‘Strong foundations’: new coach, CEO and signings for Zebras
It’s been a thin few years for Sandringham in the VFL, but an influx of young players and two key appointments have the Zebras primed for the 2025 season. See the signings here.
It’s been a thin few years for Sandringham in the VFL, but an influx of young players and two key appointments have the Zebras primed for the 2025 season. See the signings here.
A change of clubs and a new, aggressive approach have taken Shobit Singh to the top of the Victorian Premier Cricket run charts this season. Now he’s been selected for the state Second XI.
Melbourne Country Week will die unless its format changes, according to a former top cricket administrator. He has a blueprint to rejuvenate the time-honoured competition.
The VFL has confirmed the dates and fixtures but not the venue for this year’s stand-alones carnival as clubs continue 2025 season signings, with Casey nabbing another star forward from the bush.
A back injury got in the way of Nathan Freitag’s run at first-class cricket but his performances at club and representative level mark him out as a great of the Victorian country game, writes PAUL AMY.
Akshay Ramkumar took 8-0 playing junior cricket two years ago. On Saturday the ‘mystery spinner’ made a ‘super-impressive’ First XI debut for Casey South Melbourne in Premier Cricket.
Patrick Hill admits he wasn’t much of a player. But he excelled as a coach, particularly in women’s football, where he moulded Hawthorn VFLW into a premiership team.
He had two stints at Premier level, only for the travel from Gippsland to get the better of him. But Lee Stockdale continues to go the extra mile for Victoria at the national country championships.
Trevor Ryan coached a premiership when he was 21. Almost four decades later, he’s been through every trial and tribulation coaching can throw up. PAUL AMY charts his long journey to being named coach of Nhill.
Dennis Vague did not live to see the sporting project he started but it has been finished and launched amid tributes for the popular Bass Coast College teacher.