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Jazzy

MOE Jazz Club will hold its next monthly functionthis Sunday(May 26). The function is at Moe RSL commencingat1pm.Des Camm will lead this ever-popular band.

He is well known to jazz lovers in the Latrobe Valley, having for many years brought his band to the now defunct Moe Jazz Festival.

For information, phoneBruce on 0427 743 516.

Auction

LATROBEValley PhilatelicSociety is holding an auction this Saturday (May 25) at the Warragul RSL.

The group will be selling stamps, coins, banknotes and ephemera.

Viewing timeisfrom 10am. The auctionstarts at 1pm.

Postal and email bids close at 5pm this Friday (May 24).

Email bids to richardsonsue340@gmail.com

Phone bids to John Richardson on 0402 082 724.

Catalogues are available by emailing Christine on czarb7@outlook.com

Historical books

TRAFALGAR and District Historical Society hasanumberoflocal history books pertaining to what was once the Narracan Shire.

Mountain Gold, AHistoryofthe Baw Baw and Walhalla country of the Narracan Shire, and So Tallthe Trees, Ahistory of the Southern District of the Narracan Shire.

Both books were written by John Adams to mark the Narracan Shire’s 100 years.

These books are available for purchase from the society for $15.

Email historicalsocietytraf@gmail.com or phoneDianneon0439655 172 if you’d like acopy.

Morwell social tennis

GET active, both physically and mentally, twice aweekMonday and Friday mornings from 9am to 12pm with social tennis at Morwell Tennis Club (Ronald Reserve, Vary Street, Morwell). Gamesare modified so participants don't have to run much, the onus is on simplyhavinga hit and chat.

Learn to play in arelaxed fun environment.

Tea, coffee, water and biscuits are provided.

Cost is $2.

Morwell Tennis Club Juniors train on Tuesday nights.

Morwell Tennis Club also hasanew Tuesday night Sectional Tennis to play in. Come along to meet others and play with different people.

All details can be found on the websiteat www.playtennis.com.au/morwelltennisclub

Traralgon District

Historical Society

THE society is verybusy organising its antiques and collectibles evaluationday

Thiswillbeheld in the society roomsat the KathTeychenne Centre, 11 Breed Street Traralgonthis Saturday (May 25) from 12.30pm to 4pm.

Valuers for the artefacts are AnneRowland and Simon Storey, and for jewellery, it is Melanie Sykes from Sale.

All havemany years experience in the their fieldand are looking forwardtoseeing the different piecesthat people bring along for valuation

Costis$2per item, with alimitofthreeitems.

The society cannot guarantee all items will be evaluated. It would also be very helpful if people could bring cash.

It's a good time to go through your treasures and have them valued.

The society is also taking part in the Latrobe City Council Volunteers Event, which will also be held this Saturday at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre from 9am to 1pm.

Having these two eventsonthe one day is really stretchingthe society's committee,so any help would be most appreciated.

To phone the society, call 5174 8399 (leave a message) or email secretary@traralgonhistory. asn.au

Gippsland Tango

FOR all ages and level of dance experience

Gippsland Tango enjoys meeting beginners and encouraging their learning.

Come and enjoy Argentine Tango to socialise, move your body and have fun.

All levels of experience catered for.

Classes are held every Wednesdayfrom 7pm to 8.30pm at St David's Uniting Church Hall (behind the Church) on 9Campbell Street, Yarragon.

Wearcomfortable loose fittingclothing allowing free movement, together withleather soles shoes or shoes that allow you to slide abit on the floor.

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

If you wouldlike achat beforecoming, call Naomi on 0405 739 819.

Chess results

SAMANTHAN Juers claimed the initiative and forced checkmate in the clash with Steve Ahern in recent Latrobe Valley Chess action.

Ian Hamiltonwon the first battlebut lost the return bout against Peter Bakker.

Matt Bolding finished with a slight edge in the short match with Cliff Thornton.

The alternative playing room was appreciated by all.

For more details, email Ian Hamilton on irg. hml@gmail.com or phone 5134 1971.

Latrobe Valley Toastmasters

AT the most recent meeting, an in-club contest was held for all members to practice their 'tall tails' storytelling skills.

The group heard stories of hiking mountains and befriending local leopards, to travelling with kids and finding creative ways to keep them entertained, and even astory as to why crows are only able to say one word from the English language.

It was afun nightfilled with imagination, andgaveall members the ability to practice their public speaking, conjure up creative thoughts and engage the audience with their finely crafted story.

Awinner was voted in andwill be off to the Sale Toastmasters club for some friendly competition.

If this sounds like something you would like to try or witness, the group would love seeing new people at Latrobe Valley Toastmasters.

Meetings are held every secondand fourth Wednesday of the month at the Traralgon Neighbourhood Centre from 7.30pm.

Light refreshments provided Monomeath

Senior Citizens

MEET at Victory Park, Traralgon. New members welcome. Current Program:Monday 12 noon

-patchwork/needlework. Tuesday 1pm -cards (500). Wednesday 1pm -carpet bowls. Thursday 9am -Tai Chi. Friday 1pm -carpet bowls. Membershipis$5per year.Activitiesare $2. Afternoonand morning tea free. All new seniors are most welcome. Come along and enjoy the activities and meet new people. For further information, phone Bill on 0413 728 652.

Bridgeresults

TRARALGON Bridge Club results.

Saturday, May 11 -1st KenTierney and Egbert Tzoe 61.11 per cent; 2nd Glenis Lohr and Christie Zarb 57.41.

Tuesday, May 14 -N/S 1st Geoff Dixon and John Marsiglio 70.54 per cent; 2nd Phillip Goode and Barbara Barr 58.33. E/W 1st Kaye Douglas and Roshni Chand 63.69; 2nd Roxy Lamond and Glenis Lohr 51.49.

Thursday, May 16 -CFA teams -final results next week.

If you would like to play or learn more about Bridge, ring Traralgon Bridge Club President, Greg Nicholson on 0419 365 739.

Traralgon Uniting Church

THERE is acommunity space and garden proposalfor the Traralgon District Uniting Church

Overthe past few years,peoplemay have been involved in discussions regardingthe development of acommunityspace and garden at the Uniting Church in Park Lane, Traralgon.

The conversations have been quiet for awhile due to anumberofissues, but the churchwould like to invite people to anew community forum to learn more about and discuss the scope and ideas around the proposed community garden precinct.

The date and time for this will be nextMonday (May 27) from 9am to 10.30am. Amorning tea will be provided.

If you are interested, but not available -the churchwillmakethe project planfor the development of the garden available to you after the forum.

For catering purposes, email minister.tuca@ gmail.com by this Friday (May 24).

Mid Gippsland Family History

AUSTRALIAN Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates and tips on how to get the best value from the information provided on acertificate of birth, death or marriage certificate is the topic of interest at this week’s meeting of the Mid Gippsland Family History Society.

The meeting is to be held tomorrow (Thursday, May 23) at 2pm at the research room (44 Albert Street) Moe and all are welcome. For further information, phone 0403 611 730.

Publisher’s note

TO all the readers, advertisers and supporters of the Latrobe ValleyExpress.

The staffand directorsofthe Latrobe Valley Express are united together to ensure the Express continues to deliver local news to the people of the Latrobe Valley into the future. We are devoted to providing avoice for the local community for many years to come despite the many hurdles that confrontall local newspapers.

The Express will continue to servethe people of the Latrobe Valleywith the great dedication of the staff, readers and advertisers. Thank you all for your continued support.

LVAreceives fundingfor nextsix months

By PHILIP HOPKINS

THE Latrobe Valley Authority, which wasset up to help the region with economic transition, will receive $6.3 million in funding for another six months but will close by the end of the year.

Theclosure of the LVA was not specifically mentionedinthe State Budget, whichunder ‘Regional economic transition’ only noted that funding in 2024-25 would be $6.3 million. This will fall to $300,000 in 2025-26 and $200,000 in 2026-27.

However, agovernmentspokesperson told the Express that the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) funding had been extended as part of the Budget until the end of 2024.

“We’re currently working on aplan for current LVA staff and functions to be transitioned into Regional Development Victoria (RDV) by the end of the year,” the spokesperson said.

“The LVA plays avery important role transitioning workers andupskilling themfor jobsin future-proof industries, especially in Gippsland. This important work will continue underRDV, where someofthe programs pioneered by LVA will be extended to more areas across the state.”

LVA staff are being informed there will be a transition process starting later this year. The government is expected to say more in the coming months.

Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said the government indicatedthat the LVA would be absorbed by Regional Development Victoria.

“We can safely assume that means it will cease to exist altogether and Valley will be abandoned again,” he said.

In aposting to followers of theLVA,the chief executive, Chris Buckingham, said he was proud of the way his colleagues at the authority had come to grips with the news.

“The LVA are actively encouraging ourpeople to seek work now,” he said.

Mr Buckingham said the team“waslooking after each other, turning their minds to legacy and getting on with making good decisions about their future,” he said.

“We care deeply about Gippsland and will work hard to ensure our partners and allies across the region are well supported.

“It is humbling to lead this incredibly professional

team. They have proved themselves time and again over the last couple of years and this latest turn of events is no exception. We want these wonderful peeps to have every opportunity to keep working in the region they love.”

Mr Buckingham said if employers were on the lookout for talent in Gippsland, “please feel welcome to contact me directly”.

Mr Cameron strongly criticised the legacy of the LVA.

“All that the LVA had delivered was a$300 million glossy brochure or ‘transition plan’ based on ideology,” he said.

“It doesn’t contain asingletangible action.”

Apart from the LVA, Mr Cameron said there was nothing else in the budget for desperately needed local infrastructure projects for the Traralgon Recreation Reserve, Hazelwood CFA, Tyers CFA, Latrobe Youth Space or Lifeline Gippsland.

“The budget again proved that Labor could not manage money. It’s Victorians who are paying the price,” he said.

“The State Budgetoffersprecious little for the Latrobe Valley and regional Victoria,while

Storm support application deadline extends

AUSNET has extended the application deadline for financial hardship grantsfor Victoriansaffected by February’s catastrophic storms that hit areas such as Mirboo North and caused unprecedented damage to the energy network.

After the storms, AusNet established a$10 million Energy Resilience Community Fund, which hassubsequently been increased to $12 million. The fundwas created to supportcommunities impacted by the storms, with afocus in the short term on supporting local recovery efforts and in the longer term,helping communities becomemore energy resilient.

AusNet Chief Executive, David Smales, said AusNet had been working closely with local government and the community to identify opportunities

to strengthen infrastructure and help ensure they are better prepared to withstand future weather events.

The Community Fund has provided immediate support to individuals and small businesses most affected by the storm-related power outages who were not eligible for other relief payments.

“The fund has already provided more than half amillion dollars in hardship grants to over 1000 residents and businesses most impacted by these storm events,” Mr Smales said.

“Weknowmanyofour customers are struggling with cost-of-living pressures, so we’ve extended the timeframe to apply for financial hardship grants until June 30, 2024, to givehouseholds and businesses more time to apply.”

AusNet is also establishing an advisory panel for the Community Fund, which will be chaired by theformer Energy Networks Australia Chief Executive, Andrew Dillon. The panel will help guide the management of the fund ahead of the first community grants round that AusNet expects to open in July.

“The Community Fund has an important role to play investing in local resilience infrastructure to help communities better manage the challenges of severe storms, fires and flood,which often cause extended interruptions to local powersupplies,” Mr Dillon said.

For more information on the hardship grants, visit ausnetservices.com.au/about/community/ energy-resilience-community-fund

taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for Labor’s soaring debt.”

Mr Cameron said with netdebt forecast to hit $188 billion by 2027/28, taxpayers would soon be paying$25 million per day on interestalone.Brutal cutstoroads,healthand policing underscoreda bad news budget for regional Victoria.

“Despite the dire state of our roads, maintenance funding remains at alower level than it was in 2020,” Mr Cameron said.

“Cruel cuts have been made to hospitalsthat are in desperate need of more funding, and we are bracing for the amalgamation of several health services which will undoubtedly place immense pressure on an already struggling system.

“Andata time whencrimeisout of controlinthe Valleyand spiralling state-wide, community crime prevention has been cut by 46 per cent.”

AusNet: Assistance deadlines have been pushed backfor those stormaffected. Photograph: iStock

Brown receives prison sentence

By ERIKAALLEN

BRENTONBrown, the driver responsible for a hit-and-run that killed Moe woman Carol-Anne Jones, will spend at least three-and-a-half years in jail

Mr Brown was sentenced to five years and seven months jailinMelbourne’s County Court on Friday, May 10 with anon-parole period of threeyears and six months.

The charges laid againstMrBrown, which he pleadedguiltytoonApril 30 in the Latrobe Valley County Court, were for dangerous driving causing death, failing to stop after an accident, failing to

PoliceBeat with Katrina Brandon

Traralgon hit and run

AMULTI-VEHICLE incident occurredat

8.40am on Tuesday, May 14 along Shakespeare Street, Traralgon.

AMitsubishiTritonUte allegedly crashed into aparkedcar, causing damage to two other

Smash: On Friday, May17, aHolden Commodorewagon droveintoa tree on Commercial Road,Morwell, in front of the Good StartLearning Centre

Photograph supplied

render assistance, committing an offence while on bail, driving while disqualified and driving an unregistered vehicle.

Before delivering the sentence last week, Judge Robyn Harper toldthe court: “Members of the community must be protected from you and your irresponsible driving behaviour”.

“With adriving history as poor as yours, other road users have been repeatedly placed at risk,arisk thathas now been realisedinthe mosttragic way.”

The 31-year-old Morwell man was on bail and an unlicensed driver at the time he hit Ms Jones’ car on May 2lastyear.

vehicles that were also allegedly stationary.

The driver of the Ute was caught fleeing the scene and police were told that there was only one person occupying the vehicle.

Witnesses described the driver as aCaucasian man, around 30-years-of-age, with asolid build and blonde hair.

No one was injured during the crash.

Traralgon police officers will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information, is urged to contactCrimeStoppers on 1800 333000 or submit aconfidential report online at crimestoppersvic.com.au/ report-a-crime/

Man trapped in car

ON Tuesday, May 14,therewas an incident involving avehicle driving into aparkedcar and building on Church Street, Traralgon.

The incident happened at 1.25pm, leaving one person trapped.

An elderly sedan driver needed extrication from badly-damaged vehicle.

BMW

dealership break-in

ON Thursday, May 9, the Traralgon BMW dealership was allegedly broken into around 2am.

Thedealershipisaskinganyone who has any information to contactthe Traralgon Police Station on 03 5172 2700.

The unregistered Nissan Patrol he was driving veered onto the wrong side of Purvis Road, in Tanjil South, struck the front right side of Ms Jones’ Hyundai Accent hatch, and trapped her inside.

After hitting her car, Mr Brown left Ms Jones for dead -twice

The court wastold that Mr Brown had exited the vehicleand run west, pastMsJones in hercar. He did not reportthe incident. Instead, Mr Brown fled to anearby property before calling the owner of the Nissan Patrol, who immediately called police to report the car had been stolen.

Mr Brown ran to another property and informed the homeowner of the crash, whom he also asked to call 000. However, theperson could not find their phone. The property owner drove Mr Brown back to the collision scene, where he searched the NissanPatrol for his identification cards before leaving again.

Passers-by came to Ms Jones’ aid, and she was treated at the scene before being taken to the Latrobe Valley Hospital. She died of complications on May 18, 2023 in the Alfred Hospital.

Judge RobynHarperdescribed Mr Brown’s driving as an accident waiting to happen.

Her Honour told the court that what could not be foreseen, however, was the “cowardly” and “unfathomable” actions Mr Brown took by leaving aseriouslyinjuredperson trapped inside a vehicle -first as he fled the sceneand secondas he returned to retrieve ID. After failing to assist Ms Jones in the second instance, Mr Brown left the scene again.

“At no stage immediatelyafter thecollision or on your return to the scene did you try to assist Ms Jones, despite her being obviously trapped in her vehicle,” Judge Harper said.

Judge Harper told the court that Ms Jones was abeloved sister, daughter, and friend, as detailed by five victim impact statements read to the court at the hearing on Tuesday, April 30.

“Nothing this court can say or do can in any way adequately address the loss felt by Ms Jones’ family and friends. They have been forever impacted and will continue to miss her terribly as aresult of your offending.”

As Her Honour read the victim impact, family and friends of Ms Jones who attended the sentencing dabbed wet cheeks, memories of their sister, daughter,and friend resurfacing as Judge Harper summarised the statements.

The court heard that Amanda Lawrie-Jones recounted the impact of her sister Carol-Anne’s death in court, reflecting on the profound loss and unanswered questions that haunt her.

“What if he stayed at the scene and called for help, wouldshe have lived?” lamentedMsLawrieJones, in the County Court in the Latrobe Valley on April 30.

Judge Harper said the sisters sharedabond rooted in sharedinterests like arts,fashion, and fine dining. They were planning atrip to Paris to celebrate Carol-Anne’s60thbirthday later this year.

Her Honour summarisedMsJones’ parent’s impact statement, noting that her mother, Isobel, wears Carol-Anne’s perfume, the scentsummoning the memory of her daughter. Ms Jones’ late father John had lost interestinhis “beloved garden” after his daughter’s death.

Mr Brown sat in the dock, elbowsrestingover his knees, rubbing one hand over the other as he listened.

The Age reported that Mr Brownapologised to theJones family for failing to help her as she was trapped in her car andtold them he had acted like acoward.

“I’m so sorry for your loss and Ican only imagine howyou all feel,” Mr Brown said in the letter read out by his lawyer, Jonathan Miller, in late April.

“I think about and regret that every day,and dream aboutitevery night. Idon’t expect your forgiveness because I’ll neverforgive myselffor the accident whichkilled an innocent woman,” the letter said.

Mr Brown had adysfunctional upbringing, the court heard, was exposed to family violenceand sexual abuse, and had an extensive criminal history that included driving offences.

Her Honour described Charges 2and 3, failing to stop after an accident and failing to render assistance, as ranking especially highonthe scale of seriousness.

“You say you panicked.This mayhavebeen the case, but it is reprehensible conduct,” Her Honour said, referring to Mr Brownfailingtorender Ms Jones assistance.

After 21 minutes, Her Honour askedMrBrown to stand as she delivered the sentence, committing him to five years and seven months in jail. With a final curt nod, Mr Brown left the dock.

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Walk to support the RSPCA

Besties: TheMillion Paws Walk is on this Sunday, May26along theGippslandPlains Rail Trail. Photograph supplied

BY KATRINA BRANDON

RAISE apaw and walk along this Sunday (May 26) forthe 30thannualRSPCA MillionPawsWalk. The eventaimstoraisemoney for animalsafety around Australia.

This will be Traralgon’s seventhannualwalk, where people can enjoy amorning coffee,breakfast, complementary dog-print face paint, awalk with their pups, competitions, and raffles. This year’s walk will take place on the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail at the Burnets Road Carpark, where people canwalk one, three or six kilometres with their families and pups.

“This year, we are thrilled to host the event at the rail trail betweenTraralgon and Glengarry. To ensureeveryone can participate and feel part of our community, we have divided the walk into three different levels.This way, even those who can’t go as far can still be involved and enjoy the day,” Traralgon’s walk coordinator BarbWebb-Selfsaid.

“We normally have the competitions after the walk. It’s away of trying to keep people there for alittle bit longer, but when they arrive in the morning, they are biting at the bit. They are keen to walk, and we have abarbecuebreakfast and a coffee van there. We also have very well-received raffles, which are dog-related. It’sall aboutthe dogs in our theme.”

Trotting along the course, Ms Webb-Self encourages people to watch for dog behaviour. While a dog may be comfortable at home, the excitement of the day can overstimulate them, according to Ms Webb-Self.

During the walk, there will be volunteers around. Some will be at each turnaround point, one leading and another at the end of the stroll. There will also be chairs at each spot for those needing arest before heading back to the starting point.

“We really try to encourage them to know that it’s not arace. There is no first prize for returning or being the fastest or slowest. Enjoy your walk, enjoy the time and scenery.Justatyourpace,”

Ms Webb-Self said.

For those who would like to pay by card at the event, EFTPOS machines will be available.

The event starts at 9am, with the walk beginning at 11am and ending at 1pm.

Ms Webb-Self told the Express that she looks forward to the event and hopes people can come along, embrace the paw-print face paint, and enjoy the day.

“We want to get as manycheeks on there as possible because what we want is areally big impact of people enjoying the moment,” she said.

To registerfor the event, you can either turn up on the day or go to millionpawswalk.com.au/ traralgon

MEMBER for Gippsland East, Tim Bull,is encouragingresidents to check if theirdevices will still work, as Telstra prepares to shut down its 3G network in August this year.

Telstra wasinitially scheduled to closeits 3G networkand migrate over to 4G coverage at the end of June 2024,however,ithas extended the network closure by twomonths to allow households extratimetopreparefor the transition.

“If you currently have 3G only devices, they will no longer work after the August deadline,” Mr Bull said.

“This could impactyour phone, tablet, medical devices, security systems, and more, so it is important that youare prepared beforehand.

“It may also impact your ability to make emergency calls on older mobile phones, so IurgeEastGippsland residents to make sure their devices are compatible before the migration occurs. It is also important to check up on elderly family and neighbours,who may need assistance withaccessingthis information.”

If you’re aTelstra customer, or if you have adevice that uses Telstra’s mobile network,

you can find out if your mobile phone is impacted by texting ‘3’ to 3498.

