MININERA and District Football League followers will not know which team will grab the final spot in the race for the finals until the final round is run and won after round 15 of the home and away competition was completed on Saturday with three teams still in contention.

IT is finals season for some teams already with the Hamilton Kangaroos facing off in the Under-16 and Under-14 qualifying finals, while the women’s team battled it out for a spot in the Western Victoria Female Football League grand final at the weekend.

AFTER years of planning and campaigning, the first visible signs of the Melville Oval redevelopment took place with the football changerooms reduced to a pile of rubble.

PORTLAND’S senior footballers had victory in the palm of their hand on Saturday but were ultimately left shattered as they went down to a Cobden goal in the final seconds of their Hampden Football League clash, with the final score 15.10 (100) to 14.13 (97).

A GROUP of local darts players have demonstrated their strength in the region after their team, Bushrangers, claimed the Hamilton and District Darts Association championship.

WESTERN WAVES cricket region celebrated another great season on Sunday, announcing its men’s and women’s Team’s of the Year for 2022-23.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos will be out to book a spot in the Western Victoria Female Football League decider when they travel to Stawell’s North Park to take on the Horsham Demons in today’s preliminary final.

THE Hockey South West season paused on Saturday to give players an opportunity to compete in an 11-a-side game, compared to the usual format of five-a-side.

THOROUGHBRED racing returns to Casterton today, as the club is the beneficiary of a transferred meeting from Hamilton.

THE South West District Football League’s season is approaching its crescendo, with tomorrow’s round 15 action being the second last time that all eight teams will be in action this year.