Sport Archive

Courtney Meakins scored her first adult feature win when she won the Ladies Standard Saloons at Nyora.

NYORA Raceway, South Gippsland’s home of Motorsport defied the elements on Saturday night when they worked through terribly cold wind and the fleeting rain to complete a complete race meeting for its motorsport hungry fans.

In A1, bowler Andrew Donohue bowls well to batsman David Baldi at Inverloch on Saturday. sb080321

OUTTRIM Moyarra Kongwak batted its way to 2/138, for a comfortable victory over the Leongatha Imperials.

AT LONG last, for many, parkrun is back this Saturday morning at 8am at Inverloch, Koonwarra, Mirboo North and Churchill Island on Phillip Island. But it hasn’t been a total layoff for the parkrun community with many first timers taking up the ‘not parkrun’

Wonthaggi’s Tom Robinson was excited to be back in the pool playing the game he represented Australia in.

WONTHAGGI Underwater Hockey Club recently had the opportunity to host the Victoria Underwater Hockey Commission’s (VUHC) first of four Summer Series Games.

The 2020 Bass Coast Young Citizen of the Year Sophie Bolding (left) is looking forward to inspiring women to reach their potential in sport with Bass Coast Breakers coach Bianca Hellmuth-Pask (centre) and assistant coach Tayla Tatterson.

It has been a long year since Sophie Bolding was named Bass Coast’s Young Citizen of the Year but that hasn’t stopped her from continuing to progress women’s sport in the local community.

Foster keeper Ashley Larkin keeps his eye on the ball after a Brad Coates cut from Cam Davidson in their A2 match up. gm160221

• A Grade, Division 2 CLINICAL batting from Koonwarra Leongatha-RSL got them to a narrow victory over MDU on Saturday. Coming into the match, both sides sat on equal points atop the ladder, so a win would pave the way for one side to

You're out of luck with the local distance swim events but you might still consider joining the group which regularly swims between Broughton Avenue and the Cowes Jetty.

THEY called it several months ago for the Cape Aquathon, now another leg of the Bass Coast Summer Series, the time-honoured San Remo Channel Challenge, has been cancelled. And it was the recent outbreaks of COVID-19 in Melbourne’s south east, principally from the Smile

Racing in front of a sold-out crowd, Spinrich ridden by Tracey Johnson and trained by Bryan Maher took out race four, finishing just ahead of the afternoon’s wet weather.

THE Woolamai and District Racing Club (WDRC) put it all on show to a sold-out crowd for the first of the ‘open’ picnic races of the 2020-21 season.

IT SOUNDED ominous last Thursday afternoon, December 31 when the siren blew at the Leongatha Golf Club at around 12.15pm, calling all players immediately from the course. A long, continuous burst on the siren is usually associated with imminent lightning strikes, but apart from

Ethan Lamers pulls a short one for Casey-South Melbourne. Photo: C M Thomas at christhomas-photography.smugmug.com

OUTTRIM Moyarra Kongwak prodigy, Ethan Lamers has been selected in the Under 17’s Vic Country squad for the Western Summer Series in January.

It was a narrow win for Wild Express in race three, the TAC - Be Races Ready 4yo-plus Maiden Plate 1100m, taking the lead by just 0.2L from Victory Colours. mm215220

THE local racing industry and supporters got their first glimpse of what a COVID-safe racing season would look like in 2021 at Stony Creek’s annual post-Christmas race meet on Monday. Among the changes were limited spectator numbers, a three metre moat separating industry and

Phillip Island's Cam Pedersen will look to keep his best and fairest form for the 2021 season.

THE West Gippsland Football Netball Competition fixture was released last Sunday and there are some blockbuster matchups in primetime slots for 2021.

The sun was shining and the dirt was going in all directions on Sunday, December 13.

IT was an epic day of racing on Sunday, December 13, as riders and spectators flocked to the Wonthaggi Motocross Track for the AMX MXOpen. After eight months without competition, riders and spectators were as eager as ever to attend the event. And Wonthaggi