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08/09/2024

🥈 BAMAWM Extension's Col Pearse has won his second Paralympics medal.

Pearse won silver in the men's 200m medley SM10 overnight in Paris, finishing in a time of 2:12.79.

Pearse was just over two seconds behind gold medalist Stefano Raimondi of Italy, who won in a time of 2:10.24.

Pearse knocked off almost four seconds from his qualifying time in the final to win silver.

Pearse's silver medal came a fortnight after the death of his grandfather.

"Whenever he used to go to the pub back home, he used to tell everyone about me. To lose him so close to the competition, this was for him, I know up in the clouds he's sucking on a few VBs and crying and being so proud of me," Pearse said. 🥲

06/09/2024

🌟 Scholarship stars!
The Bendigo Sports Star committee, sponsors, athletes and families had a fantastic evening last night at Red Energy Arena Bendigo celebrating our scholarship winners.

Congratulations to April winner Kian Blanchard; Tetrathlon, May winner Emily Kearns; swimming, June winner Amy Bachmann; dressage, and July winner Tobie Travaglia for football (joint winner with Charlotte Sexton; netball).

We enjoyed hearing from each athlete, and what they are hoping to achieve in the near future in their chosen sport. Special mention to Willow representing D-Club , she did a great job handing the athletes their 12 month gym memberships! Huge thank you to our sponsors for making last night possible.

14/08/2024

🔦 SPORTS STAR SPONSORS SPOTLIGHT
Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health is a leading regional health service, with around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We are very grateful of the on-going support they offer to the Bendigo Sports Star Awards. Their generous support enables Young Indigenous athletes to keep pursuing their sporting ambitions.

10/08/2024

This afternoon the eyes of athletics fans across Bendigo and further afield will focus on Andy Buchanan as he competes in the marathon.
The 42.2km showdown will start at 4pm (AEST).

It’s Buchanan’s first Olympics and just the fifth marathon of his career.
A dual national 10km cross-country champion, Buchanan raced at last year’s world XC titles in Bathurst.

The biggest road race of his career leading into Paris was seventh place at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

He caught the eye of selectors with strong runs in the past three editions of the Haspa Hamburg Marathon.

Buchanan is a multiple finalist in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award and gun competitor for Bendigo Region, aka Bats, and Bendigo University Pride.

Athletics Bendigo has teamed up with Verve Running to host a “watch party” at Lar Birpa Bendigo Athletics Complex in Retreat Road, Flora Hill from 3pm on Saturday.

09/08/2024

⭐️ 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦

July Winner
🏃🏼 Andy Buchanan, athletics:
Victory in the Oceania half-marathon championship on the Gold Coast added to Andy’s superb list of running feats. The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games marathon runner fought on to win the 21.1km duel for the Oceania title in a personal best of 1 hour 2.25 minutes. Earned a late call-up to run the marathon at the Paris Olympics.

July Scholarship Recipients
👏 Tobie Travaglia, AFL:
Tobie capped a superb national under-18 championship and was named in the All-Australian team. Tobie was selected on a half-back flank in the national squad and plays for Victoria Country and earned fifth placing in the Larke Medal as the carnival’s MVP.

🙌🏻 Charlotte Sexton, netball:
Charlotte is a rising star of the Bendigo Strikers program and has been selected in the Australian 21-and-under netball squad to tour Fiji in August. Charlotte is a goalkeeper for the Sandhurst netball club.

Amazing efforts, our local athletes are sure doing us proud!

08/08/2024

🥇There are strong links between Bendigo and Australia’s gold medal-winning cyclists who blitzed in the teams pursuit at the Paris Olympics.

Victorious coach Tim Decker began his coaching career in Bendigo and also racked up an impressive list of wins on the track and road.

Decker was a finalist in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year and his feats as a competitor and coach earned the Faith Leech Inspiration Award at Bendigo Sports Star of the Year for 2014-15.

The Decker-coached team went into the Paris showdown as underdogs against the might of Great Britain, Italy and Denmark.

