Articles by Alex Baird

  • Big night for Cobden exports

    Essendon gun Zach Merrett had another impressive showing at a Brownlow Medal count, while a fellow Cobden football export left the AFL’s night of nights with the Mark of the Year.

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  • Young Redbacks ready to fire

    Irrewarra skipper Dave Jackson is backing the Redbacks’ emerging cricketers to take the club to the next step in 2020-21.

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  • Star Swan stays put

    Alvie cricket captain Liam McGuane says gun batsman Jarrod Groves is staying put at the Swans this season.

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  • Swans expected to soar

    Alvie’s ability to compete with a squad of mainly homegrown cricketers might prove vital in 2020-21 with no access to internationals. 

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  • Exports to feature in AFL grand final

    Two Colac district football exports played key roles at either end of the ground to send Geelong to its first AFL grand final since 2011.

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  • Henderson heads to AFL grand final

    Vonnie and Ian Henderson say watching their son play in an AFL grand final from their Birregurra loungeroom will be hard, but it still doesn’t make the occasion any less special.

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  • Rovers stage free junior soccer clinics

    Colac Otway Rovers will host free clinics to give junior soccer players a proper taste of the sport of in 2020.

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  • Colac blasters program on hold due to virus

    Coronavirus could force Colac’s youngest cricketers to wait until February to start a vital program for their development.

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