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Spirit coach’s outburst leads to a caution Fiery Bendigo Spirit coach Bernie Harrower has escaped with a caution from the WNBL, after he publicly criticised the performance of league officials in two crucial Spirit matches. In an ABC Regional Radio interview on Monday morning, Harrower..

Saturday saw the return of the two-day games for the Emu Valley Cricket Association with some very mixed results, with two sides who batted first in very commanding positions, one game already decided, another in the balance and one washed out. Yes, that’s right, a wash out. Mandurang scored..

CFA crews fought hard to successfully protect two properties under threat during a grass fire at Toolleen on Saturday. The grass and scrub fire was called in just after 12pm near the Northern Highway. It took CFA crews two hours to control the blaze which destroyed nearly 200 hectre..

Once again overcast skies and a real possibility of rain interruptions hung in the air as Round Six of the Emu Valley Cricket Association began on Saturday. Sedgwick won the toss and elected to bowl, hoping to put some early pressure on the winless reigning premier Spring Gully. And the ploy ha..

Every game from here on in will be massive, star Bendigo Spirit centre Gabe Richards said, after their up and down season continued with an eight-point loss to Bulleen on Wednesday night. In front of a packed house, swelled by competitors from the Australian Secondary School Championships, Spirit ..

SEVERAL Bendigo schools have performed well at the Australian Schools Basketball Championship this week. Girton Grammar’s junior boys team will play for gold today, while Bendigo Senior College’s senior boys team will fight for the bronze at Flora Hill. The entire competition, includ..

AN analysis of Bendigo’s housing market has shown it to be almost four times a better investment than the stock market over the past decade. The average median house price in Bendigo jumped more than 151 per cent from the end of 2000 to the end of 2010. The figures come from the St..

The Bendigo Braves have locked in their core group of last season with the re-signing of Kevin Probert. The 23-year-old Probert had a breakout year last season, averaging 9.4 points and 4.5 assists per game and collecting a Player of the Week award in Week 10, together with his Australian Youth Pl..

What a start to Round Five, or should we say false start, as no First Division games got under way due to the weather, so all games now revert to one-day games this Saturday. Maiden Gully takes on Axe Creek, and will be hoping for another good start from Mark Smith and Leigh Draper, an..

Cricket official cries foul over midway rule change A Cricket Victoria official believes a dangerous precedent has been set after the Bendigo and District Cricket Association overturned a rule midway through Round Six on Tuesday night. “It creates a rod for thei..

CRICKET will return to the Queen Elizabeth Oval this weekend, despite concerns still existing about the height of the wicket. However, a match scheduled for next week has been moved. The Bendigo Weekly online revealed on Tuesday the Bendigo District Cricket Association thought the newly-dropped-..

Cricketing cousins Jimmy and Xavier Ryan will represent the state in January. The Bendigo Cricket Club juniors have been selected in the Victorian Schoolboys Under 12 team for the national schoolboys carnival in Barooga from January 7 to 15. From a group of more than 50 Victorian kids, the squa..

Last week’s stories on the diversion of cash away from council drainage works has caused a stir. What’s more it seems the problems are not isolated with many residents sharing similar problems Your Comments Complaints unheard In answer to the Bendigo Weekly’s article..

Josh in the spotlight United Cricket club’s Josh White is this week’s Sportspower Player of the week. Josh made 96 runs and took three wickets in the A Grade victory match against Maiden Gully on the weekend which now sees his team on top of the EVCA Ladder after four rounds. Jos..

BENDIGO cricketers may have to wait until after Christmas to play on the QEO, this time because the newly dropped-in pitch is too high. Cricket was supposed to return to the city's premier sporting oval this weekend, after being out of action since the end of the football season. However..

Pony club member Evie Jackson made her mark at the Kyneton Horse Trials on Sunday. Despite some blustery and rainy weather the 14-year-old was placed second in Grade 3 representing the Mandurang South Pony Club. Evie has been riding in pony club for six years...

SEABL veteran Sarah Strange is the first big signing for the Bendigo Lady Braves ahead of the 2012 season. Strange returns after an injury ravaged 2011 season, which resulted in serious hip surgery and a long rehabilitation. Braves coach Lukas Carey welcomed the addition of Strange. “Hav..

With the start to Round Four being bathed in sunshine, Golden Gully made the most of the ideal conditions, compiling 258 against Axe Creek with five batsmen passing 30. Geoff Maggs (48) was the best of that group, while Axe Creek’s Jamie Morgan, Travis Nolan and Jason Carbone all r..

A former Bendigo table tennis star, Nathan Van Der Heiden, is battling it out right now in Bahrain on the world stage. Originally from Kerang, Van Der Heiden is competing at the the 2011 World Junior Championships all this week, in the Under 18 division for Australia. Van Der Heiden started play..

EVCA president Ron Gray is known as a self-acclaimed Cricket Tragic. Ron started his playing career in the mid 1970s at Golden Square then moved to Kangaroo Flat before joining West Bendigo in 1982 where he is a retired president, player and life member. Ron is committed to the role of pre..