In the race for gold it was the Aussies who charged to victory in 3 minutes 42.067 seconds to end GB’s reign as the discipline’s best at Olympic level.

There’s plenty more medals to Australia’s track cycling team which has Tim Decker and another Bendigo-raised champion in Glenn O’Shea as part of the coaching panel.

Earlier this year, O’Shea was inducted to the Basil Ashman Hall of Fame at Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year presentation.

07/08/2024

Australia’s run in men’s basketball at the Paris Olympics was ended early Tuesday (AEST) as the quarter-final against Serbia went into overtime.

A Boomers line-up which included Bendigo’s Dyson Daniels and Maryborough’s Matthew Dellavedova charged to a 24-point lead during the second quarter on the back of superb shooting by Patty Mills and Josh Giddey.

Competing at his fourth Olympics, Dellavedova is a dual winner of Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year, won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, and an NBA championship with Cleveland Cavaliers.

Daniels marked his Olympics debut.
The 21-year-old guard who is a multiple monthly finalist and scholarship recipient in Sports Star of the Year took on some tough defensive assignments on the Paris court.

In the quarter-final the Boomers dominated most of the first half.
A 31-17 lead at quarter-time became more than 20 in the second.
The Nikola Jokic and Bogdan Bogdanovic-inspired Serbia struck back to be within 12 points at half-time.

Serbia dominated the third term.

As the Serbs raised the defensive pressure and shots started to fall, Australia struggled at both ends of the court.
Serbia led 67-65 at a quarter to play.

The Boomers showed plenty of fighting spirit to make it 82-all by the end of the fourth quarter as an epic contest went into overtime.

Serbia won the extra period, 13-8, to seal a 95-90 victory.

Serbia will now meet the United States in the semi-finals.

06/08/2024

It’s BOOM or bust as Australia’s men’s basketball team takes on Serbia in tonight’s quarter-final at the Paris Olympics.
A Boomers line-up which includes Bendigo’s Dyson Daniels and Maryborough’s Matthew Dellavedova finished the pool rounds on a one-two record.
Australia tipped off its Games campaign by beating Spain, but was then outplayed by Canada and Greece.
Medal hopes are still alive as the Boomers take on Serbia from 10.30pm on Tuesday (AEST).
Competing at his first Olympics, Dyson Daniels has impressed with his defensive workrate and also accuracy from three-point range.

The winner of the Australia and Serbia match will face USA or Brazil in the semi-finals.

06/08/2024

Dustin Martin’s brilliant AFL career with Richmond will end on a 302-game mark.
Martin today called time on his playing days with the Tigers.

A triple premiership player and three-time Norm Smith medallist as best on ground in the grand final, Martin was joint winner of Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year in 2017-18.

The football champion shared the honour with yachtsman Glenn Ashby whose feats on the water included America’s Cup success and competing at the Olympics.

Among the many career highs for Martin was a Brownlow medal and first premiership victory in 2017.
Martin was a key factor in the grand final wins of 2019 and ’20.

As well as a Brownlow, three premierships, Martin was a four-time All-Australian, a three-time winner of the Gary Ayres award for best in an AFL finals series.

He also earned the Jack Dyer Medal as Richmond’s fairest and best in 2016 and ’17 and wore number four which had been worn by legendary forward Royce Hart, a four-time premiership player for the Tigers.
Martin’s final game for the yellow and black was against North Melbourne last Saturday.

There had been speculation he may head to Gold Coast and reunite with premiership-winning coach Damien Hardwick, but that is not to be.

05/08/2024

🥈 Bendigo swimming star Jenna Strauch has capped a second Olympics campaign by winning a silver medal.
Jenna swam the breast-stroke leg in Monday morning’s (AEST) women’s 4 x 100m medley relay to complete the swim program at the Paris Games.
Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year for 2021-22, Jenna swam her relay leg in 1:07.31 as the Aussies were third going into the butterfly.

