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Benalla Young Sportsperson Trust receives further support

The Benalla Young Sportsperson Trust has continued to receive outstanding backing for the Farmers Arms Hotel, who last week donated a further $2000 to support Benalla’s up-and-coming sporting talent. In the past 18 months the Trust has...

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AFL stars visit Benalla schools

A number of Benalla students got up close and personal with some their favourite AFL players last week, when members of Collingwood Football Club cruised into town as part of a AFL North East Border school visit. St Jospeh’s junior and senior...

Meg Saultry
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Benalla Saints pair get vicious for a cause

Benalla’s Nicole Donald and Beth Lewis are about to get vicious on the football field - but don’t worry, it’s all for a good cause. The pair are set to travel more than two hours east to Healesville to line up for a Valley Vicious...

Meg Saultry
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Timmers’ defensive game key to All Blacks junior outfit

Last year Caitlin Timmers was the one of the youngest players in her Benalla All Blacks under-15 netball team. At 12 years old, Timmers, now 13, held her own when coming up against older and more experienced players as a bottom-age player in the...

Meg Saultry
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Sammon rises through the ranks of junior sport

After accumulating a long list of sporting achievements in his junior years, what Rory Sammon, 12, is aiming to achieve in his teen years is a scary proposition for his rivals. Taking out Benalla White’s under-12 best and fairest as...

Meg Saultry
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Violet Town sign former AFL player

Violet Town’s Kyabram District League recruiting spree under new coach Joel Price has gone to another level. Jared Brennan will call Violet Town Recreation Reserve home this season, the 173-game AFL player joining the Towners from Price’s former...

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Murray Bushrangers girls downed in final practice matches

A fortnight out from the start of the NAB League Girls season, the Murray Bushrangers Girls senior and development squads ran out on JC Lowe Oval in Yarrawonga for their final practice matches of the off-season on Saturday.

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Best ready for challenge of Adelaide 500

Zak Best is preparing to feel the heat amid a tough round one introduction to the Super2 Series at this weekend’s Adelaide 500. As he arrives in the South Australia capital today, Best said his preparation had been about keeping his body...

Meg Saultry
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Benalla’s Briggs wins coach of the year

Benalla Gymnastics Club head coach Nicole Briggs has been named coach of the year by Gymnastics Victoria. Briggs picked up the accolade at the Gymnastics Victoria Family Ball and Awards night held at Marvel Stadium on Saturday. The awards night is...

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Benalla routed from winning position

A stunning batting collapse has denied Benalla what looked like an easy win in Wangaratta District Cricket Association A-grade action at the weekend. The Bushrangers resumed on 1-41 against Wangaratta at Benalla Gardens Oval on Saturday, chasing...

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Benalla District Tennis Association wrap

Tennis fans in Avenel were treated to a sublime contest on Saturday as Benalla District Tennis Association action continued. In division one a rip-snorting derby between Avenel Red and Avenel White came down to the final set of the contest, with...

Tyler Maher
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Benalla encouraged to roll on back to High Country

Benalla cyclists are being encouraged to “roll on back” to Victoria’s High Country and spark economic growth in the region.

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Benalla table tennis summer season set to be sizzling

Benalla Table Tennis Club will commence its season with a practice night ahead of a hotly contested summer series. Players will begin honing their skills in preparation for the opening round of the Summer Pennant competition.

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Higher level of netball a welcomed challenge for Henri

As part of this year’s Bendigo of Sports North East Netball Academy, Benalla’s Henri Bradley is eyeing development above all else this season.

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Timmers tipped for big things at Men’s & Mixed Netball Champs

Heading to his second Australian Men’s Mixed Netball Championships in Adelaide next month, Patrick Timmers is ready to shoot goals — literally and figuratively — on court.

Meg Saultry
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‘Eyes on draft’: Top age year a priority for Pritchard

After spending almost two years away from football due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Benalla’s Samantha Pritchard is determined to make up for lost time.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla Bowls wrap | Feb 3 to 8

Benalla Bowls Club Indoor Bowls Monday, February 3: BBC Indoor Social Bowls — 13 bowlers played three games of eight ends of triples and fours. Winners were L. Brown (skip), J. Aldridge, V. King and C. Levy.

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Benalla Bandits tee off season with open session

Benalla Bandits Baseball Club will kick off its season with a free junior ‘Come and Try’ day this Sunday as part of “Step Up to the Plate”.

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Search for missing baby in Benalla

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 14-month-old girl Acelynn Dutoit.

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Former local business linked to multi-million dollar scam

A former Shepparton business has made national headlines once again as an ABC investigation uncovered a multimillion-dollar scam that targets drug addicts and the homeless. Former local accountancy firm Brown Baldwin have been accused of exploiting...

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Four people dead after two-plane collision near Avenel

Investigations are continuing after four people died following an aircraft collission in Mangalore, near Avenel on Wednesday morning.

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Fatal crash at Tatura

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Tatura last night.

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