IT was a positive day on the netball courts for the Hamilton Kangaroos during the first weekend of Hampden Football Netball League finals, with five wins and a one-goal loss.

PENSHURST has booked its spot in the Mininera and District Football League senior grand final after a thrilling one-point win against Wickliffe-Lake Bolac at Hawkesdale Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

HAMILTON’S Melissa Tapper was back in Paralympics action earlier this week, taking to the South Paris Arena for her Women’s Singles WS10 quarter-final against Chinese Taipei’s Shiau Wen Tian early Tuesday morning (local time), going down in five games, 2-3.

HAMILTON siblings, Evie and Tom Templeton, have continued to put the south-west on the map, both returning from the School Sports Australia (SSA) National Hockey Championships in Queensland with medals in hand.

THE Hamilton Basketball Association regular season finished up this week with round 15 games played on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

HAWKESDALE-MACARTHUR will be out to extend its season into a third week of finals if the Eagles can account for Woorndoo-Mortlake in Mininera and District Netball Association semi-final action tomorrow.

THE annual Heywood Community Day returns to Casterton tomorrow with seven races highlighting the day’s festivities.

THE Mininera and District Football League finals roll on today with semi-final weekend, as Penshurst looks to book a spot in the grand final.

HAMPDEN Football Netball League finals get underway tomorrow, with two Hamilton Kangaroos teams sitting out the opening weekend, due to finishing on top of the ladder.

THERE was a very good field on Saturday with 66 men and 24 women playing stableford.