The Australian team of Kaylee McKeown, Jenna Strauch, Emma McKeon and Mollie O'Callaghan swam the final in 3:53.11 to be runner-up.
To be racing the world’s best at the Olympics caps a remarkable feat by Jenna who first competed with Bendigo East Swimming Club and later relocated to the Gold Coast.

Jenna Strauch is the first swimmer from Bendigo to win an Olympic medal since Faith Leech struck gold in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

01/08/2024

𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙤 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚

🏊🏼‍♀️ Bendigo swimming ace Jenna Strauch has missed on qualifying for the 200m breast-stroke final at the Paris Olympics.
Crowned Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year in 2022, Strauch was fifth in the first of two semi-finals in 2:34.05 on Thursday morning (AEST) in Paris.
It was 10th fastest time in her ‘pet’ event at a second Olympics campaign.
Strauch’s focus now switches to the 4 x 100m medley which begins with Saturday night’s heats (AEST).
The Australian line-up is rated a strong chance to claim a medal.

🏀 On the basketball court and Australia netted its first victory in the women’s 3 x 3 tournament on Thursday morning.
The Gangurrus line-up which includes Ally Wilson who has played at WNBL level for Bendigo Spirit and NBL1 with Bendigo Spirit scored a 21-19 win against Germany.
Scores were 19-all when Ally Wilson sunk the winning shot.
The Gangurrus will be back on court later on Thursday to play China at 5pm (AEST) and then United States at 9pm (AEST).

More early mornings, and late nights for us Bendigonians cheering on our Sports Stars ⭐️👏.

31/07/2024

𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙤 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚

🏀 It’s must-win for the Australian Boomers as they take to the court for Friday night’s showdown with Greece in men’s basketball at the Paris Olympics.
A Boomers line-up which includes Bendigo’s Dyson Daniels and Maryborough’s Matthew Dellavedova will be aiming to rebound from a 93-83 loss to Canada in the second of its pool matches played on Tuesday night.
Daniels is a multiple finalist in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award, and Dellavedova is a dual winner of the prestigious award.
Australia and Greece will play from 9.30pm (AEST) on Friday.

🏊🏼‍♀️ Tonight’s action at the swimming pool in Paris will include Bendigo’s Jenna Strauch racing in the heats of the 200m breast-stroke heats.
First heats will be at 7pm (AEST).
It’s a second Olympics campaign for Strauch who was ranked 22nd in the 100m breast-stroke.
The 200m is her ‘pet’ event.
Strauch was ninth fastest at the Tokyo Olympics.

🏀 It will be a run of three matches for Australia in the 3 x 3 women’s basketball at the Games on Thursday.
A Gangurrus line-up which has strong links to Bendigo and WNBL club Bendigo Spirit was beaten 22-14 in the first of its pool matches by Canada on Wednesday morning.
Australia will take on Germany from 1.30am (AEST) on Thursday and then face China at 5pm and United States at 9pm.
In game one it was Ally Wilson who played for the Bendigo Braves women’s NBL1 team who led Australia against Canada on six points and six rebounds.

Another couple of big days ahead in Paris for our sports stars. Good luck!!!

30/07/2024

𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙤 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚
🏀 An Australian Boomers line-up which includes Bendigo’s Dyson Daniels and Maryborough’s Matthew Dellavedova takes to the court for Tuesday night’s clash with Canada at the Paris Olympics.
Daniels was among the Boomers best in his Games debut against Spain.
The Boomers take on Canada from 9.30pm (AEST).
As Daniels marks his first Games it’s a fourth Olympics campaign for Dellavedova.

🏊🏼‍♀️ Another winner of Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award, Jenna Strauch will now focus on her pet event, the 200m breast-stroke at her second Olympics in Paris.
Strauch won her 100m breast-stroke heat in 1:07.27, but was 23rd in the rankings.
The top 16 qualify for the semi-finals.
Strauch will be back in the pool on Wednesday night (AEST) for the 200m breast-stroke heats.