Telstra will then respond to let you knowthe status of the device you’re messaging from, and whether you need to take any action.

If you’re using adevice to monitor health such as medical alarms, security, or other remote safetysituations,andthey’recurrentlyusingthe 3G 2100 MHzlayer,they’ll stopworking as the network is closed.

Information regarding the device’s compatibility with the new signal can be found on accompanying paperwork from the manufacturer, or by phoning the provider.

Mr Bullsaidthere are anumberofareas withinthe electorate that access the 3G signal exclusively, and has raised these concerns with Telstra directlyabout futureconnectivity in these regions.

“Telstra has committed to providing 4G coverage to around 95 per cent of the areas thatcurrentlyreceive 3G before the August closure, however I’ve requested that in bush fireprone areas likeEastGippslandthis needs to be 100 per cent of areas,” Mr Bull said.

The Collective.Cospace |Work. Connect. Thrive

The Collective Cospace is adynamic coworking space that’s redefining the way small businesses, creatives, and remote/ hybrid professionals work andconnect Nestled in the heart of the Traralgon CBD, The Collective offers acost-effective solution for professionals seeking productivityand affordability without compromising on quality The Collectiveprovidesthe infrastructure and support for individuals, small businesses and startups to have access to premium facilities without the financial burden and commitment of traditional office leases. The interior is designed to impress and to inspire, saturated with natural light and quality ergonomic furnishings. The space also boasts high-speed internet and modern technologies to quickly connect you. The space is one of akind in the region.

The Collective provides dedicated and hot desks, shared work and breakout areas, focus booths and meeting rooms. Arange of monthly and yearly memberships are available, as well as daypass options to suit different budgets. The Collective offers meeting room hire to the public, with per hour,halfand full dayrates. Ideal for small group workshops, team meetings or culture days.

The Collective fosters acultureofnetworking, idea sharing, and mutual support.Members have the opportunitytolearn from each other andthrough workshops andseminars, share knowledge, and expand their professional networks, all within asupportive and inclusive environment.The Collective seeks to be ahub for innovation, collaboration and growth in Traralgon’s business community

Celebrating 45 years of GERF

GIPPSLAND Emergency Relief Fund (GERF) is celebrating 45 years of operation, and is holding a special event to acknowledge the milestone.

As GERFPresident Andy Tegart explained, there was now actually some time to mark the occasion.

“We actually turned 45 in December last year, but due to ahigh level of activity with fire, flood and storm emergencies we had to put our celebration plans on hold,” he said.

“Now we’re able to go ahead with abirthday function to recognise the journey and contribution of GERF members and supporters for the last 45 years andthe future of GERFin2024and beyond.”

GERF was set up in 1978 as aresult of afire in Australian Paper plantations which impacted on local residents in the East Gippsland region.

The manager at the time felt obligated to make arrangements to provide emergency financial assistance to those families, and so the GERF concept was born.

Since 1978, GERF has distributed in excess of $20 million to more than 6000Gippsland residents Over the45years, this hasbeen managed by a volunteer committee and every dollar that has been raised by the fund has beendistributedtofamilies in their time of need following natural disaster.

“This is the first time we have held such an event and it is being held in National Volunteers Week.

The week is to recognise the diverse passions and talents everyone brings to the act of volunteering,”

Mr Tegart said.

“This is very true of GERF volunteers over the years. We are very keen to acknowledge the role that GERF has playedinthe Gippsland community in emergency response and the people who made it happen.”

Mr Tegart also added: “We are extremely grateful to Ausnet Services, Latrobe Health Services and MarinusLinkwho have kindly sponsored our 45th birthdayevent. These organisations have also been significant donors in the past when we have launched an appeal and they are to be congratulatedfor their contributions to the Gippsland community in times of emergency”.

Former Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp will be guest speaker on the night, and invitations have been extended to all current and former GERF committee members along with representatives from local government, emergency response agencies and major donors to the fund.

Former members of the GERF Committee who have not received an invitation should email GERF at info@gerf.org.au

GERF’s birthday function will be held this Friday (May 24), at De Grandis Winery in Traralgon.

Program helping people getinto work

THE state government has begunalocal mentors program that aims to help peoplewho have found it difficult to getwork

TheMinister for Employment, VickiWard, said theJobs Victoria’s Mentors program wasworking with more than 4000 individuals across the state as part of a$35 million investment in targeted employment services.

The Jobs Victoria Mentors program is available in five areas- includingLatrobe Valley- and aims to help people who need it most while addressing local workforce shortages. More than 370 people have registered in the Latrobe Valley area since October last year.

Jobs Victoria has partneredwith 11 local organisations across the state, including Qualify and Maximainthe Latrobe Valley, to delivera program that ensures participants get the support they need, followed by ajob that’s right for them. The program works with individuals one-on-one and covers resume writing, job applications and interview preparation. It then connects individuals

with local employers who need staff and supports them for the first six months after they start.

While employment services areprimarilythe responsibility of the Commonwealth, this program fillsagap left by Workforce Australiaand is providing support in the areas that need it most. Nearly three quarters of people currently in the program have been unemployed for more than 12 months.

LisamigratedtoAustralia in 2020and struggled to findwork in Traralgon. After working with Qualify, she’s now in an administration role and says it has changed her outlook on life.

Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing, said individualised supportmakes aworldofdifference in helping people to access secure employment.

“The expansion of this program -particularly as our population grows -isaproven way to make sure that morepeople across the Valley canwork closer to home,” she said.

To find out more about the Jobs Victoria Mentors program, visit jobs.vic.gov.au

All timber at Cowes Cultural Centre

By PHILIP HOPKINS

TIMBER dominates the internal design of Phillip Island’s prestigious new multi-dimensional cultural centre in Cowes -and what better place to source much of the timber than Gippsland.

‘Berninniet’- ‘Gathering Together’inthe Boon Wurrung Indigenous language -encompasses a 260-seat performing arts theatre, acinema, gallery, library, historical museum, events spaces and community meeting rooms, and was opened late last year.

Sitting at the heart of it is glue-laminatedtimber (MASSLAM) -hugebeams 5.9 metres long and columns 4.2 metres high, all 42cmwide -from Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) at Heyfield.

“Vic Ash glulam timber is the essential structural element for the building,” said Thom McCarthy,an interior designer with Jackson Clements Burrows, the project architects and designers.

“Theyformthe Grand Hall, the spineofthe building connected to all the rooms -the artistic andlibrary at each end, and the function rooms in the centre. They are the three major tenants of the community facility.

“Glulam columns are very striking; we have had tremendous experience with them in student residential projects.Wewere keen to express them as muchaspossible.Theyformedalot of the internal pallet, and at the library end.”

Quippedthe projectarchitect, James Stewart: “Regarding the tall columns, awoman came up to me and said, ‘There is steel inside those columns isn’t there?’ No! All are just laminatedtimber, she couldn’t believe it,” he said, as the columns are so tall.

“She thought we had steel columns and capped them.”

The library and offices in the mezzanine floor are all CLT (cross-laminated) mass timber, made from plantation pine, at the X-LamfactoryinWodonga.

Mr McCarthy said the company had experience with CLT in anumber of projects.

“We were keen to use Victorian Ash and see these two timber products combined. They are the two key structural components,” he said.

“The devil was in the details -the base plates and how they meet the structural slab. We were keen to do alittle timber design solution that expresses all that but defines and emphasises the timber.”

The national business development officerat ASH, Daniel Wright, said ASH was the only Australian producer of mass timber glulaminany volume. MASSLAM 45 is the proprietary strength of ASH’s strong hardwood glulam. According to ASH, European mass timber brands base the name on bending strength; Australian glulam usually follows stiffness. This makes Australian GL17 stronger than European GL28.

“We are competing with imports. MASSLAM 45 clearly shows where we sit in strength,” Mr Wright said.

Mr Wright said ASH did the shopdrawings, produced the timber and glued the timber members and profiledthem using CNC. CNC (Computer Numerical Control is aterm referring to automated specialised machinery, aprocess for automating the control of machine tools via software installed in amicrocomputer linked to atool).

“We then delivered to TGA Engineers. TGA did the structural designand purchased the manufactured components from us. They then attached connections, coatedthem and delivered to the site,” Mr Wright said.

TGA, based in Bayswater, specialises in mass timber engineering. Mr Stewart said the columns were spectacular, beautifully finished withbrackets and metal plates at the base that were manufactured in their shop. Extra timber was obtained through the Big River Group, which supplied blackbutt that was 15 millimetres thick.

“It creates terrific variation. The visual quality of

the timberworked in with the structural columns. Thisisbeautiful timberbut puta foot wrong in sealing it can change its appearance. From adesign perspective,wehad athread and kept building on it,” Mr McCarthysaid.

Mr Stewart said one problem occurred with the timber.

“We had the Ash columns,but all thesedifferent tones -the acoustic ceilings, the mass timber framing, thelibrary at theend and ceiling and walls mass timber in CLT, the stairs, handrails, so many different wood types -the trick was the ‘pallet’,” he said

“But it’s quite successful when you go through the space; you feel like it’s all the same, even though there may be Blackbutt here and Ash there, CLT pine …itall fits comfortably together.”

Mr McCarthy said pine has afew more knots and a“bitofattitude”.

“In terms of design move, it’s free and beautiful. Our challenge was to rationalise all the surfaces in away that expressed that timber without interrupting it too much,” he said.

Mr StewartsaidJCB’s practice wastoavoid plaster board at all costs.

“You can’t always do that,” he said.

Design work on theproject began in 2015. Several schemes followed before JCB took on the job in 2020. The lockdowns created havoc, but there was stillbig stakeholder engagement.

“In those discussions,weintroduced the notion of abig timber building and the qualities that come withit,”hesaid. Thecommunity gotreallyexcited and responded positively to it.

Mr Stewart said the other ambition was to achieve a‘passive house’ (PassivHaus) building, astyle of building fromEurope that emphasises energyefficiency that is nowincreasingly adopted in Australia

“They are mainly residentialbuildings, but this is the second-largestpublicbuilding in Australia that is ‘passive house’ and the first Passive House theatre in Australia,” he said.

“The principle of it is ahighly thermally efficientenvelope -air-tight, highperformance glazing, insulation. That works well for the

council, which owns it for 50 years, but ongoing energy costswillbeverysmall.”

There was no measure of timber in the building as acarbonstore

“Notinpassivehouse; it’sall about ongoing running costs,” Mr Stewart said.

Timber’s carbon role waspart of the design approach but not as amethod of measurement. The timber is both structural and aesthetic. Mr Stewart said the outside of the building was responding to the geology of the island.

“Thebrick and outside façadeare meanttoreferencethe erosion of thecliffsatthe Nobbies,the golden beaches thosewere the three-dimensional aspect of the façade,” he said.

“The colour hues related to the island’s geology. Go inside, see the obvious relation between the

colourofthe brick and these beautiful Vic Ash glulam columns.”

Mr McCarthy said the local community was very engaged with the ESG (environmental, social and governance) component of the project. Passive house mass timber was important, along with the way building was planned.

“We retained significant eucalypts on site. With the shape of the building, we kept two clusters of trees -native gums, but not heritage listed.Another really nice quality, is with glass here and there, we celebrate the trees, to keep the emphasis on timber,” he said.

“There was no negative feedback on timber, they (the community) werevery positiveabout it.Timber is essential to the entire building.”

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Repurposingcoal ash for low-carbon concrete

NEW modelling reveals that low-carbon concrete developed at RMIT University can recycle double the amount of coal ash compared to current standards, halvethe amount of cement required and perform exceptionally well over time -and AGL’s Loy Yang power station has arole in the process.

Morethan 1.2 billion tonnes of coal ash were producedbycoal-firedpowerplants in 2022. In Australia, it accounts for nearly afifth of all waste and will remain abundant for decades to come, even as the communityshiftstorenewables.

Meanwhile, cement production makesup eight per cent of global carbon emissions and demand for concrete -which uses cement as a key ingredient -israpidly growing.Addressing both challenges head-on, engineers at RMIT have partnered with AGL’s Loy Yang power station and the AshDevelopment Association of Australiato substitute 80 percentofthe cement in concrete withcoal flyash

RMIT’s project lead, Dr Chamila Gunasekara, said this represented abig advance as existing low-carbon concretes typically have no more than 40 percentoftheir cementreplaced withfly ash.

“Our addition of nano additives to modify the concrete’s chemistryallowsmore fly ash to be

added without compromising engineeringperformance,”DrGunasekara said.

Comprehensive labstudieshaveshown the team’sapproach is also capable of harvesting and repurposing lower gradeand underutilised ‘pond ash’-taken fromcoalslurrystorageponds at power plants -with minimal pre-processing. Large concrete beam prototypes have been created usingboth fly ash and pond ash and shown to meet Australian standardsfor engineering performance and environmental requirements.

“It’s exciting that preliminary resultsshow similar performancewith lower-grade pondash,potentially opening awhole new hugelyunderutilisedresource for cement replacement,” Dr Gunasekara said.

“Compared to fly ash, pondash is underexploited in construction duetoits different characteristics. There are hundreds of megatonnesofash wastes sittingindamsaround Australia, and muchmore globally.”

“Theseash ponds risk becoming an environmentalhazard, and the ability to repurposethis ashinconstructionmaterials at scale wouldbea massive win.”

Apilot computermodelling program developed by RMIT in partnership with Hokkaido University’s Dr Yogarajah Elakneswaran, has now been used to

forecast the time-dependent performance of these new concrete mixtures. According to Dr Yuguo Yu, an expert in virtual computational mechanics at RMIT, along-standing challenge in the field has been to understand how newlydeveloped materials will stand the test of time.

“We’ve now created aphysics-based model to predict how the low-carbon concrete will perform over time,which offers us opportunities to reverse engineer and optimise mixes from numerical insights,” Dr Yu explained.

This pioneering approach -recently unveiled in the journal Cement and Concrete Research –reveals how various ingredients in thenew low-carbon concrete interact over time.

“We’re able to see, for example, how the quick-setting nano additives in the mix act as a performance booster duringthe early stages of setting, compensating for the large amountsof slower-setting fly ash and pond ash in our mixes,”

Dr Gunasekara says.

“The inclusionofultra-fine nano additives significantly enhances the material by increasing density and compactness.”

This modelling, with its wide applicability to various materials, marks acrucial stride towards digitally assisted simulation in infrastructure

design and construction. By leveraging this technology, the team aims to instil confidence among local councils and communities in adopting novel low-carbon concrete for various applications.

EPA Victoria has approved adevelopment licence application from AGL PTY LTD to extend its ash landfill and leachate storage pond to meet future demand.

The application proposed six new landfill cells within the existing ash landfill areaatthe Loy Yang power station.

The new cells will provide atotal of 9,730,000 cubic metres of landfill space. This will allow space for it to operate for nearly 20 years.

EPA Director Infrastructureand Development Advisory, Con Lolissaidwhile AGL hasbeen approved to develop the landfill cells, it will need an operating licence for each of the six cells before it uses them.

“Our review and assessment of this licence was based on the best available science and application of Victoria’s Environment ProtectionAct 2017,” Mr Lolis said.

“A decisiontoallowreceipt of ashwithin the new landfillcell does not meanfuture cells will automatically be approved, as each decision is based on the latest science and environmental risk assessment.”

AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltd will also need to meet a series of development licence milestones, including:

-Presentingthe detaileddesign, technical specifications and aconstruction quality assurance plan after verification by an EPA-appointed landfill auditor;

-Having the constructionindependentlyverified by an EPA-appointed landfill auditor;

-Puttinginplace auditor-verified environmental management and monitoring plans thathave been approved by EPA, and;

-Providing EPA with detailed results of tests demonstrating the landfill can operate within the human and environmental health parameters in

their development licenceand anyfutureEPA permission.

Mr Lolis said community input was akey part of the assessment process.

“We ran two rounds of consultation as part of our assessment, with 70 applications received for the first round, and 14 for the second,” Mr Lolis said.

“We granted the licence after careful review of this feedback, as well as rigorous assessment against the best availablescienceand information and requirements of the Environment Protection Act 2017.

“Proposed activities were found to be in line with Victoria’s environmental standards.”

AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltdwill also need to successfullyapplyfor an amendment to itsexisting operating licence before it can use the new landfill cells and leachate pond.

WearorangeforVolunteerWeek

AUSTRALIANS are being urged to show thanks to StateEmergency Service (SES) volunteers this month during National Volunteer Week, by dressing in orange as part of Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) today (May 22).

Held annually, the event encourages the public to express their thanks and acknowledge the work of SESvolunteers within the community, by dressing in orange in ashowofsolidarity.

In the last 12 months,VICSES volunteers have been hard at work responding to emergencies within the communities,withmore than33,000 requests for assistance (RFAs) receivedacross the state Their broad skillsethas been tested, responding to more than 16,000 RFAs for downed trees, more than 3000 RFAs for reports of flood,1600road rescues and almost 500 technical rescues.

When it comes to rescues,VICSESvolunteers support Victoria Policeacross arange of search andrescue roles, with volunteers responding to more than 1600‘Assist Police’ jobs on average every year. This includes assistance at searches for missing people, searches for evidence at crime scenes as well as scenepreservation and assistance with lighting towers and marquees.

In the 2022/23 financial year, volunteers gave almost290,000 hoursoftheir time supporting communities in times of emergency, with plenty

more spent refining their skillset during weekly training events and regular large-scale exercises.

VICSESprovides the largest road rescuenetwork in Australia, with highly-trained volunteers playing asignificant role in the state’s road safety, responding to 1600 Road Crash Rescues (RCR) in the past year.

VICSES members have also played avital supportroleinrecent timesasneighbouring states experienced severe weather events, with staff, volunteersand VICSESappliances from across Victoria travelling to Queensland late lastyear to assist in the state’s major flood event.

Closer to home, recent responses includeda strong presence at Mirboo North in conjunction with local CFA following the devastating storm event, which saw more than 300 RFAs in the small township alone throughout the month of March.

Volunteers also provided vital support to other emergency service providers on almost 300 occasions throughout the year, aiding police, fire and ambulance responses with lighting, privacy, and boots on the ground in arange of scenarios.

Loch Sport retirees Derek and Marion Houston are no strangers to storm events themselves, having first been exposed to the work of VICSES when the roof was blown from their former Chelsea home some years ago.

VICSES volunteers attended to provide temporary cover at the property, and in turn inspired the pair to give back to the community upon their move to Gippsland three years ago. Mr and Mrs Houston provided support for the coastal population, responding to anumberofRFAs for downed trees and building damageaspart of theclose-knit country unit.

During February’smajor storm event which swept through Gippsland, the pair celebrated their49thwedding anniversary while deployed at the Bairnsdale Incident Control Centre (ICC), working overnight to make roads and properties safe throughout the region. Plans for aromantic anniversary dinnerwere quickly scrapped as they worked closely withother SES volunteersdeployed from throughout Gippsland, providing safeworking at heights guidance for their colleagueswhile they themselves led from the front.

To help celebrate WOW Day 2024 and to thank volunteers for all their hard work, the public can share amessage of thanks to SES volunteers by posting on Facebook or Twitter and using the hashtag #ThankYouSES

If you want to be apartofthe action, learn new skills and serve your community, visit ses.vic.gov. au/volunteer

25 years of the Gippy ToyRun

FEDERAL Memberfor Gippsland, Darren Chester is proud to havehis Traralgonoffice serve as adonation location for this year's Gippsland Motorcyclists Toy Run.

"The Gippsland Motorcyclists Toy Run, headed by husband-and-wifeteam Alfie and Stella Vella, is along-standing Latrobe Valley community initiative and plays avital role in bringing Christmasjoy to the region's less fortunatechildren," Mr Chester said.

"In the months before Christmas, Alfie and Stella work tirelesslytocollect donations, collaborating with local businesses, organisations, and sportingclubs and establishing collection points for toys and other gifts.

“Alfie and Stella's hard work culminates in the first week of December when hundreds of motorcyclists join the couple in convoy from Traralgon to Erika,where donated toys are handed to representatives from Saint Vincent's and the Salvation Army.

"I take great pride in being involved in this year's Toy Run, offering my Traralgon office as adrop-off point for toys and gifts leading up to the event."

Celebratingits 25th year, the Gippsland Motorcyclists Toy Run is the largest toy donation contributor in the Latrobe Valley, handing over $75,000 worth of toys at last year's toy run.

Mr Chester's office on Franklin Street, Traralgon, is one of five donation locations for the 25th annual Gippsland Motorcyclists ToyRun in the Latrobe Valley.

Community: FederalMember for Gippsland, Darren Chesterwith Alfie and Stella Vella, whoare busypreparing another Christmas toyrun.

Photograph supplied

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Traf High students raise for the shave

TWO Year 9and two Year 12 students at Trafalgar High School took part in World's Greatest Shave recently.

The initiative has become an annual community fundraising event popular with students.

Setting agoal of $1000, the team doubled their amount raised. Team leader, Baxter noted that his family were great contributors, along with peers donating coinsonthe day and the school community donating online. Baxter, as one of the school communitystudent leaders for 2024, also worked with the SRConcasualclothes day to support the Leukaemia Foundation.

The Year 9studentsaid it was “a lot of fun to work with Year 12 students on this project,” and thanked them for their support.

Askedwhy he picked this project, Baxter said:

“I just wanted to shave my head, and this made it aworthwhile my haircut may as well be put towards good cause.”

