Geelong juniors star at Australian Junior Athletics Championships and other top stories

Geelong juniors star at Australian Junior Athletics Championships

Geelong hammer thrower Ned Weatherly added a junior national championship to his resume on Friday. Weatherly, from Athletics Chilwell, won double gold with a meet record hammer throw of 78.25m in the men's under-18 division and gained automatic ... >> view original

Geelong star Steve Johnson hurt in VFL return

Geelong star Steve Johnson left Simonds Stadium on crutches on Saturday but the Cats insist he had only corked his right leg in his return to action via the VFL. Johnson had not played a pre-season match until returning against Collingwood. He had ... >> view original

Geelong v Adelaide: Mitch Clark kicks six goals, Nakia Cockatoo excites in NAB ...

WITH Geelong champion Corey Enright likely to retire at the end of the season, the search is on for his replacement. Enter Billie Smedts, fresh off his best pre-season since arriving at the club in 2010. Smedts finished with 14 disposals, six marks and ... >> view original

Kids caught up in police stand-off with man in Newcomb home near Geelong

Two children are caught up in a police stand-off with a man who has barricaded himself inside a home near Geelong for more than 11 hours. The man is believed to be unarmed, but has refused to leave the Gibbs Street home in Newcomb while keeping two ... >> view original

Timothy Rae fined for carrying out renovations without builder registration

THE manager of a renovation company has been convicted in court for doing plumbing and building work in the Geelong region while unlicensed and unregistered. Timothy Rae carried out bathroom renovations in Highton, Lethbridge, Ocean Grove and ... >> view original

Queenscliff and nurses salute Gallipoli hero Violet Duddy

Following compiling of her story by Queenscliffe Historical Museum researcher Maggie Stowers the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Victorian branch paid for a gravesite to be installed, with help from Geelong Cemeteries Trust. Cousin Gretel ... >> view original

Nakia Cockatoo lights up Geelong's NAB Challenge win with bit of brilliance in ...

Six-goal man Mitch Clark might have stolen the headlines during the Geelong's NAB Challenge win over Adelaide. But Cockatoo undoubtedly won the hearts of Cats fans, who already seemed to have embraced the young gun midfielder as the club's new cult ... >> view original

execution debate unravels host of ethical dilemmas

Perhaps the only positive to come out of this ethical nightmare might be that others are made aware of the seriousness of drug crimes in other countries. Jodie Whittaker is a former Geelong Advertiser intern who has completed her journalism degree. >> view original

Greg Jury wins $150000 backing for Bottletops on Shark Tank

The founder of Vic Beach Geelong centre and his business partner Stephen Brooks featured their push-down, talking Bottlepops on Sunday's episode of Shark Tank and gathered $150,000 from Sharks Andrew Banks and Steve Baxter. The themed devices ... >> view original

Squads: Crows name Danger, top Cat is back

ADELAIDE'S Patrick Dangerfield is likely to kick off his 2015 season under lights against Geelong at Simonds Stadium after being named in the Crows squad for Thursday night's NAB Challenge game. If he plays, the 24-year-old free agent, who has been ... >> view original