Freshwater fishing fires up
The freshwater fishing has really started to fire up over the past few days with the south west lakes producing some cracking fish.
Wurdee Boluc...
Cats face ruck dilemma
Geelong faces a selection dilemma in combatting Saints ruck pair Paddy Ryder and Rowan Marshall after Esava Ratugolea impressed as a last-minute replacement for...
Local teen makes Olympic trials
At just 13 Geelong Swimming Club’s Hayley Mackinder has broken a 26-year-old national record and qualified for the Australian Olympic trials in June.
Mackinder...
Ocean Grove and Grovedale remain undefeated
Grovedale and Ocean Grove remain the only undefeated teams in the Section 1 Mixed draw after round two, with both posting 4-2 wins last...
Geelong AFLW coach Paul Hood resigns
Geelong AFLW coach Paul Hood has quit the role after a decade in total with the Cats.
Hood joined Geelong in late 2010 and held...
Charlie wins but Ethan takes title
Charlie Farrer’s last-second victory in the third round was not enough to steal the Victorian Junior Surfing Title from fellow local Ethan Huxtable.
Huxtable (Jan...
Winter snapper and redfin on the bite
Big winter snapper continue to bite in the outer harbour for patient anglers fishing after dark.
Use pilchard or fresh-caught squid fished as light as...
Cats out to ‘crack code’
Arguably the AFL’s best big-match player Dustin Martin is set to return for Geelong’s grand final rematch with reigning premiers Richmond.
Richmond will welcome back...
Ocean Grove wins tight season opener
Tennis Geelong served up the first round of its winter competition with 102 matches across junior and senior divisions at the weekend.
After being promoted...
Geelong longboarders dominate
Local longboarders dominated the first round of the state titles in “epic conditions” on their home break at 13th Beach at the weekend.
Barwon Head’s...
Snap ’em up in the outer harbour
The weather is finally starting to settle after a few weeks of high winds and rain and the fishing has still remained quite good...
Scott backs shorter quarters
Geelong coach Chris Scott has admitted he prefers last season’s format of 16-minute quarters.
The AFL reverted back to the traditional 20-minute quarter this season...
From the archives
17 years ago
October 17, 2008
Ford would slash 450 jobs at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants under a new round of cuts, the company announced...
