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Will Rumgay

Journalist at Sunraysia Daily

State squads set to swing into MSP

A SELECTION of Victoria’s highest quality male and female cricketers are heading north for regional pre-season training, with both squads set to stage camps at the Mildura Sporting Precinct across the next fortnight. The weeklong sessions...

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Football

South stalwart gets 350 milestone

IN a remarkable testament to loyalty and endurance, South Mildura’s Hayden Cook will lace up for his 350th game at the club this Saturday when the Bulldogs take on Ouyen United. The most capped player in the club’s history, stalwart Cook has...

17 hours ago

Sport

Memorial match for the brave

WHEN Robinvale Euston and Imperials meet this weekend in the SFNL for round 15, there will be far more than premiership points playing on everyone’s minds. The two clubs will contest for the Nathan Shanahan Memorial Cup, an annual football match...

26 Jul 2025

4 Sport

Legends and mates mark 200th games

TWO Roos legends who have been playing side by side for the last 14 years will together make their 200th game appearances when Wentworth FNC seniors step out onto the George Gordon football field and play Merbein this Saturday. Captain Andy Wall and...

26 Jul 2025

Golf

All set for grand final golf

RIVERSIDE and Coomealla Navy have locked in a blockbuster showdown this Sunday for the Murray Darling Golf Association Division One scratch pennant title, while Division Two heavyweights Riverside Green and Mildura will square off in what promises...

25 Jul 2025

Basketball

Heat’s last hurrah

THE Mildura Heat women’s side may be out of the playoff picture, but they have more than proven their considerable quality in the closing rounds of this Big V Division One season. They’ll get one final opportunity to flex their form when they...

25 Jul 2025

Basketball

Heat fight for third

SATURDAY night’s showdown at the Hothouse between Mildura Heat and Collingwood All Stars is another finals dress rehearsal for the hosts with a third spot finish in the Big V Division Two men’s competition on the line. Both teams head into the...

24 Jul 2025

Cricket

Veletta pads up for festivale at MSP

FORMER baggy green international Mike Veletta has been confirmed as a marquee acquisition for the Sandgropers who will be representing Western Australia at the Global Spirit of Cricket Festivale in Mildura. The 61-year-old batsmen will be gracing the...

23 Jul 2025

Football

Kangas kick Pies while they’re down

A THIRD victory of the year came Ouyen United’s way as the Kangas sunk a still winless Merbein 11.10 (76) to 8.3 (51). Despite both teams being unable to make the coveted SFNL top five, a battle of bragging rights was on display at Compound...

22 Jul 2025

Netball

Pies can’t stop Kangas at home

REIGNING SFNL netball champions Ouyen United have kept their incredibly slim finals chances alive thanks to a vital four-point victory against Merbein, and Red Cliffs losing by one point against Robinvale Euston. A 49-45 away win for the Kangas at...

22 Jul 2025

Basketball

Heat halt Dragons’ finals hopes

THE penultimate round of Big V action took place on the weekend with the Mildura Heat women’s side powering home in the final quarter to claim a gutsy 10 point victory against the Camberwell Dragons, who can now no longer make the top five to play...

21 Jul 2025

Basketball

Suns steal win from Heat

THE Hothouse held host to a barnstorming thriller on Saturday night as a last minute fadeout saw Mildura Heat men’s side agonisingly fall short against the ladder leading Sherbrooke Suns 85-80.A fiery and physical affair, the courtside atmosphere...

21 Jul 2025