“It was an enjoyable experience making ashow out of the shave," he said.

Students planned music on the front oval area, a stagefor the shaving, and an icecream and Italian dessert stall run by students from the arts and food technology areas planning to travel to Italy in 2025.

Baxter was joined by fellow Year 9Tristan Bernthal and Year 12 VCE students Joshua (Josh) McMahon and William (Billy) Brullo-Warnock.

Billy said he enjoyed the carnival atmosphere of the event, getting up in front of everyone with “good encouragement fromthe school and friends",

with Josh adding “my head was cold afterwards".

The students selected friends to have the honours of shaving their heads whileother peers commentated the event and filmed it for the boy’sfamilies to seethe action.

Trafalgar High School Principal,Brett Pedlow congratulated the students for

supportingcharity,engagingtheir peers with the fundraisinggoals and praising Baxter.

“It's outstandingtosee our younger leaders step up and take on major project in the school community," he said.

“Baxter did agreat job coordinatingthe team and encouraging his peers."

Scholarship winner’spersonal Kokodaconnection

THE astonishing story of the inaugural winner of the Marsh/Tierney Scholarship will serve as added motivation for acontingent of trekkers taking on the Kokoda Track with Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, next month.

Kurnai College student Amelia van Vliet has been awarded the Marsh/Tierney Scholarship, which provides the younger generationwith an insightinto the Gippsland connection to the Kokoda Track, and the sacrifices made by soldiers from the local area.

Amelia will joinMrCameron,and other Victorian Members of Parliament and scholarshipwinners on atrek of the KokodaTrack withAdventureKokoda duringthe July school holidays

“Amelia’s story and her motivation for wanting to take on this challenge is truly amazing, and Iwas touched by her essay which described her deeply personal connection to the Kokoda Track,” Mr Cameron said.

When Amelia was just one-and-a-half years old, her father Euan Comrie wanted to honour his great grandfather -who served in Commando Double Black -and walk the Kokoda Track.

Tragically,onthe flighttoKokoda the aeroplane carrying Amelia’sdad and nineother Australians crashed into amountain and there were no survivors.

“I would like to continuethe dreams of my father, and honour him and my great grandfather, and walk the track so many before me have walked,” Amelia wrote in her essay.

“My mum honoured by dad’s memory by walking the track on the 12-month anniversary of his death -myolder brotherand sisterwere able to attend the memorial service that occurred on the anniversary, howeverIwas only one-and-a-half

years old and my mum made the decision thatI was too young at the time to make the journey.

“This leaves me with afeeling thatitisnow my turn, that this is an opportunity for me to commemorate my dad and finish what he started.

“Whenmymum walked the track, she placed aplaque in my dad’s honour at the hospital in Kokoda and Iwould love the opportunity to see this formyself and follow in their footsteps.” Amelia and Mr Cameron willnow ramp-up preparations for the gruelling Kokoda Track by tackling some local hiking trails under the guidance of Amelia’s mum, Annemieke.

Incredible: Local student Amelia vanVliet will take on theKokoda Tracknextmonth, honouring her latefather.Amelia will be joined by Member forMorwell, Martin Cameron on thejourney Photograph supplied

Clip clip: Trafalgar HighSchoolstudent Joshua McMahon beforeshaving his locks Photographs supplied

Buzz: MelissaCoulson prepares to shaveBilly’s hair

Seeya: Will Cooper makes the firstshavesinto Josh’s hair

Trust me: Mieke Hankinson had the honour of shaving her brother Baxter’s hair forthe World’s Greatest Shave

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It might soundlikeacutesytitle designed forashow about two wayfaringcats or even twojolly chefs, but this six-partseriesisaloveletter to averyunique (and real) place: the archipelagosofthe ChannelIslands. LoveYourGarden’s Alan Titchmarsh narrates this idyllic travelogue which feasts on the stunning natural beauty of the area. Rich with heritage and quirks, locals who havelived in on the islandsofJerseyand Guernsey forgenerations sharetheir colourful insightsand knowledge.Wemeet eighth-generation Jerseyfarmer Phil Le Maistreand his dad (both pictured), who use a100-year-old hand plough to harvestthe season’s firstcropofJersey Royalpotatoes

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6.00 Mastermind Australia.

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7.00 ABCNews. Alookatthe topstories of the day

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Lawrence to bringup900 this weekend

UMPIRES LVUA

IN his 36th yearofumpiring countryfootball, umpiringstalwart

Barry Lawrence is set to tick off his 900th game with the Latrobe Valley Umpires Association this Saturday.

Lawrence will step out for the occasion when Morwell takes on Warragul in Round7ofthe Gippsland League at Morwell Recreation Reserve.

Reflecting on the journey, Lawrence can still remember how things were back when he started.

"When Ibeganumpiring in 1989, the VFL were banishing umpires to the bush and we would have one of their umpires and one of ours in all Latrobe Valley senior games each weekend," he said.

"We had alarge compliment of

umpires and if youdidn’t havea game, youhad to ringthe secretary on Saturday morningtosee if there wereany changes

"I, like most, trained four or five days aweek and if we didn’t turn up to training to learn our craft, we didn’t get agame."

On the field, Lawrencehas been involvedinanumberofsenior Grand Finals in the Gippsland and Mid Gippsland Football-NetballLeague, as well aVFL Under 16 carnival, and anumber of marqueeand umpire milestone games.

However, he believed hisbiggest role has been off the field.

“I’ve taken on anumberofroles in an off-field capacity over the years, president, director of umpiring,junior development, committee and social committee, and (I) have been the

boundary umpire coachfor 18 years," he said.

"Themainreason Ihave kept involved hasbeen the people you meet in football, my love for the panel, its members and country football, and the massive support Ihave had from my family."

The work Lawrence has put into off-field work has been recognised with life membership to the LVUA in 1998, outstanding services to the LVUA,and he even has aperpetual shield named in his honour.

“As acoach Ihave enjoyed mentoring and training manyyoung girls and boys taking to the field for their first game and watching local lads I’ve had the pleasure of working with and helpingtodevelop running on the big stage with the VFL or AFL,” he said.

The level of football in the Latrobe

Valley grew in Lawrence's early days, with clubs optingtorecruit VFL stars to increase the level of competition.

From an umpiring perspective too, Lawrencehas workedwithanumber of bignames in Latrobe Valley umpiring circles.

“I havebeen fortunate enough to work with some very talented and committed people in umpiring, Les Ponton, Peter Box, Tim Pianta, Rex McGowan and Bryan Sultana, in an off-field capacity. Darren Fletcher, Ian Green, Steve Buhagiar, Sean Maxwell, James Heland and the long-serving Don Wight and Peter North, and many other umpiring friendsinanon-field capacity, and (I) have the blessing of my family to keep going," he said.

Umpiring panels are currently struggling to covertheirfull listof

gameseach week, and the LVUA welcome anyone, male or female, that wants to take on umpiring.

"It's not as daunting as it looks, there are alot of support programs, very friendly people and panels provide great coaching and on and off field support," Lawrence said.

"Teams and leagues are very supportive. Every time we cross that white line it’s all about the game, and the players there won’t get agame without umpires, so Iurgepeople to support their clubs by being positive towardsthe players and umpires, taking on roles to support country football and netball,and seriously look at giving umpiring ago.

"You meet great people, learn new skills, earn money and it looks good on your resume.”

Occasion: BarryLawrencewas able to share the fieldwithhis daughters, Claireand Kelly, forhis 500th game

Photographs supplied

Recognition: BarryLawrence, with wife Janine, receivinganaward forhis years of service to football from AFL Victoria.

Incredible: Barry Lawrence will step ontothe field forhis 900th game this weekend.

MID GIPPSLAND

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JHecker 7K Jennings4 NWheildon 2JPearceZSkinner LFlahavin J Hudson LWebber Thorpdale: JCeppi 3JSandy 2CMillsom 2T Patten 2ARosatoJHollandBurch. BEST: Newborough: JHeckerZSkinner PCharles LFlahavin NWheildonJPearce Thorpdale: ARosatoT Patten MRichardson HFerguson JMonger JHolland-Burch.

FISHCREEK5.2 14.5 18.7 22.10 (142)

MIRBOO NTH 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.2 (14)

GOALS:Fish Creek: DBerryman5 TBuckley 4J Shaw 3JHayes 2H Smith2 TCameron 2 JStandfieldJStaley WBrydon waldren JWalker Mirboo Nth: WJackaP Lewis BEST: Fish Creek: PPekin HSmith LGale DBerryman JStandfield KDorling Mirboo Nth: HMahoney J Brooks EWoodall ROddyT Wilkins PLewis

FOSTER4.2 4.2 11.4 14.5 (89)

BOOLARRA3.5 4.8 5.11 8.16 (64)

JBest9 BFlavelle 2D

MGreen. Boolarra: JWilson NMiller ASheers JMason LMarriott SNoy SMazou DWilson.

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BFlavelle WDuursma MAllott CBanbury. Boolarra: SNoy JWilson MPorykali DWilson CBell NLaing MDU 1.1 4.4 6.8 12.9 (81) STONYCREEK 6.0 7.1 7.4

Tight top eight in Mid Gippsland

 TARWIN VTOORA

BEST:Tarwin: CMills JKilsbyD Leggo ABell ZBright T Cameron. Toora: MGlowrey CButinar ZLewis ZLawler MStone AVening

EAST 1.3 3.6 6.8 9.9 (63)

Yinnar: CFrith 2JGarlick 2D Webster KElphick BEST:Morwell

MirbooNth: MWoodall LPoljak TMcGrath XBerquez J Jagusch LEden. Fish Creek/Tarwin: AEdgelowJ Gale ZBrightTHughesT MilltonEBerryman

THE Mid Gippsland FootballNetballLeague competition is again proving to be one of the closest in Gippsland football.

After six rounds, there is just one game separating first from eighth,which even then only tells part of the story.

Incredibly, the team in eighth has won the same number of games as the team in first.

 YINNAR VMORWELL EAST

YOU couldhave been forgiven for thinking Morwell East's loss to reigning premier Fish Creek just aweek earlier was one they were due to have, but arriving at the home ground of Yinnar, the Hawks were absolutely committed to not losing two in arow.

The Magpies, with the Hawks already somewhat wounded from their firstand only loss, took no prisoners, slowly wearing the visitors down to secure perhaps their most impressive win of the year.

Yinnarfought back from a 27-point deficitathalftime, to win 12.10 (82) to 9.16 (70).

Morwell East, despite leading for most of theday, paidthe price for inaccurate kicking in front of goal, and in doing so,left the door ajar for aMagpies team ready to pounce.

Winningcoach Sam McCulloch was full of praise for his side.

"Wasataleoftwo halves. Morwell East were on top in the first half and we were second to the ball. We worked our way back into the game and managed to play our brand of footy in the second half," he said.

"Was areal character building win in front of astronghome crowd. Another challenge this week facing Mirboo North who are always adifferent team at home."

The same couldnot be said by PaulHenryinthe Morwell East camp.

“We were out worked and outclassedinthe last quarter. Inaccurate kicking and poor skill execution was ahugecontributor to the outcome. Anotherdisappointing loss!” he said.

The losshas contrasting outcomes for each side,withthe Hawks now falling back to the pack, while for Yinnar, top spot is now only percentage away.

Yinnar is well placed as the competition closes in on the halfway mark of theseason, and the Magpies certainly have the attention of all the big players in the MGFNL.

 BOOLARRAV FOSTER

AWEEK off with abye, the return of several first choice players and ahome ground contest had Boolarra fully prepared for atalented and in form Foster

The Demons had produced some patches of very good football, but were under no illusions it would take all of 100 minutes of their very best to get the better of the Tigers.

At halftime, it appeared that amajor upset might well be on the cards, with the Demons not only in the game, but leading it, before the Tigers really got their teeth into the contest, running away to a25-point win.

The final scoreboard read Foster 14.5 (89) to 8.16 (64).

Foster coach Sam Davies said his side was made to work hard for the points.

"Hard fought win against avery persistent Boolarra side -weturned it on in the third quarter and that was the difference," he said.

"They’re abetter team than the ladder suggests. Bye week-can’t wait."

Boolarra coach Brendan Mason was willingtoput things in perspective.

"Itwas areally good game of football. Foster just cameout after halftime and played the betterfooty.Disappointing to once again fall short," he said.

 FISH CREEK VMIRBOO NORTH

FISH CREEK, having produced oneoftheir better performances of 2024 the week before against Morwell East, firmed as heavy favouritesagainstthe winless Tigers.

The home side showed every bit of that favouritism, winning 22.10 (142) to 2.2 (14).

The Kangaroos never appeared in any real danger of losing this game,but acoach is always interested in how his team wins as well.

“Solid win on the weekend, it was good to get the game on our terms formost of theday and start playing to our system," Fish Creek coach Jarrod Walker said "Still awork in progress but somegoodsigns.Startingto develop some good synergy which is pleasing."

The margin aconcern, but far from adisasterfor the Tigers, according to coach Damien Turner, who is well awareof where they sit at the moment.

“It was asimilar story again andalthough therewas many forced changes to our senior side which made it alittleharder,itis alwaysa tough trip downtoFish Creek and they were brilliant," he said.

"They have some great talent and will go deepagain. Our boys really rallied at halftime and pulledbackwhatlooked like could have been an even tougher day.

"I’m proudofhow theboys continue to stick at it in the tough days, this will build some real resilience in the future."

The weekendloss was not about 2024 for Mirboo North, it was, and is about the seasons ahead, whichcan be testing for clubs on the journey, but a genuine belief in reachingthe destination is the key to future success.

 MDUV STONY CREEK

IT had come to that stage of the year where the jostling for the all-important ladder positions was starting to intensify,as clubs looked to firm up agripon aposition further up the leader. Meeniyan Dumbalk United,

although seventh on the MGFNL ladder prior to theirweekend clash, andunbelievably just a game off topposition, knew they were in for achallenge from the visiting Stony Creek, who themselves were just agame behind the home side.

Needless to say, awin for either sidewas crucial, and in the early part of the game, it was the Lionsthat appeared to want it more.

Leading by nearly five goals at quarter time, Stony Creek still led the way until the finalbreak, before the Demons reallyput the heat on, eventually rolling on to acomfortable 12.9 (81) to 7.8(50) win.

Demons coach Nathan Allen said it was astrong reversal.

“Stony got ahold of us early with some slick footy," he said.

"We were able to holdthem up late in the first and early in the second as we started to get our gamegoing. Was abig dayfor the club and great to celebrate with awin."

The victory has MDU right wherethey need to be, inside the league'stop six, while for the Lions, it was another one that appeared to get away -a perhaps worrying trend for coach Chris Verboon.

"We started the game doing everything right, kickingthe first six goals," he said.

"We knew Meeniyan would keep coming and it was always going to be tough to maintain alead.

"Meeniyan used the space well which opened up the middle for them. Hit ups and overlap run were hard to stop. We had our chancesinthe last quarter to put scoreboard pressure on but couldn’t convert the goals.

"I was really happywith our backline who did agreat job all day. There’s positives to take from the game but in the end it’s another one that got away."

TARWINwas well aware of just what was on the end of this game, and it was so much more than just the four premiership points.

Awin wouldkeep them in touch withthe verytop of the table, while aloss would see them fall back to the trailing pack with still plenty of work to do in the back half of the season. That pressure to win was enough to see the Sharks fight their way into, and inevitably run away with, a contest that no doubt could have gone either way.

The Sharks did enough in the end,winning 11.13(79)to9.6 (60) at home.

The home side looked in trouble early, trailing by four points at the first break and falling to 10 points behind at the main, before starting to work into the game through the efforts of Ricky O'loughlin, Ben Chalmers and Ben Allen.

Tarwin coach Jason Kennedy pleased enough with what was produced.

"It was asolid day for the club, our new group are starting to see the reward for effort," he said.

"It's great to haveour first win at home and alsonow two on the trot."

Toora coach Jack Weston said there was legitimate reasons why his side fell away.

“A half of footy at Tarwin wasn’t enough to get the job done, 18 fit players after halftime meant we just ran out of gas," he said.

"Itwas adisappointingresult, but credit to Tarwin for hanging on and running out the game better."

 HILLEND HAD THE BYE.

Locals: Newborough’s Josh Pearce andThorpdale’s Heath Ferguson battle forthe ground ball during the weekend’sclash.

Photograph: Liam Durkin

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FOOTBALL

MID GIPPSLAND

BY LIAM DURKIN

DON’T let the scoreboard fool you.

For much of the Round 6match between Newborough and Thorpdale in the Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League,the contest played out in relatively even terms.

The difference however came at the bookends.

The Bulldogs kicked three goals in the first four minutesofthe game, and then finished with seven goals to two in the last quarter.

Oh,and there wasa blokecalledJosh Hecker who had about 45 touches and kicked seven goals.

In agame decided by 44 points, it wouldn’tbetoo much to say he was ‘the’ difference.

Hecker, who by all reports found the ball more in this game than he had in the previousfourthisseason, wasa clear best-on-ground as Newborough withstood anumberofThorpdale challenges, to win 18.10 (118) to 11.8 (74).

The Bulldogs, in front of apacked home crowd, admittedly swelled by the fact there was no Gippsland League games and byes to neighbouring clubs Hill End and Trafalgar, took to the field wearing special pink guernseys in support of the Breast Cancer Network.

The subplots thatwere current Thorpdale players Anthony and Michael Rosato and Chris Gardiner coming up against their oldsidealsoadded further intrigue to the game.

The trio had all played in seniorGrand Finals for Newborough, with Anthony Rosato part of their most recent senior premiership in 2016.

Pleasingly,there appeared to be no hostility toward the past players, as all concerned made the ball their primary focus.

The only moment that may have boiled over was when Newborough defender Alex Skinnerperhaps got alittle too overzealous in wanting to prove Anthony Rosato wasn’t as ‘un-tacklable’ as is commonly thought. Skinner was up to task, at least in the act of stopping the midfielder in his tracks, yet the lifting action meant the tackle was deemed dangerous.The resultant free kick gave Rosato agoal for the day to go with his

own best-on-ground performance. In some games, the two best players from each team are absolute standouts, and that was certainly applicable for this match.

The chivalryextended away from the ball, as players from the home side even took the time to engage in pleasant conversation with Gardiner as they were waiting to come on at the interchange gates.

In this respect, football has arguably changed for the better.Among the crowd at the weekend were members of Newborough’s 1990 premiership, who defeated Trafalgar in ugly scenes.

The Grand Final that year was marred by controversy, as more than adozen reports were handed out.

When people talk about football being ‘betterbackthen’, thereiscause to question if it really was.

ANewborough person now even coaches Traf. Who’d ever thought that would have been possible?

The Bulldogs three-goal burst to start the game sent alarm bellsringing on the Thorpdale bench.

The Blues were without one-halfof their co-coaches, with Jason Winderlich awayill,but theywereabletowork their way back into the game, and went into the quarter time break having registered the same numberofscoring shots as their opponents.

Thorpdale had to accepttheir fate to some extent, as Hecker and Kyle Jennings each kicked neat goals from deep in the pocket, however, a50-metre penalty for dissent taking Nathan Whieldon to the goal line meant some of their wounds were self-inflicted.

Further up the ground,the Bulldogs were owningspace outwide.

Acall from the Thorpdalebench for someone to “go to number 20” was made midway through the term.

Sending ataggertosomeone in their mid-40s probably isn’taringingendorsement for the standard of acompetition, although the guy wearing number 20 for Newborough is well and trulyan exception.

The man wearing number 20 is of course, Peter Ainsworth, still proving ahandful aftermore than350 senior gamesfor Moe in the Gippsland League.

Ainsworth showcased every bit of that experience in the first quarter, at one stageturning hisopponentinsideout before sending the ball forward.

As the second quarter got underway, it appeared Newborough were well on their way to acommanding win, as they extendedontheir15-pointquartertime advantage.

Just four minutes into the second term,AnthonyRosato couldsense things were getting out of hand, and called out to Thorpdale runner (and also co-president) Jason Carpinteri to ring some changes.

There appeared to be mismatches galore in defence for the Blues, as Josh Pearce and Hecker were constantly found on the lead.

Thorpdale was noticeably short afew players, as indicated by what happened earlier in the day when theirreserves lost by more than200 points

Withthatinmind, it was clearthe

Blues had not only hit the phones to fieldateam in thelunchtime league,but were then needing to call upon players who (in the greatest respect) fitted the description of ‘genuine fill ins’ for the main game.

That description was at least accurate in aphysicalsense.

Any structural changes didn’t take immediate effect,asThorpdale didn’t haveaninside 50 until the seven minute mark of the second quarter -and even then it was quickly rebounded.

Adesperate, lunging tacklefrom Newborough’s Nathan Curtis on MichaelMcMahon at centre wing opposite thegrandstand showed the Bulldogs were prepared to do the hard work, however, what followed was 15 minutes of dominance from the Blues.

Thorpdale kicked back-to-back goals within fiveminutes to keep the game withinreach,and when AnthonyRosato kickedtruly fromstraight in front at the scoreboard end,the margin was suddenly only two goals.

The Blues made it four goals in nine minutes when CougarMillsom nailed aset shot, after taking what looked to be avery deliberate, stabbing approach, choosing to kick atracer bullet from 40 metres out.

Withjustone goal the difference as the clock ticked past 20 minutes, the tempo of the game was left somewhat up to guest work,asplayers only had avague idea how much time was left. Why? Because the clock on the scoreboard at Newborough stops as soon as it gets to 20 minutes. Part technical glitch, or perhaps to add to any suspense that comes with aclose finish.

