Benalla Sport

Bathurst’s Super2 round back on track for Best after initial cancellation

Is it on? Is it off? That was the question being asked this week about the Super2 series appearance at the Bathurst 1000 next month.

Meg Saultry

18 Sep 2020

Sport

AFL exports | Rockliff breaks Bombers, Harry’s Hawks mauled by Dogs

Wet conditions in Adelaide on Saturday saw Benalla’s Tom Rockliff at his bullish best in Port Adelaide’s 50-point win over Essendon.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

IN BRIEF: Pallpratt poised for 2021, Roaming Rocky

Saints salivating at 2021 season Benalla Saints are awaiting the day its players and supporters can return to the Benalla Showgrounds to enjoy football and netball.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

IN BRIEF: Pallpratt poised for 2021, Roaming Rocky

Saints salivating at 2021 season Benalla Saints are awaiting the day its players and supporters can return to the Benalla Showgrounds to enjoy football and netball.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Best’s birthday bubble bursts as Super2 Bathurst round off cards

Super2 driver Zak Best was hoping to ring in his 19th birthday scaling the heights of Mount Panorama next month.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Junior sport back on the table for regional Victoria

Junior sport is back on the cards for regional Victoria following a raft of announcements from Premier Daniel Andrews’ COVID-19 press conference yesterday.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Saultry’s Score: Hoop dreams do come true

DURING the first COVID-19 lockdown I had the considerable urge to find a cheap basketball hoop to shoot around the house. It was a juvenile wish, but one I couldn’t shake.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Burgess books golden ticket to Dakar Rally

For Michael Burgess, the journey to the Dakar, the world biggest – and toughest – endurance rally will be a battle. And as a rookie rider, he knows there is no way he can fully grasp hitting the cauldron that is the desert circuit.

Meg Saultry

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Youth Premier League put on ice for 2020-21

The representative pathway for budding cricket stars in Benalla will look different this summer, with the Youth Premier League put on hold.

Benalla Ensign

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Racing Victoria calls on whip reform

RV has proposed the maximum amount of whip strokes in a race be limited to no more than five to eight times from January 1 next year.

Aydin Payne

15 Sep 2020

Sport

“Bee-autiful”: Lloyd snags first metro win aboard Osborne’s mare

How beautiful it can be for an apprentice jockey to win their first metro race. All the sweeter when they’re sitting on a rank outsider and have to come from a long way back to win by the shortest official margin in the book. Technically a short...

Benalla Ensign

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Terry’s Big Bearded Ball Drop takes flight

Terry’s Big Bearded Ball Drop officially launched last week with plenty of fanfare, as the cause continues to gain momentum in its mission to raise $200,000 for the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre.

Meg Saultry

09 Sep 2020

Sport

What Victoria’s roadmap out means for sport in Benalla

Guidelines around Sunday’s state government announcement on COVID-19 restrictions highlighted certain hurdles to jump for organised sport - at least of the junior kind - to return in Benalla.

Meg Saultry

09 Sep 2020

Sport

AFL exports | Rocky dominant, Harry returns for Hawks

Now at the pointy end of the season, Tom Rockliff put in another strong performance for Port Adelaide in its 36-point win over North Melbourne on Saturday.

Meg Saultry

08 Sep 2020

Sport

Hickmott on board Terry’s Big Bearded cause

The personal tragedy of losing brother Ken to cancer has spurred Melbourne Cup-winning trainer and former AFL footballer Rob Hickmott to join Terry’s Big Bearded Ball Drop as an ambassador.

Meg Saultry

08 Sep 2020

Sport

IN BRIEF: Priest moves parishes, new sport podcast launches

One of the largest tournaments in the region has joined the list of cancelled events this year.

Meg Saultry

08 Sep 2020

Sport

Get behind Benalla Bushrangers in Good for Cricket raffle

Benalla Bushrangers are busy preparing for its next summer season - whenever that may be. But in the meantime, with the help of the nationwide Toyota Good for Cricket raffle, the local club is hoping to raise money, so it can hit the ground running once coronavirus restrictions ease enough to allow play.

Meg Saultry

08 Sep 2020

Sport

Vale David Fox

Country footy has lost one of its great champions — and will be the poorer for it. David Fox’s impact on the country football community, in particular the Goulburn Valley League, wasn’t one of just statistics, numbers or data.

Tyler Maher

08 Sep 2020

Sport

Junior sporting grants available through Australian Sports Foundation

Benalla sporting clubs are being encouraged to apply for Australian Sports Foundation’s “Active Kids Grants”, an initiative which provides funding for junior sport stars aged under 20.

Benalla Ensign

08 Sep 2020