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Aussie battler advances

QUEENSLANDER Kimberly Birrell drew on her inner Aussie-battler on Tuesday to win an epic Traralgon ITF Junior International quarter final, and went on to a runner up finish.

Fourth spot up for grabs

ROUND 10 of Traralgon and District Cricket is shaping as one of the biggest this year with fourth spot on the ladder now up for grabs.

Heroes turn out for Hendo

GIPPSLAND Cricket's all stars will collide on Sunday in Imperials Cricket Club's inaugural 'Hendo's Heroes Bash'.

Good Grubb of the green

FIVE Yallourn lawn bowlers won their section, two reached the quarter-finals and one came within a good end of the final, yet the home club is still searching for its first Yallourn Classic Singles champion.

Holdsworth shows his value

TRAFALGAR captain Rhys Holdsworth's first taste of the senior Australian Country Cricket Championships this month was a bittersweet sample.

In form Yallourn eclipses Morwell Club

FRESH from a successful showing by several of its stars at the Yallourn Classic Singles tournament, Yallourn's division one West Gippsland Bowls Division pennant side accounted for Morwell Club by 23 shots away from home on Saturday.

Proud performance

GIPPSLAND Pride's unbeaten run at last week's under 18 state cricket championships came to an end in last Thursday's semi-final against South East Bayside Breakers.

Top three skip away

A SENSATIONAL ninth round of Traralgon and District cricket was highlighted by a century from Ex Students opener Greg Munro and a surprise Rovers loss which reignited the race for fourth on the ladder.

Locals match it with world’s best

LOCAL qualifying hopes David Hough and Amelia Charlton were valiant round one casualties at the Traralgon ITF Junior International last Thursday.

Morwell claws ahead in Tiger tussle

MIRBOO North finds itself in a spot of bother in the Energy Australia Cup's all-Tiger clash, dismissed for 158 inside 65 overs against Morwell thanks largely to a superb bowling performance by Brendan Brincat.

Robo-Baker cooks Spencer

BRENDON Baker avenged his 2013 Yallourn Classic runner-up finish to Charlie Ward by steamrolling last year's bridesmaid Graeme Spencer 25-13 in Thursday's final at Yallourn Bowls Club.

No horsing around for classic comeback

THE resurrected Blue Rock Classic will be a horse of a different colour to the one that last ran almost a decade ago, but organisers are hopeful it will return at a canter.

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