Sal takes a look at Gather Round, the annual SA ‘benefit round’, with matches spread across several venues. His tips for both Bendigo and Randwick are also there for those who like a punt o n the nags.
Almanac Names: The Origin of The Name Bendigo
August 28, 2023 by 1 Comment
Where has Ian Wilson placed his tongue as he explains the origins of how Bendigo got its name?
Almanac Racing: The Championships begin
March 30, 2017 by 2 Comments
This weekend sees Randwick’s prestigious autumn carnival, The Championships, take place with plenty of talent taking part. Bendigo will complement the action in Randwick with solid races.
Bendigo and Shepparton: Queen Elizabeth Oval or Deakin Reserve?
October 4, 2016 by 3 Comments
Peter Sweeney has always loved Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval. But watching Kyabram v Rochester at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve had him wondering – which is the best footy ground? [Leave your Australia-wide nominations].
Robe2Bendigo: Day 6 to 12 (three and half days to go)
April 12, 2016 by 1 Comment
Denise Hilton’s second update from the Robe to Bendigo fund-raising walk. She reckons she’s spotted some “hairy panic.”
My latest adventure … Robe2Bendigo
April 7, 2016 by 2 Comments
Denise Hilton’s first update from the Robe to Bendigo walk.
Learning about the past, and giving a better future:
March 26, 2016 by 7 Comments
Yvette’s cousin is tackling the walk from Robe to Bendigo following the Chinese migration path into Victoria.
Chinese Goldfields football (first published in the Guardian)
March 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Patrick Skene tells the story of Chinese footy in the goldfields. [Excellent topic – Ed]
Crio’s Racing: Bendigo’s Golden Mile
March 14, 2013 by 26 Comments
Melbourne ratifies the end of its “big” Saturdays by offering the Bendigo Jockey Club a chance to host Victoria’s premier meeting – with prizemoney approaching a million dollars.
From the BFL: 60 Years Ago
April 5, 2012 by 8 Comments
From the Bendigo Football League Records 1952 A reflection on how much things have, or haven’t changed in 60 years Season start April 26 1952, Editorial- B.F.L football made an auspicious start for 1952-the total revenue of 534 pounds set a new high for the opening round; the weather was kind after threatening wet conditions [Read more]
TEAM OF DECADE BOASTS WONDERFUL HOUSEHOLD NAMES
May 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
THERE was a tremendous air of anticipation in the room at the All Seasons Quality Resort at the end of October last year. Not only were 10 new people for the BFL’s Hall Of Fame to be inducted, but also the Team Of The Decade for 2000-2009 was to be unveiled. Members of the BFL’s [Read more]
Tony Kelly: An icon of the Kyneton Football Club
February 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Richard Jones TO SAY that Tony Kelly is one of the enduring characters of the Kyneton and Bendigo football communities is to state the obvious. He is one of the BFNL’s genuine larger-than-life personalities and richly deserved his elevation to BFNL Hall of Fame status last October. Kelly was a fearless ball-getter on the [Read more]
MAROONS WIN 1970 PRELIM., BOOK DATE WITH ECHUCA
September 18, 2010 by 2 Comments
WITH Echuca already ensconced in the 1970 grand final, Sandhurst had to beat Eaglehawk in the preliminary final to earn a spot in that season’s big dance. Forty years ago, the BFL had a Top Four in place. Eaglehawk had won the first semi-final to snatch a preliminary final place while the Hurst was coming [Read more]
Bendigo Football: 1960 Season Finale
August 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
ROCHESTER, KYNETON HEAD LADDER: END OF 1960 SEASON ROCHESTER and Kyneton were the top two clubs at the end of the 1960 home-and-away season with Sandhurst and Castlemaine rounding out the top four. In mid-August and with three rounds still to be played 50 years ago the Tigers headed the table on percentage from the [Read more]
Sheldon, Diesel leaders of 1997 BFL All Stars
July 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Richard Jones NOW that the 2010 BFL Hall of Fame and Team of the Decade concepts are up and running, it’s perhaps timely to look back at an All Stars function held 13 years ago. In October, 1997, the VFL-aligned Bendigo Diggers Football Club hosted an evening in which 23 top players from Bendigo’s [Read more]
VITTI RELISHES WET DAY, MUDDY GROUND
May 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
FORMER AFL boundary umpire Matthew Vittiritti was chuffed when he awoke on Saturday to the cold and rain of a late May day in Bendigo. The 300-game veteran said after running the Queen Elizabeth Oval boundary for the South Bendigo-Strathfieldsaye game the miserable conditions suited him. “I was hoping it was going to be raining. [Read more]
MORE EX-AFL PLAYERS WHO HAD BIG IMPACTS ON BFL CLUBS
May 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
MOST footy followers would be aware of the never-ending stream of talent which flows from central Victoria, and especially the Bendigo Football League, into the clubs of the VFL/AFL. Consider the four Selwood boys, Nick Dal Santo, Greg ‘Diesel’ Williams, Rod Ashman, Peter Dean, Geoff Southby, Peter McConville and Jimmy Buckley: and that’s less than [Read more]
Bendigo Relections: Two Blues celebrate dual 1980 BFL premierships
May 12, 2010 by 4 Comments
by Richard Jones EAGLEHAWK celebrates its 1980 senior and reserves premierships at Canterbury Park this weekend. Thirty years on with the 2010 top-of-the-table clash between the Two Blues and Golden Square unfolding in front of them, the flag-winning stars of yesteryear will spend a day of reminiscing. Eaglehawk came from 14 points down late in [Read more]
BLOODS TAKE ON ST KILDA IN 1904 MIDWEEK CLASH
May 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
SOUTH Bendigo played matches against a number of Melbourne-based teams in the early part of last century achieving more success at home on the Upper Reserve than in the city. At the end of August 1904, the Bloods travelled to Melbourne for a full-scale match against VFL cub St Kilda. The Saints posted 13 goals [Read more]
Local Footy Flashback: Bendigo FL – Round 1, 1960
March 23, 2010 by 5 Comments
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE B.F.L. — ROUND ONE, 1960 by Richard Jones TWO close finishes highlighted the opening round in the BFL half a century ago, a time when life was much simpler and less hectic.
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