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Travelling cricketer Mardie

Daughter of a new Yarrawonga family, Mardie Hamilton, is playing national Under 18 cricket with Victoria this week in Bendigo followed by a week in Ballarat. Mardie, who turned 17-years-of-age early January, is a Year 12 student at Assumption...

Robert Muir
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YMCC - B grade

Returning after the Christmas break, B Grade headed to Wareena Park in Wangaratta to take on the Wang Magpies outfit in a one-day game. With the weather being a typical hot January day, the Lakers won the toss and decided to bat. Things got off to...

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YMCC - A grade

The Yarrawonga Mulwala Cricket Club A Grade have posted 163 runs in their Round 10 clash with Beechworth at Beechworth. The Lakers were sent into bat at the toss and stumbled to be 5 for 48 before Matt Casey came to the crease and produced possibly...

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Around the greens

YMGCR Bowls Unfortunately due to the extreme weather conditions we are experiencing, all bowls have been cancelled this week as health and safety and duty of care policies have been enforced at both Ovens and Murray Region and local club levels...

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Elite tennis tournament for Yarrawonga

Yarrawonga Lawn Tennis Club has been fortunate enough to secure a prestigious Australian Money Tournament and Junior Tournament that will run simultaneously between Friday January 18 and Monday January 22, 2019. The YLTC has been attempting to...

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YMCC - A reserve

Cricket resumed for the A-Reserve Lakers this weekend with the players excited to start the second half of the year with a home game at the Stan Hargreaves Oval. After a convincing win in their last game pre-Christmas, the Lakers were keen to win...

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Junior Victorian representatives

The Victorian Snooker Association has selected two junior players from Yarrawonga be part of a team to represent Victoria in the Australian Mitchell Billiards Junior Teams Challenge. This will commence this Saturday and will continue on until...

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Speeding up golf

For years, golfers in many golf clubs have, with the OK from playing partners, played ‘ready golf’ and now the practice is formalised in one of ten main changes to the rules of golf. A list of 20 must know rules of golf changes, effective from...

Robert Muir
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Lakers level T20 games

The Yarrawonga Mulwala Cricket Club A Grade team will not defend its TOXFREE Bash for Cash title after winning one game and losing one game. Played over the last weekend, the Lakers were able to defeat Delatite in a nail biter in Round 1 before...

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Biggest and best line-up ever

Two big, two-day golf events in Yarrawonga and Mulwala, from January 29 to February 1 this year will attract many big name professionals, including Peter (Chook) Fowler and Peter Lonard for their first event in town. “It’s the biggest and best...

Robert Muir
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Scoreboard - A Grade TOXFREE Bash for Cash!

Round 1 YMCC v Delatite CC Benalla Gardens Oval, Benalla Toss won by: YMCC (elected to field) 1st Innings - Delatite CC D Robertson c & b b J Irvine 10 M Purcell b J Irvine 0 T Lawford c A McMillan b W Sharp 0 M Storer b J Irvine 0 L Christopher...

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YMGCR Bowls Champions

Ray Irvine and Laureen Smith are the YMGCR Singles Champions for 2018-19. The recently held Championship Day was a great success and spectators witnessed the culmination of both competitions at the same time. Ray Irvine came from behind to defeat...

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Barefoot bowls charity challenge

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort Bowls Club will be holding their Annual Barefoot Bowls promotion for bowlers, non-bowlers or anyone wanting to try the great game of bowls. Prize money of $1,200 can be won by the teams registered on behalf of...

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Best trainee in Australia – again

For the second consecutive year, Frazer Droop has won Australia Trainee of the Year Player. Frazer, who turned 22-years-of-age in early December, has just completed his second year of the three-year trainee golf professional apprenticeship. It is...

Robert Muir
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YRC has success at local regatta

Yarrawonga Rowing Club attended the annual Corowa Christmas Regatta recently and came home with two wins. The regatta has been going for a few years now and has been run as a lead up to the Moodamere Regatta in January which attracts rowers from all...

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Fraser event so massive

This weekend’s seventh annual Marcus Fraser Ambrose golf event is very close to full capacity. “We could squeeze a few more groups in – the event is so massive,” Corowa Golf Club head professional Rob Rowe told The Free Press. “We are...

Robert Muir
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Easter’s triple blockbuster at Mulwala

For the past two decades it’s been two matches over Easter. But in 2019, Lonsdale Reserve Mulwala will host three big football netball matches on Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As per the last three years, Mulwala will host Congupna on Good...

Robert Muir
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Jack in national tennis

Talented Yarrawonga tennis player Jack Bassett has been selected to represent Victoria in the 13/U Red Energy Australian Made Foundation Cup at Kooyong from January 14 until January 17. Selection excludes metropolitan players and allows the country...

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