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MICHAEL Kember is returning to defend his title in the $2000 Daylesford Gift, 100m, at Shepherd’s Flat on Saturday.
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The New South Welshman will run off 5.5m after having 6.25m last year.
It's the first of two big days of athletics in the region, with the $5000 Castlemaine Gift to follow on Sunday.
The Daylesford Gift will feature eight heats, with Williamstown’s Khan Marr the backmarker on 3m.
Tim Rooke has 4.25m.
Past Stawell Women’s Gift winner Grace O’Dwyer from Ballarat is the $700 Women's Necklace, 100m, backmarker on 2.5m.
Fellow Stawell Gift winner Talia Martin, from Ballarat, has 5.25m.