FROM a distance the Parklands Golf Course appears dressed in a verdant blanket, but this belies a still hard surface underfoot.

THE Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) open netball team tasted the ultimate success for the first time in more than two decades at the Netball Victoria Association Championships in Melbourne on Sunday.

PORTLAND’S junior basketball season reached its exciting conclusion on Friday evening as the best teams across each gender and age bracket faced off in their respective grand finals.

HAMILTON Kangaroos are yet to register their first win of the year in the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) Open netball division, however, there has been plenty to be excited about with the young side showing development and improvement in every game.

THE Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Women’s Division One competition is heating up and the top two battle will be one the most interesting aspects of this winter season.

THE Southern 500 Speedway has closed out its 2023-24 season in style with another big night of racing which included a Sprintcar Vic Title, with local driver Daniel Storer taking out second place on the podium in the main event.

HAMILTON Kangaroos sit in ninth position at the halfway point of the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) senior football competition with a 2-7 season record.

THREE local netballers will be off to Melbourne this weekend for Netball Victoria’s annual association championships Finals Day.

THE LOCAL derby game always brings out the best in players no matter what the sport is, and with Penshurst hosting arch-rivals Glenthompson-Dunkeld at Penhurst Recreation Reserve today in round eight of the Mininera and District Netball Association (MDNA) A grade competition, there will be plenty at stake other than the four premiership points on offer.

FIFTY-NINE men and nine women participated in Saturday’s stableford event with A grade having a very close finish with the placings being decided on a three-way countback with Jason Chandler taking first spot, runner-up going to Mal Groves and third place going to Jim King all finishing on 37 points.