Greater depth has Geelong ready to pounce
Comeback kids: Daniel Menzel and Nathan Vardy. Photo: Getty Images Greater depth and class in the crucial mid-20s age group has Geelong hopeful a top-four resurgence - and potential flag assault - will eventuate this season.The ability to successfully lure Patrick Dangerfield (25), Lachie Henderson (26), Zac Smith (25) and Scott Selwood (25), along with the expected development of the likes of injury-hit pair Nathan Vardy (24) and Daniel Menzel (24), is expe..>> view originalCadel Evans bike race powers into last leg
Cadel Evans Race women's event start line. Picture: Alison WyndRIDERS in the Elite Men’s race have passed through the Surf Coast and are heading towards Moriac as they close in on the final 100km of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.They will come into Geelong via the notorious hills of Highton and end at the waterfront finish line.Streets and roads across the region have been lined with spectators and there is a carnival atmosphere ready to cheer home the leaders on the waterfront.Sprint su..>> view originalCadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: Cycling live blog, updates
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: Cycling live blog, updates Roar Guru 12 Have your say After winning the Tour Down Under, Simon Gerrans will enter today's race as the hot favourite (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) After a hotly contested Tour Down Under saw Orica-GreenEDGE dominate, can they continue their dominance at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race? Join The Roar’s live coverage from 12:15pm AEDT. From the dry heat of Adelaide, to the wet and windy Geelong, the riders will face a..>> view originalLynch wants Suns to emulate 'culture clubs'
Lynch wants Suns to emulate 'culture clubs' Peter Ryan January 31, 2016 10:47 AM Tom Lynch has been appointed one of the Suns' three vice-captains for 2016 GOLD Coast vice-captain Tom Lynch says he wants the Suns to have engendered the same respect as Hawthorn, Geelong and the Sydney Swans when he finishes his career. The key forward was one of the few shining lights for the Suns in 2015 as the expansion club's growing pains were ..>> view originalInvestigations begin into Vic plane crash - Yahoo7
Emergency crews have resumed their search for a fourth body after a plane crash near Geelong. The search may be widened for the fuselage of a light plane that crashed into the ocean off Victoria's surf coast, killing all four people on board.Despite an extensive search in Bass Strait off Point Lonsdale, the wreckage of the Piper Cherokee that plunged into the sea on Friday afternoon has not been found.Three bodies were recovered from the crash scene within hours but a fourth victim remain..>> view originalI'll always be a Cat, says new Don Stokes
I'll always be a Cat, says new Don Stokes Michael Whiting January 30, 2016 3:43 PM Mthew Stokes will play for Essendon this season, but remains a Cat at heart HE MAY be wearing Essendon's colours this season, but new recruit Mathew Stokes says he'll always be a Geelong man. Stokes joined the growing list of Bombers' top-up players during the week and speaking to the media for the first time on Saturday, said he was excited about t..>> view original37 migrants drown trying to reach Greece
37 migrants drown trying to reach GreeceAt least 37 people have drowned after a boat carrying Syrian refugees attempting the short sea journey from Turkey to Greece struck rocks and capsized.Images of dead children on a beach on Saturday were another soul-searing reminder that Europe's migrant crisis keeps destroying lives and families by the day."January has been the deadliest month so far for drownings between Turkey and Greece," Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies director at Human Rights Watch,..>> view originalZika virus hits pregnant Colombian women
More than 2100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.Zika virus hits pregnant Colombian womenMore than 2100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.Colombia's national health institute announced the statistic on Saturday, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas.The virus has been linked to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents foetus' brains from developing properly. There is no vaccine.There ..>> view originalImmigration tensions boil over in Sweden
Immigration tensions boil over in SwedenA gang of masked, black-clad men have rampaged through the streets of Stockholm after handing out leaflets threatening to attack migrant street youths.The incident on Friday night highlights the growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, a country of 10 million which received 163,000 asylum seekers last year, and comes days after a 22-year old female worker was stabbed to death in a centre for unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in southwestern Sweden.Th..>> view originalMy Place: a journey of discovery at Ballarat Station
Ballarat Railway Station Photo: SUPPLIED Any transport hub can be a place of joyful reunions and fond farewells, but for me, Ballarat Railway Station is all of that; and so much more.Ballarat Station, a wonderful architectural wedding cake, was opened, in its current incarnation, in 1889. One can only imagine the scenes of jubilation for the ever burgeoning and prosperous city's population, when the long route via Geelong was curtailed by the opening of the d..>> view original
Saturday, January 30, 2016
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