Olympians are already two games clear in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Basketball Association women’s division 2 standings.
Neale Harvey
Norths’ Glenn Gascoyne blasted 113 in a losing effort against Lake View in the Eastern Goldfields Cricket Association’s B-grade competition.
Colin Weightman, who died on Tuesday, is remembered as a fine lawn bowler and administrator.
Albany Cycle Club opened its 2025 season with the first of three time trials at the popular Elleker circuit.
Keith Symes
A series of major events make up the remainder of the local speedway season.
Mayana Aspinall is this weekend seeking a fourth-consecutive title in the annual Goldfields Ladies Open Singles tournament
Goldrush opener Dan Smith compiled a hard-hitting 118 not out during his team’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder Cricket Association match on Saturday.
The Advertiser takes a look at cricket stories from around the Great Southern and Upper Great Southern regions as the summer of cricket heats up in 2024-25.
Harry Grigson
Everything is on the line as 15 Albany Raiders teams make the long trip to Perth this weekend for the 2024 Basketball WA State Championships.
A fast-starting Ambassadors secured a brilliant 20-point victory over the winless Albany Raiders in round six of the Albany Basketball Association on Tuesday night.
Railways launched a stunning second-half assault on Albany Raiders to notch a thrilling eight-point victory in round nine of the Albany Basketball Association women’s A-grade on Tuesday.
Albany trainer Steve Wolfe will get a second chance at a first Group 1 triumph in as many weeks when star pair River Rubicon and Currimundi tackle the $1.5m TABTouch-Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
Goldfields women are adding a D-League squad in 2025.
Upper Great Southern Hockey Association player Sarah Wiese showcased incredible athleticism at the World Masters Hockey 2024 World Cup in New Zealand last month.
Hannah Whitehead
Rising Albany basketballer Billy McRae is focused on learning and improving his game after being selected for Basketball Australia’s National Performance Camp for a second successive year.
Tambellup secured back-to-back victories with a commanding 21-run win over Kojonup in the Great Southern Cricket Association’s fourth round of T20s on Saturday.
Tambellup-raised hockey star Penny Squibb has captained Perth Thundersticks women’s side to a Hockey One premiership and saluted a dominant undefeated season.
Saints were dealt their first defeat last week against CBC in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Basketball Association’s men’s division one competition.
Two leading coaches will be in the northern Goldlfields on December 10.
Railways product Robbie Farmer has made waves on the national stage by being selected in the All-Australian side after a sublime tournament with WA in Clontarf Foundation’s State of Origin carnival.
Young Albany trainer Ashleigh Woollett said it was a dream come true after she secured a maiden victory with eight-year-old campaigner Billy Jack at Albany Racing Club on Thursday.
It was deja vu for leading Albany trainer Steve Wolfe after a second successive fourth place in the $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday.
Irish jockey Amy Jo Hayes celebrated a career-first winning double at Albany Racing Club on Thursday as Albany trainer Ashleigh Woollett secured her first career victory.
Great Southern cricketers put their club loyalties aside after Albany and Districts Cricket Association matches on Saturday to spin yarns and raise mental health awareness .
