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YouthSpace here to stay

THE Latrobe Youth Space has received an extra $900,000 in funding from the state government.

Minister forRegional Development, Gayle Tierney, said the additional investment would enable the Latrobe Youth Space in Morwell, which was set up by the state government in 2018, to continue operating.

The Minister also announcedanadditional $770,000 to support the Ladder Step Up program and the Inclusive Employment and Worker Transition Program over the next 12 months.

“Young people in the Latrobe Valley and across Gippsland will shape the region’s economic growth and prosperity into the future," Ms Tierney said.

"This funding recognises that by backing young people to find education and employment that is meaningful to them, near where they live."

The Latrobe Youth Space and the local programs support young and vulnerable people in the Latrobe Valley to pursueeducation, employmentand training to get meaningful careers and participate in the local economy.

Showers andfoodare also availablefor young people at the Latrobe Youth Space, and they can also use the service to get connected with other community services based on their individual needs.

"This funding means we can continue to give youngpeopleinthe Latrobe Valley support, opportunity, and afair go," Latrobe Youth Space Chief Executive, Sandy Hegarty said.

The new funding brings the state government’s investment in the Latrobe Youth Space to $9.7 million, adding to the $250,000infundingprovided through the Regional Development portfolio earlier this year.

Since 2017, the Ladder Step Up program has supported nearly 300 young people aged between 16 and 25.

The program has helped young people get the

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education, trainingand skills they needtofind meaningful employment opportunities.

More than 80 per cent of young peoplewho have graduated from the LadderStep Up program have found opportunities that have positively contributed to their health, wellbeing and their connection with the local community.

The funding for the Inclusive Employment and WorkerTransition Program willallowthe program to continue supporting vulnerable people to find jobsinthe energy, construction and advanced manufacturing sectors.

To date the program has assisted 82 young people to find jobs in these growth sectors -with 65 finding jobs and 17 getting apprenticeships.

"Our ongoing support for the Latrobe Youth Space is about helping hundreds more young people across the Valleyand the region to connect, access services, and develop the life skills, opportunities and confidence they deserve,” Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing said.

CORRECTION

THE Page 8story in last week's Express ('Jury out on Andrewshonour')incorrectly referred to ProfessorMargaret Gardner AC as the Governor-General responsible for awarding the Companion of the Order of Australia. This is incorrect. ProfessorMargaret Gardner AC is the Victorian Governor-General. The Governor-General of Australia is David Hurley, whom should have been referred to in the story. The Express apologies for any confusion.

Ongoing: TheLatrobe Youth Space in Morwell has received funding to continue operating forthe next year Photographs supplied

Grants given to locals

ENERGYAUSTRALIA Yallourn has announced the recipients of its community grants program, which will be distributed within the Latrobe Valley.

Gippsland Immigration Park Inc, 304 Army Cadet Unit-Newborough, Gippsland Community Radio Society Co-operative Limited, Trafalgar Men’s Shed Incorporated, Moe Art Society Inc and the Newborough East Primary School will benefit from $30,000 in grants this round.

EnergyAustralia Head of Yallourn, Greg McIntyre said the company was proud to not only be partofthe Latrobe Valley, but to help local organisations as well.

“We’ve been part and parcel of this community for the past over 100 years,welive and workhere; we are part of the Valley and there is nothing more rewarding than being able to give back,” he said.

“These grants are going towards improving walkways at theImmigrationPark so they can be used by people with mobility issues.

“TheArmy cadets areusing it to buy anew trailer. There will be new equipment purchased to enhance community radio broadcasting, and awards for schools participating in thelocal art show. The Newborough East Primary School run abreakfast club for students,and this will go towards meeting the needs to running such an important service.

“There’s some brilliant work being undertaken in the community, and the team at Yallourn have loved seeingthe results of these grants, where grassroots organisations can better serve the community.”

Each year,Yallourn provides more than $125,000 in communitygrants andsmall localised sponsorships aimed at making apositive contribution to the Latrobe Valley.

If youwould liketoapplyfor agrant,visit Energyaustralia.com.au/grantsfor more information.

