Charlton bounces back after suffering their first defeat in the last round to cement their place at the top of the ladder when they proved too strong for the Royal Blues who could only manage 1-goal in the second half. St Arnaud proved too good for the Redbacks and collected the Jetport Challenge shield with an impressive 20-point win. Bad kicking from both sides saw them accumulate 44-points between them. The Saints win from all reports, is the first time the Saints have beaten Wedderburn since 2005. Birchip-Watchem pushed the Demons at George Cartwright Oval but fell 25 –points short of gaining their first win.more

In what was an interesting round of football in the North Central League, firstly celebrating Central Umpire Mal Burges 500th game at Donaldson Park and top placed Charlton suffering their first defeat, Wedderburn was the side to inflict the Navy Blues first defeat for the 2013 season, but just, winning by four points.
At Boort Park the home side prevailed in their match against Birchip-Watchem who showed some improved form. Second placed Wycheproof-Narraport played host the third placed St Arnaud but were upstaged by the Saints in the second half to go down by 24-points.more

In conditions which we have not seen for a fair while, round seven of the North Central Football League was played in very wet conditions at all grounds. While the players may not have had smiles on their faces there were plenty of supporters who had big grins on their faces, and why shouldn’t they it’s what our farmers have been waiting for.
At Boort Park a solid first quarter from the Demons set up their win over the Magpies. St Arnaud shrugged off a determine Royal Blues after half time to record a 34-point win. At George Cartwright Oval the Bulls had more scoring shots than the Redbacks but still remain winless, Wedderburn now move into the top four after recording a 28-point win.more

The North Central Football League set the pace of the game early in the opening termmore

Charlton continue to dominate the North Central ladder and remain undefeated with another convincing win, this time over St Arnaud. At Donald the Royals controlled the game against the Bulls from start to finish recording win number two. At Donaldson Park the Redbacks returned to the form of 2012 when they recorded a solid victory over the second placed Magpies. From a league prospective it was a great round for our representative side with no serious injuries to squad members being recorded and on a more positive note there was a good sprinkle of squad members named as BOG or in the best players for their clubs. This should put a smile on the inter-league coach and his fellow selectors, to have a near full squad to pick frommore

Wycheproof-Narraport inflicted Wedderburn’s third straight loss when they defeated the reigning premiers by 29-points. At Boort the Magpies held off Donald who made a late claim for the four points, but failed by 17-Points, at George Cartwright Oval the Birchip-Watchem Bulls were no match for the undefeated Charlton Navy Blues, Charlton took out the game by some 123-points to remain the only undefeated team in the North Central senior competition.more

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The North Central inter-league squad will be coached by former North Melbourne player in Corey Jones now playing with his home town club of Wycheproof-Narraport.
Selectors have named a 40 man training squad for their Worksafe Country Championship match against the Geelong & District Football League at North Geelong on Saturday 25th May.more

In what was a scrappy game at Charlton Park, Charlton continued on their winning way when the defeated Boort by 24-points and now remain the only undefeated team in the competition with a two game break on their nearest rival in St Arnaud. Wycheproof-Narraports journey to Donald resulted in the Demons returning to the winners list with a 12-point win over the Royal Blues. At Lord Nelson Park, the Saints easily accounted for the Bulls, Birchip-Watchem were no match for the St Arnaud side who went on to win by 83-points and now sit in second spot on the North Central Football League ladder. Poor kicking resulted in a total of 74-points being scores over the three games with Charlton being the biggest contributor with 21 points, 15 of which were registered by half time.more

Charlton continues on their winning way to remain undefeated, Donald inflicted the second loss in as many weeks to the reigning premiers Wedderburn with a strong four quarter performance. At Boort the home side after trailing at the last change, kicked five last quarter goals to keep their winning form in tact with a sixteen point win over St Arnaud.more

Charlton have signalled that they are going to be a dangerous combination for opposition teams in 2013. In Saturdays round they easily accounted for the reigning premiers in Wedderburn, while the Redbacks were missing some key players you could not take anything away from the Navy Blues who dealt Wedderburn their first defeat since round six of last season.
At St Arnaud the home side made a great recovery in the second half to record their first win for the year. Trailing by 29 points at half time the Saints turned the game around on the Demons and run out comfortable winners in the end, the Demons must have left their game in the sheds at half time as they could only score one goal two points after the long break.
Boort kicked their season off welcoming a fair spread of new talent who enjoyed a solid win at Birchip, recording their first victory by eighteen points, kicking four goals to one in the second quarter helped set up the Magpies win.
Charlton goes to the top of the ladder and remains the only undefeated team in the competition with a strong win over Wedderburn.more

Large crowds welcomed back football to the North Central Football League when it kicked off its season on Saturday.

Flag unfurling’s took place at Wedderburn and Donald, at Wedderburn the Redbacks firstly unfurled the under 13’s premiership flag and just prior to the senior game it was the turn of the Redbacks senior team to unfurl their premiership pennant. At Donald the under 16 premiers from 2012 unfurled their premiership flag in front of a large crowd that had gathered for the football clubs 50 year celebration of winning the triple premierships in 1963.

The opening round of matches brought in a lot of new players and some with some outstanding credentials, which they put on display with their respective clubs.more

Season 2013 for the North Central Football League kicks off on Saturday April 13 with some interesting contests scheduled for round one.more

Can the Saints keep the dream alive? or will Wyche-Narraport rebound from their form over the last few weeks? Get to Birchip on Saturday to find out!more