Articles by Alex Baird

  • Country Week teams doubled

    THE COLAC district will have six junior cricket sides representing the region at Country Week tournaments across the state’s south-west next week.

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  • Colac export excited by World Cup chance

    COLAC’S Aaron Finch admits the thought of representing Australia on home soil at next month’s cricket World Cup is an exciting prospect.

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  • Colac cricketer’s toughest test for national spot

    COLAC cricket export Aaron Finch’s Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot says the star batsman has the ability to succeed in cricket’s longer format.

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  • Swans AFL recruit reflects at home

    COLAC DISTRICT’S newest AFL recruit Lewis Melican is at his Birregurra home still coming to terms with life as a Sydney Swan.

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  • State call-up spurs netballer to return to sport

    LORNE export Zoe Donne says she contemplated having a season off netball before selection for Victoria turned her 2015 plans upside down.

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  • Regional netball competition needs support to return

    A FORMER Western Regional State League star says netball clubs needed input to help re-vitalise the defunct senior competition.

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  • Colac’s Aaron Finch primed for BBL opener

    COLAC cricketer Aaron Finch enters the Twenty20 Big Bash League season in career-best form after a remarkable 2014, Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot says.

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  • Horseracing returns to Colac in April

    HORSERACING should return to the Colac Turf Club in April after a two-year absence, but February’s Colac Cup will be at Terang.

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