Sport
Winter competition delayed
ARARAT City Tennis Club’s Winter season has been stalled thanks to the latest COVID lockdown. The first two rounds of the new season have been scrapped because of the lockdown. Ten teams have been entered in the competition, which follows an Autumn season impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and wet weather. The club has implemented COVID-safe […]
Hamilton ready to impress on world stage
CYCLING fans will be glued to television sets across Ararat tomorrow lunchtime to cheer on local rider Lucas Hamilton in his Olympic debut. The 25-year-old is expected to line up in the 244-kilometre men’s road race in Tokyo at midday Australian time. For the first time in Olympics history, the road race will be contested […]
Easton, Fleming off to state final
MARIANNE Easton and Heather Fleming proved an unbeatable force at Willaura Golf Club, winning the foursomes and Doris Chambers events. Having won at club level, the pair will now go on to the State final of the Doris Chambers Cup at Sanctuary Lakes on October 28. In the meantime, club members are enjoying the fairways, […]
Clubs sock it to MND
TATYOON Football Netball Club joined forces with league neighbours SMW Rovers to host a successful fundraiser for Support MND Day. Tatyoon netball director Briony Robertson said the aim was to raise awareness and financially support the fight for a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. “We raised $1,615 through a gate raffle, rattling tins and both […]
Mildura a happy hunting ground
MILDURA was again a happy hunting ground for harness racing participants from the Ararat area. Great Western’s Sam Barker, a regular driver at Mildura, teamed with trainer Sandra O’Connor to win the Vale Maree Sparkes pace with Fire House Rock. From barrier four Wayne Hill aboard the favourite Alfs Odyssey, was keen to have the […]
Footy Shorts
ARARAT’S Alexandra Oval will host a Wimmera Football League final this year. The league released its fixture for the 2021 finals series late last week. Ararat will host the second semi-final on September 4. The finals kick off on August 28 with the qualifying final at Dimboola and the elimination final at Warracknabeal the following […]
Fallen pole closes track
ARARAT’S Russell T. White Raceway has been deemed unsafe to use after a light pole came down last week. The pole fell across the jogging track which is inside the harness racing track. Ararat Harness Racing Club president Phillip Ralph said Harness Racing Victoria had deemed both the jogging and racing tracks unsafe to use […]
Footy remains in limbo
A SECOND week of abandoned matches has thrown football leagues across the region into turmoil with league officials scrambling to work out how the end of the season will pan out. Both Wimmera and Mininera District leagues were forced to cancel last Saturday’s rounds of matches, but clubs were still waiting yesterday for formal notification […]