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Daylesford Pride Cup
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HE Inaugural Daylesford Pride Cup was held on Saturday, July 13 - with plenty of people attending the luncheon before watching the match between Daylesford and Newlyn.
The event was a joint initiative between the Daylesford Football and Netball Club and the ChillOut Festival. In freezing conditions, Daylesford lost to Newlyn, 5.7-37 to 18.15-123.
Festival funding boost
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ESTIVALS and events in Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges will receive a $200,000 boost thanks to the Victorian Goverment.
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula said the $200,000 would support festivals and events in Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges, and would help showcase "an area of the state full of natural wonders, great food and wine options and spectacular scenery". The funding will be managed by the Hepburn and Macedon Ranges shires, who will work in consultation with the Daylesford Macedon Tourism board. Earlier this year, Visit Victoria promised festival funding for the region after the failed Live.Love.Life Festival, organised by Daylesford Macedon Tourism, spent $200,000 out of a promised $450,000, and produced nothing.
Trentham Hairy Arch
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HE annual Trentham Hairy Arch art awards, held at Trentham’s Pig and Whistle Hotel on July 13, has raised $12,000 for local charities.
Half will be used for a new David Bryant commemorative park bench to go in the Bath Street Reserve and the other will go to the Trentham Football and Netball Club. The Hairy Arch theme this year was portrait, with Al Dickerson winning the People’s Choice Award for the third consecutive year with a portrait of Bob Hawke.