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Altona star a home hero

Sharon Callus is the talk of the Altona Bowls Club. The late-blooming 62-year-old achieved her dream of competing for Malta at the Commonwealth Games on...

Rosen peaks in time for Maribyrnong Gift

Tim Rosen peaked just at the right time to take out the Maribyrnong Gift on Australia Day. Rosen ran second in his heat and third...

Altona returns to state league after seven year absence

Altona will take that giant leap from Lacrosse Victoria’s division one to state league this year. The Vikings have not played in the top-flight since...
Hughes

Last hurrah for Hughes

The end of the road for Luke Hughes as a professional with Melbourne Aces in the Australian Baseball League is drawing near. But Hughes is...

Yarraville-Footscray win against the odds

  Yarraville-Footscray produced a remarkable comeback to mow down local rival Altona by one shot in a Bowls Victoria premier division cliffhanger at Civic Parade...

Canada selects Altona hockey star for Rio Olympics

Long-time Altona Hockey Club star Matthew Guest is about to reach the pinnacle of his chosen sport. The forward has been named in Canada’s hockey...

Drama aplenty in Altona races

The Footscray Cycling Club’s Legends Criteriums were held on Sunday on the fast and furious Drake Boulevard circuit in Altona. The annual event, held in...

Munro wins McKellar memorial ride

In perfect racing conditions, riders set off in five bunches to contest the Footscray Cycling Club’s third annual Andrew McKellar Memorial Handicap. The handicap format...
Max Busuttil

Greenvale speedster Max Busuttil puts his passion on a fast track

Greenvale’s Max Busuttil had a mixed time of it the Australian Athletics Championships, but he did enough to come away with silver in the...

Commonwealth Games: Footscray-based Jake Andrewartha wins bronze

Footscray Resilience Training Centre's Jake Andrewartha won a bronze medal in the judo at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Andrewartha, one of six atheletes from...

Clean sweep for Footscray in opening round

Footscray had a clean sweep across the grades in the opening round of cycling’s annual Footscray versus Geelong Challenge Cup at Little River on...

Footscray makes it three premierships in five years

Footscray’s dominance continues in Water Polo Victoria’s men’s state league 1. The Bulldogs made it three state championship titles in five seasons when they overcame...

Djokovic master class ousts Federer

Novak Djokovic was untouchable, racing to a two-set lead, taking 12 of the first 15 games of the match, doing so in a speedy...
Altona Roosters

Defence the key for the Altona Roosters

Take a trip back in time and go back to May 11. Altona Roosters were 0-5, bottom of the NRL Victoria first grade ladder and...

Altona holds its nerve in top flight

Altona was a small fish leaping into a tank full of sharks at the start of the Lacrosse Victoria men’s state league season. It had...

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Exum, Giddey, Vasiljevic in Boomers squad

Three western suburbs natives, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum and DJ Vasiljevic are still in the mix for the Australian Boomers team for the Olympics. Basketball...