Thorpdale was denied the chance to potentially add another goal before the halftime break,asthe siren sounded as the ball was in mid-air literally secondsbefore it looked certain to fall into the hands of key forward James Holland-Burch.

Newborough hadthe ideal startto the second half, with agoal to Jennings just 30 seconds in, before Heckeradded anotherashort time later.

Scoring had become easier, and the gameopened up, allowing bothteams some clean looks.

JordanCeppi got one backfor Thorpdale to help stem the flow, one of his three for the day.

The left footer addedyet another subplot to the game,being aformer Moe player fronting up for his first game in the area since leaving the Lions.

Much as Thorpdale tried however, there was simply no stopping Hecker. He kicked three goals for the term and did work at both ends of the ground, securing aholding the ball in defence as the Blueslooked certainofgetting through.

Some gasps were felt among the Thorpdale faithful whenAnthony Rosato hobbled at the16-minute mark, however,with thegame still alive, he willedhimself to find Millsom inside 50, who in turn handballed it off to Travis Patten to see the Blues get back an important goal.

Gasps turned into expletives however not longafter, following asuicidal turnover deepindefence thatlanded

straight in the arms of Hecker -ofall people to accept an inboardkick gone horrendously wrong.

Fortunately for the Blues, Hecker made hisone blemish for the day, missingthe goal andgivingthem a huge let off.

Some sore bodies were starting to showasthreequarter time approached, notably Newboroughswingman Luke Webber, who was cramping so badlyhe couldn’t even walk from the interchange gate to the bench.

Webberevensought the assistance of anearby photographer (ironically working for Thorpdale) to help stretch, who proved to be amuch greater citizen thanthe fellow media counterpart standing by.

For all of Hecker’s dominance, the differencewas just13points at three quarter time, setting up agrandstand finish.

Newborough coach Craig Skinner delivered an impassioned speechatthe last change, tellinghis troops the “stage is absolutely set”.

The Bulldogs were instructed to chancetheir arm using the corridor, which had remained vacant for most of the game, as their opponents showed a preference for turning the match into a congested game.

The instructions did not fall on deaf ears, and whileThorpdale carried the weight of sentimentality, ahome team kicking toward abar full of parochial supporters was always going to be hard to stop.

The game opened right up in the last, and the Bulldogs went on their way to eventually blow the margin right out.

Who else but Hecker to kick Newborough’s first goal of the last term, which came just three minutes in.

Anothermajor followedafter agoalline scramble, the precursor to which saw Jennings almost kick goal of the century using his soccer skills, sending abobbling ballatarightangle from close range.

Webber made amiraculousrecovery to kick aset shot at the 10-minute mark to just about seal the deal.

Thorpdale kept coming, and agoal to Holland-Burch at the 12-minute mark made it a26-point ballgame.

From there,the Blues would have needed the next goal to be any chance, but gaveaway a50-metre penaltyatthe very next centre bounce to virtually put paid to any chances.

Anthony Rosatowas joined in the best by Travis Patten, who kicked two goals, along with Matt Richardson, Heath Ferguson, Joel Monger and Holland-Burch.

The Blues won no shortage of admirers, and showed strong character after Newborough blitzed them in the first 10 minutes -lesser sides would have conceded there and then.

Thorpdale co-coach Ray Pickering would have reason to be optimistic after whathesaw lastSaturday, as his team kept touch with aquality opposition for the best part of three quarters.

Had they won thisgameconsidering theresources available, it would have arguablytopped theirtwo finals victories last year.

Bothteamsnow sit with four wins and two losses from six games, although there is afour-spot separation on the ladder.

The Bulldogs are fourth and the Blues eighth,asomewhat bizarre outcome given Fish Creekare on top with the exact same number of wins.

Hecker had daylight for company as second best-on, although officially that mantle went to Zac Skinner. Patrick Charles also played well, as did Liam Flahavin, Wheildon (two goals) and Pearce.

The Bulldogs will be relatively pleased with how things sit with one game left in autumn, having dropped just the two matches thus far (one by two points to reigning premier Fish Creek).

Perhaps the most pleasingsignfor Newborough however is seen scrolling past the results section on PlayHQ.

From the 21 players chosenatthe weekend, the total player points amounted to just 25. Emphasising thatpointeven further, the only players attractingmultiplepoints were Jennings and Jack Hudson, whocan be classed as every bit ‘local’.

Untouchable: Josh Heckerhad aday outfor Newborough at theweekend, kickingseven goals in theBulldogswin over Thorpdale.

Young gun: BrandonWatson clears theball forThorpdale Photographs: Liam Durkin

NORTH GIPPSLAND

MCollison RFoat JKennedy Rosedale: WLogan 2OSmith NHeathcote. BEST:Woodside: MDyke MCollison DFarmer LStockdale GStevenson AJanssen. Rosedale: RBoyle LStuckey JDiamond WLogan HFox RDiamond

TTU11.617.11 23.15 33.19 (217) GORMANDALE

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GOALS:TTU: JJacobsen 7H Willaton 5B White5 FBrouns 3CMacreadie 3ZKilgower3 T Mustoe 2OAliotta 2DMorrisonT Busch CMichie Gormandale: ICopland BEST:TTU: J Jacobsen BWhiteH Willaton MJacobsen ZKilgowerDMorrison. Gormandale: NMillington CPotalej FRoscoeBHearn JFoulkes WFlanagan.

COWWARR 5.3 7.6 10.7 11.15 (81) GLENGARRY3.0 6.3 8.4 10.4 (64) GOALS:Cowwarr: KHughes 5ASaunders 3KStamers JAndersonCCook Glengarry: MRyan3JBurgess 2J Bassi 2LHealy LMartin JHodges BEST:Cowwarr: BJohnston R Farnham CCook ASaunders KHughes BCoffey Glengarry: THarris JLee MRyanCBartley JBurgess ABermingham.

Jetsgetrevenge,Cougarscollapse

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

BY TOM HAYES

MOST results in North Gippsland football went as expected at the weekend, as a number of tasty fixtures went the ways of the favourites.

The rich got richer, as agap formed between fifth and sixth, making it difficult to make an impression on the top five.

Some work is still to be done for anumber of teams who find themselvesinaposition unknowntothe norm, while some are only beginning to put the foot down.

THE Jets got revenge.

Eight months after their Elimination Final exit at the hands of Churchill, Yallourn Yallourn North made amends, winning 13.12 (90) to 10.5 (65).

In another account which saw YYN take an earlylead, this time the Cougars remained within close proximity of their hosts.

IT wasa tale of two halves at Stephenson Park.

Coming into the match, Yarramhad just tasted their first defeatofthe season, and were eager to get back onto the winner’s list, doing so 11.6 (72) to Sale City’s 7.13 (55).

Unlike the week before, the Demons allowed their opponents to get the better start, forcing themselves to strike acomeback.

But Sale Cityweren’t messing around, shooting out to a 17-point lead at quarter time, keeping Yarram to just two points in the opening term.

While the margin stayed within striking distance, the Bulldogs continued to extend their lead, keeping Yarram to minor scores for an entire half.

At halftime, the visitors were still yet to registeramajor,while Sale City was making the most of their opportunities, kicking 5.5 (35) in reply to Yarram’s five behinds.

But beforeyou knew it, the game flipped on it’s head.

three to take a15-point lead at quarter time. With asecond win stillin sights of the hosts, Glengarry was eager to get going, eventually winning the second term to drag the margin back down to nine points.

Cowwarr continued to tick along however,kicking two goals to Glengarry’s three, the hosts would find it troubling if they weren’t able to completely disable Cowwarr from the scoreboard.

As they played out the third quarter, the two sides pretty much played an identical quarter in terms of scoring, yetthe scripts were flipped.

Cowwarr, this time kicking 3.1 (19), kept Glengarry to 2.1 (13), bringing theirlead back out to a15-point margin.

Glengarry could only muster two straight majors in the final term which wouldn’t be enough, even if Cowwarr didn’t score.

and Rosedaleonly had 1.3 (9) in reply.

The win was only enough to keep Woodside in second,after TTU’s big win over Gormandale. Matt Dyke was best-on-ground for the Wildcats, with Mark Collison, Daniel Farmer (nine goals), Lee Stockdale, Gavin Stevensonand Adam Janssen joining him in the best. For Rosedale, Riley Boyle, Luke Stuckey,Jay Diamond, Will Logan, Harper Fox and Rohan Diamondwere praised for their efforts.

TTU recorded their second 200+ point win.

Perhapsmore praise should go the way of TTU, as it takes acomplete four-quarter performance to even get close to 200 point in front of another team. This game was over before it started, as theBombers completed asuccessful trip to Gormandale, winning 33.19 (217) to 1.6 (12).

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AWilbraham RTaws JSleswickT Little RMassaroC Turnbull Gormandale: ZGuttridge BFreeman JHammond WBoulton MCarstein. YYN7.3 9.5 13.6 16.10 (106)

DKeyhoe 4LCumiskey 3MGore3 OBudge 3SPearson MGlibanovicLRuach. Churchill: THayesNJohnson. BEST:YYN: MTwaddle DKeyhoe AAnderson JMathison D Purves DPol Churchill: RHarding LBreretonT HayesQ Whitehead RCroft PKhamphawa.

3.6 10.8 15.11 (101)

0.2 2.6

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Aback-and-forth openingterm had both sidesloadup, and with Jets kicking toward what was thought to be the ‘scoringend’ towardthe scoreboard, Churchill wouldhave been pleased to trail by just five points.

At the same time, Churchill had displayed that it certainly was possibletoscore at the other end, which could, and would, be used against them.

The Jets did just that to start the second term, putting Churchill to the sword, kicking 4.5 (29) to 1.2 (8), leavingthe Cougarswithout an answer, trailing by 26 points at half time.

YYN were doing asuperb job of putting scores on the board, all while minimising the amount of looks at the big sticks Churchill was getting.

Even when the Cougars found themselves inside their forward 50, it was never achance that would be favoured, with Churchill’s forwardsoften opting to centre the ball, turningitover in the process to which the Jets would capitalise on.

The Cougars kickedthe first three goals of the third quarter, trimming the Jets’ advantage down to eightpoints,whichwas sure to givethemascare

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7.7 8.8 (56)

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CHURCHILL 8.3 13.7

1.0 2.0 4.2 (26)

GOALS:Churchill: TCrawford6MBlewett 6L Hecker 5J Williams 2J Thomas HBerechree DFehlbergW Towers DTobin MBerechree YYN: LVaninetti LLaidlawG Ruey SBanks BEST: Churchill: MBlewett JWilliams DFehlbergMBerechree WTowersT Crawford YYN: L Vaninetti JStephens CWalsh JKaschke JLerstang JWeiir

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2.2 6.3 11.4

3.1 3.3 5.7

(69) GOALS:Rosedale: HRowley 5LSpeairs 3CMissen 2D Ross HPettie Woodside: JMattern 2AJanssen 2DHarrison2JFoat 2J Vanderveen DTaylorD Dobson. BEST: Rosedale: L Speairs JBruceH BerryH Rowley DRoss CMissen Woodside: DTaylorAJanssen

But,with thedetermination to avoid last year’s disappointment, YYN rallied.Despite Churchill findinganother major throughout the quarter, the Jets found threemore of theirown and remainedahead, this time by 20 points going into the crucial final term.

It was one way traffic in the finalquarter,although the scoreboard might suggest otherwise.

The final margin only grew by six more points, but the home side had five more scoring shots, and if they had of capitalised, the margin could have challenged close to 10 goals.

As the final siren sounded, both sides had added one more goal, but the Jets kicked another five minor scorestostretch their lead to 25 points.

For the home side, Mitch Luck was among the best, alongside Dylan Brooks, Lucas Fry, Dean Macdonald (six goals), Lachlan Littleand Anthony Young (three goals).

For the visitors, ruckman NathanMcRae wasthe best. Also highlighted was veteran Brendan Holt (five goals), Bailey Flanigan, Patrick Kearns, Chris Williams and Luke Di Ciero. Kurt Holt, son of Brendan, also kicked three goals for Churchill. Both sides now have contrasting outlooks on the season. As it stands, the Jets move to 4-1, slidinginto the top four, while Churchill remain in unseen territory in the bottomfour with a 1-4 record.

YYN will be put to tasktoface Yarram this weekend,while Churchill will aimtomove out of the bottom four when they travel to Cowwarr.

Yarram turned into abeast which was not yetseen on the day, kicking eight third-quarter goalstotakethe lead by 15 points.

To make matters worse for the Bulldogs, it wastheir turn to remain goalless for the quarter, only managing four behinds for the quarter, which could have proved to be vital at the end of the day’s play.

Atrue battle played out in the final term, with both teams able to get on the scoreboard during the same quarter for the first time.

Sale Citywould registertwice, butalso saw chancesgobegging with four minor scores,whilethe Demonskicked three-straightto close out the win by 17 points.

Yarram’s vice-captain Kayleb Pearce, along with Josh Swift single handedly got the Demons back into the bout, kicking 10 goals between them (five each) -ultimately equating to 10 of Yarram’s 11 goals.

They were named in the best, as was Chris Bruns, Liam Bentley, Matt Clavarino and Tate Chisholm.

For Sale City, Kaden McCulloch, Chad Evans, Jayden Allisonand DaineMcGuiness were highlightedindefeat Mitchell Evanskickedthree goals for the hosts.

Yarram put daylight between fifthand sixth,now eightpoints clear of Sale City who sit just outside the finals positions.

COWWARR are on the board

Afirst-quarter boost was enough for the Saints to hold on for the remainder of the match, as they defeated Glengarry 11.15 (81) to 10.4 (64).

The visiting Saints were off the markfromthe get-go, as Cowwarr kicked five firstquarter majors to the Magpies’

The visitors had the majority of chances, nine to be exact, but they would only register one goal, kicking eight behinds.

Cowwarr could have well and truly blown Glengarry out of the water, but they had to settlefor a comfortable 17-point win as the game came to aclose.

Braden Johnston, Robbie Farnham, Connor Cook, Alex Saunders (three goals), Keenan Hughes (five goals), and Ben Coffey were best for the Saints.

Thomas Harris, Jesse Lee, Michael Ryan(three goals), Cassidy Bartley, Jack Burgess and AlexBirminghamwere admirable once again in defeat for the Magpies.

Cowwarrwillbeset with the task of Churchillathome this week, abattle whichusually doesn’thave much on the line, although this time around, both teamssit with awin-loss record of 1-4.

Glengarry have it tough, travelling to Woodside.

WOODSIDE did it with ease.

The Wildcats visitedRosedale at the weekend, taking the four points back home with no difficulties, 17.9 (111) to 4.9 (33).

The Wildcats pushed out to a three-goal advantage at quarter time,kicking5.1 (31) to 2.1 (13), but that was only the start, as Rosedale would have to defend an oncoming onslaught.

Woodside grew from strengthto-strength, all while the Blues could only muster threebehinds During that time, the Wildcats kicked 6.4 (40), pushing the lead out to 55 points, where most would assume would be too much to ask for acomeback.

Woodsideexpertly put the game to bed in the second half, kicking three goals to one in the third quarter, which saw the margin pass 10 goals.

The visiting sideadded another three in the final term,

The Bombers kicked 11.6 (72) in the first quarter, equal to or more than six teams were able to score all weekend. Gormandale got on the scoreboard with a behind,asthe margin stood at 71 points at the first break. The margin surpassed 100 points by halftime, as TTU added 6.5 (41), to another Gormandale behind, with a200-point margin well within the sights, as the margin stood at 111.

TTU just kept getting stronger, adding another 6.4 (40) in the third quarter, but this time around,Gormandale was able to see more shots in front of goal, kicking1.3 (9) for the term, whichhighlighted the first signs that TTU may have been slowing down.

But in the final quarter, the visitors put the accelerator all theway down, almost passing their first quarterscore, kicking 10.4 (64) to one behind.

In the final term the margin, and TTU’s score, passed 200, settling at 205. It was afrenzy in front of goal for the Bombers, with 11 different goal scorers, eight of those registeringmultiples, and three of themscoring five or more. James Jacobsen was in the thick of it, kicking seven, and wasnamed in the best alongsideBeauWhite(fivegoals), Hayden Willaton(five), Michael Jacobsen,Zach Kilgower(three) and Dechlan Morrison.

For Gormandale, Nicholas Millington, Chris Potalej, Flynn Roscoe, Blake Hearn, Jai Foulkes and William Flanigan were shining lights. It doesn’t look like it will get any easier for Gormandale anytime soon, with Sale City up next at Stephenson Park, while for TTU, they will be tasked with afirstversus third battle against Heyfield this weekend. HEYFIELD had the bye.

Netball Scoreboard YinnarpipHawksinMidGippsland

NORTH GIPPSLAND –ROUND 6

AGRADE: Churchill 63 def YYN 38, Sale City 106def Yarram 15,TTU 52 def Gormandale 38, Glengarry48def Cowwarr 38, Woodside 60 def Rosedale 53, Heyfield -BYE.

BGRADE: YYN 54 def Churchill 26, Sale City 74 def Yarram 49, Gormandale 50 def TTU 41, Cowwarr 45 def Glengarry36, Woodside 55 def Rosedale 50, Heyfield -BYE.

CGRADE: YYN 35 drew Churchill 35, Sale City46def Yarram 30, TTU 53 def Gormandale 33, Glengarry41def Cowwarr 30, Woodside 37 def Rosedale 27,Heyfield -BYE.

DGRADE: YYN 41 def Churchill 21, Sale City 54 def Yarram 11,TTU 33 def Gormandale 24, Cowwarr 36 def Glengarry30, Woodside 45 def Rosedale 37,Heyfield-BYE

17 AND UNDER: Churchill 28 def YYN 26, Sale City92def Yarram 7, TTU 49 def Gormandale 13,Glengarry62def Cowwarr 9, Rosedale 41 def Woodside 14,Heyfield -BYE.

15 AND UNDER: YYN 33 def Churchill 30, Sale City77def Yarram 2, TTU 51 def Gormandale 11,Glengarry34def Cowwarr 8, Rosedale 26 def Woodside 20, Heyfield -BYE.

MID GIPPSLAND –ROUND 6

AGRADE: Yinnar 44 def Morwell East 37, MDU 55 def StonyCreek 29,Fish Creek 64 def Mirboo North 34, Foster 70 def Boolarra 59, Toora43def Tarwin 31, Newborough 75 def Thorpdale 32.

BGRADE: StonyCreek 54 def MDU 34, Mirboo North 47 def Fish Creek 38, Foster 73 def Boolarra59, Morwell East 54 def Yinnar 34, Toora47def Tarwin 36, Neborough 71 def Thorpdale 50, Hill End -BYE.

CGRADE: MDU42def StonyCreek 29, Foster 31 def Boolarra25, Mirboo North 41 def Fish Creek 32, Newborough 69 def Thorpdale 9, Yinnar 44 def Morwell East 33, Toora36def Tarwin 34, Hill End -BYE.

DGRADE: StonyCreek 33 def MDU 26, Newborough 66 def Thorpdale 8, Toora36 def Tarwin 30, Yinnar 33 def Morwell East 26, Boolarra57def Foster 37,Fish Creek 55 def Mirboo North 38, Hill End -BYE.

17 AND UNDER: MDU 52 def StonyCreek 18,Fish Creek 40 def Mirboo North 29, Yinnar 53 def Morwell East 16,Boolarra, Toora, Newborough, Hill End -BYE.

15 AND UNDER: MDU 38 def StonyCreek 30, Mirboo North 41 def Fish Creek 8, Toora 42 def Tarwin 10,Boolarra47def Foster 11, Yinnar 35 def Morwell East 15,Newborough, Hill End -BYE

13 AND UNDER: MDU 30 def StonyCreek 14,Fish Creek 17 defMirboo North 8, Tarwin 11 def Toora8,Boolarra43def Foster 7, Yinar, Newborough, Hill End -BYE.

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE -BYE

NETBALL By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

NORTH Gippsland netball produced some swinging results in Round 6.

Out at Rosedale, Woodside managed to get the best of the Blues with a60to53finish, which now places the Wildcats back inside the finals fixture and drops Rosedale to awin-loss record of 2-4 as they arrive at their bye.

Glengarry got back on the winner's sheet with a tempered 10-goal win in Cowwarr, 48-38.

The win was much-needed for the Magpies, who had gone two weeks without avictory following a startling one-goal loss to Yallourn YallournNorth Traralgon Tyers United got the job done against Gormandale, winning 52-38 othe road, to place themselves nicely inside the top four.

Sale City was not about to take their foot off the pedal even slightly against the bottom-ranked Yarram, withahuge106-15finalmarginat Stephenson Park.

The Bulldogs are still yet to drop agame, and look to be early premiership fancies. They play Heyfield in two weeks, who are the only remaining undefeated team in the competition.

At Yallourn North, Churchill got ahold of the Jets with a63-38 result thatput the Cougars third on the ladder to the aforementioned unblemished sides.

NETBALL across MidGippsland in Round 6 didn’t shift anyone’s opinionsfor how the rest of the season plays out, but the matchups were intriguing In the battle of the birds, Yinnar claimed victory over Morwell East, 44-37, in aclash that looks bound to pop up again once finals hits.

Foster bested Boolarra, 70-59, in adesperate day for both sides as they pushtobreak into the top sixtoearn afinalsqualification.

