Articles by Alex Baird

  • League’s rising star strengthens Stallions

    Colac’s opening batting stocks will boast two of the region’s most promising young cricketers after the Stallions secured reigning Aaron Finch Medallist Sam Mulgrew.

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  • Local professional leads women to golf

    Camperdown-based pro Michael Bainbridge has been leading Colac’s charge to create a greater female presence at the golf club.

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  • Leader claims Saints’ top honour

    Birregurra president Mick Paddick says star footballer James Rowan’s club best-and-fairest win demonstrates why the Saints were desperate to have him as a co-coach in 2021.

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  • Tennis officials reveal first steps towards season

    The Polwarth District Tennis Association has revealed plans for the 2021-22 season to best handle the current COVID-19 situation in Victoria.

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  • Hendersons ride the highs and lows

    Birregurra’s Lachie Henderson retired on his own terms from the AFL on Wednesday night after 14 seasons and more than 200 games at the elite level across three clubs. He will go down as one of the Colac district’s finest exports and we caught up with his mum Vonnie about what it was like following Lachie’s journey through the ups and downs of a career which started with the Saints in the Colac district league at junior level.

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  • Netballers have unfinished business

    Irrewarra-Beeac coach Leah Ousey hopes a special group of Bombers netballers get a full season together to reach their full potential.

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  • Bomber not ruling out return

    Travelling Irrewarra-Beeac coach Leah Ousey hasn’t ruled out leading the Bombers’ A Grade netballers again next season despite another challenging year.

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  • Footy the focus for emerging umpire

    Emerging football umpire Trent Blake says he might blow the whistle on his promising career in the short term to focus on establishing himself as a player in the senior ranks.

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