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Green light for Big V basketball opening round

Basketball Victoria chief executive officer Nick Honey has confirmed this weekend's opening round of the 2020 Big V basketball season "will go ahead as...
Sunbury

Sunbury Jets unveil key signings as training builds

The Sunbury Jets have announced two key signings for their new look squad ahead of the Big V women’s state championship season. After successfully fielding...
Saad

Saad steps up and takes her AFLW opportunity

New North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos AFLW recruit Vivien Saad wasn’t expecting to get her chance this AFLW season. Having played football for just one season,...
Tsapatolis

Tsapatolis the new star of the west

A stellar year on the basketball court has landed Paul Tsapatolis the 2019 Don Deeble Rising Star award. Tsapatolis, from Point Cook, was crowned the...
Keilor Thunder

Stability at the top as Keilor Thunder re-signs coaches

Keilor Thunder is hard at work constructing its squads to be contenders in the Big V senior competitions in 2020. The Thunder got a head...
Bacchus Marsh Lions

Bacchus Marsh Lions’ tough night on the boards

Bacchus Marsh Lions were left to lick their wounds after a tough night out against the Bendigo Braves in the Country Basketball League north-west...

Breakthrough win eases pressure on Melbourne United

You could sense a tenseness among Melbourne United fans walking into Melbourne Arena on Saturday evening. After starting the NBL season 0-3 following three straight...
Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder’s trademark toughness not enough in grand final

Keilor Thunder players were left dejected after falling at the last hurdle in the Big V basketball women’s state championship. The pain of grand final...
Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder off to a bad start

Keilor Thunder will have to go back to the drawing board to find a way back into its best-of-three Big V women’s state championship...

Keilor Thunder first side through to grand final series

Keilor Thunder is the first team through to the Big V basketball women’s state championship grand final. The Thunder went into the playoffs as one...
Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder men miss finals shot

Keilor Thunder has missed out on the Big V basketball men’s state championship playoffs by the finest of margins. The Thunder’s fade-out 116-105 loss to...
Keilor Thunder

Bollmann storms Keilor Thunder home

Erin Bollmann produced a monumental performance to lead Keilor Thunder to a 97-61 win over Southern Peninsula Sharks in the penultimate round of the...
Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder rolls Whittlesea Pacers

Keilor Thunder had a crushing 88-37 win over Whittlesea Pacers in the Big V basketball women’s state championship at Mill Park Basketball Stadium on...
Keilor Thunder

Fourth quarter the difference for Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder put on a late show to snap a four-game losing streak in the Big V basketball men’s state championship. The Thunder squared their...
Keilor Thunder

Keilor Thunder rolls over latest Big V win

Keilor Thunder showed the gulf in class between the premiership contenders and the also-rans in the Big V basketball women’s state championship. The Thunder were...

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Push for at risk Victorians to get tested for hepatitis B

Victorians at risk of hepatitis B are being urged to get tested as new data reveals one in three Victorians living with hepatitis B...