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The Moorabool News – 31 May, 2022 Page 23
Ballarat Football NETBALL Results – Round 7 A GRADE East Point (66) def Bacchus Marsh (28) Melton South (50) drew Sebastopol (50) Lake Wendouree (45) lost North Ballarat (46) Darley (57) def Ballarat (50) B GRADE East Point (63) def Bacchus Marsh (13) Lake Wendouree (55) def Melton (31) Darley (55) def Ballarat (50) Sunbury (29) lost Redan (54) Melton South (46) lost Sebastopol (48) C GRADE East Point (39) def Bacchus Marsh (22) Lake Wendouree (59) def North Ballarat (26) Melton South (35) lost Sebastopol (38) Darley (36) def Ballarat (25) D GRADE Lake Wendouree (42) def Melton (36) East Point (26) drew Bacchus Marsh (26) Melton South (32) def Sebastopol (15) Sunbury (10) lost Redan (27) Darley (21) lost Ballarat (45) E GRADE Lake Wendouree (23) lost Melton (26) East Point (37) def Bacchus Marsh (7) Darley (4) lost Ballarat (30) Melton South (20) def Sebastopol (19) 19&Under Darley (43) def Ballarat (36) East Point (31) def Bacchus Marsh (14) Melton South (15) lost Sebastopol (55) Sunbury (19) lost Redan (54)
Ballarat Football League
Results - Round 7 SENIORS Darley 9.19 (73) lost Ballarat 14.7 (91) East Point 17.13 (115) def Bacchus Marsh 10.8 (68) Lake Wendouree 8.6 (54) lost Melton 20.15 (135) Melton South 14.6 (90) def Sebastopol 18.11 (119) Sunbury 8.15 (63) lost Redan 10.16 (76) RESERVES Darley 7.10 (52) lost Ballarat 14.14 (98) East Point 17.17 (119) def Bacchus Marsh 4.3 (27) Lake Wendouree 9.3 (57) lost Melton 25.13 (163) Melton South 2.3 (15) lost Sebastopol 32.27 (219) Sunbury 7.10 (52) lost Redan 8.9 (57) UNDER 19 Darley 7.8 (50) lost Ballarat 9.6 (60) East Point 16.13 (109) def Bacchus Marsh 2.2 (14) Lake Wendouree 7.3 (45) def Melton 5.11 (41) Sunbury 9.7 (61) def Redan 6.7 (43)
Greg Sugars winning on Triple Eight at Tabcorp Park Melton. Photo Stuart McCormick
Sugars and Tubbs share sweet spoils
By Michael Howard (HRV) The rise and rise of Larajay Farms was not only reinforced at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday night, but has also produced an outstanding return for a trots-supported charity. Replete in the Pacing For Pink silks, Greg Sugars amassed victories number 23, 24 and 25 for the month, benefitting the campaign that raises money and awareness to help the McGrath Foundation support those with breast cancer. The Myrniong reinsman was a dominant front runner in winning with La Captain, Momentslikethese and Triple Eight at Tabcorp Park Melton, with each victory drawing a Pacing For Pink donation from Geelong Harness Racing Club members. And Sugars announced on TrotsVision that he and wife Jess Tubbs wanted to go a step further, with the stable donating $1000 to the fundraiser after the night’s success. “It’s been a sensational month,” Sugars said. “The Pacing For Pink campaign is phenomenal and thankfully I’ve had a sensational month and so has our stable. “Jess and I did say we had a few good chances, if we were able to get the score on the board … we’re happy to donate an extra $1000 to Pacing For Pink campaign. It’s been a terrific month not only for me as a driver but for the stable as well, so more than happy to put the hand in the pocket and add a bit more to the tally.” La Captain kicked it all off in the first when he continued his vastly improved season by adding the richest win of his career in the Group 3 Alabar Vicbred Platinum Metropolitan Pace Final. It’s his sixth victory in seven starts this year, having saluted in only three of his preceding 26 outings, and Sugars said it had been very rewarding to see the penny drop.
“To see him stand up and be counted in that quality of a field is really pleasing moving forward,” he said. Sugars was also rapt to have been able to notch a number in Momentslikethese’s win column with a comfortable all-theway victory in the DNR Logistics Pace, her first success since the Queensland Oaks in July 2021. “She’s run into some ripping fields but hasn’t been able to win, so to get her back in the winners’ list for such a great group of owners is a big weight off our shoulders,” Sugars said. “(The four-year-old mares’ class) is just phenomenal and we’ve seen the last couple of months a lot of horses like Momenslikethese, who have been well and truly in the shadows of a lot of the headline acts … now starting to come through their grades and shine themselves. “Shapes for a very bright future in our open mares racing as they get older and hopefully into the breeding barn later on to further strengthen the industry.” The winning for Tubbs and Sugars then continued with Triple Eight maintaining his march towards Queensland’s winter carnival with a demolition job in the TAB Bold David Free For All, with his reinsman noting “he did that pretty comfortably”. Triple Eight was worked to the front ahead of early leader Code Black and then ripped home in a 55.4-second first half to win by seven metres from Bulletproof Boy. “He’s been a wonderful horse to us for the last 12 months or so,” Sugars said. “It was a bit of a rocky start to his campaign when he first joined our team, things weren’t looking all that well at one point of time but, he came back from a break really well last time around and performed really well in some big races. So far so good for this preparation.”
Ballan Golf Club Results - Week ending Saturday 28 May Wednesday - Stableford Winner - Barry Lenaghan (21) 37 points. R/up - Frank Raffaele (9) 36 points on c/b from Bob Arklay (9) & Hugh Miller (17). NTPs - 12th Vic Buttigieg, 15th John McLeod. Magpie - 14th John McLeod. Saturday – Stroke – 1st Qualifying Round Fairbairn Cup A GRADE Winner - Rick Roden 72-12-60. R/up - Shane Newton 67-5-62. B GRADE Winner - Pat Clifford 80-23-57. R/up - Ian Bragge 77-17-60 on c/b from Rob Brown 81-21-60. NTPs - 12th Anthony Moore, 15th Damian Toohey. Magpies - 14th Jason Bonar, 18th Chris Tudor. Balls 7, Cut-off 64 Shane Newton, Rick Roden, John McLeod, Pat Clifford, Ian Bragge, John McLeod, Rob Brown.
Bacchus Marsh Baseball Results - Round 6
Bacchus Marsh Tigers 18 def Ballarat 2 The Tigers set the tone early with the bats scoring six runs in the first innings with James Bailey, Michael Corbett, and Thomas Shaw having three hits each. Adrian Terry with another strong outing, pitching four scoreless innings on his way to closing out the game. Training Wednesday night at Masons Lane.