Basketball
The pain is not even close to subsiding for Altona Gators in Big V basketball men’s division 1. The Gators lost their 11th game in a row to start the season and by one of their heaviest margins, 106-65 to the Warrnambool Seahawks at The Arc Sports Stadium on Saturday night. This weekend will present the Gators with a double shot at breaking the duck with a road game against Blackburn on Saturday night, followed by the visit of Shepparton on Sunday.
Football
The Western Bulldogs went down to Melbourne on Sunday in the first of this season’s two AFL women’s matches at the MCG. The Bulldogs trailed at every break and wound up eight-point losers with the final score 4.13 (37) – 4.5 (29). The pick of the Bulldogs were Katie Brennan, Moanna Hope and Heather Anderson, while Hope and Darcy Vescio booted two goals apiece. The sides will meet again at Etihad Stadium on August16.
Rugby league
Altona Roosters cannot take a trick at the moment in the Victorian Rugby League first grade. The Roosters were upended 26-22 by the South Eastern Titans in a nailbiter at Greaves Reserve on Saturday. It was the Roosters’ fifth straight loss and it leaves them second-last and a worrying two-and-a-half games outside the top four.
