Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 19 June 2024

20 centsfor 30 years’ work

Heyfield local, Jeff Coster shows the bank transfer detailing the 20c deposit made as part of his forestryredundancy package.

Mr Coster,who has spent his whole life working in native timber harvesting, is fighting to receive his full compensation as part of the state government’sForestryWorker Support Program.

‘Eretheotherside

By TOMHAYES

THE Latrobe River Bridge that connects Tyers to Traralgonhas sufferedanother setback,and must be rectified to finalise the project.

Thebridgereopened at the end of last year, afterbeingclosed for more than 12 months, forcing Tyers residents to divert through Morwell or more popularlyGlengarry -toget to Traralgon, and vice versa

For two months, Tyers residents cominginto Traralgon saw no work, despite an announcement that the guardrails would be completed in February 2024. Arevised completiondate forthis month wasset by theMinister for Roads, Melissa Horne, weather permitting, as works resumed during mid-to-late May.

Tyers Road remains open at this stage, however, it was shut momentarily due to flooding at the start of the year, and the speed limit reduced to 40km/h while works continued on the bridge.

The40km/h speed limit still remains,

but Tyers Rd will return to 80km/h once completed, according to Regional Roads Victoria (RRV).

Memberfor Morwell, Martin Cameron, spokeonthe matter, which was published recently in the Express

“Residents had raised concerns with my officeaboutthe integrityofthe bridge, with many reporting cracks along the road and kerb,” he said.

“I shared these reports with the Minister (Melissa Horne) whilerequesting an explanation about why works had stalled, and they’ve been proven valid.

“It’sconcerningthat the new bridge has been open for just five months (now six months) and is already requiring rectification works.”

However, for residents, especially those from Tyers -they don’t know what to believe in terms of atrue completion date.

Aftercountless setbacksfrom the delay of the rebuild, to the most recent delays from flooding, to now with rectification treatment, Tyers residents fear they

willonceagainhavetodeal with an unplanned closure.

Tyers resident, MonicaMacGregor, spoketothe Express aboutthe ongoing frustrations that the Latrobe River Bridge upgrade had caused.

Ms MacGregor tried to get in touch with RRV to no response, before decidingtoapproach Mr Cameronvia email, letting him know thatnowork wasbeing done to the bridge.

During thattime, RRV sent an email to thoseonthe specific list, mentioning that workswould resume and be completed by May this year.

“I think the main concern was, ‘Why to 40km/h?’ It’s 40km/h because the concrete barriers are there and it narrows the road -that’s fine, but some people are frustrated,” Ms MacGregor said.

“When Icould drive into town (Traralgon) in seven minutes, Iwas beside myself, like Iwas in and out. It didn’t bother me,but there were alot of people that were in uproar.”

Ms MacGregor mentioned that when

speaking to Tyers residents, arumour began to circulate thatRRV and the contractor had abandoned the bridge altogether,which turned out to be false After it was discovered that rectification works were requiredtocomplete thebridge, Tyers residents were once again notified by RRV thatthe expected completion datewas pushed further back until June.

“It won’t be the end of June,” Ms MacGregor said,asshe fears that winter weather willcome into playtocause another setback.

Ms MacGregor compared the Latrobe River Bridge works to that of the Fitzroy RiverBridge completed in Western Australia.

During those works, the plansand rebuilding of the bridge was completed within acalendar year, while Tyers residents have had to wait close to a decade since the proposed planscame to lightin2015.

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Rentsonthe way up, but prices stable

By STEFAN BRADLEY

MEDIAN house prices in Traralgon increased quarterly (from December 2023 to March 2024) by 2.7 per cent, while Traralgon East prices went up 2.3 percent, according to data released in April by TheReal Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV). Overall, the City of Latrobe experienced price stagnation, with other towns barely moving.

House pricesinGippsland have led the state’s price growth during the first quarter and over the past 12 months.

Some of Victoria's fastestgrowing townswere in Gippsland, including Lakes Entrance, whosehouse prices climbed14.3per cent during first quarter to $677,500;Foster rose by 11.5per cent to $680,000, and Rosedale by 9.5 per cent to $520,000. Traralgon's median house pricequarterlyincrease of 2.7 per cent went to $513,000, and Traralgon East's 2.3 per cent rise went to $875,000.

Jim Demetrios, who is the Director Stockdale & Leggo in Traralgon and Morwell, said the Valley was “not seeing any real growth at the moment”. “Prices are (stagnant).With therising interest rates, people have become more price-conscious. We’renot really seeing prices coming down, but

Numbersgame: Managing Director at Stockdale &LeggoLatrobe Valley, Jim Demetrios has reported stagnant house prices in the local market. Photograph supplied

we’re not seeing them rising,” Mr Demetrios said.

“Pricesare prettywell stableacross the board (in Latrobe Valley). We’re not seeing prices going up at all. Residential landsales have probably slowed down abit because… rising building costs.

Butestablished homes are still selling quite well."

From town-to-town in the Valley, Mr Demetrios said it was all pretty much the same, so Moe or Morwell were notexpectedtobemuchdifferent from Traralgon or Churchill.

Quarterly, Hazelwood North went up 3.3 per cent to $855,000; and Yinnar just one per cent to $581,000.

Staying at the same median price over thequarter included Moe ($365,000), Morwell ($340,000) and Yallourn North ($360,000).

Churchillwent down by1.4 per cent to $350,000; Newborough dropped 3.5 per cent to $410,00; and Mirboo North fell by 4.6 per cent to $520,000.

Mr Demetrios said first home buyersinthe Valley had abetter time buying aregional home for “say, between $300,000 to $400,000".

“That’s an affordablemarket. Yougotoother areas,you couldn’t buy ablock of landfor that price,” he said.

“I think what’spushing people towards the Valley and protecting our market is the fact that Melbourne has gotten so expensive they’re forced into regional areas, so it’s probably been abenefit to us.”

Statewide, REIV said the quarter largely featured

Tyers residents hope for bridge completion

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“WE'REvery,very grateful thatthe bridge is open, it saves so much time coming in and out. The 40km/h (speed limit)isa pain in the ass, it’s not likeit’sabusy, busyroad… but thereis some people that will kick up astink about it,” Ms MacGregor said.

“Weused to get atimeline every four weeks, and get an update which would say ‘We’re here now’, and it was always February 2024 that is was going to be completed.

“When they (RRV) wrote ‘anticipated June 2024’, we just looked at that and said ‘No way’, because they will not say for sure when it’s going to fully open.

“It’s an inconvenience of not being finished more than atime inconvenience.”

Some Tyers residents worried that if the bridge shuts again, they may move to Traralgon, just to avoid the 20-minute trip via Glengarry, which doubled the usual 10-or-so-minutetrip to Traralgon

when the Latrobe River Bridge was in operation. The chance of apotential closureagainstill lingers in the mind of Tyers residents, but they still hold out hope the saga is coming to an end soonenough.

Clarification

afurther recovery in house and unit prices, with metropolitan houses up two per cent. Over12 months, all Victorian properties registered aslight decrease in median price, with regional houses the most resilient at 0.4 per cent down.

For those renting in the Valley,it’s unfortunately bad news, according to Mr Demetrios.

“The rental marketisstill very strong…the investors are stillout there. Rentsare definitely on theway up,”hesaid.

“Andbecause of the rising interestrates,we’re findingour landlords are demanding more renters to meet their commitments.”

New general manager for LV Express

BARBARA Seymour has been appointed General Manager of the Latrobe Valley Express and Elliott Gippsland Newspapers. Ms Seymour has been with the company for 35 years, working at the Express in administration and accounts.

Before being announced as the new GM last week, ‘Barb’ was along-time finance manager for the company.

“It’s apleasure to work for afamily-owned business who are committed to the regional newspaper industry,” she said.

“The Express is LatrobeValley’smost trusted platform for delivering news to our local community.

“With enthusiasm Itakeupthis position.

“Working with astrong, dedicated team we will continue to work hard to serve our community.

“Through our print and digital editions we are able to reach abroad audience -our future is bright’.”

THE front page story in the Express last week ('Councillor suspended', 12/06/2024) referred to Latrobe Valley resident Taylah Ling as a"local political commentator".

The Express wishes to clarify Ms Ling doesnot hold any official role as apolitical commentator.

Ms Ling operatesthe Facebookpage'Valley Insights', which provides commentary on local issues relating to matters, people and organisations, including Latrobe City Council.

The Express apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Ms Seymour takes over from Tim Ellen, who had been serving in the role following the passing of his brother, Bruce in March. Tim Ellen, adirector at DBGT Investments, willcontinue in an advisory positionwith theExpress and the Express' sister paper, the Sale-based Gippsland Times.

Three certainties in life: TheTyers Bridge has been plagued by setbacks since ‘reopening’ latelast year File photograph

Leader: NewLatrobeValleyExpress General Manager,BarbaraSeymour

Murder the only charges: Lynn trial

By ERIKAALLEN

THE jury in the trial of Gregory Stuart Lynn for the alleged double murder of Russell Hill and Carol Clay retired to consider its verdict last Friday.

Over two days last week, Justice Michael Croucher presented his final instructions to the jury, including that it cannot find Mr Lynn guilty of manslaughter. The only charges before the jury are for murder.

In the Supreme Court on Thursday,Justice Croucher told jurors that if they werenot satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the murder charges, “any verdict of manslaughterinthe alternative would be wrong”.

“The only charges before you are murder, and it’s for you to determine whether Mr Lynn is guilty or notguilty in relation to (Russell) Hill and whether Mr Lynnisguiltyornot guilty in relationto(Carol) Clay,” His Honour said.

Mr Lynn pleadednot guilty to murdering Mr Hill and Ms Clay at acampsite they were sharing in the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.

Mr Lynn told the court last week he “should be punished”for destroyingevidence, which he did by burning the campsite and dumping Mr Hill and Ms Clay’s bodies near Dargo, where he later returned to burn them.

When the prosecution summed up its arguments lastweek,Crown prosecutor Daniel Porceddu argued Mr Lynn murdered the campers because the only reason for the accused to cover up the deaths is that “he knew he had murdered them”.

In contrast, the defence, led by Dermot Dann KC, argued the pair’s deaths were tragic accidents that followed separate struggles between Mr Hill and Mr Lynn for control over aknife and Mr Lynn’s 12-gauge shotgun.

The ABC reported last week that Justice Croucher faulted at least two of the questionsprosecutors asked of Mr Lynn when they cross-examined him on evidence he gave last week.

“There was simply no evidentiary basis for asking those questions and they should never have been asked,” the judge said of the questions, which related to Mr Lynn’s alleged shotgun use on the nightofthe campers’ deaths.

It was reported jurors were told to ignore those questions.

Justice Croucher also said the prosecution had breached “the basic rules of fairness” because Mr Porceddu did not directly put to Mr Lynn that he covered up the campers deathsbecausehe murdered them.

“Had Mr Porceddu asked Mr Lynn these questions, Mr Lynn may well have been able to respond

Technicality: Justice MichaelCroucher has instructed the juryinthe Greg Lynn (pictured) trial, that the former Jetstar pilotcannot be found guiltyofmanslaughter,but onlytwo counts of murder File photographs

in apowerful and compelling way,”his honour said. Justice Croucher said Mr Lynn was denied a response because of the prosecutor’s conduct. His Honour continued, tellingjurors they should use their headsand nottheirhearts,regardless of sympathy they may feel for the Mr Hill and Ms Clay.

“You must weigh the evidencelogicallyand with an open mind, and not according to your passions or feelings or personal judgementsaboutwhat is morally acceptable or morally unacceptable,” Justice Croucher said.

The jury returned to deliberate the verdict on Tuesday. They will only deliberate on weekdays between 10am and 4pm.

Traffic operation reveals concerning amount of distracted drivers

By TOMHAYES

ATWO-day trafficoperation held in Traralgon aheadofthe King’s Birthday longweekend has provided confronting results.

Led by First ConstableDaniel Noy, the operation brought further attention to the rise of distracted drivers.

“Thereisnosecretwiththe roadtoll at the moment how bad it is, it’s probably been bad for agood couple of years,” First Constable Noy said.

“At this level, at uniform, we’ve probably noticed atrend of people being distracted whilst driving, so whetherthat’s amobile phone, or it’s kids in the back seat, not wearing aseatbelt, it’s abig problem.

“The stats show that most of the accidents -there’s been some sort of distraction that has led to what’s happened.”

As winterhas now set in, extra caution on the roads is amust,with wet,slippery roads becoming more common throughout the state.

Across just two days, uniformed officers from the Traralgon Police Station, as well as Highway Patrol, issued 76 infringement notices-57ofwhich were due to people using amobile phonewhilst operating avehicle.

Making up theother 19 infringementswere failingtostop at an amber/red light (eight), failing to wearaseatbelt (four), and other trafficoffences

(seven). Eight defect notices were also handed out to those driving unroadworthy vehicles.

“I didn’t think it would be as skewed toward mobile phones, Ithought maybe 20 per cent of those tickets wouldbemobile phones, but not over half,” First Constable Noy said.

“It just showsthatthereisa problemwith (mobile phones).”

The penalty for using amobile devicewhile driving is a$577 fine and loss of four demerit points.

“There is consequence if you keep doing it, you couldlose your licence… if you keep going down that path,” First Constable Noy added.

Due to the results of the operation, First Constable Noy and Sergeant Jodi Thoroughgood believe the

Campaigningforsafercarsonlocalroads

YOUNG drivers are being encouraged to get into cars with better safety features in anew advertising campaign.

The ad, produced by RoadSafe Gippsland in partnership with Latrobe Regional Health (LRH), features two young drivers involved in ahead-on crash being brought into the LRH Emergency Department by ambulance.

One driver wasinacar withfewer safety features and sustained criticalinjuries, while the other driver was in asafer carand is sitting up in bed with minor injuries.

It featuresLRH Emergency Department doctor, Jay Weeraratne, whoisurgingdrivers to consider certain safety features when purchasing avehicle. The commercial is thethirdinaseries Setting kids

up safely funded by the Department of Transport and Planning’s CommunityRoad Safety Grants Program and will be aired on Gippsland TV, radio and social media.

RoadSafe Gippsland Chair, Andrew Milbourne said younger drivers were more likely to be involved in acrash through inexperience behind the wheel, or risk-taking behaviours.

“We see alot of crashes on adailybasis, and young drivers often make simple mistakes, but they will be less likely to be injured or killed if they are in asafer car,” Mr Milbourne said.

“You can find a4-or-5-star safety rated vehicle for under $5000,sonomatter what yourbudget is, there will be avehicle available with safety features to suit you.”

People in the market for avehicle can check out the TAC How Safe is Your Carwebsite, which lists the safety ratings, technologies and price range of makes and models.

Important safety features to look out for include Electronic StabilityControl, Auto Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning, airbags, side curtain airbags and Seatbelt Pre-tensioners.

Drivers aged between 18 and 25 account for 10 per cent of Victorian licence holders but make up 18 per cent of fatalities on Victorian roads, according to TAC data.

For more infor mation ,v isit howsafeisyourcar.com.au

operation should run again.

“Looking at the results, and obviously we did two days -the second day didn’t get any better,” First Constable Noy said.

“It’s definitely something we’ll do again,” Sergeant Thoroughgood added.

Case: Mr Lynn is charged withmurdering campersCarol Clayand Russell Hill in the Wonnangatta ValleyinMarch 2020.

Locals bracing for winter weather

By KATRINABRANDON

ALONGSIDEthe winter wind, the winter rain landed on Monday and Tuesday last week, causing some parts of the Latrobe Valley to lose power.

Some homes in Moe and Morwell were reported to have lost power on Tuesday, June 11, as fallen trees affected areas, causingclosures on streets such as Catherine and Helen Street in Morwell.

Prior to the weather event, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) had predicted 17mm of rainfall. However, the actual rainfall recorded at Latrobe

Valley Airport over the course of lastMonday, Tuesday,and Wednesdaywas astaggering29mm.

Temperatures also plummeted, with Tuesday's lowest being 3.6 degrees (Celcius), the second coldest day of the month so far.

In addition to the low temperature, Tuesday reached the top speed for windgusts heading from west-northwest with aspeed of 63km/h recorded at 4pm.

According to the BoM Facebook page, some snow regions reported from 15 to 25mm fell over the 36-hour period.

Staying healthy this cold season

GIPPSLANDERS are being encouraged to keep healthythis winter by eating well, staying active and getting vaccinated as the days get colder and darker.

Theseactions are apart of the latest ‘Healthy for Winter’ social media campaign led by the Gippsland Region Public Health Unit.

GRPHU team membershavejumpedaboard the campaign by sharingtheir favourite winter recipes or how they like to keep active over winter.

The campaign also has some helpful tips about warding off the winter sniffles.

GRPHU director Annelies Titulaer said these three actions could help boost people's mental and physical health.

“Weidentifiedeating well,staying active,and keeping up-to-date with flu and other vaccines as the top three actions most people can do this winter to stay healthy,” Ms Titulaer said.

“Our GRPHU staff have some great recipes for hearty winter meals that use simple ingredients and make use of seasonal veggies.

“It can be hard to be motivatedtoget moving in winterwhenit’stempting to stay inside, but even going for ashort walk or doing some quick stretches can boost your spirits and warm you up.”

Ms Titulaer said getting flu vaccines and COVID boosterswerealsoimportant to help protect loved ones from the spread of infections.

She said people shouldremember to stay at home if they feel sick, wash their hands and wear amask in crowded areas.

“Have achatwith your GP about vaccinations forother respiratory diseases such as pertussis, or whooping cough, and RSV,” she said.

“You might be eligible for afree flu shot, and you can have thisatthe same timeasyour COVID booster.”

The GRPHU is led by Latrobe Regional Health

to manage and respond to public health issues in Gippsland.

Follow the Latrobe Regional Health Facebook or Instagrampages,orfollow the GRPHU on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the Healthy for Winter campaign.

Youcan also go to the LRHwebsite to find news and information from the GRPHU.

Healthy for Winter was developed in consultation withlocal Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations and from aGRPHU community participation and engagement survey.

ONE POINTERS

1. What is the other name for an Academy Award?

2. What is the 50th state of America?

3. What countryused to be called Persia?

4. What is Lightning McQueen’scatchphrase? TWOPOINTERS

5. What is Tintin’sdog named?

6. Who was kidnapped in the Trojan War?

7. What year did the first iPhone come out?

8. What daytime soap opera takes place in the town Salem? THREE POINTER

9. What is aVietnamese pork roll called?

10. What is the lowest point in the ocean called?

11 What is the name of the hand The Addams Family?

12 What starts adiesel engine instead of spark plugs? FOUR POINTER

13 Where is aNovocastrian from?

14. Who was the shortest NBA player? FIVE POINTER

15 What’sthe term for aleopard’sspots?

Howtoplay...

Using the 9letters in the grid, howmany wordsoffour letters or morecan you list? The centreletter must be included and each lettermay be used onlyonce No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural wordsending in ‘s’. Solution next Wednesday

Palliative care is everyone’sbusiness

FOR some people, death is close.

It's not an event many years down the track.

It's afew weeks or maybe afew months away.

For some, working with aperson diagnosed with alife limiting illness and in palliative care is their chosen career.

So, when we hear the term 'palliative care' how much do we really understand of the term?

To begin with, most people might think that going into 'palliative care' means that they only have a couple of weeks left to live. That is not the case.

"Someone can be receiving palliative care for manymonths,"Manager of Palliative Care Consultancy Gippsland, Nadine Soutar said.

Palliative care helps aperson who has been diagnosed withalife limiting illness to live as well as they can and ensure the highest quality of life by identifying and managing physical symptoms along with emotional, spiritual and social needs. People of all ages can be referred to palliative care.

"Typically, palliative care services see patients diagnosed with but not limited to cancer, motor neurone disease and late-stage kidneyorlung disease," Ms Soutar said.

"Palliative care can be delivered alongside treatments given by other treating teams. It's not automatically the case that treatment of the disease stops once someone is referred to palliative care."

The Palliative Care Consultancy Gippsland team, along with the Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium has been working with colleagues

around the region to both educate the community about what palliative care is, and also encourage people to have discussions within family groups about the sort of care aperson might prefer.

"There is palliative care support at Latrobe Regional Health, as well as 13 other sites across Gippsland rangingfrom OrbosttoBassCoast and

Yarram to Neerim," Manager of the Gippsland RegionPalliative Care Consortium, Anny Byrne said.

"Each one of them hasa family centred approach that's all about optimising the patient's quality of lifeand supporting everyone closetothatpatient."

LRH has been hosting screenings throughout the region of 'Live the Life You Please', aseries of short filmsaimedatraisingawareness about palliative care.

The films show arange of people, their families and lovedones taking control of their care with the assistance of palliative care teamsacross Australia.

"One of the themes is that palliative care is everyone'sbusiness.Someone may be diagnosed with alife limiting illness but together with their loved ones, social network, treating team and palliative care input, people can live their lifeasfullyand as comfortably as possible," Ms Byrne said.

"It's about managing the condition and getting as much out of life as possible."

Referrals to palliative care can be made by GPs, other treating health practitioners,family members or the individual who has received the diagnosis of alife limiting illness.

"We'd always prefer an early referral to palliative care. This can prolong life and certainly supports abetter quality of life," Ms Soutar said.

"Getting to knowthe individualand theirfamilies over alonger period of time allows for better planning and consideration of the individual's end of life wishes, supporting abetter quality of life for the patient and experience for the family."

More information about palliative care in Gippsland can be found at the Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium website.

The LRH filmscan be viewed at:

CancerCouncilurgesmentochatabouthealthchecks

CANCER Council Victoriahas urged men to continue to chat to their mates about health checks, as Men's Health Week concluded at the weekend (Sunday, June 16).

Unfortunately, statistics reveal male cancer diagnoses continue to increase.

Victorian Cancer Registrydatashowsthe number of newcancerdiagnosesfor Victorian men are projected to increaseby48per cent foralmost all cancers over the next 15 years, compared to apredictedincrease of 38 percent for Victorian women.

With the focus of this year's Men's Health Week being 'Men's Health Checks', Cancer Council Victoria is calling on all men to get on top of their health and encourage their mates to do the same.

Cancer Council Victoria's HeadofPrevention and AdjunctAssociate, Professor Craig Sinclair said Men's Health Week was astrong reminder for men to prioritisepreventative cancer measures.

"Our data shows that men are more likely to develop cancer thanwomen,moremen smoke and vape than women, and they are also less likely to speak to the doctor if they notice symptoms," Mr Sinclair said.

For every 100 Victorian women diagnosed with cancer, 120 Victorian men are diagnosed.

The most common cancers Victorian men are diagnosed with are prostate (29.4 per cent), bowel (9.2),lung (9.0), melanoma(8.6), and headand neck (4.6).

"Having conversations with your mates about theimportance of cancer screening or speaking to ahealthprofessional can save your life," Mr Sinclair said.

"Cancer Council Victoria wants to encourage men to be more proactive about their own health, and

that of their mates, because prevention is always better than acure.

"There are simple steps men can take to reduce cancer risk: keep up to date with bowel screening, if you noticeany unusual changes to your body, speak to aGP, reduce alcohol intake, increase physical activity, and take steps to quit smoking or vaping by contacting Quitline on 13 78 48."

To find more information about cancer screening and prevention, visit: cancervic.org.au

If you need cancer information or support, call the Cancer Council support line on 13 11 20.

Crew: Membersofthe PalliativeCareConsultancyGippslandTeam based at Latrobe Regional Health. Photograph supplied

Juryout on Andrews honour

By LIAM DURKIN MEMBER

for Morwell, Martin

Cameron has joinedachorus of people outraged by the King's Birthday honour bestowedupon

former Premier, Daniel Andrews.

Mr Andrews was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in this year's King’s Birthdayhonours list -the nation's highest honour.

In the citation, Mr Andrews, who resigned as Premier last September, was awarded "for eminent service to the peopleand Parliament of Victoria,topublichealth, to policy and regulatory reform and to infrastructure development".

Despite serving as Labor premier for arecord nine years, critics have called into question how Mr Andrews could be recognised for his service to public health given his leadership during the COVID-era.

“Victorianswere subjected to the most draconian lockdown measures in the world by Daniel Andrews during the COVID-19pandemic,”

Mr Cameron said.

“People haven’t forgotten how cruel and non-sensical the lockdowns were, and many are still wearing the emotional and financial toll today.

“The bungled hotel quarantine program cost the lives of almost 800 Victorians, and the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine lagged behind other states."

Apetition hasbeen launched by Leader of The Nationals,Peter Walsh, calling for the support of Victorianstohave the “inappropriate and unjustified”Companion of the Order of Australia removed by the Governor General, Professor Margaret Gardner AC.

Former VictorianLiberalPremier, Jeff Kennett has also written to the GovernorGeneral seeking to have Mr Andrews' honour rescinded.

Mr Andrews led Labor to three consecutivestate election victories -the last two (in 2018 and 2022) in total landslides.

In the safeNational Party seats of Gippsland though,MrAndrews facednoshortage of oppositionon local issues.

His legacy wastarnishedin Gippsland due to anumberof controversial decisions, such as the cessation of native timber harvesting, the botched electric vehicle factory in Morwell, and the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which was to have events in theLatrobe Valley.

Mr Andrew's alsoannounced

areturn of the State Electricity Commission as part of an election promise, although it wasrecently revealed there wasonly asingleSEC employee working in the Morwell office.

Mr Andrews faced tough criticism

from rank-and-file voters for hardly ever getting out on the road and visiting regional towns past Traralgon to hear their concerns.

Acomment piecebyformer Gippsland Times journalist Sarah Allman (née Luke) titled 'Our

Premier missing in action', was presented to Mr Andrews by Member for Gippsland South, Danny O'Brien in 2019.

“Daniel Andrewsfailed Victorians, and his ill-conceived actions have lumped the state with record debt that will take generations to repay," Mr Cameron said.

“Instead of managingmoney responsibly, Laborhas passed responsibility onto Victorians in the formoflandtax whichiscrippling people across the state.

“This is just one of the 55 new or increased taxes Victorians have been slappedwith sincethe start of Daniel Andrews’ reign as Premier.

“The Companion of the Order of Australia is aprestigious award that should be reserved for people who have made outstandingcontributions in their community -not aformer Premier who failed the state of Victoria.”

Others however, such as Mr Andrews' successor Jacinta Allan, have backed the honour, saying it is totally justified.

"Danielled the state through some of the most difficult and challenging times," she said.

"This is an entirely appropriate and an important recognition of the enormouscontributionDaniel Andrews, and his family, have made."

Mr Andrews has remained largely absent from publiclife since his resignation, and did not even take to social media to acknowledge his King's Birthday Honour last week. He didhowever release astatement, thanking the Victorian people fortheir support.

"I'm honoured to have been nominated for this award and grateful to every Victorian who contributed to some of our state's best times and who worked so hard to see us through our most challenging," he said.

"I thank the Victorian community for their supportfor me and my team in leading ourstate fornine years. That remains the greatest honour of my life."

Mr Andrews' name will now appear as The Honourable Daniel Michael Andrews AC on official correspondents.

This is not the first time the credibilityofacountry'snational order has been called into question. The EnglandTestcricket team were all awarded MBEs (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2005 afterbeating Australia and reclaiming the Ashes for the first time in close to 20 years.

Polarising: The decision to awardformer Premier Daniel Andrewswith an AC hasdivided the state. File photograph

Developer outlines plans

SPECIALIST offshore wind energy developer

Southerly Ten, the team behind the offshorewind project Star of the South, addressed MPs, local government leaders, andIndigenous leaders at Parliament House recently.

Southerly Ten Chief Executive, Charles Rattray andChief DevelopmentOfficer, Dr ErinColdham outlined the next steps for Australia's inaugural offshore wind precinct and potential opportunities offshore wind presents to advance economic, energy, and environmental goals, before social researcher Dr Rebecca Huntley led discussions with special guests from the Gippsland and Hunter regions.

Gippsland guests included WellingtonShire Mayor, Ian Bye and Federal Memberfor Gippsland, Darren Chester.

Mr Chester said energy security was also a matter of national security.

"Every country needs to be able to keep the lights on and ensure it can still manufacture products that are neededinamodern society," Mr Chester said "How we do it in the future is the big question, and Iexpect it will be from amix of sources as part of abalanced approach; we certainly shouldn't be putting all our eggs in one basket.

"Our coal-fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley are still generating60per cent of Victoria's energy needs, and naturalgas is acritical part of the equation because it can be brought online quickly when the weather conditions are unsuitable for renewables.

