Sport

HAMILTON Basketball Association held its annual junior tournament on the weekend, with a record number of entries descending on HILAC, The Hamilton and Alexandra College and Monivae College, to battle each other across four age groups in both boys and girls competitions.

COLLEGE has maintained its dominance of Macarthur in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition, winning a thrilling game by only six runs at Macarthur Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

A PRELIMINARY note - as the season approached, offers made by clubs to move sides from their early nominations to get rid of all byes was greatly appreciated by the competitions committee and clubs in general.

MUNTHAM MISSILE produced a dominant display to record her second Hamilton Cup on Saturday, adding to her 2020 triumph, as the Belinda O’Loughlin-trained veteran toyed with her four rivals.

IT was another impressive showing from Kelly Hitchcock, topping the leaderboard to collect the Spec Trophy as part of Parklands Golf Club’s annual tournament on Monday.

HAWKESDALE-MACARTHUR’s A grade netball squad will fly in a new direction under new co-coaches next season, as Sarah Jacobs and Josie Barker look to help the Eagles look to hunt down a premiership in the Mininera and District Netball Association.

HAMILTON Basketball Association (HBA) will stage its annual junior tournament this weekend with a record 87 teams descending on Hamilton to get the squad season underway for 2022-23.

IT is set to be the biggest night of Jayden Riddle’s professional boxing career, getting in the ring as part of tonight’s event in Newcastle.

ONE of the smallest fields in recent history will contest today’s Hamilton Cup at the Hamilton race course.

HAMILTON Rifle Club welcomed some international visitors with the Great Britain match rifle team visiting the club in the lead-up to its shoot against Australia in Stawell later this month.

THERE are many community groups and organisations whose existence and success are wholly dependent on the efforts of small groups of volunteers.

THE sound of ball on bat reverberates around one house in Tarrington in particular, as Michael and Billy Fitzpatrick continually practice at the family table tennis set up as each prepares for their individual representative careers in the sport.