After being in and out of the top five over recent weeks, the Maryborough Magpies won fifth position on the ladder and a berth in next week’s elimination final in the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football League after defeating Kyneton by 121 points.

Talbot Golf Club held its annual tournament last week starting with a two person ambrose event for both men and women on Wednesday.

Carisbrook has ended Campbells Creek’s hopes of a finals berth in the Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League after the Redbacks defeated the Magpies by 59 points at Carisbrook on Saturday.

After 11 rounds of matches in the Maryborough Squash Club winter pennant, Scorpions, with 30 points, still remain in front of their nearest opponent, Bees which are second with 26 points.

With two rounds left in the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football League home and away season, Maryborough is in fifth place on the ladder following Saturday’s solid 51 point victory over Gisborne at Gardiner Reserve.

The Maryborough Magpies won back fifth spot on the ladder on Saturday with a gutsy nine point victory over Kangaroo Flat at Princes Park.

Mitchell Burman, from Carisbrook, has been invited by Tennis Australia to attend an International Tennis Federation tournament in Fiji.

This season, the Maryborough City Soccer Club has been running a senior team in the Ballarat and District Soccer Association reserves grade.

Avoca defeated Newstead at the Avoca Public Park on Saturday in the Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League round 15 clash.

After the long mid-season break, players were eager to get back to their matches last Saturday in the Maryborough City Soccer Club although winter illness depleted some teams.