Goldfields kick off 2025 season!

Castlemaine Goldfields players hit Chewton Soldiers Memorial Park last Friday evening! Photos: Max Lesser.

Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club are excited to announce registrations are now open for the 2025 season for age groups 9 and over. It promises to be a huge year for the club with anticipated regis...

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Tennis players combat the rain

Flyn and Harriet battled on despite rain interupted play. Photo: Max Lesser.

Intermittent rain showers affected Castlemaine District Tennis Association junior matches played on Saturday February 15. Fortunately, in most cases, the sides managed to play enough matches and sets ...

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Creek sides valiant

Campbells Creek Bowling Club’s Division 5 Midweek Pennant side gave their all in the Elimination Final against Marong.

Campbells Creek Bowling Club's Division 5 Weekend Pennant side hosted Strathfieldsaye in cool and blustery conditions on Saturday and went down by 11 shots.
Only two of the four teams were up at the f...

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Fostering friendships

The 2025 French exchange students and teachers and their Castlemaine Secondary College hosts enjoyed a farewell lunch at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens on Monday before they headed home.

The Castlemaine Secondary College was thrilled to play host to a group of exchange students and teachers from Arras, France from February 6-17.
CSC has welcomed French exchange students from sister sc...

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Do you know a talented apprentice?

Rotary Castlemaine will once again recognise and reward excellence of apprentices and trainees with the 2025 Apprentice/Trainee Awards.
Cash prizes totalling $1500 are on offer with nominations open ...

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Lester’s legacy honoured

Lester Stuchbree’s sister Marilyn, daughter Allison and son-in-law Kelvin are pictured with the newly unveiled plaque. Photo: Josh Gerosa.

Beloved Arcare Castlemaine resident and previous owner of the land, Lester Stuchbree, passed away on November 25.
A plaque was recently installed at the entrance to Arcare Castlemaine in commemoration...

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Record numbers for Gift

Castlemaine Gift coordinator Darryl Nettleton is pictured with some of the prizes up for grabs at Sunday’s award winning Castlemaine Gift, including glassware by renowned local artist Richard Morrell.

This Sunday's 2025 Castlemaine Gift at the Camp Reserve is expected to be the biggest and best yet with more than 700 registered entries.
Castlemaine Gift coordinator Darryl Nettleton said they are ab...

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Joe turns 90!

Longtime member Joe Norris celebrated his 90th birthday with fellow club members.

Tuesday's nine hole day at Mount Alexander Golf Club saw Myrl Hauser play well to win the ladies round with 32 nett.
Runner-up was Robyn Scoles. George Potts won the men's event with 23 points after a...

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Cool day bonus at Parkrun

As the temperature dropped, the number of participants at Castlemaine Parkrun remained well above the century, with 162 recorded finishers last week.
Of these, Claire Brien and Campbell Townsend were...

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Events Grants now open

Applications for the next round of Mount Alexander Shire Council’s Event Grants are now open.
The program supports groups and individuals who are running public events, and there are three funding str...

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Celebrating 60 years of adventures

Graeme and Lois Barry (nee Paull) are pictured outside the Campbells Creek Methodist Church on their wedding day.

Castlemaine couple Graeme and Lois Barry celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on February 6.
The pair celebrated their 'Diamond' anniversary milestone with a luncheon with family and friends at t...

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PoetiCas returns tomorrow

Poet Anne Gleeson will be this month’s feature reader.

The popular monthly PoetiCas poetry reading returns to the Northern Arts Hotel this Saturday February 22.
Poets and poetry aficionados are invited to come along and enjoy this friendly and inclusive e...

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