Football

  • Champion Swan open to staying put

    Back-to-back Colac Herald coaches’ Player of the Year winner Levi Dare says he wouldn’t rule out a return to the Swans next year even if they were to win an elusive premiership.

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  • Roos sad to lose ‘great clubman’

    South Colac football officials say finding a better clubman and player than retiring premiership footballer Michael Embrey would be a tough task.

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  • Swan’s fourth award creates league history

    Alvie spearhead Dom Dare has become the first footballer in Colac district league history to win the goalkicking award four times in a row, so does this make him the league’s greatest goalkicker?

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  • Footballer’s x-ray shows no break

    Birregurra youngster Liam Cunnington is doing everything in his power to get up for this weekend’s elimination final, after a nasty thumb injury threatened to end his season.

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  • Long-awaited return for Tiger

    Colac reserves coach Lochie Veale says Kane Smartt could play a big role in the Tigers’ senior finals after making a return to the reserves team for his first game in more than three months.

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  • Star Swan goes back-to-back

    Despite winning Colac district football’s two top individual honours last year, champion Alvie ruckman Levi Dare says he didn’t enter the season in the right shape.

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  • Thrilling end as Colac reaches preliminary final

    Colac under-14 footballer Raff Laurie became the hero in his team’s thrilling win over St Joseph’s Red that sent the Tigers into a preliminary final.

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  • Duo’s above-and-beyond care

    Community sporting clubs run not so much on the smell of an oily rag as the heart and soul of their volunteers. You see them on the gate, in the canteen, timekeeping, scoring, strapping ankles, tending the bar – reliable reminders that the ground and court aren’t the only place you find country footy and netball’s stars.

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