"Our energy suppliesneed to be reliable and affordable, as well as reducing the environmental impact on the planet. It's acomplex issue for every nation.

"Understanding how it couldwork in the future means listening to the ideas of experts, so Iwas interested to attend abriefing in Federal Parliament.

"These projectshavethe potentialtobepart of the nation'senergy mix and create local jobs through construction, development, and ongoing operational requirements.

"As we looktodiversify our energy base with offshore wind, we must ensure the legislation also protects existing users like commercial and recreational fishing,respects local landholders, and allows projects to proceed if they are in the national interest."

Guests: Star of the South Chief Executive, Charles Rattraywas joined by Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC)ChiefExecutive, Daniel Miller,Federal Memberfor Gippsland, Darren Chesterand Wellington ShireMayor,Ian Byeatthe offshore wind briefing in Canberra. Photograph supplied

Foam fit out to protect firefighters

THOUSANDS of firefighterswill be betterprotected on thefrontline, withanew foamfit out on all of CFA's ultralight vehicles.

provided internal cabin stowage for fire blankets, making them more accessible for protection in a burnover.

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CFA has commenced the new $3.19million retrofit program, which includes 246 existing ultralights plus $4.95 million for the purchase of 33 new ultralights with crew protection.

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CFA Chief Officer, Jason Heffernan said significant laboratory,simulation and real fire exposure testing was conducted over the past few years to ensurethe new systems met the occupant survival criteria.

"Retrofitting all our ultralightsgives our members the best possible chance of survival in aburnover," he said.

"The safety of our firefighters is our number one priority and we're continuously looking for improved measures to do this."

CFA introduced crew protection systems, such as water spray delugeand radiant heat shield curtains in all new tankers with 1000L water or more from 2006.

Between 2011 and 2013, CFA also retrofitted

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the same crew protection systems to all existing pre-2006 tankers.

The ultralight retrofit includes aCompressed Air Foam based externaldeluge system (CAFS) and radiant heat shield curtains. They will also be

All CFA crews undertakeannual entrapment drills to ensure the continued familiarity with the newcrewprotectionsystem.

Upper Beaconsfield FireBrigade Captain, Ian Pinney said their ultralight vehicle was one of the first in the program to receive the new foam fit out.

"It'sanadditional protection feature for the occupants in the vehicle. Hopefully we never have to useit, butit'scomforting to know it'sthere," he said.

"Ultralightshave alight footprint so they are great to use in difficult to reach areas that trucks can't.

"Our brigade is based in ahigh risk ruralbushfire area and we've attended significant fires over the years so Ican definitely see the benefit to further protecting our firefighters."

The ultralights retrofitprogramisexpected to be complete by the end of 2024.

Real-time blood supply levels available

IN an Australian-first, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s bloodsupply levels are now available to view in real-timeinthe hope it will encourage more people to donate more often.

Research by the nation’s blood service found that 75 percent of Australians say they would donate blood if they knew their blood type was needed.

Launchingtocoincide with National Blood Donor Week (June 13-19), the Lifeblood Blood SupplyUpdate, which is updateddaily, displays blood supply levels for each blood type.

You can sort Australia-wide or by state.

Morethan 6500donations of blood and plasma are still needed in the next week alone to meet demands.

The Lifeblood Blood Supply Update represents the number of bags (units) of donated red blood cells of that blood type that Lifeblood holds after supplying hospitals.

“We hope that by havingup-to-date information about how much blood is held by Lifeblood, it will motivate morepeople to come in and donate, especially whentheir bloodtype is needed or

running low,” Lifeblood Executive Director of Donor Experience, Cath Stone said.

At alltimes,Lifeblood needs to keep enough red cellunits stocked and ready to meet expected demand. These levels go up and down based on how many units of each blood type is sent to hospitals and how many donors of that type have given blood recently.

Bloodtypes marked ‘very low’ meansLifeblood need you to book adonation now; ‘low’ means more donors are needed; ‘need more’ means Lifeblood needspeople to donate in the next five days; ‘Ok’ means that blood donations are still needed of that blood type; and ‘good’ means youshould considerdonating plasma if you can, or give bloodtokeep supplies at agood level.

May through to Septemberare themonths when blood supplylevels are most likely to drop to ‘very low’.

“We’dlove to see people keeping aregular eye on our bloodsupplies and makinganappointment when their bloodtype is needed,especially during the colder months,” Ms Stone said.

Lifeblood research reveals that two in five

Australians don’t know their blood type or are unsure of which blood type they have.

“Ifyou don’tknowyour blood type, donating blood is agreat waytofind out. Please make an appointment, because no matterwhatblood type you are, every donation you give can save up to three lives,” Ms Stone added. Ablood donationisneeded every 18 seconds in Australia for cancer patients, peopleliving with blood disorders, for surgery, and women giving birth.

While the Lifeblood Blood SupplyUpdate only displays red celllevels, Lifebloodalsoneeds plasma and platelet donationsofall types every day. You can booka donation by calling131495, or book onlineatlifeblood.com.au or on the DonateBlood app.

Keep an eyeonLifeblood’sbloodsupplies by visiting Lifeblood Blood Supply Update. Everyone who donates during National Blood Donor Week and until July 14 will receive a limited-edition bandage designed by Indigenous Australian artist, Aretha Brown.

Inspiring youngpeople to staysafe at work

NAMED for the expression that comes to mind when we're unsure of what to say or do, the quirky character ‘UMM’ features in anew series of WorkSafe videos, social media, regional press and digital communications.

The videos include UMM responding to arange of common unsafe scenarios young workers may face in retail, manufacturing, fast food, hospitality, health care and construction.

Since the start of last year, 3501 workers under the age of 25 have been seriously injured at work in Victoria. This includes 108inthe Gippsland area, including Wellington, East Gippsland,Latrobe Valley, and Baw Baw.

WorkSafe Executive DirectorHealth and Safety, Sam Jenkin said the UMM character was created by young people, for young people, and speaks to those who might have recently started their first part-time or full-time jobs.

"Young workers can be afantastic asset to any team, but sometimes their lack of experience and

confidence may meanyoungworkersare lesslikely to ask questions if something doesn't seem right," Mr Jenkin said.

"UMM is here to remind young workers that it's okay to speakupand that no one should ever be made to feel unsafe at work -whether it's being askedtowork without the right safety equipment or having to deal with aggressive behaviour or language."

Since January 2023, aboutaquarter of young workers were working in the construction industry, and onein10were fromeach of themanufacturing, health care and socialassistance, and accommodation and food services industries.

The most common causesofinjuriestoyoung workers were being hit by moving objects (31 per cent),body stress (26 per cent), and falls, trips and slips (23 per cent).

UMM's return builds on the success of the first campaign, and willbesupportedbyWorkSafe visits to TAFEs across regional and metropolitan

If not sure,ask: The character of UMM (‘um’), is again being used by WorkSafe to help young people askquestions and stay safe in the workplace Photograph supplied

Victoria to help getthe message to young trade apprentices and pre-apprenticeship students. For mwore information about safety for young workers visit: worksafe.vic.gov.au/umm

Community Corner with Liam Durkin

Traralgon Cancer Council

THE Traralgon Cancer Volunteer Group have been busy the last few weeks.

They catered for the Mother’s Day night at Bunnings, had abus trip to Geelong (raising $1990)and had their Biggest MorningTea raising $2000. All money raised goes to finding acure for Cancer.

Future events are aSoup and Sandwich day in July and abus trip in November to Echuca.

If you are interested in the bus trip, phone Joyce on 0408 341 451.

We welcome new members to join this group. If you are interested, phone Raeleneon0407368 848,Marge(5174 4269), or Mariana (0417 051 158).

Cancer Council Supporters Hot Line:1300 65 65 85.

Cancer Council Help Line: 13 11 20.

Quit Line: 13 78 48.

Chess results

PETER Bakker had the most successful time in recent Latrobe Valley Chess, withthree wins and onedraw.

Ben Jackson continued his improving technique and found two wins.

The short match result was Streve Ahern ending on top of Samantahat Juers who kept fighting till the end.

The strategy misses caused trouble for Hanah Jackson.

Mistakes weretoo prevalentfor Ian Hamilton.

Cliff Thronton posed challenges but did not overpower the opponents.

Matt Bolding did not begin early andjoined the contests to find two victories.

The plans were interesting for Emma Jackson but her attacks were too slow to force the win.

Jerry Baladjay was keen to start some new battles.

Phone Cliff Thronton on 0413 330 458, or Ian Hamilton (5134 1971) for more information on local chess.

Latrobe Orchestra

MUSIC enthusiasts are in for atreat as the Latrobe Orchestra and Sale CityBandcome together to present Classical Pops, anight out reminiscent of the renowned Boston Pops.

Taking place this Saturday(June 22) at The Cobb and Co Stableson Raymond StreetinSale, the event will start at 7.30pm.

The highlight of the evening promises to be aspectacular performance of Tchaikovsky'siconic "1812 Overture", with all 80 talented musiciansuniting their skills for atruly unforgettable experience.

Ticketsfor this not-to-be-missed event are priced at $20 each and can be purchased at the door or online at trybooking.com/CQTDD

Prostatesupport

LATROBE ValleyProstate Cancer Support Group will next meet on Wednesday, June 26

The groupwill be joined by Associate Professor Wee Loon Ong,who is a RadiationOncologistatThe Alfred Heath and Latrobe Regional Health, sub-specialising in prostate cancer care.

He completed prostate cancer fellowship in Toronto, and is highly-trained in all aspects of radiotherapy for prostate cancer, including Brachytherapy and StereotacticAblativeBody Radiotherapy (SABR). He has led the start-up of the Prostate SABR Program at The Alfred Health, and

is expected to roll out the Prostate SABR Program at Latrobe Regional Health by mid-2024.

He is also the Academic Lead of the Australia and New Zealand Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry(PCORANZ) at Monash University.

For more information, phone Allan Cunningham on 0458 111 688.

Morwell social tennis

BEAUTIFUL newlycovered courts are wonderful to play on!

Get active, both physically and mentally, twice aweek!

Monday and Friday mornings 9am-12pm, cost $2 at Morwell Tennis Club(RonaldReserve,VaryStreet, Morwell).

Gippsland Tango

FOR all ages and levelofdance experience.

Come and enjoy Argentine Tango with us to socialise, move your body and have fun!

All levels of experience catered for.

Gippsland Tango has aregularcommunity who enjoy learning, dancing, and keeping our bodiesmoving and mentally sharp with Argentine Tango -The WalkingDance.

Classes are held every Wednesday from7pm to 8.30pm at St David's UnitingChurch Hall (behind the Church)on9 Campbell Street, Yarragon.

Wear comfortable loose fitting clothing allowing free movement, together withleather solesshoes or shoes that allow to slide abit in the floor.

Ladies -noslingbacksasyou need a secure shoe that won't slip off.

If you would like achatbefore coming, call Naomi on 0405 739 819.

Bridgeresults

TRARALGON Bridge Club results. Tuesday, June11-N/S 1st Rob

Graham and Glenis Lohr 61.9 per cent; 2nd JohnMarsiglioand Anna Field 61.Peter Lonie and Carol Cheyne 58.04;2nd Heather Watt and Anne Howes 54.46.

Thursday, June 13 -1st Kevin Taylor and Marion Taylor 62.5;2nd Maria MacTaggart and Barbara Barr 55.56.

If you would like to playorlearn moreabout bridge, phone Greg Nicholson, on 0419 365 739.

Last train to Mirboo North

TO mark the 50th anniversary of the ‘last train’ to Mirboo North and the closure of the branch line in June 1974, acelebration will be held at the Boolarra Multipurpose Building (at the corner of Irving and Church streets), and the rooms of the Boolarra Historical Society this Sunday (June 23).

Commencing at 11am, the occasion will feature aspecially commissioned cake, the showing of historic films taken the day of the‘last train’, historic displays, as well as talks on the branch lineand why it was closed.

Dinner and movie

AFREE event on Friday, June 28 at Moe BaptistChurchonFowler Street commencing at 5pm.

Followedbythe movie Jesus Revolution.

RSVP for catering by Thursday, June 20.

Call Val on 0412 724 990, or leave amessage to book.

Gippsland MTB

GIPPSLAND MTB Inc is an active mountainbikeassociation established to support and encouragethe sport of mountain biking in Gippsland.

Our next eventisthe Gippy Shifty 50-kilometre event on Blores Hill

Mountain Bike Park on June 23. Visit gippslandmtb.com.au/about/ for more information.

Field naturalists

THE presenter at the next meeting of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club, starting at 7.30pmonFriday, June 28 in the Moe Library is Pam Whiteley.

Pam, from MelbourneUniversity, is the coordinator of Wildlife Health Victoria:Surveillance whichincludes communitygroups, state agencies, scientists at the Melbourne Veterinary School, Wildlife Health Australia etc in acollaborative network to improve thehealth of endemic mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian populations in Victoria.

This will be followed by the club's monthly meeting.

On the following day, (Saturday June 29), there is an excursion to a Jumbuk bush land.

Meet at the Morwell National Park at the Billy's Creek car park on Junction Road at 10am.

Visitors are most welcome, both to the meeting and the excursion.For more information, phone secretary Rose on 0410 237 292.

Youcan be a partofCommunity Corner

IF you are acommunity groupand have any news items you need publicised, feel free to email us at news@ lvexpress.com.au

You can address the correspondence to Editor, Liam Durkin.

Please write ‘CommunityCorner’ in the subject line and nothing else. Deadline is Friday 9am to appear in the following Wednesday issue.

What is aHernia?

Ahernia is an abnormal protrusionthroughthe sheetlikeconnective tissue envelope of the abdominal wall and mostherniascommonlyoccur in the groininmen. There are lots of differenttypes of hernias.Theyare all noticed as an abnormal bulge or protrusion thatmay be entirelypainlessorattimes can be uncomfortable. Pain is usually awarning signand very severepaincan be asignof strangulationofthe hernia. Strangulation is where theblood supply to the herniated structure is cutoff which causesvery severe pain andisanemergency.

Contents of ahernia canbesimply fatfrominside the abdomen poking out through theopeningordefect, or aloop of bowel The most fearedcomplicationofaherniaisstrangulation and

is a potentially life-threatening event that needs emergency surgery and sometimes removing andre-joining the compromised segmentofbowel

Hernias occur mostlyinthe abdomen, abdominal wall andpelvis including the groin.The threecommonest types of hernias are belly-button or umbilical herniaand both inguinal andfemoral hernias thatoccur in the groin. Mencharacteristically suffer from hernias more than women because of heavylifting and it is heavymanual workthatcan exceed the strengthofthe groin.Femoralhernias are more common in women andcan be found or noticedasa lumpjust belowthe groin crease.

Another type of hernia is the incisional hernia thatcan occur following an operation on the abdomen after either akeyhole or laparoscopic procedure or after an open operation such abowel operation or operation on the pelvis or even agallbladder operation. All hernias are nowusually repaired using amesh made from aplastic material much like aplastic surgical flyscreen material. This has been shown to unequivocally reduce the risk of the recurrence of the hernia. This mesh is usually placed outside the abdomen however there are some meshes thatcan be used inside the abdominal cavity and these are usually coated with an antiadhesional coating to stop bowel sticking to it.

Hernia repairs varyincomplexity from aday-case procedure for an umbilical hernia to complicated hernia repairs thatcan be large reconstructions of the abdominal wall needing an in-hospital stay It is important thatthe surgeon is experienced and thatgood attention is paid to aftercare. If you want an opinion or have ahernia thatisworrying you just ask your doctor for areferral.

This information is provided by Mr Adrian Aitken MBBS, FRACS, PhD who is alocal specialist general surgeon in Gippsland who under all types of hernia repairs including abdominal reconstructions on a regular basis.

Thirty-year career worth just 20 cents

ERIKAALLEN

SOME of Gippsland’s forestry workers displacedbythe state government’s forced closure of the native forest industryhavehad their redundancy payments frozen.

Jeff Coster is one such local who has yet to receive $198,000 in compensation.

Mr Coster envisaged that lifeafter logging would look likeretirement. But after losing the choice to end his 30-year career as asubcontractor on his terms when native timber harvestingendedonJanuary 1this year, the Heyfield local faced another blow when theredundancy compensation he spent months jumping through bureaucratic hoops to secure never arrived in his bank account.

Mr Coster applied for the compensationaspart of the stategovernment’s Forestry Worker Support Program, which provides redundancy top-up payments of up to $200,000 to native timber workers.

The not-for-profit organisation ForestWorks is delivering the statefunded program until June 30, 2026.

As part of transitioning out of the timber industry, the program provides eligible subcontractors and employees top-up payments and funded training.

Mr Coster said some training had been paidfor by the state governmentand delivered by ForestWorks.

However, after alengthy application process, Mr Coster’s top-up payment was stalled despitethe stategovernment issuing atest payment of 20 cents into his bank account earlier this year.

Recently, the Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath, joinedMrCoster in Traralgon, where he revealed the bank transfer on aprinted piece of paper to WIN News Gippsland

Mr Coster said he was told after the 20 cent payment was issued on February 27 that the rest would take five to 10 business days to come through. But he has not seen acent.

Mr Coster told the Express that the 20 cent payment is “virtually adeposit”.

“I almost consider that abinding contract,” he said.

One way Mr Coster described the process was like ‘chasinga carrot on astring that only gets further away’.

As part of the application process, Mr Coster needed to obtain 25 years of tax returns. Although initially unsure if thiswas possible,hefulfilled this

requirement, albeit at acost of $1000.

“They had every piece of information thatthey need, andI’ve got an email that says -from ForestWorks -‘Thank you verymuchyou’ve been right through the entire process’,and then we got approved, 20 cents in the bank account and then nothing… crickets,” Mr Coster said.

Mr Coster said the payment was stalled due to a“taxation issue”.

“Now the tax reason is (that) Ididn’t resign myself as adirector of my small business,” he said.

“You gottaremember, I’m not Twiggy Forrest,and I’mnot GinaRinehart; I’m just out there making aliving.”

When the Expressasked the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action for aresponse, a government spokesperson said: “To receive aredundancy top-up payment, individuals who own native timber businesses need to prove that their businesses are no longeroperating to ensurecompliance with requirements of the FairWork Act and Australian Taxation Office that relatetoagenuine redundancy,” the DEECA spokesperson said.

“We recognise that the end of native timber harvesting has been achallenging time for native timber workers, businesses and communities.

“The Department of Energy, Environment and ClimateAction is assisting business owners to meet the requirementsofthe Fair WorkAct and Australian Taxation Office so they can access available government support -applicants can expect to receive payments swiftly once the requirements are satisfied.”

However, Mr Coster finds it hypocritical that his compensation has yet to be issued, especially since he said he knows of other subcontractors in the industry who have receivedpayouts while still serving as shareholders or directors of their small businesses.

Seeking aresolution, Ms Bath called on the state government in state parliament to honour its commitment and pay the compensation without delay.

“After working in the industry for 30 years, Jeff lost his livelihood as adirect result of Labor’sappalling decision to closethe timberindustry -asolution must be found,” she said.

Out of frustration, Mr Coster visited state parliament alongside Ms Bath.

“Over the past month, Iand The Nationals, along with the Costers have had discussions in good faith with the Minister for Agriculture and her Forestry Adviser, despitesympathetic noises,nopayment is forthcoming,” Ms Bath said.

The MP said the stalled payment was a bitter pill for Mr Coster to swallow, given he has used his expertise to fight every major bushfire over the past 30 years.

“Jeff spent decades protecting forests, properties, and livesfrom the ravages of bushfire -it’stimethe Labor government delivered support to himand hisfamily,” Ms Bath said.

“The Allan Labor government agreed in writingtopay due compensation to all forestry workers -itmust end the stallingand create apathway to provide the money owed to impacted subcontractors.”

For someone who says timber has been his lifesince enteringthe industry at age 21, Mr Coster was “gutted” by the closure of native Victoriantimber harvesting.

Mr Coster said the “unknown” contributed to the stressful times afterwards. While he said he is lucky to have found other work, he said, “It’s not up in the forest where Ispent my whole life.”

“You have to remember… this isn’t somethingthatIwanted to happen; number one, that choice was taken away from me. Number two, if Ihad to line up and go through all these hoops and then getshafted at theend by this compensation package from the government and ForestWorks, if Iknew this was going to happen, you just wouldn’t have signed up for any of it,” he said.

Displaced and disconnected from the forests, Mr Coster said he knows other people are doing it hard.

Ms Bath said at least 20 other people are in Mr Coster’s position -waiting for compensation.

Mr Coster said he is goingtokeep fighting the issue.

Defiant: Member forEasternVictoria, Melina BathwithJeffand Kristy Coster at stateparliament seeking aresolution to theirpromised forestryworker compensation payout. Photograph supplied

Mother’sDay celebrations

SACRED Heart Primary School, Morwell students shared amorning tea to celebrate Mother’s Day. The day's celebration started with awhole school Mass where students were able to invite mothers, grandmas, aunties, carers and some dadscame along to support. Children hadthe opportunity to take their special

person into their classrooms and show them their work.

While they were in the classroom they sat together and also participated in acraft activity.

Later on, they went on to enjoy amorning tea with their children.

The Mother’s Day raffle was drawn at assembly.

RECENTLY, students, staff and the school community at Stockdale Road Primary School, Traralgoncametogether wearingbluetosupport the Dolly’s Dream Foundation. The day centred around showing kindness to others and to breakthe silence around bullying.

The Range Retirement Village is aretirement living community in Moe, boasting alive-in Manager and high-quality residential villas set inside agated community.

The Range offers elegant new and refurbished two and three-bedroom independent living villas, set in attractive and well-manicured surrounds. Each villa features an open-plan living area, wellappointed kitchen, private courtyardgarden and single or double garage

Plan your social life with your new community.

Youwill have the flexibility and freedom to embrace life with asocialcalendar that includes, billiards, indoor bowls, craft, movie nights, trivia, bingo, cards and many moresocial activities and make use of our community bus to get around our local area.

Now is your time to down size and embrace life at The Range

Number1fan: Aisha and with her mum.

Love: Sacred Heart PrimarySchool, Morwell students Tahlia and Vanessa with theirmum. Photographs supplied

Family: Ronakand Alya withtheirmum Duo: Brianna and hermum.

Support: Year 5/6students at Stockdale Road PrimarySchool, Traralgon wearing blue forDolly

Thoughtful: Year 2student, Declanwithhis kindnesspoem. Photographs supplied

Heartfelt: Wyattwith hismum. Hugs: Kian and his mum.

Eisteddfodentries filling fast

ENTRIES are filling fast for the 68th Latrobe ValleyEisteddfod and Performing Arts Festival.

Vocal, Choral, Instrumental, Brass Bands, Piano, Speech &Drama and Theatrical Dance entries are all now open to the public via stardom.com.au/

Entries close Sunday, June 30.

The Eisteddfod offers more than 380 events and over $30,000 in awards, scholarships and trophies.

The 2024 friendly competition runs over six weeks commencing Monday, August 19 at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centrewithspeech and dramaand piano over the first week, then moving on to instrumental, choral and vocal, brass ensembles and brass bands.

The final week of the Eisteddfod moves

to Kernot Hall for theattrical dance, finishing up on Sunday, September 29 Latrobe ValleyEisteddfod Public RelationsOfficer, Sjaala Harbridge said the event is now the only Eiisteddfod and platform in Gippsland that t provides the opportunity for performerrs of all ages and skill levels to perform m on stage for their family and peers, and g gain valuable experience and feedback frrom judges Running since 1956, Lattrobe Valley Eisteddfodhas certainly y seen some amazinglocal talent go on n to become renowned professionals in their fields For the full program of e events, or to sign up as avolunteer,gotollve org au or the Latrobe Valley Eisteddffod Facebook page.

Program schedule is availaable via lve org.au/schedule/

SCHOLARSHIPS are now open for prospective Gippsland Grammar students.

GippslandGrammar is an Anglican coeducational day and boarding school with scholarship opportunities for primary-aged children.

While the school caters for children from Kindergarten to Year 12, these Junior Entry Scholarships will appeal to students from Year 2toYear 6in2025. Scholarships will be available at Gippsland Grammar’s Bairnsdale and Sale junior campuses.

Theparents of students of high academic abilitywillberewarded with adiscount on tuitionfees for the duration of the child’s education at the school.

Registrations for this current round of Junior Entry Scholarships are open and will close July 19.

The child’s most recent school report and NAPLAN results (if applicable) must be uploaded with the application.

The school boasts abroad academic education, awide co-curricular program and outstanding success, especially in the VCE years.

To find out more about aGippsland Grammar education, visit gippslandgrammar.au/enrolment/scholarships or callHead of Admissions, Jemma Horan on 5143 6388.

June 17 -June 23, 2024

Don’t barge in with Ful Moon guns blazing! If you do then you cou d end up smack bang in the m ddle of a fiery argument – espec ally at work The Sun trans ts nto your home zone on Thursday night/Friday morning, so it’s a good t me to focus on home and hearth domest c matters, your blood family or your family of cho ce Whether you tackle domestic or professional projects make sure you finish details properly before you embark on exciting new ventures

Neptune squares your ru er Venus on Monday, so be aware that all is not as it seems (espec a ly involv ng friends and/or finances) Then the Full Moon act vates your adventure-and-exploration zone Plus, Mars and Uranus push you to jump out of your comfort zone, shake off bad habits, embrace opportun ties and fast-track changes As birthday great Nicole Kidman observes: “Life has got all those twists and turns You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go ”

Are you impatient for adventure, excitement and success? Awesome opportun t es are circl ng around you, but they’re not mmediately obvious They are h dden in unexpected places, waiting for you to discover them Gung-ho Gem n s love to spring into immed ate action but - at the moment - some of your best work w ll be done qu et y, behind the scenes Others may not notice what you’re currently doing but your efforts will be rewarded in the months ahead

Th s week don’t et your Crab curiosity (and fert le imag nation) cloud your better udgment Step back and v ew a complex situation from a w der perspective, and a more real stic angle If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably s! It’s Ful Moon week, so strive to get the balance right between persona needs and relationship responsibi ities Some quiet time for rest and re axation s just as important as be ng at the beck and cal of loved ones

L ons can appear to be brazen y bo d but somet mes (on the inside) you feel like a much ess confident kittenespec ally this week when confusing Neptune squares the Sun However, proactive Mars is charging through your career zone (and there’s a Ful Moon) so it’s time to ditch the doubts and talk up your talents, promote your accomplishments and tack e ife w th plenty of charm and chutzpah If you don’t believe n yourself, why shou d anyone else?

On Monday your deft diplomatic skills are required to sort out a messy m sunderstanding Then Friday’s Fu l Moon high ights home and fami y, so t’s a good time to network and socialise with fami y and friends, as you m x business with p enty of pleasure L brans are clever and capab e, but are you confident enough for big time success? This week Venus, Mercury and the Sun shift into your career zone, so step up and assume a leadership role ASAP

Neighbourhood activities and local connections are favoured, as the Ful Moon urges you to be more community m nded Courtesy of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, you’l be given the chance to heal an o d emotional wound or patch up a relationship prob em Don t et false Scorp o pr de and silly misunderstandings stop you from taking a giant leap forward when it comes to love and forgiveness Accept the opportun ty with outstretched hands and an open heart

The focus is on financial matters, as the Full Moon fires up your money zone and your spontaneous spend ng gene Which is OK – as long as you have the cashflow to fund a shopping spree If you don’t, then you’ll have to enterta n yourself in more frugal ways Fami y and finances are a particular y messy m x, so strive to keep the two we l-separated The Mercury/ Mars link favours proactive commun cat on and dynamic deas, espec a ly at work

Even though the Fu l Moon s in your sign, t s not all about you this week, Capricorn! Venus, Mercury and the Sun sh ft into your partnership zone, so the focus is firmly on relationships of the romantic, platonic and bus ness var ety It’s time to walk around in the shoes of others for a whi e Be inspired by birthday great, actress Meryl Streep: “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy ” Friday night favours creative conversations

Courtesy of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jup ter, it’s a wonderfu week to express your creativ ty n exciting new ways But consider the consequences of what you do and say If you act with haste – without all the facts at hand – then you cou d find yourself deep in a disagreement or a messy misunderstanding (especial y on Monday) Friday’s Ful Moon is a good time to med tate contemplate relax and regenerate as you connect with the w se Aquarian within

Appointmentscelebrated

THANKSGIVINGMasses were heldrecently to celebrate Catholic EducationWeek in the Diocese of Sale.

