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Pay-for-play not sustainable

SUNRAYSIA Daily football analyst Ben Ridley and senior reporter Matt Taylor debated the sport’s hot topics over coffee this week. AFL Vic integrity probeMatt Taylor: We’ve had this integrity review make a couple of findings last week, including...

25 May 2024
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13 Feb 2020
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Check in on your mates

THE past week has reinforced the idea more than ever that we need to check in on our mates. Sporting clubs more than any have the power to change the norms and break the mould and provide support, especially for men. The passing...

18 May 2024
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Us versus them mentality stunts women’s footy

THE Sunraysia and Millewa leagues have never been two peas in a pod. Both comp’s have different values and because they’re each others only competitors, it’s only natural they clash heads with one another. I haven’t grown up here, so I don’t...

04 May 2024
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Scope for growth at MSP, developer says

OPINIONS remain divided on the user-friendliness of Mildura Sporting Precinct, where work on Stage 2 will soon finish. As I revealed in a front-page story last Saturday, the delays now centre around the beach...

20 Apr 2024
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Rep duty not to be missed

TODAY’S column is about what it means to represent Sunraysia in any sport. The inspiration for writing about this came from watching our junior representative basketballers giving it their all during last week’s Victorian Under 14 junior country...

13 Apr 2024
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Turn up Heat, one last time

MATT TAYLOR: It’s going to be the biggest night of the year so far for Mildura basketball when both the Heat men’s and women’s teams host their respective Big V elimination finals on Saturday.

05 Aug 2023
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Royal shot at $1.8m payday

PART owners Sarah and Mark Jackson will continue their magical ride with three-year-old filly Royal Merchant in Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm.

10 Jun 2023
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Mildura basketball fans driven to despair

Pictures of the Hothouse car park show what a shocking state it’s in, with potholes several inches deep.

27 May 2023
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Footy team caps give kids a fair go

OPINION: THERE is no excuse: All kids who want to play local footy should have the opportunity to do so.

22 May 2023
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Give Gol Gol’s kids a fair go

MATT TAYLOR: Junior football is clearly at a crossroads in Sunraysia.

13 May 2023
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Weather, crowds, volunteers all come out to play

MATT TAYLOR: Crowd sizes for the opening two rounds of the SFNL and Millewa football and netball competitions have been impressive.

06 May 2023
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Aker knows where it’s at

MIDWAY through last year’s Millewa Football League, there were questions over its long-term viability amid a run of heavily lopsided results and concerns over playing numbers.

29 Apr 2023
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Undercover seating should have been a no-brainer for new oval

OPINION: The absence of undercover seating around the premier footy oval at the $46 million Mildura Sporting Precinct has been a big talking point since many fans were left drenched during last weekend’s rain-affected Dreamtime games.

24 Apr 2023
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No stopping these engines

MITCH RODD: We love the smell of fuel in the morning. Or afternoon. Or evening.

08 Apr 2023
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Coach makes a tough call

OPINION: MATT TAYLOR - The release earlier this week of US import Gia Pack from the Mildura Heat women’s Big V Division 1 basketball team was shrouded in mystery after both parties declined to comment.

18 Mar 2023
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Footy’s the talk of the town

THE buzz about the upcoming Sunraysia Football Netball League season is not just exciting the players and coaches.

11 Mar 2023