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Netball

Recharged Roos ripe for rebound

PRE-SEASON training has a slightly different feel for Wentworth’s SFNL A Grade this time around. After going back-to-back in 2022 and 2023 (and going undefeated through the COVID-interrupted 2021 season, which was cancelled early), the Roos looked...

14 hours ago
Golf

Smythe shapes up for tournament run

MILDURA golfer Sam Smythe is in the final stages of training as he braces for three consecutive weekends of invitational golf, culminating in the Victorian Open. And it will be the all-abilities golfer’s first major tournaments since recovering from...

25 Jan 2025
Sport

Final five remains in SFNL fixture

LOCKED and loaded, the new Sunraysia Football and Netball League season will begin in just over two month’s time. After returning to a final five in 2024, the same finals format will remain in 2025 with grand final day slated for Saturday, September...

25 Jan 2025
Motorsport

Wood knocks on Bandits opportunity

DAYLE Wood may have made his way into the UK speedway scene later than most, but he’s not taking his opportunities for granted. The 30-year-old has earned his place with the Speedway Great Britain Championship side Berwick Bandits for 2025 after two...

25 Jan 2025
Sport

Centenary celebrations for MFNL

THE centenary season of the Millewa Football and Netball League is set to start with a bang as the traditional Mega Day will be pushed up to round 1. All men’s and women’s football and all netball grades will compete in League Celebration Round at...

25 Jan 2025
Basketball

Top sides return to courts with a bang

PREMIER League basketball was back in action at Mildura Sporting Precinct this week and the top teams picked up where they left off. In Tuesday’s women’s matches, top three Alcheringa Saints, Mildura Hawks and Mildura Demons all picked...

24 Jan 2025
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Bowls

Stakes high as top two do battle

MILDURA Magic and the Irymple Suns clash head-on at the Cauldron tomorrow in what could be a dress rehearsal for the main dance of Sunraysia pennant bowls in March. Mildura have jumped four games clear of the Suns, but will need to...

24 Jan 2025
Sport

Softball squad eye state success

SUNRAYSIA’S softball stars will test themselves against the best South Australia has to offer this weekend. The Green and Gold will head to the Softball South Australia Country Championships over the Australia Day period and compete for top honours...

24 Jan 2025
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13 Feb 2020
Motorsport

Power of pink for karting guns

FOUR Mildura Kart Club drivers are set to race for placings and for charity. The annual female-only Pink Plate meeting in Wodonga is set for this weekend with Sunraysia racers Bethany Koch, Maya McKnight, Indianna Chamberlain and Audrey Rogers all...

24 Jan 2025
Water sports

Swimmers star at country champs

MILDURA has laid the platform for a strong future when it comes to competitive swimming, according to Swimming Victoria chief executive Jason Hellwig. Hosts Mildura Swimming Club and other organisations involved received rave reviews for the...

23 Jan 2025
Bowls

Red Cliffs upset the Suns

RADIO reports Saturday morning promoted a 30-shot win for the Irymple Suns after a big week on the training track in the return round of Sunraysia pennant bowls. Maurie Press, president of Red Cliffs, had different ideas as he fired...

22 Jan 2025
Sport

More time for award nominations

Sunraysia DailyTHE annual Northern Mallee Sports Star Awards are fast approaching, and Mallee Sports Assembly have extended nomination openings. The closing date for nomination forms is now January 28 at 9am, ahead of the 2024 Awards Night at the...

22 Jan 2025
Golf

District golf results

MEDLEY Stableford will be played today, Friday is a nine-hole medley Stableford, Saturday is medley par, Sunday is an 18-hole medley Stableford and the Australia Day public holiday on Monday is a medley Stableford. The full...

22 Jan 2025
Football

AFL roadshow

SUNRAYSIA and Millewa clubs can take part in a three-day coaching, umpiring and club development roadshow hosted by AFL Victoria in late February. Ange Ballinger, AFL Victoria region manager for Sunraysia and Wimmera Mallee, has curated an extensive...

22 Jan 2025
Combat Sports

Thompson to shake off frustrating 2024

MILDURA Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Shantelle Thompson is amping up her training this year as she commits to a four-year Olympic-type cycle to add an elusive black belt title to her collection. Thompson, 41, gained the black belt...

21 Jan 2025
Galleries

Warm welcome at swim champs

VICTORIA’S best regional swimmers continued to battle it out under warm temperatures at Mildura Waves yesterday, with the three-day annual meet – which rotates around the state – set to conclude today. The Victorian Country Long Course Swimming...

20 Jan 2025