AThanksgiving Mass at St Mary’sCathedralin Sale wasled by the Catholic Bishop of Sale, Most Reverend Greg Bennet with clergy from across the Diocese.

The Mass was also an occasion to welcome newlyappointed Catholicschool principals,and religious education leaders in their school communities.

As asymbol of this leadership, aMissionary Cross was presented to each leader by Bishop Greg, assisted by the Director of Catholic Education for the Diocese of Sale, Paul Velten.

Newly-appointed principals are:  Shane Fyfe -Principal,StMichael’s Primary School, Heyfield, and;  Doug Doherty -Principal,Nagle College, Bairnsdale.

Newly appointed ReligiousEducation Leaders are:  Janelle Szkwarek -Religious Education Leader, Lumen Christi Primary School, Churchill;  Roseanne Phillips -Religious Education Leader, St Thomas’ Primary School, Sale (in absentia).

Mr Velten said Catholic Education Week was an important time to reflect and celebrate the Catholic identity within school communities in the Diocese of Sale, and continue to embrace the mission of providing afaith-filled and inspiring education to students.

"The leadership and dedication of our newly appointedprincipals and religious educationleadersserve as ashining example of our commitment to nurturing the hearts and minds of ourstudents in the Diocese of Sale," he said.

Adventurous Virgo - this week Uranus Mars and Mercury encourage educat onal matters, travel arrangements, proact ve communication and internat onal connections But don’t let yourself be dece ved by fake news, sidetracked by dubious friends, or distracted by empty promises Keep your eyes wide open and your feet firmly p anted on the ground! Friday’s Fu l Moon favours social sing, entertaining and creat ng, as you tap into your inner ch ld

P scean plans could be turned upside down as nebulous Neptune (your patron planet) squares Venus, Mercury and the Sun and throws unrealist c expectations and confusing misunderstand ngs into the mix - espec ally nvolv ng relationships communication and confidence Don’t let other people lead you astray, and don’t et se f-doubt stymie your confidence and derail your dreams There are essons to be learned, so learn them quick y and then move on

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Socks up: Director of Catholic Education forthe Diocese of Sale,Paul Velten and CatholicBishop of Sale -Most Reverend Greg Bennet congratulated ShaneFyfeonhis appointment as principal of St Michael’sPrimarySchool, Heyfield.

Welcome: Director of CatholicEducation forthe Diocese of Sale,Paul Velten and Catholic Bishop of Sale -Most Reverend Greg Bennet with newly-appointed ReligiousEducation Leader at Lumen Christi PrimarySchool, Churchill, Janelle Szkwarek. Photographs supplied

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DO YOUWANT TO LIVE FOREVER

Nine, Monday, 7.30pm

FATHER BROWN

ABC TV,Saturday, 7.30pm

Unabashedly twee andwholesome, this British crime procedural staple following asavvy priest sitscosily in an afternoon slot in its homeland. It’sanentertaining,1960s-set distraction that leaves witty crumbs andcluesfor its loyalviewersto nibble on. Tonight marks the end of its 10th season, with afinale that shakes things up and will leavesome avid watchersscratching theirheads. In “The Serpent Within”, Inspector Sullivan is arrested, derailing his plans to leaveKembleford. Whilenot as cosyasusual,fans can rest assured star MarkWilliams (pictured)will return forseason 11 as the lovable, crime-solving man of God

Wednesday, June19

ABC TV (2)

Eminent journalistTracy Grimshawreturns to ourscreens alongside medical expert Dr Nick Coatsworth forthis docuseries that explores the limits of human health and longevity.Itsees eight participants embark on a12-week journeylookingathealth and ageing,seekingthe secret to turning back their biological age as theyundergo medical tests to determine ways theycan live longer.Tonight’ssecond episode sees Dr Nick lead TheBlock’s Liberty and Eliza through the chilling experience of cryotherapy. Amid subzero temperatures, they delve into thepotential health benefits forthe humanbody

DREAM HOME

Seven, Sunday, 7pm

Althoughhaving morethan afew similaritiestoNine juggernaut The Block(and Seven’s HouseRules), this housereno offering is actually based on an NZ format.Either way, the tried andtrueformula of “everyday Aussies” renovating houses, while expert judges look on –withclashes, competition and Dr Chris Brown thrownintothe mix –isproving popular.Tonight, astorm causes chaos with just hours to go on the final renovation in Queensland. When the sun comesout forjudges Rosie Morley,SimonCohen and Lana Taylor (picturedfromleft with Brown), what they see impresses and horrifiestheminequal measure

SBS (3)

SECRETSCIENCE

ABC TV,Tuesday, 8.50pm

This smart,entertainingseries delves intowhatitmeans to be human, looking at arange ofscientific topics from an everyday pointofview.Myf Warhurst and Sammy Jhavealready investigated our emotions, senses and intelligence.Tonight’sepisode is the firstoftwo in which Matt Okine (pictured) explores theworld of fertility,learningwhatcan be done to improve our chances of conceiving. It’saneye-opening investigation (and not justthanks to the comedian’s on-themecostume) as Okinehits the lab to discoverthe latestin reproductivetechnologyand joins agroup of would-be fatherslooking to improvetheirsperm counts.

Health check: Tracy Grimshaw and Dr Nick Coatsworth

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00

ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. (PGa,R) 4.00 Long Lost Family:What Happened Next.(PG,R) 4.45 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

ABC News. 7.30 7.30 8.00 HardQuiz. (PG) 8.35 Gruen Presented by WilAnderson. 9.10 Austin. (PG, R) Alunch is arranged at Austin’s home. 9.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG,R) 10.10 PlanetAmerica.

10.40 ABC Late News

10.55 TheBusiness. (R)

11.10 Wreck. (MA15+v,R) 12.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. (Ml, R) 1.35 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works (PG, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

LittleLunch 8.05 Fresh Off TheBoat 8.25 Matilda AndThe Ramsay Bunch. 8.45 BTN Newsbreak. 8.50 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!” 9.15 Robot Wars 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 DestinationFlavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of Animals. (PGa, R) 10.10 Great Canal Journeys.(PG,R) 11.05 Icons. (PGalv,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight (R) 3.30 Such WasLife. 3.40 The CookUp With Adam Liaw.(R) 4.10 StoriesOfPower (PG) 4.15 Coastal Ireland With AdrianDunbar (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 LettersAnd Numbers. (R)

6.00 MastermindAustralia 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Hunt ForTruth:Tasmanian Tiger. (PG) Part 2of2

8.30 FlyWith Me (Ml) Part 2of2 Exploresthe lively,important but neglected history of the women who changed theworld whileflying it.

9.30 This Town. (MA15+dl) Dante embraces dangerasheseeks out experiences to fuel his songwriting.

10.40 SBS WorldNewsLate. 11.10 Don’t LeaveMe. (MA15+a) 1.15 UFOs (PGas, R) 3.45 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.45 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNews Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 DreamHome (PG, R) 1.30 BorderSecurity: International (PG, R) 2.00 Surveillance Oz (PG, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNewsAt4 5.00 TheChaseAustralia.

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home AndAway. (PG)

7.30 The1%Club UK (PG) Hosted by LeeMack.

8.30 TheFront Bar. (Ml)Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang andAndyMaher takealighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Talking Footy Alook at the week’sAFL news.

10.30 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.00 7NEWS: FatalFlaws –The OceanGate Story. 12.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 1.00 Dracula. (MA15+hv) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: GoingIn Style. (2017, Ml,R)Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin. 2.00 Pointless. (PG,R) 3.00 Tipping Point (PG, R) 4.00 9NewsAfternoon 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 MorningPrograms. 8.00 Neighbours. (PGa,R) 8.30 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl,R) 10.00 My MarketKitchen. (R) 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.(R) 11.00 TheDrew Barrymore Show.(PGas) 12.00 10 NewsFirst: Midday 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.20 JudgeJudy (PG, R) 1.50 MasterChef Aust. (R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 RBT. (Ml) Follows the activities of police units

8.30 Ski Rescue Down Under (PGl) Keiren’s all-night party plansare in jeopardy after acollision with asnowbank.

9.30 Footy Classified (M)Footy experts tackle the AFL’sbig issues.

10.30 9NewsLate.

11.00 See No Evil. (Ma) 11.50 TheEqualizer (Mav,R)

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.35 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.30 Global Shop.(R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.(R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 TodayEarly News 5.30 Today

Moon And Me 4.20 Teletubbies. 4.35 Daniel Tiger’s. 4.45 Bing. 4.55 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Aussie Snake Wranglers. 1.30 Bewitched. 2.00

(93, 82) 6am A Friendly Tale. Continued. (2020,PG, French) 7.40 The Great Dictator.(1940,PG) 10.00 NothingTo Laugh About. (2021, M, Norwegian) 11.55 Odd Thomas. (2013,M) 1.45pm The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. (1964,PG, French) 3.25 Lola. (1961, PG, French)

CreekToCoast. 8.00 AFootball Life. 9.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.Round 5. Darwin TripleCrown. Day 1. Highlights. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Carnage. 1.00 OutbackTruckers. 2.00 Kings Of Pain. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator 3.30 Storage Wars:New York 4.30 Storage Wars 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 The Force: Behind The Line. 8.30 World’sWildest Police Videos. 10.30 LivePD: Police Patrol. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer 6.30 TheProject Special guest is Rita Ora. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. The contestants battle it out. 8.40 NCIS:Sydney. (Mdv) The suspicious death of an old drug squad colleague pulls Evie back into asecret undercoveroperation. 9.40 FBI: International (Mv) Ex-FBI agent BillCormack resurfaces. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 TheProject. (R)

Thursday, June 20

ABC (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Secret Science.(R) 1.30 TheGreekIslandsWith Julia Bradbury. (PG, R) 1.55 Brush With Fame. (PG,R) 2.30 BackRoads. (PG, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’sExtra-OrdinaryThings. (PG, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family:What Happened Next. (PG,R) 4.45 GrandDesigns NZ. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30 Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Restoration Australia: South Melbourne, Victoria. (PG)Hosted by Anthony Burke

9.00 GrandDesigns:North Cotswolds. (Final, PG) Kevin McCloud meets acouplebuilding arevolutionary eco home in the Cotswolds.

9.50 Tony Armstrong’sExtraOrdinaryThings. (Mv, R) Part 3of5

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 TheBusiness (R)

11.20 TheArt Of (Ml, R)

11.50 Talking Heads. (Ma, R)

12.35 Grand Designs New Zealand (R)

1.20 Long Lost Family:WhatHappened Next. (PG, R) 2.10 Rage.(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PGs, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady:For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys.(R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Inside Aldi. (PG, R) 2.50 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.20 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up.(R) 3.55 Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 LettersAnd Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Guillaume’s French Atlantic (PG) Part 1of5

8.30 TheHospital: In TheDeep End: TheFuture. (Ma) Part 3of3

The trio takes on roles in St Vincent’s transplant, mental health and reconstructivesurgery departments.

9.35 TheResponder (Mlv) Chris tries stayone step aheadofFranny while deciding what to do with the Encro phone.

10.30 SBS World NewsLate. 11.00 Son Of (MA15+v)

12.40 WarOfThe Worlds. (MA15+av,R)

2.25 Bin Laden: TheRoadTo9/11. (Mav,R) 3.20 9/11: ThePentagon. (Mav, R) 4.10 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.40 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off TheBoat. 8.25 MatildaAnd TheRamsay Bunch. 8.45 BTN Newsbreak. 8.50 The Secret Life Of Our Pets. 9.40 Style It Out. 10.05 Doctor Who 11.05 Merlin. 11.50 Good Game Spawn Point. 12.40am Rage 1.45 CrittersTV. 1.55 Operation Ouch! 2.20 Holly Hobbie 2.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Girl In The Bunker.(2018,Mav,R) Julia Lalonde, Henry Thomas, MoiraKelly 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: America’sFront Line. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home AndAway. (PG)Irene walks further into Bronte’s trap.Dana makes her suspicions known.

8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PGl) Auditions continue as weird, wacky and wonderful acts compete in front of celebrity judgesAmanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioliand Simon Cowell.Hosted by Antand Dec.

11.10 HMP Styal: WomenBehind Bars. (MA15+av,R)Takes alook behind the bars at HMP Styal, one of the most unique and controversial prisons in the UK. 12.25 TheGoldbergs. (PGl, R) Pops surprisesthe family with awintercruise.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday. News and current affairs. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. The latest news, sportand weather 5.30 Sunrise

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Medical Emergency. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Jabba’sSchool Holiday Movie Special. 9.30 NBC Today Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 Ski Rescue Down Under.(PGl, R) 1.00 Paramedics. (Mam, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Emergency Apregnant lemur gets into afight

8.30 GazeThe FirstFamilyOf Australian Basketball. (PG) Takesa look at the Gazefamily,one of Australia’s greatest sporting families.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 TheFirst48: Deadly Rap (Ma, R) Police investigateadouble homicide.

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

12.40 Pointless (PG,R)

1.35 World’sGreatestIslands (PG,R)

2.30 Global Shop (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 5.00 TodayEarlyNews. 5.30 Today.

9GEM (92,81)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal Hosted by GrantDenyer 6.30 TheProject. Special guest is Grant Denyer 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. Contestants go on the hunt for Tom Cashman and the teams fight it out to create the next big conspiracy

8.40 Law&Order:SVU (MA15+v) When awoman turnsher husbandin forpossessing child pornography,the case is complicated by adeath. 10.30 10’s LateNews. Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.55 TheProject. (R) Special guest is Grant Denyer 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 The Story Of 11.30 Bowls. Austn Open C’ships. 4.30pm WorldWatch. 6.20 ForgedIn Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8.30 Lost Gold Of TheAztecs. 10.10 Roswell: TheFirst Witness. 11.45 Behind Bars: World’sToughest Prisons. 12.45am Dark Side Of The Ring 2.25 NHK WorldEnglish News 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am The Movie Show. 6.15 FriedGreen Tomatoes.(1991, PG) 8.40 Lola. (1961, PG, French) 10.20 Persona Non Grata. (2021, M, Danish) Noon The LadyInThe Van. (2015,M) 2.00 AFriendly Tale. (2020,PG, French) 3.50 Alone In Space. (2018,PG, Swedish) 5.25 A River Runs ThroughIt. (1992, PG) 7.40 SevenYears In Tibet. (1997, M) 10.15 Flee. (2021, M, Danish) 11.55 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Eight MinutesForty Six Seconds. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums. 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.35 Motown Magic 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The77Percent. 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Arabian Inferno 7.30 GoingPlaces With Ernie Dingo 8.30 The Green Veil. 9.30 MOVIE: Radiance. (1998,M) 11.00 Late Programs.

Friday, June 21

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 The Split. (Mals, R) 3.00 Tony Armstrong’sExtra-OrdinaryThings. (PG, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family:What Happened Next. (PG,R) 4.45 Grand DesignsNew Zealand. (R) 5.30 AntiquesRoadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz (PG, R) HostedbyTom Gleeson.

7.00 ABCNews. Alook at the top stories of the day

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross grows flowers under gum trees.

8.30 SilentWitness. (MA15+a) The team helps apolice officer accused of murder in acoastal community

9.30 Gruen (R) Wil Anderson and a panel of experts analyse the advertising industry and consumerism.

10.10 HardQuiz. (PG,R) Presented by TomGleeson.

10.40 Austin (PG, R)

11.05 ABC LateNews.

11.25 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R)

12.10 Love Your Garden. (R)

1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys. (PG, R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust.(R) 3.00 NITVNews: Nula. 3.30 ThePoint: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up.(R) 4.05 ZooMum. (PGal, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.35 Abandoned RailwaysFrom Above:Scotland. (PG) Alook at an abandonedrailway line

8.30 Secrets Of TheLostLiners: Empress Of Britain. (PGa) Explores thetransatlantic ocean liner RMSEmpressofBritain

9.20 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters:Alien Abyss. (PGa,R) The team searchesfor two air force planes.

10.05 SBSWorld News Late. 10.35 World On Fire. (Malv) 11.35 Cargo.(MA15+v, R) 3.20 Peer To Peer (PG,R) 4.20 Bamay.(R) 4.55 Destination FlavourDownUnder Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK WorldEnglish NewsMorning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight

SEVEN (7,6)

Under-19s State Of Origin. New South WalesvQueensland. 7.30 Rugby League. Under-19s State of Origin. New SouthWales vQueensland. 9.45 Under 19s State Of Origin Post-Match. 10.00 EmergencyCall. 11.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Aussie SnakeWranglers. 12.30 Young Sheldon. 12.55 MOVIE: 1. (2022, M) 2.30 The Nanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 TheAddamsFamily 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 TheNanny 7.00 YoungSheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Last Samurai. (2003, MA15+) 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.30am Love Island USA 1.30 The Nanny 2.00 Late Programs.

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: TheClient List (2010,Mads, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness (PG) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. JohannaGriggs andPeteColquhoun share the pros and cons of living in Marrickville. 7.20 Football. AFL.Round 15.Carlton vGeelong. From the MCG. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back at all the action from the game. 11.15 Armchair Experts. (M) Apanel discussesall things AFL 12.00 Australia’s Amazing Homes: Coastal Paradise. (PG, R) Experts trytofind Australia’s best homes.

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Greg Grainger explores Mitchell Falls.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBCToday.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Before IFall. (2017,Mal, R) Zoey Deutch,HalstonSage. 2.00 Pointless.(PG,R) 3.00 TippingPoint. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Bold.(PGa, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 10.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 10.30

6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 RugbyLeague. NRL.Round 16 Dolphins vMelbourne Storm. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 9.55 Golden Point Awrap-up of the Dolphins versus Melbourne Storm with NRL news and analysis.

10.40 MOVIE: Ronin. (1998,Mlv,R) Freelancerssteal amysterious package. Robert De Niro,JeanReno

1.00 Tipping Point. (PG,R) Hosted by Ben Shephard.

2.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG,R)

4.30 Global Shop (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 SkippyThe Bush Kangaroo (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer

6.30 TheProject Specialguest is Anthony Lehmann. 7.30 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns,R) Hosted by TomGleisner

8.30 TheGraham Norton Show. (Ms, R) Graham Norton is joined by Michael Fassbender,Jennifer Saunders, Daisy Haggard and Take That 9.30 TheCheapSeats. (Mal,R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald takealookatthe week thatwas. 10.30 10’s Late News.

TheProject. (R)

TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG)

HomeShopping. (R) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Over The Black Dot. 10.50 LeeLin Chin’s Fashionista. 11.00 The Story Of 11.30 Bowls. Austn Open C’ships. 4.30pm WorldWatch. 6.20 Forged In Fire 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man’s GreatestTrips 9.25 Sex Before The Internet. 10.20 Sex Unlimited. 11.15 TenYear Old Tom. 12.15am Bad Education. 12.50 Dark Side Of Comedy. 1.45 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 HardQuizKids. 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Operation Ouch! 9.05 Officially Amazing 9.35 Dragon Ball Super 9.55 Supernatural Academy. 10.20 ThePM’sDaughter 10.40 Phoenix Rise 11.40 Good Game Spawn Point 12.30am Rage 1.30 TMNT 1.55 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 ARiver Runs Through It. (1992, PG) 8.45 Alone In Space. (2018, PG,Swedish) 10.15 ATasteOfHunger.(2021, M, Danish) 12.10pm The Glorias. (2020, M) 2.50 FriedGreen Tomatoes. (1991,PG) 5.10 The Movie Show 5.40 Nights In Rodanthe. (2008,PG) 7.30 St Elmo’s Fire. (1985,M) 9.30 TheEmigrants. (2021, M, Swedish) 12.15am All

MOVIE: TheFiveYearEngagement. (2012, MA15+) 10.55 Late Programs. 9GEM (92,81) 7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Aussie SnakeWranglers. 1.00 MOVIE: Isaac’s Dream.(2023,M) 2.30 TheNanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 MOVIE: Monster Family 2. (2021, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Instant Family.(2018,PG) 9.55 MOVIE: It Only TakesANight. (2023,MA15+) 11.55 LoveIsland USA 12.55am Ashlee And Evan 2.20 The Nanny 2.50 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Full Custom Garage 2.00

Firstouting: Morwell’sTew Jiath got his firsttasteof AFL football at the weekend. Photographs:AFL Galleries

Second fiddle:Morwell’sChangkuoth Jiath had more than 90,000 people attend his 50th game at theweekend, althoughmostwerethere to see Richmond superstar Dustin Martin play his 300th.

FOOTBALL

AFL EXPORTS

BY TOM HAYES

WHAT acrazy week of football we saw at AFL level.

With only six games going ahead due to the byes filtering through Round 14, we certainly weren’t short of action across the weekend.

PERHAPS outshone was Morwell’s Changkuoth Jiath, who celebrated his 50th AFL game for Hawthorn at the weekend, sharing the day with Richmond superstar Dustin Martin, as he played his 300th.

Martin became the seventh Tiger to reach 300 games, joining the great Jack Dyer, Kevin Bartlett, Francis Bourke, Jack Riewoldt, Shane Edwards and Trent Cotchin.

Stepping onto the MCG, the crowd was packed full of 92,311 spectators -the eight-highest crowd for ahome-and-away game ever, and thebiggest crowd Hawthorn and Richmond had played in front of together.

Martinfittingly kickedthe first goal of the game, before Hawthorn claimed their fourth win in arow, 14.13 (97) to 6.13 (49).

D debut and marvellous le e Dream marvellousmilestone

Hawthorn kickedfour goals to two in the openingtermtowalk out to atwo-goal lead. They would add the pressure in the second quarter, but Richmond remained in the game, just 19 points behind.

After halftime is when Hawthorn found their groove. With five goals addedtothe Tigers’ one, theHawks hada 44-point bufferuptheir sleeve going into the last quarter.

The game just about came to ahalt in the final term, withHawthornkicking two goals to onetoclose out 48-point winners.

In game number 50, Jiath had 12 disposals, six marks, three tackles and 306 metres gained. He even drifted forward on occasion, but couldn’t find the big sticks, kicking two behinds.

AN almightyeffort from North Melbourne was undone by the reigning premier in afinal quarter for the ages.

North Melbourne led by as much as 54 points during the third quarter on Sunday, only to collapse at the handsofCollingwood, who claimed an astonishingone-point win, 18.11 (119) to 19.4 (118) at Marvel Stadium.

Making his debut was Changkuoth'sbrother, Tew Jiath, who slid into Collingwood's half back line.

The Kangaroosled by 35 pointsatquarter time, thanks to four goalsfromNickLarkey Things did not get any easier for the Magpies in the second term either, with North Melbourne applying more pressure, with the lead extending to eight goals.

After kicking the first goal of the third term, NorthMelbourneledby54points,butCollingwood, inkeepingwiththeirrecenttagof'comebackkings' always knewthey were achance

The Magpies kickedsix goals to four in the third term to bring the margin back to 31 points at three quarter time.

You suspected that North Melbourne would justneed afew more goals to see the game out, buttheycouldn’t find what they were looking for. They found just one major. Collingwood on the other hand kicked another six goals. You do the math.

TheMagpies hit the front with afair amount of time remaining, but the lead traded hands multiple times before the final siren.

Withthe Magpies up by two points, North Melbourne were still achance.

Acontroversial non-call for a50-metre penalty (the non-call was backed by the AFL) in the dying stages left pundits with some questions,

but nonetheless the Kangaroos spurred themselves forward.

Aballfound its way to rebounding defender Zac Fisher outside the contest, who spun and snapped as time expired. His shot hooked too far right, through for abehind, leaving Collingwood ahead by apoint, in possession with just a second remaining.

They would go on to break North Melbourne hearts, claimingfour points and moving up to thirdonthe ladder in Brayden Maynard's 200thgame.

Jiath would claim the first win of his career on debut,agame I'm sure he won't be forgetting anytime soon.

He managedfive disposals, three tackles and one goal assist, improving as the game progressed.

THE Latrobe Valley Gold Coast trio of Sam Flanders, Bailey Humphrey (both Moe) and Ben Ainsworth (Morwell) had the bye, while Traralgon's Tim Membreywas omitted from St Kilda's team that losttothe Brisbane Lions. Yarram product Josh Dunkley had 23 touches for the Lions in their 20-pointwin at the Gabba on Friday night.

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

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SALE2.4

:ABusana 6RMoresco3J Williamson 2BCornelis 2EDickison A McNeel Morwell: MDuncan ESmith DMakepeace. BEST:Wonthaggi:ABusana EDickison BCornelis AMcNeel JWilliamsonJBrown Morwell: ZCheffers LEffenbergJSoutar T Hutchinson DMakepeaceCBailey

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MAFFRA1.1 1.2 1.2 2.2 (14)

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DROUIN 2.0 7.1 9.3 11.3 (69) WARRAGUL 2.3 3.5 6.7 8.10 (58) GOALS: Drouin:RBaker 5AFleming 2KGregg JHuston JObernhumer RCaddy Warragul: KBoi 2L Giliam 2O Wilson 2SGrummisch APhillips BEST:Drouin:W Young ZMcmillan E Croucher AFleming KMcLeish JWalsh Warragul: TO’LearyH Cant HBrown CMcintosh L GiliamAPhillips

Maroons in anotherthriller

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

TROY Hamilton might not have any hair left soon.

The first-year Traralgon coach,who has previouslyadmitted to getting nervouswhen his side is six goals up, was taken through another agonising match by his young side in Round 10 at the weekend.

Aweek after the siren denied apossible MorwellvictoryoverTraralgon and ended the game in adraw, the Maroons were again saved at the final bell when akick after the siren fell short on the weekend.

The resultwentinthe books as a9.7 (61) to 8.8 (56) victory over Bairnsdale, however, the manner in which the final term played out again gave spectators full value for money at Terry Hunter Oval.

Virtually nothing separated the sides throughout the four quarters, all the way up to the final siren in fact.

Max East had the chance to give the Redlegsasix-point leadatthe 21-minute

mark, but missed aset shot from in front of ‘The Deck’.

The ball then made its way down the other end,where JoshHamilton marked and goaled two minutes later, handing the lead back to Traralgon.

From the next centre bounce, Bairnsdale forced the ball forward, desperately scrambling for every inch.

The Maroons were just as desperate, clogging their defence to try and force stoppages.

Who else but their captain Tye Hourigan to take acriticalmarkgoing back with the flight in defence.

Hourigan tempoed the ball to Mitch Membrey in the goal square, but his clearing kick was taken by man mountain Ethan East just outside 50.

Incredibly, East foundCooper Harvey unguarded inside 50, who took achest mark directly in front 40 metres out.

Five points down and with the chance to live every kids dream at the 26-minute mark, the siren sounded as Harvey was just about to make contact with the ball.

Unfortunately for himand Bairnsdale, the

kickfell short, givingTraralgon aplucky escape.

The Maroons have now played in three games decidedbyfivepoints, (winningtwo), as well as the draw against Morwell.

Perhaps ironically, North Gippsland Football-NetballLeague teamWoodside (made up largely of Traralgon-based players) had threegamesdecided by exactly one point in 2021.

Some things in footy arejust unexplainable -five points and onepoint exactly -how?

Hamiltonwas among the best for the Maroons, as wasMax Jacobsen, Joel Scholtes, Membrey, Hourigan and Sam Hallyburton.

Tom Blenheim, Lachlan Byrne-Jones, Logan Austin, Will Mitchell, Jamie Dore and Oscar Clarke were best for the Redlegs.

The result keeps Traralgon six points clear in second, althoughthere mightbesome damning vision coming at the players review.

How couldBairnsdale havesomeone on their own directly in front of goal at the 26-minute mark of the last quarter when the margin was five points?

Power plotting path to the finals

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

WONTHAGGI are coming.

Afterahorrendous starttothe season, that saw the Power drop four of theirfirstfive games, Wonthaggi has now started to show the form that saw them make the Grand Final last year.

Last Saturday’s 7.13 (55) to 4.7 (31) victory over Morwell was Wonthaggi’s third from their lastfive games,and tooktheir win-loss ledger to 4-6.

What’smore, it came on Morwell Recreation Reserve, avenue Wonthaggi has struggled at in recent years.

Admittedly, the Tigers were coming off a six-day break,whichmay have explained their second half fadeout at the weekend.

Scores were virtually levelatthe main break, before Wonthaggi kicked five goals to one in adour second half.

Some prominent names have returned for thePower in recent weeks, and it was little surprise to see them among the best players.

Jack Blair and Isaac Chugg stood out, as did Josh Bates, Shannon Bray, Jye Gilmour (onetochallenge Sale’s Jonty McGuiness for the mantle of most improved player in the competition) and Kaj Patterson.