🏀 A guard for Bendigo Spirit and Bendigo Braves in recent seasons, Ally Wilson takes to the court at 2am on Wednesday (AEST) in the women’s 3x3 basketball.
Australia faces Canada in the first of seven matches across the preliminary rounds.

🏃🏼 Later in the Games it will be marathon runner Andy Buchanan who marks his Olympics debut.
Buchanan was a late call-up for the 42.2km showdown as Brett Robinson withdrew because of injury.
The men’s marathon will be run on Saturday, August 10 from 4pm (AEST).

It's been so exciting watching our local sports stars on TV!!

Images sourced from athletes social media.

16/07/2024

🏆 JUNE MONTHLY WINNER, AND JUNE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

We congratulate and are pleased to announce the following award winners for the month of June:

⭐️ Monthly Sport Star Winner
𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴:
Courtney became Bendigo’s latest national champion when she charged to victory in the Devils Cardigan-Elite Women’s Australian Gravel Championship in Derby, Tasmania. A big year for Courtney included a series of races across the United States. Courtney will now prepare for the UCI Gravel World Champs to be held in October in Belgium. Courtney is now in the running to be crowned the 2024 Bendigo Sports Star of the Year at our Gala evening in February.
Image credit: Jean-Pierre Ronco / Image Writer Photography

Monthly Scholarship Recipient
𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 (𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲):
Amy has excelled at several international events in dressage this year. She teamed with Midge to be third in the under-25 grand prix freestyle class at Willinga Park Dressage by the Sea. Amy and River were runner-up in the Medium Tour Freestyle class at the same event. Amy was third in the under-25 grand prix freestyle at the Sydney CDI and third in medium tour freestyle. Amy was runner-up in under-25 grand prix class and won the medium tour title at this year’s Victorian State Dressage Championships. Amy is near the top 40 in world rankings for the under-25 grand prix class which is the highest level of dressage. Amy is a fourth-year dental science student at La Trobe University Bendigo.
Image from Amy's instagram.

Please join us in congratulating both winners 👏.

12/07/2024

Go Col! Great interview this week on Today.
Happy birthday for Wednesday Col! 🥳

https://fb.watch/tggpkNn3qL/?mibextid=UalRPS

07/07/2024

Multiple finalists in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award, Jenna Strauch and Col Pearse will be swimming for glory at the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.
Both capped hundreds of hours training by earning selection for what will be a second Games campaign.
Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year in 2021-22, Jenna is likely to swim the breast-stroke leg for the 4 x 100m medley relay at the Olympics.
Now a dual Olympian, Jenna first started training and then racing with the Bendigo East Swimming Club.

A bronze medallist at the Tokyo Paralympics, Col Pearse from Bamawm is likely to have a busy program at the Paris Games.
A Commonwealth Games champion, Col also won silver and bronzed at the 2023 world titles in Manchester.
At last month’s Paralympic selection trials, Col qualified for the 200m medley in S10 class.
Col could also race in the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke at the Paralympics which will be on from August 28 to September 8.

03/07/2024

Dyson Daniels and his Australian Boomers team-mates will be aiming to mark a clean-sweep of the friendly series with China in tonight's match at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena.

The Boomers tipped off their latest round of matches in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics by scoring a 107-87 victory in Tuesday night’s match.
A monthly finalist and previous scholarship recipient in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award, Dyson Daniels is among a group of 17 vying to make the final team of 12 to compete at the Paris Olympics.

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for Daniels who last week was traded to Atlanta Hawks after a two-season stint with New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA.

Those vying for selection for the Paris Games include Maryborough-raised Matt Dellavedova, a dual winner of Bendigo Sports Star of the Year award and NBA champion in his time with Cleveland Cavaliers.

Should he make the squad for Paris it will be a fourth Olympics campaign for Dellavedova.

After the series with China the Boomers will be bound for Abu Dhabi to play matches against United States and Serbia before moving to onto France.

Image from Australian Boomers social media.

