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Cricket club leaders say are helmets optional
COLAC DISTRICT’S top-grade cricket captains say wearing a helmet should be up to the individual, despite cricketers’ head injuries making headlines this week.
Redback suffers head injury in cricket incident
IRREWARRA cricketer Jake Last was due to return home from a Melbourne hospital yesterday after suffering a brain injury in the Redbacks’ Division Two match.
Footballer a chance to assist
COLAC district footballer Dan Casey has not ruled out taking on an assistant coaching role in 2015 despite suffering a serious foot injury in a workplace incident.
Colac health service loses youth worker funding
COLAC’S youth health hub is set to lose its youth worker only months after opening.
AFL star supporting cancer clinic appeal
COLAC’S sporting community is rallying to help the district’s cancer patients, in memory of friend and sporting identity Rick Burnett.
Worker upbeat despite toe amputation
COLAC’S Dan Casey is adjusting to life without two toes on his right foot after machinery at work crushed the foot.
Charity helps family after birth of triplets
HAVING four children under the age of 1 has given Kerrie and James Drayton an appreciation of the help and support charities can provide.
Mum’s project helps families after loss of babies
THE DEATH of her daughter 10 years ago has inspired Colac’s Lynette Robertson to help other families whose babies died at birth or during pregnancy.