Sport

Girls footy hoping to flourish in the future

WITH the Riverland Football League campaign fast approaching, hopes for a women’s season are quickly diminishing, yet there are many passionate about the future of women’s football in the region. SANFL game development co-ordinator Kayla Mudge...

Lachlan Dand

10 Apr 2025

Sport

Time to play the Game(Plan)

LOCAL sporting fans throughout the Riverland will get their insight into the upcoming winter season, with the annual Game Plan magazine included in this week’s paper. Inside the stacked 40-page lift-out, readers will find all they need to know...

Lachlan Dand

09 Apr 2025

Sport

Lake Bonney Yacht Club

LAKE Bonney Yacht Club skippers competed in a re-sail of championship heats 11 and 12, which were abandoned just after the Christmas break due to no breeze. Weather conditions were perfect, with a gusty 10-to-15-knot east-southeast breeze coming...

Staff Contributors

08 Apr 2025

Sport

Riverland Rifle club

20m shoot: B. Lacey 98.3, 100.2, (2) 200; E. Lloyd 98.4, 98.3, (2), 198; R. Ward 95.3, 96.0, (3), 194; N. Lloyd 97.0, 97.4, (0) 194. 90m shoot: M. Cresp 100.4, 100.5, (0), 200; E. Lloyd 94.0, 95.1, (10), 199; N. Lloyd 96.1, 97.3, (5), 198; B. Lacey...

Staff Contributors

08 Apr 2025

Sport

Resounding success for Waikerie athletes

THE Waikerie Little Athletics Club sent their largest-ever team of athletes to the State Individual Championships (SIC) at the SA Athletics Stadium, in Adelaide, on Saturday 22 March, and Sunday 23 March. A total of 11 local youngsters qualified in...

Staff Contributors

07 Apr 2025

Sport

Five wins in a row for Blanchetown Primary

BLANCHETOWN Primary School has secured the Mid Murray Sports Day shield for the fifth-consecutive year. The carnival has been running for 66 years, and was recently hosted this year by the Waikerie Lutheran Primary School. This year’s 176 students...

Staff Contributors

07 Apr 2025

Sport

Riverland darts makes its return

IN the opening round of the Riverland darts winter season, the Cobby Eagles started off its title defence with a crushing 14-1 win over B.R.D.T. Allen Hargreaves continued his good form from the summer season with a high peg out of 149, while new...

Staff Contributors

06 Apr 2025

Sport

Riverland golf results

BARMERA Wednesday 26 March – Stableford B. Taylor 42, T. Williamson (Loxton) 39, B. Taylor (Kooyonga) 38, S. Macklin (Gympie) 38, T. Hansen 38, B. Whitehead 37, R. Formiatti 37, G. Morrison (Berri) 36, I. Winen 36. Thursday 27 March –Ladies K...

Staff Contributors

05 Apr 2025

Sport

Riverland students compete at softball carnival

RIVERLAND students last week took part in the 2025 SAPSASA state softball carnival at West Beach, with students playing to learn, and learning to play. The girls side, coached by Sue Jungfer, won six games from nine, while the boys side coached by...

Staff Contributors

05 Apr 2025

Sport

Loxton High wins its 44th in a row

LOXTON High School extended its extraordinary Riverland Interschool Athletics Carnival winning streak to 44 years on the trot at Waikerie High School yesterday. Loxton High racked up 2512.5 championship points to again claim the shield, finishing...

Staff Contributors

02 Apr 2025

Community

The Super Kick is back in Berri

THE Berri Hotel will be once more hosting the ultimate competition for local footballers and soccer players next month. Taking place on the Berri riverfront, with turf set up on Riverview Drive from 6pm, the search for the local Super Kick champion...

Staff Contributors

31 Mar 2025

Sport

B series handicap races held at Lake Bonney

LAKE Bonney Yacht Club (LBYC) sailors competed in races seven and eight in the B series handicap races on Saturday afternoon. In near-perfect conditions, the predicted southerly or south-easterly six-knot winds blew from the north at Lake Bonney, as...

Staff Contributors

30 Mar 2025

Sport

Trial time for our local footy leagues

PREPARATIONS for the upcoming Riverland Football League (RFL), and Murray Valley Football Netball League (MVFNL) have ramped up, following trial games recently taking place. Waikerie kicked things off earlier this month when it took on Strathalbyn...

Staff Contributors

30 Mar 2025

Sport

Riverland Golf results

BARMERA Sunday 16 March – Stableford M. McKeirnan (North Adelaide GC) 38, H. Banks 37, J. Millington 35, J. Cowling 34, S. Butterworth 30, D. Carr 30, A. Cowling 23. Wednesday 19 March – Stableford J. Marr 42, S. Morrell 41, K. Martin 40, B...

Staff Contributors

29 Mar 2025

Sport

Cobdogla, Renmark to compete in tennis decider

THE 2024/25 Riverland tennis grand finals around the region are set to go for this Saturday in Renmark, and the division one decider sees Cobdogla taking on the home side. Top-ranked Cobdogla won its place in the decider following a domination of...

Lachlan Dand

26 Mar 2025