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Struggling Bombers gunning for victory

Mid Gippsland FL - Yallourn-Yallourn North will hope to get its first win on the board when the Bombers face Yarragon this weekend in Mid Gippsland football.

Sale overpowers Olympians

Gippsland Soccer League - From the opening whistle Traralgon Olympians and Sale United looked to attack and get on the scoreboard early in their Battle of Brittan Cup quarter final match on Sunday.

Gallant Gladiators fall to Warriors

THE Gippsland Gladiators faced the formidable Monash Warriors in the second of its cross divisional games on Saturday.

Blues prepare to hunt down Kangaroos

Rosedale and Heyfield will headline North Gippsland football's match of the round with the Blues the only side to-date to claim the scalp of the reigning premier.

Rise of the recreational runner

Traralgon Marathon - The Traralgon Running Festival this year lent credibility to the noted dual phenomena in running over past years - the massive increase in 'recreational' runners, and that more and more of these are women.

Crowning achievement

MORWELL Latrobe Valley earned the title of Australia's top women's team at the National Bocce Championships held in Redlands, Queensland over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

International call-up

YALLOURN basketballer Alex Sheedy's shining form for Fresno State last season caught the eye of national selectors fossicking for Opals, culminating in her first Australian cap.

Gruelling victory for the Macpac

Local adventure racing champions Rob and Kathryn Preston have comfortably defended their title for the fourth consecutive year, smiting opponents with a two-and-a-half hour lead at the Mountain Designs GeoQuest in the mixed division this month.

Wounded Lions clawing back

IT may be winless and languishing at the bottom of the Gippsland League ladder, but Moe has stepped it up in recent weeks.

Simpson steals the show

Baseball - The Moe Newborough Dodgers dominated its match against the Churchill Braves in round nine of GDF SUEZ Loy Yang B Latrobe Valley Baseball.

Hard targets

HARD2Overcome held the competition at bay to come out on top in the latest round of the Paintball Association of Victoria five-player series held on its home turf in Newborough on Saturday.

Energy blitz the comp

A powerful third quarter effort handed Latrobe City Energy men's Big V division one basketball team a sold victory over Warrnambool Seahawks on Saturday.

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