17/06/2024

🏆 Congratulations to our May Scholarship recipient Emily Kearns, swimming:

A backstroke specialist, Emily has made Australian Age Championship finals every year since she was 13. Emily competed at the Australian Open championships on the Gold Coast and was a finalist in the 18-19 years 100m and 200m backstroke. Emily was second in the 200m, and sixth in the 100m. She qualified for the Australian Olympic Swimming Trials in Brisbane in early June. Emily is a team leader for Melbourne Swimming Club, Bendigo squad and regularly earned a top three place in Victorian events.

Please join us in congratulating Emily 👏🏻.
Thank you to our sponsors for their continued support.

14/06/2024

🌟 From kicking the footy in a Yapeen paddock, playing at Castlemaine’s Camp Reserve and then on to the MCG, Dustin Martin has done so much in a brilliant football career with Richmond.
This Saturday the Tigers superstar will mark his 300th AFL match.
Martin’s milestone will be against Hawthorn at the MCG.
It’s been an incredible journey which included junior footy at Campbells Creek, under-18s and seniors at Castlemaine, TAC Cup action with the Bendigo Pioneers.
A triple premiership player, Martin joined an illustrious group as Bendigo Sports Star of the Year in 2017-18.
The award followed the first of his grand final victories with the yellow and black and also the Brownlow Medal.
Martin joined Joel Selwood, a four-time premiership winner with Geelong as a Sports Star of the Year recipient.
The honour went to Selwood in 2009-10 following the first of his grand final wins with the Cats.
Selected at pick three in 2009 AFL national draft, Martin marked his debut for the Tigers in the opening round of 2010 against Carlton.
The dynamic on-baller/forward is the only player to have earnt three Norm Smith medals as best afield in an AFL grand final.
Martin did so in the Tigers’ run of premiership glory in 2017, ’19 and ’20 and earned the Gary Ayres award as player of the finals in all three campaigns.
A four-time All-Australian, he is also a dual winner of the Jack Dyer Medal as Richmond’s club champion.
He has shunned the limelight for most of the build-up to the milestone, but it’s his footy which has done the talking and inspired so many across his 299 games so far.

Image sourced from Richmond FC social media.

28/05/2024

Three AFL guns with links to Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award were in hot form across the weekend’s Sir Doug Nichols round.
Jake Stringer, Dustin Martin and Ollie Wines who were all drafted from the Bendigo Pioneers played key roles for their clubs in the 11th round action.

A Sports Star of the Year finalist in 2016, Jake Stringer marked his 200th match as Essendon met Richmond in the 20th edition of Dreamtime at the ‘G.
Stringer made a flying start as he kicked three goals in the opening term as more than 79,000 fans watched on.
The Bombers won a great contest with the Tigers, 86-74, as Stringer finished with four goals.

Dustin Martin was back to his brilliant best in the Tigers clash with the Bombers.
Playing predominantly in attack Martin racked up 22 disposals and three goals.
A first-quarter shot will be a goal of the year contender.
The triple premiership player and three-time Norm Smith medallist is closing in on the 300-game milestone.
Martin plays game 298 at Geelong this Saturday night.

A week after being subbed out because of heart palpitations in Port Adelaide’s win against Hawthorn, Ollie Wines was back on-field as Power played North Melbourne in Hobart.
The Brownlow medallist in 2021, Wines racked up 26 disposals and kicked two goals as Port Adelaide beat the Kangaroos by 59 points.

22/05/2024

A rising star on the netball court, Ollie Ryan is among the Bendigo Sports Star of the Year’s scholarship intake for 2024.
The talented mid-court player marked a gold medal-winning performance at the national under-17 boys titles by being selected in the All-Star Seven.
A 62-61 overtime win against South Australia in the grand final capped a superb tournament for Ollie and his Victorian team-mates.
Since then Ollie has made his way to Sydney for a training camp with the Australian under-17 squad.

