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Paint the town red

HARD 2 Overcome dipped into its paint pellet palette to take on the nation's finest to win the Victorian Paintball Championship at its home turf in Newborough on Saturday.

Third time lucky

MORWELL Cricket Club bounced back from two consecutive grand final losses to claim its sixth Women's Gippsland Cricket League title over Bairnsdale at the weekend.

Mid Gld falters at line

MID Gippsland Green went into Friday night's Eastern Region Netball State League final as firm favourite following an undefeated season, but fell at the final hurdle against Alberton 48-33.

Motos rock Newborough track

VICTORIA'S motocross elite blazed the hillside trails at Newborough's Blue Rock Motorcycle Club over the weekend in round one of the Victorian Senior Motocross Championships.

Grassroots Gators gear up

THE Gippsland Gators' own 'bash brothers' Chris and Jesse Stredder will lead the home team into battle at the inline hockey Australasian Club Championships this weekend at Stadium 34, Moe.

The lion’s share for Moe

THE Moe juggernaut continued its Central Gippsland Cricket demolition derby with an eighth consecutive EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup premiership victory over Latrobe at Morwell.

Chair devil rocks

NITRO Circus athletes were flying high on Saturday, thrilling Morwell crowds with an array of extreme sports showstoppers, but their stunts haven't always received such fanfare.

Vying for the Gippsland Koorie crown

GIPPSLAND'S indigenous community was out in force on Sunday for the second annual Budjeri Napan Koorie Football Netball competition at Ronald Reserve, Morwell.

Leading the way for change

CLUB culture in Australian sport is at a crossroads, but Leongatha's Jamin Heppell is directing traffic toward a brighter future.

Best foot forward

NICK Graham's first crack at the Victorian Off Road Championship has been a long time coming.

Making a splash

VICTORIA'S finest water ski warriors took to the Halls Bay battlefield at Lake Narracan over the weekend to contest the 2013 Victorian Championships.

Back-to-back motos

AN off-road double feature will roar to life in the Latrobe Valley this weekend, with back-to-back Motorcycling Victoria events set to run in Newborough and Traralgon.

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