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Matt Turner is a sports reporter for The Advertiser and CODE Sports who covers mainly AFL and basketball. He has been with News Corp for more than a decade, starting at The Messenger, where he was sports editor for two years. Matt isn’t to be confused with Matt Turner, the award-winning Advertiser photographer, who also shares the same middle name (James).

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North & North East

CABL. Womens Div. North Adelaide vs Central Districts at Hillcrest Stadium. Central District coach Kevin Brooks.

‘They tried to force me to quit’

ADELAIDE 36ers great Kevin Brooks has hit out angrily at a state league basketball club hierarchy, saying he was pressured to quit as coach with five matches still remaining.

Local Sport

Flagstaff Hill Football Club. Club Captain Matt Carey. Picture Dylan Coker

Flaggies push for premierships

BUILDING from the junior ranks up has put Flagstaff Hill Football Club in a strong position to win multiple premierships and its first top-tier flag.

West & Beaches

16/07/15. Verdet Kessler has gone from Commonwealth Games badminton player to working at a cafe/ice-cream store (Movenpick) and having to put her Olympic dream on hold for 12 months after Badminton Australia withdrew funding for singles players. Pic. Noelle Bobrige

Sports star swaps shuttlecock for ice cream scoop

AN elite sportswoman’s taken up scooping ice creams on Hindley St after a lack of funding forced her to give up her dream of making next year’s Olympics.

Local Sport

10.7.2015.Prospect District Cricket Club has appointed former Australian one-day cricketer Andrew Zesers as its new high-performance manager. Zesers is hoping to help lift Prospect, a perennial cellar-dweller, off the bottom of the ladder. pic tait schmaal.

Zesers targets Pirates progress

FORMER Australian one-day cricketer Andrew Zesers believes Prospect needs to do things differently to climb out of the Grade competition’s cellar.

Local Sport

Contax players celebrate their win after the game. Matrics v Contax. SA Premier League Netball Grand Final, at Netball SA Stadium. 09/07/15 Picture: Stephen Laffer

Contax back on top of SA netball

CONTAX has reclaimed its standing as the Premier League’s top dog after a 12-goal triumph over Matrics in the grand final at Netball SA Stadium last night.

Local Sport

North Haven forward Matthew Reed has kicked 72 goals this season - more than the next most in any of the SA amateur league's divisions.

Footballer leads race to 100 goals

AMATEUR league leading goalkicker Matthew Reed is closing on his century but says it will be meaningless unless he can help North Haven end a 30-year flag drought.

Local Sport

25/06/2015 Brighton Lacrosse Club's division two team members L-R Ian Williams his son inlaw Christian LeRay and grandson Khi Wiliams 14, John Mathwin and his nephew Jai Raymond and Shannon Lim and his son Arlen Lim 13 . Pic Mark Brake

Lacrosse team more family than club

BRIGHTON lacrosse players have long considered the Bombers a family club. Their men’s division two team is proof – eight players and the coach are related to at least one teammate.

Local Sport

26-6-15 - West Torrens batsman Bailey Capel - the son of Advertiser sports reporter Andrew Capel - led the run scorers at the recent national under-16 championships. He is been named on standby for the Australian under-16 team. Pic Simon Cross

Eagles teen top runscorer at cricket nationals

WEST Torrens cricketer Bailey Capel has risen from backyard battles with his older brother Jordan to shine on the sport’s national stage.

Local Sport

18/6/15. Phoenix netballer Kylie Jarrett has returned to the court from a blood clot in her calf, which sidelined her earlier this season, just before Premier League finals. Pic Keryn Stevens

Netballer returns for finals after blood clot scare

KYLIE Jarrett is gearing up for another finals series with Phoenix Netball Club but she is glad just to be back on the court after a blood clot had threatened to end her season.

Local Sport

21/06/15 - Mitchell Park Football Club 300-gamer Joe Leck played his first game with his son Nick on the same day of his the last game of best friend Adam

Footy father and son team up for milestone match

A MITCHELL Park footballer has lined up alongside his teenage son in a match that was one mate’s 300th and another’s farewell.

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