Articles by Alex Baird
Historic move for Hawks
Apollo Bay has broken new ground in the Colac district league and perhaps local footy in Australia by appointing three females to fill the club’s major off-field positions.
Teenage Redback’s big day out
Teenager Charlie McGuane has achieved what most senior cricketers could only dream about during a Division Three match for Irrewarra.
Bomber returns to Cobden with a bang
“He hit 12 sixes and six of those were switch-hits.”
Besei extends lead as youngster claims Cup
Decorated golfer Gary Besei has one hand on his first Colac club championship, while a rising star is the talk of the annual event after taking out a prestigious award.
League wants rep cricket
Colac district cricket officials are eyeing two interleague matches in the new year to continue the momentum of their senior representative program in 2020-21.
Teenager makes an impact with bat and ball
City United skipper Shane Currie says he will back teenager Aanlin Cheeran to bat up the top of the order and take on the club’s number-one spinning role in Division One cricket this season.
Premiers scrape across the line
Stoneyford skipper Dom Dare says his cricketers will move on from an “ordinary batting” performance after scraping across the line against Birregurra in one of the lowest-scoring affairs in recent memory.
Dare in dangerous form
Stoneyford co-captain Dom Dare says his brother Lincoln is becoming a major weapon for the reigning premiers batting down the order after another impressive knock.