Brandon Bailey, Max Linton, Archie Grant, Boyd Bailey, Cody Macdonald (most underrated player in the competition?) and Tom

Smith were best for Morwell in defeat.

Despite theresult,Morwell coach Boyd Bailey might be keeping things in perspective. It is understood Morwellwas forcedtohave alight week on the track following the epic draw with Traralgon theround before, which likely took its toll physically and mentally. The Tigers remain two points clear inside the top five from Bairnsdale, and face what is looming as an eight-point game against the Redlegs this week.

Wonthaggi meanwhile are seventh with fourwins and six losses. Statistically, the Power could afford to drop two more games and still play finals, althoughwithout stating the obvious, it would be in their best interests to keep winning.

Sunday Derby belongs to Drouin

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

IT’S looking like something is going to have to go drastically wrong for Leongatha not to make another Grand Final.

The Parrotsmaintained outright first positiononthe Gippsland League ladder after accounting for Maffra in Round 10.

The clashbetween top and bottomwent largelyaspredicted, with Leongathawinning 16.9 (105) to 6.7 (43) at home.

Maffra,buoyedafter their first win for the season the week before, were soon to find out just how much ground there is to make up.

By halftime the margin was 34 points, and 41 by three quarter time.

Aquartet of players kickedthreegoals each for Leongatha, being Tallin Brill, Jenson Garnham, Jackson Harryand Tom Marriott, who was voted best-on-ground.

Perhaps the biggest talking point was the

fact Jack Ginnane remained goalless, aseemingly unheard of outcome in agame when theParrots scored more than 100 points.

Joining Marriott in the best was Cooper Alger, Sam Forrester, Harry, Jake van der Plight and Ben Willis.

Caleb Calwyn did his form no harm for Maffra,adding four goals. Others to play well were JettKilloran,HarryStables,Henry Anderson, Seth Smith and Alex Carr.

The win keeps Leongatha six points clear on top.

The Parrots might just be warming up, as the names Noah Gown and Kim Drew appeared on the reserves team sheet at the weekend.

How do you even compete with this mob?

As if that wasn't enough, aLeongatha footy fan this week won $550,000 from Tatts. Does anything ever go wrong for this club?

BRENT Clinnickwill feel some satisfaction.

Coachingcan be alonely business, but the Drouin leader had reason to smile at the

weekend, after his team put western rival Warragul away by 38 points.

The16.8(104) to 10.6 (66) win broke asixgame losing streak for the Hawks,who were able to sing the song in Sunday’s standalone game.

The home side took a19-point lead into the main break, but had to fight off aWarragul outfit that found themselves only 12 points down at the last change.

Drouin made sure of the result, piling on six goals to two in the final term.

Mitch Cotter, perhaps with added motivation after getting tangled up in ahuge collision the last time the two sides met, was best for the winners.

AdenQuirk was also busy,along with Will Papley, Tim Hancock,CharlieBethuneand TomJohnstone

Isaac Wallace, Sean Masterson, Tom Stern, Luke Garner, Heath Jinks and Mitch Smart were best for the Guls.

Who would be acoach: Traralgon coach Troy Hamilton has been takenona wild ride in his firstseason, andit’sonlyRound10.

Photograph: Liam Durkin

Just like old timesatSaleOval

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

THERE would havetobealarm bells going off at Moe.

The Lions have beenabsolutelyall overthe shop since the bye.

Coming back from the break after Round 6, the Lions only just beat bottom-side Maffra by eight points, lost to Warragul (who are coming thirdlast), beat Wonthaggi only with afailed kick after the siren from the Power, and have now lost to a half-strength Sale.

Half-strength might not evenaccuratelydescribe what the Magpies rolled out with on the weekend just gone.

Therewas abloke playing seniors for Sale on the weekend who didn’t even get agame in their twos Grand Final last year.

If there was aform ladder, the Moe might honestly be on the bottom -even Drouin and Maffra have had wins by greater margins since the bye. On the same weekend Collingwood overcame a54-point deficit to record astunning victoryin the AFL, the local Magpiesperformed amiracle of their own.

Sale’s however was perhaps even more spectacular.

The romance that emerged from bothgames, played morethan 200 kilometres from each other, was eerie.

Collingwoodwere without Sale’s own Scott Pendlebury; Sale themselves were withoutplayingcoach Jack Johnstone.

Taking the reigns as coach last Saturday was former Sale seniorcoach and club great Shane Fyfe, who oversaw a13.8(86) to 10.7 (67) win over theLions at Sale Oval.

It takes two miracles to become asaint, and after playing amajor hand in the senior and reserves victories at the weekend,Fyfecould add even another title to his ‘five-time’ moniker (in reference to the number of senior best-and-fairests he has won).

What started as an effort to even field asenior and reserves team ended up being just about the perfect day for Sale Football-Netball Club, on what was also their sponsors day during Round 10.

One of the books penned by Sale FNC historian Tassie Deacon is titled The Mighty Magpies Sale was all that and more last Saturday. If the Round 9draw between Morwell and Traralgon the week before was the greatesthomeand-away match in Gippsland League history, what Sale managedtopull off last weekend wouldbeup there as the most extraordinary.

Weddings, Dustin Martin’s 300th and acouple of other factors left Sale with ashopping list full of unavailability’s, well into double-digits of firstchoice senior players.

Joining Johnstone on the sidelines was Will Leslie, Hudson Holmes,Cody Henness, Derek Eggmolesse-Smith, Bohdi Walker, Harry Tatterson, Jack McLaren, Nathan Whitfordand JesseCollins. To the uninitiated,those might justappear as namesona sheet. However, considering Johnstone, Holmes and Henness have all played VFL, Eggmolesse-Smith AFL, and Tatterson is a current Gippsalnd Power player, there was quality much more thanquantity not wearing the black and white at the weekend

So thevictory was highly unlikely, and what’s more, wasn’t just awet weather slog that can often materialise in June and bring all 36 players on the ground back down to the same level.

That the Magpies beat aLions outfit that was inside the top-three heading in perhaps elevates the result above anything in recent memory -including Sale’s two finals victories in 2022. Finals by nature throw up unexpected results. This however was agame Sale was never meant

to win. Sale themselvesdidn’t eventhinkthey would win.

So sure they were of defeat, the Express understands Sale even requested to play Moe this round, knowing from along way out just how short they would be for Saturday, June 15, 2024.

Ordinarily, Round 10 sees the fixture replicate Round 1opponents, meaning the Magpies would have played arch rival Maffra.

“We’d rather losetoMoe than to Maffra” one Sale official quipped.

For all the players that were missing, Sale still had two who were worth about six such was their output.

ShannenLange and Jack Leslie combined in the midfield to lead the Magpies, the latter hitting it down the throat of the former for much of the second half,asthe home side piled on eight goalstothree. Things appeared to be going to script up until the main break, and whenRiley Baldi kickedagoal on the run for Moe in front of the Past Players Hill to put his side 17 points up, the Lions looked to have the game in cruise control.

Sale however kept nipping at their opponent’s heals, and three goals for the term, including anice set shot in the pocket from Brad Dessent cutting the ball back perfectly underneath the social rooms, saw the Magpiesheadinto the sheds only nine points down.

An underdog withthe sniff of an upsetisa dangerous beast, and so it proved in the third term. Sale, with plenty of belief, kept Moe to just asinglebehind, while adding afurther three goals of their own.

One of them came from Lange, and willbeup there in the conversation for goal of the year.

Bairnsdale’s Tyran Rees, who kicked an insane dribblegoalinOpening Round against Traralgon, mightnow have some competition for the award, after Lange swooped on along kick-in from Jarrod Freeman,took two bounces and finishedfrom right on 50 to put the Magpies eight points up at the 13-minute mark.

Calling the game for TRFM,commentator Nick Lecchino said of Langeand creamrising to the top, “this guy could manifest 40 cappuccinos the way he is going.”

Theanalogy was justified, as by now, Lange was well andtruly streets ahead of anyone else on the ground.

TheMagpieshad enjoyed adream start to the thirdterm, after youngster Jack Cantwell (still in thirds) kicked his first senior goal just 30 seconds in, receiving ahandball from Lange and snapping truly.

Sale vice captain and cult heroPatrick Tainsh had

abusy third quarter, collecting12disposals, as the home side went into the last change 10 pointsclear.

With victory in sight, the Magpies continued to press, and wererelentlessintheirpursuit of victory.

Moe skipper Jacob Wood wasassigned to tag Lange, but by then it was too late.

The Lions managed threegoals in the final term, but five to Sale meant they were never seriously in danger of losing.

Tom Campbell, another to enjoy cult status at Sale perhaps due to his scruffy beard appearance much like acharacter outofCastAway -ignited celebrations after snapping agoal lying flat on his back late in the final term.

Another cult hero, ruckman ZakRussell, who until recently hada flowing blonde mullet, celebrated awin on senior debut, the huge list of unavailability’s paving the way for him and a number of other debutants.

The fact Moe had two seniordebutants in Warren Hester and Dustin Blackshaw, not to mention four sets of brothers in the senior side, (Riley and Trent Baldi, Ben and James Maslen, Chris and Nick Prowse and Tom and Dustin Blackshaw) went largely unnoticed.

Aname for afew generations back perhaps, Warren probably isn’t finding its way onto too many gift shop souvenir licence plates.

Salecould do no wrong the furtherthe game went along, evident by the 5.0 (30) return in the last 30 minutes of play. Campbell kicked four goals, while Leslie, Freeman, Tainsh, Mitch Dowse and Jonty McGuiness (surely the most improved played in the competition) won plaudits.

Best-on-ground honours however were reserved for Lange. Heading intothe match, Lange was on 22 league MVP votes, which are given on two separate3-2-1cards by each coach after every game. If the leaderboard doesn’t show him on 28 votes next week, there could be some strongly-worded emails making their way around.

The senior result was perhaps motivated by what took place earlier in the day, when Sale’s reserves also overcame great odds to win by 11 points.

“Things were looking grim,” Sale football director Sam Anstee told those assembled in the post-match functionfor the traditional reading of results in the socialrooms, as the Magpies hit the phones on Friday night to try and scrounge up enough numbers.

Afew players were convinced to have akick after being a“few beers in”, although others, such as Fyfe and fellow senior 300-gamer, Chris Laverty graciously not being too proud to play reserves, along withTraralgonsenior premiership player Jordan Bourke and former Victoria Country player

Zac Hurley,onthe comebacktrail from aknee injury in 2021, boosted their credentials. That they managed to cobble asidetogether, yet alonewin,added anotherdistinction on the coachingCVofveteran coachPeterMorrison, which one could argue was agreater achievement than any of the senior premierships he coached at Stratford While some coaches are often criticised for only being as good as the players at their disposal, Morrison has well and truly disproven this applies to him.

He took Sale’s reserves fromawinless start after five rounds last year all the way to the Grand Final, and orchestrated victory at the weekend witha team resembling Robin Hood’s Merry Men. For Moe, the Baldi twins were again prominent, with Trent emerging as an assuming goal kicker with three majors.

Thetwo Bens, Daniher and Maslen, also did a good job, as did Jacob Balfour and playing-coach Declan Keilty.

Keilty’s own form is probably the least of his concerns at the moment, as he searchesfor answers to try and address exactlywhere thingsare falling down.

Almostunexplainably, the Lions were ranked last for contested possession in the competition heading into the previous round -analmost unrecognisable label from ahistorical context.

On field success aside, if there is one thing Moe teams have always been known for it is their physicality.

An element of mystery also surrounds the Lions’ currentpredicament -it’s not like they have bad players. On paper at least, the midfield is elite, as is the defence.

Whatany club would give to haveMoe’sstarting midfield of Chris Prowse, Trent and Riley Baldi and Daniher, and aback six with three ex-AFLplayers in Keilty, Brock Smith and Tim Golds.

The comparison that springs to mind is that of Melbourne in the AFL -ironic given that was the club Keilty played for.

The Demons have won just one of their last five games, yet similar to Moe, carry an all-star midfield of Gawn, Viney, Oliver and Petracca (admittedly now donefor the year),aswell as apillar in Steven May in defence (who plays in virtually the same manner as Keilty), with Jake Lever still to come back in.

Are Moe the Melbourne of the Gippsland League? What was perhaps lost in the extraordinary events of last weekend was the return of Moe’s hoodoo at Sale Oval.

The record stands at one win at Sale Oval since 2002. One.

Brothersinarms: Moe had four sets of brothersplayinits senior side at the weekend. Pictured is Rileyand Trent Baldi,Tom and Dustin Blackshaw, James and Ben Maslen and Nickand Chris Prowse Photograph: JulieSim

MID GIPPSLAND FNL

OCallcott L Lidstone Toora: DTriffittW Jenkins AParryJ Smart AHewson WGoosey

(146) HILLEND 0.2 0.4 4.4 5.5 (35)

Hill End: AFawcett SCalwayJ Somers AUliando J Hammond JConley

EAST 1.4 6.6 9.8 14.13 (97) MIRBOO NTH 0.0 2.0 2.3 3.5 (23)

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2.3 5.3 8.3 13.9

Newborough: NWheildon 4T Mander 3J Robinson 3J Pearce NCurtisPAinsworth. Boolarra: BMason 2JMason 2SMazou PHaines

Three-way tie at Mid Gippypeak

FOOTBALL

MID GIPPSLAND BY ROB POPPLESTONE

THE Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League ticked past the first half of the season at the weekend.

All clubs benefited from aweekendoff courtesy of the King's Birthdayholidayat the weekend prior, as Round 9actiongot underway.

 MIRBOO NORTH VMORWELL EAST

EVERY winningstreakstartswith just the one victory, and Mirboo North would have beenmore thansatisfied withtheir win over Hill End just afortnight ago.

However, the Tigersweresent crashing back to earthonthe weekend after their meeting with premiership contender Morwell East, losing 14.12 (96) to 3.5 (23) at home.

The win wasn't as easy as the score line suggests, but it was asmall step in theclub's longer journey of being areal force at the commencement of finals.

Morwell East coach Paul Henry praised the effort with more wins still to come.

"It was atough oldday at Mirboo.They made us earn it that's for sure. After pretty muchthree weeks off, it was good to be back playing footy, and great to get the four points," he said.

The match was always going to be acelebration of one of Mirboo North's favourite sons, no matter the result, but even giventhe loss therewere indeed momentsthat pleased Mirboo North coach, Damian Turner.

"(It was a) big day for us. We celebrated ShanePeters' 250th game and life membership. Our young squad came and gave their absolute all against astrong hard running Morwell East outfit," he said.

"I feelwemadeithard for them in patches of the game,which wasreallypleasingaswe were pretty undermanned this week. In the end, their polish and class was too much."

 NEWBOROUGH VBOOLARRA

NEWBOROUGH took their chance to put an opposition side to the sword and derail another teams quest for finals, defeating an enthusiastic Boolarra 13.9 (87) to 7.8 (50).

"The weekend was another game where we were in (it) until three quarter time and then fell away," he said.

"Newborough are well structuredand well drilledand that showed as the game went on."

Boolarra are one of ahandful of teams so very close to hitting that tipping point where they will start to win those '50/50' games, and when they do, there is no question the Demons will be causing more and more headaches for opposition sides.

 THORPDALE VHILL END

PRIOR to Round 9, the Blues hadfound themselves in dangerous territory,one game outsidethe league's top six and with very little room for error.

Playing the winless Hill End was possibly agodsend in some ways, as the home side needed both premiership points and percentagetokeep their dream of afinals rush alive.

The Bluessecuredboth, and in doing so, puttheir season back on track, beating the Rovers 22.14 (146) to 5.5 (35).

Thorpdaleco-coach Ray Pickering commented that is was great to be back on the winner's list.

"(We played) some of our best team football of the season so far," he said.

"Massiveweek for the club thisweek travelling to afiring Morwell East on their deck, hopefully our boys can continue to improve going into the second half of the season and put some pressure on some teams in the top six."

The Blues are sure to force their way into the topsix,oratleastdie trying, but last year's finalists will need to be at their best to achieve afavourable result with deeper competition than yesteryear.

Finalsmay notbeonthe agenda for the Rovers, but Hill End coach, Ambu Uliando thinks there is plenty to salvage out of the year.

"On theweekend the second quarter let us down, other than that we played three competitivequarters, and now Ilook forward to playing at home next week," he said.

Hill End host Tarwin, ateam they will believe they can beat to bring up their first win of the season.

"After losing Matt Williams in the warm-up and having no rotations in the second half, it was always going to be atough game.

"We gaveitared hot crack in the third quarter but couldn’t convert our chances and inside 50s. When playing against atop team you need to take the opportunities."

The Sharks are starting to lose touch and are ninth on the ladder, but it only takes two or three weeks of successinsuch an evencompetitionfor ateam's outlook and possibilities to quickly change.

 TOORAV FOSTER

AS much improvementasToora has made in 2024, the scalp of afinals contender still remains out of their grasp.

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East: NNikodemski8 STobin 5R Carlson 2B Gibson 2LLittle2ZMangion 2ADoddBMurdoch. Mirboo Nth: MRichardson. BEST:Morwell East: NNikodemskiB Murdoch JWilson KChapman DDay LLittle. Mirboo Nth: MAveling IShinebergAKrausz A Tarraran RDevineC Young YINNAR 4.2

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(45) GOALS:Hill End: BGorman 3SSultana 2SMurphy2JSchiavello AMatwijkiw Thorpdale: RPickering 6ARaven. BEST:Hill End: JSchiavello KTut SMurphyBGorman BHamsJ Harris Thorpdale: JSinclair-Stanley RPickering JBainbridgeARavenH Logue SLawson

The visitingDemonsstarted the game only onevictory behind the sixth-placed Bulldogs, knowingfullwellthatawin againstthe odds would be the perfect platform from which to surge even further up the ladder.

Although there was atimeanupset may have appearedonthe cards, it was the home side that achieved what they had set out to do.

Newborough coach Craig Skinner highlighted the difficulty of the "see-sawing" game.

"(I) was happy with how we were playing even though the scoreboard wasn’t ticking over to show that," he said.

"Pat Charles and BrendanMason saidhello at the start of the game and shook hands at the end with 75 touches between them. Brendan being awarded the RodTaylor Medal."

The Bulldogscertainly are not breaking any records or causing any headlines as they did in the previous two seasons, cruising through the year only to fall short on the most important days, but you can't help but be impressedwith theirresilience and ability to put themselves in the running for athird 'shot at the stumps'.

Boolarra coach Brendan Masonsaidthe Demons neededafour quarter effort to be within reach.

 TARWIN VYINNAR

IT was Tarwin'sturn to stepuptothe plate in the hope of knocking off an in-form Yinnar side.

They were still hoping at the end of the game, losing 15.10 (100) to 2.9 (21).

The Sharks, well rested, well coached and on their home deck, could not overcome a classy Magpies outfit, who used the opportunity to fine tune what has alreadybeenan impressive first half of the year.

The Magpies maywell have their sights set on achange of scenery in 2025, but they also need to be careful of not taking their eye of what is required in avery hot competition in 2024 Yinnar coach, Sam McCulloch praised the team's performance from top to bottom.

"Very happywiththe contributionfrom right across the board. We managed to get ahandy buffer by halftime, Tarwin got on top in the third quarter but didn’t capitalise on their inside 50’s. We were happy with the way we responded in the last and ran the game out well,” he said.

Tarwin coach, Jason Kennedy said that despite patches of strong playthroughout the game, Yinnar ran away with the win.

"The boys battled hard all day in regards to effort," he said.

Their weekend match at home against a quality opposition in Foster provided yet another opportunity to be rewardedfor all of their hard work, but it was one that the Tigers were never going to give away, easily winning 11.11 (77) to 5.3 (33).

The Tigers were just going about their weekly business and getting the job done in workmanlike fashion, as they have for most of the year.

Foster coach, Sam Davies confirmed the ugliness in their win.

"I’d be askingfor my admission fee backifI were aspectator, that wasn’t pretty at all but sometimes you just have to win ugly," he said.

"There are afew positives to take out of the game but generally it’ll be abox ticked and quickly move on."

Foster appears as though they are on the right track, and there is also evidence that the Tigers can lift to ahigher level when required, and it will be required in the weeks ahead.

Toora on the other hand showed good signs, but coach JackWeston saidthosetimes were far too short and also too few.

"Itwas frustrating to again be in the game forperiods andnot get the reward for effort. Enough moments to suggest the next win is not too far away,” he said.

 STONY CREEK, FISH CREEK AND MDU HAD THE BYE.

Stars valiant in defeat to league leader

NETBALL

VNL BY TOM HAYES

THE Gippsland Stars were faced with one of their toughest challenges to date last week, when they came up against the league leading Hawks Netball.

Meeting at Parkville’s State Netball Centre, the Stars were going to need to pull off an almighty efforttoevenget closetothe undefeated Hawks.

The Stars started as confidently as they could, even holding onto aslimlead during the first handful of minutes.

Over athree-minute period, the Hawks put up seven shots to no reply, knocking down five to grow their lead outtoeight points

Anotherlateflurry went the Hawks' way, giving them an 11-point quarter time lead

It began to look ugly for the Stars as the game enteredthe secondquarter,with the Hawks gaining a16-point lead beforethe Starscould manage to get into double figures.

The Hawks extendedout to 20 goals ahead during the second quarter, before the Stars kicked into gear to stop the onslaught momentarily, going into the halftime break 23 points worse off.

Although the game looked out of reach for Gippsland, they continued to battle hard.

The Stars remainedupfor the challenge, so much so they reduced the deficit back down to 18 goals in the early stagesofthe final quarter.

But soon after, the Hawks put up 10 shots to reply,scoringeight of those to see the margin get ever so close to 30 once again.

As the game petered out, the Stars couldn’t get muchcloser, finishing 28 goals off the pace with the final score reading 71-43.

Myah Healy was once again aforce under the ring, scoring30goals, and she was helped out by Charlize Traumanis (nine goals) and Sophie Lecchino (four goals).

But the tide quicklyshifted into the Hawks’ hands, which sawthem knock downconsecutive goals to blow the margin out in quick succession.

Outscoringthe Stars at athreetoone ratio in just amatter of minutes, the Hawks had themselves afour-point leadmidwaythrough the opening term.

The Hawks managedtoget their lead as high as 29 goals in the third quarter, before the Stars managed to drag it back down to keep things respectable.

The Hawks didn’t make as much ground as they did in the opening two stanzas, only growing their margin by two goalsto25with aquarter to play

Morwell's Chloe Radford was awarded as theStars'Playerofthe Match for her efforts in wing attack

Things will be tough before they become easier for the Gippsland side, as they set themselves up for ashowdown against MelbourneUniversity Lightning tonight (June 19). The Lightning is second on the VNL, having lostonly two games all season.

The man, the myth, the legend: Shane ‘Choco’Petersplayedhis 250th game for Mirboo North at the weekend

Photograph supplied

Netball scoreboard

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE -ROUND 10

AGRADE: Leongatha 84 def Maffra40, Wonthaggi 51 def Morwell 48, Moe 50 def Sale 45, Traralgon 43 def Bairnsdale 40, Drouin 50 def Warragul 48.

BGRADE: Leongatha 75 def Maffra27, Wonthaggi 68 def Morwell 47,Sale 36 def Moe 33, Traralgon 56 def Bairnsdale 42, Drouin 56 def Warragul 50.

CGRADE: Maffra 34 def Leongatha 31, Morwell 45 def Wonthaggi 36, Sale 34 def Moe 32, Traralgon 39 def Bairnsdale 33, Drouin 51 def Warragul 31 17 AND UNDER: Leongatha 49 def Maffra 30, Wonthaggi 42 def Morwell 25, Sale 45 def Moe 13,Traralgon 39 def Bairnsdale 32, Drouin 52 def Warragul 21 15 AND UNDER: Maffra42def Leongatha 36, Morwell 39 def Wonthaggi 38, Sale 39 def Moe 31, Bairnsdale 45 def Traralgon 32, Drouin 44 def Warragul 28 13 AND UNDER: Leongatha 36 def Maffra 33, Wonthaggi 13 defMorwel11, Sale 30 def Moe 20, Traralgon 28 def Bairnsdale 14, Drouin 35 def Warragul 13

MID GIPPSLAND –ROUND 9

AGRADE: Fish Creek 44 def MDU 36, Newborough 62 def Boolarra49, Yinnar 71 def Tarwin 18,Foster 53 def Toora45, Morwell East 49 def Mirboo North 42, Thorpdale, StonyCreek -BYE.

BGRADE: Fish Creek 52 def MDU 38, Hill End 66 def Thorpdale 31, Boolarra69def Newborough 67, Yinnar 59 def Tarwin 20, Foster 70 def Toora34, Morwell East 49 def Mirboo North 48, StonyCreek -BYE.

CGRADE: MDU45def Fish Creek 30, Hill End 56 def Thorpdale 12, Yinnar 44 def Tarwin 36, Toora40def Foster 25, Mirboo North 34 def Morwell East 26, Boolarra49def Newborough 36, StonyCreek -BYE.

DGRADE: Fish Creek 35 def MDU 23, Hill End 40 def Thorpdale 11,Newborough40def Boolarra21, Yinnar 38 def Tarwin 33, Toora 30 def Foster 20, Morwell East 31 def Mirboo North 30, StonyCreek -BYE.

17 AND UNDER: MDU 43 def Fish Creek 34, Mirboo North 22 def Morwell East 20, Boolarra72def Newborough 20, Toora, Hill End, Yinnar,StonyCreek -BYE.

15 AND UNDER: MDU 39 def Fish Creek 14, Mirboo North 45 def Morwell East 8, Boolarra 59 def Newborough 18,Yinnar34def Tarwin 6, Toora49def Foster 6, Hill End, Stony Creek -BYE.

13 AND UNDER: MDU 19 def Fish Creek 6, Boolarra33def Newborough 22, Yinnar 34 def Tarwin 6, Toora37def Foster 5, Mirboo North, Hill End, StonyCreek -BYE.

NORTH GIPPSLAND –ROUND 9

AGRADE: Heyfield 42 def YYN 21, Sale City 52 def TTU 34, Cowwarr 44 def Gormandale 40, Woodside 64 def Yarram 20, Churchill 50 def Rosedale 41, Glengarry-BYE.

BGRADE: YYN 43 def Heyfield 33, Sale City 60 def TTU 32, Gormandale 46 def Cowwarr 29, Woodside 63 def Yarram 44, Rosedale 42 def Churchill 38, Glengarry-BYE.

CGRADE: YYN 44 def Heyfield 27,Sale City 47 def TTU 42, Cowwarr 25 def Gormandale 23, Woodside 41 def Yarram 29, Churchill 34 def Rosedale 30, Glengarry-BYE.\

DGRADE: YYN 40 def Heyfield 26, Sale City

33 def TTU 23, Gormandale 30 def Cowwarr 24, Woodside 34 def Yarram 15,Churchill 34 def Rosedale 28, Glengarry-BYE.

17 AND UNDER: Heyfield 24 def YYN 13, Sale City43def TTU 28, Gormandale 65 def Cowwarr 13,Woodside 33 def Yarram 12,Rosedale 38 def Churchill 17,Glengarry -BYE.

15 AND UNDER: Heyfield 41 def YYN 14, TTU 29 def Sale City18, Gormandale 37 def Cowwarr 7, Woodside 53 def Yarram 3, Rosedale 31 def Churchill 11,Glengarry -BYE.

Blues committed to top grade

TOM HAYES

NETBALL MID GIPPSLAND BY

THE Thorpdale Football-Netball Club is one that holds alot of pride, and that mantra won’t be going anywhere in the future.

With the rise of the senior football side in recent years, the netball program hopes to follow suit.

During the 2023 season, Thorpdale didn’t enter an AGrade netball team into the Mid Gippsland competition, yet they returned this year ready to give things another crack.

Despite results not going their way so far in 2024, the Blues hope to gradually improve and get back to their best.

With arebuild comes change, and often that change can be unexpected.

Thorpdale’s AGrade side has seen change so far

this season, with another one striking the club.

ThorpdaleFNC’s netball coordinator, Maree Carpinteri spoke to the Express,highlighting what the club is doing, as well as what they hope to do in the future.

At the beginning of the season,Thorpdale appointed Darcy Cooper as AGrade coach, however she hassince stepped down, butwill remain at the club as aplayer.

Carpinteri has announced that AGrade players

Maggie Blackman and Roxy Hibberson will take the reins for the remainder of the season, adding to their commitments as coaches of lower grades.

