AUSTRALIAN cricket legend and Sport Australia Hall of Fame member, Karen Rolton, will visit Hamilton for a girls cricket clinic next month.

ST MARY’S ORANGE has moved to within striking distance of the ladder lead in the Hamilton Basketball Association women’s division one competition with a 31-29 victory over Barber Babes on Tuesday night as Grace Cleaver stamped her authority on the game.

PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club now boasts having a national champion among its ranks, as young practitioner Elijah Reid claimed victory in the 8-9-year-old non-contact division of the Australian Kyokushin Karate Association (AKKA) national championships on the weekend.

A NUMBER of Portland Little Athletics participants recently competed in Melbourne as part of the State Cross-Country Championships with some strong results across the board.

JAYDEN Riddle will be hunting for his first title when he gets into the ring tonight.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos will have home ground advantage for the last time today when they host Camperdown at Dunkeld Recreation Reserve.

THE Portland Gymnastics Club hosted their biggest event of the year across the weekend with an impressive turnout at their Yarraman Park facility.

MININERA and District Football League (MDFL) rivals, Penshurst and Glenthompson-Dunkeld, meet tomorrow in the senior elimination final at Lake Bolac Recreation Reserve, as both teams battle to remain in premiership contention.

THE lawn bowls fraternity has another star on the rise with Dunkeld local, Darren “Cat” Gordon winning through to the grand final of the Australian Indoor Championships at Tweed Heads Bowls Club on Thursday where he finished runner-up.

WHILE the Matildas may not have gone all the way in their World Cup bid after losing in the semi-final to England 3-1, they certainly inspired another generation of players to take on ‘the beautiful game’.