Newboroughdealt Thorpdale their sixth consecutive loss out the gate, while the Bulldogs get their second.

FishCreek smacked Mirboo North, 64-34,despite the Tigers strong start and the Kangaroos limited hit outs to begin the season.

Top-placed Meeniyan DumbalkUnited defeated StonyCreek 55-29, to put the Demonstoa5-0 start to the year on the win-loss ledger.

Toora defeated Tarwin, 43-31, which keeps the Magpies in sixth place over Newborough. THERE was no play in the Gippsland League, as the competition rested with abye.

Givemesomething: Thorpdale’s Bianca Faheylooksfor an option during the BGrade game against Newborough.

Options: TahniHodgens passesfor Newborough.

Dominant: Grace Wilson racksupanother touchinthe early game, maintaining astrongfamily sporting tradition in the timeslot.

Offence: Newborough centreMeaghan Watsonmoves the ball downcourt

Photographs: Liam Durkin

Opportunities open for Valley clubs

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

FOOTBALL resumes in the Gippsland League this Saturday.

The competition hadthe firstofthreeleague-wide byes at the weekend, which have been spaced out every four to six weeks.

The bye was surely most welcomed by clubs as an opportunity to take stock and refresh, and by teams who will hopefully see some players return with aweek’s rest behind them.

The league, much to their credit, appear to have provided clubs with an accommodatingfixture lessening the burden on travel and time poor working professionals.

As such, the schedule of games for Round 7has been thought through. Bairnsdale make the trip to Wonthaggi and Sale travels to Leongatha with more than aweek’s lead in to mentally prepare for such journeys.

Just the one game is scheduled for the Latrobe Valley,with the other two taking place in opposite geographic locations.

TRARALGON are on the road to Drouin. Both sides will be out to get back on the winner’s list,but will come into the contest with differing mentalities.

The Maroons lost their previous round match against Sale, although they could be forgiven for doing so given eventsthat happenedearly on in thegame.

The concussion to key forward Josh Hamilton followinganawkward fall from amarkingcontest arguably had ahugebearing on how the rest of the day played out, with the young Maroons possibly mentally distracted from then on.

The nature of an injury can often derail ateam’s season, and Traralgon will be desperate to make sure they do not go down this path.

Richmondhad awin-loss record of 7-2 in 2005 beforeNathanBrown broke his leg. The Tigers won just three games after that.

Brown had already kicked 34 goals up to that point as well.

The Maroons are currently 4-2, opposed to a Drouin side with the exact opposite record.

The Hawks, almost unexplainably, lost their

On theroad: Moetravels to Maffrathis weekend, as the Gippsland League resumes followinga league-wide bye. Trent Baldi (pictured) has been in excellent form forthe Lions

last game before the bye by more than 100 points to Moe, and for this reason, will be out to rectify such aperformance.

The margin was somewhat out of character for Drouin given there was no available data to suggest aloss of that magnitude was coming.

The Hawks were without key midfielders Joe Collins and Mitch Cotter, but evenstill, theabsence of two players does not usually make up 17 goals.

This match is shaping as abattlebetween two sideswho play in asimilar vein, as both like to move the ball quickly and have players able to do so. Therefore, it could simply come down to who does it better for longer. If Drouin is to stifle anyoffensive explosion from the Maroons, it is likely they will need to stop the likes of Jackson McMahon and Joel Scholtes streaming out of defence.

MORWELL has agood chance of making it five wins in arow.

TheTigers host Warragul, and can stay on track with the top three if it achieves the desired result.

The home side will start favourite againstthe

Photograph: JulieSim

Guls, and their odds may become even shorter if there is no rain come Saturday.

Warragul has won two games so far this season, although they have both been by less than 10 points in low-scoring affairs at Western Park.

Profiling the Guls, who have anumberofphysically imposing players, Morwell will know exactly the style of game needed to see itself to victory.

If the Tigers display the same run and spread that was so successful in their last round win against Leongatha,they should have little to no trouble dealing with their opponents this weekend.

That being said, Morwell can ill-afford to rest on its win over the Parrots, and playing-coach Boyd Bailey will be tasked with ensuring no complacency creeps in.

MOE willpacktheirR.M. Williams boots and head out to Maffra.

The Lions are on the road for the first time in four weeks, and face something of adangergame.

While the Eagles are yet to win agame, the young side has lost its last two games by less than 10 points,and shownenough signs to suggest they

will cause afew teams issues in the season of 2024. Maffra might feel as though they are on the verge, meaningconversely,the pressure could actually be on Moe, as no team wants to be the first to hand points over to awinless opposition.

The Lions are currently second on the ladder, and will see this weekend’s assignment as an opportunity to further solidity its position.

TheBaldi twins, Rileyand Trenthave been in sublimeform, as has Scott van Dyk, who is racking up touches across half-back,muchlikeSam Pleming did at Maffra not that long ago.

Maffra should be bolstered by the return of Kade Renooy, who hasmissedthe last threegames through suspension.

Renooy was offered four games for an accidental elbow in Round 3against Leongatha, but took three with an early guilty plea.

SALE faces Leongatha.

The visiting Magpies go into the encounter not expected to cause the Parrots too much trouble, a slightly farcical prediction given there is only one game separating them.

Sale has had amajor distraction in the last fortnight, with playing-coach Jack Johnstone ousted by the MRP for his involvement in the Hamilton incident.

Johnstone’s attempted spoil which led to Hamilton’s concussionwas not looked upon favourably, and he has been handed athree week suspension.

The Magpies have not taken that as afinal answer, and havelodgedanappeal with AFL Victoria.

The appeal is likely to take place tonight (Wednesday, May 22).

Johnstone,ahard-nosed midfielder, has tribunal history, and perhaps carries atax of his ownas aresult.

He was sensationally given afour match suspended sentence in 2019,whichallowedhim to play in the Grand Final while at Maffra. LOAD up the eskies, Bairnsdale are travelling to Wonthaggi.

The Redlegs will climb aboard the bus to make whatisbelieved to be the longest road tripin country Victoria -224 kilometres.

It will be asombre return trip if the visitorsdon’t get the four points, which they need to get their 3-3 ledger into the positive.

Humphrey lights it up in Darwin with bag of five

FOOTBALL AFL EXPORTS

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLTAND TOM HAYES

THE AFL season is nowwell and truly in the thick of it, with most teams passing the 10-game mark. Round 10 was completed at the weekend for Sir DougNicholls Round, which willcontinue into this weekend when Richmond plays Essendon in the traditional Dreamtime at the 'G clash. MOE'S Bailey Humphrey had his best game at AFL level, kicking five goals for Gold Coast in their win over Geelong.

The second-year player helpedthe Sunstoa 26.8 (164) to 15.10 (100) win in ashootout at TIO Stadium Darwin.

Gold Coast produced their highest team score in club history, and the result places them in the top eight with awin-loss record of 6-4. After atight firstquarter, fans standingand

surrounding TIO Stadium wouldhave been expecting ahot contest for the rest of the night.

However, the ironically youngerCats(with no Jeremy Cameron or Tom Hawkins) managed just 1.2 (8) to the blazing Suns 7.2 (44), who led by 33 points at halftime beforegoing on their way from there.

Humphrey finished with 16 disposals, five goals and five tackles, while fellowex-Moe footballer Sam Flanders continued his incredible season, racking up astaggering 37 touches.

Morwell's Ben Ainsworth slotted agoal, to go along with 19 touches.

THE football world welcomed back Morwell's Changkuoth Jiath for his first AFL match of 2024 last Sunday.

The 45-gamer was adesired inclusion for Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell, as the Hawks had seen steady improvement over the last few weeks with two wins in arow.

Jiath has missed substantialtime the last two seasons with anumberoflower body injuries, including aserious hamstring injury and frequent quad strains.

He won't be forgetting his return game anytime soon, as his Hawks narrowly losttoPort Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval by apoint, 11.14 (80) to 12.7 (79).

Hawthorn were surprisingly dominantagainst the Power, who had only knocked off Geelong the week before, and were heavy favouritesentering the contest.

The Hawks quickly snapped to afive-goallead in the first quarter, before it was trimmed to four goalsathalftime.Nonetheless, Hawthorn weren't making it easy for the hosts.

Hawthorn grew their lead back out to 28 points as they entered the last quarter, and it was all theirs to lose from there.

As thegame went on, Port Adelaide continued to put pressure on, slowlychipping away at the margin, albeit,itappeared to be at too slow of arate Fastforward to the end of the finalterm, with

33 seconds left on the clock, Hawthorn led by 11 points as Willie Rioli markedand slotteda goal from 50 metres out to cut the margin to fivepoints. The ball then went inside50for Port Adelaide from thenext centrebounce, courtesyofZak Butters.

He forced the ball forward,and no Hawthorn player could get aproper grip on the ball, as it continued to spill out the back of the pack.

Withthe ball in no one's possession, Darcy Byrne-Jones soccered off the ground and through the goals to give Port the lead with eight seconds to go, the clock ticking downtoone second, with the siren sounding as soon as the ball was bounced back in the middle.

Byrne-Jones has some connection to Gippsland, with his brother Lachlan playing for Bairnsdale. Jiath was tactically subbed out of the game in the fourth quarter.

He finished his comeback game with eight disposals off half back and on the wing.

Breakout: Moe’s BaileyHumphrey is quicklyfinding his feet at AFL level, kicking acareer-high five goalsagainst Geelong at the weekend. Photograph: AFL Galleries

Great show of support at meeting

FOOTBALL/HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

THE SCG might have had Yabba, but on the local football scene, thereare few that couldrival the parochialism of one-club support much like John Johnson.

No, that’snot atypo, that’s actually hisname

Risking head and spin

Classic stitchup: This photocaught the attention of locals in aclosed Loch Sportgroup,who believed Richmond superstars Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchinwereintown. Photograph supplied

OF course it was too good to be true.

Aresurfaced photo of Richmond legends Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin sent some locals into aspin last week.

The photo in question showed the pair posing in front of ared JeepRubicon. The photo was posted to the closed Facebook group 'Loch Sport Notice Board', with the caption: "Nice to see Dusty at the lake for the photo shoot despite yesterday's thumping".

The postwent live on Monday,May 13 following Richmond's 91-point losstothe Western Bulldogs on Saturday night.

The false alarm is believed to be aphoto of the pairatthe entrance of the 2020Brownlow Medal, which was hosted on the Gold Coast.

It is believed that Martin and Cotchin were not in Loch Sport or the surrounding region despite the false claims.

The photo sparked speculation the pair were lookingatpropertyinthe popularGippsland holiday destination.

Loch Sport real estate agentsconfirmed to the Express they had not spotted the AFL megastars.

-John Johnson, moreover, ‘Johno’ as he is known to the hundreds who come to home games involving the Moe Football-Netball Club to watch from the famed ‘Can Bar’.

With the bar overseeing the forward pocket at TedSummertonReservefromanelevatedposition, barely adeed goes unnoticed without Johno’s critique.

His passion is unquestioned, while his numerous throwaways are often recalled and even recorded under the category of ‘Johno’s one liners’.

Over the years, he has been the unofficialleader of the Can Bar, who in turn have sponsored player awards.

Aplayer capturing the interest of Johno is often presented the ‘Can Bar Award’,which hasbecome highly sought after.

Such is his love for the Lions, his house is only a short walk from Moe’s home ground.

At that house is ‘Johno’sShed’, which became the namesake for arace at Moe Racing Club’s most recent meeting.

Johno, along with agroup of mates, got together to enjoy the thrill of having their own race at the club’s Tuesday, May 14 midweek meeting.

As the race program read, Race 6Johnno’s Shed 0-64 Handicap, the group watched on as Marble Nine for the Leon and Troy Corstens stable won the 1000 metre sprint by close to three lengths.

Perhaps fittingly given Johno’s mates’ liking for agood time, the winning jockey in their race was Ben Allen, who also spins some tunesasaDJwhen not in the saddle.

The mates were joined in the mounting yard by Moe Racing Club ChairmanMike Vanderfeen, and enjoyed hospitality in the Hillside Pavilion and in the winning connections circle.

The group had strong connections to Moe FNC extending far beyond supporting.Among the group was Jim Kielty, father of currentLions senior-playingcoach Declan, and MoeFNC life member Greg Fox.'Foxy' can be found at home games fulfilling the role of interchange steward for the reserves.

The eight-race card at Moe saw local success in Race 3, with Shamrock Bay winningthe Bottlemart Moe Maiden Plate (1000m) for Moe trainers Paul and Tracey Templeton.

Fellow Moe trainers Peter Gelagotis and Susie Wells had some success at Sale Turf Club last

Sunday, as the track hosted an eight-cardmeeting. Four-year-oldgelding Magadanran thirdfor the Gelagotis stable in the Race 6Ranford’s Family Butcher BM64 Handicap (1744m), whilefive-yearoldgelding I’mDynamite also came third for Wells in the Race 7Fantasy Cocktails BM64 Handicap (1427m).

The locals did very well considering the calibre of opposition, with legendarytrainers like Gai Waterhouseand PeterMoodytaking horses to Sale. Back at Moe, winners in other races on Tuesday, May 14 were King of Wessex for Robbie Griffiths and MatthewdeKockinthe Race 1Moe Hotel MaidenPlate over 2050m,Ten DowningStreet for MatthewSmith (Race 2Rookies Pizzeria & Grill Maiden Plate 1600m), Frederick for Michael Huglin (Race 4CrownHotel Maiden Plate 1200m), Fly On Bye for Gavin Bedggood (Race 5RMBL Investments Rising Stars 0-64 Handicap 1200m), Aerospace for Pakenham’s Shannon Roughan (Race 7RobinHood Inn BM58 Handicap 2400m) and Missile Meg for Berwick’s Enver Jusufovic (Race 8Ladbrokes Easy Form BM58 Handicap 1600m).

The next race day at Moe is on Monday, June 3.

Legends: TheJohno’s Shedcrew in the Moe Racing Clubmounting yard with racing club chairman Mike Vanderfeen (left). Pictured is Peter Hopkins,Jim Kielty, John ‘Johno’Johnson, Shannon Fox,GregFox,Ken Gallagher and SteveEvans Photograph: Liam Durkin

Local success: Winning connections from the Templeton stable celebrate ShamrockBay’s win at MoeRacing Club lastweek. Photograph: RacingPhotos

Photograph: RacingPhotos

Moe set to freeze MND again in 2024

FOOTBALL

MOE Football-Netball Club is preparing to host another bumper event in support of the Fight MND campaign.

The Lionshaveset asidetheir home gameagainstWonthaggi on Saturday,June 8(Round 9ofthe Gippsland League) to hold its Fight MND day.

Another huge crowd is expected,and withthe Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League and North Gippsland FNL having abye on the weekend of June 8, the Lions are inviting all neighbouring football-netballclubs to joininfestivitiesatTed Summerton Reserve.

As part of awider community engagement this year, Yallourn Yallourn North Football-Netball Cluband Newborough FNC members can enter Moe FNC home games free of charge when they show their Jets or Bulldogs membership card. The usual festivities synonymous with the AFL Big Freeze event

will take part, as the community rallies to help ‘freeze MND’. Anumberoflocal celebrities have agreed to go under the water, and names will be released closer to the date.

Last year’s event attracted afinals-like crowdtoTed Summerton Reserve, which was highlightedbythe great Neale Daniher, the face of the Fight MND campaign, attending in person. His son, Ben is acurrent Moe player.

The Freeze events are slatedtotake place around 2pm,although patrons are advisedtoarrive early as parking is expected to fill very fast.

Those attending are encouraged to wear the blue Fight MND beanies, available from Coles supermarkets.

Saturday,

May 25

ABC TV (2)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Rage.(PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Call TheMidwife.(PG,R) 1.30 Father Brown. (Mv,R) 2.15 Gruen. (R) 3.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.(PG, R) 3.30 Tony Armstrong’sExtraOrdinaryThings. (PG, R) 4.30 Restoration Australia. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Australian Story: Off Menu

–Shaun Christie-David. (R) Leigh Sales chats with Shaun Christie-David.

6.30 Back Roads: Port Campbell, Victoria. (PG, R) Presented by HeatherEwart

7.00 ABCNews Alookatthe top stories of the day

7.30 Father Brown. (Mav) Amurder jeopardises avisitbyroyalty

8.15 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) Barnaby relives his sporting glory days when he andWinter investigate adeath at the local rugby club

9.50 AfterThe Party. (Mal, R) Anew accusation against Phil surfaces.

10.35 Shetland (Malv,R) Creggan seeksrevenge. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 19.Highlights 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 Tough Trains. (PGav,R) 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cycling. UCI ProSeries. Tour of Hungary Highlights. 3.05 Portillo’sGreatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 19 Highlights. 5.30 WarGamers.(PG)

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.30 Jersey And Guernsey. (Premiere) Celebrates the natural beauty of Jersey and Guernsey

8.25 Cannes Uncut. (Maln) Abehind-thescenes look at the world’smostimportant film festival, Cannes, profiling the movie stars and filmmakers whoattend.

10.00 Secrets Of TheRoyal Palaces: Buckingham. (PGav,R) Takesa lookatBuckingham Palace.

10.50 ParisParis. (PGas) Philippe starts to forget his responsibilities.

12.20 Dear Mama. (Mal, R)

2.40 Portillo’sGreatest Railway Journeys. (PG,R)

3.35 Peer To Peer (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning. 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show:Weekend.(PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Doomben CupDay.Sporting ChanceCancer Foundation Raceday.Sandown Saturday.MorphettvilleRace Day. 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 AFLPre-Game Show Pre-game coverage of the upcoming match, featuring hot topics and the latest AFL news.

7.30 Football. AFL.Round 11. Richmond vEssendon. From the MCG.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back at allthe action from the game.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.35 Australia’s Amazing Homes: ExtremeHomes. (PG, R) Experts trytofind Australia’s best homes

1.35 Harry’sPractice. (R) Information aboutpet care

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Tales Of Aluna. Agroup of people lands on amagical island.

5.00 HouseOfWellness. (PGa, R) Alook at locations that 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.(R) 12.30 My Way. (PG) 12.45 TheSummit. (PGl, R) 3.30 TheLap 4.30 TheGardenGurus. 5.00 9News FirstAtFive. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 MorningPrograms. 8.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 9.00 Exploring Off TheGrid. (PGl, R) 9.30 The

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 Jeopardy! Australia. Hosted by StephenFry

8.30 MOVIE: John Wick. (2014,MA15+lv,R)Anex-hit man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who tookeverything from him. Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe, Michael Nyqvist

10.30 MOVIE: Mad Max:FuryRoad. (2015,MA15+av,R)A groupofwomen and adrifterflee awarlord. TomHardy

12.45 TheLap (R)

1.35 TheGarden Gurus. (R)

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 TheDog House (PG, R) Follows a team of matchmakers as they pair homeless dogs with hopeful companions, including apuppy that impresses acouple with its kangaroojumps andanex-breeding spaniel who needs aplace to retire 7.00 Soccer. A-LeagueMen. Grand final. 10.30 TheCheap Seats (Mal,R) PresentersMelanie Bracewell andTim McDonald takealookatthe week that was. 11.30 Fire Country (Mv, R) Thecrews respond to an explosion at an abandoned mine and learn three Girl Scouts are trapped inside.

12.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGa,R) Margaret represents Chuck, who faces 20 years in prison after being accused of fixinga cashprizegiveaway. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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6am Morning Programs. 1.15pm MOVIE: TheWitches. (1990,PG) 2.50 NITV News: Nula. 3.20 Bamay. 4.00 Going Places. 5.00 Volcanic Odysseys. 5.50 Going Native. 6.20 News. 6.30 Strait To ThePlate. 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Friday The13th. (1980,MA15+) 10.05 Joan Armatrading: Live At The Asylum Chapel. 12.30am Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Would ILie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.00 MythBusters. 10.50 Portlandia. 11.35 The Witchfinder 12.35am Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final) 1.15 Would ILie To You? 1.45 ABC News Update. 1.50 Miniseries: The Suspect. 4.15 ABC News Update. 4.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 ICapture The Castle. (2003, PG) 9.35 Sometimes Always Never. (2018 PG) 11.15 The TwoFaces Of January. (2014,M) 1.05pm Look At Me. (2018,M,Arabic) 2.55 Beauty And The Beast. (2014,PG, French) 5.00 Mrs Lowry AndSon. (2019,PG) 6.40 The DefiantOnes. (1958, PG) 8.30 Monster’s Ball.(2001) 10.35 The Wait (2021, MA15+, Finnish) 12.25am Late Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Cyberwar. 11.55 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup series. H’lights. 1.55pm Patriot Brains. 2.50 ShortlandSt. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC WorldNews TonightWith David Muir 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Tattoo Age. 5.50 TheFood That BuiltThe World. 7.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour Girod’Italia. Stage 20 1.35am The X-Files. 3.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al JazeeraNewshour

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9GEM (92, 81)

6am Home Shopping 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Escape To The Country Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 EscapeToThe Country. 3.00 The Yorkshire Steam Railway:All Aboard. 4.00 Escape To TheCountry 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow 6.30 BondiVet 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To TheCountry 11.30 The YorkshireVet. 12.30am Escape To The Country 2.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 Avengers. 11.40 MOVIE: Ghost Ship.(1952,PG) 1.15pm MOVIE: The Amazing Howard Hughes. (1977,PG) 3.45 MOVIE: The Alamo. (1960,PG) 7.00 Rugby Union Super Rugby Pacific.Round 14.Queensland Reds vWesternForce. 9.30 SuperRugby PacificPostMatch. 9.45 MOVIE: Be Cool.(2005,M) 12.10am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder.Series final. H’lights. 4.00 Hustle &Tow 5.00 CountingCars. 5.30 Storage Wars 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE:

6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Motor Racing. FormulaEC’ship. Berlin ePrix. 3.10 Motor Racing. Formula EC’ship.Berlin ePrix. 4.20 TheBradshawBunch. 5.50 MOVIE: Space Jam. (1996) 7.30 MOVIE: Bruce Almighty.(2003 M) 9.30 MOVIE: GetSmart.(2008,PG) 11.40 DatingNo Filter. 12.10am The Bradshaw Bunch. 1.40 Love AfterLockup 3.30 BeybladeBurst: Quad Drive. 4.00 PowerPlayers. 4.30 Late Programs.

