JANUARY
It was a successful tournament for Barwon Region at the 68th Interregional Country Championships, returning from Benalla with the overall win.
Highton leg-spinner almost bowled his team to victory against Grovedale with a five-wicket haul.
Ocean Grove all-rounder Mick Thornton made a superb century against Armstrong Creek.
Dutch teen Rosita Reijnhout won the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and became the youngest winner. Laurence Pithie won the men’s event. 385183
FEBRUARY
Queenscliff cricketer Tony Hanafin played his 350th game.
Geelong Cricket Association won the Division 1 Melbourne Country Week cricket tournament defeating Ferntree Gully in the final at Junction Oval.
North Geelong won the GCA T20 competition defeating Grovedale in the final with Tom Webster earning player of the match honours with three wickets. 391649
Point Lonsdale’s Bea Conroy earned a Bell’s Beach Classic Longboard wildcard at the Victorian Longboard Titles.
MARCH
Ocean Grove won the Midweek Division 1 bowls premiership, surviving a late surge from a gallant Torquay.
Barwon Heads won the Under 17 Division 1 junior cricket flag with a win against North Geelong.
Highton won the Geelong Bowls Region Premier Division premiership with a thrilling one-shot win against Ocean Grove. 394821
North Geelong won its fifth consecutive Geelong Cricket Association premiership.
Barwon Heads defeated Anglesea in the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A1 Grade final with Sam Schaller taking five wickets.
APRIL
Grovedale won four Tennis Geelong Saturday Senior Pennant premierships.
Portarlington ended a 68-game losing streak, defeating Newcomb in the opening Bellarine Football League round of the season.
Anakie broke a 308-day drought when it defeated Werribee Centrals in the Geelong & District Football League.
Ocean Grove began its Bellarine Netball League premiership defence with a two-goal win against Torquay. 397855
Max Holmes signed a four-year contract extension to stay with Geelong.
MAY
Geelong badminton player Mike Simpkins collected three gold medals and one silver at the Australian National Para Championships.
Geelong United was granted a licence to compete in the WNBL and will play home games at The Arena in North Geelong.
Ocean Grove joined bowls’ showpiece television and spectator event the Bowls Premier League. The club will play under the banner of Geelong Jets.
Geelong Falcon forward Will McLachlan was selected by Brisbane in the midseason AFL draft.
Corio stayed unbeaten in the Geelong & District Netball League. 344157
JUNE
Geelong United announced its first signing with point guard Jaz Shelley joining the fledgling club.
St Joseph’s won the Big Freeze Geelong game against St Mary’s. 403483
Geelong was taking a cautious approach to Patrick Dangerfield’s hamstring injury.
One of Geelong’s inaugural AFLW players, Erin Hoare, announced her retirement.
Keely Froling, an Australian Opal, became Geelong United’s new signing.
Rising Geelong BMX star Cameron Gatt was named the Vic Sports Rebel Young Athlete of the Year.
JULY
All Australian forward Tyson Stengle signed a five-year contract extension with Geelong.
Star Lara forward Mitch Day’s season was over after breaking his thumb against St Albans. 417477
Geelong livewire Lawson Humphries was named the AFL round 18 Rising Star.
Ocean Grove shocked a wasteful Geelong Amateur to record a 28-point win in an upset Bellarine Football League win.
AUGUST
Meghan McDonald was named Cats AFLW skipper for a fifth consecutive season.
Top Geelong badminton junior Sophie Ng claimed her fifth gold medal in as many Junior Classics tournaments.
St Albans broke through for its first win of the Geelong Football League campaign defeating Newtown & Chilwell by 10 points.
Dual sport superstar Monique Conti committed to Geelong United for the WNBL season.
Grovedale, Anglesea and Belmont Lions won the women’s footy premierships. 427047
Corio’s Molly Gribble and Matthew James won the netball and footy Geelong & District League best and fairests.
SEPTEMBER
Ocean Grove won its second straight Bellarine Netball League premiership again defeating an unbeaten Geelong Amateur in the decider. Torquay defeated Anglesea in an all-Surf Coast footy grand final.
Thomson defeated Belmont Lions in the Geelong & District Football League grand final while East Geelong prevailed in the netball.
Leopold made it two in a row in the Geelong Football League defeating South Baron in the grand final in front of more than 10,000 fans at GMHBA Stadium. 433874
Newtown & Chilwell won its eighth premiership in 10 seasons beating St Joseph’s in the Geelong Netball League decider.
OCTOBER
Lawson Humphries put pen to paper for another year at Geelong. 419547
Geelong’s AFLW finals hopes were all but over after a loss to Richmond late in the season.
Master jockey Craig Williams won his sixth Geelong Cup on the back of Onesmoothoperator.
Sixteen local junior tennis players represented the Barwon region in Tennis Victoria’s Regional Team Event in Shepparton.
Geelong United was thrashed in its WNBL debut by Townsville.
NOVEMBER
Chris Pitfield racked up game number 350 for Collendina Cricket Club. 439069
Geelong’s AFLW season officially came to an end with a loss to Adelaide in the final round.
Ocean Grove touring car ace Zac Soutar finished second in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series overall points standings.
Nina Morrison won her first Geelong Cats best and fairest from Aishling Moloney and Georgie Prespakis.
Geelong Falcon Lachie Jacques was drafted to Western Bulldogs with the 29th pick.
DECEMBER
Portarlington’s Aaron Toole made a blistering 203 not out from just 137 deliveries against Barrabool.
Former Drysdale Hawk and Geelong Falcon Tess Craven played in North Melbourne’s AFLW premiership win against Brisbane.
Wallington’s Marc Occhipinti donned the whites for his 350th game. 447827
Armstrong Creek C2 Grade captain Tim Hester made 277 from just 192 deliveries.
Newtown & Chilwell’s Sara Howley was drafted to GWS with pick 4 in the AFLW draft while St Mary’s Rebecca Clottey headed to Hawthorn at pick 50.