A training partner with the Bendigo Strikers Netball, Ollie will keep working hard on his fitness and skills in the lead-up to M-League action later this year.
As part of his scholarship, Ollie received a membership package from D-Club 24/7 in Bendigo’s Bath Lane.

21/05/2024

🏌️Golfing ace Lucas Herbert endured a tough final day at the US PGA in Valhalla, Kentucky.
The Bendigo Sports Star of the Year across 2020 and ’21, Herbert went into the final round of his latest PGA hit-out in equal 16th place.
It had been a great run by the Bendigo-raised golfing ace who first played on the Neangar Park fairways and greens in Eaglehawk.
Herbert’s goal was a top-15 finish or higher which would earn automatic qualification for next year’s US PGA.
It was not to be as Herbert carded a three-over 74 and finished in equal 43rd place at 15 shots behind eventual winner Xander Schauffele.
Herbert’s focus now returns to the LIV Golf tour and the upcoming Houston event on June 7-9.
Team Ripper which includes Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones and Marc Leishman is eyeing a hat-trick of LIV victories following their success in Adelaide and Singapore.

Among the many highs of Herbert’s golfing career as a teenager was earning the Cyril Michelsen Trust Fund in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award for 2010-11.
He has also given back to the game through the Lucas Herbert Golf Scholarship in which six talented youngsters received funds to assist their progress in the sport.
The scholarship taps into support players from Neangar Park, Axedale and Bendigo which is where Herbert played as a junior.

Herbert was at Red Energy Arena for last December’s scholarship presentation ahead of the Wilson Storage Christmas Challenge at Bendigo Golf Club.
The gun professional was among a field of 240 to contest the Andrew Johnston Four Ball Best Ball event on Bendigo GC’s fairways and greens.
Image via IG.

18/05/2024

🌟 April Sports Star Scholarship recipient is Kian Blanchard, tetrathlon:

Kian’s sport is specifically within Pony Club and a variant of modern pentathlon, without fencing. The event comprises four disciplines – shooting, swimming, riding and running. He represented Victoria at last year’s nationals in Perth. Competing above his age grade in the seniors, Kian was part of the team’s championship win. A multiple state titleholder at junior level, Kian will represent Australia in competitions across the United Kingdom and Ireland this July and August. Kian is the reigning state under-19 men’s modern pentathlon champion and will compete at nationals later this year.

Congratulations and all the best for representing Australia this year. Please join us in congratulating Kian 👏👏.

17/05/2024

🏆 Congratulations to Emma Berg for being selected as April Bendigo Sports Star.

🙌🏻 Emma won the national women’s open shot put title for a fourth time after a throw of 16.32m at Athletics Australia’s field and track championships in Adelaide. Emma’s mark was the best at national titles since Dani Samuels reached 16.55m in 2010-11. It was Emma’s third national title win in a row. Emma is now in the running for the 2024/25 Sports Star of the Year, which will be announced at the Gala evening in February 2025. Please join us in congratulating Emma or her achievement. A big thank you to our sponsors for supporting our awards and the athletes.

24/04/2024

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 '𝟮𝟰 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 - 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗠𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗚......and a happy 21st birthday TODAY 🥳
🥇🥇🥇A triple gold medallist at Cycling Australia’s national titles in March, Alessia McCaig has claimed another monthly award in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year for ’24.

Alessia won the elite women’s keirin for the second year in a row and ruled the sprint and time trial duels at Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane.
The keirin was a huge upset against Kristina Clonan who had dominated women’s sprinting the previous three years.
Alessia warmed up for the nationals by winning four medals at the Oceania titles in Cambridge, New Zealand.
The medal haul was gold in the team sprint, silver in the keirin, and bronze in sprint and time trial.
Another high for Alessia in March was racing at the 50th Bendigo International Madison carnival on the Labor Day holiday weekend.

