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Andison goes big in GMC

FIRE Brigade opener Brett Andison lauched a merciless onslaught on the Echuca bowlers at Kyabram’s Northern Oval on Saturday, blasting 137 out of an impressive team score of 2/231. Andison shared an opening stand of 163 with Tyronne Schiller...

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Redbacks dominate again

KYABRAM lost five wickets in securing its sixth win for the season in Cricket Shepparton’s one-day round on Saturday after the festive-season break. Paul Newman was again the batting mainstay, with 76 off 80 balls in 100 minutes. His innings...

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Flames burn out in GMC contest

REIGNING premier Rochester rocked top-of-the-ladder Fire Brigade when Goulburn Murray Cricket commenced after the festive break last Saturday. The Flames elected to bat on the first day of their clash at Windridge Oval, Rochester, but succumbed in...

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Photo Gallery: 2019 Little Athletics Pentathlon

2019 Little Athletics Pentathlon winners. U6 girls: 1st Emily Parsons, 2nd Addyson Healey. U6 boys: 1st Hunter McCormack, 2nd Ryan Todd, 3rd James Brennan. U7 girls: 1st Tahlia Riedell, 2nd Evie Clancy, 3rd Scarlett Radford. U7 boys: 1st Mason...

James Arbuthnott
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Ardmona FC given all-clear by league

Not everyone is happy with the decision of an independent tribunal to give Ardmona Football Netball Club the all-clear to continue its 100th season in the Kyabram District Football Netball League in 2020. League chief Fraser Kerrins did not take any...

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James Woods wins gold at Australian All Schools National Championships

KYABRAM’s James Woods capped off a sensational 2019 at the Australian All Schools National Championships in Perth recently, where he took home the gold medal in the under-18 pole vault event. The 16-year-old also recorded two personals bests on the...

Jared Prestwidge
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Junior Kyabram Knights go far in finals

IT was a successful year across the board for the Kyabram Knights soccer club, which culminated at the Shepparton Junior Soccer Association finals series and Gala Day held in September. The Knights’ under 12s went all the way to the...

Jared Prestwidge
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Newman brothers ready for Bush Bash

KYABRAM will be well represented in the opening round of the inaugural Goulburn Murray Twenty20 Big Bash competition, which kicks off this weekend. The Kyabram-based Hurley’s Hotel Hounds franchise meets the SRP Mud Dogs in the first of...

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Kyabram to start 2020 on the road

KYABRAM will unfurl their premiership flag in Good Friday night clash with Rochester.

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Olivia Cartwright named in under 18s Victorian bowls side

KYABRAM’S Olivia Cartwright has been called up to the Victorian under 18s bowls team for an upcoming five-test series against rivals South Australia in January. It will be the 15-year-old’s second time in state colours, when she makes...

Jared Prestwidge
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Blues to open against Eagles in 2020

TONGALA will get two shots at grand final redemption against Nathalia in 2020. The Murray Football and Netball League fixtures have been released, and will see meetings between the Blues and the Purples in round 18, but also on the competition’s...

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Sports Snaps with Gus Underwood

Rushy CC’s ‘Joey’ says goodbye at 79 A STRONG link with one of Rushworth Cricket Club’s golden eras was lost with the passing of Graeme Johanson on December 23. Battling ill-health for some time Graeme, affectionately known as...

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GM Cricket hit for six by extreme heat

Heat policy cancels last Saturday’s GM Cricket LAST Saturday’s Goulburn Murray Cricket round was called off due to the association’s heat policy but will still be played because of a precedent set earlier in the season. A washed-out...

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Sophie Papalia going onwards and upwards

IT’S been quite a year for Kyabram’s Sophie Papalia. On top of scoring 57 goals and winning her eighth-straight premiership with Shepparton United SC, the 19-year-old took out the Women’s Division Best and Fairest and Young...

Jared Prestwidge
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Photo Gallery: Kyabram Little Athletics pentathlon

Earlier last month Kyabram Little Athletics held a pentathlon. It was met with great enthusiasm by all involved and saw personal bests and some friendly competition

James Arbuthnott
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Fire Brigade women’s fall as Garden and Henson bat Bombers to victory

Shepparton United produced the biggest win of its Goulburn Murray Cricket women’s A-grade campaign to date by rolling top-ranked Leitchville-Gunbower at the weekend. Set 5-77 by the Bombers, United relied on an outstanding knock from opening bat...

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Peg Wingate receives Life Membership

KYABRAM Croquet Club is happy to announce that Peg Wingate has been granted a life membership for her love and dedication to the game of Association Croquet. At the KCC Christmas Dinner last Friday night, members led by president Chris Puetz and...

James Arbuthnott
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Ross Dillon remembers Tony Bull - Sports Snaps

Former Kyabram, Melbourne and Norwood footballer Ross Dillon has fond memories of the late Tony Bull, who made an indelible impression on him when growing up in Kyabram. Tony had left Kyabram before Ross had pulled on a senior jumper with the...

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Builder announced for Greater Shepparton Secondary College

Construction on the new Greater Shepparton Secondary College is set to commence next month with a builder now appointed to the job.

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