Try hard

Phoenix wins touch thriller

Laurie Smyth

THE Porky’s and Phoenix game was a battle between the defences as it took 13 minutes for Shannan O’Connor to score the first try for Porky’s and then Lexi Laskowski replied for Phoenix. Leigh Mawley and Craig Roberts made one try each to give Porky’s a 3-1 half-time lead. In the second-half, it was a different story as Karl Muir started the scoring for Phoenix in the opening minutes. Mawley made a long run with a great pass to Steve Wright only for the ball to be dropped. O’Connor made his second try of the night; he was supported by David Ropeti and star recruit Brody Fredericks with each adding one try. Arora Laskowski top scored for Phoenix with two strong tries. Kate Laskowski made one. Phoenix had two new players under the “father – son rule” in Fredericks and Henry Ropeti junior. Both players blended in with the Porky’s team and will be valuable players as the season progresses. Phoenix just got over the line 6-5. Best players were Mawley, Kyung Stewart, David Ropeti, Kate Laskowski and Anouk Meereboer with Henry Ropeti junior winning the encouragement award. The Pink Panthers took on The Drop Kicks, going down 3-5. Scorers for The Drop Kicks were Andrew Campbell 9 (total for the season 17), Tawh Ashby (16), Leigh Taiapa (13), Alicia Kingi (five) and TJ Sturmey (four). Daniel Barclay, Simon Driessen and Mia Van de Vyver each scored one try. Best players were Ashby, Taiapa, Driessen, Kingi and Mia van de Vyver with Aysia Te Patu winning the encouragement award. Longford Trailer Hire and Mustangs played in a very fast game with eight players, in total, scoring tries. At half-time the scores were tied 5-5 and in the second-half, the Mustangs only added one while Longford Trailer Hire added four. Mason Annear, Kyle Grummisch, Isla McCarthy and Brodie Towers each scored two tries for Longford. Rhiannon Massey scored one. Top scorer for the Mustangs was Ryan Rosenberger with three, the highest individual score of the night. Jordan Frend scored two and Tara Smeaton added one. Best players were Towers, Ryan Rosenberger, Grummisch, McCarthy and Nicola Rosenberger with Smeaton winning the encouragement award. The Drop Kicks still lead the competition with 25 points and 211.4 per cent followed by Longford Trailer Hire 25 & 158.1, Pink Panthers 16 & 102.0, Mustangs 14 & 71.8, Porky’s 14 & 76.6 and Phoenix 11 & 63.0 per cent. Tomorrow night’s game at 6.30pm Longford Trailer Hire play Pink Panthers [referee Mustangs] and Porky’s play The Drop Kicks [referee Phoenix]. At 7.20pm Mustangs play Phoenix [referee Longford Trailer Hire]. Unfortunately, this year’s Sale Touch Knockout has been cancelled due to lack of entries. To make this a viable event we required 35 teams and at the close of nominations the numbers were far less.

Ride For Sight this week

A F TE R a hi a t us be c a us e o f C O V I D restrictions, the Lions District 201V3 has resumed their usual 350km four-day Ride For Sight format. There is also a four-week ride currently underway where participants ride in locations and nominated distances of their choice. The four-day event is a social fundraising ride on quiet local sealed back roads. Funds raised will go to the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) for research on preventing blindness such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and blindness from diabetes. This is the 28th ride and is the district’s way of actively participating in the Lions International Lions Eye Health Program (LEHP), honouring keynote speaker authoress Helen Keller’s 1925 challenge for Lions to be “Knights for the Blind’. Lions accepted her challenge and has since been included in sight programs aimed at preventable blindness. Over the years the ride has been held in various regions within the District which extends from Phillip Island to Mallacoota. Thirty two riders and 10 volunteers from as far as Melbourne, News South Wales and other parts of Victoria to take part in the ride this year. Loch Sport, Sale, Yarram, Toora, Traralgon, Yinnar, Moe, Yarragon, Trafalgar and Warragul Lions clubs along the way will provide meals, snacks and drinks and host overnight accommodation each day.

The Ride For Sight’s Gippsland itinerary: The Lions District Ride For Sight takes starts on Thursday.

Photo: Contributed

Day 1: Thursday, April 7, relatively flat 126km ride from Loch Sport to Yarram via Seaspray and Woodside.

Day 2: Friday, April 8, 88km hilly ride from Yarram to Yinnar, via Tarra Bulga National Park and Hazelwood North.

Day 3: Saturday, April 9, another relatively hilly 83km ride from Yinnar to Trafalgar, via Newborough and Shady Creek.

Day 4: Sunday, April 10, 48km undulating ride from Trafalgar to Darnum via Gainsborough and Shady Creek.

MAFFRA Wednesday, March 30 Men's Stableford

A Grade winner: T Millar (6) 39 pts B Grade winner: J Rogers (18) 38 pts C Grade winner: A Rietschel (27) 38 pts. DTL: J McMaster 38, C Coleman 38, C Merlo 37, T Jackson 37, D Bransdon 37, R Lestrange 37, M Nicholls 36, A Connolly 36, B Dooley 36. NTP: T McConnell (2nd), D Bransdon (7th), T Jackson (12th), G Hatwell (16th).

Saturday, March 26 Stableford

A Grade: S Little (8) 38 pts

Golf results

B Grade: N Tacey (11) 38 pts C Grade: T Humphryis (16) 36 pts. D Grade: C Ward (29) 35 pts. DTL: H Burgiel 37, D Cameron 37, K Newsome 37, L Maguire 36, B Moyle 36, I Templeton 36, M Robinson 36, D Bolton 36, M Cutler 35, W Robbins 35, N Gutteridge 35. NTP: L Pratt (2nd), B Donahoe (7th), N Wallace (11th), P Dowton (12th), G Howard (16th).

SALE Tuesday, March 29 Third Round of Club Championships

Division 1

Winner: J Ballinger (8) 75, Runner-up: M Schaper (22) 77 .

Division 2

Winner: K Cashman (30) 72, Runner-up: M White (25) 77 .

DTL: J Cashman 79, H Wood 79, M Johns 80.

NTP: L Foreman (3rd), H Wood (6th), J Ballinger (11th).

Club Championship

A Grade scratch: J Ballinger (8) 83, 83, 83 = 249.

A Grade handicap: J Ballinger (8) 75, 75, 75 = 225.

B Grade scratch: H Wood (22) 102, 98, 101 = 301.

B Grade handicap: M White (25) 78, 77, 77 = 232.

C Grade scratch: K Cashman (30) 106, 112, 102 = 330.

C Grade handicap: K Cashman (3), 76, 82, 72 = 230.

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Sale Golf Club’s women’s singles championship winners for 2022. Sponsored by Jeremy Fleming Jewellers. A Grade winner Jo Ballinger (centre), B Grade winner Helen Wood (left) and C Grade winner Karen Cashman (right). Margaret White was the B Grade handicap winner.

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