Sunday,May 26

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage20. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 Tough Trains. (PG, R) 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic 12.55 Judo.(R) 1.00 Motor Racing ProMX C’ships. Round 4. 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 20.Highlights. 5.30 WarGamers. (PG)

6.30 SBSWorldNews.

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. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Monty Don’s Paradise Garden. (R) 3.30 ForeverSummer With Nigella. 3.55 George Clarke’sAmazing Spaces.(R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.30 Compass:Eye To Eye–RestorativeJustice. (PG) 7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 Call TheMidwife (Ma) Poplar’s housing crisis deepens.

8.30 AfterThe Party. (Malns) Penny further isolatesherself as her efforts to stop Phil circle back on themselves.

9.20 TheLuminaries. (Madlv) In 1866,Emeryisinexplicably wounded.A stranger arrives in town and interrupts asecretcouncil.

10.15 Shetland. (Mal, R) 11.15 Savage River (Mals, R) 12.15 TheTrouble With Maggie Cole. (Ma, R) 1.05 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.55 Landline. (R) 4.25 Art Works. (PGn, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

7.30 Came From Nowhere. (Ml) Charts the rise of Western Sydney Wanderers. 9.10 Pompeii: TheSecrets Of CivitaGiuliana. (Ms, R) Delvesinto the discovery of aRoman ceremonial chariot near the ruins of Pompeii 10.15 LegendaryCastles: HautKoenigsbourg. (R)Part 2of2 11.15 Lance. (Mal, R) Part 2of2 1.20 Scotland:Rome’s Final Frontier. (R) 2.25 SavedByAStranger. (Mal, R) 3.30 TheWoman Who Wasn’t There. (Mal, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning. 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 AlJazeeraNews.

Louis Theroux Interviews... 9.20 YouCan’t Ask That. 9.45 Miniseries: Time. 10.50 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.30 Would ILie To You? Midnight Wreck. 1.35 Miniseries:The Suspect. 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready,Jet, Go! 5.25 Alva’sWorld. 5.40 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 Sometimes Always Never. (2018 PG) 8.10 Beauty And The Beast. (2014,PG, French) 10.15 Jersey Boys. (2014, M) 12.50pm 6Days. (2017,M) 2.40 The Thief Lord.(2006, PG) 4.30 Kim Ji-Young, Born

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 11.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R) 12.00 Football. VFL.Round 9. Werribee vNorth Melbourne. 2.40 AFL Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL.Round 11. Melbourne (Narrm) vStKilda (Euro-Yroke).

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 DreamHome. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Dr ChrisBrown.

8.35 Farmer Wants AWife: Reunion. (Final, PGa) The farmers are reunited to discuss who is still together,who found true love and who has droppedtoone knee

10.05 TheLatest: SevenNews. 10.35 Code 1: Minute By Minute: The Childers BackpackerFire. (Mav,R) Alook at the Childers Backpackers fire. 11.35 Quantum Leap (Mav)

12.35 Lipstick Jungle. (Ms, R) 1.35 Harry’sPractice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBCToday

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 Hello SA.(PG,R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 AFL Sunday FootyShow.(PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 DriveTV. 1.30 Take Me Home. (PG, R) 2.30 The Summit.(PGl, R) 3.50 David Attenborough’s Dynasties

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Travel Guides. (PGls) Thetravel guides head to Florida

8.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.00 TheMissing Millionairess. (PGal) Takesa deep diveintothe life and 2020disappearanceofAustralian financial adviser Melissa Caddick.

10.00 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) Alook at thelatest round of football. 11.00 9News Late. 11.25 Transplant. (MA15+m, R) 12.15 TheBrokenwood Mysteries. (Madv,R)

2.10 Take Me Home. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 DriveTV. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

TEN (10, 5)

6.30 TheSundayProject. Alookatthe day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) Afresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.50 Tulsa King. (Mdlv,R)After spending 25 years in prison, aformer New York mobster is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to restart his life. As he settles in and surveys his new surroundings, he wastes no time making new associates. 9.40 FBI (Mav,R)When acouple are murdered after atrip to Mexico, theteam searches for asuspect linked to thedrug trade. 11.30 TheSundayProject. (R) Alookatthe day’snews. 12.30 HomeShopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 The Ice Cream Show. 10.30 Cyberwar. Noon Hudson &Rex 1.40 Chad 2.30 Tattoo Age. 3.00 Australia’s WarOnFeral Cats.

Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages. (2015) 3.35 MOVIE: Pokémon TheMovie:Volcanion And The Mechanical Marvel. (2016) 5.30 MOVIE: ToyStory 3. (2010) 7.30 MOVIE: The GreatWall. (2016, M)

Monday, May 27

Investigative journalism program exposing scandals, firingdebateand confrontingtaboos.

9.15 Media Watch (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry 9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas. 10.35 ABC Late News.

TheBusiness. (R)

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Grand Designs. (R)

Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 1.50 Monty Don’s Paradise Garden. (R) 2.50 Rage (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works.(PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 MorningPrograms. 9.55 Outta Town Adventures. 10.50 First Australians. (PG, R) 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 The AssassinationOf JFK: TenMistakes. (Mav,R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 Where The Dreamings Come From. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up.(R) 4.05 Jeopardy!(R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Giro d’Italia. Stage21. Highlights

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.35 Tony Robinson’sMarvellous Machines:Mechanical Menagerie. (Ma) Looksatmachines inspired by the animalkingdom. 8.30 Secrets Of TheTower Of London. (PGav,R)Aswork continues on the Superbloom, the team digsdown into the moat uncovering some treasures. 9.20 24 Hours In Emergency:Legacy. (Ma, R) It’sabusyday in resus fornurse Tim, who is jugglingbeds with the steady flow of new patients into the department 10.15 SBSWorld News Late. 10.45 Christian. (MA15+dv)

12.50 Sisi. (MA15+av,R) 2.50 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft.(PG R) 3.45 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.40 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 SurveillanceOz: Dashcam. (PGl, R) 2.00 TheChase. (R) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home And Away (PGsv)

7.30 Dream Home. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown

9.00 9-1-1 (M) Maddie and Athena investigate acase surroundingan abducted mother and child. Eddie grapples with unresolvedfeelings.

10.00 S.W.A.T. (Mv) Theplane Streetistravelling on is hijacked.

11.00 TheLatest: SevenNews.

11.30 Police Custody USA: Armed And Dangerous. (Malv,R)

12.30 TheEvent. (Mav,R) 1.30 Kochie’sBusinessBuilders. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

NBCToday

Sunrise 5amNews.

Sunrise

(PGa) Actorand director Wayne Blair discovers his roots. 8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchiexplores what happens when people are in trouble, who steps in to rescue them, andatwhat cost. 9.30 Dateline: Bears Gone Wild. Takesa look at why bear encounters are on the rise in Japan and whatit’sdoing to protectboth humans and bears. 10.05 SBSWorld NewsLate 10.35 Living Black: Kyam Maher. (R) 11.05 Lost Luggage. (MA15+a) 1.10 Dark Woods. (Mav,R) 3.50 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. (R) 4.45 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PG, R) 2.00 TheChase. (R) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home AndAway. (PGav)

7.30 Dream Home. (PG) The six couples arehard at work.

8.35 TheGoodDoctor (Return, Ma) Shaun and Leaadjust to parenthood as they debate the importance of schedule and routine for Steve

9.35 Ambulance: CodeRed (Mav) Follows thework of an ambulanceservice

10.35 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.05 Born To Kill? Sean Vincent Gillis –The Other Baton Rouge Killer (MA15+av,R) 12.05 MOVIE: Dying On The Edge. (2001, Msv, R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 MOVIE: Speechless. (1994,PGls, R) Michael Keaton, Geena Davis. 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) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 TheSummit (PGl) Presented by Jai Courtney 9.00 Paramedics. (Mm) Ayoung dad suddenly suffers seizures while driving hiswifeand baby.First responders play “word of theday”. 10.00 Footy Classified (M) Footy experts tackle the

Farm: Scheming

Gippy spellersready for the 20th VicSpell

VICSPELL is again up and running. Originally called Gippspell, it wasfounded in 2004 by Gippsland volunteer teachers, and is open to all studentsfrom Years 5to8.Its aimisto‘Promote and reward good spelling'.

The spelling bee, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is organised by its founder Trevor Sowdon.

“Participatinginthe spellingbee isn'tjust aboutshowcasing words. It's about cultivating alove for language and the power of precision," he said.

"I'm immensely proud of this event, not just forits competitive spirit, but for the doors it opens in young minds."

The zone finals are based on shire boundaries. Colour certificatesare awardedfor each school representative and ahandsome glass trophy for

zone winners. State final winners win bigger trophies and the Oxford two-volume National Dictionary.Importantly, students only compete against their own year level.

Each school pays aone-offannualfee of $20 coveringeachstudent participant.This fee (which barelycovers the trophies)has remained unchangedsince 2004thanks to the generosity of Vicspell’s sponsors:Oxford University Press, Bendigo Community Bank Neerim District and Triangle Trophies.

The zone finalsare conducted in August and the State final on September 3. The Latrobe City zone final will be at Newborough Primary School on Thursday, August 28.

Schools wishing to enquire about Vicspell can email Trevor Sowdon at Vicspell@hotmail.com

Dakota Murphy,born March 31 2024 at Latrobe Regional Hospital to proud parents Cheynne (nee Davis) and MarkWilliamson

Thursday’s Full Moon motivates you to be adventurous, and then Jup ter shifts into your study and local travel zones So this week is all about education and explorat on With your ru er Mars charging through your sign it s imperat ve to strike while the ron is hot! Be inspired by mus c pioneer (and fellow Aries) Diana Ross: You can t just s t there and wa t for people to give you that go den dream You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself ”

Quit wast ng t me Taurus! The Sun Venus and Jupiter are spending the r ast days in your s gn, wh ch provides a go den opportunity to finetune who you are and where you re go ng quick smart! The f ery Full Moon a so pushes you to draw up a creative plan, as you start transforming your dreams into real ty Be insp red by birthday great Stevie Nicks: Dreams do come true but not without hard work determination and a little bit of magic

It’s a big week for Geminis as the Sun Venus and Jupiter all trans t into your s gn So it s time to be creative cooperative adventurous and generous Over the next 12 months make the most of travel and prosperity planet Jup ter jumping through your s gn as you explore experiment and enthuse Here there and everywhere! Your motto for the moment is from birthday great Bob Dylan (who turns 83 on Friday): There is nothing so stab e as change

Lady Luck s calling, as Venus (your power p anet) links up with prosperity planet Jupiter So it s a good week to enter a competition, buy a lottery ticket, start a new job or go on a first date W th Jup ter transit ng into your travel zone, fore gn shores beckon over the next 12 months So start panning your tinerary now – and make sure you keep up to date with

The Ful Moon fires up your we be ng zone so it’s time to focus on your health Have you been burn ng the midnight o l and now you’re suffering from burnout? Or have you been running around on autop lot making careless m stakes? The Sun, Venus and Jupiter shift into your solitude zone, so slip into herm t Crab mode as you slow down simpify your ife prune projects or organise a digital detox Medtation, contemplation, and relaxation are a must

Thursday s Full Moon fires up your creativity zone, so you re n the mood to dance, draw, paint, perform, play music and/or s ng up a storm! Then Jupiter jumps into your hopes-andwishes zone, where it stays until June 2025 So it s time to set goals for the future and make long-term plans And don’t make them too safe and sens ble Go for gold, as generous Jupiter helps you envision amb tious dreams and inspiring schemes over the com ng year

The Sg un Venus and Jupiter cruise into your career zone So – if you want to get ahead –strivetoworksmarter,notjustharder And,ifyou choose to take on a professiona challenge in the coming year, you l find the benefits wil far outweigh the difficulties When it comes to a comp icated fami y matter, avo d quick fixes Instead, be patient and do all the research that s required V rgo vigi ance and close attention to details w l result in a satisfactory solution

Nothing victorious aboutit

IAMwalking through VictoryPark, Traralgon most days and Iamabit disappointed about the untidiness of this beautiful park.

There is rubbish floating, broken glass, graffiti and there are homeless people vacating.

Not agood look.

Also, alot of other parts of the town can do with somemajor rejuvenation, Council shouldtake alook at surrounding townsbeing alot nicer maintained. Iamsorry to say but Traralgon looks dirty and tired! Come on council, make this growing town more presentable.

Gradus Van Dijk

Traralgon

RedShield Appeal

WITH The Salvation Army’sRed Shield Appeal this weekend, Iwanted to share abit about why I’m so passionate in my work for the Salvos, and why Ialsoput my money where my mouth is as aregular donor.

Isee first-handthe people whose lives are transformed by the work of the Salvos-thesepeople are given anew beginning in life.

Iknow aman whosleeps rough with his cat. He’s kind and stoic, and only asks for help when he’s “in abind”. He was thrilled when we sourced aswagfor him.

In my work, I’ve come to know multiple women who have been subject to horrific physical, verbal, and emotional abuse. Women who have felt trapped by their partner, with absolutelynocontrolover any aspect of their lives. These women Iknow have survived, and are now on the road to thriving. Iknow asingle mum who worksveryhard to provide for her kids. She earns just too much that she doesn’t qualify for public housing, yet she is priced out of the private rental market. Her tenacity and ability to pick herself up from setback after setback continuously inspires me.

Iknow ateen who lived in the disabled toilet of atrain station when he was kicked out of home. He tried for as long as he could to keep going to school, but without any money, food, or amenities, he found himself at one of our crisis accommodation services.He’s now in his 30s,and passionate about using music to help other teens who are at risk or are experiencing homelessness.

There’s abeautiful woman who often catches up on sleep at our centre. We love to have achatand share ameal together. The Salvos are her safe space.These are just some of the people Iknow. And just some of the reasons that Igive to our Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal every year. The money raised allows us to support people to make safe, healthy, new beginnings in life. New beginnings that notonly change the course of their lives, but positively change the lives of their children, and their children’s children. How do Iknow? Because I’ve seen it.

To donate to this year’s Red Shield Appeal, or if you need support from the Salvos, visit salvationarmy.org.au or call 13 SALVOS.

Lauren Martin Salvation Army Community Worker

Underlying ignorance

I’M sorry PatriciaCorrea, and with all due respect, but your own words revealyou do not understand, muchlessacknowledge, climate change, (‘What has really changed?’, Latrobe Valley Express Opinion, 15/05/2024).

Your view that “the only thing that has changed is the timing of our seasons” underlies awilful

ignorance of the ravages of climate change, occurringinour world every singleday,and of consensus findingsofscientists, (you callthem “so called experts”), across the globe.

Itoo acknowledge the views of contributors with scientific backgrounds, such as David Packham and Dan Caffrey, and Ibelieve it is incumbent on the rest of us to approach the future with open minds and awillingness to be educated.

Iknow thatAlGore has benefitted financially in promoting climate change awareness, but representing afraction of his independent wealth, and so what?Ifpeople areinterestedinwhathehas to offer, then good luck to him and them, especially as Ibelieve much of his wealth is ploughed back into the global campaign to preserve the planet.

On the other hand, Ihave no doubt thatmanywho attend the upcoming and amusinglytitled ‘Freedom conferences’, fronted by renowned blowhards Clive Palmer andTucker Carlson, willhold similar views to Patricia.

But if the punters want to fork out $100 each of their hard earned for the privilege, then ‘knock yourselves out’, and good luck to all of you!

John Duck Trafalgar

Thank youtovolunteers

MAY 20-26 will mark NationalVolunteer Week 2024.

This year’s theme is ‘Something for Everyone’.

This is awonderfultheme that highlights the vast array of volunteer opportunitiesthat are available to anyonewho has the time andthe will to help better the community.

Volunteer week provides an opportunity to both highlight the volunteer rolesavailable aroundthe community, but to also thank those who tirelessly take up these opportunities and donate their time and expertise for the good of others.

Thank you to every person who fills avolunteer role with Gippsland South.

your

Throughout National VolunteerWeek, Wellinton Shire Council will be hosting events to thank local volunteers in Heyfield, Sale and Golden Beach.

The event in Sale will also serve as avolunteers expo where you can find out more about the volunteer opportunities available in your area.

To find out more and to secure yourspotatthese events, book online at themiddleofeverywhere.com. au/en/events/

On Wednesday, May 22, Victoria State Emergency Service(SES) will also be encouraging us alltotake part in Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) in support and recognition of SES volunteers.

WOW Day participantsare encouraged to take and post aphoto or video to social media of themselves wearing orange using the hashtags #WearOrangeWednesday #WOWDay #WOW and #ThankyouSES.They mayalsochoosetocollect donations throughhosting acasualday. Donations can be made online at visit ses.vic.gov.au/donate

If you have ever thought about volunteering, please know that you are needed. Please visit volunteeringvictoria.org.au or speak to your local schools, sporting clubs or not-for-profit organisations about how you may be able to help.

Thank you again to everyone who takes the time to make Gippsland South the wonderfulplace that it is to live.

Danny O’Brien

Member for Gippsland South

Alarming opposition

THE Liberal and National Parties’ currentcampaignagainst renewableenergy is alarming for the Latrobe Valley.

Rather than supporting asmoothand relatively timely shift from fossil fuel to renewable energy, its focusonnuclear energy and opposition to windand

solar energy is threatening us with delays, power shortages and increased energy costs.

The current power stationoperatorshave all announced closure dates for their coal fired power stations, Yallourn Win2028, Loy Yang Ain2035 and Loy Yang Bin2046. Both EnergyAustralia and AGL are committed to renewable energy projects and none of the three operators are interested in building anuclear power station on their sites. The mine operators, including Engie, hold mining licences that will not be relinquisheduntil they have completed mine rehabilitation in decades rather than years.

The Latrobe Valley would not be asuitable site for nuclearpower even if the legislation prohibiting nuclear power(the Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions)) Act of 1983,Australian Radiationand Nuclear Safety Act of 1998/2024 and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Actof1999/2023) were repealed.

There is nowhere in the Valleythat is farenough away from the major population centres that could be considered safe for anuclear power station.

Energy companies are building renewable power projects, including batteries to stabilise the grid. Individual householders, schools, community organisations, not-for-profits and businesses are increasingly installing rooftop solar. Opponents of wind and solar farms can delaytheir construction, but at what cost to energy consumers?

The future of energy in the Latrobe Valley, as elsewhere in Australia, is in renewables.

Marianne Robinson

Churchill

Have

your say

THE Latrobe Valley Express welcomes letters to the editor.

Preference will be given to brief, concise letters which address local issues. The editorLiam Durkin, reserves the righttoedit lettersfor reasonsofspace and clarity, and may refuse to publishany letter without explanation.

The Express does not publish letters from anonymous contributors.

Letters must include aphone number, email addressand the author’s hometown for purposes of substantiating authenticity. Readers are entitledtoaright of reply to aletter directed at them.

Whilehealthy debate is encouraged, the editor willuse his discretion if he believes letters are becomingslagging matches between writers.

The views expressed in letterstothe editor are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflectthe views of Latrobe Valley Express management or staff. The letters section is designed to allow people to havetheir say,and not be hijacked for political agendas.

Email letters to news@lvexpress.com. au and include ‘Lettertothe Editor’ in the subject line.

Deadline for letters is Thursday 3pm.

From emergency services volunteers and op-shop attendants through to schoolhelpers -you are all amazing and

efforts are so very greatly appreciated.

Sad sight: GradusVan Dijk has writteninabout hisdisappointment surroundingthe upkeep of VictoryPark, Traralgon.

Photograph supplied

What amouthful

AVERYheartfelt thank you to the gentleman who wasted all his time making his opinion piece about one person(Salient points, LVE Opinion 15/05/24).

Thank you sir, Ihave to say in all honesty Iwas rather chuffed, amused and entertained.

Spending twoweeks in Traralgon with some very good friends, we had quite agood laugh, one of whom was ateacher herself.

Her comment was, “yep that’s what he’s like” (a former colleague maybe?). Wow, that was quite alengthypiece which contained some rather meaningful words. Salient:(Google Dictionary) if something stands out in avery obvious way... that can be called salient. Obvious. beingthe operative word.

We as agroup of elderly people (70 plus years young)gathered aroundtogetherenjoying good food, good wine and great company, and were staggered at the ferocity in which these words came out: Exemplifies, Chutzpah, Arrogance, Excoriating, Temerity, Bard, Irrevocably, Regale, Unique, Folksy, Extols, Scurrilous, oh my goodness and so many more.

Well sir, (and Isay that with respect) as you have quoted: “My view, is that Mr Bergens will get it, when he deserves it.”

