Articles by Alex Baird

  • Injury sidelines Stoneyford star

    Stoneyford will be without Luke Lloyd in the club’s pursuit of six-straight Division One flags after the gun batsman reportedly broke an ankle on the eve of cricket finals.

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  • Young Panthers end drought

    Warrion has returned to under-17 cricket finals for the first time in almost a decade in dominant fashion.

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  • Lorne hard to stop at home

    Lorne skipper Brad Weetman says the Dolphins feel they are building a bowls fortress at the coastal town after another home win catapulted the side into Division One’s top four.

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  • West alive again after lockdown

    Colac West captain Alex Gunning says his cricketers breathed a sigh of relief when this week’s lockdown period ended.

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  • Not your traditional coach

    Inspiring Otway Districts footballers will be a completely different scope for incoming co-coach Sean Maxwell, who once pitched to world leaders at a United Nations forum.

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  • Saints recruit signals returning

    Promising keeper-batsman Liam Hammond says he is committed to Birregurra and has signalled a bright future for the Saints in Division One cricket.

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  • Marsh teen’s motivation after missing out

    Emerging cricketer Dylan Brown has plenty of motivation to deliver Deans Marsh success after a motorbike crash forced him to sit out the club’s last premiership.

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  • Thornton fall just short of Gold Cup glory

    Jockey-trainer combination Dean Yendall and Symon Wilde’s stranglehold of Colac’s most prized horse race has denied Damien Thornton a maiden Gold Cup win by the barest of margins.

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