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Cricket title up for grabs

Sunday action at Horsham City Oval this weekend will determine which teams take on runaway leaders Imparja and Gatorade Bolts in the Wimmera’s MIXX FM T20 cricket competition. Imparja and Bolts, which finished first and second respectively in Group B of the tournament, have already booked spots in semi-finals. But who either will play in [...]

DUAL PURPOSE

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Horsham District Football League chairman Graeme King congratulates Josh Mibus, left, and Tim Wade on winning joint-coaching roles for HDFL interleague competition. The dual Kalkee premiership coaches have taken over from Rupanyup’s Tim Webb and will prepare the league for a clash with Maryborough District Football League at Maryborough on May 26. The former Horsham [...]

Sports briefs

Horsham Motorcyle Club will host a two-day invitational motocross event at its Dooen track this weekend. More than 200 riders will be in action, including Horsham rider Tamika Edwards, 19, testing her riding skills against former and current champions. Racing starts at 8.30am both days and entry is free to the general public. Triathlon Tri [...]

ACROSS THE CRICKET

Horsham A Grade This week: Two-day game, Rupanyup-Minyip v Horsham Saints at Rupanyup, Homers v Norladjuha-Toolondo Bullants at Sunnyside Oval; Colts v Blackheath-Dimboola at Cornell Park, Jung Tigers, bye. Last week: Homers 7-204 (T. Hair 74, S. Hopper 37, L. Jones 32) d Jung Tigers 6-179 (S. Hopper 3-32); Horsham Saints 9-173 (G. Davidson 66, [...]

Sports Star of the Year

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Kalimna Park Croquet Club member Ken Bald is the 2011 Sports Star of the Year. Ken has long been on the Wimmera sporting scene for his achievements in croquet. He finally won the major award after another outstanding year locally, statewide and nationally. Bald has also excelled in coaching, guiding two of the state’s best [...]

Pink slips

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Horsham Saints junior cricketers, from left, Josh Carroll, Harry Bryan and Jono Carroll join senior players Damian Bryan and Glenn Carroll in appealling for plenty of support for Pink Stumps Day this weekend. The pink-themed sporting fund-raiser will support the McGrath Foundation’s fight against breast cancer. See full story, page 13 of the February 9 [...]

Saints in the pink for a top cause

A Horsham cricket club will embrace all things pink for the next fortnight as it joins a national project in the fight against breast cancer. Horsham Saints is one of 1000 clubs padding up across Australia for Pink Stumps Day 2012. Pink Stumps Day, a McGrath Foundation and Cricket Australia Cricket Cares program, is in [...]

Lohde a long shot: Roos

Dimboola Football Club officials have described their chances of convincing talented mid-fielder Karl Lohde to join Peter MacFarlane back at the club this year as ‘a long shot’. But club president Robert Pyers said if super-fit Lohde was available the Roos would ‘certainly’ approach him. “He’s in Canada at the moment and we’re certainly not [...]

Finals the goal for Saints netballers

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Horsham Saints’ new on-court leaders have set making the finals in every grade a primary goal in Wimmera Netball Association this year. Dual A Grade coaches Jess Cannane and Candy Wilkinson and B Grade leader Courtney Clough agreed on confirmation of their appointments that playing finals was the ultimate goal. But they also stressed that [...]

Shooters load up after trap classic

Callawadda-Stawell Clay Target Club will set its sights on a major Good Friday event this year after its successful third annual Dog Trap Creek Classic. The Easter gathering is the club’s second largest annual meeting and, like the January classic, will offer a large range of prizes. Shane Stokes remains the toast of the club [...]

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