Golden Plains Times

1 day ago | timesnewsgroup.com.au | Kieran Iles

CHAMPION sprinter Explicit upped the ante in his remarkable comeback to racing by claiming back-to-back Group 2 Ballarat Cup victories last Friday night. Second favourite at $4, the son of Bernardo put his seven rivals to the sword to win the feature race by two and three-quarter lengths ahead of the favourite Gold Force and Flying Zulu. His 24.69 winning time was just .03 of a second outside the track record, set in January this year by Hotel Whiskey One.

2 days ago | timesnewsgroup.com.au | Edwina Williams

IN less than five months, the City of Ballarat will begin its food organics and garden organics (FOGO) and glass recycling kerbside collections. From Monday 3 November, FOGO will be collected fortnightly in a green lidded wheelie bin. Each home will be given a kitchen caddie to collect their food waste, before it goes in the bin. Those currently without a green lidded bin will receive one.

2 days ago | timesnewsgroup.com.au | Kieran Iles

GOLDEN Plains Shire Council is seeking community feedback on its Road Management Plan for 2025-2029. The plan aims to establish a system for road management functions and to set a performance standard for Golden Plains Shire’s road management functions. It further identifies responsibilities and maintenance standards and inspection regimes for all road assets within council’s control. The plan was endorsed for public submissions at the council’s 27 May meeting.

2 days ago | timesnewsgroup.com.au | Kieran Iles

A MULTI million dollar funding boost at Federation TAFE is aiming to give aspiring tradies more access to state-of-the-art training facilities and courses in Ballarat. Plans to upgrade facilities and expand teaching floor space at Federation’s Ballarat and Mount Helen campuses were unveiled last week during a site visit by the Member for Eureka Michaela Settle and Member for Ripon Martha Haylett.

2 days ago | timesnewsgroup.com.au | Kieran Iles

A DEEP passion for developing young footballers and building social connections through sport have inspired Jake Bridges to take on the role as coach of the BFNL’s 23-and-under interleague team. The appointment of Bridges – coach of East Point’s dual senior premiership teams in 2018-19 – was confirmed by the league last week. No stranger to representative football, Bridges spent the previous two seasons in the BFNL interleague system as an assistant coach.