The Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League first and second semi finals take place this weekend, with the second semi final at Dunolly on Saturday between Maldon and Avoca, and the first semi final at Avoca on Sunday between Rovers and Carisbrook.
Maryborough has won its first final in the Bendigo Football Netball League in 11 years after defeating Sandhurst on Sunday.
Graeme “Golly” Grant retired today after working on The Maryborough District Advertiser for the past 30 years.
Graeme, or Golly as he likes to be called, started his working life 43 years ago at Hedges & Bell as an apprentice hand and machine compositor.
Some golfers play their entire lives and never get a hole-in-one.
For Maryborough golfer, Bill Bartlett, it seems it’s as easy as one, two, three.
Bill, who’s been playing the Maryborough Golf Course since the 1960s, landed his third hole-in-one during the club’s Tuesday’s stableford competition earlier this week, which was his second ace in competition play.
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.
