Articles by Alex Baird

  • State call-up for youngster

    COLAC junior cricket prodigy Josh Garner has ambitions of captaining the state again after earning Victorian selection for the Australian championships.

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  • Colac’s Luke Hodge joins elite company with another premiership

    CHAMPION Colac footballer Luke Hodge sits in elite company after captaining Hawthorn to another AFL premiership.

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  • Racecourse prepares for racing to return

    HORSERACING will officially return to Colac in December after officials gave the Colac Turf Club the green light to host Christmas racing following a 33-month break.

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  • Hope for Colac export after AFL contract ends

    COLAC’S Ian Simpkin says his son Tom hasn’t completely shut the door on his AFL career, following the footballer’s departure from St Kilda.

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  • Sisters focused on flag ahead of 300th games

    MILESTONE netballers Sara Hay and Hope Carmody say winning a premiership for their beloved Colac Tigers is their sole focus tomorrow.

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  • Recruits help Saints to top grade after 30-year break

    BIRREGURRA captain Reuben Dare says the club is ready to make the transition to top-grade cricket this season following a solid recruiting campaign.

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  • Irrewarra makes move to secure club’s future

    IRREWARRA has relocated to Colac in a radical decision club officials say will protect the future of the cricket club.

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  • Young Colac netballer in league’s top team

    THE ACCOLADES continue for Colac Tiger Brooke Allan in 2015, with the 16-year-old netball star shining at the Geelong league awards night.

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