30 Sep 08 | STRIKING the speed ball will be a key to the Metricon Bendigo Bombers gaining strength in the lead up to the 2009 Victorian Football League season.
A group of Bendigo Bombers last night kicked off the intense six-week program which will be run at the rooms at the QEO, in Melbourne, or at home.
Bombers’ senior coach Adrian Hickmott said the aim was for the players to gain significant muscle weight before pre-season begins on November 9.
30 Sep 08 | HEAD injuries sustained by the chief executive of the Local Governance Association near Kyneton earlier this month ago may be permanent, a neurosurgeon has
30 Sep 08 | THERE were dramatic finishes in last night's calling of votes for the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League's best and fairest awards.
30 Sep 08 | Leading votes for the Loris Browning Medal for best and fairest in the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League’s women’s championship for the 2008 season:
30 Sep 08 | Amelia McIntyre’s heavenly inspired Misty Moon Maiden outfit modelled by Kaitlin Christian is one of many entries in the Ag Art Wear competition at next week’s Elmore Field Days.
30 Sep 08 | A MAN who stood naked at the intersection of Barnard and Don streets and directed traffic appeared in Bendigo Magistrates Court yesterday.
30 Sep 08 | ANGRY train passengers have hit out at V/Line after at least 50 had to stand and one woman was said to have fainted on a service from Melbourne to Bendigo on Friday night.
30 Sep 08 | A STIRRING service at the Bendigo Town Hall yesterday honoured police officers killed in the line of duty.
30 Sep 08 | CONCERNS about the lack of rain have forced sheep breeders to quit lambs early and to reduce sheep numbers.
30 Sep 08 | THE Bendigo Bank Bendigo District Cricket Association has been forced to delay the start of one of its most anticipated seasons because of the poor condition of several grounds.
30 Sep 08 | BENDIGO teenager Aaron Wilson was unbeaten in all three matches he contested at yesterday’s start to the Australian Junior lawn bowls championships in Budgewoi, New South Wales.
Wilson starred in the singles and triples matches on the Halekulani Bowls Club greens.
29 Sep 08 | BENDIGO police arrested 17 people for being drunk at the weekend and 11 others were locked up by Echuca police.
29 Sep 08 | BENDIGO will host the Victorian qualifying rounds of the Australian Lawn Bowls Open in February, next year.
The Victorian qualifying rounds for the Australian Open, for both the men and women, will be held in Bendigo from February 9 to 13.
It’s expected up to 1000 lawn bowlers will converge on Bendigo for the qualifying event, headed by Kelvin Kerkow, Mark Casey, Ian Schuback and Karen Murphy.
29 Sep 08 | FOUR players from the Bendigo Pioneers were among the 44 representing Hawthorn and Geelong in Saturday’s AFL grand final at the MCG.
Ex-Pioneers Rick Ladson and Brent Guerra were members of the victorious Hawks, while Joel Selwood and Josh Hunt were part of the beaten Geelong team.
29 Sep 08 | THERE was a strong Bendigo link in Hawthorn’s premiership backline on Saturday, with ex-Bendigo Pioneer players Rick Ladson and Brent Guerra among the resolute Hawks’ defensive six.
But the Bendigo link to the Hawks’ defence wasn’t just restricted to on the field.
Off-field in the Hawthorn coaches’ box, Ross Smith was the Hawks’ assistant coach charged with the responsibility of overseeing the backline.
29 Sep 08 | SELF-CONFESSED Golden Square hoon Richard says the police have a tough job ahead of them trying to control hoon drivers in Bendigo.
29 Sep 08 | A YEAR after Bendigo’s 2am lockout was introduced, police have declared it a measurable success.
29 Sep 08 | THE Rochester Football-Netball Club yesterday celebrated a long-awaited victory in the Goulburn Valley grand final at Shepparton.
The Daniel Schmidt-coached Rochester ended Seymour’s bid for a fourth consecutive premiership in a dramatic finish.
A 15.9 (99) to 13.18 (96) victory was Rochester’s first in a grand final since 1999.
29 Sep 08 | IT is not exactly plain sailing, but Bendigo Yacht Club is determined to make the best of a bad situation.
29 Sep 08 | THE Bendigo Bank Spirit yesterday suffered another close loss as it continued its build-up to its second season in the Women’s National Basketball League.
The Spirit was defeated 77-74 by Bulleen in Melbourne, and has now lost all three of its pre-season games by single-figure margins.
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