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Junior final on Saturday

UNBEATEN Boort Yando will face Kingower in the Upper Loddon junior cricket grand final on Saturday at Bridgewater. The Magpies completed an easy win over Wedderburn Band, which did not win a match for the season, when it resumed batting on Sunday in...

By Loddon Herald

Bul-a-Bul braggers

BRIDGEWATER has the bragging rights and the Bul-a-Bul Cup after a win over local rivals Inglewood in Division 5 of the Bendigo area bowls weekend competition. Bridgey won 82 shots (14 points) to 69 shots (4 points) at home on Saturday, with all...

By Loddon Herald

Chilled and cool ... grant warms Pies

BOORT Yando Cricket Club has had a big win off the field, claiming a $3000 grant for key works on its clubrooms. The Magpies were one of 21 Victorian cricket clubs to receive funding under the CitiPower and Cricket Victoria Canteen Grants program...

By Loddon Herald

THE SHARP FOCUS

By GARY WALSH BRIDGEWATER coach Lachlan Sharp wants internal growth and development of young players to catapult the Mean Machine into the Loddon Valley league’s top echelon. It may seem ironic, given that he was the league’s biggest outside...

By Loddon Herald

BREAKING NEWS: Water rationing for Boort, Dingee, Calivil farmers

HUNDREDS of irrigators in the Boort, Dingee and Calivil districts will have water rationed from March 5. Goulburn Murray Water this morning announced the start of rationing, just days after saying it was continuing to monitor water orders. In its...

By Loddon Herald

District association tennis results from our region

INGLEWOOD Fentons Creek 20.5-109 d Korong Vale 3.5-52 Mens: O Holt L Holt d J Turnbull B Keller 8-0. O Holt H Lockhart d J Turnbull B McDonald 8-3. L Holt M Birthisel d B Keller J Smith 8-0. J Lockhart M Birthisel d J Keller J Smith 8-1. J Lockhart...

By Loddon Herald

Deadly seven collapse: Bulls bats bounced

AN ASTONISHING collapse of 7-1 saw Bridgewater manage only 88 in search of an unlikely 361 to beat Arnold in their two-day Upper Loddon cricket match. A lone hand by Bulls opener Tom McKinley, who made 60 from 102 balls, helped his side to 2-87...

By Loddon Herald

Pennant bowls results - finals starting across region

Bendigo Division 1 Inglewood 66-2 lost to Strathfieldsaye 77-16. B. Smyth, D. Whitehead, D. Wilson, L. Kelly (s) lost to G. Dixon, M. Shanahan, A. Cullen, A. Tomkins (s) 16-25. B. Hopcott, B. Jackson, V. Tierney, G. Jackson (s) lost to N. Morley, D...

By Loddon Herald

Ruth’s champion title in heart-stopping finish

IT HAS taken a dozen or more attempts, but Wedderburn’s Ruth Hall is the North Central bowls Champion of Champions – at the young age of 83. “If you wait long enough, sometimes good things happen,” a modest Ruth told the Loddon Herald the...

By Loddon Herald

Shelby’s international journey

By GARY WALSH PUT a lacquered piece of wood in Shelby Giorlando’s hands and something magical will happen. It always has, whether it be a hockey stick or a cricket bat, and now the Wedderburn teenager is making her mark on the international sports...

By Loddon Herald

Call goes out for more umpires

THE BENDIGO Umpires Association is searching for recruits for the 2025 football season. The BUA will hold an AFL Umpire Roadshow at Weeroona Oval on Thursday, February 27, with a “come’n’try” night featuring a coaching session with two...

By Loddon Herald

Roulston takes reins at helm of Rams

EAST Loddon Rams, the Loddon Valley’s under 18 football premiers in 2024, have a new coach. Calivil’s Cameron Roulston has upgraded from team runner to coach after the departure of flag-winning Jade Clymo. Clymo signalled before last season that...

By Loddon Herald

Two-dayers will decide combatants in decider

KINGOWER and Boort Yando are favoured to meet in the Upper Loddon Cricket Association junior grand final on February 22 after the semi-final venues were announced. Unbeaten Boort Yando will host Wedderburn Band in one semi-final, while Kingower will...

By Loddon Herald

Collins takes crown

SERPENTINE’S Division 2 bowlers recorded their first win of the season, breaking through against Kangaroo Flat at home. After getting close in recent weeks, the team defeated the Flat 88 to 78, winning three of the four rinks. Dianne Walker, Ben...

By Loddon Herald

Murphy’s ton and a rare dismissal

THAT RAREST of events – a Cooper Gooding dismissal with the bat – was a mere hiccup for the Magpies as they finished the junior home and away season with a big win over Bridgewater. The Bulls total of 36 was never going to be successfully...

By Loddon Herald

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