Chartres won comfortably in what turned out to be a very fast run for the Bet365 Donald Cup. The trainer Matt Laurie from Mornington completed a rare double with this horse, having won the Mornington Cup with jockey Harry Coffey...

Wedderburn Takes Charge

Wedderburn has hit form with a vengeance, deposing Donald Golf from ladder leadership with a commanding 23-shot victory on Saturday, the 12 points taking it to top spot after 6 rounds of North Central Playing Area pennant bowls. In the closest game...

Donald Golf Bowled Over by Wedderburn

Donald Golf bowlers journeyed to Wedderburn for Weekend Pennant and the games were played in hot blustery conditions. Wedderburn proved too strong for Golf by winning both Divisions. At least Golf is still second in Division 1 and third in Division...

Cricket Back to “Forty Overs”

After two rounds of T-20 competition, Wimmera Mallee cricket returned on Saturday to its regular routine of 40 overs per innings. At its home ground, Marnoo elected to bat against Donald-Jeffcott, and runs soon began to flow, with Jim Duxson, 61...

Juniors Back in Basketball

Junior basketball in Birchip enjoyed a resurgence on Wednesday night as two groups of primary and secondary students enthusiastically participated in their first session with former professional basketballer, Aaron Bruce. The younger students...

Junior Fishing at Foletti Park

On Saturday, November 16, twenty children lined the banks of Folletti Caravan Park, in the hope that they would land the longest fish. The children had a wonderful day and enjoyed the VR fish sample bag courtesy VR Fish chairman Robert Loats. Thanks...

Competitive Harness Racing at Charlton

The Charlton club had a very competitive day of racing last Wednesday. The program consisted of races for horses with lower ratings. This is very good for owners as it gives them a chance to earn some prize money. As a result of this, there were...

Birchip Teams Meet at Home

The past two weeks have been difficult for the Birchip tennis captains, trying to get players together for two teams during the racing season and start of harvest. Fortunately, St Arnaud and the NCTA have been very co-operative and have allowed the...

Strong Tennis Win for Donald

In Round 4 of the NCLTA 2024-2025 season, Donald has won the grand final rematch with Nullawil, played at Donald on the weekend. Donald’s men started strongly with Derek and Dawson Hollis defeating Simone Fawcett and Jacob Bath 8-3. Richard Reilly...

Birchip Teams Placed Well at Break

The last pennant game before the harvest break saw Birchip Maroons matched up against Quambatook at home and Grey travelled north to Sea Lake. Birchip Grey had mixed results against Sea Lake and the Maroons had a challenging day against Quambatook...

“Eight” Highlights Golf’s Bowls Day

Donald Golf retained its positions at the head of North Central Playing Area’s Division 1 and 2 ladders with comfortable wins over Charlton, the highlight of the day being a rare “eight” scored by Geoff Rigby’s rink on the final end of the...

Aaron Sets the Scene

A brilliant innings of 70 by Donald/Jeffcott opener Aaron Schofield was the highest of all games, “A” or “B” grades, in Saturday’s round of Wimmera-Mallee T-20 cricket. That score was achieved from 50 balls, with 10 fours and 2 sixes. Not...

Young Bluey Wins St. Arnaud Pacing Cup

(By Peter Hibberd) The locals were in celebration mode after the win of Young Bluey in the Weirs IGA & Liquor St Arnaud Pacing Cup. This Matthew Craven-trained pacer is owned by the Hey True syndicate of which there are many local part-owners...

Cricket to Return to “Normal”

After two rounds of “T-20” games, Wimmera Mallee cricket will be back to its “regular” form next Saturday. Over the past two rounds, both “A” and “B” grade games were played in the “T-20” format, meaning that teams had only 20...

Junior Cricket Continues

Last Friday night, junior cricket saw two one-sided games played across Charlton. The Hurricanes took on the Stars at Charlton College, with the Hurricanes dominating from the outset. A strong batting partnership between Sebastian Zagame (51 retired...

Get Ready, Basketball Stars, Young and Old!

Australian basketball legend Aaron Bruce has relocated to Birchip to manage his Uncle Des Ryan’s Hotel, and he is eager to share his skills, knowledge, and passion for the game with people of all ages. Aaron, who starred in college basketball at...