Sport

LOCAL basketballer Tyleah Barr was a part of Big V basketball history on Saturday night when her Warrnambool Mermaids team won back-to-back division one titles in the grand final clash against Bellarine.

DARTMOOR has opened their South West District Netball League finals account with a one-goal victory against Cavendish on Saturday, 51-50.

HEYWOOD has kept their season alive in the most dramatic of circumstances, claiming a South West District Football League elimination final victory over Dartmoor 9.12 (66) to 9.11 (65) on Sunday at Cavendish.

ELLA Matters has continued her dominant displays in the pool, smashing a majority of her personal best times at the Victorian Country Short Course Championships in Wangaratta on the weekend.

PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club now boasts having a national champion among its ranks, as young practitioner Elijah Reid claimed victory in the 8-9-year-old non-contact division of the Australian Kyokushin Karate Association (AKKA) national championships on the weekend.

A NUMBER of Portland Little Athletics participants recently competed in Melbourne as part of the State Cross-Country Championships with some strong results across the board.

THE Portland Gymnastics Club hosted their biggest event of the year across the weekend with an impressive turnout at their Yarraman Park facility.

WHILE the Matildas may not have gone all the way in their World Cup bid after losing in the semi-final to England 3-1, they certainly inspired another generation of players to take on ‘the beautiful game’.

PORTLAND’S netball sides won three out of their six games on the weekend when they faced Camperdown in round 16 of the Hampden Netball League.

THE South West District Netball League has closed its home and away rounds with some resounding wins across the weekend.

THE South West District Football League’s 2023 season had one last twist left in store during Saturday’s 16th and final round of the season, as Tyrendarra upset Cavendish 9.6 (60) to 5.12 (42).

A NEW plan is emerging for a home league for Casterton Sandford Football Netball Club in 2024.