Sport
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MSC sets July 25 target for junior competition pending numbers
The Maryborough Soccer Club (MSC) plans to kick off its annual junior competition this month and is inviting locals to get involved, particularly in lieu of other local competitions.
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Women’s 2020 football season abandoned
The district’s last hope for senior football was scrapped last Wednesday with the cancellation of the AFL Goldfields Female Football League competition for 2020.
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May 25 set as key date for both AFL and grassroots football training
Two major football announcements were dropped over the weekend with the AFL marking its return for mid-June and local football clubs allowed to train in small groups from next Monday.
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Bowls Victoria approves casual roll and training
Bowlers around the state have been given the go ahead for a practice roll, but only under strict precautions.
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Tennis courts open again
The Maryborough Tennis Centre, along with tennis clubs and centres across Victoria, is set to reopen based on Tennis Victoria’s Return to Tennis Guidelines.
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Region’s golf clubs put in plan for players to return to greens
Golf is slowly making its way back to greens around the district as a result of Monday’s change in restrictions.
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AFL Victoria advises against club-run training
AFL Victoria has advised against club-run training, despite updated COVID-19 restrictions allowing groups of 10 to gather outdoors, while an announcement from Netball Victoria is expected at any moment.
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Local soccer club keen to see some form of play this season
The pin was pulled on the local soccer club’s 2020 season just days before it was set to start, but first-year president Jay Murdock is still confident that the community will see some kind of play this year.
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Golf, fishing and non-contact training to resume under new restrictions
Victoria’s extended State of Emergency has a few very exciting exceptions for the world of sport from midnight tonight.
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Local grandmother’s pride over college basketball success story
Local Marg Anderson has a big connection to the illustrious American college basketball scene, with her granddaughter, Emma Andrews impressing as the current Cameron University women’s head coach.
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Leagues slash salary caps to help ease pressure
Maryborough District Football Netball League (MCDFNL) clubs have already had their annual salary cap slashed in half, with further reductions expected depending on the length of the 2020 season.
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MCDFNL’s best goal kickers of the past 10 years revealed
With the football world currently lying in wait for the green light on season 2020, it’s the perfect time to look back at the best senior goal kickers to grace the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League (MCDFNL) in the last decade.