20+ hour, 49+ min ago (373+ words) North Melbourne midfield machine Ash Riddell has underlined her status as one of AFLW's brightest stars in securing the league's best-and-fairest award for the first time. The runner-up to Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff last year, Riddell polled 23 votes to add the league's highest individual honour to her fifth All-Australian selection. Geelong's Georgie Prespakis (20 votes) was second and Melbourne's Tyla Hanks (18) third in best-and-fairest polling, with West Coast's Ella Roberts (fourth). North Melbourne star Jasmine Garner and Sydney's Laura Gardiner (15) were tied for fifth. Sydney's explosive young gun Zippy Fish won the Rising Star award with a maximum 50 votes, ahead of Carlton's Poppy Scholz (23) and West Coast's Lucia Painter (23). Riddell is the first North Melbourne player to win the best-and-fairest award in the league's 10 seasons and will lead the Kangaroos in Saturday's grand final against the Brisbane Lions. The 29-year-old ball-magnet has…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago (523+ words) The field for Saturday's Group 1 $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) has been finalised, with defending two-time champion Overpass and local hero Jokers Grin at the top of the betting. Only 11 will face the starter for this year's edition of the race, though that doesn't detract from the fierce rivalry between No. 1 and 2 in the racebook and, in fact, might enhance it. Overpass ($2.90) has been overtaken in market by Jokers Grin ($2.60f) and they rate well clear of Luana Miss and Rey Magnerio (both $9), the latter of whom will be ridden by Railway Stakes-winning hoop William Pike. Pike had previously been partnering Oscar's Fortune ($21) but had deserted hope of beating the race favourite after being upstaged in both his key lead-up events. "Poor Oscar's, he's done nothing wrong; he's been very good," Pike told SEN. "But I wasn't sure we'd be able to beat…...

21+ hour, 18+ min ago (334+ words) Cameron is the chief of staff at the Albany Advertiser. He joined the company as a cadet in 2011 and has been at the Advertiser for more than a decade. Getting his start as a sports reporter, Cameron has now branched out into crime and emergency services. He is also the sports editor. His local knowledge, work ethic and meticulous standards make him a key part of the Advertiser newsroom. Experienced Albany pair Graeme McSweeney and Peter Herbert claimed a thrilling win in the special 60 laps for 60 years team event to open their club's anniversary celebrations in style Albany Speedway Club is marking 60 years this season, with a bumper meeting on November 8 kickstarting a huge few months of celebrations A unique teams-style event, combining a production sedan driver with a street stock competitor in their racing on the night, helped determine…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago (299+ words) Cameron is the chief of staff at the Albany Advertiser. He joined the company as a cadet in 2011 and has been at the Advertiser for more than a decade. Getting his start as a sports reporter, Cameron has now branched out into crime and emergency services. He is also the sports editor. His local knowledge, work ethic and meticulous standards make him a key part of the Advertiser newsroom. A huge field of competitors converged on Albany to celebrate the speedway's 60th anniversary A special 60 laps for 60 years teams event between production sedan and street stock drivers was the highlight of a meeting that had more than 100 drivers in the pits from a variety of divisions The Formula 500s made a return to the venue for the West Coast Series and the popular legend cars were also on the program The opening…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago (24+ words) After wincing his way through another winless year, Cameron Smith will attempt to recapture the "cruisy" mindset that originally catapulted him to the top....