Blackman, whoarrived from CoraLynn in the West Gippsland Football-Netball Leaguethis season, will also coach BGrade alongside Hibberson.

While Hibberson,alifelongThorpdalegirl,will add athird team to her resume, after starting the season as the CGrade coach.

“They’ve been taking trainings, girls are turning up weekin, week out, rail,hail or shine, and trainingwell,” Carpinteri said.

Despite their current position (winless and last on the ladder), Thorpdale hope to enjoy the rest of the season, and take away as much as they can fromtheirnew coaching group, before they get stuck into 2025.

“Basically, just getting out there and having a go. Obviously, we’ve gotsome strongplayers,so we are just goingtodoour best -dowhatwedo best,” Carpinteri said.

“They are agreat bunch of girls who like playing together,soaslongastheykeep getting out there, improving, taking on board what the coaches are telling them -that’s all we can ask for at this stage

“The girls have been improving each week,we’ve had good Saturdays -we’vehad sunshine every week,sothat’s been great, they’re areal happy group.

“Oneofour main shooters (Jess Monger) has got an injury… she’s got about four weeks to go.” Looking aheadto2025, Thorpdale have begun searching for their next coach, who will assume the role for next season.

“We’ve now started scouting, keeping our eyes outtofill our coaching positions earlier than we did this year,” Carpinteri said.

“Movingforward we would like to appoint astrong coach -preferably not aplaying-coach.”

In terms of dealing with what they’vegot, Carpinteri believes that alongside anew coach, Thorpdale can upskill the girls they have, as well as hold netball clinics to attract juniors.

“We’re talkingabout junior development… that’s areally big thing that Mid Gippsland (is) trying to focus on because alot of teams in our league are struggling with juniors,” she said.

Ahead of the current2024season, Thorpdale had anumberofjunior players, but as squads needed to be finalised, some players left,making it difficult to fill those squads.

The club is applying for grants regularly and is currently waiting on Baw BawShire Council to resurface their netball courts.

Carpinteri says thatthe club’s facilities aren’t the worst,and theyare still operatable, butthe club wouldlike to bring them into the 21st century. When asked if there was any chance that Thorpdale won’t have an AGrade side next year, Carpinteri said “Absolutely not”.

Moe takenall the way by awinlessSale

NETBALL

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ROUND10ofGippsland netballoffered many thrills and close encounters.

Despite coming up against awinless Sale, Moe received agood contest on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions won 50-45 to move three games clear of second-placed Drouin.

Moe heldanearlyleadthatstood almost allof the way, but Sale refused to give in and remained in the hunt right to the end.

Moe were missing anumberofkey players including attackers Georgia Moody (191 goals this season)and hersisterAlex, as well as goal keeper Emma Sculley.

Ramayer Gourley therefore had to take on much more of the scoring load, and dropped 43 goals, putting her two goals above Warragul’s Emma Ryde for the league-leading goal scorer.

Kate Van der Voort continued astellar year for Sale, adding 36 goals to her season total of 259. Wonthaggitravelled to Morwell and subsequently defeated the Tigers in athrilling 51-48 contest. Morwell found themselves ahead 27-24by halftime, before Wonthaggi tightened defensively and outscoredthe Tigers by sixgoals in thebackend of the match.

Chelsea Bowman and Courtney Brann lit afire underneaththeirteam, scoring27and 24 goals respectively for the Power. Morwell saw heavy contribution from Tiffany Boatman and Isabella Bettridge.

Power captain Alan McRae was best-on-court, followed by Brann and Hannah McRae through the midcourt, while Rachel Tatterson, Chloe Radford, and Anna Solomon led the charge for the Tigers. Traralgon managed anarrow three-goal victory over Bairnsdale to sit in the top four.

The visiting Redlegs started feistily, coming out to a16-9lead at quarter time, before the Maroons buckled downtoget it to aone-goal marginby the half.

The rest of the way was aback-and-forth affair with respective shooters Cassidy Smith (Traralgon) and Olivia Betts(Bairnsdale) convertingtimeafter-time. However,the Maroons held strong to win 43-40 that pushes Bairnsdale outside of the finals positions.

Leongatha maintained asteady climb back into finals contention, dismantling Maffra to record their

fourth win for the year, winning 84-40.

The winless Eaglesmanaged just six goals in two of the first three quarters and were ravaged by a determined Parrots on their home deck.

MikaeliHilliar was one of those separators for Leongatha with 48 goals,alongside Kate Browne’s 36.

KeishaJackson converted 28 goals withChloe Felsbourg 11 for Maffra, helped by young gun Sienna Wynd collecting best-on-court honours for the Eagles.

In the battleofsecond versus third,Drouin defeated Warragul, 50-48 on Sunday.

It was an almighty start from Drouin, who jumped out to a25-14 lead, before the Guls stormed back and outscoredtheiropponents by eight goals to bring it within the margin spectators would have been expecting.

The combination of Charlize Traumanis with 32 goals and Stacie Gardiner with 18 was all too much for Warragul,who continue to be held up by the efforts of Emma Ryde, who shot 40 goals on this occasion.

The Guls still sit agame clear in third-place.

 THE midway point of the Mid Gippsland netball season produced results that once again leave future predictions still in the air as the ladder still remains compact from first to eighth.

Newborough returned to the top six after defeatingevenly-placed Boolarra at the weekend, 62-49.

Abalanced scoring load for the Bulldogs saw Demi Caldow with 27 goals, Caitlin Demczuk (18) and Paige Dabb shoot 17.

The visiting Boolarra were led by Maddy Dark’s 32 goals and Tessa Jewell with 17.

The lossfor the Demons moved them backa step to seventh via percentage outside of afinals position.

Morwell East moved into fourth position on the ladder after a49-42 victory over Mirboo North at Walter Tuck Reserve.

Asignificant game with both sides sitting on equal wins before the round, Mirboo North jumped out to an early10-5start while the Hawks worked themselvesinto the gameafter athreeweek rest before surging with the last five goals to tieitup at quarter time.

Morwell East saw trueseparation in the second term, scoring20goals to the Tigers' 10 to lead 30-20 at halftime.

The Hawks kept that pace and distance the rest

of the way home, and were led most significantly by Tayla Watsonwith 30 goals and Sukie Hodgson with 19.

Mirboo North had all of their score produced by Rachael Vansittart and Chloe Hogg with 21 goals each.

Yinnar laidthe smackdown on Tarwin 71-18 to sit atop the ladder and givethem their fourth win in arow.

Skye McDonald splurged for 49 goals in the victory, along with Clair Thorburn notching 22 on the road.

Foster defeated Toora 53-45 to place themselves top five in the league.

Both sidestraded goals through the first three quarters, with the visiting Tigers holdinga relativelysmall four-goal leadbefore pouncing off the back off aEllaRendell scoring seven goals consecutively, stretchingout to acomfortable nine-goal lead to secure the win.

Rendell had 27 goals for the dayalongside Ebony Best with 26 to outlast 33 goals from Toora’s Hannah Weston.

Fish Creek secured asubstantial win over MDU, 44-36 in the standalone match played on the King's Birthday weekend.

The Kangaroos remain above the rest of the rest of the second-tier sides to sit third on the ladder.  IN Round 9ofNorth Gippsland netball, matchups swayed between blowouts and closer results.

Churchill secured theirfourth win in arow, defeating Rosedale handily, 50-41 at Rosedale.

The Cougars remain in the race for the minor premiership with awin-lossrecord of 7-1, while the Blues have dropped to seventh at 3-5. Sale City continued their reign with a52-34 victory over Traralgon TyersUnitedatStephenson Park to remain undefeated and atop the ladder. Heyfield steered past Yallourn Yallourn North 42-21 at George Bates Reserve to keep themselves in second position, whilstthe Jets sit far behind at third-bottom on the ladder

At home, Woodside smacked the winless Yarram in a64-20 contest that sits the Wildcats at fourth on the ladder.

Cowwarr collected their third win for the year against Gormandale in a44-40 affair at Cowwarr. Glengarry had the bye

Leader: Thorpdale’s Roxy Hibberson has takenoverasA Gradeco-coach. Photograph supplied

NORTH GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

Unthinkable finals miss on the cards

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

BEST:YYN:JMassese D Shellcot DBath AYoung LLittleDMacdonald Heyfield: TMarchesi BWoodland RMcMillan M Bennett KHoleK Graham

8.2 9.4 14.7 (91)

2DCarstairs JWhitehill HTollner BEST: TTU:MJacobsen QSinclair FBrouns JNeilson HWillatonOAliotta. Sale City: JAllison CWhitehill KMcCulloch JWhitehill DMcGuiness CKelf

NHeathcote DTulloch JMurrayH BerryJBruceL Ezard

WOODSIDE 3.1 5.3 8.4 13.6 (84)

YARRAM 1.2 2.5 5.7 7.9 (51)

GOALS:Woodside:ESwasbrick2 JMattern2D Harrison 2T Batters 2J Vanderveen JScott D AveryT CoulthardN Lucas Yarram: TThornton 2BStaley 2R McAlpine LEarles TDelaney BEST: Woodside:J Mattern THall AJanssen DDobsonNLucas ESwasbrick Yarram: LRoberts CEarles BMcAlpine SClarke JSheedy LRendell

COWWARR 1.4 2.5 6.7 7.9 (51)

GORMANDALE 3.1 5.3 6.3

:CLappin BEenjes TDavison CBass BCooper CMitchell Gormandale: MVelascoGJenkins KWhitney MDillon ZJewked ZNolan HEYFIELD 12.3 14.7 18.17 19.20 (134) YYN0.0 0.1 0.2

:B Willoughby EDavies Aharveygee BMeli JReidJPettigrewHughes YYN: GRuey NWhiteHKing TWhiteI Glibanovic

HARRIET SHING MP

BY TOM HAYES AND BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

AFTERanothertelling week of North Gippsland football, teams now have abetter understanding of how they compare to the rest of the competition.

Aclear top-four has formed, while the race for the fifth finals spotremainswell and truly in the balance, and one of the big hitters of recent yearsmight justbehavingtheir worst season in along time.

 TRARALGON Tyers United asserted themselves as second best.

Agamebehind Woodside, andagame ahead of Yallourn Yallourn North and Yarram, the Bombers arestill well within the hunt for back-to-back premierships.

As we have seen in the NGFNL, since 2018 the eventual premier has only one lost one home-and-awaygame at most. With one loss next to their name, going by that reasoning, you can’t discount TTU.

Sale City proved to be aworthy opponent at the weekend,and almost etched that second lossinTTU’s record,going down 14.7 (91) to 12.6 (78).

The Bulldogs led at every change except the last,inadisappointing final quarter display whichsaw them outplayed by the reigning premier.

As seen in afew instancesthis season,TTU seem to find away in the final term.

Sale City had double the scoring shots in the opening term yet was only able to kick 5.3 (33) to the Bombers’ four-straight.

Their lead was just big enough to hold onto at the halftime break too, as TTUshowed signs of overrunning their hosts.

One goal extra had the Bombers within a kick at the main break, yet the home side led by three points still, and going into the second half, TTU would’ve knownthatthe Bulldogs weren’t going to crack easily.

Sale City flexed their muscles in the third term and looked primed for abig upset.

Threegoals to one in the third term meant that the Bulldogs led by 14 pointsasthe final quarterwas underway, and an almighty effort was needed from the reigning premier.

But, just as Sale City did to TTU in the previous term, the Bombers did right back in keeping their opponents to one goal.

Not only did the Bombers keep their hosts to a single goal, but they capitalised on their possession, kicking five of their own to storm home to a13-point win.

Their endlessnumberofforward options madeitdifficult for the Bulldogs to getagrip of things when they moved forward.

TTU had eightseparate goal scorers, while five of them kicked multiple goals -captain Jye Neilson the most with three.

Michael Jacobsen, Quinn Sinclair, Frazar Brouns,Neilson, Hayden Willaton, and Oscar Aliotta were outstanding for the visitors.

For the home side, Jayden Allison, Cooper Whitehill,Kaden McCulloch (four goals), JaxsynWhitehill,Daine McGuiness, and Chris Kelf playedadmirably. Flynn Read also stepped up with three majors.

Falling into athree-horse race for fifth place is Sale City, who seemingly have to compete with Heyfield and Rosedale.

 ANOTHER gameofhigh notice for North Gippsland viewers wasthe matchup betweenYYN and Heyfield.

It ended with the Jets climbingtothird position on the ladder after a52-point victory at George Bates Reserve, 14.11 (95) to 6.7 (43).

The Roos jumped the Jets in theearly stages of the first quarter. The unsuspecting Heyfield on-ballers pressured and cleared the ball at every contest, which enabled them to kick two of the first three goals of the game.

The Jets however would weather the initial storm to lead at the first break by apointand they weren’t stopping there.

For the next three quarters, YYN would outscore Heyfield, 75 to 24, thatincluded holding the Kangaroos to just two points through the second quarter.

IS Churchill’s season over?

The Cougars suffered their sixth loss of the season as they travelled to Rosedale at the weekend, going down by 13 points in a final quarter rout.

Rosedale gave themselves afinals hope in the 11.10 (76) to 9.9 (63) win.

After atight first half, Rosedale kickedout to a15-point lead, and Churchill looked to be on their last legs.

The final quarter was just as even as the first, and although Churchill won the quarter, the lead was just out of their reachwith Rosedale claiming the four points.

 WOODSIDE got the better of their geographical rival.

Extending their unbeaten run,the Wildcats knew that Yarram would be no easy feat.

Nonetheless, they proved that they deserve

to be league leaders, ticking off asolid 45-point win, 15.11 (101)to8.8 (56) at home.

Known to be slow starters, Woodside was very much the oppositeatthe weekend, blitzing the Demons in the first quarter. So much so, Yarram was kept goalless, all while Woodside kicked five opening quarter goals to burst out to a29-point advantage.

Despite kicking four behinds for the term, Yarram still only had half of the number of chancesthatWoodside did in the first stanza.

As the game progressed into the second term, Woodside asserted their dominance. It wasn’t so much scoreboard pressure, but more flexing their ability to limit Yarram’s rate of scoring.

While Woodside’s rateofscoring decreased, they were able to keep the Demons to less.

The home side added 3.2 (20) as half time approached, keeping Yarram to just 2.1 (13), as their lead sat at six-straight goals at the halfway point.

Chances went amiss after halftime, as neither sidewas able to capitalise on their opportunities.

Yarram had the chancetolessen the margin and have arealcrackinthe finalquarter, while Woodside could havegiven themselves an unmatchable lead, which would’veallowed them to cruise home.

Woodsidemanaged to keep things goingin their direction nonetheless, kicking 3.5 (23), all while Yarram could only manage 2.3 (15), which meant that Woodside held at 44-point lead with aquarter to play.

Many would assume this would be out of reach, and they would be right. For ateam that had only kicked four goals up until three quarter time, it was highly unlikely that Yarram would not only be able to keep Woodside goalless, but just about triple their score to win the match.

Scores were free flowing in the final term however,asboth teams kicked four goals. Woodside managed just the extra behind to win every quarter and claim a45-point win.

Despite the defeat, Josh Swift still managed four goals of his own. Dan Farmer was kept quieter than usual(two goals) for Woodside, but Liam Hard and Michael O’Sullivan stepped up with four majors each.

Mark Collison, LiamLeeson, Ryan Foat, Hard, O’Sullivan, and Matt Dyke were the best for the ladder leaders.

LeviMunns,Liam Farley, coach Boadie Motton, Kayleb Pearce, Swift and Anthony Scott were those whostoodout for the Demons.

 COWWARR are winners again.

The Saints saw off the bottom-placed Gormandale in smashing fashion,18.14 (122) to 2.7 (19).

Six goals to one after halftime put things well beyond reach for the Tigers, and with a final quarter to play, Cowwarr led by more than 11 goals. The Saints closed out the game in style, keeping Gormandale goalless, and nailing another five goals to see the margin, and their ownscore,past100 forthe first time this season.

Kyle ‘Meatball’ Stamers (three goals) claimed best-on-ground honours in his 100th senior game.

 GLENGARRY had the bye.

Local talents star in Power win

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND POWER BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

GIPPSLAND Power Boys continued to best their rivalled opponents, beating the Murray Bushrangers 11.11 (77) to 8.7 (55) in Round 11 of Coates Talent League.

The Power have now won their last three matches, and five out of their last six.

Followingasimilarly impressive, albeit closevictory over the BendigoPioneersby fourpoints the week prior, the Power was ready for all thatcametheir wayatPort Melbourne’s ETU Stadium last Saturday.

Heyfield key forward Asher Eastham booted four goals for the day, continuing his dominance with multiple goals in six of his eight games this year.

However,the Bushrangers wouldn’t simply be walkedover, and were only 13 points down at halftime.

Neither side was prepared slip away and dropwithin the six-team heap battlingitout for the final spots in the top eight.

The Power busted out to a25-point lead halfway through the third term, before the Bushrangers responded,elevating their pressure aroundthe ball and kicking the final twogoals of thequarter, leaving the same margin as halftime.

After withstanding some earlyintensity from the Bushrangers, Power skipper, Tom Hanily, brokethe gameopen with akey holdingthe ball at the top of the 50-metre arch beforenailinga goal to push the lead back out to three goals.

Powerwouldn’t look back after that, and held theBushrangers to just four points for the quarter while kicking 2.1 (13) themselves to conclude the day’s proceedings. Bestofthe bunch wasAlixzander Tauru with agame-high23disposals. Eastham and Maffra’s Zachary O’Keefe with 22 disposals

and seven tackles were also prominent. Morwell draft prospect Ricky Mentha returned from injury and collected 13 disposalso playing anumberofdifferent positions, including on half-back to finish the game. Traralgon boys William Brent(vice captain) had nine kicks and four marks, and ruckman JuddsonRyan (Trafalgar) performed admirably.

Moe duo Tom Matthews and Max Woodall also played.Matthews had seven touches, while Woodall collected 12 possessions and kicked agoal. Moe’s Liam Masterswas absent due to illness.

The Power Boys sit fifthonthe ladderwith six wins and two losses, and with onlyseven games leftthey have somekey matchups coming against third-placed Geelong Falcons this weekend and the top-seeded Tassie Devils in two weeks’ time.

Gippsland Power Girlshad the bye and play the Tassie Devils Girls this weekend.

Inclusion: The2024 Pride Cup is this weekend, with Heyfield taking on Cowwarr.Sale Cityand Heyfield took part in last year’s Pride Cup Photograph supplied

Outstanding tenure for TTU trainer

FOOTBALL

SPORTINGclubs rely on volunteers, not justto garner success, but to achieve sustainability.

Ken Wells hasbeen apart of the Traralgon Tyers United Football-NetballClubsince its establishment in 1981, firstly as aplayer, but moreprominently as the club's football trainer for 41 years.

He has missed only six senior games in that span, and has been on the side lines and in the rooms for well over 2200 games.

Wells began his time at the Bombers playing nine reserves games in the club's inaugural season in the North Gippsland Football-Netball League, including their first-ever win against Newry in 1981, before taking ashort hiatus, gaining his first aid certificate and becoming asupporting piece to the players as they entered the major Latrobe ValleyFootball League (Gippsland League)for the next few years.

"The head trainerwas Chieffy Foster when Ifirst startedplaying, he was the head trainer for two or threeyears and then he pulled the pin, and then I

Date set for next Female Football Forum

AFL Gippsland and Female Football

Gippsland will commence its second Female Football Forum next Monday, June 24.

The forum will bring stakeholders and active members of the Gippsland female football community together to develop solutions to grow girls and women’s football in the Gippsland region.

It will identify and address the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats currently pertaining to girlsand women’s football in Gippsland and establish short, medium, and long term goals to combat these findings.

Participantswill have the opportunityto join the Female FootballForum Working Groups to collaborate and develop plans to ascertain prioritises to be taken regarding girls and women’s football in Gippsland.

“We are excited to host the second Female Football Forum and continue the important conversation around the growth of girls and women’s football in our region,” AFL Gippsland RegionalManager, Tim Cotter said.

“By comingtogether and workingcollaboratively, we can ensurethat the game continues to flourish and provide opportunities for all participants."

AFL Gippsland and Female Football Gippsland hosted the Female Gather Round in May, bringing together aplethoraofyouth girls and women’steams togetherfor afestival of football at the Morwell Recreation Reserve.

AFL Gippsland has also launched the Female Coaching Academythis month for aspiring female football coaches with support from Gippsland Power.

The forum will be held from 6.30pm at the Morwell Bowling Club and online.

was head trainer for probably 35 years," Wells said.

Wells has been aclub member every year of TTU's existence, and became alife member in 1993.

He has seen some great sides throughout the years since the Bombers returned to North Gippsland, including senior premierships in 1990, 2004, and last year in 2023.

That doesn't mean there wasn't some time where Wells trudgedthrough the job,asit'salwaysharder when you're losing.

"Sometimes Iwish Icould've gone home, when we were in the (Latrobe Valley League) some weeks we were getting smashed, it would be nice to be a supporter where you can just shut the door and go home, but we battled through it all," Wells said.

Wellshas received many acknowledgments over his time at the Bombers, including being the first inductee into the NGFNLHall of Fame in 2012 and inducted into the TTU Hall of Fame in 2016.

Specifically over thelast few years, Wells believes TTU has done wonders in cultivating aculture that recognises those from every corner of the club.

Wells has noticed that has extended to the playing group, as he works with getting them onto the park.

"There's players that are there after the game, they'll come and stick their heads in the rooms (and say) 'thanks for today'," he said.

"When they appreciate you, you don't mind doing it."

Like many families connected to alocal footballnetball club, the contribution extends in thefamily. Wells' son, Krisfirstly played forTTU and now is by his dad's side in the whites on agameday

The Wells family also had the club's first fatherson-grandson combination, with Kris' son, Dustin making his way into the senior club afew years ago.

"A lot of stuffI've been involvedin(I'm) proud of, the fact that I've only missed three whole days in 40 odd years and six senior games in that same period. I've gone to the footy probably crook afew times Ishouldn't (have) gone," Wells said.

Wells has taken astepbackinresponsibility with many hands on deck in his department, but still has TTU firmly entrenched into his heart.

"I'm enjoying it this year more than Ihave. The fact that Idon't have to be at training every night, because before quite often Iwas on my own, just me, so if Iwasn't at training there was no one," Wells said.

Trainers are an integral part of the process and when this level of service is reached, respect has to be paid.

RegionsrestructuredforStateTitles

NETBALL

By TOM HAYES

AHEAD of the2025 State Titles, scheduled for March 8to10, Netball Victoria will pilot arestructure of the three eastern regions. Currently in Gippsland there are three regions; Gippsland, Latrobe Valley, and East Gippsland. That is set to change.

NetballVictoria is set to trial arestructure, as State Title Officerswithin the eastern regions requested areview of theallocatedlocations, addressing that an unequal distributionwas perceived.

As aresult, at the next StateTitles in 2025, Netball Victoria will condense the eastern regions from threetotwo, in an attempt to even up the competitionand distributionoftalent,aimed at enabling amore competitive playing field.

Areviewof2023member data clearly showsthat Latrobe Valley had more affiliate clubs within its boundaries, compared to the Gippsland and East Gippsland regions.

The Latrobe Valley region hadnine affiliates,

consisting of 1679 members (aged 13 to 17-yearsold), whereas the Gippsland region had five affiliates for 806 members, and the East Gippsland region had six affiliates for 799 members.

Essentially, the Latrobe Valleyregion willbe dissolved andspilt into theGippslandand East Gippsland regions.

Due to the GippslandLeague being spread across a200-kilometre radius, clubs from said league will be allocated based on geographic location.

NetballVictoria has prepared adistribution of affiliates who will eitherfly the flag for the Gippsland or East Gippsland region from next year.

The Gippsland region will consist of around 1489 members, while the East Gippsland region will now host 1795 members.

Leonnie McCluskey will remain as the State Title Officer for the Gippslandregion,while appointments are currently open for the East Gippsland Region Officer.

Judi Buhagiar, the Eastern Region Manager for Netball Victoria, will coordinate ameeting with the affiliates in the region.

Side by side: TTUtrainer of 41 years, Ken Wells (right) withhis son,Kris, holding each of theclub’sseniorsand reservespremiership cups from last year Photograph supplied

TRARALGON DISTRICT JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE

New technologyfor countryumpires

UMPIRES

LVUA

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

THELatrobe Valley Umpires Association has been trialling new microphone equipment that hopes to push country football umpires leaps and bounds.

The top-of-the-line equipment was first tested during the standalone Round 9Mid Gippsland seniors game between FishCreekand MDU on the King's Birthday weekend.

The equipment allows umpires to be 'mic-ed up' during play to communicatewith each other, as well as with the present umpiring coach on the side-lines for in the moment feedback to lesser experienced umpires instead of having to wait to talk to them at the quarter time

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of halftime breaks about precise passages of plays.

"The real-time, instant feedback is the biggest element from a coaching perspective andcertainly from amatch management perspective... it just makes everything alot more smoother," LVUA Director of Umpiring, Bryan Sultana said.

The obvious value comes with the ease in communication among the field umpires regarding positioning and off-the-ball free kicks, whilst also being able to communicate with the other adjudicators across the ground.

"They'll be real opportunityfor the boundary umpirestowear them and the boundary coach can talk to them about 'you need to run up here, push up here, come out' that sort of thing," Sultana added.

"Even the goal umpires, (the field umpires) sit there and talk to the goal umpire about scenarios straight away rather than waiting for the break.

The equipment wasalsoutilised duringRound 10 Gippsland League senior game between Morwell and Wonthaggi at the weekend, as well as during the Under 16s and U18s Round 9games between Morwell and Traralgon.

The LVUAwillhope to see the microphones implementedfully going forward, as they hope to grow umpire participation through additional assets during weekend practice.

"It's afantastic coaching tool, it really is," Sultana said. "(It will be) hugely beneficial to the umpires moving forward. It's been really well accepted, the guys are loving them, (and) they've adapted to them very quickly."

Gadget: Thevest and microphone packused by Latrobe Valley umpires over the last fewweekends Photograph supplied

Saturday, June 22

LadiesInBlack. (Ms, R) 1.25 Father Brown. (PGav,R) 2.15 Gruen. (R) 2.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.30 Tony Armstrong’sExtraOrdinaryThings. (PG, R)

4.30 Restoration Australia. (PG,R)

5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Stuff TheBritish Stole: Parthenon Sculptures. (PG, R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 Back Roads: Katherine, NT (R) Presented by AlbertWiggan.

7.00 ABC News. Alook at the top stories of theday

7.30 Father Brown. (Final, Mv) Sullivan’s dreamofleaving Kembleford is scuppered when he’s arrested for receiving stolen goods.

8.15 Midsomer Murders. (Mv,R) Arealestate agentismurdered in front of acrowd at the unveiling of anew doll’shouse collection.

9.45 Ladies In Black (Ms, R) Women working in the ladieswear department of aSydneystore face tumultuous lives.

10.35 Shetland. (Mal, R) DI Perez investigates adisappearance. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 MorningPrograms. 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Motorcycle Racing. SuperbikeWorld C’ship.Round 4. Highlights. 3.00 Motor Racing. World Rally-Raid C’ship.Round 4. Desafío Ruta 40 Highlights. 3.30 No More Spectators. (R) 3.45 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.40 Black Panthers Of WW2. (PGav,R) 5.30 Forgotten Heroes. (PGav,R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jersey And Guernsey. Acouple operate acharter boat. 8.25 Portillo In ThePyrenees: An EmotionalJourney (PGa, R) Part 4of4.Onthe final leg of his adventure, MichaelPortillo heads back in Spain and the Catalonian Pyrenees.

9.20 Scotland: Escape To The Wilderness. (PGadl,R)Part 4of4 Richard Colesand Hamza Yassin travel to the remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula.

10.15 JamieLee Curtis: Hollywood Call Of Freedom. (Mdhlv,R)A look at thelife and career of Jamie LeeCurtis.

11.15 Paris Paris. (PGa)

12.15 Face To Face. (Mals, R)

2.05 The Witnesses. (Ma, R) 4.05 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight

6am WorldWatch.

10.00 VICE Sports. 11.55 Scrubs. 2.05pm Patriot Brains. 3.00 Our Stories: Connecting With Country. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.30 Tattoo Age. 5.55 The Food That BuiltThe World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: The Lord Of The Rings. 10.20 Biography:KISStory 11.55 Better Things. 1.25am The X-Files. 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am

6am MorningPrograms.

