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25.01.2022 Hes found a club! Former Colac Tiger Dustin Walters has arrived in Darwin and is preparing to start a football season with Northern Territory powerhouse St Marys.

24.01.2022 Sporting talent runs in the family for AFL rising star Sam Walsh. The young Blues father Wayne had a decorated sporting career in the Colac district throughout the 90s, and even went on to coach a host of future AFL stars. We caught up with Wayne to chat about the glory days, his coaching career, and his talented sons.

23.01.2022 Lynch to lead! South Colac has appointed Nick Lynch as its sole coach for the 2021 season, with co-coach Josh Black stepping down after three successful years in charge. See Mondays Herald for the full story.

23.01.2022 Is there anything she cant do? Champion Camperdown netballer Tracey Baker is on a recruiting drive for a rival sporting code after joining Bookaars first ever womens cricket team.

23.01.2022 Corangamite bowls officials have put plans in place for a potential drop in players this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, after setting a date for the season to potentially start.

20.01.2022 Birregurra skipper Jack Melican is backing promising young cricketer Liam Hammond to take on both wicketkeeping and opening batsman duties when he joins the Saints this season.

20.01.2022 Gnowangerup football coach Roy Addis says he hasnt been surprised by Campbell Floyds dominance this season as the Bulldogs look to book a spot in the grand final.

19.01.2022 New Colac Imperials coach Paul Liistro has locked in his coaching panel ahead of his first season as a solo head coach.

19.01.2022 Who remembers this? Alvies Tim McCarthy kicked a goal after the siren to send the Swans into the 1977 grand final. All this and more in todays edition of the Football-Netball Time Machine.

18.01.2022 How good do these look? Colac district exports Christian Koroneos, Lochie Rosevear, Josh Hickey and Sam Giblett are pictured in their Port Douglas indigenous jumpers following an AFL Cairns clash on the weekend. Would you like to see indigenous rounds/jumpers in the CDFNL?

16.01.2022 The way I was going I would have been dead at 50. Colac football umpires coach Adam Edwick knew he needed to make a drastic change to his life in late 2015, when he was tipping the scales at 188 kilograms.

16.01.2022 If this is really it, congratulations to Dan Casey on an incredible senior coaching career. The three-time premiership leader says his time coaching senior footy could be over.

15.01.2022 Hows the shiner on Greg McCarthy after the 1985 Hampden league Bloodbath Grand Final? We caught up with the eldest member of one of the Colac Tigers most famous families for the latest instalment of our ongoing series on the Colac-Coragulac merger. See tomorrows Herald for more.

14.01.2022 Former Colac footballer Campbell Floyd says he will use last years GFL heartbreak to motivate him as he prepares for a grand final with his new Western Australian club.

13.01.2022 Colac basketballers are awaiting word on how the 2020-21 Country Basketball League season could look with two of its teams stuck interstate due to border restrictions.

13.01.2022 Four AFLW clubs have made contact with Colacs Darcy Moloney in the lead up to next months draft. The interest has earned her an invitation to test in front of recruiters at the NAB AFLW Draft Combine.

12.01.2022 When the siren went it was just unbelievable, just the relief and joy and excitement. Everyone came running out, the feeling is hard to describe. Alvie is poised to be one of the flag contenders in Colac district football when it returns in 2021. Its been 20 years since the Swans last held up the premiership cup. The Herald spoke to Frank Miraglia about what the 2000 grand final win meant to the club.

12.01.2022 How good is this? Apollo Bay has broken new ground in the Colac district league - and perhaps local footy in Australia - by appointing three females to fill the club’s major off-field positions.

11.01.2022 Rob McCarthy was the only member of his famous family to feature in Colac-Coragulacs 1980 premiership-winning team, and even he was lucky to sneak into the side on the eve of the match. The eldest of nine children to Coragulacs Jack and Rosie McCarthy, the family has produced some of the clubs greatest players including Robs brothers Greg and Damian, and nephews, former AFL footballers Joffy and Tom Simpkin. The Colac Herald caught up with Rob to talk about growing up in a family of 11, his talented family, and the late call-up that earned him his first of five premiership medals.

