January 11: About 350 of the best country swimmers in South Australia gathered at the Murray Bridge Olympic Pool to take part in the T&R Swimming SA 2008 South Australian Country Championships.

January 18: Murray Bridge horse Bundle O'Gold took out the Geoffrey Bellmaine Handicap at the Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne, netting the horse a win of $36,400.

January 25: Murray Bridge sprintcar driver Ryan Jones won the South Australian 360 Sprintcar Title at Adelaide's Speedway City.

January 28: Cricketing prodigy Ben Dougall hit a blistering 155 in a State under 17 match against Tasmania.

February 1: Mick O'Hara took over as the new president of the River Murray Football League.

February 12: The Karoonda and Districts Football Club held a crises meeting due to a lack of numbers for the upcoming football season.

February 19: Monarto cricketer Adam Eckermann made the BankSA Team of the Year after a fantastic all-round performance at the State country carnival.

February 22: 16-year-old Matt Thompson was named the Murray Valley Standard/Fischer Motors 2007 Sports Star of the Year after a phenomenal year on the football field. The Mypolonga Netball Club and the Jervois Football Club A grade side tied to win the 2007 Team of the Year award, after both winning their fourth successive premierships.

February 29: Murray Bridge Businesses won the 14th annual charity cricket match, defeating Murray Bridge doctors.

March 4: Dodgers Blue won the Lower Murray Baseball League grand final, defeating Dodgers Red 15-13, with an innings to spare. Jervois' Andrew White took out the Lower Murray Bowling Association champion of champions singles title.

March 7: Karoonda's Luke Hocking won the Murray Towns Cricket Association's Cricketer of the Year award. Tom Hines and John Linke won the State wakeboarding titles at White Sands.

May 16: ’Bridge greyhound trainer Shaun Mattcott had the most successful win of his career and won the prestigious group three $28,050 South Australian Breeder Plate Final at Angle Park.

May 27: Tailem Bend snooker ace Jake Persello won the under 18 State snooker title.

May 30: Rambler stalwart Kym McFee played his 300the senior game of RMFL football. Local shooter Trevor Deed won the Murray Bridge Open Rifle championship.

June 6: Young boxer John Clarke finished runner-up in the Boxing SA novice State title for his weight category, 70 to 75 kilograms.

June 10: The River Murray Football League lost to the Great Southern Football League by one point in their inter-association match. Yamaha's Jay Marmont won the 2008 Rockstar Engergy Drink Motocross Nationals in the Pro Opens class at the Murray Bridge Sporting Car and Motorcycle Club.

June 13: The River Murray Netball Association broke a 15-year drought and won the State Country Championships. Three River Murray netballers, Sharmon Banks, Tracey Loechel and Olivia Scholz, made the State Country Championship team.

June 17: Murraylands girls Kelly Altmann and Casey Gregory were selected to play in the Secondary School Sport of South Australia netball team.

June 20: The Murray Bridge Darts Club won the State Country Darts Championship for the fourth consecutive year.

June 24: The RMFL boycotted the South Australian Country Football Championships, along with the entire Southern Districts side.

June 27: Mannum's Leanne Quast won the Murray Bridge Golf Club's ladies championship and the Mannum Golf Club's ladies championship, making her the double champion for the second year running.

July 4: A crowd of more than 2500 flocked to Johnstone Park in Murray Bridge to watch South Australian National Football League side Sturt take on South Adelaide. Local umpire Harold McLaren umpired his 700th match.

July 8: Ramblers footballers Luke Button and Ryan Morris made the South Australian Country Football side.

July 18: Long time Karoonda and Districts Football Club member Bill Murdoch is named the South Australian Telstra Country Footy Legend for 2008.

July 25: Murray Bridge footballer Alfie Gollan travelled to Melbourne to attend the 2008 Qantas Australian Football League kick-start camp.

July 29: Local lads Joel Zulian, Jaimarlee Atkinson and Dean Callaghan made the South Australian Rugby SAPSASA side.