“Dear Sir, Iwait in anticipation to “get it”.

Perhaps “getting it” might mean Imay be lucky in winning lotto. Gosh Ihope so! But, in the meantime, please keep us all amused (and there are avery many of us) with your heart rendingand ‘oh so interesting contributions!’

Thankyou kindly for agreat laugh, we look forward to the next instalment.

With absolutelynodisrespectintended,sadly, and Iquote: “We live in atimewhere intelligent peopleare being silenced, so that stupid people won’t be offended!”

That is so true! Keep on laughing folks, it’s without adoubt the best medicine you can have and no money has to exchange hands.

Enjoy the sun while it lasts.

Oliver Bergens Dandenong

What does Victoria’sfuture hold?

IT is time that Victorians seriously considered endorsing apolitical party that willrepresentand fight for all of us

The state governmenthas just handed down yet another budget which shows just how bad our economy is. Idon’t know how any Labor politician or Minister can walk down the street with their

head held high when they are responsible for the worst debt in Australia.

On the other hand, we have anumberofNational and Liberal MP’s supposedly representing the Latrobe Valley -but what are they really doing? They screamaboutcost-of-livingpressuresbut they do nothing to fightfor change even when issues are brought to their attention.

It is easy to give the impression that you care, it is another thing to fight for the people.

People might argue that an oppositionhas no power to bring about change, and that is nonsense.

If politicians truly believed they cant improve our lives because they are in opposition, then why are we paying them and their staff to do nothing?

We need apoliticalparty totally disconnected from Labor, Greens, Teals Liberals and Nats etcwe need areal political party that does more than spew out pointless rhetoric. One only has to look at the LNP to realise how bad they are given that despite Labor’s gross incompetence over 10 years, the LNP can’t win government.

The LNP might start representingthe people and not be adefacto arm of the Labor party. Then and only then, might they win office.

I’m aLiberal but until the local LNP members start working for us, Ican’tingood conscience vote for any of them and Isuspect I’m not alone.

But we are stuck with alimited choice, hence a

new party is imperative for the sake of Victoria. Patrick Ansell Morwell

Improving treatments

MAY 20 was InternationalClinicalTrials Day, and Iwould liketosay thanks to the staff at Latrobe RegionalHealth for their ongoingcommitment to improving treatments and outcomes for people diagnosed with breast cancer, through their participation in theBreastCancerTrials research program.

More than 20,000 women will be diagnosedwith breast cancer across Australia this year alone. That is 54 women per day. But while we still have along way to go before we have acurefor every person, more women are surviving this disease than ever before.

Over the past threedecades,survival rates for breastcancer haveincreased by morethan 30 per cent, and clinical trials research has madea significantcontribution to this My team and IatBreast Cancer Trials would like to extend our deepest thanks. We wouldnot have been able to achievewhatwe have without you, and we lookforward to what will be achieved together in the years to come.

Soozy Smith Breast Cancer Trials CEO

Petitionlaunchedfollowingtragedy

By LIAM DURKIN

THE family of late local doctor, Ashley (Ash)

Gordonare calling on the state government to strengthen police powers and crack down on reoffending criminals on bail.

Dr Ash diedearlier thisyear agedjust 33, following an alleged violent stabbing. His death was reported nation-wide after chasing two burglars in Melbourne after his home was broken into by suspected youths aged 16. His death rocked the Latrobe Valley community, and was felt by the more than 500 mourners who came to Kernot Hall to pay their respects at his funeral.

The Gordon family gathered in Kay Street Gardens, Traralgon last Friday to formally launch aParliamentary Petitioncalling on three changes:

-Amend legislation to afford police greater stop and search powers;

-Reinstate Section 30B of the Bail Act, and;

-Cancel plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14.

The petition has received the backing of Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, who said no family should have to suffer what the Hazelwood North family has.

“Withtalking to the family in things that we can do, (they are) very, very passionate about starting a petition that Iwill be able to table in Parliament on the family’s behalf and in memory of Ash,” he said.

“We have to do our bit to make sure that this doesn’t happen again, it is an ongoing daily occurrence unfortunately, and the family want to present this petition so no other family has to go through what they’ve been through with the loss of their son, their brother and their uncle.”

The petition hopes to attract 10,000 signatures over the next six months.

Speaking of the proposed changes, Mr Cameron said they were all ultimatelyaimed at making the communitysafer.

“Police need greater powers,” he said.

“I havechildrenmyselfand Iwill feel saferif the police can walk up to aknown perpetrator or someone who looks to be doing the wrong thing and

actuallyasksthem to stop and search them if they think they have aconcealed weapon.”

With the petition seeking to keep the current age of criminal responsibility at 10 years of age, Mr Cameron moved to reassure the stancewas not without alevel of support for troubled youths.

“We need areas for the kidsthat are being coerced, we need them to be able to go to places, as down here in Latrobe Valley Youth Space, that we can get them in these programs that gets them off the street,” he said.

“Itisa terrible cycle that we are in, we cannot arrest our way out of it, we need the wrap-around services to go with it.”

The Gordon family stood in solidarity at the petition launch, wearing t-shirts depictingDrAsh

Older sister Natalie spoke on behalf of the family.

“We just hope to see everyone get behindthis petition and support some change so that no one else ever has to feel the pain that we’re feeling,” shesaidfighting through tears.

“There is no words to describe how much we miss him, you findyourselfgoingthrough moments ‘oh I’ll just text this to Ash’, or ‘I wonder what Ash would think about that’, and it hits you all over again.

“It’s asad worldwhenwelose someone who was in the position my brother was in. He was agreat doctor,sought after by so many of his patients, this has affected more than just our family, it has affected his patients, his friends, it’s reached our entire community.”

Natalie hoped the petition would make those in positions of power sit up and take notice.

“This is asmall step in what is hopefully the right direction,” she said.

“If we can get as many people, if not everybody, it shows the government that we mean business.

“We are sick of being scared, we are sick of havinghousesbroken into on the daily.It’s not fair, it’s spreadingfrom elderlytothe youngpeople, it’s justnot fair, peopleneed to be safe in their homes,intheirtowns, we needtoshowthem (the government) that as acommunity, as astate, we mean business.”

Rememberingher brother, Natalie said he left behind an indelible mark on all those who knew him.

“He wasalways just that cheeky personality that would have fun banter with everyone,” she said.

“Today that showswithhis patients, they all describe him as acheeky, bright smile, happy person who cared deeplyabout each and every one.

“He made them all feel like they were the most

importantperson in his life when they

into his office.”

Fittingly, Natalie and Ash’s mum Catherine were among the first to sign the petition. Ahard copy of the petitionisavailable throughout the region, and online via Martin Cameron’s office. For petition locations, ring MartinCameron’s officeon0351339088 or call into 12-14 George Street, Morwell.

walked

United: Thefamilyoflatelocaldoctor Ashley (Ash) Gordon with Member forMorwell, Martin Cameron at last week’s petition launch. Photograph: Liam Durkin

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Personals

ANAPLIOTIS, Katerina. Passed away peacefully on Sunday 12 May 2024. Devoted and loving wife to George. Much loved mother of Lisa, Sofia and her partner David. Will be greatly missed by her brother Nick, sister-in-law Evagelia, her niece Sophie, nephews Jim and Paul, and extended family. In our hearts forever Deaths •

FORDHAM (nee Flood), Patricia Theresa 'Pat'. Passed away 12/5/2024. Aged 78 years Late of Nowra, formerly of Moe. Mother and mother-in-law of Lindsay and Maria, Johnny and Kim. Adored nan of Brendan, Whitney, Madelyne, Laura, Tighe, Sidney, Jonnie and great nan of Frankie, Reggie and Ruby.Beloved daughter of William and Mary Flood (both dec.). Sadly missed sister of Maureen, Janette (dec.) and Mary (dec.).

MUNRO (nee Jones), Denise Susan. Passed away surrounded by loved ones, Saturday 18 May 2024.

Aged 60 years

Loved and loving partner of Pat. The best Mum of Ben, Emma, Caitlyn and Samuel (dec.). Adored mother-in-law of Luke, Craig and Christelle. Most awesome Nanny of Tilly, Oscar, Teddy, Winter and Harper. Loved sister, daughter, aunty and friend.

Resting peacefully with baby Samuel

ARTSO, Edward (Ted). Probus Club of Traralgon Combined is saddened at the passing of our respected member Ted, and extends our deepest sympathy to his wife Sue and family.

BELL (nee Lindsay), Alice May. 20/9/1931 -13/5/2024

Slipped away peacefully in Tasmania. Aged 92 years Beloved wife of David (dec.). Loved youngest daughter of George and Annie Lindsay. Sister of Arthur, Bruce, Ian, Joan, Ray (all dec.) and Eric. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Jennie and Leigh, Wayne and Lisa. Remembered with love by her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

CUNNEEN (Brennan), Violet Patricia (Pat). Passed away peacefully at Calvary Narracan Gardens, Newborough on 19 May 2024 surrounded by her loving family.

Aged 93 years Dearly beloved and respected partner of Fred Stephens (dec.). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Sandra and Boshy, Ray and Lisa, Les and Jane, Judy and Manny, Sue, Sharon (dec.) and Ernie, Norm and Tracy. Adored Nan to all her grand, great grand and great great grandchildren.

Pat's Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel at the SMG, Worrigee Road, Worrigee on THURSDAY (23 May 2024) at 1pm.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Salvation Army.

HUMPHREYS, John. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital on 11 May 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Aged 53 years

Dearly loved son of Edward (Ted) and Helen (dec.). Much loved dad of Shara. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Michael, Eddie and Erica. Adored uncle of Jordan, Harry, Darryl and Dani. Forever in our hearts

HUMPHREYS, John. Dearly loved nephew of Lisa and Ray. Loved cousin of Sean and Lucy, Sarah and Nathan, Kate and Beth and their families. John's love, courage and resilience will always be remembered.

HUMPHREYS, John. Loved nephew and cousin of Joan and Stan, Marty and Nick, Leah and Josef, Ruth and Peter and families.

Much loved and Always remembered

LEWIS, Graham John Service No. 37934 Australian Army The President, Committee, Staff and members of the Morwell RSL Sub Branch are deeply saddened by the passing of their valued Service Member Graham. Deepest heartfelt sympathy to all of the family and friends.

LEST WE FORGET

LIESHOUT, John Martin. Passed away peacefully at home after ashort illness, with family by his side, Friday 17 May 2024. Aged 71 years Alife well lived and enjoyed

MASKIELL, Ronald James. Of RaymondIsland passed away on Tuesday, 14 May 2024. Loved husband of Anne (dec.). Loved dad of Lynette, James, Gary, Brett, Neil and their partners. Loved grandfather of 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. At Peace

MOHSIN, Chakera. 18/7/1940 -12/5/2024. Loving husband to Shirin Chakera (dec.). He is survived by his two daughters, Alifia Chakera, Mussaret Nagree, five grandchildren, Tameem, Aalim, Lilyah, Naim, and Tahira and his brother Zulfi and sister Dolly. Funeral took place at Bunorong Memorial Park on 14/5/2024.

WOZNICA, Tadeusz Josef (Tad). Passed away peacefully at home in Moe, on 13 May 2024. Aged 94 years

Dearly loved husband of June. Much loved father and father-in-law of Helen and Peter, Susan (dec.), and Michael (dec.). Adored Pop to all his grand and great-grandchildren.

RANKCOM, Ian Clive 7/6/1932 -17/5/2024.

Loved and loving husband of Betty (dec.). Adored father of Mark, Simon, Paul and Timothy and father-in-law to Donna, Alison, Carolynne and Sue. Much loved grandad to Matt, Jack and Brenna, Jessica and Jake, Bailey, Charlie, Thomas, Alice and Darcy. Proud greatgrandad to Ollie, Austin, Sid, Rie and Paisley. Passed away peacefully after along and happy life. Rest in Peace

RODDA, Gregory William Greg. Aged 72 years Dearly loved son-in-law of Alice and George (dec.) my part back up. Iwill miss you Greg.

RODDA, Greg. We grieve with the Rodda family but are comforted to know Greg will suffer no more. We hope there's anice red awaiting you mate. Jan and Noel Burrows.

RODDA, Greg. My lifelong friend. R.I.P. Grogery Iwill miss you mate, Coop. Our World will never be the same. We are heartbroken. Julie, Steve, Mandy, Lee, Sarah, Ben and Lucy.

SIM (nee Langstaff), Amy Doreen. Of LakesEntrance passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday 16 May 2024. Aged 95 years Loved wife of George (dec.) and adored mum of Michael, Craig and Jane. Mother-in-law of Jenny. Cherished nana to 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. R.I.P.

TURNER, Larry Shane. Passed away surrounded by family at home in Morwell on Thursday 16 May 2024. Aged 62 years Loving husband of Wilma. Cherished father and father-in-law of Chantelle and Guy, Kayla and Jay, Gavin and Jess and Kara. Loving Pa to Billy, Shanaeya and Calith, Stephanie, Elijah and Savvanah, and Delilah. Loving son of Roger and Barb (dec.) and stepson of Di. Now at rest Goin' haveapunt! For Service details please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au

WHELAN (nee Heesom), Heather Jean. Passed away 13/5/2024, aged 67. Loved daughter of Jack and Helen (both dec.). Sister and aunt of Lynne, Jenny, Sam and families. Mum of Emma and Stewart, Andrew, Chris, Dan and Jen. Nana of Harllee, Sarah, Summer and Ella. Loved and missed by us all. Now at peace. Privately Cremated.

ANAPLIOTIS. The Funeral Service of Katerina Anapliotis will be held at 11.30am on TUESDAY (28 May 2024) at the Greek Orthodox Church, 42-44 Elgin Street Morwell. At the conclusion of the Service, the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon CemeteryGippsland Memorial Park, Greek Orthodox Section, Cemetery Drive Traralgon. Areception will then be held at the Greek Orthodox Church Hall at 42-44 Elgin Street Morwell.

SIM. AGraveside Service for Mrs Amy Sim of Lakes Entrance will be held at the Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon, MONDAY (27 May 2024) commencing at 11:30am. Peter Murray Funerals East Gippsland 5152 4596

WOZNICA, Tad. The Moe Golf Club is deeply saddened by Tad's passing. Tad gave many years of service to our club and was rightly awarded Life Membership in 1997. Condolences to June, Helen, all family and friends.

WULMS, Archer Barry

16/6/2023 -15/5/2024 Aged 11 months

Beloved son of Tonya and Wade.

Our little fighter passed away peacefully with abig smile on his face in Mum and Dad's arms and surrounded by loved ones.

Although your life was short, the impact on our lives has been embedded for an eternity.

Be at peacelittleone

Our beautiful grandson Archer who brought great joy and smiles to our lives and made Tonya and Wade beautiful parents.

We will miss you dearly Nanny and GOAT.

I've held you in my arms for alittle while, I'll hold you in my heart forever.

Love Oma.

Little piglet, you have truly brought so much light and love to our family.

All my love, aunty Winnie.

Our beautiful boy Archer, age 11 months Passed away Wednesday 15 May 2024.

Dearly loved Great-grandson of Les and Lorraine.

Great nephew of Joanne and Boris and Oscar, Benn and Meika, Jaryd and Jess. "Our Beautiful Boy" Forever in our Hearts

DearlylovedGreatgrandson to Julie and Barry (dec.) and Steven.

Dearly loved by all his Aunties, Uncles and cousins.

Your fight for life is over little man. Rest easy in the arms of your great Pop Ryan.

God has you in his keeping, We have you in our hearts.

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The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Pat Cunneen will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave, Moe on THURSDAY (30 May 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. Pat's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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HUMPHREYS. The Funeral Service of John Humphreys will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A PrincesDrive, Morwell on FRIDAY, (24 May 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. Following the Service, the Funeral will leave for the Hazelwood Cemetery. John's Funeral will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit our website below.

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LIESHOUT. The Funeral of Mr John Martin Lieshout will arrive at the Hazelwood Cemetery Brodribb Road, Hazelwood on FRIDAY (24 May 2024) for aGraveside Service to commence at 10.30am. In lieu of flowers donations to pancan.org would be gratefully appreciated.

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MUNRO. The Funeral of Mrs Denise Susan Munro will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437a Princes Drive, Morwell on TUESDAY (28 May 2024) commencing at 10am. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

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RANKCOM. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Ian Clive Rankcom will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes High way Traralgon, THURSDAY (23 May 2024) commencing at 2pm.

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WOZNICA. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr Tadeusz (Tad) Woznica will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe on WEDNESDAY (22 May 2024) commencing at 2.30pm. Tad's Service will also be livestreamed, to view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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WULMS. AMemorial Service to celebrate the life of our beautiful boy Archer Barry Wulms will be held in the Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Moe Chapel, 6 Ollerton Avenue, Moe on THURSDAY (23 May 2024) commencing at 2pm. In lieu of flowers donations in Archer's memory to the Schinzel Giedion SyndromeFoundation would be greatly appreciated. Visit -sgsfoundation.org. Please wear BRIGHT colours in honour of Archer. Archer's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream please visit our website.

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MASKIELL. The Memorial Service for Mr Ronald 'Ron' Maskiell will be held at the Peter Murray Funerals Chapel, 30 Victoria St, Bairnsdale on THURSDAY (23 May 2024) at 2pm. Peter Murray Funerals East Gippsland 5152 4596

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LIV Golf Adelaide: loud and dangerous

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By IAN WHITEHEAD

THE LIV golf circuit or circus, depending on your perspective, rolled into Adelaide’sGrange golf course recently.

Chief executive Greg Norman oversees 52 golfers with astrong international contingent. The players are split into 13 teams of four. Upbeat names, such as the Rippers, Stingers, and Fireballsare the roadmap to attract ayounger, funkier, louder following.

Atotal of $5 million of the$25 million prize money is dedicated to the winning team.

Theideaisthat you follow not just an individual but awhole team. The Rippers, an all-Aussie team led by Cameron Smith won the Adelaide team event at the second play-off hole, defeating the South African Stingers. This is the LIV vision; for The Rippers to become the Collingwood of golf. Rope haired UK golfer, Tommy Fleetwood, falsely linked to LIV golf because he happened to drop in for alook, reports, “The players seem to enjoy it… everyone seems chilled and relaxed.” The serious grimaces on thePGA tour is past tense at LIVgolf where the last place in the no cut fieldpockets $120,000.

Fleetwood, along with dozens of world ranked golfers, have rejected handsome LIV offers. Max Homasays he didn’t even open the letter. (eventually hispartner insisted; maybe she shops on 5th Avenue )Will Zalatoris says, if money was life’s highpoint, he would be an investment banker.

The current LIV contingent is an eccentric mix.

John Rahm,the newly acquired former World No.1, heads the star power, with asignonfee reported at $450 million. Rahm would expect to go toe-to-toe with Aussie champ, Cameron Smith, the feisty Patrick Reid, chip on the shoulder multi major winner, Brooks Koepka, and the cheerfully charismatic Bryce DeChambeau. Down the quality rung are ex-journeymen such as South African DeanBurmesterand US trundler,Brendan Steele. Tailingmost fields, we find aging stalwarts,Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, and Phil Mickelson LIV Golf Australia is the rebel circuit’s Bethlehem Star. Duetothe tyranny of distanceand the disinterest of theUSPGA in golf beyond its immediate borders, 94,000 fans, starved of world class internationals, flocktothe event. The quality of golf was outstanding, with chip ins, long putts and pounded drives producing much whooping and hollering.

LIV delivered on its “Golf but Louder” mantra. Atinypercentage of the gallery will remember last year’s winner. But they remember the party hole 12th when ChaseKoepka’s hole in one, prompted ashower of beer cups onto the tee.

But this year’s non highlight was asteptoo far when LucasHerbert’scaddy was struck at the same hole with awater bottle. In aweird twist, Herbert has said areason for joining LIV Golf (beyond the obvious) was the underwhelming media coverage, when he won the 2023 ISPS Handa Championship in Japan.

The winners of LIV golf events are rarely household names. Playing predominantly on holiday style resort courses, the ease of the conditions doesn’t allow, as it does in major championships, for the cream to rise to the top.Soitwas in Adelaide, with US player Brendan Steele averagingabirdie every three holes, finishing the 54-hole event at 18 under par. It was Steele’s first win in seven years. Fifty of the 54 competitors finished under par with the median field score at -10.

Steele collects $4 millionUS. In comparison, run away World Number 1, Scottie Scheffler wins $3.6 million for his recent tour win at Harbor Town, South Carolina. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that LIV golf… first, secondand third is about money. No current tour can compete with the bottomlessSaudi money pit. Something soon needs to give.

There is an historic Traralgonconnection with Greg Norman. As a23-year-old,Norman won the Traralgon Pro Classic in 1978 and again in 1979.

So, as Gippsland advocates, and particularly Traralgon Golf Club members, should we doubly admire arguably Australia’s greatest ever golfer? Shouldheindeed be lauded for gate crashingthe US PGA exclusive brethren comfort zone? In astellar career, Greg Norman won two British Opens, won 20 times on the US tour and in past decades has overseen the development of golf courses around the world.

Or do golf lovers align with the likes of Nick Faldo, claiming that whatever accolades are directed at Greg Norman, by splitting world golf as never before, he has well and truly trashedhis legacy.

Do local golfers identify with Australian 1990 US PGA winner, Wayne Grady, who in aFacebook post says, “From someone who has known Greg for 50 years, Greg is only about Greg. He has been trying to take down the PGA Tour for 30 years.”

