Tag: Football
Clear as mud: head-scratching call on grounds
By RUSSELL BENNETT
BULN BULN will host its clash with Nar Nar Goon tomorrow at it its normal Station Street home ground, while Catani will...
Siekman makes the coaching grade
By RUSSELL BENNETT
WAYNE Siekman is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire, and he couldn’t be more excited about it.
The long-time...
Giants win on appeal, will join West Gippsland in 2017
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE West Gippsland Football Netball Competition will now feature 10 teams in its first season in 2017, with Korumburra-Bena winning its appeal...
O’Bryan to stand down
By DAVID NAGEL
THE South East Football Netball League coaching merry-go-round is in full swing right now after Pakenham coach Steve O’Bryan announced he will...
Big news for Kangaroos
By DAVID NAGEL
THE Officer Senior Football Club will host this year’s South East Football Netball League grand final.
And, it will also be looking for...
Band of brothers
By RUSSELL BENNETT
SOMETIMES footy is about more than just wins and losses. It’s often about mateship, togetherness and even family and when all of...
Tight-knit team is all he needs
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE round ball’s loss is the oval ball’s gain.
Trent Armour was involved in the elite junior basketball pathway as a talented young...
Meyer displays great body of work on field
By DAVID NAGEL
BEACONSFIELD champion Scott Meyer has added a significant achievement to an already glittering career, playing a starring role in Vic Country’s 39-point...
Hardy by name, hearty by nature
By DAVID NAGEL
PAKENHAM Football Club honoured an unsung, behind-the-scenes hero on Saturday with the awarding of life-membership to Darrell Hardy.
Club president Steve Moloney bestowed...
Selection pressure pays off
By RUSSELL BENNETT
A CONVERSATION with former Collingwood premiership skipper Nick Maxwell has helped to spark Pakenham teenager Jai Rout on his footy journey.
Rout, a...
Get ready for a fiery clash
By RUSSELL BENNETT
ELLINBANK AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PREVIEW - ROUND 12
THE most hotly-anticipated game of the 2016 home and away season is just hours away,...
Steve’s message for all
By RUSSELL BENNETT
STEVE Goodie has been involved as a player, coach or administrator in almost every footy league the Gazette covers.
Now he’s hoping to...
Kangaroo slaughter stirs call for action
The business of Pakenham’s Robert Portbury is centred around building roads, but the kangaroo killing field of Pakenham Road has become so severe that...
