Spending 14 months raising the $50,000 needed to send their team to the WA Country Pennants in Karratha paid off for the Mt Barker Barracudas as they returned home as C-grade champions.
Claire Middleton
Broomehill Bandicoots, who topped the Great Southern Cricket Association’s Bendigo Bank Shield ladder, should start as favourites when they host their qualifying final against Kendenup on Saturday.
Tarmac Events’ annual rally races returned to Albany over the Labour Day long weekend, with a healthy crowd of spectators turning out to Middleton Beach on Monday to watch the action.
Jacki Elezovich
Leading horseman Hayden Reeves claimed yet another Albany Harness Racing Club trainer of the year title, with a dominant display in the 2025-26 season.
Cameron Newbold
Having forfeited their game last week, Barking Owls grabbed a one-point advantage over Denmark Magpies in the race to top the ABA women’s A-grade ladder with a win over Railways Tigers on Tuesday evening.
It was quite a weekend for Joey Wang as the Perth-based shuttler claimed two open finals at the Albany Bicentenary Badminton Tournament.
Two of the eight teams representing Albany at the Belt Up Basketball WA Country Championships came home with titles after three days of competition in Perth over the long weekend.
The popular Denmark Cup rounded out the Albany Harness Racing Club season as Major Freeway proved too strong for the field, winning under the guidance of leading trainer Hayden Reeves.
The Old Dogs were too wily for the Young Guns, defending their 155 all out to win the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association’s T20 slam at Narrogin’s Clayton Road on Friday night.
Royals broke through for their first win of the season in round four of the Great Southern Football League women’s competition on Friday night.
Amy Towers
Brock Francis hit an unbeaten 109 and took 7-8 in an extraordinary spell with the ball to put Towns to the sword as Cuballing made sure of a double-chance finals spot.
Claire Middleton and Hannah Whitehead
Three Albany-based athletes have become State junior champions, while a fourth club member, from Esperance, also won gold during three days of competition in Perth which culminated on February 22.
Buddy Robinson’s heroics with the bat were not enough to save Collingwood Park from defeat in the only Albany and Districts Cricket Association A-grade contest to finish on Saturday.
Albany’s Bicentenary Badminton Tournament was a roaring success over two days at the city’s Leisure and Aquatic Centre at the weekend, attracting 170 players from across the State and beyond.
The Lower Great Southern Tennis Association closed its junior tournament season with an event in Mt Barker which attracted 30 competitors of all standards.
Karting lovers are revving their engines ready to hit the track as this weekend as the Albany City Kart Club host the annual Southern Sprint.
Albany Cycle Club’s latest race, the Nullaki Handicap was held on a deceptively un-flat course on the Nullaki peninsula on Saturday, February 21.
David Beckwith
Sicarius, skippered by Mark McRae, battled gale-like conditions to dominate the Princess Royal Sailing Club’s most sought-after trophy of the season, the Dymes Cup, last Saturday.
Des Beeck
A Boddington Football Club coach and player who both exposed their genitals to staff and community members at the local pub, have been fined.
Hannah Whitehead
Broomehill Bandicoots topped the ladder ahead of Kendenup after the last regular round of the GSCA’s Bendigo Bank competition, earning double-chance spots when the finals begin on March 7.
Kendenup’s Seb Ballard was named the Great Southern Cricket Association’s cricketer of the year at its vote count and awards night at Broomehill on Saturday.
Mt Barker was back in top form on Sunday for their Great Southern Football League Women’s competition Pride Round clash against Royals, putting up the highest score of the weekend in a 70-point victory.
Denmark Magpies beat Railways Tigers to put pressure on Albany Basketball Association’s women’s A-grade ladder leaders Barking Owls who forfeited their clash against Sonics
There is everything to play for ahead of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association’s last regular round of A-grade competition as ladder-leaders Wandering tackle Lake Grace in a top-two showdown on Saturday.
