General News
3 April, 2025
Community sport - A snag day off field and on
A COUPLE of Pyramid Hill’s senior footballers were manning the barbecue at the club’s annual community practice match series on Saturday, cooking up a pile of steaks, snags and onions. Boort and Ultima were fighting it out on the oval and the...
A COUPLE of Pyramid Hill’s senior footballers were manning the barbecue at the club’s annual community practice match series on Saturday, cooking up a pile of steaks, snags and onions.
Boort and Ultima were fighting it out on the oval and the netball courts, with the Bulldogs next to appear against Kerang.
Asked if he had enjoyed his own fare, one of the players admitted he had scoffed a steak sandwich, which was probably not the ideal preparation for a footy match in an hour or so.
But it was that sort of day at Pyramid Hill – relaxed and friendly and with great spirit all around.
The football and netball matches brought together 10 clubs from five different leagues – 11 if you count Calivil’s junior netballers, who filled in at the last minute when Kerang was unable to provide any players.
Proceeds from the gold coin entry went to the Pyramid Hill Fire Brigade, which expressed its delight at the amount raised.
The fifth annual event drew the biggest attendance yet, with parking spaces at a premium and the food running scarce towards the end of the day.
The wood-fired pizza outlet was meant to fire up at 5pm, when the Bulldogs match started, but was called on to start earlier because of the hungry crowd.
The day is designed to bring together rural communities, and on site were free hearing tests and skin checks.
The skin scans discovered one abnormality that needed urgent treatment, as well as another half a dozen that required follow-up investigations.
- GARY WALSH