Eastern Shore Sun

FOR the first time, the Eastern Shore’s two top cricket teams battled it out for top honours in the BETASPORT Cricket Tasmania Premier League premiership, with Lindisfarne overcoming Clarence in a thrilling grand final in March.

By DEAN EWINGTON* ONE of the most common thing I am asked by women  just starting an exercise program is  “will I get big muscles by doing weights or strength training?” Unfortunately many people wrongly believe that weights will cause you to develop muscles to the point that you will look like a man.

THE PKF Tasmanian Tigers victory in the national Sheffield Shield competition provides a significant boost for Bellerive and Tasmania. The historic match, played out over five days, was telecast live on Fox Sports, with the action shown throughout Australia and around the world. The Tigers’ victory and the scenes from Bellerive provided valuable publicity for [...]

OLYMPIA FC Warriors is the Eastern Shore’s oldest Premier League club, and this year it is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Warriors have recently developed a new facility, Warrior Park, in Dampier Street Warrane.

By PETER CAMPBELL* THE Crown Series 2011 Bellerive Regatta is not only  the biggest and best sailing regatta in Tasmania but now must truly rank as one of the largest combined keelboat and off-the-beach class regattas in the nation. Queensland has its Hamilton Island Race Week, Sydney has the Australia Day Regatta and the Audi [...]

By PETER CAMPBELL* BELLERIVE Yacht Club’s new Sailing Academy, using a brand new Beneteau First 35 cruiser racer as its training vessel, has already attracted a steady flow of bookings from adults keen to learn to sail or upgrade their skills on a keelboat. The Beneteau First has been provided for the Sailing Academy in [...]

THE City of Clarence tennis championships were recently held at Rosny Park Tennis Club.  Although entries were down on previous years, it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the competitors.

IN August 1960, the Tasmanian under-16 schoolgirls basketball/ netball team became the Australian premiers by defeating Western Australia by four goals at Queenborough. That team recently held a reunion in August this year, 40 years to the day. The State 1960 junior team joined them for an afternoon and evening of memories and of fun. [...]

Kids have a ball at Sorell come and try day STUDENTS from Sorell Outside School Hours Care Service (OSHCS), St John’s Primary School OSHCS and Richmond Primary School took part in a ‘Come and Try’ Cricket and Recreation Football (Rec Footy) event at Sorell  last month as part of a new campaign designed to encourage [...]