Articles by Ben Martin

  • Football, netball and soccer all suspended

    A coronavirus cluster in Colac has forced Colac district sporting clubs to cancel matches over the weekend and this week, with uncertainty around upcoming matches.

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  • Demon in lockdown, now can’t play footy

    Emerging Otway Districts footballer Jim Abraham has endured a tumultuous few months in a desperate bid to play football this year.

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  • Gotch remembered as loyal clubman

    Alvie Football Netball Club officials say Graeme “Gotch” Parker will be remembered as one of the most committed and selfless servants in the club’s
    history.

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  • Baseballers still preparing for season

    Colac baseball official Brendan DeLorenzo says the association is still preparing for its junior competition to start this weekend despite a host of other sports being put on hold.

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  • 2001: Tiger puts on one-man show

    Colac star Paul Lynch put on a one-man show as he almost single-handedly demolished Geelong West-St Peter’s this week in 2001.

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  • Night netball called off

    The Colac Night Netball Association has cancelled this week’s matches in response to the coronavirus cluster in Colac.

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  • Swans put their gear out for Gotch

    The Alvie sporting community is painting the town red and white as a sign of respect for Gotch Parker.

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  • Star Tiger unlikely to return for ‘a few years’

    Former Colac Tigers gun Campbell Floyd says he could see himself sticking around in Western Australia for a couple more years after settling into life on the farm.

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