Echuca Sport

Echuca-Moama Little Aths ready for starting gun

ON YOUR marks. Get set. Go. Echuca Moama Little Athletics Centre is ready to get off and running in 2020-21. The club has confirmed it will start the new season on Saturday, October 17 after weeks of uncertainity. President Stuart Addicott said it...

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Echuca South leading Toyota Good for Cricket raffle

ECHUCA South is roaring into the new season as it finds itself at the top of the Toyota Good for Cricket raffle leaderboard. With a new executive group leading the charge, South is looking to find raise funds in what has been a difficult year. The...

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An Echuca homecoming for Ben Reid

IT’S been five years, but finally Ben Reid is coming home. The Echuca Murray Bombers have gained a massive addition to their defensive unit for the 2021 Goulburn Valley League season with Reid returning to his former club. Reid last lined up for...

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An Echuca homecoming for Ben Reid

IT’S been five years, but finally Ben Reid is coming home. The Echuca Murray Bombers have gained a massive addition to their defensive unit for the 2021 Goulburn Valley League season with Reid returning to his former club. Reid last lined up for...

Andrew Johnston

Sports briefs | Cornish-Gaskin given NSW reprieve

ECHUCA horse trainers Michael Cornish and Donna Gaskin have been approved to return to NSW. The pair were charged by Racing Victoria for breaching COVID regulations by not isolating after making visits to their NSW property despite having valid...

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Running Sisters | Norah Armstrong

NORAH Armstrong, 35, is an advocate for running and its benefits for the mind and body. Whether she’s in the sunshine or the wind, running keeps her in the moment and provides a great distraction from the stress of everyday life. Norah holds...

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Burnanga Indigenous Fishing Club receives $15,000 grant

Victoria’s first indigenous fishing club is set to take its cultural education and traditional fishing knowledge across the state. Burnanga Indigenous Fishing Club has been awarded a $15,000 grant to build a customised tandem trailer to help with...

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Golf Australia confirms changes after Victorian restrictions relax

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Calls for crowds to return trackside

CALLS have grown louder for racing clubs to be allowed crowds at meetings in regional Victoria. The Echuca Racing Club began its season on Thursday in front of an empty racing club, and an expectation this would not change for some time. Victorian...

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Behind the Play | Moama’s 2010 premiership reunion

PREMIERSHIPS aren’t won overnight. They aren’t even won in several months. The ultimate prize comes after years of careful planning. But you still need everything to come together on the biggest day of the season – grand final day...

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Sport briefs | Echuca United lose a key piece

Murray League clubs to move to the PDFNL THE Picola District Football League has confirmed Katandra and Tungamah will re-join its competition for the 2021 season. Their moves were confirmed on Wednesday night and will leave the Murray League with 12...

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Jamboree bounces out of Echuca in 2020

BASKETBALL Victoria’s Country Jamboree has officially been fouled out of 2020. On Wednesday, the state’s governing body confirmed the event which had originally been scheduled for Echuca had been cancelled. The Jamboree was one of...

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Leitchville-Gunbower confirm coaching structure

LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER’S football and netball coaching structure for the 2021 season is starting to become clearer. After announcing the re-appointments of Cam van Florestein (senior football) and Ash Bradley (A grade netball) earlier this...

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Darcy Robinson cuts back in at Mathoura

MATHOURA is getting on the front foot to put the disappointment of the cancelled 2020 Picola and District Football Netball League season behind them. On Sunday, the Timbercutters announced Darcy Robinson would lead the senior football team again in...

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Calls to ease restrictions around sport in Victoria

REGIONAL Sport Victoria is calling on the state government to allow all sport – contact and non-contact – for adults as soon as possible. Under the current roadmap towards COVID-normal, contact sport for those over the age of 18 may not...

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Wines on captaincy, coming home

PORT Adelaide vice-captain Ollie Wines says he has no ill feelings about the changes to the Power’s leadership structure. The Echuca export was co-captain of the AFL club in 2019, but returned to his previous role for 2020 as Tom Jonas took the sole...

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Racing begins its new season at ERC

THE grass is cut, the birds are singing, the air is fresh. Spring has arrived, and with it comes the new season of racing for the Echuca Racing Club. Thursday will see the first meeting of the season for the club, before jumpouts take place the...

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Sutherland arrives at the Echuca United nest

THE new head Eagle has officially landed in the Echuca United nest. On Friday, recently appointed senior coach Adam Sutherland visited Echuca South Recreation Reserve for the first time after returning to Victoria from Queensland. While it was only...

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LBU confident of retaining players in 2021

“As far as retention goes, I’ve spoken to a lot of the list already and at this stage they are staying on,” Collins told Australian Community Medi

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