THE Western Jets capitalised on a strong start in their TAC Cup clash with Bendigo to claim a 38-point win at Golden Square on Sunday.
The Jets booted six goals to one in the first term and were never troubled from there on in, eventually winning 17.15.117 to 11.13.79. Alec Del Papa kicked four for the Jets and Sean Tighe, Jesse Fortune, Nathan Giles and William Hoskin-Elliott kicked two each, while Dion Lawson was named best on ground.
The TAC Cup has a bye this week but the Jets will be back in action the week after, facing the Murray Bushrangers at Burbank Oval on 15 August, from 2pm.
A NASTY crash marred Footscray Cycling Club’s racing at Little River on Saturday, with C Grade rider Steve Humphries falling heavily in the strong crosswinds.
Humphries, from Newport, clipped the wheel of the rider ahead and fell, hitting the ground hard.
Many riders stopped racing to assist, and as soon as the First Aid team established that he was concussed he was taken by ambulance to hospital. Club spokesman Mark Micallef said it was one of the worst falls the club had seen for many years.
Humphries suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, punctured lung and bleeding on the brain. In A Grade, Footscray Cycling Club stalwart Graham Carlson took the honours in a tough race ahead of Malaysian guest rider Mohammed Amrun, Peter Trigar and Shaun Gatter.
FOOTSCRAY Hockey Club’s State League Men travelled to Berwick on Saturday and brought home the points against bottom-of-the-ladder Casey.
After a tight first half, the Bulldogs got the chocolates in a 5-2 victory.
The home side was on the board first, with Casey opening the scoring through a field goal early in the first half, but it did not take Footscray long to find the leveller after Haydn Shaw scoring his first of two goals for the day. Shortly after the Bulldogs made it 2-1, this time through Tung Le whose pass into the circle found Tom Griffin who made no mistake.
Casey hit back to tie the game just before halftime, 2-2.
Footscray stepped up a notch in the second to take control of the game eventually taking the lead again through Scott Shaw.
A solo effort from playing coach Mark Whinney got his side two goals in the clear before Shaw iced the game with his second.
ALTONA Magic is gearing up for the Victorian Premier League finals after a resounding 5-0 victory against Whittlesea Zebras on Saturday. An enormous Altona crowd was overjoyed to see the home side at Paisley Park in their finest match of the season.
Magic coach Vlado Tortevski said that there would be no rest for the squad, which now faced the challenge of getting into top shape for the upcoming finals.
“We are at a spot where everything has come together for us,” he said.
“But now we have to work even harder. If we give 100 per cent I know we can make it again in the finals.”
Tony Saric troubled the scoreboard twice throughout the match, with Nicholas Kalmar, Doug Mladenovic and Peve Cergovski rounding out the 5-0 score line.