Coldbreeze greets Valley

By KATRINABRANDON

THINGS are once again getting chilly here in the Latrobe Valley.

Last week, temperatures hit below zero.

According to the BureauofMeteorology (BoM), temperature observationsatthe Latrobe Valley Airport and other local reading stations saw -2.7

hit most of the Valley on Thursday morning.

The frost breeze brought on the lowest temperature of the month. Predictions are for -2 to fivedegrees and atop of 14-15 degrees overthe next few weeks.

Drivers are being urged to slow down and to properly defrost vehicles, and turn lights on, as roadsmay be slippery.

Heritage Place construction

EAST Gippslandnative and BuildCap Chief Executive, Stuart Biggs has officially announced the start of construction at Heritage Place, a brand new 180-homesite community in the heart of Morwell.

“This is alandmark moment for me,” Mr Biggs said.

“I’m extremely proud to be building anew legacy right here in my old backyard. My team and Iare excited to announce that we will be delivering the first stage of Heritage Place by the end of 2024.”

“The prestige development, which builds upon the tradition of Heritage Boulevard, willcontribute to the region’s prosperity and create an address that mirrors the core values of the local community.

“We are proud to announce the appointment of alocal company to deliverthe development. HCM Constructions emerged as astandout candidate, and we eagerly anticipate working closely with them to bring Heritage Place to fruition.”

BuildCap has ensured that the design of Heritage Placechampions the ideals of true connectedliving beside green spaces and wetlands, only aminute’s commute to the Morwell CBD.

“We’re establishing agenuine Australian

community where growth,inevery sense, is achievable for families of all sizes,” Mr Briggssaid.

“Shopping,schools,child care, sports facilities and the hospital are all nearby. Access to Melbourne is easy via Morwell Railway Station and Latrobe Regional Airport is just 10 minutes away.”

Stockdale and Leggo agent, George Demetrios was on-site with BuildCap and the construction team to officially turn soil on the first stage of the development.

“Interest from local buyers has been solid, with anumberofhomesites already sold and we expect this to ramp up now that civil construction is underway, as home buyers will now have certainty around their building timeline,” Mr Demetrios said.

BuildCap has catered for arangeofbuyers, with blocks from 457 square metres, up to larger traditionalhomesites up to 714sqm in thefirst stage.

“We also have available, aselection of house and land packages specially designed for the Heritage Placesetting,” Mr Demetrios added.

Land prices start at $260,000. For more information, see Stockdale and Leggo Latrobe Valley.

Lavalla debutantes magic occasion

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COMMITTEE

THE 'Winter Wonderland' theme set the stage for this year's Debutante Ball for Lavalla Catholic College students.

The event wasorganisedbythe dedicated Deb Ball Committee, comprising of current and former Lavallaparents. After monthsofmeticulous planning and preparation, the event welcomed 106 Year 11 students overfour enchanting nights at theMorwell Bowling Club's function room.

As debutantes and guests entered the foyer,they were greetedbyamagical display of large balloons, whimsical trees adorned withfairy lights, and multiple backdrops,transforming the space intoa true winter wonderland. The decorations, crafted by the talented committee, were trulystunningand added an extra layer of enchantment to the event. While the ball honoured timelesstraditions with debutantes in elegant whitedressesand suits gracing the dance floor,italsoembraced modernity. Participants had the option to be introduced individually, with apartner, or alongside friends, this inclusive approachensured that every student felt welcome and valued. The event was MC'd by Libby Mead and Casey Murphy. For five weeks,the debutantes practiceddiligently

to perfect severalgroupdances,choreographed by Jaz Flowers. These performances, set to amedley of winterthemed songs, were amodern marvel, with students adding their personal flair to the routines, muchto

the audience's delight. Traditionalelements like thespecial person dance, where students shared adance with aparent or grandparent, and the individual boy and girl dances added to the evening's charm.

The Morwell Bowling Club deserves aheartfelt thank you for the delicious two-course meals and snacks provided to students throughout the day. Hosting more than 860 guests across four nights was no small feat, but the club's seamless service and support in realising the Winter Wonderland vision were impeccable.

