Category Archives: Sport

Mornington colts reign supreme in Group One’s

February 22, 2021
HORSE RACING IT was a day to remember for Mornington-based trainer Matt Laurie and the Pinecliff, Mt Eliza-based partnership of Anthony and Sam Freedman as they rose to the fore in two of the three G...

Guides standing strong together

February 22, 2021
ROSEBUD Girl Guides were preparing to mark World Thinking Day with activities on the Rosebud foreshore, last night (Monday 22 February). The special day came about in 1926 when Girl Guides from aroun...

New era dawns in the south

February 15, 2021
THE impact of COVID-19 on both the community and sporting clubs last year reached far and wide. The clubs lost a season of playing football as well as their ability to remain financial. The pandemic ...

Schwellinger’s promotion plan

February 15, 2021
SOCCER TEAM formation, culture change and depth are the key elements of success according to Seaford United senior coach Peter Schwellinger. The former Melbourne Knights, Richmond and Langwarrin goal...

Second Wallace Cup for Langy

February 8, 2021
SOCCER LANGWARRIN’s pre-season preparations went according to plan last Saturday at Monterey Reserve when it won back-to-back Wallace Cups. As fate would have it Langy’s 1-0 win over Mornington in th...

Avalon digs deep for second Group One win

February 8, 2021
HORSE RACING SHANE Nichols’ gutsy galloper Streets of Avalon has dug deep to bring up his second Group One victory in Saturday’s C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Having claimed the Group One Fut...

Girls’ cricket dream comes true

February 1, 2021
FOR the first time in its 120-year history, Sorrento Cricket Club has fielded a girls’ team. Junior coordinator and coach Kane Gordon, along with his 13-year-old daughter Tammy, gathered girls aged 1...

Balancing act on A-Day

February 1, 2021
THIRTEEN young skaters competed in a skateboard competition on Australia Day. These included four in the under-12s, eight in the under-18s and lone girl Holly. Jemison Watkins reports that a skater i...

Serving up some tennis fun

February 1, 2021
IT’S a fair bet that Red Hill Tennis Club players felt Sam Groth’s serve was a little too fast for them to return – after all the former Australian pro player has the fastest-recorded serve in the wo...