Aidan Robison added to his trophy collection with a win in the 250cc sectionof the Australian ATV MX nationals at the weekend.
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2016
Aidan defends his title
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Kyabram motocross rider Aidan Robinson is again a national champion, winning the 250cc junior title at the 2016 Australian ATV MX Nationals in Wonthaggi at the weekend.
Aidan, 15, won the extremely-contested junior class by just four points over Jae Dowsett and 15 points over Jakob Bosustow.
Aidan won one out of his five races, finishing second in every other race to successfully defend the title he won at last year’s ATV MX Nationals in Alice Springs.
After admitting he didn’t have the best preparation in the lead-up to the national event, Aidan was surprised he managed to win it again.
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Star Phoenix striker rises to league award
Kyabram Phoenix Soccer Club’s star striker Johanne Marcussen capped off a spectacular season when she took out the Goulburn North East women’s league best-and-fairest recently.
The striker took out the award after a strong finish to the season that saw her finish with 13 votes, edging out Shepparton United’s Chelsea Georgiou by four votes.
Ms Marcussen said she was proud to win the award.
“The president told me I was in with a good chance, but it was a nice surprise,” she said.
1996
Norm with owner Noel Daniel.
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Norm’s a jump ahead of his rivals
Norm the kelpie blue healer cross is literally jumping to fame.
Owned by Kyabram South farmer Noel Daniel, Norm maintained his fine strike rate with a second placing in his category in the dog high jump events at the just-finished Melbourne Royal Show.
His leap of 6ft 4in was just two inches behind the winner and was actually higher than the next class for larger dogs.
Norm competed in the under 50cm class event.
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Hodgkinson’s bird strikes gold
Kyabram pigeon-fanciers Terry and Ida Hodgkinson have finally struck gold with one of their birds.
A blue chequer won the Gold Ring Derby fro Renmark in South Australia last Sunday, ending 14 years of trying to win the event for the keen husband and wife flyers.
To be eligible for this race, the flyers choose their better breeding stock when the birds are first born and ring them with a gold ring, making them eligible for the race when they are one year old.
There is a limit of 20 birds per flyer.
1976
Andrew Schultz and Kathy Gawne received their basketballs from Geoff Nichol proprietor of Kyabram Holden dealers Brewster and Maddern.
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Basketball clinic has its rewards
As a result of a visit by Australian Olympic Basketball coach Lindsay Gaze and player Michael Tucker, two young Kyabramites have each received a basketball and a new junior competition has been introduced to the Kyabram-Tongala association.
Andrew Schultz and Kathy Gawne are photographed above receiving the baskteballs from Geoff Nichol, proprietor of Kyabram Holden dealers Brewster and Maddern, who sponsored the visit of Gaze and Tucker to Kyabram for a coaching clinic a few weeks ago.
A colouring competition was run in conjunction with the clinic and Andrew and Kathy were the respective winners.
Kyabram-Tongala Basketball Association president Russ Parker said the visit of Lindsay Gaze and Michael Tucker had rejuvenated interest in junior basketball in Kyabram.
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Jan stars in Judo titles
Young Kyabram Judo exponent Jan Cheong threw the opposition at the recent Northern district Judo championships at Seymour, taking out four trophies.
Jan, 14, was competing at the championships with two other club members Julie Young and Delma Marks.
The Junior Female Light Heavyweight, junior female heavyweight, junior female open and the senior female light heavyweight sections were all won by Jan.
She was also given second place in the senior female light heavyweight section.
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