Sport
Megan Mullane wins Beaufort best-and-fairest
VERSATILE mid-courter Megan Mullane capped off her 2022 season at Beaufort by winning the A-Grade’s best-and-fairest medal.
Avoca laying the blueprint for prolonged success
EVEN with a premiership up for grabs on Grand Final day do Avoca’s netball coaches cast an eye towards what their club’s future holds.
Ella Tranter caps off remarkable season
Natte Bealiba’s Ella Tranter ends the 2022 A-Grade campaign with one of the best individual seasons in recent memory
How Natte became champions
AS the heavens opened over Princes Park last Saturday, so too did an outpour of relief, disbelief everything in-between from a sea of red-and-white. The sound of the final siren on Grand Final day acted as the perfect swansong for Natte Bealiba’s players at the end of a season unlike any other. A season which, […]
Third Nalder Tracey Trophy for Naomi Medlyn
NAOMI MEDLYN became a Nalder Tracey trophy winner for a third time on Monday – sharing the award with Carisbrook’s Laura Hurse following a thrilling count. Medlyn polled three votes in the final match of the season to jump ahead of Natte Bealiba teammate Ella Tranter and equal Hurse on 25 votes to be named […]
Super Saturday ahead for MCDFNL
SEVEN positions inside the MCDFL top eight will be up for grabs this Saturday on the eve of the competition’s first finals series in three years. Like the chaos of the final matchday of England’s Premier League season (where all ten matches are played simultaneously) players, coaches and supporters across the region will be monitoring […]
Midcourt depth key for Beaufort
A SCINTILLATING finish to the home-and-away season has given Beaufort A-Grade coach Alice Laidlaw plenty of selection “headaches” ahead of Saturday’s Elimination Final. Despite only losing four matches this season, Beaufort ended one of the most competitive Central Highlands netball campaigns in fifth position and opens its finals series in a cut-throat tie against Dunnstown […]
Lexton legends celebrated
IT was cause for celebration at the Lexton Football Netball Club last Saturday, with a big crowd gathering to celebrate several personal and club achievements. On a day where Lexton’s senior football team all but secured its place and the netball team consolidated their places in their respective finals series, the club and its community […]
Central Highlands Finals Preview
THE embargo for use of the ‘f-word’ was lifted with the sound of the final siren across the Central Highlands last Saturday. Clubs no longer need to tread carefully and hope to not tempt fate by mentioning the upcoming finals series, which has landed on the doorstep of eight teams across both sports for the […]
Learmonth ready to make some noise
LEARMONTH coach Nick Willox hopes his side will use its return to the finals this season as a springboard for prolonged success. The Lakies will play off in their first final since 2015 when they meet Buninyong in an Elimination Final on Sunday afternoon. Learmonth has been this season’s big improvers; finishing seventh after strengthening […]