Hi team,
Here is what is making news across for July 14, 2025================================Police have charged two Camperdown men over an alleged armed robbery in central Colac.

A 22-year-old man was reportedly attacked while walking to work on Pollack Street around 9.30pm on June 30.
================================================================Colac’s Bluewater gym is set for a major revamp, with a temporary closure which started yesterday and will run through to Saturday July 19 for a state-of-the-art equipment upgrade.

The centre will become the first in Australia to install the Matrix Upper-body cycle, alongside new assault runners and a Reformer Pilates space.
================================================================A groundbreaking birth trauma support program is launching in the South West, offering parents direct access to lived-experience guidance and recovery tools.

Developed by Women’s Health & Wellbeing Barwon South West, local practitioners, and Birth Trauma Australia, the six-week peer-to-peer initiative is the first of its kind in Victoria.================================================================A convoy of 40 hay trucks arrived in Camperdown on Saturday, offering critical support to South West farmers in the grip of drought.================================================================Wannon Water has provided $44,000 in funding to 13 community groups and schools throughout the South West as part of the 2025 Ripple Effect grants program. ================================================================Families across the south-west, including Colac Otway and Corangamite, are being encouraged to apply for new renewable energy grants in an effort to cut power bills.================================================================AND IN SPORTThe Hampden Football action over the weekend saw a round of upsets.

Cobden beat Terang-Mortlake by 32 points.

Camperdown smashed Port Fairy by 49 points.

In other shock results Koroit beat South Warrnambool by 28 points and Warrnambool Blues beat North Warrnambool by 1 point.
================================================================A Colac teenager is preparing to represent Australia on the world stage.

17-year-old Thomas Russell has been selected for Australia’s junior sprint team at the International Canoe Federation Championships in Portugal later this month.
================================================================In the weekends Colac Braves baseball action -

The Division 2 team smashed the East Belmont Saints 9 to nothing.

WHILE in Division four the Braves piled on 26s runs with East Belmont scoring 9.================================================================