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Target on Altona’s back
There have been no signs of a premiership hangover for defending premier bowls champions Altona. After taking out the top prize in Bowls Victoria’s pennant…
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MVP? I’d rather win the flag, says Sarah
Sarah Mollison is the undisputed best player in Lacrosse Victoria women’s state league. The Footscray captain was a runaway winner at the league’s best-and-fairest count,…
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Hobsons Bay to host top open-water swim event
In a first for Melbourne’s west, Victoria’s peak open-water swimming event will be held at Williamstown beach in December. Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club,…
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State cap for Footscray young gun
Footscray midfielder Kyle Gildea is one of Victorian hockey’s most promising young talents. The 21-year-old will be on the front line for Victoria Vikings at…
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Porters make it a decade of dominance
Newport’s decade of dominance has continued with a remarkable eighth premiership in 10 years in the Lacrosse Victoria women’s state league. The Porters overcame a…
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Defence wins premiership for Fearons
Evan Willis has produced a match for the ages, guiding Williamstown to its first premiership since 2012 in Lacrosse Victoria men’s state league. The goaltender…
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Stars launch new little athletics season
There is a spring in the step of the youngsters at Altona Little Athletics Centre. The new track-and-field season begins on October 3, less than…
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Local sports stories from around the western suburbs you may have missed this week Football: VAFA The quirks of the VAFA division 4 finals…
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Bulldogs out to stop the yo-to
The yo-yo stops now for Yarraville-Footscray. The Bulldogs are hellbent on making their mark in the Bowls Victoria premier division from 2015-16, and beyond. Over…
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Sport in brief
Local sport news from the weekend you may have missed Netball Sharpshooter Kath Knott has capped a superb season by being named City West…
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Fearons fly into the final
In the words of Williamstown coach Damien Orr, the “monkey is off our back” after his club sealed its first grand final appearance in the…
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Altona on course despite derby downer
Altona’s narrow defeat to Footscray in Hockey Victoria women’s premier league did not have its usual sting. Of course, the Seagulls would have loved nothing…
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Future bright for Footscray
The future looks even brighter for Footscray Hockey Club since five Bulldogs’ players and a coach all came home from the under-21 national championships with…
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Curtis pitching big dreams
Sunbury’s Curtis Cox was in the thick of the action when a Victorian Kookaburras under-16 team surprised everyone – including the players themselves –…
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Young baseballer all the better for the ‘Experience
Aiden Sadler is quite the catch – in baseball parlance, that is. The 15-year-old Williams Landing resident is fresh from a two-week trip to America,…
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