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Game On with Brayden May - July 17

Tonight on Game On with Brayden May, we find out more about Moama Youth Girls’ stars

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Hayla leads Bombers with aplomb

Football U12s — Echuca Murray Bombers vs Runnymede

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GV skill levels are soaring

WOMEN’S football in the Goulburn Valley is developing at a rapid speed according to Echuca coach Mick McInnes.

Brayden May
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River Rats strike down SYC

ECHUCA Moama’s River Rats hockey team proved too strong for SYC on the weekend.

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Wheeler turning into a more complete player

AFTER smashing form at NAB League and senior Goulburn Valley League level last season, Moama product Noah Wheeler certainly earned his position on the Northern Blues’ VFL list this season.

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To be frank, it was great

IT WASN’T a moment of sporting history; it was hardly a moment many, or any, of the 45,000 people at the weekend’s Essendon-North Melbourne game at Marvel Stadium would have even noticed.

Andrew Johnston
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AFL in sight for young talent from the Murray

THIS CENTURY Echuca-Moama has produced three top 10 picks in the national draft — Andrew Walker, Ollie Wines and Clayton Oliver. Currently there are seven players in the AFL system from the twin towns and surrounding with another very close to...

Brayden May
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Echuca name in the mix for a year of twin flags

WITH just weeks remaining in football’s home-and-away season, the Riverine Herald takes a look at the local teams’ race to the finish line. Echuca Remaining fixtures: Tatura (A), Kyabram (H), Benalla (A), Shepparton Swans (H), Shepparton United...

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Mowers on track for future glory

REBUILDING is a term Moama was hesitant to use at the beginning of 2019. When experienced heads departed the club, and the under 17s claimed their fifth straight premiership in 2018 – a new direction was needed. And there were changes coming both...

Brayden May
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Teams keep winning streak

WHEN we pull on the colours of our respective clubs, we dream of tasting the ultimate success — a premiership. Along the way you should expect to experience bumps in the road, but in 2019 six teams from across the region are in prime position for...

Brayden May
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Decline and fall of EDFL a sad time in local history

THIRTY years ago, an institution of our town was reaching breaking point. The Echuca and District Football League, the home of seven clubs spread throughout the region, appeared to be on its last legs. The third league to carry the EDFL name was...

Andrew Johnston
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A ton of reasons to laud forwards

IT’S a breathtaking sight — burnt into the minds of anyone who witness it. Few things get a football crowd — at any level — as excited as when the big key forward boots his 100th goal of the season. Images of the crowd sprinting to the man...

Andrew Johnston
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Bacon game unlike any other

KAHL Oliver has seen players dominate — but rarely like this. On Saturday, the LBU coach saw one of his own — Jarod Bacon — play the game of his life. ‘‘I genuinely haven’t seen a guy play like that in a very long time,’’ he said...

Andrew Johnston
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To freeze or not to freeze...

How should country footballers and netballers best recover after a match? Does cold immersion therapy really work? Physiotherapist PATRICK ARNOLD gives an insight into the treatment oft used by AFL players. IT WAS amazing to see so many people from...

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The clock is ticking for teams

IT’S a tough run home for some of local netball sides, as the door to finals starts closing with just weeks remaining.

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Souter strives for club and town

JORDAN Souter wants nothing more than to see his Blues win a flag. He doesn’t know when it will happen, and the much loved Souter can’t say for sure if he will be there or not when it does. Whether or not he holds the cup as a Blue, as he told...

Andrew Johnston
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Bombers win boosts faint finals hopes

LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER’S netball season is alive — but only just. The Bombers kept their head above water in a bid for finals action with a 13-goal victory over regional rivals Lockington-Bamawm United in the Heathcote District Netball League on...

Brayden May
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Echuca name in the mix for a year of twin flags

WITH just weeks remaining in football’s home-and-away season, the Riverine Herald takes a look at the local teams’ race to the finish line.

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Body found at Mooroopna campsite

Human remains were discovered in dense bushland in Mooroopna on Wednesday afternoon. The body was found in the vicinity of Common Track by members of the public who quickly notified police. Shepparton Police processed the site in the early hours of...

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Mooroopna man airlifted to hospital following assault

A hotel in Mooroopna is currently taped off by police due to an assault that took place on the premises overnight. Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit acting sergeant Jeff Wren said a person has been hospitalised following the incident. He said the...

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Power outage continues in Tatura

Powercor expects power will be restored in Tatura after midday today, after mass outages occurred across the town yesterday afternoon. The first reports of power outages in Tatura were at 3.30pm, due to high winds and heavy rainfall. A Powercor...

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ECHUCA GRANDMOTHER ATTACKED AT HER FRONT DOOR TONIGHT

AN ECHUCA grandmother was confronted and may have been assaulted just after 6pm. Her family has posted security video in a bid to identify her attacker, who had been waiting on the veranda of the woman’s High St home. In their Facebook post the...

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