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.

THE 2024 Sportswoman of the Year awards night held extra significance, as Tricia Schiller and Emily Iredell won the senior and junior awards on Monday night.

THE annual Hamilton Sportswoman of the Year Awards will take place tomorrow with 18 nominees across the junior and senior award sections.

THE Far Western Bowls Association Midweek Pennant rolled on this week with round three played on Tuesday.

THE Hamilton Hurricanes will be back on the court for another home Country Basketball League (CBL) clash, hosting Ararat in round four action tonight