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Top Trio Takes Control

(By Shane O’Shea) It’s only the very early days of North-Central football’s 2025 season, but already it is clearly obvious that, barring drastic and unforeseen upheavals, and with due respect to the other five teams, defending champion, Se...

Shane O'Shea

11 Apr 2025

Football

A New Season Dawns

(By Shane O’Shea) North-Central football, hockey and netball’s 2025 season heralds the dawn of a new era of competition, with the formation of the Calder United Lions condensing the league into an eight-team competition. As we say farewell to...

Shane O'Shea

04 Apr 2025

Local business

“Times” Moves Towards 150

(By Shane O’Shea, retired journalist/photographer) On July 29 this year, the “Buloke Times” commenced its 150th year of newspaper publication, continuing a tradition of recording local district news established by the founder of the “Donald...

Shane O'Shea

12 Aug 2024

Football

Tigers, Premiers and Champions

(By Shane O’Shea) Sea Lake-Nandaly is North-Central football’s 2023 premiership team and league champion, the Tigers’ 14-point grand final victory at Boort on Saturday, against competition newcomer Nullawil, completing an undefeated season in...

Art Buloke Times

19 Sep 2023

Football

Tigers Verses Maroons . . . Fairytale Finish?

(By Shane O’Shea) North-Central newcomer, Nullawil, has captured the attention and imagination of the local winter sporting world with its sensational debut season. It entered nine teams across the football and netball competitions. Seven of those...

Art Buloke Times

15 Sep 2023

Football

Mal’s In a League of His Own

(By Shane O’Shea) Tomorrow, Milestone Man, Mal Burge, will officiate in his 700th. game of Australian Rules football, when Charlton hosts Nullawil in North-Central’s round 14, to be played at Charlton Park. Mal, who hails from Wedderburn...

Shane O'Shea

21 Jul 2023