Abig shout-out to DJs,Hot Catz DJ’s Brenno and Glenno, who kept the dance floor lively and energised until the night's end.

Tammy Lee Photography was on hand to capture joyfulmoments and family portraits, while Sure Shot Productions ensured the event was immortalisedonfilm. The deb committee wished to paya special thanks to Michelle at Little Grandé Design for generously donatingher exceptional graphic design talents for the booklets, posters, and printed materials.

The Deb Ball Committee is immensely proud of all the participants for their exemplary behaviour and manners. Our community is blessed with such wonderful young adults, and it was an honour to celebrate this milestone with them.

The DebutanteBallhas once again brought students, families,and friends together in ajoyous celebration, creating lifelong memories. We look forward to continuing this cherished tradition next year.

Suave: AhostofLavalla DebutanteBall participants

Photographs supplied Grand night: Thedeb followed many traditions,with ablend of the newaswell.

Dressed to impress: Year 11 students brought outtheirbestoutfits forthe deb

ONE POINTERS

1. What does SOS stand for?

2. How many colours are there in arainbow?

3. What is the Porsche logo?

4. How long is an Olympic swimming pool? TWOPOINTERS

5. What shape are stop signs?

6. What is the name of the café in Friends?

7. Who won more grand slams, Serena or Venus Williams?

8. What is the name of South Korea’sbiggest tech company?

THREE POINTER

9. What was the first Disney movie?

10. What is agroup of crows called?

11. What countryinvented ice cream?

12. How many bones do sharks have?

FOUR POINTER

13. Which is the world’slargest ocean?

14. How many keys does aclassic piano have? FIVE POINTER

15. What is the world’sdeadliest creature?

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

Snow White he&t Seven ves;Dwar 10: Murder;

Pacific Ocean;

Eighty eight; 15: Mosquito

Helping to keeptruckies rested on roads

TRUCK drivers willsoon be able to stop at new and upgraded rest areas thanks to nearly $6.7 million in federal government funding.

This funding is the first tranche of the federal government's Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Program (HVRAP), which aims to increase heavy vehicle user safety and productivitythrough vitalnew and upgraded rest areas.

Under the program, 35 TruckInformalRest Areas will be sealed and green reflectors installed on four Gippsland highways across the South Gippsland Highway, Hyland Hwy, Strzelecki Hwy and Bass Hwy.

The federal government is providing $2.168

million for this project, with $542,000 from the state government.

The HVRAP funds arange of upgrades for rest areasalong freightroutes to support truck drivers with the infrastructure theyneed to getrestwhen they need it.

This project will makeanimportant contribution towards improving road safety, productivity and the overall wellness of Australia's truck drivers

Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport,Carol Brown saidthe upgradeshad safety and productivity front of mind.

"Withoutour truckies, Australia stops," she said

"The Albanesegovernmentsupports truck drivers

and we are committed to keeping them, and other road users, safe through programs like the Heavy Rest Area initiative.

"These projectsare funded through the first tranche of the HVRAP, which will provide $140 million of funding over 10 years.

"I thank the Chair of the HVRA Steering Committee, GlennSterle,and the HVRA Steering Committee members for sharing theirtimeand experience to assess the strategic need criterion, and look forward to theircontribution in assessing the same criterion in the next tranche."

Mr Sterle welcomed the announcement.

"I am proud to be part of agovernment that is fulfilling acommitment we gave to truck drivers

Local Roulette’shometown flyover

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

YALLOURN North residences were gifted with a wonderful overhead show recently led by homegrown pilot Steven Heriban.

The FLTLT Flight Lieutenant for the Air Force Roulettes coordinated the practice run over Yallourn North in preparation and in anticipation for the Roulettes two-day display at the Central Coast Airshow.

The Roulettes are the Royal AustralianAir Force’s aerobatic team providing dozens of flying displays ayear, and forms part of the RAAF Central Flying School at the RAAF Base in East Sale venturing out across the country.

“We’ve been looking to try and get out to the communities and do more flights over the (local) communitiesjust to expose morepeopleand get our presence out,” Mr Heriban said.

The back and forth across the small Latrobe Valley town includedthe six planes in unison going at high speedsaccompanied by that signature trail smoke that had locals drawn to the skies.

