THE Country Basketball League South West Conference came to a close on Saturday night with Portlander Tanielle Knight making an appearance despite no local teams competing in the grand final matches.

ASH Hill has had a strong connection to the Portland basketball community since he started as a junior Coaster way back in under-12s, and it is a relationship which continues to this day.

JUNIOR basketballers flocked to town throughout the weekend to compete in the Portland Basketball Association’s junior South West Classic tournament, hosted in Portland, Heywood and Port Fairy.

PORTLAND’S women’s basketballers bowed out of the 2022-23 Country Basketball League season on Saturday, going down to premiership favourites Millicent 65-44 in their semi-final, in what was nonetheless a hard-fought encounter.

THE race for the Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Men’s Division One championship is heating up with Barber Boys leading the charge, despite a few uncharacteristic losses to start the season.

ST Mary’s looks set to go all the way in the 2023 Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Division 1/2 Women’s competition sitting clear on top of the ladder with an unblemished 8-0 season record.

HAMILTON Hurricanes junior basketball representative squads enjoyed a great Bendigo tournament over the Australia Day long weekend with the Under-12A boys going all the way and winning the division one competition.

ANGUS Knight has returned from the Southern Cross Challenge with an expanded knowledge of the game following his Under-14 Boys campaign which got underway last week.

HAMILTON local, Charlize Cooper, stepped up and represented the Vic Country Goldminers at the 2023 Southern Cross Challenge over the weekend in the Under-14 Girls competition at Melbourne.

PORTLAND’S women’s basketballers couldn’t have asked for a better lead in to their Country Basketball League finals campaign, after defeating one of the premiership favourites for the season in Mount Gambier on Sunday, 54-51.