30 Jan 10 | WORLD lawn bowls number one Val Smith will play in Bendigo next month after being overlooked for a singles berth at the $125,000 Australian Open.
Despite being the reigning world champion, Smith’s New Zealand teammate, Jan Khan, has been handed a free pass into the main draw in Shepparton after triumphing at the national championships in Wellington earlier this month.
30 Jan 10 | SNOWBOARDERS call this getting air, and Josh Briant gets enough air to blow away the competition this weekend at the Australian Masters Water Ski Tournament at Bridgewater.
30 Jan 10 | SANDHURST will be aiming to turn its run against Bendigo United around when the clubs do battle for the John Turner Memorial Cup in today’s start to the 12th round of the Bendigo District Cricket Association season.
Since 2005-06, the clubs have honoured cricketing legend John Turner, who was a key player, coach and mentor at both clubs.
30 Jan 10 | MILLIONS of dollars continue to be poured into Bendigo’s gaming machines with more than $23.1 million injected into the pokies in the first six months of this financial year.
30 Jan 10 | A LOCAL grandmother and long-time cannabis user has pleaded guilty to trafficking the same drug that contributed to her own psychosis.
30 Jan 10 | THE hunt for missing millionaire Herman Rockefeller shifted to Heathcote yesterday afternoon.
30 Jan 10 | BENDIGO residents have been encouraged to act now and join other forward-thinking central Victorians in finding out how to take up local energy solutions as part of the federally funded Solar Cities program.
30 Jan 10 | A GOOD Samaritan with deep pockets is needed to bring one of Bendigo’s old steam locomotives back to life.
30 Jan 10 | SOME 32 nurses will put their three years of study into practice as they begin their nursing careers at Bendigo Health.
30 Jan 10 | NEW research by the Bureau of Meteorology points to record high temperatures increasingly outnumbering record low temperatures.
30 Jan 10 | THE Bendigo Bank Spirit will attempt to achieve a rare feat in tonight’s Women’s National Basketball League clash on Bulleen’s court.
In the 2009-10 campaign, just one team, Sydney Flames, have upset the Boomers at home.
30 Jan 10 | THE Strathfieldsaye Junior Football Club has welcomed five newcomers to its coaching panel for the 2010 season.
New coaches at Strathfieldsaye are Andrew Johns, under-10; Alex Buckley, under-12; Steve Schumacher and Craig Simpson, under-13sfr1/2; and Bart Leahy, under-16sfr1/2.
Lining up for another coaching stint at the club are Andrew McGregor, under-10; and Peter Crone, under-15.
29 Jan 10 | THE star of the Bendigo Bank Spirit’s nail-biting win over Adelaide last weekend, Chelsea Aubry said scoring the winning three-point shot was a “no-brainer’’.
ps8.3The Canadian import, who has the third best three-point conversion in the WNBL, hopes that her winning shot will put the Spirit back on track for the play-offs.
29 Jan 10 | FORTUNA Villa may be given a lifeline towards public ownership.
29 Jan 10 | PROMISING Bendigo sprinter Tollesprit returns to the track tomorrow for the start of a short autumn campaign.
The Shane Fliedner-trained three-year-old will only have three runs this preparation, starting with tomorrow’s $75,000 Schweppes Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.
29 Jan 10 | A LOCAL hoon driver will lose his most prized possession for three months after the court granted a police application to have his new Holden Commodore impounded yesterday.
29 Jan 10 | WEDDERBURN’S Lindsay and Murray Keller achieved first and second placings in the Victorian Club Autocross series for the third year in a row.
The Keller’s celebrated a hat-trick of Class B wins and second placings.
Lindsay won the title in 2007, Murray in 2008, and then Lindsay in 2009.
29 Jan 10 | THE Federal Government’s My School website has received a mixed response from Bendigo schools.
29 Jan 10 | BENDIGO touring professionals Andrew Martin and Heath Reed are six shots off the pace after the the opening round of the New Zealand Open in Christchurch.
Martin and Reed had contrasting rounds, but both still fired one-under par 71s to be six shots behind Kiwi David Smail.
29 Jan 10 | ROUND three of the Central Victoria Lure Casters Super Series will be held tomorrow on the Loddon River at Bridgewater.
The series, which is made up of six rounds over eight months, provides a relaxed, regular competition to promote fishing in the central Victorian area.
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