Articles by Alex Baird

  • Flexi-hub option for kinder site

    Turning Apollo Bay’s old kindergarten site into a flexi-hub to benefit the community is one of three options residents endorsed to present to Colac Otway Shire Council in its final bid to save 69 McLachlan Street.

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  • Apollo Bay teenager makes Premier Cricket debut

    Geelong officials say they were eager to give Apollo Bay’s Tamar Holt a taste of Victorian Premier Cricket after the 15-year-old made a surprise debut on the weekend.

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  • Rare ace during round one of championships

    A hole-in-one to Brad Stephens and the return of past winners at the top of the leaderboard has set up for an exciting installment of the 2023 Colac Club Championships after round one.

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  • Ruddell returns to his brilliant best

    Colac co-captain Sam Mulgrew says a return to the top of the batting order was the catalyst behind Will Ruddell’s first triple-figure score in almost three years.

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  • Saints share the points with Swans

    Inspired bowling efforts from Jared Kidlay and Jack Melican landed Birregurra a tie with reigning cricket premier Alvie.

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  • When Barassi came to town

    Imagine the hype if a Dustin Martin or Nick Daicos arrived in Colac to put its footballers through their paces in the thick of the AFL season.

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  • Rowarth was a cut above the rest

    A fixation of sitting on the boundary line at Birregurra to watch his older brother dominate local level was the beginning of a fairytale journey for Sam Rowarth as a Dees fan.

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  • Bay clubs back reserve plan

    The three main user groups of the Apollo Bay Recreation Reserve’s sporting facilities have backed the Great Ocean Road Coastal and Parks Authority to forge ahead and bid for funding to bring plans for a new precinct to life.

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