Articles by Ben Martin

  • 1987: Blues win first flag in Colac district league

    Winchelsea avenged its 1986 grand final loss to win its first premiership in the Colac and District Football League.

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  • Dolphin still recovering from surfing injury

    Lorne premiership star Lewie Hollmer hopes to be fit for round one next year after revealing a serious surfing injury would have sidelined him for the entire 2020 football season.

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  • From flag to merger in four years

    Irrewillipe was on top of the world after former VFL footballers Alan Woodman and Lee Murnane led the club to its fourth Colac district league premiership in 1992. But just four years later the club was on its knees due to a lack of players, leading the Bulldogs to merge with Pirron Yallock.

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  • Bowls times to change

    Corangamite bowls officials are set to start lower division games earlier in a bid to play within potential coronavirus restrictions this summer.

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  • Tennis officials push for third division

    Polwarth district tennis officials hope a lack of sport over winter will lead to a third senior division this summer, with a season to potentially start next month.

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  • Bowlers pencil in start date

    Corangamite bowls officials have put plans in place for a potential drop in players this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, after setting a date for the season to potentially start.

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  • Towers to lead premiership defence

    Kawarren export Dean Towers and his UNSW-Eastern Suburbs football team will kick off their premiership defence when AFL Sydney finals start this weekend.

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  • Sporting restrictions lifted

    Regional Victorians will be able to return to some sports as of Thursday following the latest easing of restrictions.

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