Sport
Decision angers cricket officials
Stoneyford Cricket Club has demanded cricket officials take responsibility for Levi Dare being trapped in the cricketing wilderness.
Campaign ends without glory
Colac District’s Country Week cricket campaign has come to a premature end.
Chiefs form networking policy
Victorian football chiefs have engaged one of Australia’s top cyber safety experts to develop a policy about appropriate use of social networking websites.
Basketballers in state academy
Ever the successful breeding ground of star netballers and footballers, Colac is beginning to make a name for itself in basketball.
District’s batsmen face Test paceman
Colac District’s batsmen were fighting to keep their bodies intact and their Country Week title hopes alive facing a former Sri Lankan Test fast bowler yesterday.
Draining weekend for curator
Please excuse Justin Lang if he tells you he’s tired this week.
Junior teams with legend
A Colac district water skiing prodigy will compete beside a legend of the sport this weekend.
Country Week skipper backs Alvie young gun
Leighton Hart has backed Alvie young gun Liam McGuane to be a leader of future Colac District Country Week teams.
The blueprint for success
Colac District vice-captain Mark Kent is steadfast behind his Country Week blueprint: make 200-plus runs every day, execute with the ball and hold your nerve in the field.
Hometown owner claims Colac Cup
It might not have been a Colac-trained horse winning the Colac Gold Cup, but it was the closest to home-town success the city has experienced in years.
Stakes high for one-dayers
Another frustrating weekend washout is likely to turn Division One’s round 13 into 50-over one-day games this weekend.
New date for Colac Cup
Colac Cup Day will have a new place on the calendar from next year.
Nature’s helping hand
If lawn bowls teams had a 17th player, Central’s team sheet would read “Mother Nature”.
Netballers back on top
A scintillating and one-sided final quarter has restored Colac District to the top of Netball Victoria’s Western Region State League table.
Colac Cup favourite not certain to start
Colac Cup favourite Red Buttons is still only a 50-50 chance to make it to the stalls for Sunday’s $50,000 feature.
Spinner up to the challenge
Lone spinner Matt Beckett says bowling on familiar turf wickets in Melbourne will help him perform his trademark middle-innings shutdown role at Country Week.
Stayer primed to break drought
Colac trainer Bill Cerchi would be a happier man if Michael Kent didn’t make the trip with Colac Cup favourite Red Buttons.
Winchelsea driver ready to peak
A blown engine before the Super Rods season commenced meant Winchelsea driver Geoff Leigh’s season could only get better the longer it went.
Tiger selected for state
Colac Tigers netballer Georgia Berry has won selection in a Victorian 19-and-under side, 16 months after a knee reconstruction.
District bowlers set to crown new champion
A match-up between Group Two team-mates Peter Inglis and Paul Newcombe headlines day one of Colac district’s champion of champions tournament.
Emerging roller steals spotlight
Upstart Brendan Addison hopes his efforts at a state tournament this weekend will inspire young people to take up lawn bowls.
Daring clearance sparks confusion
Confusion about the legitimacy of Levi Dare’s clearance back to Stoneyford has raged throughout Colac district cricket circles this week.
State selection for track cyclist
It’s a good thing Zac Shaw has parents in the delivery industry.
Veteran confident he’s still got it
He is likely to line-up on full-backs half his age, but Alan Hoffmann and Forrest are confident there is still life and goals left in the 40-year-old’s legs.