Even for abrief 15 minute show, alot of time goes into these displays.

Given Yallourn North has anumberofaerial

obstacles in the way, research has to be undertaken to ensure aseamless route.

“We’ve got the power station right there, we’ve got risingterrain up to the north in towers and thingswehave to take into consideration, so it took acouple of months to do some preparation,”

Mr Heriban said.

Contactmustalsobemadewithair traffic control agencies to obtain apiece of restricted air space for their flight (as they are flying as low as 80 metres abovethe ground and at speeds of up to 685km/h), as well as communicationwith the Latrobe Valley Airport.

Localscherished the show that they could simply viewfrom theirfrontporch,and wasmadeeven more special given that it was afellow Yallourn Northian.

“I thought it was amazing and having aformer local as one of the pilots made it even better to watch, (they were) extremely talented,” one local said.

Mr Heriban has been with the RAAF for 20 years, after joining straight out of school graduating his Pilots Course in 2007.

The man himselfhas beeninthe air alot, andhas morphed into ateacher of sorts as aflying instructor

and the road transportindustry to upgrade and invest in new rest areas for truckies," he said.

"It has been my pleasure to work with the Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Steering Committee as we assess applications throughthis program which has as its priority the welfare of our truck drivers.

"I thank committee members for their input and look forwardtocontinuing our important work.

"This is aterrific program and Iencourage all state and local government jurisdictions to consider putting in an application for funding."

For moreinformationonthe program,visit: investment.infrastructure.gov.au/about/local-initiatives/ heavy-vehicle-safety-and-productivity-program

at the CentralFlying School and instructing advancedpiloting trainingwiththe Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Mr Heriban has been posted at manybases

throughouthis

tenureincluding the No.37 Squadron in New South Wales flying the gargantuanC-130 Hercules and more closely at the No. 32 Squadron RAAF unitinEastSaleflying the B350

From above: Looking down on YallournNorth from on boarda RAAF Roulette Photograph supplied

a Nuclear Future?

Loy Yang identified forpower play

By PHILIP HOPKINS

ANUCLEARpower station at Loy Yangwould not only create cheaper zero emissions electricity but will generate regional economic development, according to thefederal Opposition's nuclear energy policy.

“Nuclear energy for Australia is an idea whose time has come,” said the Coalition in astatement released by the Leader of the OppositionPeter Dutton, the Leader of The Nationals,David Littleproud; and the Shadow Ministerfor Climate Change andEnergy, Ted O’Brien.

The Coalition said afuturefederalCoalitiongovernment would introduce zero-emissions nuclear energy in Australia. It said nuclear energy, which was proven to get electricity prices and emissions downall over the world, would work in partnership with renewable energy and gas as part of abalanced energy mix.

Loy Yangisone of seven identified locationsata power station that has closed or is scheduled to close, around Australia. The others are Liddell Power StationinNew South Wales, MountPiper in NSW, Tarong in Queensland, CallideinQueensland, Northern Power Station in South Australia (SMR only) and Muja in Western Australia (SMR only).

“Each of these locations offer important technical attributes needed for azero-emissions nuclear plant, including cooling water capacityand transmission infrastructure; that is, we can use the existing poles and wires, along with alocal community which hasaskilled workforce,” the Coalition said.

“A key advantage of modern zero-emissions nuclearplantsisthey can be pluggedinto existinggrids.This means they can effectively replace retired or retiring coal plants and avoid much of the new spending needed for Labor’s ‘renewablesonly’system, includingnew transmission poles and wires.”

The Coalition saidLabor’s system would be passed on in the form of higher bills.

“Labor’s approach requires imposing 58 million solar panels, 3500 new industrial wind turbines, and up to 28,000 kilometres of new transmission linesacross the country.Energy experts have warned the cost of Labor’s rollout will be between $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion,” the Coalition said.

“No country in the world reliessolely on solar and wind as Labor is proposing. By contrast, there are 32 countries operating zero-emissions nuclear plants. Another 50 countries are looking to do so. Of the world’s 20 largesteconomies, Australia is the only one not using nuclear energy,ormoving towards using it.”

