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Best Battles: Redeyes rule in milestone match

Welcome to yet another edition of Best Battles, where McPherson Media Groups sports journalists have combined to present match reports on past clashes between the footy teams who were originally set to do battle on the weekend. This week would have...

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Deni Drovers are back

Updates on new and returning players will appear in future editions of the Pastoral Times

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Decision to block Victorians justified

Deniliquin Golf Club manager Norm Purtill has defended the decision to not allow Victorian golfers to cross the border and play on the local course. Before the announcement was made that the NSW/Victoria border is closing tonight, the club received...

Jamie Lowe
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Stadium reopened

Local indoor sports has officially returned, with the Deniliquin Stadium reopening its doors yesterday. The newly revitalised stadium was open for one month before Coronavirus restrictions halted indoor competitions. It was officially opened by...

Jamie Lowe
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Prestigious award for young footy star

Raymond Murphy (pictured) has reached a pinnacle of NSW school sports, earning a prestigious New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association Blue. The award is very rare, with Raymond the first Deniliquin student to receive it since former...

Jamie Lowe
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Bowls CEO coming to Deni

Bowls Australia CEO Neil Dalrymple will visit the Deniliquin RSL Bowling Club on Monday to speak with regional bowling club presidents. It comes after Deniliquin RSL Bowling Club president Ken Wellard asked Bowls Australia what is it doing to help...

Jamie Lowe
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Croquet:

Allan Tonta was elected president of the Deniliquin Croquet Club at its annual general meeting on Sunday. Outgoing president Gwen Pearn welcomed Tonta to the role after reporting on a successful year, noting the increased number of new players to...

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Mitsch triumphs

Chris Mitsch scored 36 points to win the A grade stableford event on Saturday, by a shot from runner-up Peter Joice. B grade winner was Jarryd Pearce with 39 from Mark Thomas 38, C grade Jordan Treble 35 from Kevin Reeves 34, and in D grade Jayne...

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Blonde’s winning day

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Power, Lions blockbuster

Todd Marshall and his Port Adelaide teammates will face their toughest challenge of the 2020 AFL season when they play Brisbane in a blockbuster at the Gabba tomorrow night. The former Deni Rams junior has had a strong start to the season, with the...

Jamie Lowe
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Essential grant for Rhinos

The Deniliquin Rhinos Cricket Club has been successful in earning a grant through the Essential Energy Community Choices program. The Rhinos topped the voting in Zone 2, and will receive a $2500 grant. Rhinos secretary Brad Todd said the funds will...

Jamie Lowe
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SIRU draw released

The Deniliquin Drovers will kick off their 2020 Southern Inland Rugby Union second grade season with a home game at Rotary Park on Saturday, July 25. It was announced on Monday evening that the Drovers will host Tumut in round one of the seven round...

Jamie Lowe
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Shortened junior season

The Picola & District League has announced it will be looking to hold a shortened season for junior footballers. The proposed eight week junior footy competition will likely start from July 18 and finish on September 26. This would include...

Jamie Lowe
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Plug pulled by PDFNL

Picola District Football Netball League has cancelled all open age competitions for this season. At a club delegates’ meeting on Monday night, the decision was made to call off the senior football and netball competitions due to impacts caused by...

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Best Battles: Mathoura beaten in prelim.

While most will be disappointed with the news that the Murray Football League will not go ahead, you will be pleased to know that Best Battles is here to stay for the remainder of what would have been the 2020 season. As seen on page 16, the Picol...

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Race date remains

Deniliquin Racing Club will not have to move its annual race meeting, following the announcement that the Melbourne Caulfield Cup will be run on its original date. It was reported in May that Melbourne’s famous Spring Carnival was set for an...

Jamie Lowe
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Lloyd sidelined

Sam Lloyd is set for a lengthy stint on the sidelines after breaking his collarbone in the Western Bulldogs’ 28 point win against Sydney on Thursday night. The former Deni Rams premiership player underwent surgery yesterday, with a return to the...

Jamie Lowe
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PDFNL pressing ahead

While the region’s football and netball leagues drop like flies, the Picola & District Football Netball League is pressing ahead with its season. Despite Victoria’s recent COVID-19 spike, the league says it will continue to aim for a return...

Alex Mitchell

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New active COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a new active case of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed its the only active case in the region, as the state’s total rose by 108 – the second highest daily rise in Victoria since the...

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Rushworth man suffers injuries in Shepparton police cell while resisting restraint

A man suffered three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung while resisting restraint by police in custody in Shepparton late last month.

Liz Mellino
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Fatal Cobram collision victims identified

The two young men killed in a fatal collision in Cobram on Wednesday night, July 1, have been named as Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout. The two men were travelling in a Ford sedan along the Murray Valley Hwy sometime before 11 pm when the...

Liz Mellino
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Victorian border with NSW to close tomorrow

THE NSW Government will close its border to Victoria at midnight tomorrow. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews made the announcement this morning in response to growing concerns about Victoria’s coronavirus case numbers which have grown by 127 today...

Andrew Johnston