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The oracle’s predictions for round two

WHAT a super weekend and great crowds to usher in the new season - and should have taken an extra brave pill and punted firmly on the draw that was played out at Rodeo Park between Calivil and Maiden Gully. Both these sides have risen a bit on last...

By Loddon Herald

Skipper shouldered out for season

NEWBRIDGE has suffered a major blow with key forward and acting captain Brandon Dimech set to miss the rest of the season with a severe shoulder injury. Dimech was hurt in a hip-and-shoulder clash early in the Maroons match with Pyramid Hill and...

By Loddon Herald

Debutante and the legend guide A Grade to opening success

WEDDERBURN has begun its North Central netball premiership defence with an eight-goal win over Sea Lake Nandaly, a team that new Redbacks coach Susie Lockhart predicted “will be right up there this season”. Lockhart was thrilled to win away...

By Loddon Herald

Rising star puts Bears ahead in final minutes

BEARS Lagoon Serpentine was in front at the right time in a seesawing A Grade battle with Bridgewater in the first round of Loddon Valley netball. After looking the winners for most of the match, the Bears fell behind in the last quarter as the Mean...

By Loddon Herald

Pies make one change for first home game

Boort has made just one change to the side that beat St Arnaud in last Saturday’s opening round of North Central football as it takes on Charlton at Boort Park this Saturday. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM v. DONALD Birchip-Watchem...

By Loddon Herald

The teams: Payne gets key tag job in seniors for Inglewood

Keelan Payne is back in the seniors for Inglewood after starting the senior with a solid run in the reserves last week. Inglewood has named Payne at full-back where he will have the job of taking Bears Lagoon Sepentine’s Josh Mellington out of the...

By Loddon Herald

Two recruits makes stellar contributions

A DOMINANT first-half performance set up Bridgewater’s emphatic 41-point win over Bears Lagoon Serpentine in the opening round of the Loddon Valley season. After dumping the Bears out of the finals last season by a single point, the Mean Machine...

By Loddon Herald

Woodies show their mettle in opening round

THE Blues are back ... beaten but buoyed after forcing the reigning premiers into sustained periods of fumbles on Saturday. Inglewood may have lost the opening round encounter after Marong kicked two late goals to snare a seven-point victory but as...

By Loddon Herald

Mellow Yellow? Grumpy Bear stirs from opening bounce

OPENING day of the Loddon Valley football season, and ‘Mello’ was anything but mellow. Bears Lagoon Serpentine’s combative full-forward Josh Mellington kicked off his year with a goal off the ground early in the first quarter, and then...

By Loddon Herald

Cracking starts: Big crowds at opening round matches

BUMPER crowds greeted the first round of Loddon Valley football and netball last Saturday, played in perfect autumn weather. Stocks of the league’s Elvee match booklet were exhausted more than an hour before the start of the game at all venues...

By Loddon Herald

Bowlers supporting Beyond Blue

BOWLERS from Loddon clubs last Friday night raised more than $2500 for Beyond Blue in a special charity event organised by the Bridgewater club. And on Saturday night, the club presented the inaugural Brendan Hancock memorial award for most improved...

By Loddon Herald

Primed for new crack at flag

HOPES that one of the longest droughts in country football might end were dashed when Pyramid Hill fell to Marong in last season’s grand final. Having beaten the Panthers twice during the year, including in the second semi-final, the Bulldogs went...

By Loddon Herald

A journey still to travel

THE Bulldogs have revenge on their minds after losing the A Grade grand final to Mitiamo last season. Chelsea Emmerson stays on as a coach with unfinished business, admitting that her competitive nature brought her back for another crack at the...

By Loddon Herald

Woodies stock up

THERE is genuine optimism that the Blues can improve this year after a strong pre-season. Inglewood, after breaking a 20-year finals drought in 2023, missed the end-of-season action last year in Fergus Payne’s first season as playing coach. Plenty...

By Loddon Herald

Growing youth programs

INGLEWOOD is expected to again have a full list of netball sides in the Loddon Valley competitions. Last season was a difficult one for the Woodies in the senior grades. A Grade and B Grade both finished at the bottom of their respective ladders...

By Loddon Herald

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