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Promotion goal drives Altona Vikings

The future is now at Altona Lacrosse Club, with the Vikings banking on their current group of promising youngsters to take them back to...

Altona lets another slip

Altona has slipped further off the pace in Hockey Victoria men’s premier league after a 2-0 loss to Greensborough at Sugargum Drive on Saturday. The...

New digs can’t fire up Roosters

  Altona Roosters used their new ground at Bruce Comben Reserve on Saturday, but it hardly felt like home for the first 80 minutes. The Roosters...

Sports shorts: Seagulls surge to beat rivals

VFL Williamstown produced a gritty performance to beat arch-rivals Port Melbourne by seven points in a low-scoring VFL game at a wind-swept Burbank Oval on...

Sports shorts: Bulldogs earn state contracts

Sports shorts  Cricket Footscray Edgewater was well represented in the latest round of Victorian Bushranger contracts announced last week. Star batsman Travis Dean and talented all-rounder...

Altona keeps perfect record intact

The western suburbs dominated over the opening three rounds of Hockey Victoria’s women’s premier league – Altona and Footscray are both undefeated and occupy...

Next stop Rio for Morgan Mitchell

Morgan Mitchell’s unimaginable summer of dominance is complete with her ticket booked to the Rio Olympics. Mitchell was in a class of her own this...

Morgan Mitchell shows the might of the west

Morgan Mitchell is a fiercely proud Melburnian and even prouder to be from the western suburbs. Mitchell won her first 400 metres national title in...

Footscray comes out breathing fire

After three years at the helm of Footscray, coach Lachlan Anderson has a good gauge on his team’s standing within the Hockey Victoria women’s...

Footscray City takes out top gong

Footscray City Gymnastics Club has been named Gymnastic Victoria’s “large club of the year” for 2015. Based in West Footscray, the club has more than...

Road map to world lacrosse starts in the west

The road to next year’s world cup begins in the west for Australia’s women’s lacrosse team. The Aussies have been using the western suburbs as...

Altona athlete brings home junior national title

Local boy Matthew Hussey has made it two 3000m Australian junior titles in a row. Competing at the Australian Junior Track and Field Championships in...

Award-winning teen sticks to her goals

This Truganina teen can take a hit with the best of them. As a goalkeeper for Altona Hockey Club, Elizabeth Howell is very familiar with...

Altona tears up form guide to take title

Altona showed a total disregard for the form guide to leave red hot premiership favourite Hoppers Crossing stunned after the Western Region Tennis Association...

Newport Rams send veteran out on winning note

Newport Rams have sent retiring veteran Heath Black out with a fine win in the Baseball Victoria summer league division 1. The Rams have endured...

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