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Benalla Saints women’s team back in action on the football field

Benalla Saints women’s football squad has wasted no time getting primed for 2020, with the group back on the training track for their first official pres-season training session last week.

Meg Saultry
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Scooters are name of game at Skate Park Series

North East Skate Park Series hit Benalla on Saturday for stop 11, with competitors taking to their skateboards, scooters and BMX bikes to battle it out on the skate park.

Meg Saultry
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TTT Dressage competition headed for Benalla

In one of the biggest equestrian competitions in the state, Benalla will play host to the TTT Dressage competition this weekend.

Meg Saultry
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Young Benalla Breakers dominate junior tournament

Benalla Breakers brought home a grand final win in last weekend’s Wangaratta basketball tournament, with the under-12 squad backing up success at Swan Hill last month.

Meg Saultry
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WDCA | Young Bushrangers let rip on Benalla Gardens

Benalla Bushrangers’ under-16 team wrapped up its two-day match with Delatite with a win. After posting a formidable 6-166 on day one, Benalla dismissed Delatite for 151 on Saturday. Benalla’s Charlie Bull was a standout, claiming 2-7 from six...

Meg Saultry
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Saultry’s Score | parkrun adds fun into fitness

Before I moved to Benalla in early April, I came from a town similar in size and culture, three hours’ drive away in Gippsland.

Meg Saultry
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GALLERY | Inaugural Benalla parkrun

Meg Saultry
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Benalla tennis victorious in round five of summer season

Riding high on confidence, Benalla Lawn won its second game on the trot in round five of Benalla District Division summer season, defeating Longwood Lawn, 5-62 to 4-49 at home.

Meg Saultry
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parkrun a hit with Benalla community

Benalla held its first Park Run on Saturday, and by all accounts the inaugural affair was a hit with the community.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla Auto Club-owned series heads back home to conclude 2019 season

National champions will be crowned in several different national categories when the Australian Motor Racing Series (AMRS) returns to its spiritual home,

Benalla Ensign
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Wallabies eye table tennis finals with a bold move

The stakes were high in round 10 of the spring pennant competition held last week, with the race for a spot in the finals foremost on all players’ minds.

Benalla Ensign
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Cooke dominates field events all the way to state titles

Benalla’s Grace Cooke has proven she is well on her way to being an elite athlete. The St Joseph’s Primary School student absolutely blitzed the competition at this year’s Benalla Division Athletics Carnival.

Benalla Ensign
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Fearless Falcon wins third in a row

Punters at Monday’s Benalla meeting were rocked in the third race on the card when odds-on favourite Right You Are was scratched at the barrier – three minutes after the advertised start time.

Benalla Ensign
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Junior gymnasts represent Benalla at state championships

Four junior gymnasts proudly represented Benalla Gymnastics Club at Gymnastics Victoria’s Junior State Championships on Saturday, November 2. The group of girls competed against the top 35 athletes in their respective levels and age divisions...

Benalla Ensign
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Saultry’s Score | Women are smashing it in the sporting arena

It’s been a massive few weeks for women in sport, highlighted by the major news this week the Matildas, Australia’s national women’s soccer team, will be paid the same amount as their male counterparts, the Socceroos.

Meg Saultry
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GALLERY | Best tennis on show at Benalla’s annual tournament

Benalla Lawn Tennis Club kicked off its 94th annual tournament on Saturday with local, regional and even a few interstate players congregating at the grass courts to fight it out in a number of disciplines.

Meg Saultry
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Walch and Lowe set to lead Saints women’s program into future

Benalla Saints have announced a major coaching shake up, recruiting Lucy Walch and Russell Lowe as co-coaches of its 2020 women’s program.

Meg Saultry
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WDCA | Junior Bushrangers fly the flag as seniors washed out

The elements were not a cricketer’s best friend on Saturday, with dozens of senior matches completely washed out across the state.

Meg Saultry

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Shepparton boxer Dwight Ritchie dies aged 27 in training accident

Shepparton’s sporting community is in shock after boxer Dwight Ritchie died tragically on Saturday in a freak training injury. The 27-year-old was sparring with WBA Oceania middleweight champion Michael Zerafa in Melbourne, when he was struck with...

Alex Mitchell
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Body recovered from Lake Benalla - UPDATED

Benalla Police and SES are currently searching the Lake Benalla shoreline with an area from the Art Gallery around to the showgrounds taped off. We are waiting on Victoria Police to contact us with more information which we will share with you as...

Simon Ruppert
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Echuca man arrested over wild car chase through five towns

A CAR ran headfirst into another vehicle in Echuca while allegedly driving at dangerous speeds, at times on the wrong side of the road while fleeing from police through five towns yesterday. Police from nine towns were involved in trying to corner...

Ivy Jensen
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Major collision at Curr Road intersection

POLICE have confirmed two vehicles are involved in a collision at the corners of Curr Road and Graham Road. Graham Road is currently closed to traffic between Scobie Road and Curr Road, and police are urging motorists to avoid the area. Ambulance...

Holly Tregenza