Teams have beefed up their rosters in anticipation of one of the most competitive Premier League basketball seasons in years, following Mount Gambier Pioneers joining the competition. Here is a preview of the nine Adelaide-based clubs ahead of tip-off.
Croydon shocks traditional National Premier League soccer powerhouse Adelaide City, a goalkeeper gets sent off and Olympic produces a thrilling comeback. All that and more in our wrap of SA Premier League soccer’s opening round.
Winning the 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series came as “a surreal shock” for westside young gun Joel Heinrich and now he’s graduated to the Superloop 500 in front of his home crowd
One team is looking for its first finals appearance in more than a decade as the grade cricket season reaches boiling point this Saturday with four sides chasing the last two major-round spots.
ADELAIDE won its third straight Premier One lawn bowls premiership with a 98-89 victory over Ascot Park in yesterday’s grand final at Holdfast Bay.
ELIZABETH East cricketer CJ Robertson uses a cheap bat and does not train, but that has not stopped him from becoming a bowler’s nightmare.
HALLETT Cove weightlifter Max Dal Santo will compete in Glasgow in July after qualifying for his first Commonwealth Games.
SOUTHERN Cricket Association veteran Travis Bahr says the time is right to retire after spending the past three decades collecting a raft of premiership medals.
NORTHERN Bullets batter Tegan McPharlin was set the target of scoring 500 runs this season — now she is SA women’s cricketer of the year.
IRISH basketballer Ian O’Boyle is shooting for a state league title with Norwood this season but his long-term goal is a return to international hoops.
PORT Adelaide has ended a 46-year drought by winning its first A grade premiership since 1968 with a thrilling grand final triumph over Tea Tree Gully.
CENTRAL Districts Basketball Club is putting its faith in a group of young guns in the women’s ABL, fielding one of the most youthful squads in state league sport.
BACK-to-back premier Central Districts is expected to be the team to beat when SA Rugby League’s division one season kicks off this weekend.
PORT Adelaide will aim for its first A grade two-day premiership since 1967/68 when it takes on Tea Tree Gully in this weekend’s Grade Cricket grand final.
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