The Bairnsdale Rowing Club (BRC) mixed masters double scull crew, Ivan Knight and Louise Avery, came home with a silver medal from the recent Rowing ACT Daramalan/Black Mountain Rowing Club Regatta. The regatta held on Saturday, December 3, on picturesque Lake Burley Griffin, saw the members of BRC pit their skills against some skilled rowers from across Australia. Knight and Avery were joined...

Exciting local footballer, Melbourne excitement machine, Megan Fitzsimon, is now an AFL premiership player, her Demons defeating Brisbane by four points in an epic contest at Springfield on Sunday. The Demons, one of the powerhouses and most consistent sides in the AFLW since its inception, finally broke through for their maiden premiership, upsetting the Lions in front of 7412 spectators 2.7-19...

Prodigious local football talent, Melbourne livewire, Megan Fitzsimon, will play in her second AFL woman’s grand final this Sunday in the space of nine months. With the AFL changing the woman’s football landscape, from summer/autumn to winter/spring, it will be a rare occurrence where two grand finals are being played in the one calendar year. For Megan and her Demons teammates, it will give...

Two-day cricket returned to the Bairnsdale Cricket Association (BCA) on Saturday, with three of the five matches already decided on the first innings and headed for possibly maximum points this weekend. Lucknow is poised to defeat St Marys Nagle, while Lakes Entrance and Meerlieu will play a one day match after rain got under the covers at the Lakeside Oval. At Orbost, Paynesville opted to bat...

The East Gippsland girls team was successful last weekend in the prestigious Judy Dalton Cup at the Sale Tennis Club. The event is named after the former Australian professional tennis player who won nine major doubles titles, and completed the career grand slam in women’s doubles. The East Gippsland 13 and under girls regional team, made up of players from the Wellington and East Gippsland...