Articles by Alex Baird

  • Senior netball helps Saint shine

    Colac district netball rising star Maggie Hart says playing alongside her mum and a host of champion Saints at senior level has helped her continue an impressive rise through the underage ranks.

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  • Two league awards in one year for Mia

    Western Eagles netballer Mia Compton has set herself some lofty standards in the sport after claiming two league best-and-fairests in her first full season.

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  • Excitement builds at the Bay

    You might have to wind back the clock almost 50 years to find as much excitement about top-grade netball at Apollo Bay as the current crop of Hawks delivered in 2021.

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  • 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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