LADIES from across the state converged on West Wyalong today for the first day of play in the Western Districts Ladies Golf Association annual tournament. There were 173 players across all grades taking part in the tournament, with home-town players from West Wyalong as well as those from places including Forbes, Dubbo and Cowra. Sunny weather greeted the players at West Wyalong Golf Course for the first ro ...

GWS Giants coach Kevin Sheedy was in the region today for the launch of a Tribute to Farmers AFL game later this season. Sheedy visited Marrar to launch the concept today, announcing the Tribute to Farmers match would be played between the Giants and Geelong at SKODA Stadium in Sydney in round 11, on June 8. "It is the Queen's Birthday long weekend and with no country football scheduled, the Tribute to Farm ...

SOUTHERN Inland Rugby Union has announced its squad for the Brumbies Provincial Championships to be played in Batemans Bay on the June long weekend. A total of 48 players made themselves available for selection and the squad will train for the first time at Conolly Rugby Complex on Friday, May 31 at 6.30pm. The squad is: Stu Garrett,  Tom Dunstan, James Whiteley, James Grimmett, Bart Whiteley, Ben Leaper, C ...

ASTUTE Cootamundra coach Mark Elia has called on the Bulldogs to keep their foot on the throttle after the club has toppled two Group Nine heavyweights in consecutive weeks in an impressive start to the season. Cootamundra has been the surprise-packet of the Group Nine season in the early rounds and the Bulldogs have posted impressive back-to-back wins over highly-rated Gundagai and reigning premier Albury. ...

LEETON-Whitton will unveil its two star recruits on Saturday as the Crows attempt to arrest a mini Riverina Football League form slump by beating Turvey Park at Leeton Showground. Leeton coach Damian Lang this morning revealed Tasmanian recruits Matt Smith and Brad Carver (pictured) would line-up for the Crows in their crucial contest with Turvey Park at home this weekend. Leeton has managed just one win fr ...

WAGGA Heat has confirmed their status as a real contender this year’s Waratah State League Basketball competition with a come from behind 77-71 victory over the previously undefeated Shoalhaven Tigers in Wagga on Saturday night. The Heat now stand alone at the top of the south pool of the league and is the only undefeated team in the state. With the Bolton Park Incinerator awash in red to support “Kiss Good ...

A GROUP Nine squad has been selected to take on Group 16. A representative team from Group Nine gave Group 20 a real shake-up this weekend with a 50-10 win yesterday, and another squad has now been revealed to aim for similar success against Group 16. The team will have its first training run at McDonald's Park on Wednesday, and play against Group 16 at the CRL Country Championships at Cooma on June 1. The ...

RIVERINA Football League heavyweights Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong and Coolamon both continued their unbeaten starts to the competition this afternoon. GGGM was forced to withstand a gallant challenge from Leeton-Whitton before running away with a 35-point win at Ganmain Sportsground while Coolamon thrashed Turvey Park by 65 points at Kindra Park. Key forward Jarrod Conway made an impressive return from a kne ...

First grade POS TEAM P W L D B FF For Agst % PTS 1 Coolamon 6 5 0 0 1 0 561 303 185.15 24 2 GGGM 6 5 0 0 1 0 567 361 157.06 24 3 Mangoplah CUE 6 3 2 0 1 0 390 388 100.52 16 4 Collingullie AK 6 3 3 0 0 0 677 507 133.53 12 5 Griffith 6 2 3 0 1 0 456 481 94.80 12 6 Wagga Tigers 6 2 3 0 1 0 372 448 83.04 12 7 Leeton-Whitton 6 1 4 0 1 0 352 438 80.37 8 8 Narrandera Imperial 6 2 4 0 0 0 410 592 69.26 8 9 Turvey P ...

XXXX Gold First grade POS TEAM P W L D B F A PD % PTS 1 South City Bulls 4 3 0 0 1 126 70 56 180.00 8 2 Albury Thunder 4 3 1 0 0 154 86 68 179.07 6 3 Wagga Kangaroos 4 2 1 0 1 104 46 58 226.09 6 4 Temora Dragons 4 3 1 0 0 118 84 34 140.48 6 5 Junee Diesels 4 3 1 0 0 106 84 22 126.19 6 6 Cootamundra Bulldogs 4 3 1 0 0 136 120 16 113.33 6 7 Gundagai Tigers 4 1 2 0 1 84 72 12 116.67 4 8 Tumut Blues 4 1 2 0 1 5 ...