The Coalition said its plan would deliver a net-zero electricity grid by 2050 and astrong and resilient economy.

“It will set our country up for decades to come,” it said.

“EveryAustralian deserves andshould expect access to cheaper, cleaner and consistentelectricity.”

The Coalition said at the front of this next wave of growth would be the communitiesthat host zero-emissions nuclear plants.

“Notonly willlocal communitiesbenefit from high paying, multi-generational jobs but communities will be empowered to maximise the benefits from hosting an asset of national importance,” the Coalition said.

This would be through:

-A multi-billion-dollar facility guaranteeing high-paying jobs for generations to come;

-An integrated economic development zone to attract manufacturing, value-add and high-tech industry, and;

-A regional dealunlocking investment in modern infrastructure,services and community priorities.

ACommunity Partnershipwill be formed in each host community, consisting of experienced local

representatives, as the focal point for community engagement and to play an important role in planning the future of the region.

“This community engagement process will occur alongside acomprehensive site study including detailed technical and economic assessments,” the policy says.

Under the policy, afederal Coalition government will initially develop two establishment projects using either small modular reactors or modern larger plants such as the AP1000 or APR1400.

“They will start producing electricity by 2035 (with small modular reactors) or 2037 (if modern larger plants are found to be the best option).

"The Australian government will own these assets, but form partnerships with experienced nuclear companies to build and operate them,” the policy says.

The Coalition said to meet net zero by Australia’s 2050 emissions commitments, zero-emission nuclear had to be part of the energy mix.

“Zero-emission nuclear powerplants produce no air pollution or carbon emissions. For example, a 1.1 GW AP-1000 reactor cuts approximatelyseven

million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions, equivalent to removing 1.5 million cars from the road,” the Coalition said.

“A zero-emissions nuclear power plant will be anational asset delivering cheaper, cleaner and consistent energy for 80 years.”

The Federal Memberfor Gippsland, Darren Chester, welcomed what he said was adetailed national plan for energy security.

“It’s aplan that respects regional communities and ensures any safety concerns can be overcome, and if we hosted anuclear power station in the Latrobe Valley in the future, there would be enduring socialand economic benefitstoour community,” he said.

“The Latrobe Valley has some strategic advantages due to the existingtransmission infrastructure and askilled local workforce, but more detailed investigations will be required in the years ahead.

“I will be listening to locals, consulting the experts, and putting the needs of Gippsland and Latrobe Valley first, and endeavouring to act in the national interest at all times.”

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Thefederal Liberalcandidate for Monash, Mary Aldred, welcomed the Coalition's comprehensive plan to secure access to cheaper, cleaner and consistent electricity for all Australians.

"Labor has put all its eggsinone basket with an expensiverenewables-only approach to our electricity system,leaving Australianspaying among thehighest power bills in the world and risking the lights going out as we run out of energy. That is selling our nationshort, and forcing people in our region to shoulder the heaviest part of that load," she said.

"Every day Ispeak to local families, community groups, small businesses and farmers across Monash,they nominate energyaffordability as their biggest concern. Families are reallystruggling right nowand Iknow of many businesseswho are only just keeping their doors open, with no improvement in sight.

"As aregion and anation we need to front up to ourenergy challenges with aserious, detailed and rational discussion. Australians deserve betterthan slogans and scare campaigns."

Ms Aldred said the Federal Labor government hadset atargetofhaving more than 80 per cent renewables in the grid by 2030, yet Australia was not even halfway there.

"I'm proud to come from aregion that grows, makes and manufactures products the rest of Australia relies on. But the ability of those businesses to keep pace withrising energycosts means they will be priced out of existence if we continue on as we areand ourregionwill losejobs it needs," she said.

"I have spent over 20 years of my life working on behalf of peopleinthe Monashelectorate, and Iwill always put their interests first. Iwant to see us continue as anational energy and manufacturing hub that can retain highly skilled, highly paid jobs. That means avariety of fuels and technologies as part of an energy mix that is driven by what is in the national interest.

