Tag: Sport
Bright history of achievement
By JARROD POTTER
NESTLED in the midst of Dandenong’s central sporting avenue on Pultney Street - between the football and cricket ovals and the fading...
Talent by the score
By JARROD POTTER
EVERY week Stud Road is graced with scores of basketball talent - from the smallest of junior point guards to the mighty...
Sure shot success
By JARROD POTTER
SOARING to the top of Victorian soccer, Dandenong Thunder put the town on the map with a sensational 2012 season resulting in...
Frosty’s magical way
By DAVID NAGEL
DANDENONG Football Club’s home ground at Shepley Oval was a magical place to be in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s -...
Hard slog defines Dandy
By JARROD POTTER
HARD work - on and off the field - has always defined Dandenong.
The working week was just a necessary distraction to get...
Rexhepi’s 2012 reminising
By JARROD POTTER
DANDENONG JOURNAL - 150TH ANNIVERSARY: DANDENONG THUNDER'S MAGNIFICENT 2012
SOCCER has emphatically become one of the biggest sports in our town. Its rise can...
More Rays ready for the next step
By JARROD POTTER
ANOTHER eight Dandenong Stingrays will get a chance to impress recruiters and test their potential.
Following the eight players selected for the National...
Clydesdale hits her stride
By JARROD POTTER
SOMETIMES reality can exceed even your wildest dreams.
Earning an Australian Opals’ debut at her Dandenong Basketball Stadium home-court on Monday night was...
Stingrays’ talent goes deep
By JARROD POTTER
EIGHT Dandenong Stingrays have been hand-picked by AFL recruiters to test at the prestigious AFL National Draft Combine later this year.
Needing at...
Sports Awards highlight the region
By JARROD POTTER
STARTING a new tradition of awarding our sporting best, the City of Greater Dandenong’s first annual Sports Awards highlighted how many great...
Burra’s new game plane
By JARROD POTTER
SFL DIVISION 2 - Round 15
ADJUSTING to life without two preeminent pieces of their potential premiership puzzle, Keysborough managed to knock off...
Cougars charge through
By JARROD POTTER
BIG V - DIVISION 2 FINALS
STEPPING up under post-season pressure, Keysborough booked its place in the BIG V Division-2 Men’s semi-final after...