Bowls
Bundoora fell well short against Melbourne in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant premier division on Saturday. Coming off a loss the previous round, Bundoora couldn’t match it with Melbourne, losing 90 (16)-71 (2). Corey Wedlock was the only winning skip for Bundoora. At the Christmas break, Bundoora sits in sixth spot, 13 points outside the top four. The competition returns on the weekend of January 19.
VTCA
Northern FL
The Northern Football League fixtures have been released with two Good Friday games scheduled to kick off the 2024 season. Lalor hosting Epping will kick off the division 3 season on the holiday while Greensborough and Eltham will begin the division 1 season. The rest of division 3 will be played the following weekend, April 6, along with all matches in division 2 to begin the season. No division 1 games will be played on that weekend, instead the rest of its matches will start on April 13. For the first time in division 3, a top five finals series will be played out to determine the premier, with finals to get underway on August 17 and the grand final is set for September 7.
Premier Cricket
Plenty Valley split its Victorian Premier Cricket T20 matches on Saturday. The Bats lost their first match of the day to Dandenong by nine runs, before they chased down the runs against Box Hill in the second last over. After seven rounds of the T20 competition, the Bats sit in fourth.
VSDCA
Plenty Valley proved no match for Hoppers Crossing in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association north-west. The Cats made 8-211 before restricting the Bats to just 128, bowling them out with three overs remaining. The Bats sit in 14th spot at the Christmas break.
