FORMER Socceroo captain Mark Viduka will be seen in Melbourne Knights colours in 2010 but, unfortunately for fans, at this stage it will be from the stands as the club’s number one ticket holder.
Former Knight Viduka, along with his family, will be the Melbourne Knights’ collective number one fan as the club begins a new era under former Knights’ player Ivan Duzel and his new-look list.
VICTORIA’S best under-12 tennis players are training together at Melbourne Park as part of Tennis Victoria’s talent development program in term one, including five from the Western suburbs.
St Albans’ Danny Ha and South Kingsville’s Samyuk-ytha Rajagopalan, both 10-year-olds, are the youngest two from the West.
Altona’s Stefan Skadarka, 11, Williamstown’s Todd Millington, 11, and Maidstone’s Hene Demiri, 12, are also training in the program.
WYNDHAM Warriors BMX club will host a mountain bike event as part of the Weerama Festival next month.
The technical course was designed as a training course by BMX club professional Gary Morgan. It follows the trails along the river from Presidents Park down to Cottrell St and back, covering a distance of around 7km.
THE second last round of the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association season wrapped up on Saturday.
Altona sits in third position three points ahead of Malvern in fourth. Last year’s champion Melton is in second position on 58 points three behind Caulfield.
On Saturday Williamstown went down to Broadmeadows, Elsternwick beat Werribee, Malvern beat Yarraville despite a six-wicket haul to Paul Thomas, who was backing up his century on day one.
THE Football community is still reeling after the AFL’s decision to introduce free agency in 2012. Western Bulldogs general manager of football James Fantasia said the system had been designed with everyone’s interests at heart.
“The Western Bulldogs always believed that free agency was inevitable and as a result we think the AFL has done a good job in protecting the clubs, while keeping the players’ interests in mind,” he said.
