Kyabram Sport

GCJFL still unsure of start date

GOULBURN Campaspe Junior Football League has announced it will run a season, although it is yet to confirm a starting date. The league is now in discussions with its 12 affiliated clubs to establish how many teams will be competing, with a deadline...

Kyabram Free Press

SDJFL targeting July 18 for season start

THE Shepparton District Junior Football League is hoping to start its season on the weekend of July 18 and 19. League officials confirmed their decision at a meeting last week, with under 10, 12, 14, 16 and youth girls’ competitions again to...

Brayden May

Pressure growing on regional clubs

A REGIONAL Sport Victoria study has profiled the concerns of sporting groups as they exit the COVID-19 shutdown, with the organisation calling for the community to bind together to get things back on track. After speaking with approximately 400 of...

Kyabram Free Press

Pressure growing on regional clubs

A REGIONAL Sport Victoria study has profiled the concerns of sporting groups as they exit the COVID-19 shutdown, with the organisation calling for the community to bind together to get things back on track. After speaking with approximately 400 of...

Kyabram Free Press

Ilett temporarily departs Tongala

Cam Ilett has left Tongala Football Club — for now. After a brilliant season with the Blues last year, Ilett was to return for this campaign. However border issues have made that impossible for the time being and has led to Ilett joining...

Andrew Johnston

Kyabram sport snaps: Footy league cancellation not unanimous

VIOLET Town Football Club is one Kyabram District Football League club gutted by the recent decision to call off the season. It is believed The Towners is the only club which didn’t want to pull the plug on the current season. It is understood...

Kyabram Free Press

Giant hole in sporting calendar about to be filled

While many sporting clubs and competitions are weighing up whether a return to action in the coming weeks and months will be worth it, one district organisation is ready to charge back out there as fast as its hamstrings will allow it. The Goulburn...

Tyler Maher

AFL Victoria provides training protocols update

Training groups of up to 20 athletes are now permitted as Victorian Government sport and recreation ‘return to play’ protocols continue to evolve. It means two groups of 20 can train on a football oval or soccer pitch along with a coach...

Alex Mitchell

Brett Deledio hints at future Kyabram performance

RETIRED AFL star Brett Deledio has hinted he would like to pull on the colours of his beloved Kyabram one more time. Speaking on Melbourne radio station SEN, the 33-year-old said Bombers forward Kayne Pettifer, who was a former Richmond teammate...

Kyabram Free Press

The end of a season before it begun

Including the entire sport department of the Riverine Herald

Andrew Johnston

Kyabram appoints new bowls coach

KYABRAM Bowls Club is looking forward to re-establishing itself as a bowls powerhouse after the appointment of a new coach.

Kyabram Free Press

KDL cancels 2020 season

THE Kyabram District League season has been cancelled after member clubs voted against proceeding with the 2020 campaign. An extraordinary meeting last Wednesday night saw clubs agree state government measures and their surrounding timeframes would...

Kyabram Free Press

Hope for youth football in 2020

JUNIOR football action could be seen in the Goulburn Valley as early as mid-July if all goes to plan for a district league. Shepparton District Junior Football League has released a blueprint for the return to matches following the COVID-19...

Tyler Maher

Kyabram sport snaps

KYABRAM Football Netball Club president Peter Learmonth has scotched a rumour that Bombers players will not be paid if this season goes ahead. Speaking with AFL great Gerald Healy on Melbourne radio last week, Learmonth addressed the issue of pay...

Kyabram Free Press

Player payments just one brick in the wall

From turning the lights on to mowing the grass and stocking the bar fridge — there are far more moving parts to a club’s financial health than just paying stars

Tyler Maher

The road back: could football return?

A POTENTIAL start date of July 18 has been identified for the 2020 Goulburn Valley League season. A post on the Rochester Football Netball Club Facebook page revealed league officials were targeting mid-July for the first bounce. “The GVFNL is...

Kyabram Free Press

Footy and netball training to resume in coming days

FOOTY training will be back from Monday, but many questions still remain surrounding the outlook of the 2020 season.

Brayden May

Oh, Danny boy | Gus Underwood’s Sport Snaps - May 13

Danny O’Brien has been spruiking the virtues of this galloper for a few months now. After last Saturday those who weren’t listening are now all ears.

Kyabram Free Press

Kyabram Sportstar awards postponed

The presentations of the 2019-20 Kyabram and District Sportstar of the Year awards have been put on hold. Normally they are awarded at a gala function at the Kyabram Club in May each year, but due to the coronavirus crisis they have been postponed...

Kyabram Free Press