Articles by Ben Martin

  • Cook’s grand goalkicking feat

    Alvie spearhead Dom Dare became the first footballer in 43 years to win three straight Colac district league goalkicking awards in 2022, so who was the last person to achieve the feat?

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  • Summer netball aims to fit in second season

    The Colac Summer Netball Association hopes to squeeze a second season into the first half of 2023 once redevelopment work at Eastern Reserve is complete.

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  • Career-first ton won’t be the last

    Colac cricket officials expect Cullan Spence’s career-first century won’t be his last following the match-winning knock against Apollo Bay.

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  • Historic win for West Warrion

    West Warrion officials hope the amalgamated club’s first ever Division One win over undefeated ladder-leader Irrewarra will be a turning point for the Panthers’ season.

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  • Mentor proud of runners-up

    Coach Dean Hutchinson has commended Colac district’s under-17 representative side despite falling short in its Warrnambool Country Week grand final.

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  • Colac has its ‘best game yet’

    Colac basketball coach Bruce Hultgren says the Kookas played their best game of the season in a loss to Ararat that saw three players return from injury.

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  • Youngsters learn from Kooka

    Colac and district’s young basketballers practised their skills at a Bluewater basketball clinic with Colac Kookas star centre Jordan Lingard on Friday.

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  • Ten in mix for Falcons

    Ten Colac district footballers have earned selection in the Geelong Falcons’ boys’ and girls’ pre-season squads for 2023.

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