Articles by Ben Martin

  • Family comes first for medallist

    New joint Jack Mahoney Medallist Mark McCormack was in bed when he received a text from teammate Kane Smartt saying he had won Colac district football’s best-and-fairest award.

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  • Runners revive Colac club

    Colac’s leisure runners group will make a long-awaited return to the Colac district tomorrow following a nine-year hiatus.

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  • Dolphins footballer tipped to win medal

    Lorne footballer Mark McCormack is the strong favourite to win the Colac district league’s highest individual honour tonight, after just his second year of football in five years.

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  • Another grand final for Lorne

    Lorne coach Sam Stavenuiter says the Dolphins are not getting ahead of themselves despite booking a spot in their 14th grand final in 22 years.

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  • Century for Alvie footballer

    Alvie footballer Cullan Spence became just the second junior footballer in recent Colac District Football Netball League history to reach triple figures in the Swans’ second semi-final win.

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  • Premiership boosts girls’ footy in Colac

    Colac Imperials under-19 girls’ football coach Tim Hassett has labelled the team’s rise from newcomers to premiers in their first season as “unbelievable”.

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  • Roo has surgery on broken jaw

    South Colac officials have ruled Nick Dent out for their do-or-die Colac district football final against Alvie after having surgery on a broken jaw this week.

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  • Cat playing for dad

    Colac Imperials captain Joey Noseda says she wanted to fulfil a dream of her late father Bryan by taking up football this season.

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