MCDFNL

  • 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, […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • 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. […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • Lucy Walkley brings up 400 games

    THERE is a reason why Avoca is just so damn good at netball. And Lucky Walkley personifies it. Last Saturday, she became the latest of Avoca’s golden generation to reach the 400-game milestone; adding a memorable day to a career devoted to celebrating with her teammates and doing it for her local town. It is […]

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  • The Run Home: MCDFNL

    LIKE the student attempting to cram in weeks of study into one night, a mad rush to the finish of this season’s Maryborough-Castlemaine District competitions looms. Both football and netball leagues have their own riveting tales to unfold over the next few weeks, many of which have Pyrenees-based sides front-and-centre. With three matchdays to go, […]

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  • 400 of the best for Colleen Soulsby

    COLLEEN Soulsby dreamed of playing senior netball for Avoca alongside her favourite player. “As a little girl I used to sit there watching Colleen Drummond and idolising her, because she had my name, saying ‘I’m going to be in the seniors one day’.” Not only was Soulsby living this dream when she ran out onto […]

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  • Premierships and friendships the highlights for Hannett

    LOUIS Hannett grew up in Navarre and has not played anywhere else. Even after a move to Geelong seven years ago has his passion for the Grasshoppers never wavered; making the weekly 205-kilometre journey to pull on the famous green jumper and do his bit for his club. With 24 years of service and four […]

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