12.30pm MOVIE: Masters Of The Universe. (1987, PG) 2.20 MOVIE: Molly. (1983,PG) 3.45 Going Places. 4.40 NITVNews: Nula. 5.05 Arabian Inferno 6.00 Going Native. 6.25 News. 6.35 FirstPeople’sKitchen 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Miniseries: The Walk-In. 8.30 MOVIE: Ghoulies (1984,MA15+) 10.00 MOVIE: The Wrecking Crew! (2008,PG) 11.45 Late Programs.

MorningPrograms. 6.30 The Producers. (1967, PG) 8.10 BlackNarcissus. (1947, PG) 10.05 Flee. (2021, M, Danish) 11.45 SevenYears In Tibet. (1997, M) 2.15pm ARiver Runs Through It.(1992, PG) 4.30 Last Chance Harvey. (2008,PG) 6.15 The World’s FastestIndian. (2005,PG) 8.35 Broken City.(2013 M) 10.35 99 Moons. (2022, MA15+, SwissGerman) 12.40am Late Programs.

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Civic Stakes Day,IpswichRace Day and VRCCountryRace Day 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football. AFL.Round 15.Melbourne vNorth Melbourne. From theMCG

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussionand interviews taking alook back at allthe action from the game

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.45 Australia’s Amazing Homes: Inspired By Nature (PG, R) Follows three renowned home experts on theirquest to find Australia’s most stylish and breathtaking homes.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Tales Of Aluna. After amusician and his entourage crash land on asecret, magicalisland, its guardians, including a half-spirit half-human girl, must balance the impactofthe human visitors on their island.

5.00 HouseOfWellness. (PGa, R) Luke Darcy,JoStanley and Luke Hineslook at locationsthat highlight living well.

6.00 Getaway.(PG, R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.(PG) 12.00 Destination WA.(PG,R) 12.30 Business Drive. 1.00 Great Australian Detour 1.30 MOVIE: Buckley’sChance. (2021, PGal, R) Bill Nighy,Victoria Hill,Martin Sacks. 3.30 TheLap 4.30 Dogs 4Life. 5.00 9News FirstAtFive. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 MOVIE: Pitch Perfect. (2012, Mls,R) Auniversity freshman is coaxed into joining an all-girl acappellagroup AnnaKendrick, Brittany Snow

9.40 MOVIE: TheSpy Who Dumped Me (2018,MA15+lnv, R) Twobest friendsbecome unwittingly entangled in an international conspiracy Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon.

11.45 MOVIE: AFish Called Wanda. (1988,Mls, R) John Cleese.

1.45 My Way. (PG)

2.00 TheIncredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG,R)

6.00 TheBrighter Side: Save Grow.Dream. Australians share bright ideas and tips.

6.30 TheDog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 7.30 TheDog House. (PG,R) It seems Christmas might havecome early for asix-year-old pug when it meets awidowed61-year-old. 8.30 Ambulance UK (Mlm) An advanced paramedic responds to reportsofa man found lying facedown in the road. Acall handler deals with a verbally abusivepatient who has called the service 35 times in thepast year 11.00 TheCheap Seats. (Mal, R) PresentedbyMelanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

of Le Mans. H’lights. 4.40 Surfing Australia TV 5.10 Sunnyside 5.40 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ TheLorax. (2012) 7.30 MOVIE: Around TheWorld In 80 Days. (2004,PG) 9.55 MOVIE: Pieces. (2022, MA15+) Midnight CourtCam. 1.00 Aussie SnakeWranglers. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00

Sunday, June 23

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week.(R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.25 The Secret History Of The British Garden 3.25 Simply Nigella. (R) 3.55 Secrets Of The Museum. (R) 4.45 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.(PG, R) 5.15 Grand Designs. (Final, PG, R)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 Spicks

(MA15+adhlnsv)

3.00 Classic Countdown. (R) 4.00 Landline. (R) 4.30 ArtWorks. (PG,R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 MorningPrograms. 10.10 Wales: Land Of The Wild.(R) 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Powerchair Football. (R) 1.00 Sports Woman. 1.30 Motorcycle Racing. ProMX C’ship.Round 5. 4.30 Such WasLife.(PGa) 4.40 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.35 Hitler’s Olympics. (PGa,R)

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.30 Eiffel Tower: Building The Impossible. Alook at theEiffel Tower 9.15 RoyalAutopsy: Anne –The Forgotten Queen. (Ma) Part 4of4 Professor Alice Roberts explores the final days and cause of death of Queen Anne. 10.10 Lost City Of Gaul: Unearthing Bibracte. (R) Alook at the Gallic settlement of Bibracte.

11.10 Dambusters With Dan Snow. (PGa, R) Part 1of3 1.55 HowToGet FitFast. (PG,R) 2.50 Fergal Keane: Living With PTSD (MA15+avw,R)

3.50 Peer To Peer (R)

4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 Al JazeeraNews.

6.00 To Be Advised. 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 The MorningShow: Weekend.(PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness.(PG, R) 1.00 Jabba’s SchoolHoliday Movie Special. (PGv, R) 1.30 Border Security:International. (PGad, R) 2.00 Football. VFL.Round 13.Port Melbourne vGeelong. From ETU Stadium,Melbourne 5.00 SevenNewsAt5 5.30 Melbourne Weekender.(PG)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 DreamHome. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown. 8.45 7NEWSSpotlight. An exclusivespecial investigation. 9.45 TheLatest: SevenNews. 10.15 Code1:Minute By Minute: Horror On TheHarbour. (Ma, R) Alook at aboatcollision. 11.15 Born To Kill? John Duffy And David Mulcahy. (MA15+av,R)A look at John Duffyand DavidMulcahy

12.15 Lipstick Jungle (Ms, R) 1.15 Travel Oz. (PG,R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 OurTown.

6.00 Hello SA.(PG,R)

6am MorningPrograms. Noon Kickin’Back With GilbertMcAdam. 12.30 Boxing Night To Remember V. 1.30 RugbyLeague Koori Knockout.Replay 2.30 MOVIE: Masters Of The Universe. (1987, PG) 4.25 MOVIE: The Wrecking Crew! (2008,PG) 6.10 News. 6.20 Animal Babies. 7.30 Homesteads. 8.30 Senses Of Cinema. 10.05 MOVIE: I’mNot There. (2007, M) 12.25am Late Programs. NITV (34)

6am The World’sFastest Indian. (2005,PG) 8.20 Nights In Rodanthe. (2008, PG) 10.05 The Goddess Of Fortune.(2019,M,Italian) 12.15pm St Elmo’sFire. (1985,M) 2.15 BlackNarcissus. (1947, PG) 4.10 The Producers. (1967, PG) 5.50 Mr Holland’sOpus. (1995,PG) 8.30 Mass. (2021, M) 10.35 Any Day Now.(2020,M,Finnish) 12.05am The Pianist. (2002, MA15+) 2.50 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Travel Guides. (PGl) The guides go on abus tour in Canada. 8.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.00 TheMurder Of LynDawson: Everything That Glitters. (MA15+al, R) Part 2of4.Almost everyone at Cromer High School knew Mr Dawson was having sex with his teenage student. 10.00 Footy Furnace.

and hottest topics. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl)A fresh batchoftalented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.55 Tulsa King. (MA15+v) Dwight returnstoNew York under unfortunate circumstances, where his reunion with family does not go quiteasexpected. Back in Tulsa, Tyson runs intosome trouble. Armand gets some news from Roxy 9.45 FBI. (Masv, R) The team investigates aseries of assaults on women, while OA withholds informationabout his own attack 11.35 TheSundayProject. (R) Alookatthe day’snews. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 VICE Sports. Noon Hudson &Rex 1.40 MostExpensivest. 2.40 Bamay. 3.00 Untold Australia. 4.05 Blaktrax. 4.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.25 Alone Denmark. 6.35 Great Australian WalksWithJulia Zemiro 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 MH370: TheLost Flight 9.30 WWE Legends 11.05 Late Programs.

Children’s Programs. 2.30pm MOVIE: Barbie Skipper AndThe Big Babysitting Adventure.(2023) 3.45 MOVIE: Dora And The Lost City Of Gold. (2019,PG) 5.45 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets. (2016)

Monday,June24

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australia Remastered. (R) 2.00 ParliamentQuestion Time. 3.00 Tony Armstrong’sExtra-Ordinary Things. (Final, PGl, R) 4.00 Long Lost Family:What Happened Next. (Final, PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30

8.00 Stuff TheBritish Stole: Australia’s Mummy. (PG) Marc Fennellinvestigates amummy. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry

9.35 Monday’sExperts. Hosted by Tony Armstrong and Catherine Murphy. 10.05 Gruen. (R) 10.40 ABCLateNews.

10.55 TheBusiness. (R) 11.15 PlanetAmerica. (R)

11.45 YouCan’t AskThat. (Ml, R) 12.15 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 1.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.00 Rage NewMusic. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.30 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of Dogs:What Happened Next.(PG R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys. (PG, R) 11.05 Icons. (Man, R) 12.00 SuchWas Life.(R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 FragileBlackHeart. (Ml) 2.40 The Cook Up.(R) 3.10 Such Was Life. 3.20 Oleg: The Oleg VidovStory 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised 1.45 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.15 CatchPhrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.35 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles: Vietnam. (PGav,R)NickKnowles explores Vietnam by rail.

8.30 Secrets Of TheTowerOf London. (PGa, R) It is atime of sadness forthe staff and Yeoman Warders when the death of Queen Elizabeth II is announced.

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency:Tales Of TheUnexpected. (Mal, R) A45-year-old is rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre after dislocating her ankle on afun run.

10.15 SBSWorld NewsLate. 10.45 Of MoneyAnd Blood. (MA15+l)

12.40 Sisi (Mav,R)

2.30 MarryMe, MarryMyFamily.(PG, R) 4.30 Peer To Peer.(PG, R) 5.00 NHKWorld English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGav)

7.30 Dream Home. (PGal) TheQueensland teams get to see their fully transformeddream homes.

9.10 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. (Premiere,Mav) Membersof Philadelphia PD’s Missing Persons Unit investigate the abduction of achild

10.10 S.W.A.T. (Mv) The team races to thwart aterror attack.

11.10 TheLatest: SevenNews.

11.40 Evil By Design:Roots Of Evil. (Malv,R)Part1of3

12.40 TheEvent. (Mav, R)

1.35 Kochie’s BusinessBuilders. (R)

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9NewsMorning. 12.00 MOVIE: ABridesmaid In Love. (2022, G, R) Tori Anderson, Sean Poague. 2.00 Pointless. (PG,R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Do YouWant To Live Forever. (PGam)Part 2of4

8.40 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth: Shock. (PGa)Chris Hemsworthheadstothe icyArctic in his search forhealth and longevity 9.40 FootyClassified. (M)Hosted by Craig Hutchison, MatthewLloyd Caroline Wilson and Kane Cornes.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 La Brea. (Mav)

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.00 Pointless (PG, R)

2.00 Hello SA (PG)

Global Shop (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer

6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch of amateurcooks competes. 8.40 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns)Celebrity panellists compete to see who canremember the most aboutevents of theweek. 9.40 AaronChenComedy Special. (PGal, R) Astand-up comedy performance of Aaron Chen’s IfWeren’tFilmed, NobodyWouldBelieveshow. 10.35 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather. 11.00 TheProject (R) Alook at the day’snews. 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch.

6am MorningPrograms. 9.00

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 VICE Sports. 10.30 Most Expensivest. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Beyond Oak Island. 2.05 Cook Up Bitesize. 2.10 Insight 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.25 Underground Worlds. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Jimmy Carr’s ILiterally Just Told You. 9.25 Tiny Beautiful Things. 10.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92,81)

Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country 6.30 BargainHunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.30 Railroad Australia 11.30 Late Programs. 6am MorningPrograms. 10.00 Skippy. 10.30 Pointless.

5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Grantchester 9.50 Coroner 10.50 Late Programs.

6am Black Narcissus. Continued. (1947, PG) 6.50 LastChance Harvey. (2008,PG) 8.35 Young Girls Of Rochefort. (1967,PG, French) 10.55 Black Box. (2021, M, French) 1.20pm Baby Done. (2020, M) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.30 The World’sFastestIndian. (2005,PG) 5.50 Footy Legends. (2006,PG) 7.30 Shaolin Soccer.(2001, PG, Cantonese) 9.35 North Sea. (2021, M, Norwegian) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73,64) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums. 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.35 Motown Magic 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40

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With Fire. (2019,PG) 3.00 Bewitched. 3.30

House 4.00 Kenan. 4.30 TheAddamsFamily 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 TheNanny 7.00 YoungSheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Riddick. (2013, MA15+) 11.00 Seinfeld. Midnight LoveIsland USA 1.00 LifeAfter Lockup 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Sprintcar Series. Final. H’lights. 2.00 Motor Racing. AustRally C’ship Forest Rally.H’lights. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Support 3.30 Nature Gone Wild. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under 9.30 Appalachian Outlaws. 10.30 Late Programs.

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ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of DogsXmas. (PG, R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys. (PG, R) 11.05 Icons. (Malv,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Inside Air Force One. (Ma, R) 3.00 LivingBlack. (R) 3.35 Such WasLife. (Final,PG) 3.45 The Cook Up.(R) 4.15 Scenic CoastalWalks With Kate Humble.(PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.45 SurveillanceOz. (PG,R) 2.15 CatchPhrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

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7.30 Who Do YouThink You Are? Heather Ewart. (PGa) HeatherEwart explores her roots. 8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchiexplores how more older couplesare getting divorced and at the possible impactofthis trend. 9.30 Dateline: Sleuths Of Seoul. A look at SouthKorea’s obsession with true crime. 10.00 SBSWorld NewsLate 10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.00 Unbroken. (Malv) 12.40 Miniseries: The Night Logan Woke Up (MA15+dv,R) 3.00 Rosemary’sWay.(PGavw, R) 4.25 Peer To Peer.(PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour:SingaporeBitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight

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Snowgoersurgedtoprepareforconditions

VICTORIA Police are urging snow goers to be prepared after thousands of vehicles were turned back last year due to lack of preparation.

More than 3600 vehicles were turned around by police and authorised officersatMtHotham alone for lackingthe necessary wheel chains essential for driving in snowy conditions.

Victoria Police and authorised officers will again conduct random vehiclechecks on roads leading to alpine resorts, adopting azero-tolerance policy for any unprepared travellers.

Wheel chains are vital for navigating snowy or icy roadsand can be the difference between staying safe on the road or sliding off and being involved in aserious incident.

It is alegal requirement to carry suitable wheel chains at all times duringthe snowseason and to install them when instructed. Failure to carry chains may result in a$370fine, while not fitting them could lead to a$970penalty.

Visitors heading to Victoria’s snowfields, includingMtBuller, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Mt Baw Baw, Lake Mountain, and Mt Stirling can expect to see aheavy police presenceacross key roads and resorts.

This includes local police, highway patrol, heavy vehicle unit,liquorlicencingand alpine police, patrolling all routes to and within alpine resorts this season.

Theseofficers haveundertaken specific training in alpine areas in the lead up to snow season, ensuring they are well placed to maintain public order on the slopes,respond to incidents, and conduct search and rescue missions.

Think ahead: With snowseason here,Victoria Police areurgingthose travelling to skiresorts to be prepared. Photograph supplied

Last year, police responded to 19 search and rescue events during lastyear’s snowseason, including eight at Falls Creek, seven at Mt Hotham and four at Mt Buller.

On Friday, June10, 2023, an 18-year-old man had aluckyescape afterhis vehicle drove off a cliff at Mt Buller. His vehicle came to rest on its sideand was preventedfrom sliding further down

the mountain after being stopped by trees. With a combined effort from police, SES, CFA, Fire Rescue Victoria, Ambulance Victoriaand alocal towing company, the vehicle was secured, and the driver taken to safety.

Last year, police caught several drivers over the legal alcohol limit and drug drivers.

In July last year, police intercepted aprivate 22 seat bus at Mt Buller. The driver returned a blood alcohol reading (BAC) over the legal limit and returned apositive drug test.

Other key safetytipsfor those headingtothe snow include:

 Ensure your car’s radiator is filled with anti-freeze and if diesel use Alpine Mix;

 Drive cautiously with gradual pressure on the accelerator to avoid wheel spin;

 Brake gently and avoid unnecessary gear changes;

 Maintain asafe braking distance from vehicles in front, especially in poor visibility;

 Let someone know where you are going and how long you will be;

 Regularly check weather and snow conditions as conditions can change quickly, and;

 If lost -stop,seek shelter, call Triple Zero (000) and wait.

EnergyAus Yallourn announces grant recipients

ENERGYAUSTRALIA Yallourn has announced therecipients of its community grants program, which will be distributed within the LatrobeValley. Atotal of $30,000 in grants this round will go to Gippsland Immigration Park Inc, 304 Army Cadet Unit-Newborough, Gippsland Community Radio Society Co-operative Ltd, Trafalgar Men’s Shed Incorporated, Moe Art Society Inc, and the Newborough East Primary School.

EnergyAustralia head of Yallourn, Greg McIntyre, said being apart of the LatrobeValley community wasone of the most important parts of the role.

“We’ve been part and parcel of this community for the past 100 years, we live and work here; we are partofthe Valleyand there is nothingmore rewarding than being able to give back," he said.

“These grants are goingtowards improving walkwaysatthe Immigration Park so they can

be used by people with mobility issues. The Army cadetsare usingittobuy anew trailer. There will be new equipment purchased to enhance community radio broadcasting, and awardsfor schools participating in the local art show. The Newborough East Primary School run abreakfast club for students, and this will go towardsmeeting the needs to running such an important service!

“There’s some brilliant work being undertaken

in the community, and the team at Yallourn have loved seeing the results of these grants, where grassroots organisationscan better serve the community.”

Each year, Yallourn provides more than $125,000 in community grants and small localised sponsorships aimed at making apositive contribution to the Latrobe Valley.

Visit energyaustralia.com.au/grants for more information.

Moe runner stuns crowd with Sale win

HORSERACING

By TOM HAYES

SALE Turf Club heldaneight-racemeeting on Tuesday, June 11 with ahandful of local and surrounding talent coming to try their trade.

It was awet day for all involved, with the track rated aSoft 7tostart proceedings, before downgrading to aHeavy 8for the final four races.

Don'tRussia for Moe trainer CriagBlackshaw did the region proud, winning Race 4's Fantasy Cocktails Maiden Plate over 1112 metres in staggering fashion.

Paying $81, it was highly unlikely that Don't Russia would have any chance in this one, but as they say, anything can happen in amaiden plate.

Sticking with the leaders throughout the majority of the race, it was expected that the two-year-old filly would drop off as the race progressed. But he stuck firm at the front in his debut run.

With just the leader ahead of him, Don't Russia also found asecond gear, charging to the front on the home straight, passingthe well-backed favourite, Supervise.

Up the inside, Don't Russia found victory on debut, winning by alength.

IN other races, I'm Dynamite for Sale's Susie Wells climbed to the top in the Race 8Ladbroke It! Handicap (1427m).

Well-backed at $3.60, the five-year-old gelding held firm as the race began, taking his place at the rear of the midfield.

He began to catch his stride as the race progressed, moving up the order as the field rounded the bend onto the main straight.

Sitting behind the leader, charging to the line, I'm Dynamite launched up the outside before finding clearair andhitting the finish linefirst, two lengths clear of anyone else.

It was the gelding's first win since back-to-back victories in July last year; since then he had only picked up four placings.

Now with three wins to his name, all have come on soft or heavy tracks, showing favour to those specifically.

Social Consciencefor Blackshaw filed in third.He was right in the thickofitfor most of the race, never reallymakinganimpressiononthe lead however. IT was verynearly two consecutive wins,when Norma's Fleet for Sale'sKerry Farrugia ran second in theRace7Fantasy CocktailsHandicap (1744m)

LikeI'm Dynamite, Norma'sFleetenduredmost of her run from the midfield/off pace position. She kicked hard early to jointhe leaders around the halfway mark, before it looked as if she would begin to file further back in the pack.

With horses making their way forward, it would be ahard ask for Norma's Fleet to win as they roundedthe bend, butshe found another gear, shooting back up the order on the main straight.

In the final 400m, Norma's Fleet was making a serious impression on those ahead, charging past the horses in fourth, third and eventually second, with only the leader, Little Jack, ahead of her.

But the line came fast at her, as she had to settle for second place, just half-a-length behind the eventual winner, Little Jack.

For the least-favoured horse on the track, paying $21, it was an exceptional run, and she might be favoured over alonger distance in the future.

BAIRNSDALE'S Jackson Pallot got close to a place, when Highland Blaze finished fourthin the Race 6Gippsland Funeral Services Handicap (2244m).

Highland Blaze had adecent run, coming second as they entered the final kilometre, but filing back to fourth as the field spread further and rounded onto the straight. By that point, the leader was closer to the line, as

the top-two finished more than 10 lengths ahead of third.

HighlandBlazehad to settle for fourth, only marginally however, 0.4 lengths behind aplacing position.

Also during Race 6, Shesablinder for Moe's Charlie Gafa finished seventh, it what was adifficult race for anybody outside the top-two.

RACE 5's Kwik Tip Bins Handicap (1212m) saw three Moe-trained horses in the field, with one of those making abigger impression than others.

The favourite, Struck Gold, was aclear winner, leaving the rest of the field scrambling for the final two places.

In prime position was Superset, who led for just about the entire race, before falling at the last hurdle, however stillsecuringsecond–two lengths behind the lead.

Third and fourth finishers camefroma long way back, the back of the field to be exact. Abaddon finished third,after climbingback from ninth, while Pride Of Galway for Moe's Lenny Zuereb came fourth, just half-a-length shy of third.

Pride Of Galway came from seven back to secure aplace, passing four horses on the way to the line in afrantic finish.

Also within the field was Sharper for Moe's Mick Templeton, who cameninth, andJoltin' Joe for Moe's Paul and Tracey Templeton, who came last of 10 runners.

NOT one horse trained locally or from asurrounding region competed in the first three races of the day.

Race 1's Ecycle Solutions Maiden Hurdle(3296m) was won comfortably by Treasured Crown for Greg Eurell, with the favourite losingtheir way right at the very end.

Aphotofinish in the Race2Ecycle Solutions Hurdle (3296m) separated the top-two horses. Sky Hero for Amy McDonald won the chocolates, anose ahead of Pure Deal.

Finally, Race 3's Ecycle Solutions Steeplechase (3296m) came down to atwo-horse race.

As they turned for home, just The Mighty Spar and Carnamahlooked likethey could win, with the former prevailing by just under two lengths.

System improvements to benefit greyhound health

GREYHOUND RACING

THE welfare of Victoria’sgreyhounds will be improved and systems will be made more transparent thanks to the state government’s support for the new Whole of Life Digital Tracking Program.

Minister for Racing, Anthony Carbines, recently announced more than$2million in funding for the program, which will take the location and health of registered greyhounds and record it on one consolidateddigital platform from birth, throughouttheir racing career and into retirement and rehoming.

“We are backing GreyhoundRacing Victoria to improve itsoversightofagreyhound’s health

throughout their life, as part of our work to continually improve welfare outcomesfor all animals,”

Minister Carbines said.

“This system will revolutionise the way that registered greyhounds are tracked across the industry, providing real-time updates on the status of an animal at every key touch point.”

This will improve animal welfare by ensuring transparent and accurateaccounting of every Victoriangreyhound at allstages of theirlifecycle.

Tracking information will include detailson birth, microchipping, vaccinations, trainers and ownership. Information will be captured directly from owners, trainers, vets, greyhound racing clubs and other Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) staff

to build agreater understanding of agreyhound’s medical history throughout their life.

This data is currently collected manually and sits across multiple platforms, requiring significant efforts to maintain records and preventing people from viewing agreyhound’s status in real-time.

Thisnew platform will eliminate the need for these manual processes. The state government is providingmore than $1.6milliontothe project, with GRV also contributing $418,000. This investment deliversonthe state government’s commitment to implement awhole of life digital tracking system for greyhounds.

“The digital greyhound tracking program will leverage existing capability and programs and

introduce asuite of opportunities to increase the number of check-in pointsrequired forthe tracking of registeredgreyhounds throughout their life,” GRV chief executive Stuart Laing said.

“With the support of the Victorian government, this program will further improve GRV’s capabilities to monitor, track and assure the welfare of Victorian greyhounds.”

Design and planning for the program is currently underway, with the new system expectedtobe rolled out in phases.

The greyhound racing industry in Victoria generates $643millionfor the economy andhelps sustain more than 4700 full-time equivalent local jobs.

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Unbelievable: Don’t Russia forMoe’s Craig Blackshawput in aremarkablerun to win Race 4atSale lastweek, paying astaggering $81 goingin.

Photograph: ScottBarbour/Racing Photos

Local sporting clubs receive grants

SPORT

By TOM HAYES

THE state government is backing grassroots sporting clubs to break down barriers to participation and get more Victorians involved in local sport.

Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence, announced last week that the latest round of the Sporting ClubGrants Programhas more than 400 grants of up to $4000, going to local clubs across the state.

"We're backing more clubs, volunteers and athletes across Victoria with grants to help them grow participation and serve their community in away that matter to locals," Minister Spence said.

"These grants are opening up arange of opportunities on and off the field and ensuring clubs have the resources they need to encourage everyone to get involved in grassroots sports."

The Sporting Club Grants Program provides grants to clubs for uniforms and equipment that improve accessibility and engagement,projects that strengthen volunteering and officiating, new sport or recreation programs to inspire more people to get involved, and supportfor athlete travel to competitions.

Sporting clubs receiving Round 1, Category1 grantsfor on-field uniforms or equipment are Boolarra Bowls and Recreation Club, Boolarra Football-Netball Club (netball), Churchill Bowls Club, Grey Street Netball Club, Melita Netball Club, Morwell Baseball Club, Trafalgar Victory FC (soccer), Churchill Hockey Club, and Latrobe Valley Badminton Association.

Traralgon Olympians Soccer Club and the GlengarryFNC receivedaCategory2grant for volunteers and officials.

Receiving aCategory3 grant for access and engagement was the Latrobe ValleyHockey Association.

Category 4recipients for competitors included Sale and Traralgon Amateur Basketball Associations,CommandoSkydivers (parachuting), and the Morwell Croquet Club.

Sale Amateur Basketball Association will put their Category 4grant towards 15-year-oldPhoenix Coxfrom Heyfield,who playsfor SaleSonics Under 16 Boys.

Cox is apartofthe State DevelopmentProgram, whichrequires him to travel to the Latrobe Valley twice aweek fortrainingwithstate coaches. He alsoplays in the Victorian Junior Basketball League, which requires travel to Melbourne on most Fridays, and on Sundays he represents the Victoria Country squad.

"This grant is to assist with the costs of extensive

travel so (Cox) can continue to pursue his dream of one day playing for Australia," Sale Sonics Under 16 Boys coach, Jo Crawford-Wynd said.

"(Cox) is an exciting talent, building areputation for his elite defence. He has the best job of playing on the opposition's best player every week because he has both pace and height, (and) can guard all positions... through to (the) four.

Coxhad knee surgeryatthe start of 2024, which hindered hischances of making the final Victoria Country team, but he has bounced back with immediate effect.

"(Cox's) work ethic and dedication coming out of surgery has been fantastic to witness -he's back scoringinthe vicinity of 20 points against the best teamsinthe state in VJBL and he showed at the National Junior Classic... that he is back in form and abletomatch it with the best," Crawford-Wynd said.

The Sale Sonics also had another Under 18 player, Tayli Dimarco, who represented Sale at statelevel. Shereceived aSporting Club Grant in the previous round for her selection into the Victoria Country Under 18 Girls team.

In this round, the program is also investingin local athletes to help them represent Victoria on the world stage. TheAustralian Deaf Sports Federation received $3000for the travel and accommodation costsoffour Victorian athletes representing Australia at the 2024 World Deaf Golf Championships in August.

Since 2015, the Sporting Club Grants Program has invested more than$16.7 million to support thousands of community sport and recreation clubs across the state, helping grow grassroots sport and recreation and ensuring clubs have the skills and resources they need to succeed.

For more information on the grants and afull listofrecipients, visit sport.vic.gov.au/funding/ sporting-club-grants-program

Yeomans wins big eventtoclose DrouinSpeedway season

SPEEDWAY

BY DEAN THOMPSON

ATERRIFIC crowdand aterrific day recently ended Drouin Speedway’s season.