"Two-and-a-half years means we have the opportunity to engageameaningfuldiscussion about where we are now and where we want to be on atopic that will directly determine standard of livingall Australians should be able to afford."

The leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria, John Pesutto, said his priority was for addressing energy shortages in the short term.

"Wehave no plans for it (nuclear) -I can't be any clearer than that, we have no plansfor it," he said.

"But we acknowledgethat afuture federal government may initiate that discussion."

The Coalitionpolicy says Labor’s expensive renewables-only approach is failing.

“The government is now talking about a65to75 per centemissions reductiontargetby2035but won’t release modelling and won’t tell us how much higher power prices will go up,” the Coalitionsaid.

“Power bills have alreadyincreased by up to $1000 for many Australians, when they were promised a$275cut.And Labor’s climate target of 43 per cent emissionsreduction by 2030 has become unachievable.”

The Coalition said Australia must have abalanced energy mix to deliver cheaper, cleaner and consistent 24/7 electricity.

“Ninety per cent of baseload electricity, predominantly coal fired power stations, is coming to the end of life over the next decade. Australia is fast running out of energy,” the Coalition said.

“We know the Prime Ministerand his government will mount the mother-of-all scare campaigns on zero-emissions nuclearenergy.But we believe Australiansare up for this discussionand are openmindedaboutincluding zero-emissions nuclear technology as part of abalanced energy mix.”

Chester keeping an “open mind”

COMMENT BY DARREN CHESTER

IWELCOME the release of the Coalition's detailed national plan for energy security.

It's aplanthatrespects regional communities and ensures any safety concerns can be overcome, and if we hostedanuclear power station in the Latrobe Valley in the future, there would be enduring social and economic benefits to our community.

TheLatrobe Valleyhas some strategic advantages due to the existing transmission infrastructure and askilled local workforce, but more detailed investigations will be required in the years ahead.

Iwill be listening to locals, consultingthe experts, and putting the needs of Gippsland and Latrobe Valley first, and endeavouring to act in the national interest at all times.

Ihave always had an open mind when it comes to the public debate regarding nuclear energy in Australia, and the potential for the Latrobe Valley to host anuclear power station.

Iwelcome theopportunity to have abalanced, rational and mature discussion with the people of Gippsland, whom Ihave alwaysrespected for their common sense and good judgement.

This is not adebate we should be scared about as acommunity.

It's time for acalm and rational conversation with the Australian people based on facts, technology and environmental science,not fear campaigns and political science.

The same people who recklessly blame each severe weather event on climate change and warn of more unreliable weather in the future, now want to sign our children up to a100 per cent weather-dependent energy system.

No doubt, they will run ascare campaign when what Australians really want is afacts campaign.

Ibelieve in abalanced approach to meeting our future energyneeds based on the best available science from Australia and overseas.

Ibelieve we should be taking advantage of arange of technologies to meet the challenge of supplying reliable and affordable power while fulfilling our international agreements to reduce emissions.

Energy security is amatter of national security.

Everycountry needs to be able to keep the lights on, run the publictransport network, hospitals and

universities,and ensure businesses and farmers can still produce goods at acompetitive price, which are needed in amodern society.

Frankly, it is juvenile and demeaning to listen to someFederal Labor MPscontinually joking about the The Simpsons cartoon in Parliamentary debates, as if it's an intelligent reference point for amatureconversationonanissue of inter-generational significance. My electorate of Gippslandhas

aproud heritage as an energy-producing region, andthere is ahigh level of 'energy literacy' in the community.

I'm proudofthe localworkers who have kept the lights on and warmed or cooled our homes for more than 100 years. Their hard work has meant that cheap and reliable energy has been acompetitive advantage for our nation.

We have aproud heritage as an energy producing

region and I'mconfident we have an important role to play in the future.

Local peopletendtounderstand the complex energy trifecta of affordability, reliability and environmental sustainability in accordance with international efforts.

