Sport

HAMILTON Golf Club is about to start its Beginners and Emerging Golfers Program next month which is open to all players both male and female.

A WEEK is a long time in politics, and so it is in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition, as Pigeon Ponds loosened Grampians’ grip on the minor premiership with victory against both Hamilton and Casterton District.

HAMILTON local, Charlize Cooper, stepped up and represented the Vic Country Goldminers at the 2023 Southern Cross Challenge over the weekend in the Under-14 Girls competition at Melbourne.

ALYSSA Humphries (Casterton) and Eliza Jagger (Balmoral) were part of the VIC Country girls side that fell short in the semi-finals against South Australia at the Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC) in Canberra on Thursday.

AFTER a break of five weeks, the run to the finals commenced on Tuesday. 

TRAINING and riding doubles highlighted a great day’s racing at Hamilton on Tuesday. Beau Mertens and Dean Holland notched riding doubles, while high profile trainers, Lindsey Smith, and father and son combination, Tony and Calvin McEvoy, also chalked up doubles.

IT was a hard night at the office for all at Hamilton’s Western Speedway last Saturday, but in spite of the heat, 41 street stock drivers turned on the action.

LOCAL, Poppy Austin has continued to reach great heights in her cross-country endeavours after finishing in the top 10 at the 2023 Australian Cross Country Selection Trials in Canberra last weekend.

AFTER College posted a score of 210 last week in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) A grade competition, Grampians will be looking to bat the 75 overs and hope the score takes care of itself at Dunkeld Turf this afternoon.

IT was a day to remember for Tarrington’s Matthew Pickett, claiming a hat-trick and hitting a half century, as his team fell just short against Byaduk at Christie Oval in Hamilton and District Cricket Association D grade action on Saturday.

HOW do you organise a major club championship (men's pairs) when the temperature is predicted to reach 40 degrees?

THANKS to a brilliant century from Macarthur’s Ollie Wortley, the Demons posted a very healthy total of 272 off their 75 overs against St Andrew’s in a Hamilton and District Cricket Association’s (HDCA) A grade round 11 clash on Saturday.