Fans came to see the Standard Saloon Eliminator Cup and the Demolition Derby, and they did not leave disappointed, seeing victory to Moe's Jack Yeomans.

The action was tight across six qualifying heats as drivers set atargetofatop-eight feature race start to try to avoid early elimination in the ‘Eliminator Cup.’

AndrewMiles from Pakenham won the first heat race by just .441 of asecond from Latrobe Valley driver, Kane Gibson with Yeomans third.

Andy Evans was more convincing in his first heat, winning by more than four seconds ahead of Matt Leek and Owen Cecil from Poowong.

Cecilthen won the nextrace as he defeated Yeomans, Miles and Traralgon’s Jack Braz.

Another from the Latrobe Valley was awinner in Heat 4infront of Bunyip’s Jeff Blencowe and Leigh Gooding from Yinnar. Leek,another from Pakenham, claimed victory in Heat5fromCecil and Gibson, while Yeomans rounded out the qualifying Over 28 laps, the Elimination Cup removesdrivers at stages until afinal eight drivers remain to do battle for the last portion of the race. Yeomans, who had been in terrific form behind the wheel, qualified from thefrontwith Cecil, Miles and Leek behind them.

Miles, Leek, Blencowe, Braz, Gooding and Aaron Cormack the final eight.

Junior Standard Salooncompetitionattracted six youngsters to the pit paddock for the days racing. Ella Sheedy began well when she made apass late in heat race one to get by Cooper Joynson to take the lead.

Traralgon’s Tom Braz finishedinthird, two thirds of alap behind the front two who crossedthe finish line just .391 of asecond apart.

Sheedy won Heat 2inmuch easier fashion from CooperJoynson androokieracer Ashton Joynson. Making it aclean sweep in the heat races, Sheedy won aclose one ahead of Braz in the third heat with Cooper Joynson in third.

In the final, agreat start from Cooper Joynson put him in front while Braz passed Sheedy early. Braz and Sheedy battled each other while Joynson had the front to himself. Sheedy passed Braz again for second on Lap 5and the top three put alap on the field. Joynson went on to win from Sheedy, Braz, Ella Robertson and Grace Evans to round out the top five.

Mark Sweet did not last more than four laps and was first to go before eliminations were due.

Haiden Boyes, arookie,and Kane Gibson also were out early.

At around the nine-lap stage, Cecil passed Yeomans to take the lead, and just four laps later Yeomans hit the front again.

Blencowe and Evansrounded outthe top starters, and from the green flag, Yeomans was on the move with Cecil behind.

At Lap 16 due to elimination, Evans,Anthony Murray, Ashley Cormack, and Andrew Cormack had their race finished. Braz passed Aaron Cormack on Lap 16 for seventhplaceand Leek, who had been passed by BlencoweonLap 1reversed positions with him on Lap 17 for fourth.

Braz passed legend Gooding on Lap 25, and a few laps later Yeomans sealed the win from Cecil,

In Ladies racing, Bree Walker one of the standouts of the Ladies season, and began the day with awin in Heat 1byahugemarginbefore winning again in Heat 2and three.

Walker led everylap in the 10-lapfinalwith Warragulwoman CarolineAlleninsecond,however setting afaster one lap time during the race as she fell .616 short of taking the win.

MaddisonMiles from Catani was third,with TasharniMurraythe only other to finish in fourth.

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Helping hand: Heyfield’sPhoenix Coxwill receivefunding forhis basketball career Photograph supplied

Class: Moe’s JackYeomans wonthe Eliminator Cup in StandardSaloon racing at Drouin Speedway Photograph supplied

Recognising regional sporting talent

GIPPSTAR

MORE than 200 guests attended the 27th Annual Gippsland Sports Academy Awards Nightrecently

Held at the Morwell BowlingClubConvention Centre, the event recognised and celebrated the graduation and achievements of athletes in nine sports over the preceding 12 months.

Atotal of 181 young Gippsland athletes were in attendance and receivedgraduationcertificates on the night from their respectiveprogram’scoaches.

This year, Gippstar wasdelighted to welcome Race Walker and Olympian, Rhydian Cowley as guest speaker.Cowley has strong family ties with Gippsland,and is on the way to Paris for the Olympics.

There werefive major awards presented this year:

 THE winner of the Phil Shelley Award was Dan Auteri of Traralgon.

Over the past few years, Dan has volunteered his time with the Gippsland Sports Academy Swim Program.

Sincethe opening of Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre, Dan is the personwho arranges the timingdevices, touch padsand soundsystem. He was instrumental in securing the extended scoreboard throughcouncil for the recent Country ChampionshipsheldinTraralgon.

 THE recipient of the Rising Star Award was Lucas Furlan of Traralgon.

Lucaswill be provided with funding throughthe Gippsland Sports Academy to assist in his future preparations for his sport of Clay Target Shooting

The 17-year-old was selectedonthe Shooting Australia ISSF Junior World Championship Team that competed in South Korea in July last year.

He recentlycompeted in the New Zealand Junior ISSF Trap World Championship, makinganopen final Lucas is currently in the Shooting Australia Pathwaysquad. At an international level, Lucas has won aGold medal in the teams event (Australian

He attended the World UniversalTrap ChampionshipsinSpain as part of the Australian Under 21 Team. The teamwas successful in defending their World Championship Title from last year, winning the Gold medal.

 THE Tim Forsyth Award was won by Ash Nicholes of Traralgon.

Ash swims for Traralgon Swimming Club.

The 17-year-old is having an amazing swim season, with so many achievements that it is hard to highlight just afew.

With five solid years of training and preparation, Ash hasachieved some amazingpersonal best times, and trained with some of the best programs in the state.

His desire to compete and willingness to better himself is atrue testament to his passion and competitivenature, that has seen Ash achieve his goals this season.

The outside world will only see the final results, but what they don’t see is the preparation and work that goes into ahigh achieving athlete.

 THE David Drane Award was won by Zakari Shieffelbein of Bairnsdale.

Zak plays for Swan Reach Hockey Club.

The 15-year-oldhas acan-do attitude,isattentive, and gives 110 per cent every session.

Under 21 team) at the World Championships for Universal Trap in Spain; andaBronze medal in individual section (Under 21s) at the World Championships for UniversalTrap in Spain. At anationallevel, Lucas is the Australian Junior Champion (Under 21s).

 THE Darrell White Award was awarded to Leila Roberts of Maffra, who plays for Swan Reach Hockey Club.

Leila's achievements include making the Hockey Victoria Under 18s academy program at the age of 15 (state), and selection in the Gippsland Bulls U16 Girls representative team in 2023 (regional).

Honour: Olympian Rydian Cowleywas guest speaker at theGippsland SportAcademy awards night.

Up andcomer: Traralgon shooterLucasFurlan,pictured withMember forMorwell, Martin Cameron wasthe recipient of theRising Star Award. Photographs supplied

Great work: Traralgon swimmerAsh Nicholes pictured with GSAChair,SandraTimmerArends,won the TimForsyth Award.

Congratulations: DanAuteri, pictured with awardnamesake,PhilShelley.

Man himself: Leila Robertspictured with theaward’s namesake, Darrell White.

Micah makes the cut

OLYMPICS SOCCER

BY TOM HAYES

THE 23-playerMatildas squad has made it’s final cut down to 18 players for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Among those on the plane to Paris in the near future is former Moe Unitedjunior, TeaganMicah.

Travelling with the 18 selected girls will be four injury reserves, who willbebrought into theteam if injury strikes.

Some bignames were left out, including Sam Kerr, who is continuing to recover from an ACL injury she sustained earlier in the year.

Being agoalkeeper, it was always going to be difficult for Micah to make an impression in a position which fields one player on the pitch. Shewill sit second in line however to starting goalkeeperand WestHam Unitedcaptain, Mackenzie Arnold.

Micah should find her way into the starting 11 if Arnold happens to get injured, or if Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson decides to rotate players most likely during the group stage.

“This has been an incredibly challenging squad to select with so many quality players competing fiercely for limited spots,”Gustavssontold Fox Sports

“It has been amethodical process over the past couple of years to reach this point, and each of the players selected bring unique and beneficial

qualities to our team that will be vital for our Paris 2024 campaign.”

The Matildas weredrawninto Group B, and will face Germany (July 26, 3am AEST), Zambia (July 29, 3am), and the United States (August 1, 3am), in hopes of progressing to the knockout stages.

The two women’s quarter finals are scheduled to take place across August 3and 4, and the semi finals August 7. If the Matildas make it all the way to the medalgames, the Bronze medalmatch will be on August 9at11pm, and theGoldmedalmatch will take place on August 11 at 1am.

The Matildasrecently faced China across two friendly matches, the first at Adelaide Oval, and the second at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Micah didn’t feature in thesquadfor the first friendly in Adelaide, which resulted in a1-all draw.

Shereturned to the squad for the second friendly anumberofdayslater, sitting on the bench while Arnold and Lydia Williams weregiven arun in a2-nil win.

Now, Paris awaits.

Boarding pass: Former MoeUnitedjunior

Teagan Micah is on theway to Parisfor the Olympics File photograph

MelbournescoresfirstMysticswin

BY TOM HAYES

THIRTEETH time lucky.

After 12 consecutive losses to start the WNBA season, the Washington Mystics finally recorded their first win of the season lastWednesday (June 12).

Having her hand in the win over Atlanta Dream wasTraralgon'sJade Melbourne,who was traded to the capital city from Seattle at the start of the season. Melbourne only featured for seven minutes during the Mystics' win, but she has racked up minutes and stuffed the stat sheet regularly. Still starting from the bench, Melbourne had one of her best games at WNBA level against the New York Liberty on Monday, June 10. She played14minutes off the bench, yet scored a team-high 21 points in the narrow five-point loss. Melbourne also recorded an assist and arebound for her efforts. With agreat deal of the season still to play,

Melbourne has plenty of time to continue to make an impression and potentially grant herself astart on the Mystics' roster.

The Mystics picked up asecond win shortly after their first, defeatingthe Chicago Sky, 83-81. BY all means it has been awhirlwind couple of months for Moe's Jaz Shelley.

From getting drafted to the WNBA, to getting cut only amatter of weeks later, she had to find away to move on.

Recently she signed for the Ballarat Miners in the NBL1Women's, whichshe may use to get back up to speed with the Australian game.

She hasplayed two gamesfor the Minersat the time of print, winning both and averaging 11 points (per game), six rebounds, and 3.5 assists from about 26 minutes on court.

But she hasmadeafurther commitment to GeelongUnited, becoming their first signing ahead of their inaugural season.

Shelley has ties to Geelong, previously playing for their NBL1 Women's sidein2019 before beginning her college journey.

Faltum included in Victoria squad

LOCALcricketer Nicole Faltum has again been included in the Victorian Women's Squad.

Cricket Victoria recently announced its women’s squad for 2024/25, with Faltum, along with Bairnsdale's Sophie Molineux in the line-up.

Faltum (who plays club cricket for Dandenong) regainedher Cricket Australia contract following astrongdomestic season for the Melbourne Stars behindstumps and in Australia’s tour of Bangladesh, all at just 24-years-of-age.

Faltum also plays in the Women’s Cricket Super League in England for Sussex, and has played for Victoria since 2017/18.

Faltumplayed juniorand senior cricket for Trafalgar Cricket Club growing up, as well as women's cricket for Morwell.

The keeper has strong ties to the region, regularly returning home to help promote women's cricket in Gippsland.

Comingfrom acricketing family, her dad Anthony still plays Saturday club cricket in Trafalgar's lower grades, and veterans cricket on Sunday's.

Applications open for boatingaccess grants

BOATING

THE state government is making it easier and more accessible for boaters to enjoy aday out of the water, with new grants for ramp managers to upgrade boat ramps across the state.

Minister for Outdoor Recreation,Steve Dimopoulos recently announced applications are now open for the latestround of the state government’s Recreational Boating Access and

Dredging Grants, made possible through the Better Boating Fund.

Grants of up to $150,000 will support organisations that manage public boat ramps across Victoria to upgrade existing facilities so that boat rampsare more accessible at arangeoftides and plan for future dredging works.

This program is funded through the reinvestment of recreational boating licence fees and

vessel registrations back into programsand projects thatimprove boating for everyone across Victoria.

The grants will be overseen by Better Boating Victoria,which is progressingthe state’s biggest ever boat ramp construction program and continuing to ensure launchingand parking is free at all of Victoria’s public ramps.

Tooradin boat ramp has benefited from better

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grants.

An eligible organisation may submit multiple applications for consideration.

For more information and to apply, head to betterboating.vic.gov.au

Mitchell Kelly turns 9

TUESDAY18JUNE

Koby Cunningham turns 12

SATURDAY 22 JUNE

Archie Shaw turns 9

Scarlett Hutchinson turns 8

Bryce Symes turns 8

WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE

Brax Tondut turns 12

Claire McLaren turns 9

SUNDAY 23 JUNE

Imogen Hunter turns 8

CRICKET

Superstar: Local cricketerNicole Faltum has againwon aplace in the statesquad. File photograph

National Champ has aspring in his step

ATHLETICS

By ERIKA ALLEN

Question: What are your legs?

Answer: Steel springs.

Q: What are they going to do?

A: Hurl me down the track.

Q: How fast?

A: Like aLeopard.

JAMES Denton, a15-year-old sprinter and the nation’s freshest Under16Men’s 400-metre champion, may just embody this saying.

The Warragul wunderkindhas trained and represented the Moe LittleAthleticsClubsince taking up athletics eight years ago.

Over the 2023/24 Australian summer athletics season,James walked away from three national levelevents with the same number of Gold medals.

He even won Gold at the January Colgate North Island Games held in New Zealand.

But April wasthe sprinter’s biggest monthonthe calendar by far, and was capped off by winning a Gold medal in the Men’s15Years 400m at the Coles Little Athletics Championships held in Adelaide at theend of April.

He was the fastest of seven competitors representing Australia’s Little Aths clubs across the line in 51.63 seconds.

Jameswas backing up another golden run in the Under 14 Men’s 400m at the Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships,alsoin Adelaide.

You could call the 400m James’ pet event -he likes it because it’s challenging.

At the Australian Athletics Championships, Jamescruised to poleposition in the first of two heats, qualifying for the final with atimeof52.21 seconds.

James stepped onto the South Australia Athletics Stadium track at 1.15pm the next day, in conditions different from running under lights in the heats the night before.

James said winning the Gold medal felt “incredibly satisfying”. However,surprise came before elation.

The final would come to be encapsulated in James’ ownterm-“challenging”. Not justbecausethe 400m event is the grittiest test of speed and endurance, but because he had to chase the title to the line.

As the athletes tooktheir mark, commentator Nick Wall predicted -and James would later prove wrong -that one of his Victorian compatriots and defending champion, Matthew Milias, would take out the title onlytobebeaten if anothercompetitor ran astronger 300m split.

James started from lane six, while Matthew started behind him in lane five. Although James posted one of the quickest 300m splits -about 38 seconds -hehad work to do off the last bend because Milias was the first to hit the 300m mark.

Milias was leading and looked like asure winner with50, 20, and even10metres to go. However,

finishingwithimpeccable technique, James’ tall figure loomed and could be seen movingmore efficiently, smoothly, and comfortably.

With legs likesteel springs, Jameshurled his body towards the line, running over the top of Milias in what was aphoto finish.

To the human eye, determining the winner was aflip of the coin. Wall’s call that, “Milias will take the title!”boomed over the speaker but was quickly met with uncertainty.

“I don’t know about that, Nick -that was aclose finish,” another commentator replied.

As aslow-motion replay captured the photo finish and the official resultsaired on the big screen, James looked shocked, having already congratulated Milias and waited seconds for the results to appear.

“James Denton is your national champion” rang out across the stadium.

The clock stopped in 50.39 seconds as James crossed the line, beating his Victorian compatriot, who had led the race from the beginning by 0.01 seconds.

“Initially, Iwas in shock, however when it sunk in, Iwas very proud of myselfand that allmytraining was worth it,” James said.

At the finishline, Jameswas emphatically embraced by his brother Benjamin before he looked to the camera in disbelief and shook his head.

But as abright smile crossed his face, alook of pride shone through.

James certainly has alot to be proud of. Among his achievements in the athletics season, James also won asilvermedal at the Little Athletics Championshipsinthe 15 Years200m. He was awarded the Gippsland Sports Academy Junior Gippstar Award for the monthofNovemberin2023.

In December 2023, he won Gold at the Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships that were held in Perth.

James said he hopes to pursue athletics on a global level, with the ambition to compete at the World Junior Championships in the individual 400m and team 4x400m relay events. He also said securing ascholarship to studyand compete at the college level in America is another goal.

So,watch the athleticsspace becauseJames Denton may soon be more than anational junior champion.

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Shock: Asweet ending to agutsyrun by James Denton sawhim win by awhisker in a time of 50.39 seconds

Golden: MoeLittleAthletics Clubmember, James Denton wonGoldatthe Australian Athletics Championships in the Men’s U16 400m Photographs supplied

Proud: James is embraced by his brother Benjamin afterhewas announced as the champion.

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Please note this is afull-time permanent position and does not offer 'remote working' or 'work from home' opportunities.

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Experienced Operator/Technician

If youare an experiencedoperator, and wouldliketojoin adiverseteam, be well rewardedwithgreat salaryand benefits, then this is theopportunityfor you! About us

LoyYang Bisanelectricity generator located in the picturesque LatrobeValley currently supplying 20% of Victoria’s power.Weare owned by Chow TaiFook Enterprises (CTFE) and belong to the Alinta Energy family,agrowing and innovative energy market disrupter

We arefocused on increasing plant performance, efficiency and flexibility and areinsearch of people with expertise and experiencetocontribute to innovativenew projects.

We arecommitted to increasing workforce diversity and creatinganenvironment wherepeoplewith newideasfeelempowered to speakupand explorewhatis possible

We constantly strive to understand and meet broad community expectations regarding environmental management,health, safety and good corporate citizenship.

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Competitive salaryand benefits.

Generous superannuation, contributions above the superannuation guarantee or membership of aDefined Benefit Scheme.

Flexible workingarrangements to balance your work, life and play (base 36-hour,4day workweek during the initial training period of 4months,2 x 12-hour shift work) post training. Above awardannual leave entitlements.

Fast-tracked training program to Senior PanelOperator(Unit Controller) level.

Access to further development opportunities to continue to grow leadership and technical skills that arehighly transferable throughout industry.

Enjoy close proximity to great regional communities of Traralgon, Warragul and Sale, access to alpine regions and snow,expansive beaches, wilderness escapes and leading schools.

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Responsible for the safe control andoperation of LoyYang ‘B’ unit(s) and associated plant,within limits, for maximum efficiency and availabilitywhile maintaining environmental compliance.

Monitorequipmentconditions, diagnose problems, report abnormalconditions and take corrective action.

Carryout regular plant inspections and take plant readings.

Read, interpret and implement complex technical information including drawings, manufacturer data and operating and maintenance procedures. Lead, develop and mentor other Operator/Technicians including the development and deliveryoftraining modules.

Perform routine and breakdown maintenance within your level of knowledge. What you’ll need

Evidence of successful completion of an approved electrical utilitypower plant operator training program. High risk licence for advanced boiler and turbine.

Knowledge of system construction, capacities,limitations, theories of operation and operating procedures, plant design and valving configurations.

Knowledge of permit procedures for safe access to plant

Demonstrated experience as apanel operator in charge of alarge-scale boiler/turbine unit within acoalfired power station.

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JOURNALIST

The Gippsland Times and Latrobe Valley Express arelooking for ajournalist to join our team.

This is afantastic opportunity for you to contribute to the communities in our region.

The role will include general news reporting in aregion with awealth of stories to be told about current challenges and future opportunities in addition to the normal story telling expected of alocal newspaper serving its community

The ideal candidate will: Have relevanttertiaryqualifications

Have great communication skills, both verbal and written

Be able to write punchy,informative and exciting stories on arange of subjects

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Be motivated with acommitment to accuracy and quality reporting

The position will be based in Sale.

The successful applicant will report to the Editor

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Applications close: Friday, 19th July 2024.

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FARMER, Charles Robert (Charlie). Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at LRH, 11 June 2024. Aged 88 years Loved and loving husband of Beryl for over 66 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Shiralee and Marcello, James and Christine, and Paul and Rhonda. Adored granddad to all his grandchildren, great grandchildren, and their families. Forever in our hearts

CANN, Shane. Passed away peacefully on Thursday, 6June 2024. Loving son of Dorrie and Chazza (dec.). Brother of Jackie, Anthony and Sally. Loving father of Haylee. Loving uncle to all his nieces and nephews. Gone Shooting With His Dad

CROSBIE, Kenneth John.

HARRISON, Patricia Jean. Passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, 30 May 2024. Aged 34 years. Loved daughter of Donna Nelson and Mervyn Harrison. Loved mother of Teshawn, Dominic, Ramone and Damon and her baby girl. Loved sister. Loved aunty to all her nieces and nephews, and friends. Rest in peace We will all miss you See you in the Dreamtime

MILLER, Myra. Passed away peacefully on 12 June 2024. Aged 94 years Cherished wife of Jim for 70 years. Loved Mum of Myra (stillborn), Malcolm and Gillian, and Gran to Nicole and Ashlee. Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, But always near, Still loved, still missed, And very dear. Reunited with her daughter Myra. Special thanks to Baw Baw Views for the wonderful care of Myra.

CANN. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr Shane Cann will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue, Moe on FRIDAY, (21 June 2024), commencing at 11am.

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TURNER. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Robert Turner will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on FRIDAY (21 June 2024) commencing at 11am.

MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON TRARALGON 5174 2258 Place your tribute on latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au SPEHR, Peter. 29/1/1949 -23/6/2010. Loved and remembered every day Love Manuela and family.

STELLINE, Joyce. 18/6/1983. Mum, Memories last forever Always in our hearts Years have passed remembered always. Love Tony and family. XXX Deaths •

MILLER, Myra. Passed away 12/6/2024. My love, my life, my wife of 70 years. Always loved, never forgotten. Yourlovinghusband James XX. Mother and Daughter Reunited

CRUICKSHANK, John.

Passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by the love of family on Monday, 10 June 2024. Loved and loving husband of Ruth. Loving father and father-in-law of Michael and Petra, David, and Andrea and Andrew. Loving grandfather of Cotter, Glen and Rohan (Briya), and great grandfather of Lincoln and Zelda. At Rest

HEENAN, Daryl. The Chairman, Board, Management and members of CFA regret the passing of their esteemed colleague and offer their deepest sympathy to his family.

HOGAN, Kevin, William. Deepest condolences to Lesley, Adam, Kelly and families on the passing of Kevin. Wishing you comfort and peace during this difficult time. Rest in Peace "Hoges" Chris Ellen.

NOBLET, William Frank 'Bill'. In loving memory of William (Bill) Frank Noblet. Peacefully passed away on Saturday, 15 June at Margery Cole Residential Care, Traralgon. Aged 89 years Loving husband of Palma. Treasuredfather of Debbie (dec.) and Rohan and Corine, proud Papa of Nathan, Emma and Alex, Aaron and Beth and Sara cherished great grandfather of Logan. So many wonderful memories to treasure, he will be deeply missed and always remembered. For Funeral details go to: www.handleyandanderson funerals.com.au

CRUICKSHANK. The Funeral Service of Mr John Cruickshank will be held at the Traralgon Uniting Church, Park Lane, Traralgon on THURSDAY (20 June 2024), commencing at 10.30am. Private Burial to follow.

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FARMER. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Charles Robert (Charlie) Farmer will be held at St James Anglican Church, Grey St Traralgon THURSDAY (20 June 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. In lieu of flowers, online donations to Gippsland Family Services (Anglicare Victoria) would be appreciated, please see our website for details.

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7/6/2024. At Bluecare Woodlands Lodge, Arundel, Qld formerly of Traralgon. No more black cappuccinos, no more Malt-O-Milks. Will be sadly missed Great mate, David Willis. Whatcan youdo when wordsare

CRUICKSHANK, John. The members and their families of Gippsland Woodcraft Group Nambrok wish to pass on their condolences to Ruth and David on the loss of John. John was afounding member of our group and aconstant support in all activities undertaken. His woodworking skills were only matched by his enthusiasm to share them with others. He will be greatly missed by all. Committee and Members of GWG.

JURUS (nee Sroga), Bronislawa. Passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends at LRH on Thursday 13 June 2024. Aged 102 years Loved and loving wife of Jan (dec.). Much loved mother of Krystyna and Mary. Loved mother-inlaw of Ray (dec.). Adored Babcia of Julie, Tom, Rebecca and Jaxson. Our lives were enriched by her love

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ROBERTS, Helen Nola. 9/3/1942 -14/6/2024. Passed away peacefully. Loving wife of Bob (dec.), for 52 years. Devoted Mum of Chris and Heather. Mother-in-law of Kristy and Rebecca. Loved Gran of Lachlan and Sean. Still back seat driving

TURNER, Robert. 10/3/1947 -9/6/2024. It is with much sadness we announce the passing of Robert Turner peacefully at home. Beloved husband of Sue. Dearly loved dad of Ben and Natalie. Father-in-law of Anabela. Adored Papa of Mia and Reece, Charlie, Max and Audrey. Forever in our hearts See you when you're older

TURNER, Robert. 10/3/1947 -9/6/2024. Aged 77 years Passed away peacefully at home. Loved brother of Ian and Reg and brother-in-law of Colleen and Fe (dec.). Cherished uncle of Melissa (Sam and George Family), Aimee (Andrew and Kraefft Family), Maylen (Paul and Aigner Family). GeelongBobby, an inspirational long term fighter, now at rest. Alife courageously lived and sadly missed

WATTS-THATCHER, Beryl Jean. 12/6/2024. Aged 83. Cherished sister and sister-in-law of Bette and Bob Kemp. Treasured aunt of Raelene, David, Mark and their families. No more pain, Iwill miss you.

WILKIE, Douglas Cornwall. 27/8/1940 -9/6/2024. Aged 83 years

Dearly loved husband of Heather for 52 years. Loved father, father-in-law of Darren, Michelle, Paul, Meg, Katie and Mick. Loved Pop of Xander, PJ, Crystal, Jamie, Oriana and Alissa. No more water boy. Gone but not forgotten.

HARRISON. The Funeral Service of Ms Patricia Jean Harrison will be held at the Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue, Moe on TUESDAY (25 June 2024) commencing at 11am. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

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JURUS. Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mrs Bronislawa Jurus will be offered at St Michael's Catholic Church, Church St, Traralgon on FRIDAY (28 June 2024) at 11.30am. At the conclusion of Mass the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

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MILLER. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mrs Myra Miller will be held at the Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue, Moe on FRIDAY (21 June 2024) commencing at 2pm.

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ROBERTS. AMemorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Mrs Helen Nola Roberts will be held at RACV Resort, 70 Cape-Paterson Road, Inverloch on THURSDAY (20 June 2024) commencing at 2.30pm. The Committal Service will be held at the Inverloch Cemetery prior to the Mem or ial Se rvic e commencing at 1pm.

In Memoriam •

CROSBY, Gra. My soulmate, husband and best friend, 12 devastatinglypainful years have passed since my heart shattered as you went peacefully to sleep in my arms. Every day is astruggle without you, my soul is empty, my world has fallen apart. You filled my world with sunshine, music, love and laughter. You made my heart smile and now everyday it cries for you. Ihold you in my heart until Ican hold you in my arms. Iknow you are waiting for me and I just have to be strong until we can be together for always.

Loving you Forever Your Judi Ann.

DAVIDSON, Robert Leslie Harley. 15/6/2017.

Another year without your smiling face, your star shines down brightly watching over us. Forever in our hearts. Lots of love Janean, Warren, Storm and Rebecca.

DRAPER, John Charles (Jack). 1924 -2010. You would have been 100 years old in May. Missing you always, loving you forever. Gloria and family.

GRINSTEAD-JONES, Brent. 6/12/1978 -17/6/2016. Our time together was special but it was way too short. We both loved you your entire life and will always love and miss you. You may be gone from sight but never from our hearts. There isn't aday that passes without thinking about you and wishing you were still here.

Love always Mum and Dad XX

MURPHY, Barbara. 22/6/2002. Sadly missed In our hearts forever Tony and family.

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Mixed results in high standard play

HOCKEY

LVHA

BY KELLYGODFREY

THE Senior CountryChampionshipsheld in Parkville over the King’s Birthday long weekend saw the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association (LVHA) fieldbothopen men’s and women’s teams, showcasing determinationand skilldespite mixed results.

