Sport

FORMER Seagull and dominant Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) midfielder, Kaine Mercovich, has returned to his former club and will be the assistant coach for 2022, after a year interstate playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for North Adelaide.

HAVING topped the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade standings since the start of the season, Pigeon Ponds appear to be in freefall down the premiership ladder, slipping to third after a second straight loss.

COLLEGE Cricket Club has advanced in the Sungold Cup after defeating Swifts-Great Western in the quarter final in a convincing performance on Sunday.

IT was an early birthday present for Mike Fitzpatrick, as he surpassed the 10,000-run milestone for St Andrew’s Cricket Club on Saturday.

THE Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels Girls team started the year in convincing fashion on Saturday, claiming a 59-point win against Gippsland Power and keeping them goalless.

FORMER local, Tynan Shannon has taken a big step in his cycling career after he earned selection in the VA Pro Racing (Velofit) team to compete at the Tour Down Under festival of cycling, which will take place in Adelaide this week.

THE Hamilton Hurricanes junior girls teams finally took to the field earlier this week, as the Western Victoria Girls Shield got underway on Wednesday.

The Greater Western Victoria Rebels girls’ team will take the field at Latrobe University in Bundoora today for its first game of the 2022 Under-19 NAB League Girls season with Hamilton talents, Jess Rentsch and Jedah Huf, both selected in the side to take on Gippsland Power.

THE Hamilton Golf Club is excited about the resumption of beginner’s golf on February 15 with people of all ages encouraged to go along and get out on the course.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos are set to open their 2022 Hampden Football Netball League season with one of the toughest road trips in the competition, travelling to Victoria Park to take on Koroit.

RACKEMUP Tigerpie took the spotlight on Sunday, winning big at the Hamilton Harness Racing Club’s 2022 Pacing Cup, rewarding owner, Ian Stanley with $19,950 in prize money.

THE Hamilton Harness Racing Club is gearing up for its biggest day of the year with Sunday’s cup day shaping up nicely. The 10-race program includes the $35,000 Hamilton Pacing Cup and the $20,000 Hamilton Trotters Cup as the two feature races.