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July 25, 2023

Torquay SLSC president hopes to start conversations to save others

A RESPECTED member of the Torquay Surf Life Saving Club and cancer survivor has been named a community champion as part of a new...

July 25, 2023

Chargers invite coaching applications for season 23/24

SURFCOAST Basketball Association (SBA) is seeking representative coaches to join its Chargers program for season 2023/24. Vice president Adam Forde said the association is looking...

July 23, 2023

Surfing event looms large after four-year absence

TORQUAY Boardriders Club (TBC) has announced the return of Hells Djarrak, formerly known as Hells Bells, following a four-year absence due to COVID-19 and...

July 20, 2023

Club’s new covers add to recent growth

MEMBERS of the Torquay Outrigging Canoe Club are overjoyed following the arrival of its two new canoe covers, providing an additional element of safety...

July 15, 2023

Roos on the brink of historic turnaround

ANGLESEA Football Netball Club is in the midst of one of local sport's biggest turnarounds following 13 rounds of Bellarine Netball League (BNL) action. The...

July 15, 2023

Surf Coast’s stellar streak faces biggest obstacle

SURF Coast FC will seek to extend its nine-game winning streak this Saturday against the competition's ladder-leaders. The club, second in the Men's State League...

July 14, 2023

Butch remains a Blue for two more

WINCHELSEA Football Netball Club senior football coach Christian "Butch" Shaw will remain at Eastern Reserve until at least the end of 2025. Shaw, who is...

July 13, 2023

Runners brave chilly conditions at Anglesea Trail Running Series

RAIN, wind, and mud awaited the 900 participants who took part in Sunday's Anglesea leg of the Trail Running Series. Runners braved the elements to...

July 13, 2023

BFL’s founding father leaves lasting legacy

THE public memorial of renowned local sporting figure and former Leopold and St Albans player Les Ash will be held at the Leopold Sporting...

July 13, 2023

Armstrong Creek leg-spinner named as Renegades Recruit

ARMSTRONG Creek Cricket Club and Geelong Cricket Club leg-spinner Grace Jones has been named the winner of this year's Female Melbourne Renegades Recruit competition. The...

July 13, 2023

Bellarine clubs see need for local facilities

TWO Bellarine towns are feeling the squeeze from a lack of sporting facilities. Ocean Grove Breakers Basketball Club president Tim Semple says his club’s junior...

July 12, 2023

Torquay Lions Club announces new president

TORQUAY Lions Club has announced a new president at its annual Changeover Dinner. Brian Keane was named president of the Torquay Lions Club for 2023-24...

July 11, 2023

CFA unit calls for volunteers

BELLBRAE CFA has put the call out to the Surf Coast community to consider joining its brigade ahead of what is expected to be...

July 10, 2023

AFL Barwon announces venues for BFNL Finals Series

THE Bellarine Football Netball League’s finals series venues will remain in Newcomb and Portarlington for 2023. AFL Barwon announced the BFNL’s finals venues earlier today...

July 10, 2023

Emergency planning workshop hits neighbouring councils

A JOINT workshop between two councils has used first-hand experiences to help shape and refine emergency planning in the event of a disaster for...

July 9, 2023

Tuohy to break long-standing record this afternoon

GEELONG Cats defender Zach Tuohy will break the record for most VFL/AFL games played by an Irish-born footballer later today, when the Cats host...

July 8, 2023

Supercats reach critical juncture ahead of bumper NAIDOC Week games

THE biggest night of the year for the Geelong United Supercats returns this weekend with the NBL1 club meeting its regional rival in North...

July 8, 2023

AFL Barwon communities come together for inaugural Indigenous Round

FOOTBALL and netball clubs across Greater Geelong and the Surf Coast will celebrate First Nations people this weekend as part of AFL Barwon's first...

July 8, 2023

Barwon Valley trio saddle up for national champs

A TRIO of horseriders training in Mount Moriac are riding high following their selections to the 2023 Australian Interschool Championships Victorian team. Barwon Valley Pony...

July 6, 2023

SCEG and Men’s Shed think outside the box

A COLLABORATION between two Torquay community groups will benefit local wildlife along Merrijig Creek's upper catchment area west of Anglesea Road. Surf Coast Energy Group...

July 5, 2023

Trail Running Series swings by Anglesea

VICTORIA'S Trail Running Series returns to the Surf Coast to Anglesea on July 9. Event director Sam Maffett said the Anglesea Trail Running course is...

July 5, 2023

Surf Coast residents gather to voice ‘Yes’

AT least 500 supporters of the Voice to Parliament's 'yes' vote took to Torquay's Esplanade showing support of Indigenous constitutional recognition. Last Sunday's event, organised...

July 5, 2023

Cobras join Indigenous Round

THE Ocean Grove Cobras Junior Football Club is adding a splash of colour to its uniforms on July 9, celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

July 3, 2023

Torquay College quartet to take State Champs by storm

A QUARTET of Torquay College students will represent their school at the state level, after a plethora of successes at the Western Regional Cross...