GEORGE Ilsley, one of the Bendigo Football Netball League’s greatest ever key forwards, has died. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Eaglehawk Football Club
End of the road for Tigers by Richard Jones
KYNETON’S hopes of going deep into September in their first Bendigo
Football League finals series since 2003 were dashed by Eaglehawk on Sunday. Continue reading
Hawks belt Magpies, hold them to three goals by Richard Jones
EAGLEHAWK did not concede a single goal to Castlemaine until the five-minute mark of the last quarter, romping home to a massive 92-point win on Saturday. Continue reading
G-Train bangs home 11 as Hawks belt Roos by Richard Jones
EAGLEHAWK booted seven first quarter goals while restricting Kangaroo Flat to one to set up an eventual 77-point victory at Bendigo Mazda Oval on Saturday. Inspired by dynamic full-forward Matt ‘G-Train’ Gretgrix who speared home 11 goals straight – including four in the opening term – the Hawks were in supreme control match-long.
BFL’s 1945 season opens soon after VE Day’s parties by Richard Jones
THE 1945 BFL season opened on Saturday 19 May just 11 days after the Allies World War 2 victory in Europe over Germany had been celebrated on VE Day: 8 May.
Hawks sneak home, deny Magpies first win
MARYBOROUGH came within a whisker of registering their first win of the 2014 season at Eaglehawk’s Canterbury Park on Saturday.
In the end a match-sealing last quarter major 25 minutes in from Eaglehawks’ Wade Minter, playing his ninth senior game, handed the home side a nine-point victory.