10.01.2022 Football clubs had been left wondering whether their 2020 players would go down in player points next year despite this season not going ahead. AFL Barwon has announced today that some players will be eligible for points reduction. Click the link for more details.

10.01.2022 Hes done it! Colac footballer Campbell Floyd has helped Gnowangerup to an incredible second half comeback in the Ongerup Football Association grand final this afternoon. See Mondays Herald for more.

10.01.2022 He can do it all! Ross Panther has posted Carlisle River’s first century during the club’s return to cricket for the first time in more than 50 years.

10.01.2022 A gun Cobden export is among the latest recruits to join Warrion Cricket Club this summer.

08.01.2022 Cricketers from Stoneyford and Birregurra will contest their two-match bans at a tribunal hearing in Colac tonight after an alleged incident during a Division One clash on the weekend.

08.01.2022 Former state junior and emerging Colac cricketer Henry Melville says the timing is right to test himself in the highly rated Geelong league.

08.01.2022 Getting closer! Colac Basketball Association will this week announce a plan to return to play following the latest easing of restrictions.

08.01.2022 An impressive performance in Colac-Coragulacs 1980 premiership led Lee Murnane to join Fitzroy in the VFL. The Herald spoke to Murnane, former teammate Tim Pekin and former Lions coach Robert Walls about Bushy from Irrewillipe.

06.01.2022 Rick Burnett led the Colac Imperials to one of the biggest upsets in many seasons in the 1986 grand final. All this and more in todays edition of the Football-Netball Time Machine.

06.01.2022 Some good news with some of the restrictions around sport being lifted in regional Victoria. Which community sports are you most looking forward to returning?

06.01.2022 Colac Tigers rising star Zara Walters has earned a spot in Netball Australias Centre of Excellence 17-and-under squad. https://colacherald.com.au//first-national-call-up-for-ti/

06.01.2022 Two-time Birregurra premiership player Michael Bolitho is on the move.

05.01.2022 Fingers crossed! Colac has been picked to host a national sailing championship next year, and Colac Yacht Club officials remain hopeful it will go ahead despite the current coronavirus pandemic.

05.01.2022 Returning Birregurra coach Sarah Main says she is being extra cautious about playing netball again in her recovery from a knee setback following the arrival of her son Jack.

04.01.2022 He hit 12 sixes and six of those were switch-hits. Cobden captain Josh Fagan says AFL star Zach Merrett put on one hell of a batting display during a rare cricket match for his home town.

04.01.2022 This week in 2004, a couple of handy forwards combined for 15 goals to lead Apollo Bay to back-to-back flags. All this and more in todays edition of the Football-Netball Time Machine.

04.01.2022 Re-elected Colac District Cricket Association president Steve Millar says the board has signalled November as the likely start to a 2020-21 season as Victoria still grapples with coronavirus.

04.01.2022 Champion Geelong region footballer Ben Lavars is set to return to Irrewarra-Beeac next year in a major boost for the club, which is confident of retaining the bulk of its 2020 recruits.

03.01.2022 A career-ending injury led to Paul Liistros passion for coaching as a way of staying involved in football, and he has spent the past decade learning from some of the regions best.

02.01.2022 AFL Barwon has announced today that it has waived all junior football and netball fees for 2020.

02.01.2022 Georgie Finns Queensland state league netball coach says a promotion to the top-grade ranks isnt out of the question for the Colac Tigers export after her impressive debut.

02.01.2022 Great career! Retiring South Colac champion Clay Brewer says the time is definitely right to hang up the boots after being talked out of retirement the last three seasons.

01.01.2022 Missing an opportunity to take on Australias best juniors hasnt stopped emerging Colac golfer Max Miraglia from improving his game. The 16-year-old was selected to represent the Northern Territory at this years Australian Junior Interstate Series, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

01.01.2022 Gnowangerups premiership will always be remembered for Timm Houses 10-goal second half, but the Bulldogs coach says Colacs Campbell Floyds move into the midfield was just as influential in the incredible come-from-behind win.