Articles by Liam McCullagh

  • Colac to cosmonauts reaches BBC program

    In the 1990s, amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto was making history speaking to Russian cosmonauts on the Mir space station from her Colac home.

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  • Skipper enjoys climb from ninth to semi-final

    Birregurra co-captain Paige Turner says not even she anticipated the Saints’ meteoric rise from cellar dwellers to semi-finalists this season.

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  • Family escapes uninjured after roof ripped from home

    A Colac district family who woke to 130-kilometre winds ripping the roof off their home have been left in shock and forced to seek emergency housing.

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  • Lorne helps recruit fall in love with footy again

    “I am a Lorne person for life. It’s such a special group, and such an incredible club.”

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  • South Colac’s juniors on the rise

    A top-place finish in the under-14.5s and fifth in the under-18s heading into finals for South Colac is a significant turnaround for the club.

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  • Coach predicts bright future for coastal club

    This year’s crop of Hawk finalists could be the first of many with a strong contingent of footy mad juniors coming through.

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  • Aideen brings camogie to Colac

    A bat and ball of a different kind have been in action at Colac’s Western Oval this month when Irish camogie player Aideen O’Connor used the facilities to train.

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  • Ex-Pro suiting up for Rovers

    Few players in the Geelong region glide across the pitch with the grace of Amin Hazaff.

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