THE Hamilton Hurricanes are set for their first double header of the Country Basketball League (CBL) season, travelling to Colac to take on the Kookas tonight, before returning for a clash against Portland at HILAC tomorrow.

WITH the course in magnificent condition, and the lovely spring weather, it was great to see a good field of 73 men and 17 women playing stableford on Saturday.

The Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition switches to the long format matches with the first two-day game of the 2024-25 season starting today.

HAMILTON para-bowler Alison East has claimed a silver and bronze medal at the Bowls Australia 2024 Australian Championships held recently on the Gold Coast at the Broadbeach Bowls club.

HAMILTON cricketer Nic Cullinane has been selected to play for Victoria Over-50 and Over-55 teams at the Veterans Cricket Australia National Championships that will be held over the next month.

THE final preparations for this year’s instalment of the Portland Runners Club 3 Bays Running Festival will wrap up this evening, as entrants and organisers prepare for this weekend’s event.

KELLIE Atkins received the Betty Homes Memorial Trophy for 2024, with the speedway volunteer’s impact on the sport acknowledged at Hamilton’s Sportswoman of the Year awards night on Monday.

“THERE’S probably not many other sports similar to it – I think golf would be one, though; we don’t think on our feet like hockey or footy or AFL or anything like that. You play a shot and then you’ve got downtime. You switch on, switch off, and you try to have processes in order to do that successfully.”

THE Barker family added to its harness racing legacy, as Stacey trained her first winner on Friday at Maryborough.

MACARTHUR continues to make statements in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition after the Demons thrashed Pigeon Ponds on Saturday to continue the climb up the premiership ladder after round three of the 2024-25 season.