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World Cup Bid Gets Serious
Football - By Editor (07 Nov 07 17:10)
Australia is serious about bidding for the 2018 World Cup following the decision by the world governing body, FIFA, to scrap its rotation policy but will have to embark on a massive stadium development program to meet the minimum requirements for the world's biggest sporting event. - Read Article

Flemington Countdown
Racing - By Editor (03 Nov 07 16:00)
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien was stunned by his first look at the Flemington track. - Read Article

Terry Watson is confident
Racing - By Editor (02 Nov 07 18:05)
FLEMINGTON track manager Terry Watson is confident the surface will stand up to a stern four-day test. Watson emphasised it was still early days for the relaid track and everyone was still learning about it. - Read Article

$5 million grant for Flemington
Racing - By Editor (02 Nov 07 6:00)
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) says it will cut water use at Flemington Race Course in half, with the construction of a new desalination plant. - Read Article

Flemington's gardeners rose to challenge
Racing - By Editor (31 Oct 07 16:25)
Like the jockeys chasing Melbourne Cup glory, the gardeners at Flemington fear their charges may peak too early. - Read Article

Federal Golf Club in Land Sell Off.
Golf - By Editor (29 Oct 07 12:45)
The club, which has seen its membership decline steadily, would use the millions of dollars raised to drought-proof its greens and fairways. - Read Article

Desalination Plant at Essendon lawn bowls
Bowls - By Editor (28 Oct 07 8:00)
Staring down a long hot summer, an Essendon lawn bowls club will install a desalination plant to ensure its greens remains so. - Read Article

Fiji & Ba Golf Club gears up for annual Open
Golf - By Editor (27 Oct 07 19:25)
The 72nd Ba Golf Club Open Championship and the 40th year of RC Manubhai Sponsorship of this great event is schedule for next November 3-4 over two rounds of 18 holes of stroke play. - Read Article

Green Golf at Settlers Run G.C
Golf - By Editor (27 Oct 07 19:05)
Settlers Run Golf & Country club will bring a new meaning to the term 'green' in golf by using recyled water and committing to make the course carbon neautral. - Read Article

$2.5 billion plan for Hope Island
Golf - By Editor (26 Oct 07 8:00)
Developer Don O'Rorke is “leading a private consortium to acquire part of Hope Island Resort on the Gold Coast, pitting him against rival developer John Fish, who has just announced his $2.5 billion plan for the island. - Read Article

Upgrade at Merewether Golf Club
Golf - By Editor (25 Oct 07 12:00)
Newcastle Herald golf columnist Neil Goffet reports that Merewether Golf Club has taken the first step towards a complete overhaul of their watering systems following a Federal Government grant to increase the dam capacity on the eighth hole. - Read Article

Australia first at Preston Beach Golf Club
Golf - By Editor (25 Oct 07 8:00)
THE Preston Beach Golf Club in Western Australia re-opened its course on Saturday to become the first full size golf course in Australia with synthetic greens - Read Article

World preparations at the New Zealand Open
Bowls - By Editor (24 Oct 07 12:55)
The fourth and final Bowls Australia grand prix for 2007, the inaugural Fuji Xerox New Zealand Open, will provide bowls’ best with the perfect preparation for the looming World Bowls Championships. - Read Article

Age No Bar to Challenging Sport
Bowls - By Editor (24 Oct 07 8:00)
“It’s a lot more involved than tenpin where you’re on the same surface and you just do the same thing all the time. “In lawn bowls, everything’s a bit different – the technique, allowing for different playing surfaces. - Read Article

Cranbourne Cup Changes days
Racing - By Editor (17 Oct 07 19:45)
After 7 years in its sunday timeslot, its time for Cranbourne Cup to revert to the Wednesday before Caulfield Guineas. - Read Article

Russell Leggo Hero to St.Andrews Staff
Golf - By Editor (16 Oct 07 9:15)
After watching golf course staff form a picket line at the front gate this month, Leggo, who founded Melbourne real estate agent Stockdale & Leggo with Ian Stockdale, has written a cheque for $500,000 to keep the project solvent. - Read Article

Tru Turf Trailor
Industry News - By Editor (15 Oct 07 16:40)
The MT5000 dual or single mower trailer includes independent spring suspension and a hydraulic mower lowering and raising cradle assuring that greens mowers reach the putting surface with precision settings intact. - Read Article

$150m resort plan unveiled for Russell Island
Golf - By Editor (13 Oct 07 12:00)
The resort is planned for 12.14ha on the island's northern tip overlooking Canaipa Passage and North Stradbroke Island. It will have a golf course, tennis courts and pools. - Read Article

Darebin International Sports Centre
Bowls - By Editor (13 Oct 07 10:00)
Record prize money and a bevy of the world’s best bowlers headline the ABN AMRO Australian Open 2008, to be staged at the renewed Darebin International Sports Centre in Melbourne from 17-23 February. - Read Article

Hawke's Bay Aced
On The Light Hearted Side - By Editor (12 Oct 07 8:00)
Thirty-one years after nailing her first hole in one, an 84-year-old woman has aced the same hole at the same golf club on the corresponding day. - Read Article