NWMCA
Merrifield managed to gain an outright win against Aintree Stallions in the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association George Luscombe Shield on Saturday. Aintree made 116 on day one of the match, with the Panthers making 223 in reply. The Stallions were then bowled out for 83, falling short of the Panthers batting again. Talwinder Prince and Daman Sidhu took three wickets each for the Panthers. Gladstone Park also got the win on Saturday, beating Kealba-Green Gully. Having made 9-326, the Burras bowled the Cougars out for 74. The Cougars were 1-35 in their second innings when rain ended the match.
Bowls
Bundoora started to the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant premier division season with a win on Saturday. Bundoora was at home to Melbourne and was able to win, 89 (16)-72 (2). Corey Wedlock’s rink won 27-16, while Kaleb Shaw’s rink won 24-13 to be the two big winners.
DVCA
Rain ruined the latest round of the Diamond Valley Cricket Association on the weekend with Rivergum one of the big winners in the Mash Shield. The three shield competitions had Saturday-Sunday matches, with rain falling on both days. Despite the DVCA telling players to report to grounds on Sunday, not many matches went ahead. Rivergum has already claimed the points on day one of its match with Mill Park. Matches involving Epping, Bundoora and Bundoora United in the Barclay Shield were all abandoned and in the Money Shield, Lalor Stars and Mernda both had their matches abandoned.
Northern FL
Thomastown has unveiled its coaching group for next year’s Northern Football League division 2 season. Sash Spiroski will continue on as coach, while David Folino has stood down as co-coach due to work commitments. Paul Harris has been appointed the director of football, while Adem Shemshedin and Ryan Fort have been named co-coaches.
