Kyabram meets Numurkah at Kyabram Recreation Reserve with the winner advancing to the final against the winner of the Waaia versus Central Park-St Brendan’s clash at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve the same night.
The Redbacks negotiated the first round recently when Kyle Fitzgerald and Kyle Mueller went on a six-hitting rampage to knock Shepparton United out of the competition.
The match starts at 5.30pm.
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Echuca Racing Club has welcomed a new club manager in Jarratt Farley.
Farley is not a stranger to the sport or the position having spent the past seven years in the same role at Mildura Racing Club.
Farley is credited with bringing a lot of new off-track innovations to Mildura and is also a strong supporter of community activities which he plans to continue in his new surrounds and position.
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Kyabram-trained trotter Malhana Muscles doesn’t win out of turn … and it was her turn again at the Shepparton meeting on Thursday.
Going into the meeting the seven-year-old daughter of Down Under Muscles had not saluted in her previous 20 starts for Kyabram trainer Paul Railton.
But after being around the mark in her previous three outings Malhana Muscles had been hinting a win wasn’t far away.
Despite being forced to face the breeze early before getting cover Malhana Muscles sprinted over her rivals in the concluding stages for an easy win.
Another Kyabram winner last week was the Mark Watson-prepared Half Price Bride who vindicated the trainer’s long trip to Leeton to salute.
Half Price Bride, who was a $2.50 favourite and driven by top Riverina reinsman Blake Jones, came from last over the final lap to record her second win from 15 starts.
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Kyabram Cricket Club has two batters in the running for the runs aggregate award in Cricket Shepparton’s Haisman Shield.
Kyle Mueller, who won the award last year, has made 505 runs at an average of 56.11 and sits in second place behind Shepparton United’s Rehan Bari who has made 550 runs at an average of 78.57.
Another Kyabram batter, opener Paul Parsons, boosted his run tally to 459 with his 82 last Saturday and sits in fourth place.
Waaia’s Brayden Carey is in third place with 463 runs at an average of 46.3, while his teammate Reinhardt Engler has moved into fifth place with 425 runs after making 98 on Saturday against Katandra.
Waaia’s Jesse Trower heads the wicket-takers with 29 scalps
Northerners’ Josh Sidebottom and Nagambie’s Mark Nolan are equal second with 25, while Kyabram English import Louis Sabbagh-Holt has 22 victims and sits in seventh place.
There are two home and away two-day games to go to complete the regular season.
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