Sport
27 June, 2025
Strong round for Rangers
ROUND eight of the Football Southwest competition saw five Warrnambool Rangers teams make the short trip to Port Fairy last weekend.
The Rangers took on Port Fairy for the first time this season.
Under clear skies at JJ Colledge Oval, the Rangers’ senior men’s division one and two teams celebrated solid wins over the Plovers while the senior women’s game ended in an evenly matched 1-1 draw.
In the junior games, the under 12 Rangers Blue mixed side showed its dominance with a 9-0 win while in the under 10 mixed game the Plovers were too strong for Rangers Blue, coming away with a 3-2 win.
In other games for the round, the Rangers under 14 girls team had a tough round at Colac, going down 2-9 to Colac Otway Rovers.
Both the under 10 Rangers Teal and under 12 Rangers Teal headed to Harris Street to take on the Wolves, with strong results.
Next week, round nine, will see the senior men’s division one and two sides have byes.
The senior women and under 12 Teal teams will be at Harris Street against the Wolves, while five junior games will be played at Brierly from 9.30am on Sunday, June 29.
The Mini Roos and Mini Tillies training sessions take place at Brierly on Saturday mornings for boys and girls who are new to the game – with the chance for new plyers to join the second half of the program for season 2025.
For more information contact the club secretary on 0488 745 639 or email rangerswarrnambool@gmail.com
Results from round eight games played last Sunday:
Senior men division one – Rangers def Port Fairy Plovers 11-0; division two – Rangers defeated Port Fairy Plovers 3-1.
Senior women – Rangers drew with Port Fairy Plovers 1-1.
Boys under 17 and mixed under 14 – bye.
Girls under 14 – Rangers lost to Colac Otway Rovers 2-9.
Mixed under 12 Rangers – Blue defeated Port Fairy Plovers 9-0, Teal defeated Wolves Yellow 14-1.
Mixed under 10 Rangers – Blue lost to Port Fairy Plovers 2-3, Teal defeated Wolves 8-2.
