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About: Alistair Finlay

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Editor at the Ballarat Times News Group. Once at Westlock News, The Advocate, and the Latrobe Valley Express. Oilers fan. Email: [email protected] Facebook: @alistairfinlayjournalist twitter: @alistairfinlay_ Instagram: @alistairfinlayeditor

Posts by: Alistair Finlay

February 13, 2019

Introducing Ciaron Maher

HE looks like he’d be more at home paddling out into a break rather than overseeing trackwork at 4am, yet Ciaron Maher heads the...

February 13, 2019

Money to help younger ADF vets

THE Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch is continuing its key role as a place that’s bringing together ex-Australian Defence Force personal for more than just recounting...

February 13, 2019

Pens for troops hold special significance

ONE hundred hand crafted pens made of elm wood reclaimed from the Avenue of Remembrance are on their way to serving Australian Defence Force...

February 7, 2019

Ciaron Maher moves to Turf Club

BALLARAT Turf Club has announced a new tenant for the training facility formally known as Forrest Lodge. The Ciaron Maher-David Eustice training partnership will make...

February 6, 2019

Another US import inbound for Rush

A WEEK after announcing that Chanise Jenkins will be joining the Selkirk Ballarat Rush for the 2019 season, management have confirmed that fellow countrywoman...

January 30, 2019

Fahey goes back-to-back at championships

ENGLISH real tennis ace Claire Fahey has blown away the competition at last week’s Ladies World Championships held at the Ballarat Tennis Club in...

January 30, 2019

Huge weekend of rowing set for lake

OVER one-thousand-six-hundred rowers, their coxswains and coaches will take to Lake Wendouree this weekend for the JG King Homes Wendouree Ballarat Regatta. The event will...

January 30, 2019

New statue for Sturt Street

A HUMANITARIAN who aided members of the Pontian Greek community during troubles in the north-east region of Anatolia will be recognised with a new...

January 30, 2019

Miners lock in US import

AMERICAN Marqueze Coleman will be a Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miner for 2019. The 193cm tall guard originally from L.A. played four college seasons with the...

January 23, 2019

Hansa state champs take to the lake

SAILORS from across Victoria hit the water on Lake Wendouree over the weekend for the 2019 Hansa Class Victorian Championships. The event saw racing in...

January 23, 2019

Cash to help cope with climate change

MORE money has been made available by the State Government to help communities deal with the effects of climate change. An extra $1 million has...

January 23, 2019

BREAKING THE FAST ACROSS GOLDEN PLAINS

VARIOUS community groups are combining for Australia Day breakfasts across the Golden Plains Shire. Events are set for Teesdale, Inverleigh, Scarsdale, Shelford, Bannockburn and Meredith. Now...

January 9, 2019

Mid-summer nights dream racing

PACING and harness racing events are heating up at the Ballarat and District Trotting Club this January with another big night to mark in...

January 9, 2019

Main drag set for upgrades

SIX Sturt Street intersections described as “notorious” are in line for safety overhauls under a plan announced by the State Government. The intersections of Sturt...

January 3, 2019

Fox says championship the goal for 2019

JOSH Fox has signed up for another hitch with the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners. The 2.01m tall Fijian was the Miners vice-captain last season and...

December 26, 2018

Quarter-century of happiness

SHE was one of the first people in twenty-five years ago and Norah Hopwood is still going strong at Rosebank Village in Sebastopol. Just turned...

December 26, 2018

2018 in review: Season’s greetings

WITH the election out of the way, almost – Ripon wouldn’t be declared in favour of incumbent Louise Staley until mid-month, and with a...

December 26, 2018

2018 in review: Ballarat runs red

WITH the election campaign in full swing, further pledges and promises came Ballarat’s way as both Labor and the Liberal and National parties ratcheted...

December 26, 2018

2018 in review: A sign of things to come

OCTOBER set the tone for what would be a long and aggressive local state election campaign from both sides of politics. Ballarat mattered and the...

December 26, 2018

2018 in review: September takes off

OUR year in review gets underway in mid-September with the launch of the Ballarat Times News Group. The response from our readers was overwhelmingly positive and we’re...

December 23, 2018

What does Christmas mean to people of other faiths in our community?

ASK a Christian of whatever denomination in Australia what the meaning of Christmas is and why we celebrate it, and they will tell you...

December 19, 2018

Leave the leftovers, head to the harness racing

BALLARAT and District Trotting Club’s Boxing Day race meeting is a great opportunity to decompress from the Christmas crunch in fun and family friendly...

December 19, 2018

Seasonal effort for those often forgotten

AMAZING Christmas giving continued last week, but this time with something for those who often give the most without asking anything in return. The SJD...

December 12, 2018

hockingstuart branches out

Ballarat real estate agent hockingstuart has teamed up with reforestation project and environmental stewards Fifteen Trees. That means for every house hockingstuart sells, five trees...