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Josh Keirl will fight in Adelaide next month for an Australian title. 92866_05 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

All in the family

29/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU WERRIBEE boxer Josh Keirl loves the personal and individual satisfaction his sport provides. Always the sporting type, the 21-year-old decided to follow the...

Tom Hecknovic, Laura-Jane Hilditch, Rhys Parkinson, Shaun Hargreaves and Matt Hargreaves are ready to burn up the track at the Keilor Gift. 92785_01 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

West’s stable ready for Gift

29/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY WESTERN Suburbs athletics trainer John Henry is readying his troops ahead of next month’s Keilor Gift. Henry is leading an impressive stable of...

Sam Groth was a standout all season for Liston in the Asia Pacific Tennis League Championships. 91016_14 Picture: MATHEW LYNN

Liston’s ATL victory

29/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY LISTON Tennis Club powered to victory in the final of the Asia Pacific Tennis League Championships last week at Melbourne Park. The Seagulls’...

Aaron Wain unleashes one of his signature kicks to coach Paul Lyons. 93009_13 Picture: EMILY LANE

Aaron is kicking on

29/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY REMEMBER the name Aaron Wain because there is a chance Australians everywhere will be cheering him on at the 2016 Rio Olympics. At...

Dean Russ is having an outstanding season for Footscray Edgewater and has formed a dynamic duo with opening partner, Wes Robinson (below). 92761_02 88202_04 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI and MATHEW LYNN

These bats are on top

29/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY LEADING into the Premier Cricket season, Footscray Edgewater’s Dean Russ and Wes Robinson were readying themselves for a changed 2012-’13. Russ was taking...

Bulldogs in narrow loss

29/01/2013

A FLURRY of late wickets wasn’t enough to give Footscray Edgewater a much-needed victory over Ringwood in the Victorian Premier Cricket on Saturday. On the...

It was a three way dash for the line in the Star News Group Handicap on Sunday with Gotta Dream and Lissom dead-heating to edge out Lightly in a thrilling finish. 93019_16 Picture: EMILY LANE

It’s a dead heat

29/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY THE Star News Group Handicap finished in a thrilling dead heat between Gotta Dream and Lissom at the Werribee Racing Club’s Australia...

Dawn Berryman, who continues to punch above her weight and age, at Platinum Health Club in Hoppers Crossing. 92189_05 Picture: EMILY LANE

Dawn of a boxing star

22/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU BOXERS are known for their brash confidence and sharp tongues. Last month, Tarneit fighter Dawn Berryman was only 16 years old when she...

Soccer star Amy Jackson is a former winner of the Don Deeble Rising Star Award. 85284_12 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Out of the ordinary

22/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY A TYPICAL day for Altona’s Amy Jackson involves a 5.30am wake-up, training, recovery, work, study and bit more study before finally going...

The VU St Albans Spurs have appointed their 2013 coaching panel consisting of Madeleine Burgess, Jacinta Ganino, Kate Jennings, Matthew Russell and Joanne Costantino. 92199_02 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Spurring on winning spree

22/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY MATTHEW Russell has been appointed head coach of the VU St Albans Spurs for the 2013 season. Russell brings a vast amount of...

Rubin Statham is part of a confident Liston team ahead of the Asia Pacific Tennis League finals. 91016_12 Picture: MATHEW LYNN

Liston on points

22/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY LISTON Tennis Club team manager Dane Nebel is confident his side has what it takes to win the Asia Pacific Tennis League...

Amador Bermejo burns up the track for Western Athletics in the hurdles on Saturday. 92582_08 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Shooting for the top

22/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY AFTER a brilliant day on the track, Western Athletics will almost certainly have four teams in the Athletics Victoria State Shield final...

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