An outstanding track season by Alessia McCaig earned Cycling Victoria’s track cyclist of the year award for 2023-24.
A multiple monthly finalist in Sports Star, Alessia earned the Maxine Crouch Trust Fund in 2018-19.
Alessia is now in the running to be crowned the Bendigo Sports Star of the Year 2024 our annual Gala evening in Feb 2025.

23/04/2024

🥉🥉 It was bronze medals for Mia Harvey and Dash Daniels to cap their outstanding play at Basketball Australia’s National Junior Championships in Queensland.
The talented teens have been scholarship recipients in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year awards.
Mia was in the scholarship intake of 2022 and ’23, and Dash in ’22.
At her latest national titles campaign, Mia was vice-captain of Victoria Country’s under-18 team.

After an 89-64 loss to New South Wales in the semi-final, Mia and her team-mates bounced back to score an 80-44 victory against South Australia in the bronze medal play-off.

After an unbeaten run in six pool matches and then a quarter-final at the South Pine complex in Moreton Bay, Dash and his team-mates went down, 93-70 in the semi-final clash with South Australia Metro. Victoria Country marked an 86-61 win against Queensland North in the clash for the bronze medal.

Picture by Darren Howe.

23/04/2024

🥇 Gold for a fourth time at Athletics Australia’s national track and field titles has capped another superb season for Bendigo shot put champion Emma Berg.
A multiple monthly winner in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award, Emma won a closely-fought contest in Adelaide.

A mark of 16.32 metres clinched victory for Emma who hails from Swan Hill and is a long-time member of South Bendigo Athletics Club.
The win also capped the many hours dedicated to training and the work by coach Peter Barrett who was the John Forbes coach/manager award winner in Sports Star for 2023.

Among the highs of Emma’s season was a personal best of 16.87m at Lakeside Stadium in South Melbourne.

Although not near the qualifying mark for the Paris Olympics, Emma will keep pursuing a goal of representing Australia at world titles and then on the pathway to Commonwealth Games and the 2028 Olympics. Photo by SCOTT SIDLEY.

18/04/2024

What an impressive bunch of athletes!!!
The Bendigo Sports Star committee, sponsors, athletes and families had a fantastic evening last night at Red Energy Arena Bendigo celebrating our scholarship winners.

Congratulations to Sophie Hughes; canoeing, Toby Sexton; canoeing, Chloe Kanazawa-Poodduwage for gymnastics, Connor O’Brien, s***t shooting and Ollie Ryan for netball.

Every athlete spoke well, and told us what their goals are for 2024. Huge thank you to our sponsors for making last night possible.

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Rising Reid!
Five games into his AFL career with West Coast Eagles and La Trobe University Bendigo Pioneers Football Club draftee Harley Reid is in the race for the AFL Rising Star award.
The number one draft pick of ’23, Reid was in superb form as the Eagles soared to a 39-point victory against Richmond in last Sunday’s clash.
Drafted to the big league via Bendigo Pioneers and Tongala, Reid racked up 27 disposals as the Eagles snapped their losing streak.
A highlight of the contest in the west was a brilliant third term in which he won 13 possessions and four clearances.

Reid’s play across ’23 earned a scholarship in Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year awards.

The Rising Star honour board is a who’s who of the AFL.
In 2007 it was Bendigo’s own Joel Selwood who capped his first season with Geelong by earning the Rising Star award and the first of four premierships with the Cats.
Selwood was Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year in 2009-10.
Inaugural winner of the AFL Rising Star in ’93 was Nathan Buckley playing for the Brisbane Bears, now Brisbane Lions.
Buckley is one of four Brownlow medallists to have been a Rising Star award recipient.
The others to have achieved a Brownlow/Rising Star honours are West Coast’s Ben Cousins, Sydney Swans’ Adam Goodes, and Hawthorn’s Sam Mitchell.

For Harley Reid and his Eagles team-mates the focus is now on this Saturday night’s derby with Fremantle Dockers.
After a three-nil start, Fremantle will be desperate to hit back from consecutive defeats by margins of 10 and three points.

