Geelong Netball Club has again dipped its fingers into Colac district’s netball talent pool in preparation for next year’s Victoria State League competition.The new entity, which replaces the Geelong Flyers, has selected two of the district’s top stars to feature in its top two teams.Former Simpson star Katherine Vickers and Irrewarra-Beeac’s nine-time premiership champion Rachel [...]

ope to tap into Colac and district’s talented crop of emerging players.The new entity, which replaces the old Geelong Flyers, will have open selection trials next month for its representative teams to compete in the Victorian Netball League next year.Geelong is one of 10 franchises in the new league and will host two trials on [...]

Colac Tigers A Grade netball captain Sara Carmody believes the club has enough talent to take the next step in 2009.    Fresh from winning her second club best and fairest, Carmody said she was already looking forward to next season and the prospect of helping a young group of Tigers challenge for a Netball Geelong [...]

The tears and smiles from long-suffering Irrewarra-Beeac supporters were all the reward Bomber players needed when the grand final siren sounded.Ask the players about their third-time lucky victory and the win was as much for the Bomber generation that has waited 36 years for premiership success.First and foremost the Bombers were out to reward their [...]

Simpson rising star Kelly Pouw cried after the A Grade grand final as the emotion of losing her best friend came flooding back.Standing in the middle of Central Reserve’s main court, the Tigers captain displayed the effects of a year-long struggle for Simpson, which dedicated Saturday’s grand final to former team-mate Emma McVilly.Pouw, showing courage [...]

Irrewarra-Beeac had this year’s premiership won five minutes into Saturday’s grand final.In fact, to be honest, there was a sense of inevitability about the occasion even before the opening pass when Simpson lined up with the same starting seven that had failed three times previously.The Tigers needed to roll the dice and attempt to dictate [...]

Irrewarra-Beeac co-captain Narelle Frith believes the club’s A Grade premiership dynasty can continue for years to come.The Bombers completed the perfect season and won their sixth premiership in seven years with a typically powerful performance in Saturday’s grand final against Simpson.   The Bombers ensured their legacy as perhaps the greatest district team lived on as [...]

South Colac has re-written the record books by winning back-to-back B Grade premierships for the second time this century.The 2008 Roos continued their dominance of the B Grade competition and completed a perfect season with another flawless performance against Simpson in Saturday’s grand final.South kept its unblemished season intact and extended its winning streak to [...]

Irrewarra-Beeac has broken Colac Imperials’ stranglehold on the C Grade premiership.The Bombers erased the heartache of previous grand finals by overpowering the reigning champs with a 12-goal blitz in the opening period to record the club’s first C Grade premiership.  Association C Grade best and fairest winner Connie Moloney capped off a standout debut season [...]

Simpson has become the first 17 and under team to win back-to-back championships in the competition since 2000.The minor premiers used the emotion of the previous weekend’s one-goal victory against Irrewarra-Beeac to turn the tables on Colac Imperials, completing their historic quest with a 35-20 triumph in Saturday’s grand final.Simpson rising star Breanna DeJong produced [...]