From the Ballarat Courier
Reoported by David Brehaut
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NORTH Ballarat will take momentum into the mid-season break after maintaining its domination over Bendigo Bombers at Essendon's Windy Hill in the Victorian Football League yesterday.
The Selkirk Roosters withstood a late charge to out-last Bendigo by six points.

North Ballarat has now won 18 of its 19 clashes with Bendigo in the VFL.

From Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Luke West
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A FRUSTRATED Bendigo Bank Bombers chairman David Joss has branded the Queen Elizabeth Oval the “laughing stock” of football in country Victoria.
Joss’ stinging comments yesterday came after, for the second time in as many seasons, the QEO surface was deemed unsuitable to host VFL football.

From the AFL.COM.AU website
Reported by Jennifer Witham
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THE ABC enjoyed a ratings bonanza on Saturday afternoon with more than 90,000 Melbourne viewers tuning in to watch Gold Coast debutant Karmichael Hunt face the Coburg Tigers at Craigieburn's Highgate Recreation Reserve.

The rugby league convert drew the biggest audience for a VFL game this year, with the figures nearly two-and-a-half times larger than the season average.

LEADERS BOARD

After 9 rounds old Moorabbin supporter Rick Dennis has retained his lead with 6 winners to take his tally to 49 winners for the season. Rick leads Williamstown diehard Don 'Cgull' Quayle and old Coburg Lions supporter Daniel Bourne by 2 tips who are both on 47 winners. Sitting in equal fourth spot are 'Ashtray Dave', Bananaman, Port diehard Bobby Borough, Paul Amy and Oakleigh devil fan from the old days Peter 'Willo' Williamson. Willo use to watch the likes of Keith Battersby, Ian Todd and Wes Hillard when he was cheering for the Oaks.

Source: Herald Sun

THE State Government and North Melbourne Football Club are on a collision course with the AFL over plans to play matches in Ballarat.

Premier John Brumby trumpeted a $1 million upgrade of Ballarat's Eureka Stadium as the first step towards playing AFL matches there by 2013. An AFL spokesman said it had no intention to move matches from Etihad Stadium or the MCG.