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International Women's Day 2023. MISSION: To celebrate women athletes and applaud when equality is achieved in pay, sponsorship and visibility. Sport primes women and girls to lead, not soley on the track, or field, but in every aspect of life. We would like to acknowledge all the females doing amazing things in their choosen sport. Keep going!

Reliving the moment Caitlin Thwaites was inducted into the Sports Star Hall of Fame. As you’ll learn in this short clip, Caitlin was under the belief that she was attending the awards as a mentor - which she took in her stride and played the role well. We were delighted to surprise her with her induction into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame can be viewed at Red Energy Arena Bendigo.

The moment the 2022 Sports Star of the year was announced. Once again congratulations Jenna Strauch for swimming. Jenna pre-recorded an inspiring thank you speech which had the whole room (that’s 350 guests) in awe!

A word from the fabulous Benny Jones, our MC for the evening 🎙️.

🏀 Daniels stars for Pelicans against Mavericks! BENDIGO-RAISED basketball star Dyson Daniels played a key role as New Orleans Pelicans scored a two-point victory in their latest NBA win against Dallas Mavericks. Already in the running for Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year award after being taken at pick eight in the NBA draft, Daniels scored 11 points and racked up three rebounds, two assists and three steals on the New Orleans court. Throughout his 22 minutes on court, Daniels was often opposed to Dallas point guard Luka Doncic. The Daniels’ family of parents Ricky and Brikita, and Dyson’s brothers Kai and Dash were able to watch the Pelicans beat the Mavs. The Pelicans are away for this Saturday’s clash with Phoenix Suns. On his journey to the NBA, Dyson Daniels starred for Victoria as it won silver at last year’s Australian under-20 championships in Mackays. His play across five matches earned a Sports Star award for May, along with talented gymnast Ruby Conti. Dyson was also a recipient of a Sports Star scholarship award in consecutive years. This year’s scholarship intake includes Dash Daniels who will be bound for Guam in late November to represent Australia at the FIBA Oceania under-15 championships. Video shared from Pelicans Instagram.

MC Benny Jones always kicks things off in style. Great to have you back Benny!

Alessia McCaig

***BREAKING NEWS*** Congratulations to Alessia McCaign for winning the Gold medal 🥇 and breaking her own Australian record for the 500m TT at the U19 Elite Track Nationals in Brisbane. An incredible result! 9 News Central Victoria The Bendigo Advertiser Bendigo Times WIN News Bendigo.

Alessia McCaig in action

Monthly Winner December 2020 – Alessia McCaig The Bendigo Sports Star committee are so thrilled to see sport back up and running....or in this case cycling! Congratulations to Alessia McCaig for her performance at the Australian Track National Titles in Brisbane. Alessia won three gold medals in the under-19 division, gold in the 500m time trial in a record time of 35.1, as well as the keirin and sprint. Alessia’s time of 11.354 in the sprint set a new national championships and all-comers record. Next major goals is the Oceania titles this month. See Alessia in action below! Well done Alessia for your outstanding performance.

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A Proud History

Bendigo Sports Star Awards began back in March 1965 and were known as the Caltex Sports Star Awards. The first recipient was Eaglehawk cyclist Frank McCaig and the Awards have grown in stature ever since. Each month our judging panel selects a monthly Sports Star and these athletes are then considered for the main award - the Cloud Copy Click Bendigo Sports Star of the Year.

Further to the Bendigo Sports Star of the Year, the awards now feature the Cyril Michelsen and Maxine Crouch Trust Funds for up and coming athletes, as well as the prestigious Hall of Fame Award.

In more recent times, the Faith Leech Achievement Award was introduced to acknowledge the inspiring achievements of a member of the local sporting community as was the Healthiest School Awards - celebrating our local schools' commitment to promoting health and wellbeing. We have a wonderful group of sponsors too, helping to support our local athletes with the introduction of our Scholarships Program.

53 years strong, Sports Star's reputation remains as an outstanding initiative that acknowledges and champions local sporting achievements and identities.

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