Articles by Alex Baird

  • Love hearing tonight

    Stoneyford will learn Matthew Love’s grand final fate tonight when the club attempts to overturn his three-match suspension at an independent tribunal hearing.

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  • Coastal club gears up for big weekend of finals

    Apollo Bay’s female brigade of cricketers are peaking at the right time of the season ahead of a big weekend of finals for the coastal club.

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  • Dean dedicates drive to Gran

    Producing what he rates as his best performance at state level in speedway had added meaning for Colac driver Dean Jenkins who said goodbye to one of his biggest supporters yesterday.

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  • Hall of Famer: Hodge’s ‘special’ Hawks honour

    Hawthorn’s newest Hall of Fame inductee, Colac’s own Luke Hodge, says a busy life in Brisbane won’t see him back in the brown and gold in a coaching capacity anytime soon.

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  • Young gun owns Great Otway Gravel Grind

    Forrest might build Tasman Nankervis a statue after he was crowned King of the Otways following another dominant weekend by the endurance rider at the Otway Odyssey.

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  • Star Swans skipper to challenge Farooq

    Cricket leaders say Alvie premiership captain Jarrod Groves can challenge Stoneyford sensation Farooq Qureshi’s for this year’s Bill Johnston medal.

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  • Hassett’s heroics save Colac

    Match-winning Colac bowls skipper Tim Hassett says scraping home with a crunch win to keep the season alive has the club excited for a preliminary final showdown with reigning premier Apollo Bay.

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  • Royals off to another decider

    Pennyroyal tennis leader Rhiannon White says her side’s grand final opponent could be a flip of the coin, and she will watch next week’s preliminary final with great interest.

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