Colac district football clubs will receive a $2000 Christmas bonus on the back of a new league administration venture.Colac and District Football League has signed off on an agreement for Football Geelong officials to manage its administration, a move which will save the league $20,000 a year.Re-appointed Colac district football chairman Phil Cobbledick said clubs [...]
Past greats say they fear for the future of Colac and district cricket.Two of the district’s most celebrated champions say the phenomenon of Twenty20 cricket could eventually make the longer version of the game redundant.City United great Byron Cashion and Colac legend Tom Lloyd have warned Colac District Cricket Association to manage the new game [...]
Colac continues to enhance its reputation as a Victorian country cricket feeder ground.Eight of Colac’s top junior cricketers have earned the right to represent the Barwon Rockets in under-age state championships against Victoria’s elite next year.Promising City United trio Nick Lynch, Callum Buchanan and Lachie Crook have won selection into the Rockets under-18 squad along [...]
Colac is taking nothing for granted ahead of tomorrow’s Corangamite Bowling Association clash with Simpson.The match at Colac’s greens has taken on a new-found intensity since Simpson’s shock upset win against Camperdown Golf last weekend.Colac’s Jeff Turner said the stakes of tomorrow’s match had risen with Simpson’s form and his team would prepare for a [...]
Star fill-in Tony Moloney will swap alliances this weekend to help Pennyroyal overcome the toughest assignment in Polwarth district tennis.A week after helping Elliminyt destroy Warncoort Newcombe, Moloney will face his former team-mates when he steps onto the other side of the net with Pennyroyal tomorrow.The swap sets up an intriguing battle between the top [...]
City United and Colac cricket clubs will put their rivalries aside tomorrow long enough to honour two of the clubs’ past legends.More than just four points will be up for grabs in tomorrow’s pivotal Division One clash as both clubs play for a perpetual shield named after City United champion Byron Cashion and Colac great [...]
Apollo Bay captain Ben Knight is talking tough ahead of tomorrow’s long-awaited blockbuster against ladder leader Irrewarra.Knight said his team was “busting at the seams” for this weekend’s 2006-07 grand final replay and not even the loss of key fast bowler Casey Lang could curb its enthusiasm. The Bay leader believes his team has discovered [...]
Colac West Division One captain David Lineen refuses to concede season 2008-09.Even with his side languishing in bottom place and the clock ticking on its chance to break the club’s finals drought, Lineen believes his team has what it takes to turn it around.The all-rounder said finals were still on West’s agenda, despite having just [...]
Warrion Division One captain Ryan Lang says his team will be glad to say goodbye to one-day cricket and hello to the real stuff.Putting aside Darren Murrell’s game-breaking exploits with the bat, Lang said his side had struggled to come to grips with the abbreviated form this season and was relieved tomorrow’s home game against [...]
Colac’s Jessalyn Taylor says getting up at 6am is all part of becoming a better swimmer.Jessalyn, 14, is a member of the Colac Swimming Club and said getting out of bed early was just part of the process to make her a faster swimmer. “I joined the swimming club when I finished swimming lessons,” Jessalyn [...]
