By Paul Mitchell By necessity, the Scouts’ ‘be prepared’ motto also fits the philosophy of long-serving Naracoorte Racing Club track manager Bill Vine.  The club’s next scheduled meeting is more than two months away, on Friday 20 October, but a combination of recent history and old-fashioned pride in performance has the local track race-ready 365 […]

Mundulla made a pre-finals statement by comfortably beating fellow top five team Kingston in last Saturday’s KNTFL match of the round. After an even start, Mundulla pulled further away the longer the game went, to win 16.16 to 11.8. Gun goalkicker James Hinge was again in good touch with 5 goals and captain Nick Mosey was named best player, while Kingston’s young locals Ethan Murdock and Jack Harding were among the best for the seasiders. Mundulla’s win means the Tigers remain within reach of top spot on the ladder, while Kingston now has no hope of making the top 3 and will play in the first knockout elimination when finals arrive. Kybybolite continued its improved recent form with a thrilling win over Padthaway, despite a masterclass from ex-AFL goalkicker Daniel Menzel. Kyby led by 6 goals early in the last quarter before Padthaway stormed back, with Menzel kicking 4 goals […]

Opinion: Bush Turkey It’s a real shame that the top 5 teams in the KNTFL put such a gap on the rest of the comp so early in the season. Borders, Keith, Mundulla, Naracoorte and Kingston have pretty much been confirmed as the finalists right from about round 7 or 8, which has sucked a lot of the interest out of the finals race. The shame of it is, just looking at the ladder as a snapshot would give you the idea that it’s a competition split down the middle with the top 5 being so much better than the bottom 5. Kingston in fifth spot is 4 wins ahead of Padthaway in 6th, so the top half the ladder is streets ahead of the bottom half. But the truth of it is, and the reason why I think we have such a healthy competition, is that our bottom half […]

By Barb Altus Kingston goaled first and led midway through the first quarter before Mundulla, who were wearing black armbands to commemorate the passing of Tatiara legend and former Coach Eddie Dickinson, took the lead and extended it for the rest of the match to win well. At the start of the first term the Saints’ Matsouliadis slammed the ball forward where Wiseman kicked accurately forty seconds in. Kingston followed up with a couple of minor scores before the Tigers’ Nick Mosey and Hinge drove the ball to Stephan who kicked truly, then Ridgway, Guy and N Mosey worked the ball to Hinge who made no mistake. The Saints replied when Tom Rogers, Matsouliadis and Lockwood directed the ball to Fahlbusch-Moore who goaled, then took the lead when Lockwood and Braithwaite drove the ball to Harding who kicked accurately. Kingston had the majority of the play, but the Moots kept […]