This energy literacy has come about because Gippsland hashosted large-scale energy-producing facilities, includingbrown coal and offshore oil and gas, fordecades, alongwith wind andsolar farms in more recent times. We are also expecting to see an energy-from-waste project developed at the Maryvale Mill, and we have been identifiedasaregion thatcouldhostmajor offshore wind infrastructure. Just as we are considering large-scale renewable projects with offshore wind farms,energyfrom waste at Maryvale, the coalto-hydrogen project, and the potential recycling of coal-fired power stations with biofuels, we need to take apragmatic approach to the nuclear debate. For example, there needs to be full transparency on the claimed cost savings around reusing existing transmission lines because constructing new infrastructure to support industrial-scale renewable projects remains acontested public issue in many regions. There also needstobesome factual andhonest debate about the resources needed to construct wind turbines and solar panels and their life expectancies.

If there is bipartisan support fornuclear medicine and nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS agreement, we should be able to have arational debateabout themeritsofnuclear technology to help meet our future energy needs in Australia.

Dozensofadvancedcountries worldwide use nuclear energy, and Australia remains the third largest exporter of uranium to help power those economies.

That doesn't mean we have to build nuclear power stations, but if they are operating safely around the world, it makes sensetoconsiderthem as part of the broader mix of energy sources.

Darren Chester is the Federal Member for Gippsland representing the Nationals, and Shadow Ministerfor RegionalEducation; Shadow Minister for Regional Development; and Shadow Minister for Local Government and Territories.

View: FederalMember forGippsland, Darren Chester has penned his thoughtsonthe nuclear debate.

a Nuclear Future?

Demonstration held outside MP’soffice

By KATRINABRANDON

NO sooner had the Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, announced the nuclear policy, than about 15 people protested against the policy in front of Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester’s Traralgon office.

Discouraging the use of nuclear, the crowd stood in frontofthe empty office, sharing signs saying, “No nuclear in the Valley. Gippsland says no”.

Wendy Farmer, the protest organiser and a member of Friends of the Earth and Voice of the Valley, voiced her concerns.

She said the renewable changes, whichwere already in progress and had been presented to the public with promises of job creation and regional development, were now overshadowed by the nuclear proposal.

“Darren Chester was all for offshore wind. He helped push his party for legislation for the wind industry. They said it was good for opportunities, they saidthat it wasgoodfor jobs, theysaidthat it was good for regional communities.All of asudden, nuclear has come into the mix, and the Coalition has said that nuclear was the way to go. We call it anuclear fantasy,” she said.

“We wereneverconsulted, and we say ‘No to nuclear’. Darren Chester claims to be here for the community, but today, he is nowhere to be seen.”

Ms Farmer said theLatrobe Valleysits on a fault line and was already unstable in areas due to mining, and that $50 billion had already been committed to renewable projects in this region Adding that if aradiation accident was to happen, no one could do anything in time to stop the everlasting damages that come from the exposure.

Ms Farmeralsosaidthe Latrobe Valley was already cleaning up the “mess” of rehabilitating mines and that futuregenerationswouldbeleft to clean up any nuclear disasters, suffering worse effects than caused by the Hazelwood mine fire that lasted 45 days.

“Thereisalways achanceofanaccident. Imagine if an accident happens. Our kids are at schoolwhen the accident happens. By the time that you have collected your kids, it is too late. They are already impacted, they are already suffering,and they will eventually die from radiation and nuclear,” Ms Farmer said.

“If awind turbine fails, it might catch fire, but if anuclear farm fails,the whole area becomes uninhabitable forever. It’s time to stop that, keep

our kids at home, and have the next generations fill the communities in Latrobe Valley. We cannot leave amess and the possibility that our kids and the future generationshave to stand here and actually be doing the same thing that we are doing here.”

Margie Barrett, avolunteer from Environment Victoria, said that Mr Dutton's decision was more of adistraction from “real” discussionsaround climate change and how to realistically face the challenges to bring about abetter outcome for everybody.

“There has not been enough consultations with the community. Imean, who has been down here talking to the community wanting nuclear? Who has been doing that? Nobody,” she said.

“We are forgotten. Yes, we will takeyourcoal, and now we will leave you with arehabilitation problem. Now, we will leave you with nuclear here, leaving you with more healthproblemsand more poor outcomes for the environment and our population.

"I don’t think people really listen. Ithink they need to come down and listen to people and both sides of the story because Idon’t think we have been getting both sides of the story.”

