Articles by Athos Sirianos
Plenty to Crow about: Beaufort announces 2023 coaches
DANIEL Jones will coach Beaufort’s senior football team alongside Mitch Jenkins in 2023, with Brendan Howard stepping down from the role. A best-and-fairest winner with North Ballarat in the Ballarat Football League, Jones will step into senior coaching for the first time in his career; having played an important role in Beaufort’s rejuvenation since joining […]
Finals on the line in local derby
THE equation is simple for Waubra on Saturday. Win and you’re in. The Kangaroos head into the final round of the Central Highlands season in control of their own destiny, as well as the finals hopes of both Bungaree and Rokewood. Waubra currently sits a game inside the top eight and will be unable to […]
The art of Goal-Shooting
BEFORE I started at the Advocate, I produced a weekly AFL program on Melbourne’s Channel 31. One of our favourite segments, called ‘I could’ve done that’, consisted of picking out an AFL player’s miss from the weekend, from relatively close range, and seeing if the everyday fan could go one better and kick the goal. […]
‘Damo’s Day’ a celebration of a Beaufort favourite son
“DAMO don’t even think about bringing your wallet on Saturday, mate,” Beaufort co-coach Mitch Jenkins said ahead of Beaufort’s main training session last Thursday. Dominating a whiteboard usually filled with strategies and a review of the game before is ‘Damo’s 300th…FINALLY’ printed in bright red marker and a list of the celebrations planned to accompany […]
Sarge retires a Lexton legend
A LEXTON legend has hung up the boots after a stellar career spanning 50 years. Malcolm Sargent, affectionately known as Sarge, played his last game of football with Lexton’s Reserves team last Saturday against Campbells Creek. Sarge began playing junior football in 1972 with Ballarat North at the age of nine, before moving to play […]
Connect Hearing comes to Beaufort
LOCALS will receive better access to hearing aids and audio care, with Beaufort and Skipton Health Service adding an audiologist to its Allied Health program. Kim Holmes, from Connect Hearing, will be available once a week at the Beaufort campus, where locals diagnosed with hearing loss can be fitted with hearing aids and gain a […]
Indigenous Art brightens up Avoca
AVOCA’s Cambridge Street has been brought to life with a new mural showcasing the connection between the town and its local kids. In collaboration with Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta artist, Troy Firebrace, a cohort of Avoca kids added the latest piece to the Pyrenees’ rich art culture last Sunday with a mural painted […]
Cricket nets project hits roadblock
BEAUFORT Cricket Club and Pyrenees Shire Council are at loggerheads over the construction of the town’s new cricket nets, after council proposed an alternative design due to costing issues. Council representatives presented a new design for the three-wicket training facility at a Beaufort Cricket Club meeting on Wednesday, which would see the facility built on […]
Small community sessions planned for controversial project
ONLY 20 people will be able to attend upcoming community sessions for the Western Renewable Link Project, with organisers citing COVID concerns. Pyrenees landowners set to be affected by the project (formerly the Western Victorian Transmission Network Project) have written to the project team expressing frustration over the limited capacity to discuss the controversial project, […]
Avoca left out of Tristar purchase
AVOCA’s Tristar clinic has been left out of a reshuffle at the medical group, which saw 12 of its clinics sold this week. Clinics at Ballarat, Coff’s Habour, Deer Park, Eaglehawk, Epping, Epsom, Horsham, Kangaroo Flat, Mildura, Sebastopol, Sunbury and Wodonga have been bought by Family Doctor, one of Australia’s biggest doctor-run networks, two months […]