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Sam Fleming | LET’S get passenger trains back to Hamilton for the races! That was the message coming from Merino resident, Ian Whalley, who said that this year would be the perfect time to use the railway line to bring people from Melbourne to Hamilton. “We should have a special race train to celebrate the joint 140th anniversary of the Hamilton Racecourse grandstand and the birth of the railway in Hamilton,” he said. “It’d be a fantastic thing to do.” Full report in [...] 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | HAMILTON punters heading to this week’s Warrnambool May Racing Carnival have the edge with a winning tip from the TAC: Get a breath test before leaving the race course and avoid tragedy on the roads. Free TAC breath tests for [...] 0 Comments
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND Karting Club’s biggest weekend of the year is set to start tomorrow, hosting the second round of the Country Series. Around 130 racers from Victoria and South Australia will take to the track, including Portland’s Mat Keiller who will [...] 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | A CASTERTON man is in a critical condition after a bull turned and attacked him on the weekend. The 49-year old was putting the bull up the race for drenching, when it turned on him and pushed him up against [...] 0 Comments
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND’S Alyssa Lyons has won the title of women’s 2012 Victorian Downhill Mountain Biking Champion after finishing second to a Canadian racer. “The girl that beat me is a Canadian girl, so I actually get the title of state champ [...]
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND triathlete Shannon Malseed was crowned the Under-19 School Sports Victoria state champion after winning the XOCISE Triathlon Series by one point. The five race series has been running in Melbourne since November, and the triathlons have entailed a minimum [...]
Scott Malcolm | THE final race meeting of the 2011-12 season at the Fuchs South Coast Raceway hosted some good racing on Saturday, but accidents led to it being called off unfinished. The day’s major drama came when Extreme Outlaw’s competitor Bill Waldock [...]
Scott Malcolm | HEYWOOD’S Darren Pumpa secured back-to-back Production Sedans Victorian Titles after a dominant performance in Rushworth. “They called me the underdog last year and I won it … I don’t think they called me the underdog this time,” the Victorian number [...]
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND Powernats is a great possibility of becoming an annual event after its terrific response on Saturday.“ “Clint and Robyn Ogilvie, who organised the event, were absolutely ecstatic with the condition of the track, the weather conditions, and the response [...]
Lisa Cameron | A BIGGER and better Merino Show has been planned for 2012 with attendees told to expect something different from previous years. A Merino sheep throwing competition, ute muster, sheep dog trials and a Prime Lamb competition will join regular show [...]
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