August 1: Murray Bridge tennis prodigy Alex Bolt won a number of tournaments in Adelaide, to see his Australian ranking rise to 194.

August 5: Rambler Football Club veteran Tony Juergens played his 300th senior game.

August 12: Jervois superstar Trevor Rigney kicked his 100th A grade goal in the Bluds' RMFL match against Mannum. The Australian men's rowing quad skull crew, featuring Murray Bridge’s James McRae, set a new world record during their heat at the Beijing Olympics.

August 15: Imperials captain Matt Gogel becomes one of the youngest players in the RMFL to reach 150 senior games, at the age of 23.

August 19: Former Murray Bridge trampolinest Ben Wilden missed out on a berth in the men's trampoline final at the Beijing Olympics. Murray Bridge rower James McRae narrowly misses out on a medal after his team finished fourth in the men’s rowing quad scull A final at the Beijing Olympics.

August 22: Jervois' Damien Dugan and Ramblers' Ben Gogel won the RMFL Connelly and Bryan medals respectively.

August 29: Border Downs Tintinara's Josh Richardson won the 2008 Mallee Football League Mail Medal convincingly.

September 2: Promising Murray Bridge cricketer Ben Dougall made the Australian under 18 cricket squad. Imperials netballer Olivia Scholz won the RMNA A grade best and fairest award.

September 5: Ramblers footballer Liam O'Neil won the 2008 RMFL Mail Medal.

September 9: Mypolonga won their fifth RMNA A grade premiership in a row, defeating Imperials by 10 goals.

September 12: Murray Bridge North Schools teacher Katie Parker celebrated winning a silver medal with tandem cyclist partner Felicity Johnson at the Beijing Paralympics.

September 16: Ramblers broke a long drought and won its first A grade RMFL premiership in 21 years after defeating Mypolonga.

September 19: Lameroo sent retiring veteran Rodney 'Rocket' Maynard off in style by defeating Border Downs Tintinara to win the 2008 Mallee Football League premiership. Border Downs Tintinara won the Mallee Netball League A grade premiership.

September 30: Bowhill boy Michael O'Malley finished runner-up in SANFL under 17 McCallum Medal.

October 3: Murray Bridge woman Barb Talbot arrived home after travelling to Beijing as the team manager of the Australian paraylmpic table tennis team.

October 14: Former Murray Bridge boy Adam Thomson was traded from AFL club Port Adelaide to Richmond.

October 17: A new high class gokart track is opened at Monarto.

October 21: Liquid Gold won the Murray Bridge Gold Cup.

October 28: Palmer motocross youngster Kurt Waterman finished third at the Australian Junior Motocross Championships in the 12 to 14 year-old category.

November 4: Murray Bridge residents returned from the 2008 Alice Springs Masters Games with a swag of medals.

November 11: Murraylands cricketer James Smith made his first class debut for the West End Redbacks in a Sheffield Shield game against Western Australia.

November 14: Cycling young gun Mark Scheldon finished second in the 2008 Australian Cycle Speedway Championships, making him the second best rider in the country for his age.

November 25: Murray Bridge greyhound trainer Shaun Mattcott broke the South Australian record for most winners trained in a year, with 377 winners.

November 28: Local speedway sidecar duo Mick Headland and Paul Waters won the Darrin Treloar Testimonial Best of the Best Championship in Adelaide.

December 2: Murray Bridge rider Daniel Mutton won the South Australian Unlimited Solo Championship on his superbike. The under 18 division one Murray Bridge bullets boys team won the grand final at the Mount Gambier Basketball Carnival.

December 5: Local sprintcar driver Ryan Jones won the South Australian 360 Sprintcars title for the second consecutive year.

December 9: Murray Bridge rower Blake Piltz will compete in the Australian Youth Olympics.

December 12: 17 junior Murray Bridge basketballers made State country teams.

December 16: Murraylands lawn bowlers Nicole Bartlett and Blake Fiebig were selected to represent South Australia at the Loy Carroll junior tournament in Victoria.

December 19: Murray Towns cricketers Corey Knight and Stewart Willis were selected to play in the South Australia country cricket side.