HAMILTON local, Kira Ryan, has continued taking steps in her sports management career after receiving the team manager position with the Under-16 Victorian men’s team for the 2022 Australian Junior Basketball Championships.

SOUTH West Coast MP, Roma Britnell believes the State Government’s announcement it would help fund eight social housing projects in the south-west doesn’t go far enough.

THE Evergreens Traditional Jazz Band put a smile on the face of many locals on Saturday morning when it set up on the balcony of the Hub and played some well-known songs to raise money for Western District Health Service’s (WDHS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine appeal.

FAMILIES will have to find a new way to celebrate New Year’s Eve this year as the Hamilton Rotary Club has made the early decision to cancel its annual Melville Oval festival.

FAMILIES across the south-west will be able to have 30 visitors at their homes in time for Christmas under the roadmap out of the COVID-19 pandemic released by the State Government on Sunday.

GUN forward, Lachie Waddell, has rounded out a solid season for the Hamilton Kangaroos winning the Hamilton Kangaroos’ senior best and fairest count with 55 votes.

Hollie Phillips has capped off a successful individual season, winning the Hamilton Kangaroos Open netball best and fairest over the weekend with 40 votes in her first season at the top level.

TWO votes were all that separated the top two in the Mininera and District Netball Association’s A grade vote count on Sunday.

ON Sunday afternoon the Victorian Government released a ‘roadmap’ for the release of coronavirus lockdown restrictions and with it, dashed all plans to conclude any remaining winter sport seasons.

THE agriculture sector is poised to smash production value records this year, with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) predicting the gross value of production would hit $73 billion in 2021-22.