Echuca Sport

Echuca make historic coaching announcement

A NEW era at the Echuca Football Club is officially underway after Michael Rolfe was appointed as the inaugural coach of the Bottle Greens under 16 Goulburn Valley League (GVL) side. The appointment adds to an already impressive GVL resume for Rolfe...

Brayden May

Councils encouraged to apply for sporting infrastructure funding

THE VICTORIAN Government has invited local councils to apply for funding to improve sporting clubs as part of anew $22 million Local Sports Infrastructure Fund. Councils can apply for the funding across five streams including aquatic centres and...

Riverine Herald

Ian Wright claims bronze with Victoria

ECHUCA-MOAMA’S Ian Wright continues to add to his ever growing trophy case. The hockey veteran has returned home with a another medal from the Australian Masters Hockey after his Victorian side claimed bronze in the 75s age category. Wright - who...

Andrew Johnston

Ian Wright claims bronze with Victoria

ECHUCA-MOAMA’S Ian Wright continues to add to his ever growing trophy case. The hockey veteran has returned home with a another medal from the Australian Masters Hockey after his Victorian side claimed bronze in the 75s age category. Wright - who...

Andrew Johnston

Tongala’s batsmen show class in top-of-the-table clash

TONGALA’S batting line-up oozes class, just as Cooma found out on day two of their Goulburn Murray Cricket top-of-the-table clash. The new ladder leaders handed Cooma its first loss of the season off the back of a century from coach Daniel Coombs...

Brayden May

Goulburn Valley set to host rivals next year in interleague match

The Ash-Wilson Trophy could be up for grabs next year with traditional country football league rivals Goulburn Valley and Ovens and Murray looking to renew their interleague rivalry. Discussions between the two leagues ramped up after the recent...

Aydin Payne

Records broken at Barrie Beehag

RECORDS are meant to be broken and in Saturday’s Barrie Beehag none of those previous bests were safe. As Arkham Asylum stormed to a new race record to claim the overall victory, in the lower classes records tumbled throughout the day. There was...

Brayden May

Change of fortune drives Arkham Asylum to Beehag win

IT’S AMAZING how your fortunes can change in 12 months, and the waterskiing crew of Arkham Asylum can tell you all about it after Saturday’s Barrie Beehag event.

Brayden May

Dare Devil racing takes to the river

SKI racing runs in the blood in this community. So when the next generation is ready to take to the water, the one before it will be ready to step aside. That’s the story for Dare Devil racing, who tomorrow will take to their local course for the...

Andrew Johnston

Echuca South chasing victory

CRICKET ■OPENING batsman Josh Novoselek has put Echuca South in a position to possibly claim its first Goulburn Murray Cricket win in more than a year. His 68 on the first day of round six play against Rochester led the team to a respectable...

Andrew Johnston

Pirates emerge from dry dock

IT’S been close to a month since either the Pirates or Lady Pirates last took the Country Basketball League court. The men were last seen on October 20 in a 24-point loss to Bendigo as their season dropped to 1-2, while the Lady Pirates picked up an...

Andrew Johnston

Local bowlers aim for state success

EVERYONE wants to be the best and the region’s lawn bowlers will have the opportunity to prove it at the Victorian Open starting today. More than 2000 players will descend on clubs across the Goulburn Valley over the next week as they aim to become...

Brayden May

Touch footy the star of Three Rivers festival

WHILE the Three Rivers Festival has continued to grow into a wider celebration of indigenous culture, the touch football tournament remains a centrepiece of the event. The 2019 iteration of the tournament will feature 19 sides competing across three...

Andrew Johnston

AFL Victoria scraps Community Championships

AFL Victoria has dumped generations of bush footy tradition by yesterday announcing it has scrapped interleague football.

Brayden May

Barrie Beehag set for centre stage

THE EYES of the ski racing world will once again turn to the Murray River on Saturday as the Barrie Beehag revs up for another year.

Brayden May

Moama fall short of Northern Rivers T20 Cup

MOAMA cricketers may have fallen short in their quest to win the Northern Rivers T20 Cup but there were plenty of positive signs according to club president Kirk Teasdale.

Brayden May

Tongala remain undefeated but only just

TONGALA has kept its perfect start to the Campaspe Valley Bowls Division (CVBD) weekend pennant season alive, but only just. In Saturday’s game against Rochester the final rink involving David Cartwright (skipper), Billie Hatzie, Scott Donaldson and...

Brayden May

Murphy makes Victorian second XI debut

THE career of cricket prodigy Todd Murphy has taken another huge step forward. Already an under age state and national rep, Murphy can now add representing Victoria’s second XI to his growing list of accolades. The young all-rounder made his debut...

Andrew Johnston

GMC T20 Challenge set to light up local grounds

THE THRILL of fast paced cricket is set to return across the region with Goulburn Murray Cricket’s (GMC) T20 Challenge getting underway on Thursday night. Six teams from the GMC’s usual competition structure will be joined by Leitchville-Gunbower...

Brayden May