The LVHA women’s team secured aseventh-place finish out of nine teams. Their campaign began with anarrow 1-nil victory over Maryborough, thanks to asolid performance from bothteams. However, they faced tough competitioninsubsequentmatches, losing3-1 to North WestLightning, 3-nil to Hockey Central Vic, and 4-nil to the Victorian Over 45s team.

In the crossover matches, the women bounced back with a2-nilvictory over East Gippsland Hockey Association, showingresilience and teamwork.

Unfortunately, their run ended with a4-1 defeat to NorthCentral Hockey Association in the second crossover match, leaving them seventh overall.

The LVHA men’s team performed admirably, securing third place out of five teams. Their journey began withimpressivepool matches, winning 4-1 against North WestLightningand 5-nil againstNorthCentral HockeyAssociation

Despite a5-1 loss to Bobby’s Coaching Academy andanarrow 1-nil defeat to Hockey Central Vic, they advanced to the preliminary final.

In the preliminary final, the men faced Bobby’s CoachingAcademy again,sufferinga4-nil loss. However, they redeemed themselves by defeating North Central Hockey Association3-nil in the thirdplace play-off, demonstrating their strong resolve and finishing the tournament on ahigh note.

LVHA players also made their mark in the Masters competition. Leonie Barrett competed

for the Victorian Over 65s, while Daniel Godfrey represented Hockey Central Vic, adding to the association’s diverse representation.

The local competition resumed at the weekend, featuring exciting matches across various divisions.

In Men’s Hockey 5s, Churchill emerged victorious with a13-3win overTraralgon. Col Parnall scored

twice for Traralgon, with Cameron Vanderbroek adding another goal. Regan Smith and Parnall were namedbestplayers for Traralgon, with Smith putting up an amazing effort in goal against Churchill’s formidable attackers Matt Wells and Blake Billing. Rovers won an exciting match 11-6 against Moe.

DavidVuscored his first goal in Hockey 5s, with

Packed card for Sunday meetingatMoe

HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

MOE Racing Club hosted abumper10-race meeting on Sunday.

Damp conditions reduced the track to aHeavy 9, although horses and jockeys were still given plenty of room as the rail was only out five metres the entire circuit.

Moe and Seymour shared country acceptances for the day acrossthe state, with the northern Victorian town holding anine-card meeting. Community was once again afeature at aMoe Racing Club race day. This time, Trafalgar Bowls Club’s punters club enjoyed hospitality in the Hillside Pavilion.

Back on course, Moe’s reputation as one of the best tracks east of Melbourne wasfurther solidified, as trainersthe ilk of Melbourne Cup winning jockey MichellePaynebrought horses to Moe,while jockey LukeNolen, of BlackCaviar fame,secured top-two finishes in three of the first four races. Paynehad to settlefor second in the first two races, which were won by Tobi Saru for Luke Oliver (no relation) in the Race 1Ladbrokes Odds Surge Maiden Plate over 1439 metres, and Sweet Jasmine for Mick Priceand Michael KentJrinthe Race 2S&S Equipment Hire Maiden Plate (1623m). Payne’s brother Patrick had better luck, winning the Race 5Ladbrokes CommunitiesMaiden Plate (1214m) with Night Colours. Oliver made it adoubleinthe Race 4Bottlemart MoeMaiden Plate (1214m), as Shravas won in a tight finish by anose on the outside.

The Race 6Moe Optical 0-58 Handicap (1014m) was won by Royal Lane for Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor, while the Race 8Ladbroke It! 0-58 (2082m) saw Shezavixenstretched at the line to win for Robbie Griffiths and Matthew de Kock. Ramaji won the Race 9Moe Refrigeration 0-58 Handicap (1623m) for Dean Binaisse, while locally, Moe trainer Michael Templeton saw his seven-yearold mare Stay AWhile put in another good run, coming second in the Race 7Ian Grants Caravans 0-58 Handicap over 2050 metres. Stay AWhile did as its name suggested, crossing the lineanentire seven lengthsbefore the nextbest finisher, in what became atwo horse race won by Circling for Paul Kramer.

The result continued Stay AWhile’s recent good form, following awin at Moe earlier in the month over aslightlyshorter distance.

Trafalgarjockey Jason Maskiell rode two winners, firstly on board Golden Hips in theRace 3 LadbrokesBlackbookMaiden Plate over 1623 metres, and closed out the meetingwithawin in the Race 10 Ladbrokes Moe Cup Friday 18th October 2024 0-58 Handicap for yet another famous trainer, Danny O’Brien, on board Savee, who absolutely waltzed it in by four lengths.

In case the name of the last race wasn’t abig enough reminder, the date has already been locked in for this year’s Moe Cup.

Barring any major catastrophes,Moe Racing Club’s new racedaybuilding will be well and truly

additional goals from Kevin Ng, Corrinne Metcalf and JasmineLangstaff. KevinNgand Jasmine Langstaff were the top performers for Rovers. Blake Billing scored four goals for Moe,withMoTaleb adding two. Daniel Brereton and Aiden Mair were Moe’s best players.

In women’s matches, Traralgon secured a5-1 win over Rovers.

Tiffany French scored for Rovers and was named theirbest player, along with Jasmine Langstaff and Mandie Hourigan.

For Traralgon, Bec McDonald scored four goals and Rebecca Wallace added one.

Bec McDonald, who returned from injury, led the way, with daughters Mikayla, Courtney, and Skye contributing significantly. Isla Godfrey also impressed with her new jinking skills to get through the Roversdefence. Best players for Traralgon wereBec McDonald, Leonie Barrett,and Alicia Wood-Davies.

Moe beatChurchill 4-1,withJeannie Porter scoringtwice and Aiden Mairand BradyCake each adding agoal. Best players for Moe were Brady Cake, Aiden Mair,and Ash Vuillermin.Despite being two players short,Moe’s teamwork and smart plays led them to victory.

In Vic League3Women, Latrobe Valley lost3-nil to the Eastern Christian Hockey Organisation. In one of the season’s most thrilling games, the men’s team narrowly lost 3-2 to the top-ofthe-ladder PowerhouseStKilda HockeyClub, a significant improvement from their previous 9-nil defeat. Goal scorers for LVHA were Hamza Fayyaz and Lachlan Light.

The Latrobe Valley Hockey Association is seeking players for juniors, men’s, and women’s competitions.

Interested individuals are encouraged to phone LVHA PresidentKelly Godfrey on 0412 079 981 or via email at president.lvha@gmail.com

United takes all points

BASKETBALL

GIPPSLAND UNITED BY BLAKE

METCALF-HOLT

IN their second double-header for the season, Gippsland United went two-for-two at the weekend, with wins at home against Bulleen and away against Chelsea, to now sitting third on the Division 1Big Vladder.

United began Saturdaynight at Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon hosting rivals Bulleen, beating the Boomers 96-91 after losing to them last month by eight points.

The Gippsland side didn’t start off poor per say, Bulleen just caught fire in the opening term, scoring 36 points to United’s 25 points thanks to six first quarter three-pointers, four of which were nailed by Boomers’ forward Tyrone Tonkin.

The roles would flip substantially in the second quarter, however, with Bulleen incapable of making ashot as Unitedlimited their opponents to justeight points for the quarter and scored 36 points themselves.

Bulleen didn’t score for the last six minutes of the first half in which United went on a 24-0 run and jumped out to a61-44 lead by halftime.

That forceful and unanswered run almost solidified the win in itself, and despite alate Boomers’ comeback that had the margin at twopoints with under aminuteleft, timely made free throws and astrongfinish around the basket fromteam captain Stephen O’Brien with 35 seconds left secured United’s fivepoint win.

JalinWimberly top-scored with34points and seven rebounds along with Ben Barlow dropping 18 points.

United and Wimberly’s hot play would roll over with ease into their Sunday afternoon matchup against Chelsea winning96-76at Patterson River Secondary College to conclude Round 12.

Gippsland only led by six points by halftime but followinga34-20third quarter ballooned their lead out to 20 points which would be sustained for the rest of the game.

The defence personified in that second quarter Bulleen run the night before carried over in bunches with United forcing 21 turnovers and had 16 steals as ateam.

Wimberly scored 43 points at 65 per cent shooting, collected 10 reboundsand had a ridiculous nine steals all to himself.

Eight of 12 United players scored, including double digits for Barlow and Koby Tibballs. Gippsland Unitedhave now won five of their lastsix games and face Coburg thisSaturday night at GRISS.

Howit’sdone: Joshua Ward showcasing his one-handed skills forLatrobeValley. Photograph supplied

Liam Durkin

Getting back into the swing of things

GOLF

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

MIRBOO NORTH Golf Club reopened at the weekend for the first time since February's devastating storm.

After along redevelopment process following the historic thunderstorms, MirbooNorth GolfClub held competition last Saturday.

Club membershave been hard at work for the last twoweeks getting the club back to something reminiscent of the course of the past.

“Like any small club, you can only get your six or eight(people). We’vehad people offer their assistance butit’spretty hard for them,” club president, Robert Clarke said.

Emergency Recovery Victoria were responsible for supporting the clearance of areas too dangerous for local volunteers to concern themselves with. That mainly centred on the chopping of more than 800 fallen trees aroundthe areabycontracted loggers, which was then left for the club to handle. The boundary along the far green once created an alluring barrier separating players from the town itself, even as far back at the tip where the clubhouse sits. Houses and town streets are now clear as day.

The Windera trees that once spread across the course, then laid wastealong the surface and were assessed by an arborist.

Concluded thatthey needed to be pulled and burnt outside of the still standing trees dripline so nottodamage the remaining root system.

The club has had to resort to simply burning the piles of the once greentrees thatmountains as big as the clubrooms itself, or leaving it along the treeline with the untreated stumps to be dealt with at alater date.

“Insomeplaces we burnt some firewoodbecause what arewegoingtodowith it?" Clarke said.

GOLF

CHURCHILL &MONASH

2person Ambrose Saturday8th June 2024.

Winners: G. Harvey/D.Burridge 61.75 RunnersUp: J. Thomas/J.Jefferey 63

D.T.L: 1. T. Webb/R.Harvey63.25, 2. M. Hutchinson/Ad. West, 63.75, 3. D. Byers/ As.West 63.75,4. T. Sterrick/S.Sanders 63.75,5., C. Waring/D.Ireland 63.75

N.T.P: 3rdPro-Pin:B.Rowley, 5th M. Ryan,12th P. Smart, 14th M. Ryan

MOE

Sunday, 09 June 2024 OPEN Sunday Medley

Grade AWinners: Wright, Mick(25) 34 Monday, 10 June 2024 OPEN Medley Stableford

Grade AWinners: Donnison, Terry(11)37

Grade BWinners: Howard,Bernard(13)38

Grade CWinners: Borg,Kathy(21) 37

Place Getters: White, Rodney37C/B, Panozzo, Gavan36C/B,Buckman, Peter 36, Shippen, Tom35, Nicholls,Mark34C/B Wilson,Robert34

NearesttoPin: 4thKathyBorg, 8th Wayne Yeomans,14th Graeme Wilson

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Ladies Split Six Canadian Foursomes

Winners: Linda Bates &Marj Lang 77.62

Thursday, 13 June 2024 OPEN Medley

Stableford

Grade AWinners: Fife,Mark(7) 41

Grade BWinners: Webster,Jesse (15) 36

Place Getters: Johnson, Tony 39, Hibbs, Steven 38 C/B,Skinner,Ben 38, Eastaway

Karl 35 C/B,Jennings,Rod 35 C/B,Garlick, Karl 35 C/B,Wilson, Graeme 35, Mc KENZIE, Stuart35, Donnison, Terry34C/B

Great Score: Tony Johnson (Birdie) @14, Graeme Wilson (Birdie) @4,BarryGoodwin (Birdie) @14, Michael Ray(Birdie) @8

Nearest to Pin: 4th Graeme Wilson, 8th

Michael Ray, 14th BarryGoodwin

Saturday, 15 June 2024 WOMEN'S SATURDAY PAR

Grade AWinners: Borg,Cassandra(20) +1

"It’s going to be piled up there until at least Christmas or New Year’s."

Holding their first competitioninfour months, it will still be aslow startgettingbackinto things, with 80 per cent of the course to be in use, but local golfers will be welcomed back onto the turf.

Club members will still be knee deep in fixing

all the issues that have arose, praying forgood weather to allow time to clear and sort everything out, making the most of the drier weather.

Other neighbouringgolf clubs have asked to join in on the action, but have been asked to wait afew more weeks to give Mirboo North players time to have ahit and test out if there is still spots that need to be additionally cared for and cleaned up fora return to normalcy.

“Until you’ve actually started hitting acouple of golf balls around and seeing ‘well that’s got to go and that’s got to go’, we’ve just got to soldier on,” Clarke said.

Local membershave been offered intoother courses during the time of Mirboo North’s closure to show comradery and togetherness between the Gippsland clubs.

In terms of navigationofthe course as it currently stands,it’sholding up quitewell besides some muddyand slippery tracks thatcome withthe rising winter weather. The clubhouse has virtually remained in tact.

“Long fairways, no (things still in the way). There is more obstacles in the treeline where we’ve got piles of firewood," Clarke said.

“We’ve still got some cluster to get out of the way, but it’s going to be alot of local rules, it’ll take 12 months or more.

“I had abloke have ahit the other day, he said ‘I thought the coursewouldbeeasier,now Ihit every tree that’s still there’, but that’s just the way it is.

“It’s just the new normal."

SCOREBOARD

Great Score: Jenna Robertson (Birdie) @11

Saturday, 15 June 2024

MENS Stableford

Grade AWinners: Ayton, Kevin (11) 37 C/B

Grade BWinners: Donaldson, Murray (13) 37

Grade CWinners: Dow, William(26) 37

Place Getters: Hibbs,Steven37, Rothwell, Craig 36 C/B,Harland, Bob 36, Colvin

Anthony35C/B,Condon, Jeff 35 C/B

Spiteri, Paul 35, Matthews,Max 35 C/B, Imer,Corey 35 C/B,Johnson, Tony 35 C/B

Great Score: Alain Babet (Birdie) @14, AnthonyColvin (Birdie) @14

Nearest to Pin: 4th Jackson Giles,8th Jason Stirzaker,14th Anton Devent

TRAFALGAR

WednesdayWomen’sresults: 12/6/24

DorisChambersFoursomes Stableford

Winners: Sue Klemkeand Ange Bayley with 35 points

Runners-Up: BevKeilyand June Tickell with 29 points

NTP: 2nd –Ange Bayley, 15th-Sue Klemke

Tuesday11/06/2024 -Nocompetition

Thursday: 13/06/2024 -Stableford

Players: 30, Women 8, Men 22

Women’s Winner: BevKeily(21)

Runner Up: Nola Fordham (19c/b)

DTL: KarenMacGregor (19), Aija Owen (17c/b)

NTP: BevKeily(13)

Bradmans: SandraBalfour

Men’s Winner: GeoffThomas (22)

Runner Up: PatO'Connell (21 c/b)

DTL: Hank Fiddelaers(21), Franc Kiss (19), Andy Kiss (18c/b), GeoffFallon (18c/b)

NTP: Graham Harris (13)

Bradmans: Max Taylor

Friday,June14th 2024, Open Men’s& Ladies Stableford

AGrade Winner: Heath Black39pts

BGrade Winner: RonDavey 37 pts

DTL's: Jason Chambers38, Craig Armstrong 37,Cam Hobson 36, Bob Baldry 36, Chris Brydon 35, Noel Cornish 35, Jamie Winters34, Neale Winter 34, Stephen Mills 34 C/B

Birdies: 5th: SteveHill, Noel Cornish, Garry

Jansen 13th:Paul Roberts,Ronnie White,

Bob Baldry15th: Aaron Murdoch, Neal Winter

Saturday, June 15th 2024, 2Person Multiplication Stableford

Winner’s: Paul Massey&Paris Christian 83 pts

DTL’s: Josh Clarkson &Zavier O’Reilly74, Greg Donohue &Peter Rhodes 72, Ray Wiseman &MarkRobinson 71, NickRowe &GlenRoberts 70

NTP’s: 2nd: Bill williams 5th: Neil Rankin 11th: Dwayne Jenkins 13th:Paris Christian 15th: Chad McKie

Sunday16th June 2024, Breast Cancer Trials CharityMixed American

ScratchWinner’s: John &Sue Tabuteau 81 gross

Handicap Winner’s: Jill White& Garry Shandley68.725 nett

DTL’s: BevKeily& Paul Fogarty72.125, Stu Marriott& Ang Bayley72.625, Lisa &Neil Regnier 73.75, Adrienne &Noel

Cornish74.125, Jan&Chris Griffin75.375, Tony Shearer &Lorna Risol 75.625, Karen MacGregor &Peter Moss 77.5

NTP’s: 2nd: GarryShandley– Adrienne

Cornish5th: Noel Cornish –Lorna Risol 11th: PeterMoss –Bev Keily13th: Noel Cornish– Lisa Regnier 15th:Neil Regnier –Lorna Risol

YALLOURN

Ladies Thursday 13th June 18 hole

Stableford

Winner: Betty Dobson 32 pts,oncount backDonna Brown.

DTL: Donna Brown, BetsyBrown 31

NTP: 2nd Sue Riches,12th target hole Sue Riches,14th BetsyBrown

NETBALL

MIRBOONORTH

Under 13's

Had the Bye

Under 15s

Mirboo North 45 defeated Morwell East 8

BOC -Zali Budd (MNFNC Canteen)

Coaches -Amy Conlan (MNFNC Canteen)

Under 17s

Mirboo North 22 defeated Morwell East 20

BOC -Thang-guw Bell (Foodworks)

Coaches -Montana Samarias (Lamezleighs)

DGrade

Mirboo North 30 were defeated by Morwell East 31

BOC -Suzanne Thompson (Foodworks)

Coaches: KellyMcCarthy(Craig Young Butchers)

CGrade

Mirboo North 34 defeated Morwell East 26

BOC-Chelsea Loh (Craig Young Butchers)

Coaches- Kylah James (Foodworks)

Bgrade

Mirboo North 48 were defeated by Morwell East 49

BOC- Jess Holland (Craig Young Butchers) Coaches- LilyMaxwell (Foodworks)

Agrade

Mirboo North 42 were defeated by Morwell East 49

BOC -Rachael Vansittart (Mirboo North Hotel &JimmyJambs) Coaches -Emma Evans (Foodworks)

PISTOLS

Monday3/6/24

Air pistol

CGrade: DChandler 498-103-601. DGrade: PLeys457-134-591.P Sheilds 419-123-546. LDePetro334-311-645. Visitor BSykes 323. Ladies Air Pistol CGrade: GAdkins 385-146-528.

Wednesday5/6/24 50 metrepistol

CGrade: BKelly299-159-458. DGrade: GHarvey444-115-559. C Benelli 356-264-620. JWest 188. PLeys 75-413-488.

Saturday8/6/24

Centrefire

DGrade: DChandler 371.J Wyngard 201-263-464. 25 mtpistol CGrade: BGoodwin 422-82-504. Visitor: PDundee 60.

Hardatwork: Mirboo North GolfClub President,RobertClarke and his team have been busy getting thecourse backupand running.

Photograph: BlakeMetcalf-Holt

Restoration: It is starting to look like agolfcourse againatMirboo North.

Photograph: BlakeMetcalf-Holt

Before: Fallen trees scattered along Mirboo North GolfClub in February. Photograph: Liam Durkin

Combine victoryadds to intrigue

SOCCER

LVSL BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ROUND 12 of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League offered thorough results and surprises with just six rounds left for the season.

Thetop four seessome clear separationfrom the rest, although Fortuna and Falcons hold athree point lead at the top from their nearest rivals.

 NEWBOROUGH/YALLOURN caused the upset of the round, rolling Olympians on their home turf.

The 3-2 win wasthe Combine’s fifth for the year. Travelling to HP Reserve, both sides were hungry and prepared for it all, which showed withthe first half ending in astalemate, 1-all.

The Fairbrother’s were the saviours of the day, with Mark booting two goals while Dylan scored one to see agap emerge. Both sides were down on players by the end, each losing one to red cards. Newborough/Yallourn were getting away with what they could, playing as physical as can be but collecting six yellow cards to three from Olympians.

Guguei Malual kick both goals for Olympians. Olympians missed their chance to sit beside Moe United at equal-third on the ladder, instead remainingfourth withseven wins, two draws,and three losses.

Newborough/Yallourn sit sixth.

 CHURCHILL United recorded their fourth win for the year in a6-nil thrashing of bottomplaced Tyers.

Lachlan Huizer and Sakhon Khamchom booted two goals each for Churchill United in Saturday’s win at home.

The Rams’ win keeps them in the mix of midtable,narrowly behind the likesofNewborough/ Yallourn andMonash.

 MONASH and Sale Unitedended in adraw, 3-all, at Monash Reserve.

Sale United looked destinedfor the unexpected, seeing themselves hold a2-1 lead after 45 minutes.

Monash responded to tie things up before anything got too out of hand.

ThomasGarner had his herobootson, puttingtwo balls past the goalkeeper with additional support from Luke Wilson.

JaredBaldacchino booted two goals for Monash, alongwithJace Paulet seeing the back of the net.

BothShawn Lawrence (Monash) and Charlie Cockell (Sale United) were discontinued from play.

SaleUnited acquiredtheir fourth draw for the season and their thirdinfourweeks, but with only two wins for the year they are third-last on the ladder.

Monash remain at five wins, four losses, and now havethreedrawsonthe year, good for fifthposition.

 FALCONS kept their title hopes alive with athrilling 2-1 finish against East Gippsland United.

In what was another surprisingly tight affair against two distantteams on the ladder,itwas all tied up 1-all by the halftime break.

The second-placed Falcons then had most of the shots on goal, and would have been relieved to see one final score go through to scrape by.

East Gippsland Unitednow sit at awin-loss record of 2-9 and are second-bottom.

LATROBE VALLEY SOCCER LEAGUE

ROUND 13

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

Fortuna vs Falcons2000 (at Crinigan Road Reserve, 6pm)

Sale Untied vs Moe Untied (Godfrey Baldwin Reserve, 7pm)

SUNDAY, JUNE 23 -3PM

Olympians vs East Gippsland (HP Reserve)

Churchill United vs Newborough/ Yallourn(Hazelwood South) TyersvsMonash (Tyers Rec) Ladder: Fortuna 28 points, Falcons28, Moe 25, Olympians 23, Monash 18, Newb/Yall 15,Churchill 14,Sale10, East Gippsland 6,Tyers0

Fortunagets betterofRed Devil’sintop-threefight

SOCCER

LVSL

BY JOHN CARDONA

ALARGE crowd gathered at Olympic Park, Moe on Sundayfor the clashbetween Latrobe Valley Soccer League heavyweights Moe United and Fortuna.

The visiting side won 3-1 to reaffirm their position at the top of the table on the quest for back-to-back league titles.

Both sides were hit hard by injuries, with Connor O’Hanlon, Chad Shelley, Tanner Pyle and Joe Stewart out for Moe.

The opening few minutes did not go to plan for Fortuna, when across from the left by Moe’s Brendan Ruddell wasmet by aheader from Luke Bathgate to open thescoring.

After the early goal, the momentum was with the home side, as they were creating plenty of chances with no success.

At the 10 minute mark, arun up the left by Bayden Heusmannsaw hislow, hard cross scrambled off the line.

Fortunasprunginto action 15 minutes in, and some loose marking saw Hayden Tanti find space and make no mistake to level the scores. Only afew minutes later, Fortuna went 2-1 up when Tanti unleased an unstoppable shot from 20 metres out.

Moe United was next into attack after aNoah Kane free kick was only partially cleared, and the ball fell to Lachie McKenzie.

McKenzie’s20metre drivewent narrowlyoverthe bar, and then 30 minutes into the game, Fortuna was awarded aspotkick, where Daniel Cooper smashed his penalty low to the bottom left to take the lead to 3-1.

Just on halftime, Fortuna were awarded another penalty for an apparenthandball,and Cooper stepped up to take the kick.

His shot however was saved by veteran Moe goalkeeper Peter Albanese.

The second half saw more controlled play, although the home side could not find abreakthrough.

Some great keeping by stand-in Fortuna keeper John Beamerdenied afew chances, including a run up the right fromMatt Shearing which saw his cross headed by Bathgate, but cleared away by the Fortuna defence.

Moe Untiedtried valiantly to mount acomeback, but could not break through.

Best for the winnerswere Liam Antonelli, Dylan Cassar-Cummings and Hayden Tanti.

Best for the home side was Bathgate, Oscar Sceney, Ruddell and Riley Winkelman.

 RESERVES

FORTUNA moved close to back-to-backtitles with a3-nil win over Moe United.

Despite aweakened side, the Red Devils fought valiantly against the undefeated Lions, and went into halftime only 1-nil down.

Broden Grover got the first goal for the half, and it was another tight tussle on the resumption.

Moe tried desperately not to concede another goal, but eventually the damn wall burst with 15 minutes to play when Fortuna added two more majors through Grover and Jacob Sceney.

Grover was bestfor the winners, along with Shane Pavich and Con Mavrofridis.

Tom Portelli, ChrisPap and Harley Robinson did well for Moe.

 WOMEN’S IN the women’s match, it wasanother entertaining

Cheer on our local champions at the Paralympics

SWIMMING

PARALYMPICS

BY TOM HAYES

TRARALGON locals Emily Beecroft and Ruby Storm have again qualified for the Paralympics.

The pair are set to fly out to Paris in amatter of weeks.

During the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane last week,Beecroft and Stormachieved qualifying times to book their tickets to France.

Beecroft achieved qualifyingtimes in the100-metrebutterflyand 100m freestyletotake her to her third Paralympics.

Shefirst represented Australian at the 2016Rio Paralympics, before heading to Tokyofor the 2020Games(heldin2021due to COVID-19).

The 24-year-old claimed her first

Paralympic medals at the 2020 Games, winningSilver in the 4x100m freestylerelay,and Bronze in the 4x100m medley relay. Storm andBeecroftgrewup together in thepool,and will now get to represent Australia for the second time on the Paralympic stage.

Storm swam an Australia S14 record in the 200m freestyle, making her the fastestS14 freestyler in the country.

Shealsoswam the quickest S14 100m freestyle, which secured her a spot in the mixed S14 relay.

The 20-year-old will be setfor her second Paralympic Games, after medalling in her first time out at Tokyo 2020.

Storm won Silver in the 4x100m S14 freestyle relay three years ago, and Bronze in the 100m butterfly.

The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games take place between August 28 and September 8.

game between Moe and Fortuna, with the match ending in a3-all draw.

Fortunawas first to score after10minutes of play, when Carlie Thompson took advantage of apoor clearance to place the ball in the back of the net.

After 20 minutes, Moe United were back on level terms, after agreat runbyHaley Laws saw her slot the ball home past the advancing keeper.

Moe United gradually took control of play and were creating many chances without converting.

Finally the pressurepaid offwhenMileyCooper took her chance to put the home side 2-1 up.

The second half again belonged to the home side, and the girls strived for athird goal. Their efforts were rewarded when arun on the right saw Laws’ crossdeflected into the net.

Moe looked set to upset another top side, but two late goals from Thompson and Alisha Briggs salvaged adraw.

Tylah Armistead, Laws, Georgia Wyntjes and Jamie Shelley were best for Moe.

Best for Fortuna was Carlie Thompson, Jorja Thomas and Natalie Gordon.

 SECOND DIVISION

TOP-PLACED Moe took on third-placed Fortuna.

The Red Devils took astepcloser to their first league title in Second Division since 2005 with a 5-2 victory.

Moe took an early lead, with agoal from Ben Schembri virtually from the kick-off, but before toolongFortunawere back on level termswith one from Ernon Dolan.

Both sides went on the attack, and despite strong defensive play, Darlen Nahum put the home side up 2-1 at the break.

Moe United continued on their way, and were

soon 3-1 up when Nahum added to the score. It was soon 4-1 to Moe United when Jake Heusmann was able to convert. Fortuna weren’t goingdown without afight, and got one back through Bryce Cortese. Tim Stephens however put the result beyond doubt with astrikefor Moe Untied. Best for the winners were Nahum, Heusmann, Schembri and Brad Howard.

Giullio Motta and Dolan were best for Fortuna.

Last Sunday was aspecial day for Moe United, who welcomed their sponsors and Centurions. Perfect conditions greeted all, who enjoyed a great time.

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Legends: Traralgon swimmers Ruby Stormand Emily Beecroftare off to anotherParalympics File photograph