Articles by Alex Baird

  • Record fifth victory for ocean swim champion

    OCEAN swimmers Harriet Brown and Sam Sheppard’s dominance of Lorne’s Pier to Pub continued at this year’s event.

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  • Colac soccer players feature in ceremony

    COLAC OTWAY Rovers junior soccer players will be in the thick of the action during tonight’s Asian Cup opening ceremony.

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  • Life in the outback limits swimmer’s preparation

    COBDEN’S Charlie Fry enters his sixth Lorne Pier to Pub swim with limited preparation, after spending last year on a cattle station in outback Australia.

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  • Cricketer overcomes injury

    TALENTED sportsman Jack Parker hopes to make a full-time return to City United’s top-grade side come the pointy end of the cricket season.

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  • CDCA picks young squad to represent region

    CRICKET officials have selected a young Colac district squad to tackle a rival Warrnambool outfit in the final representative clash before February’s Country Week campaign.

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  • Cricketers set for state championships

    EIGHT promising Colac district cricketers are gearing up for state championship tournaments this month after earning selection in Barwon Rockets squads.

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  • Champions to return for ocean swim

    PIER TO PUB organisers have finalised the entry list for this weekend’s race, with 5000 swimmers set to battle the ocean swim at Lorne.

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  • Weather ‘too hot’ for cricket

    HEAT forced the cancellation of Colac district cricket for the first time this season after temperatures reached 38.7 degrees.

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