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SDJFL targeting July 18 for season start

THE Shepparton District Junior Football League is hoping to start its season on the weekend of July 18 and 19. League officials confirmed their decision at a meeting last week, with under 10, 12, 14, 16 and youth girls’ competitions again to...

Brayden May
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Pressure growing on regional clubs

A REGIONAL Sport Victoria study has profiled the concerns of sporting groups as they exit the COVID-19 shutdown, with the organisation calling for the community to bind together to get things back on track. After speaking with approximately 400 of...

Kyabram Free Press
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Ilett temporarily departs Tongala

Cam Ilett has left Tongala Football Club — for now. After a brilliant season with the Blues last year, Ilett was to return for this campaign. However border issues have made that impossible for the time being and has led to Ilett joining...

Andrew Johnston
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Kyabram sport snaps: Footy league cancellation not unanimous

VIOLET Town Football Club is one Kyabram District Football League club gutted by the recent decision to call off the season. It is believed The Towners is the only club which didn’t want to pull the plug on the current season. It is understood...

Kyabram Free Press
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Giant hole in sporting calendar about to be filled

While many sporting clubs and competitions are weighing up whether a return to action in the coming weeks and months will be worth it, one district organisation is ready to charge back out there as fast as its hamstrings will allow it. The Goulburn...

Tyler Maher
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AFL Victoria provides training protocols update

Training groups of up to 20 athletes are now permitted as Victorian Government sport and recreation ‘return to play’ protocols continue to evolve. It means two groups of 20 can train on a football oval or soccer pitch along with a coach...

Alex Mitchell
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Brett Deledio hints at future Kyabram performance

RETIRED AFL star Brett Deledio has hinted he would like to pull on the colours of his beloved Kyabram one more time. Speaking on Melbourne radio station SEN, the 33-year-old said Bombers forward Kayne Pettifer, who was a former Richmond teammate...

Kyabram Free Press
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The end of a season before it begun

Including the entire sport department of the Riverine Herald

Andrew Johnston
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Kyabram appoints new bowls coach

KYABRAM Bowls Club is looking forward to re-establishing itself as a bowls powerhouse after the appointment of a new coach.

Kyabram Free Press
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KDL cancels 2020 season

THE Kyabram District League season has been cancelled after member clubs voted against proceeding with the 2020 campaign. An extraordinary meeting last Wednesday night saw clubs agree state government measures and their surrounding timeframes would...

Kyabram Free Press
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Hope for youth football in 2020

JUNIOR football action could be seen in the Goulburn Valley as early as mid-July if all goes to plan for a district league. Shepparton District Junior Football League has released a blueprint for the return to matches following the COVID-19...

Tyler Maher
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Kyabram sport snaps

KYABRAM Football Netball Club president Peter Learmonth has scotched a rumour that Bombers players will not be paid if this season goes ahead. Speaking with AFL great Gerald Healy on Melbourne radio last week, Learmonth addressed the issue of pay...

Kyabram Free Press
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Player payments just one brick in the wall

From turning the lights on to mowing the grass and stocking the bar fridge — there are far more moving parts to a club’s financial health than just paying stars

Tyler Maher
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The road back: could football return?

A POTENTIAL start date of July 18 has been identified for the 2020 Goulburn Valley League season. A post on the Rochester Football Netball Club Facebook page revealed league officials were targeting mid-July for the first bounce. “The GVFNL is...

Kyabram Free Press
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Footy and netball training to resume in coming days

FOOTY training will be back from Monday, but many questions still remain surrounding the outlook of the 2020 season.

Brayden May
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Oh, Danny boy | Gus Underwood’s Sport Snaps - May 13

Danny O’Brien has been spruiking the virtues of this galloper for a few months now. After last Saturday those who weren’t listening are now all ears.

Kyabram Free Press
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Kyabram Sportstar awards postponed

The presentations of the 2019-20 Kyabram and District Sportstar of the Year awards have been put on hold. Normally they are awarded at a gala function at the Kyabram Club in May each year, but due to the coronavirus crisis they have been postponed...

Kyabram Free Press
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Harness racing fields increased to 10

HARNESS Racing Victoria has announced field size will increase from eight to 10 starting this Thursday. The number of runners was tightened last month due to strict COVID-19 restrictions, but they have now started to be ease. HRV general manager of...

Brayden May

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Rushworth man suffers injuries in Shepparton police cell while resisting restraint

A man suffered three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung while resisting restraint by police in custody in Shepparton late last month.

Liz Mellino
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Fatal car crash at Cobram

Police are investigating a fatal car crash which occurred in Cobram last night. Investigators believe a Ford sedan was travelling along the Murray Valley Hwy some time before 11pm. The driver lost control of the car which left the road and crashed...

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Fatal Cobram collision victims identified

The two young men killed in a fatal collision in Cobram on Wednesday night have been named as Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout. The two men were travelling in a Ford sedan along the Murray Valley Hwy sometime before 11pm when the vehicle they were in...

Liz Mellino
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Light up the night in world record bid

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