All abilities program
Bringing football to a wider audience is the aim of Mallee Sports Assembly’s All Abilities Football Program, and that aim is being reached thanks to the help of the South Mildura Sporting Club and in particular its volunteers. Angus Dearlove catches up with young South Mildura footballer Connor Irwin about the 2019 edition of the […]
Bulldogs brace for finals
WITH third place on the ladder under wraps, reigning premiers South Mildura are steeling themselves for an elimination final in SFNL A Grade netball. Loretta Thompson’s Bulldogs defeated Red Cliffs 77-24 at Sarah Oval on Saturday and play Mildura this week, but Ouyen United the week after is already a fait accompli. While South finished […]
Round 17
After Saturday’s uninspiring performance, maybe the Bulldogs wish they were the team with the final-round bye so their wooden spoon season could be put to an early end. Playing coach John Pratt was outstanding across half-back but couldn’t drag up enough of his teammates to make the game competitive as Red Cliffs increased their lead […]
Rising Star
Brian Weightman presents South Mildura’s Peter Minniti with the Brian Weightman Award. PROMISING South Mildura youngster Peter Minniti has been named the Brian Weightman Medallist for 2019. Minniti polled 60 votes from four matches to claim the award. Playing mainly across half-back, Minniti was a standout for Sunraysia during trial matches for the V/ Line […]
Dane Swan
Dane Swan – Sportsman night/Goods & Services Auction Saturday 10th August 6:30pm South Mildura Club rooms $50 per head includes roast dinner Drinks at bar prices Purchase your tickets at AV Trophies 102B Eighth St Mildura before they sell out!
Pratt preparing for the future
COACH MAPS PLAN South Mildura coach John Pratt (third, left) addresses his troops this season. TO be a good football coach you need to be a good listener. It’s not always about talking and being the loudest in the room, coaching is much more than that in the modern era. The good coaches are the […]
Round 16 Bye
Round 15
OUYEN United struggled to kick with any potency all day until junior Bailey Pengelly embraced the stage and delivered a powerful punch to the homeside’s aspirations with two match-winning goals in the first three minutes of the final quarter. Pengelly kicked his third goal to seal the Kangas’ 14-point victory against a very competitive South […]
Round 14
IT started with a short pass from the back pocket deep in the third quarter and ended with an intercept mark at the half-forward line, but in the intervening three minutes Merbein displayed why they could make waves come finals time. In front of a partisan crowd at Kenny Park, the Magpies zigzagged their way […]