Inverleigh the team to beat ahead of GDFL opening round
INVERLEIGH Football Club are by far the favourites to finish off what they started in 2021 and take home the Geelong and District Football...
Hall and Meehan crush Lions, Pies secure flag hat-trick
AN UNREAL performance by one of the best bats in the Geelong Cricket Association (GCA) was the perfect way to cement North Geelong’s dynasty...
Grubbers hold on for back-to-back premierships
OCEAN Grove Cricket Club are again at the top of Barwon’s local cricket mountain for a second year in a row following its narrow...
Erosion plan in the works for Queenscliff’s ‘Dog Beach’
QUEENSCLIFF community members can have their say on a coastal erosion management project that will examine the impact of erosion on the 'Narrows' linking...
Colourful street art to line city’s fabric
CENTRAL Geelong is set to become a canvas of public art with a band of street artists, all women, to give laneways and walls...
Bellarine students ready to regenerate Australia following film screening
STUDENT leaders from several Bellarine schools were lucky enough to get an advanced viewing of accomplished writer, director and environmental activist Damon Gameau’s latest...
Dignity Drive in full swing across regions
THE first of Share The Dignity's two Dignity Drives in 2022 is almost complete with collection boxes all over the Geelong, Surf Coast and...
Kentish appointed Tigers coach
TORQUAY is already preparing for the 2022/23 GCA season and has announced its new head coach. Leigh Kentish will take the reins from James Fisher,...
Drysdale Hub up and running
THE development of a new community hub catering to residents in Drysdale and Clifton Springs is up and running with some new tenants making...
Lions, Magpies ready for Grand Final rematch
TWO clubs with an abundance of respect for one another will again lock horns to crown the GCA’s top side this Saturday, as North...
Roos bound to three-peat
ANGLESEA'S dynasty kept growing on Saturday at Inverleigh Recreation Reserve, after claiming its third straight BPCA A1 grand final and its fifth in seven...
Ocean Grove pulls through at State Champs, Torquay a close second
CLUBS across the Bellarine and the Surf Coast put on a show at this year’s Victorian Surf Life Saving Championships in Warrnambool as more...
Swan Bay workshops the first step in restoring salt marshes
AUSTRALIAN salt marsh ecosystems such as Swan Bay are considered to be a global blue carbon "hotspot", which is why it will serve as...
Eric Tolliday Units to get re-buff thanks to new BCH partnership
BELLARINE Community Health's (BCH) newest partnership is set to reopen and renovate 16 vacant housing units at its Point Lonsdale site to cater to...
Den unites ahead of 2022 season
CLUBS all over Geelong are in good spirits with footy season getting ever so closer, but it was a special Monday night training for...
Schoolgirl Regatta prepares to pack Barwon River banks
IT HAS been a big season of schoolgirl rowing on the Barwon River and this week it culminates with Geelong hosting the Head of...
Roos eyeing up third straight flag despite Sharks in the water
THE stage is set for the BPCA A1 grand final this weekend with undefeated Anglesea to play a tough Jan Juc outfit in a...
AFL Barwon renews ‘Love the Game’ commitment
AFL BARWON has extended its commitment to the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation's Love the Game program for another year. The renewal of the commitment will...
‘Pickleball’ on the rise across Bellarine and Surf Coast
A NEW sport right here on the Surf Coast and the Bellarine is on the rise, combining elements of tennis, table tennis and badminton...
Gatlin happy to be back as a Supercat
THERE is no place like home, however, a home away from home is a pretty close second for newly re-signed Geelong Supercats import DeMarcus...
A pair of number ones for two BCH staff members
TWO of Bellarine Community Health’s finest are at it again but this time it is in the fight against blood cancer. Staff members Alexandra Mrak...
Geelong straps in for full Cattery in 2022
VICTORIAN footy fans are buzzing following the recent announcement by the state government that full capacity crowds will again grace its venues. The excitement, particularly...
Leopold sewers threading the needle on sustainability
LEOPOLD resident Sue Bickerton saw a sign at her local community centre four years ago looking for volunteer sewers. Now, Ms Bickerton coordinates a band...
Grubber makes return following open-heart op
IT HAS been almost four months since Ocean Grove Football Club winger Isaac Wilkins underwent open heart surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, but...