Sport

STRONG stayer, Claidheamh Mor, proved too classy for his rivals, taking out the $50,000 Coleraine Cup last Friday.

PORTLAND Tigers will bring a largely similar outfit into the 2023-24 Hamilton and District Cricket Association season, with A grade captain Will Oakley saying the club is full of excitement at the prospect of a revamped Portland cricket landscape.

BACK in 1859, Tom Wills established the rules for Australian Rules football to keep cricketers fit during the long cold winter months.

GORAE-PORTLAND will head into the 2023-24 cricket season with plenty of change on hand, with a fresh renovation at their home ground of Alexandra Park, along with a familiar face at the helm of their A grade side in Nick Wills, to go along with the new-look Hamilton and District Cricket Association

LAST Friday the women played for the Hazeldine Wine Shield, which is a straight foursome’s stroke event, named after the late Nell Hazeldine and the late Lyn Wines.

THERE are some people who are naturally talented at no matter what they turn their hand to, with the list of athletes who have reached the top in different sports an illustrious one, and there is about to be another athlete added to the likes of Nova Peris (hockey and athletics), Ellyse Perry (soccer and cricket), Jana Pittman (athletics and bobsleigh) and Erin Phillips (basketball and AFLW).

THE sport of rope quoits is one that most of the public will have tried in the backyard without even knowing that it’s a competitive sport.

HAMILTON Raiders Soccer club has claimed the South West Victoria Football Association Under-14 title with an incredible victory against arch rivals, Warrnambool Wolves.

BRANXHOLME-WALLACEDALE Football Netball Club has unveiled its senior football coach for the 2024 South West Football Netball League season with Paul Cleaver signing on the dotted line.

HAMILTON Kangaroos Division three team has won a thrilling grand final against Terang-Mortlake at Reid Oval in overtime on Saturday, 38-36, after scores were tied at the sound of the siren to end the fourth quarter.

HAMILTON Kangaroos is the toast of the Hampden Football Netball League division two competition after claiming the premiership on Saturday at Reid Oval, with an emphatic 28-18 victory against Koroit.

MONIVAE College student and karate champion Dave Perera, has been very successful at the recent Funakoshi karate tournament which was held in Warrnambool