Gus’ sports snaps

Kyabram Football Netball Club is to name its third batch of Hall Of Famers this year.

A committee headed by club great and games record holder Tony McDonell, who has already earned the honour, is looking to add to the list of Hall of Famers and Legends.

Two former Kyabram coaches and club stalwarts in Chris Salter and Lawrie Casey are also on the selection panel.

Players to have already earned Hall Of Fame status and were the original inductees in 2015 are Jeff Cooper, Arthur Caldwell, Bob Vick, Ross Dillon, Wilf Cox, Casey, Bernie Harlen and Charlie Stewart.

Chris Stuhldreier, Chris Atkins, Paul Newman, Richard Clay and Shane Fitzsimmons were added to this list in 2017 along with players from the early times in the club’s history in Roy Outram, Jack Graeme, Tom Holmes, Jim Bourke and Richard Doidge.

Players who have been further recognised with Legend status are Wilf Cox, Arthur Caldwell, Casey, McDonell and Dick Clay.

McDonell said arrangements were now under way to organise a function to name, honour and celebrate its newest inductees.

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Look out for Rochester in the coming Goulburn Valley League season.

Runners-up to Kyabram last year the Tigers have snared some impressive recruits for the 2026 season, the latest GWV Rebels talent league pathway product Felix Fogaty, a 195cm key forward who represented Vic Country in 2022.

He has been playing with Ballarat Football League club Lake Wendouree for the past three seasons.

Euroa had landed a key defender in Lachlan Curran from Avondale Heights club in the Essendon District Football League.

He played senior football when still eligible for the under-18s.

Benalla, another GVL club expected to be a big improver this season, has named a high profile coach and development officer for its reserves team in Ian Muller.

Muller played 27 games with St Kilda and Carlton in the late 1980s and early 1990s and has coached VFL side Coburg and also in the Ovens and Murray League.

Mooroopna has snared Ryan Grace from Central Murray League side Tooleybuc Manangatang.

Former Euroa coach Ryan Pendelbury, brother of Collingwood’s veteran superstar Scott Pendelbury, has also been added to the AFLW coaching ranks at Geelong.

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Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie made appearances at two cricket clubs in the southern Riverina last week.

A fast bowler called “Dizzy”, Gillespie appeared as a guest at functions at Colleambally and Finley and proved a big hit.

Gillespie took 259 wickets in 71 Tests for Australia and 142 wickets in one-day Internationals between 1996 and 2006.

But Gillespie is probably best known for his batting heroics against Bangladesh in his final Test in 2006 when he made 201 not out as a night watchman.

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One of the Aussie Rule greats of the Riverina was recently farewelled.

Colleambally’s Tony Howe played 306 games for the club and was in four premiership and four runner-up teams with the club in the Coreen league.

He was the league’s leading goal-kicker in 1977 and won league medals for the best-and-fairest player in 1979 and 1984.

He was named in his club’s Team of the Half Century in 2015 and is a life member of the club.

His contribution to his club and the game continued when he retired as a player, serving two stints as president and being a tireless volunteer worker for the club.

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Cobram Cricket Club will soon celebrate three premiership wins it enjoyed in the Murray Valley Cricket Association 40 years ago.

Players and supporters associated with the 1975-76, 1984-85 and 1985-85 premiership winning teams will relive those victories at a function on February 21 at Cobram Showgrounds.

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Kyabram trots trainer Mark Watson produced an impressive debutant at last week’s Shepparton meeting in pacer Like No Other.

A three-year-old filly by Bettors Delight, Like No Other was supported with plenty of confidence into a $1.40 favourite and after making the pace had a ding-dong duel in the concluding stages with the Lisa Pitt-trained Bill, prevailing by a short half-head.

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