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T-Birds thunder ahead to championship win

TRARALGON T-Birds' season of dominance was rewarded with a women's Gippsland Country Basketball League premiership on Saturday, when the competition's form team defeated Korumburra convincingly at home, 92-66.

Dashing performance

"Unknown quantity" Ben Meadley of Leongatha claimed victory in the feature 2000 metre Bob Whitford Memorial Handicap race at the EnergyAustralia Track Carnival held at the Bob Whitford Cycling track in Newborough on Sunday.

On the right path

LATROBE Valley cricketers heading to country week in Melbourne on Monday may have more to play for than in previous years.

Fast track to the top

THIS time last year Ben Currie was a spectator at the Australian Superbike Championships and had never ridden a road race.

Star selection for local talent

LATROBE Valley players have filled three places in the recently announced Gippsland Cricket League team of the year.

Great prospects await on eve of finals

CGCA - CENTRAL Gippsland's top four sides will battle it out for their place in the pecking order for this season's EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup in the penultimate round.

A smashing adventure

WHEN Traralgon's Damien Hough walked out onto centre court at Rod Laver Arena for an Australian Open tennis match last month, he was met with a dull roar from a large crowd.

Knowles ton floors Cobras

TDCA - IN the match of the 12th round, Glengarry is in the box seat against Toongabbie after being sent into bat on day one.

Sharks feast on Ships

CGCA -  MOE surged to the top of the EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup ladder with a crushing outright win over Newborough Bulldogs.

Bowling prowess

THEY may be a new pairing, but there is nothing green about Traralgon Returned and Services League lawn bowls duo Jan Kirby and Margaret Gibbins.

Going the distance

LATROBE Valley triathletes will go the Olympic distance to support victims of the recent Gippsland bushfires next month.

Pride of Gippsland

LATROBE Valley cricketers gave a strong account of the region at the recent Victorian Bushrangers state championships.

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