At Traralgon Golf Club,the answer to such questions depends on who you ask.

Preparing to take on bestofdodgeball

DODGEBALL

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

THREE Latrobe Valley locals will be making the trip to Graz, Austria in August after being named in theAustralian national dodgeball squad for the 2024 WorldDodgeball Championships.

Adam Kemna and Tegan Sventina were named in the mixed cloth squad in their first chance on the World stage.

NekeishaDillon, who played in the 2022 Championships in Edmonton, Canada, was selected for the women’s cloth side for Austria.

The August tournamentsees 100 teams from more than 30 countries showcased in Graz for what the World Dodgeball Federation describes as “the biggest in the history of the sport”.

By contrast, the 2022 championships featured 67 teams from 15 countries.

Australia will be looking to knock off the host nation, alongside expected strong challengers from England, Northern Ireland, America, Canada and Malaysia.

The Valley trio represented Australia in the Asian Dodgeball Cup in Singaporelastyear, and achieved great results with silvers in the mixed and men’s (Kemna) and agold for Dillon and Sventina in the women’s.

Australia’s inclusion in the tournament was a unique one, but could herald hopeful signs in their biggest test.

“We’re expecting that the World Dodgeball Championship is going to be quiteastepupin difficulty,” Kemna said.

“From apersonal perspective, worlds is going to be alot more competitive obviously. Individually, Ijust want to reallytest myself and see what I can achieve on the world stage instead of just on aregional stage,” Sventina said.

The trio found each other as members of the TraralgonTrailblazersinthe Latrobe Valley Dodgeball League and in Melbourne through the Victoria Dodgeball League.

Dillon began “throwing rocks” in 2010 in Traralgon’s first iteration of thesport’s local competition, which ledtoplayinginsides in the Victoria Dodgeball League which broughther further recognition.

Sventina and Kemna played in the Melbourne Dodgeball League and transitioned as the Latrobe Valley Dodgeball League was founded.

Thestandards and expectations are, of course, set extremely highdespite Dodgeball Australia sitting lower on the totem pole of economic access for athletes (the last two trips have beencommunity and self-funded), meaning their anticipation and preparation for this opportunity runs entirely on their passion to the game.

“It’s really full-on, the quality of player in Australia is insanely high, so we are getting tested to our limits every single time we go down (to train),” Kemna said.

“All three of their skill levels have sky-rocketed because of the trainingthat they’redoing regularly,” ADF board member Mitch Howell said.

Not only is there the early hour drives up the freeway on aSunday, but also an understanding of the commitment to ahigh level of performance.

“You also need to be doing supplementary gym sessions, you need to be puttinginprehab and rehab in that time as well so that you can actually get to Austria. Alot of time management,” Sventina said Dillon has also taken on the titleofNational Cloth Manager, seeing her handle all the nittygritty tasks off the courtalongside fellowValley homegrown Samantha Holcombe.

As aresult,not onlyisDillon throwing herself furtherinto the organisation, but she’s also growing adeeper appreciationand perspective in the build-up to their championship run.

“(You see) the teamstart to gel, and you start to see not just different groups or states training, you get to see the squad come together, it’s really quite nice at that point,” Dillon said.

Now, if you’ve gotten this far and have been wondering ‘What the hell do you mean by cloth?’

Cloth is one of the two styles of ballusedin dodgeball, with the other being foam.

Simply put, cloth is aharder rubber ball that triggers amuch more intense and fast-paced contest, whilst foam utilises asquishier ball commonly foundinthe sports shed of your nearby primary school.

It also lends itselftodifferent rulesentirely. Cloth limits the number of balls to begin with and includes aneutral zone for teams that encourages pressing and aggressive game styles.

Dillon took up cloth in 2021 and broughtittoher Trailblazer teammates.

"It just seemed to suit us. For whatever reason, our competitive ceiling in this particular discipline was just higher,” Kemna added.

Let’s go: LatrobeValleylocals Nekeisha Dillon, Adam Kemna and TeganSventina areall setfor the WorldDodgeball Championships Photograph supplied

Insights: Traralgon local Ian Whitehead haspenned his thoughts on the LIV golf circuit, overseen by thelegendary Greg Norman, atwo-time winner of the Traralgon Golf ClubPro-Am Classic.

Photograph supplied

Locals shifted ahead of new WNBA season

BASKETBALL WNBA

BY TOM HAYES

IT can all change with the click of afinger.

There hasbeen ashake-up at the top level of women’s basketball in the US for our local exports, and it might not put asmile on everyone's face.

Just days beforethe WNBA roster deadline, Traralgon's Jade Melbourne was traded to the Washington Mystics for a2025third-round pick.

Melbourne was selected by Seattle Storm in the third round of the 2022WNBA Draft, beginning her WNBA career in 2023 after opting to complete the then-current WNBL season.

Shesignedher contract with the Storm in February 2023, becoming the youngest player on aWNBAroster that year.

From her 29 games played at Seattle, Melbourne averagedjust 10.6minutes per game, 2.6 points, 1.2assists and 1.2 rebounds.

On May 11, the Stormtraded Melbourne for a pick in next year’s draft, sending her on her way to Washington.

In the space of 48 hours, Melbourne went

from preparing to line-up for the Storm against Minnesota Lynx, to moving cities, joining anew team, and preparing to play against New York Liberty on opening night.

Although Melbourne did not feature in the Mystics’ 85 to 80 loss to New York on opening night, the last week has certainly been awhirlwind for her.

SPEAKING of whirlwinds, Moe’s Jaz Shelley has experienced one too.

Just weeks ago, Shelley was picked up by Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA Draft with Pick 29.

Shelley attended the Mercury’s preseason camp and featured heavily in their social posts.She appeared to be apopular addition to the squad, not only by players, but by fans alike.

Then on the day of the roster confirmations, Shelley was cut by Phoenix, leaving her without a team for the 2024 season.

It is unknown where Shelley’s next steps will be placed, but she has mentionedher desire to return to Australia and play in the WNBL.

The WNBA seasonbeganonWednesday, May 15 (May 14 in the US), and will continue until October 20 at the latest, marked as the last possible finals date.

messing around: Jade Melbourne hadtoquicklyadjust to hernew

tradedtothe Washington Mystics

LVHA athletes claim wins

HOCKEY

By KELLYGODFREY

THE weekend just gone saw no local hockey games, as the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association (LVHA)athletes participatedinthe Junior Country Championships (JCC) in Melbourne.

Several LVHA players, including Brady Cake, Aiden Mair, Cadence Godfrey, Isla Godfrey, Ronan North, and Kara North, joined forces with neighbouringassociations West and East Gippsland's teams to compete in the championship event.

While the juniors battled it out in Melbourne, the Women’sand Men’s Vic League 3teams were making headlines with their outstandingperformances.

THE Women’s Vic League 3team celebrated a 4-2 victory over Bayside Hockey Club in Brighton. The match was particularly special for Hayley Cake, whocelebrated her birthday on thefield and was named the best player in the game.

The game started with Bayside taking an early lead, but Skye McDonald quickly equalised, leaving the scorestied at quarter time. Baysidescored again in the second quarter, putting LVHA down 2-1 at halftime. However,under the strategic guidance of returningcoach Paul Cake, the team rallied. McDonald netted her second goal to level the scores once more.

In the fourth quarter,MaddyHall scored a stunning goal from the top of the circle, shifting momentum in LVHA’s favour.The team continued to dominate with precise passes from the backline to the attacking circle.

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS

BY MOLLYIRVINE

LASTThursday night’sHarriersrun saw60keen runners, joggersand walkers complete achilly 6km course around the surrounding streets of the north of Traralgon.

The two-lap coursestarted on Swinburne Crescent, before heading along the bottomof Marshalls Road, aslightright along Park Lane, alittle bit along FranklinStreetand then onto Mitchell Drive, before ending back onto SwinburneCres to where the start/finish was.

The first three runners across the line for the night were Corey Milner in aspeedy time of 22:06, followed by Ian Cornthwaite in another greattime of 23:01, and Rob Preston in 23:37.

For the females, the fastest three times were all within six seconds of one another. Molly Irvine in 25:04, followed by Yani Cornthwaite only two seconds behindin25:06,and Alice Miliani in 25:10 to round out the podium.

Tomorrow'srun (Thursday, May 23) is the Stockdale Road 5km course, which starts at the clubrooms on the corner of Douglas Parade and Grubb Avenue, Traralgon. Check-in time is from 5.30pm.

For more information, visit traralgonharriers. org.au

6km Results:

Corey Milner 22:06, Ian Cornthwaite23:01, Rob Preston 23:37,Trent Kooyman 24:05, Clinton Jolly 24:08,Alice Miliani 24:10, Daniel Furmston 24:11, Dempsey Podmore24:26, Molly Irvine 25:04,Yani Cornthwaite25:06, PeterSanders25:15, ScottSyme 25:35, Owen Notting 26:12,Andrew Broberg26:49, Courtney Ellis 27:00, Chris VanUnen27:07,Seth Bomers27:07,Shane Gavin 27:20, David Barr 27:21, Gary Fox27:49, Liz Kenney 28:02, Jason Odlum 28:48, RonVerschuur 30:05,Andrew Panayiotou 30:30, Paul Rollandin30:36, MariekaReilly 30:36, LucyMagaldi 30:51, ReeGraham30:52,Toby Grzmil 31:02,Angelo Gaudiano 31:38, Shane Wilson32:28, MarkFairbairn32:31, Lee Graham 32:45, Kristine Sapkin 32:50, Phillip Mayer33:15,Angeline Snell 33:17, ClaireMacumber 33:38, Collette Hofmann 34:01, Michelle Sawyer34:21, Megan Scott34:46, Paul Smith 35:14, David Hood 35:14,Andrew Legge 36:00, Mandy Ellis 38:26, Stacey Podmore39:34, Ian Heafield 43:10, BarryHiggins 44:47,Ann Bomers 47:22, Lynda Jones 49:33, BelindaHeafield 53:40, DesDalton 56:34, ShayLorenz 58:10, Michelle Colwell 58:39, KathyQuinn 58:39, KyleeEarl59:13, TimothyGraham 1:00:00, LukeWitham1:03:47, Kristina Creighton 1:04:16, Nicholas Talerico NTR, Stephen Renehan NTR.

CarlyThompson's cross and McDonald’s smart pass allowed Alana Tratford to slot in the final goal, sealing the 4-2 win with just minutes remaining.

Super subs Kerren Cake and Alana Tratford made notable contributions, ensuring the team maintained its high performance throughout.

THE Men’sVic League 3team achieved ahistoric 15-nil triumph over Old Carey Hockey Club in Hawthorn.

This victory marked their first win of the season and was celebrated as their best game since joining the Vic League four years ago.

The standout performance came from Hamza Fayyaz, the team’s newest recruit from Pakistan, who scored an astonishing nine goals. His exceptional skills on the striker line were asight to behold and asignificant factor in theteam's dominant performance.

Additionally, newcomer LachlanLight showcased newfoundconfidence, assisting several team goals and scoring his first-ever goal in Vic League.This win not onlyboosted the team’s morale but also highlighted the exciting potential and talent within the squad.

Other goal scorers were Daniel Lineen (two), while Nathan Forester, Declan Jones and Andrew Glazzard all scored one.

With such impressive performances at both the Junior Country Championships and in the Vic League, the future looks bright for the LVHA.

The association's players have shown exceptional skill, teamwork, and determination, promising exciting times ahead for local hockey enthusiasts.

Focussed: Newcomer,Lachlan Light is apictureofconcentration.

Watertight: IslaGodfrey keeping asolid defence forLatrobe Valley. Photographs: KellyGodfrey

Expected LVSL resultsmark

halfway point

SOCCER

LVSL BY LAURIE WILLIAMS

WITH the last game of the first half of the LatrobeValley Soccer League season played over the weekend, resultswentlargely as expected.

Moe, Falcons and Fortuna (who beat East Gippsland 8-nil),all took maximum points in Round 9, while Olympians toppled Monash in the Match of the Round.

 Churchill 1drewwithSale1

FOR the firsttimeinmorethan 14 years, Churchill and Sale ended in astalemate.

The match at Godfrey Baldwin Reserve looked for awhile like the Rams would take out the match after 16-year-old Harry Forbes scored his first senior goal.

Churchillhungonto the lead for quite a while, until Charlie Cockell found space to deliveratelling blow to equalise before time was called.

 Olympians2def Monash1

OLYMPIANS kept pace with the leading pack as they secured all three points in a hard-fought contest against Monash.

It was Olympians’ first win against the Wolves since 2017, and yet another sign that the Traralgon side are progressing well in their rebuild.

Goals to Guguei Malual andSam Jacob ensured Olympians the win, but Monash hit backathome, with GonzaOrtellodo halving the deficittogive them asniff of at least splitting the points. However, it wasnot to be, as Olympians closed out the match resolutelytoclaim victory.

Falcons forced to work hard for three points

SOCCER

LVSL BY

JOE AUCIELLO

AFTER beating fellow Latrobe Valley Soccer League titlefancy MoeUnited the round before,itwas expected Falcons2000, on their home deck, would easily account for Newborough/Yallourn last Sunday.

Whilethe Combinehave been strugglingin season 2024, they made Falcons work hard for their eventual 2-1 victory.

The matchagain provedthat nothing canbe taken for granted in this LVSL competition.

The Combine came out with an intent to takethe game to theirmore fancied opponents, and they shocked the home crowd by taking an early lead as alacklustre Falcons defence were caught napping.

Falcons continued to dominate possession and created chance after chance,and halfway through the first half,dynamic duo Moni Eliaser and Kuku Mahmoud each helped themselves to agoal to give the side a deserved lead at the break. The second half saw total domination from the home side, yet once again their inabilitytoconvert in frontof goal almostsaw them pay the ultimate price

Ahost of chances to Mahmoud, Eliaser, Jordan Kennedy,Jamie Pistrin and substitute Nick D’Alessandro could not be translated into goals,whichgave Newborough/Yallourn the faintest of hopes of securingalateequaliser. However, it was not to be, as all threepoints were secured by the home side, which keeps them level on points with league leader Fortuna 60 by virtue of asuperior goal difference.

For the Combine, it was possibly asignof their season’s fortunes, turning to become a more competitive team for the remainder of the season.

Red Devils put Tyers to the sword

SOCCER LVSL BY JOHN CARDONA

MOE United Seniors went on ascoring spreeinthe first 20 minutes of their awaygame against Tyerson Sunday.

It took only two minutes to open the scoringfor the Red Devils in their Round 9clash, when aMatt Shearing pass sent Bayden Heusmann clear on the left flank, who then sent aperfect cross to the back post which saw Riley Winklemanneasily head the ball into the net.

Ten minutes into the game, Winklemann repaid the favour with aperfect pass to Heusmann, who skipped past the Tyers defender, and then made no mistake with his low hard shot pass

From the restart, Moe United won backpossessionout on the right by Oscar Sceney, who's run up the right saw his cross met first by Winklemann, and he again made no mistake to give United a3-nil lead.

United continued to apply pressure to the Tyers defence, andit was Shearing's through ball again which beat the Tyers defence, sending Winklemann through, only to be broughtdown by the Tyers defender. Connor Dasteytook the resultant free kick and blasted it over the crossbar.

United's 20-minute, four-goal barrage ended from aBrendan Ruddell

long ball which put Tanner Pyle through,and he cooly rounded his way through to score.

Despite United's dominance in play, they failed to add to their scoreline, leaving afrustrated Moe coach in Lee Dastey to ponder his planning on convertingthose opportunities that were coming his sides way.

The second half saw Moe United on the attack, and the Red Devils were 5-nil up after ahalf clearance by the Tyers defence saw the ball to Shearing, who's first timeshotsaw it rocket into the top left hand corner.

Play rarely got out the Tyers half in the second half, and astrong driving effort by Tanner Pyle gave asquare pass to Connor Dastey, who slotted the ball into the unguarded Tyers goal.

The Red Devil's continued their onslaught, and apass outwide to the left by Shearing found Noah Kane, who's pinpoint cross was met by Winklemann to put the United side up 7-nil complete his hat-trick.

Right on 90 minutes, asuperb piece of play by Shearing saw him put substitute HarleyRobinsonthrough, and he calmly placedthe ball past the oncoming Tyers keeper to give United aconvincing 8-nil win.

Shearingwas voted best for Moe, followed by Sceney, Winklemann and Pyle.

Best for Tyers were Brodie Inglis and Shayne Pavich.

Senior Women's

MOE United Woman's side scored a3-nil win over lowly Tyers.

Despite the margin, it was anotso-impressive performance, with plenty of stray passes and some bad ball control mainly in the first half.

It took until about 35 minutes before Unitedcould break through the Tyers defence, which took acreative piece of play fromTylah Armistead and Holly O'Neill after receiving apass from Georgia Wyntjes.

Ashot from O'Neill was saved by the Tyers keeper, only for the deflection fall to Wyntjes, who made no mistake.

Moe went into the break with a slender 1-nil lead, and immediately after the break, went 2-nil up when aNicole Risley crossfound Summer Cooper unmarked, and with onetouch rifled the ball home into the back of the net.

Tyers were creating afew counter attacks without really creating aclear cut chance, and if they did they were comfortably saved by Moe keeper Renee Vidler.

Unitedsealedtheir victory when aBrookeWebley passfoundMiley Cooper, who cut inside the Tyers defender, then hit asweetlytimed curling shot into the far corner of goal.

Bestfor MoewereJade Armistead, Jamie Shelley, Risely and Paris Troughton.

Reserves

MOE United again tasted victory, with a4-1 win over Tyers.

Moe opened up in attack and aSeth Grixti cross saw Harley Robinson's header deflect onto the crossbar and out to safety.

Grixti was again involved in play when he sent over another cross which Adi Pate headed down towards goal only to see the keeper make a fingertip save.

Fifteen minutes into the game, the dominate play of Moe midfielder Tom Portelli saw his far post cross headed by BaileySomerville into goal to give Moe the 1-nil lead.

Five minutes later, arun by Seth Grixti saw his shot at goal saved by the keeper, only to see the rebound falltoPate, whothis timemadeno mistake.

United were still struggling to convert their chancesinto goals, and it was late in the first half after asuccession of passes whichfound Campbell Dastey, who's cross come shot somehow floated into the top far roof of the net.

The second half standardfell away, but an attacking run by Mich Guerrero saw his crossheadedby Robinson onto the crossbar and cleared away by the Tyers defender. At 85 minutes, aGrixtiblunder saw RickyMoyle seizeonthe error, and he ran on to make no mistake to make the score 3-1.

Just on fulltime, Grixtimadeupfor his previous error after some good work, and he found Robinson, who hitaperfect right foot curlingshot into the far corner of goal to finish the 4-1 win.

Best for Moe was Portelli, Bailey Sommerville, Chris Pap and Mich Guerrero.

2nd Division

MOE secured another win with a 3-nil away win against Sale United.

After an early struggle, aTim Stephens corner was headed into the netbyBrad Howardtoput the Reds 1-nil up.

Midwaythroughthe half,apiece of link-up play by Jake Heusmann and Ben Schembri send Darleen Nahum clear, and from acomposed finish he gave Moe United a2-nil lead at the half.

In the secondhalf, Moe United threwaway manyscoring chances with poor finishing, but late in the game the Red Devils broke through when Zane Poxon foundhimselfoneon-one withthe keeper, and he made no mistake.

Poxon wasamong the best in the win, along with Schembri, Stephens and Howard.

New baseball scoreboards on the way

BASEBALL

MORWELL Baseball Club is one of 17

Gippsland not-for-profit community organisations set to benefit from more than $63,000 in funding as part of the federal government's 2023-24

Volunteer Grants program.

Grants of between $1000 and $5000 will assist successful community organisations in supportingthe efforts of their volunteers, enabling the inclusion of vulnerable people and promoting awareness to increase participation in volunteering.

Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester said the grants serveasasmall recognition of the dedication and effort put in by the local volunteers.

"While the work of our volunteers may be unpaid, it is not unrecognised," Chester said.

"From fighting bushfires and caring for the environment to supportingpeople in our community and runninglocal events, the value of the work done by our volunteers is immeasurable.

"Through the Volunteer Grants program, we can give them ahelping

hand and make their roles as volunteers easier and more enjoyable."

Volunteers are the lifeblood of our community, and by continuingto help each other and work together, we are building astronger and safer Gippsland."

Morwell Baseball Club, Pax Hill Tennis Club and Morwell Tennis Club are amongthe community sportingorganisations announcedas successful 2023-24Volunteer Grants recipients.

Chestervisited Morwell Baseball Clubrecently, who have received $3000 in funding to help acquire two easy-to-use electronic scoreboards.

"Using moneyfrom the Volunteer Grants program to buy two electronic scoreboards will support Morwell Baseball Club volunteers in enhancing the game experience for players and onlookers alike," Chester said.

"Volunteers devote alot of time raising money to buy much-needed equipment and undertake avariety of activities. Through the Volunteer Grants program, we can give them ahelping hand and make their roles as volunteers easier and more enjoyable."

Happytohelp: Member forGippsland, Darren Chesterwith Morwell Baseball Club PresidentNicole Whiteand canteen manager Kristy Glass. The club were the successful recipients of agrant, and will use thismoney to help buyanew scoreboard. Photograph: Contributed

Great game: MattShearing wasvoted best-on-ground forMoe,inthe RedDevils’big win over Tyersatthe weekend Photograph supplied