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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...

13 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Chilled and cool ... grant warms Pies

Sport

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...

13 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Bul-a-Bul braggers

Sport

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...

13 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Junior final on Saturday

Sport

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...

13 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

All News

Fire engulfs weatherboard farm house

All News

AN 80-YEAR-OLD house has been destroyed by fire. CFA units from Pyramid Hill, Boort, Lodon Vale, Yarrawalla and Mitiamo were called to the blaze on Boort-Pyramid Hill Road, Durham Ox, last Wednesday afternoon. Pyramid Hill captain Steve Mann said...

13 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Agriculture

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

Agriculture

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...

21 Feb 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Ruth’s champion title in heart-stopping finish

Sport

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...

20 Feb 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Pennant bowls results - finals starting across region

Sport

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...

20 Feb 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Deadly seven collapse: Bulls bats bounced

Sport

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...

20 Feb 2025

By Loddon Herald