HAMILTON is set for a one-of-a-kind event next year with the 2021 Blackball National Championships set to bring more than 300 of Australia’s best players to the region.

THE Hamilton and District Cricket Association’s 2020-21 season is set to be one like no other, with all games across all grades set to be one-day contests.

WHILE race days have been quieter with no crowds recently, it’s been as busy as usual at this time of the year at other courses in the region.

FOR the first time in months, regional Victorians can pack the caravan, jump in the car and head off for a getaway as the regions entered step three of the roadmap out of lockdown this week.

EACH year around 480 shearers and shed staff travel to Australia from New Zealand for the busy spring shearing season.

NURSES and medical staff at Hamilton Base Hospital are appealing for funding from the State Government to upgrade the emergency, intensive care and radiology departments.

VICTORIA has recorded 45 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths overnight, taking the state’s death toll to 750.

REGIONAL Victorians will move to step three of the roadmap out of lockdown today, meaning there will no longer be restrictions on leaving home, eating out or travelling for a holiday.

THE Dunkeld Arboretum spillway was seen overflowing for the first time in four years on Sunday, after the 2016 floods caused significant damage to the dam wall.

HAMILTON export, Melissa Tapper, could be back in the green and gold uniform by the end of the year after being selected to represent Australia at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Cup in China in November.