We continue our look back at some of the sporting highlights around the region in 2017 with stories that made the news between April 1 and June 30.
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April
Tatyoon netballers got a boost, with the club receiving a $100,000 grant for new netball changerooms at the Tatyoon Recreation Reserve.
The Hawks also unfurled their 2016 Mininera and District Football League flag when they hosted Ararat Eagles in a round one clash.
Ararat footballer Tom Williamson made a successful AFL debut in front of more than 48,000 people when Carlton faced Essendon at the MCG.
Ararat’s Ella Wood was selected to tryout for the Victoria Country under-16 girls football team.
The Ararat Rats and Stawell Warriors played in the first Wimmera Football League Good Friday match at North Park with a big crowd watching on.
May
Nathaniel Kuchel will compete in the qualifiers of the first person view National Drone Racing Championships at the weekend.
The Ararat Eagles senior side scored just its fourth victory since the end of the 2012 season when the final siren sounded against Caramut on Saturday.
The Mininera and District Football League Interleague team faced South West in Hamilton, losing the 2017 match by 31 points.
Ararat cyclist Lucas Hamilton started off the European season strongly with a second-place finish in the Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo in Italy.
Ararat Eagles netballer Riki McRoberts made history as she played her 500th senior netball game when the Eagles faced Penshurst on Saturday.
June
Ararat athlete Paddy Turner was named the Victorian Runners and Trainers Association under-20 athlete of the year on Saturday night.
Chalambar Bowls Club member Karen Brennan faced her toughest challenge yet when she competed in the Australian Open Bowls Championship for the first time on the Gold Coast.
Ararat’s One Tree Hill was the scene of the final stage of the Victorian Hill Climb Championships with drivers travelling from all around the state as well as interstate.
The Ararat Redbacks had a successful end to their season with four of the seven teams competing reaching the grand final of the Ballarat junior tournament.
Ararat claimed the bragging rights, beating Stawell by 73 points in the Turner Tuckey Challenge at Stawell’s Central Park.
Young Ararat cyclist Alice Culling was selected in the 2017 Australian UCI Junior World Championships squad.
