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Wild weather has put the region on high flood alert
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By Aaron Cordy A BATTERING of wild weather that hit the region in recent weeks has continued, placing the communit y on flood alert. As parts of Seymour and Yea have already been evacuated, sandbagging has begun in parts of Shepparton and surrounding towns. Continued Page 16
GAME, SET, MATCH… Josh Charlton, the Traralgon native and ATP pro, has won the Goulburn Valley Open men’s singles and doubles. He praises Shepparton’s grass courts and speaks about his journey and future plans in tennis. Photo: Dillon Shelley
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ATP Pro serves praise for Shepparton courts By Dillon Shelley JOSH Charlton, the number one seed in the recent Goulburn Valley Open and a native of Traralgon, recently returned to his roots after spending five years in the United States where he was studying and playing tennis. Charlton, an ATP pro, has made waves in the local tennis scene by winning the men’s singles
and doubles at the Goulburn Valley Open without dropping a set in either. Charlton, originally from Traralgon, spent five years in the United States for college and tennis before returning to Australia. The ATP pro now splits his time between his hometown and Melbourne. Despite the pace change, he is enjoying being back on home soil.
"I'm a Traralgon boy, but based in Melbourne a little bit, just practicing and stuff like that. It's a different speed, being back home again. But it's been good, although I've still been on the move a lot with my playing schedule,” Charlton said in a recent interview Continued Page 8 with The Adviser.
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