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Benalla Sportstar: Mailer swimming her way to the top

Maddison Mailer’s swimming resume is as impressive as anyone at 16-years-old. In eight years with Benalla Swimming Club, Mailer has gone from local swimmer to someone we could soon be seeing on the national stage.

Brayden May
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Benalla Sportstar: Pastuszka pushes the boundaries of field athletics

Since starting at Little Athletics two years ago, Anakin Pastuszka has come leaps and bounds in the art of throwing. The 11-year-old has made it to two state championships in as many years and continues to make the golden circle of the throwing line his own.

Meg Saultry
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Saultry’s Score: Sport on lockdown

Last week I was presented with an occurrence I thought would never in a million years happen. With the coronavirus spreading like wildfire across the globe, suddenly, like most places across Australia, sport stopped in Benalla.

Meg Saultry
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Former Benalla cricketer hits his way into 400 club

Congratulations to former Benalla Cricket Club premiership captain, John Dunnachie, who recently celebrated his 400th game for the Elsternwick Sub-district Cricket Club.

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Game, set, match for Berry and Cooke in Benalla junior competition

A week after winning the Benalla Lawn Tennis Club’s under-15 club championships, Joe Berry and Meg Cooke conquered their competition once more - this time in the Benalla Junior Tennis Association’s Saturday competition.

Meg Saultry
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LIST: Benalla sports shut down by coronavirus

With the effects of coronavirus pandemic now widespread, Benalla and district sport has followed the rest of the nation and effectively shut down until further notice.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla Sportstar: Ayers aims high with passion for riding

When 10-year-old Aleesha Ayers grows up, she wants to be an Olympic show-jumper. And her perfect companion is Elargee Seabiscuit, an 11-year-old Welsh Mountain pony named after the US 1940s champion racehorse.

Madi Chwasta
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AFL, AFLW grind to a halt for Benalla exports

Benalla’s AFL and AFL Women’s exports can expect an extended period of time away from the game after the league announced it would postpone the men’s season and abandon the women’s competition.

Meg Saultry
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BDTA | Benalla rue missed chances in D2 decider

Benalla Lawn will need to regroup and refocus after its division two team suffered a heartbreaking upset at the hands of Avenel in the Benalla District Tennis Association’s grand final on Saturday.

Meg Saultry
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BDTA | Benalla Lawn falls short in D1 grand final thriller

For the second year in a row, Benalla Lawn’s division one tennis team fell agonisingly short of the premiership flag, beaten by Avenel by five games.

Meg Saultry
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BDTA | Gardens lay claim to back-to-back D3 flags

Great people make a great team - this was the sentiment of Benalla Gardens’ Matt Gordon following his club’s Benalla District Tennis Assocation division three premiership triumph on Saturday.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla Bowls wrap | March 16

Thirteen bowlers played two games of eight ends of triples and fours. Winners were B. Billman (skip), J. Aldridge and D. Gulbin with one win and a draw.

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Benalla Sportstar: Green a lean, mean basketball machine

A champion team will never beat a team of champions, and that’s where Jac Green comes in. Green, 13, involves every person that’s on the court with him – he’s the ultimate team player.

Ed McLeish
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North Eastern Archers bring home more medals

In another strong weekend of shooting for North Eastern Archers members, Connor Schelfhout and Jack Bennett finished with top-three places in their respective competitions.

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Club champions crowned at Benalla Lawn Tennis Club

Benalla Lawn Tennis Club held its annual club championships on Sunday, with its six headline matches producing high levels of gameplay.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla dancers support Katy Perry in ‘experience of a lifetime’

As part of Perry’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup grand final performance, more than 300 junior dancers added a theatrical element to the popstar’s renditions of hit songs Roar and Firework.

Meg Saultry
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TABLE TENNIS | Hungry plovers swoop on owls

Coming off a disappointing straight-sets loss in round two, a revitalised Plovers unit rebounded hard to score a magnificent 5-0 victory over Owls in their round three A-grade clash last week.

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Benalla Sportstar: Talent runs in the family of lawn bowler Cromie

Tyson Cromie had no choice but to be a star lawn bowler - after all, it runs in the blood. A third-generation bowls diehard, the 17-year-old has notched more milestones in his short career than many have in a lifetime.

Charmayne Allison

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Greater Shepparton’s first coronavirus case had travelled overseas

Greater Shepparton has its first confirmed case of COVID-19, the state government has said in a statement today. The News understands the person was tested at Goulburn Valley Health. Another person has tested positive for the virus in Gannawarr...

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Second coronavirus case confirmed in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has its second confirmed case of COVID-19, the state government has said in a statement today. Goulburn Valley Health have confirmed that a second person who tested positive for COVID-19 recently returned from overseas.

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Third case of coronavirus incorrectly confirmed in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a third confirmed case of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus tests for two GVGS exchange students

Two visiting exchange students to Goulburn Valley Grammar School are awaiting test results for coronavirus after being in contact with a confirmed case on a flight from Singapore to Melbourne on Sunday.

Ed McLeish And Madi Chwasta