2009
Six Kyabram and Tongala junior footballers were part of a Goulburn Campaspe Junior Football League team which won the under-12 division of the Central Murray development carnival.
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Kyle Mueller, Ben Shellie, Charlie Loew, Beau Joyce, Tannar Cerrone and Drew Barratt were involved, with Mueller voted the player of the carnival as a goal-kicking midfielder.
Kyabram’s Russell Barratt was coach of the under-13 team which included Liam Barratt, Jack Donnell, Tim Richards, Sean Dillon, Tom Holman and Jayden Mitchell.
The under-14 team was coached by Kyabram’s Brendan Ryan and in the team were Nick Holman, Besim Besim, Jake Casey, Zac Cerrone, Dean Sing and Jack Baum.
· Kyabram teenagers Riley Bacon and Tyler Dunn won scholarships to the Metropolitan Golf Club, giving them 12 months of access to the first-class course and monthly tutorials with professional Brian Thwaite.
The Kyabram Parkland Golf Club juniors were among 100 golfers who vied for the scholarships, with 12 winning places in the squad.
· Teenage squash ace Simon Lucas won a spot in the Victorian team for the national junior titles, the 15-year-old sealing his spot on the team at the state titles.
The Year 9 St Augustine’s College student won two qualification events in the lead-up to selection and had the Australian Championships in his sights, with the 2014 Commonwealth Games firmly as a long term goal.
· Two of Kyabram’s favourite footballers, Chris Atkins and Josh Vick, were celebrating milestones.
Vick was playing his 100th senior game and Atkins his 200th, the later a two-time best-and-fairest and a part of the 1995 under-18 premiership.
Vick was in his third season as captain of the club and won the best-and-fairest in the first of those years as team leader.
1999
Kyabram Basketball Association’s 1999 season included awards for Mark Ciavarella and David McLeod.
The junior boys competition was co-ordinated by David Horan and Jay Kennedy, with KBA president Annette Pell involved in co-ordinating the girls competition.
Among the stars of that competition were Sara Pettifer, Skye Gill and Rebecca Emmett.
1989
Trudy and Telia Tonkin chalked up their 100th game of netball for Kyabram, prominent players for the team in its B-grade win at Seymour.
The sporting family had a proud tradition in a variety of sports in the town.
· Kyabram coach Lawrie Casey had 45 disposals in a losing team for the Bombers as they were beaten by Echuca.
After 11 rounds Kyabram was on the bottom of the ladder, with three wins, losing by two goals to Echuca.
Warren Davies toiled in the ruck for the team, while Daryl Argus and Vic Morris were top players.
Around the Goulburn Valley League Richard Warburton kicked four goals for top team Shepparton United and Phillip “Toot” Morgan was best-on-ground.
Games record holder Anthony “Tank” McPhee kicked four goals for Rochester, which was sitting second on the ladder and beat Tongala by seven goals despite Barry Nexhip kicking six goals.
Egan and Bamblett were two dominant names for Lemnos in its win against Tatura, where Danny Alper kicked four goals and Jodie Canavan was the Bulldogs’ best player.
· Tongala stalwart Mick Shanahan played his 200th game for the Blues after 12 years with the club, including premierships in 1983 and 1984.
After a knee reconstruction in 1986 Shanahan coached the thirds team in 1987 and was a regular smiling face for Kyabram shoppers at Hilton’s Retravision.
1979
Fay Gollan won the Valley View Associates championship when she beat Bess Wood for the honour.
She won the award after winners of the last 10 years, Lorraine Gemmill and Glenda Prior, were unavailable to compete in the event.
It was her first championship win, clinched on the second last hole of a play-off event.
· Lancaster ruckman Keith Argus, a former star of the Goulburn Valley League with Tongala, was named the Player of the Month for his outstanding performances with the Wombats.
He won the award by 18 votes from Rob Ferguson and Algie Tonkin, accepting the prize from another Lancaster star in Noel Reddrop — an employee of Hilton’s Retravision.
Lancaster was second on the ladder at the time, after 11 rounds, Kevin Bell having kicked 31 goals for the season and Neil Hindson among the Wombats’ best players.
Merrigum was fourth and had just lost by three goals to top team Undera, with Barry Taylor kicking six of its eight goals.
Girgarre coach David Marshall was on the sidelines for his team’s 12-goal loss to Lancaster and the Kangaroos were second bottom on the ladder.
· Champion Girgarre clay target shooter Trevor Byrne was selected in a five-man Australian Trench Team for the world championships.
The Kyabram Apex Club Sportstar of the Year winner for 1976-77 was one of two Victorians selected in the team and at 21 years old was one of the best marksmen in the country.
Trevor gained his initial interest in the sport through an involvement with Kyabram High School’s Outdoor Club, an initiative of former teacher Pat Anderson.
Kyabram Free Press and Campaspe Valley News editor