During the protest, abig factor for most of the group was the relationshipbetween sustainability and climate change and whether there would be everlasting effects, such as affecting local farms.

SomeFacebookcomments have shownfears of the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents, and others state that enough has been learned to prevent similar occurrences since then.

Alocal Morwell member of the Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group, Lorraine Bull, said that in a recent radio nuclear conversation, she heard that farmers living near nuclear plants in the United Kingdomhad to constantly check their products forradiation.

Shethen voiced her concerns about how Latrobe Valley and surrounding areas are heavily involved in the Victorian agricultural industry.

Ms Bull also said: “In 15 years, awild bushfire season over the summer may become normal if we don’t do anything about reducing emissions.”

“They are not thegovernment; if that is their policy, Inever want to see them. This is acritical decade now, and we need to reduce emissions so that we don’t get the worst impacts of climate change. Who is going to invest in them? Who is going to want to pay double the price for their electricitybecause some ‘nutter’ can getafew votes out of it,” she said.

Stance: Friends of theEarth and Voiceofthe Valley’sWendy Farmer demonstrating in front of Member forGippsland, Darren Chester’soffice in Traralgon lastweek.

By STEFAN BRADLEY

VICTORIAN Premier Jacinta Allan has rejected the federal opposition's policy to build anuclea power plant at Loy Yang in the Latrobe Valley, referring to nuclear energy as toxic, risky, mor expensive and "decades and decades away".

"We absolutely willnot stand for that.Becau we know what works," Ms Allan said at apress conference last Wednesday.

"What works is exactly whatwe're doin now -investing in renewable energy -insolar, in wind, in battery storage. And we can get on and deliver that right now."

The Premier pointedtothe government' focus on these clean energy sources, which has led to over athird of the state's power coming from renewables. She said renewables were drivinginvestment, jobs and cheaper energ for households and businesses.

When ajournalist put it to Ms Allan that Loy Yang wasaconfirmedsitefor the policy, Ms Allan said: "I thought Darren(Chester)had fought that off?"

Pledging to fight nuclear, Ms Allan went on to sayshe will "stand with (the Gippsland community)" and accused the Liberal and National parties of abandoning them.

Labor frontbenchers Lily D'Ambrosioand HarrietShing joined in on theattack, saying thatfederalLiberal Peter Dutton has notvisited the Loy Yang site.

State opposition leader, John Pesutto said the Victorian Liberalshad no plantoincorporate nuclear energy in the energy mix, wishing to focus on gas in the short term, but said his party would look at the federal Liberals' proposalbefore the 2026 state election. Victorian Nationals leader, Peter Walsh said his party's view was the exact same as Mr Pesutto's.

Mr Walsh also said he wanted to see what the community of Latrobe Valley wouldsay about a nuclear reactor at the Loy Yang site.

To build anuclear plant in the Latrobe Valley, Mr Dutton would need to win the next federal

In writing: JacintaAllan’s lettertoPeter Dutton, posted on X/Twitter, vehemently opposing nuclear powerinVictoria.

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election, as federal Labor has rubbished the policy.

If the Coalition was to be elected, they would need to pass alaw to overturn afederal ban on nuclear power, but the states would alsoneed to overturn their own nuclear moratorium.

In apost on X/Twitter, the Premier indicated she won't budge an inch.

"You say you will negotiate with the states. Iwon't be negotiating," she says in the letter. "I won't allow alurch backwards to nuclear power that sends bills skyrocketing, nor will I allowthe Latrobe Valley to become your dumpingground."

No to nuclear: Campaignersoutside Darren Chester’s office last Wednesday. Photographs: KatrinaBrandon

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Flynn’smega“eyesore”solarfarm

Philip HOPKINS

AGORMANDALEman haslost his appeal against the proposed five-megawatt Flynn solar farm, and now fears hisproperty willlosevalue due to his new neighbour -and he has no avenue for afurther appeal.

The solar farm being developed by BNRG Leeson on a16-hectare parcel of land at Gormandale has received apermit to go aheadfromthe Minister for Planning, Sonya Kilkenny, but Paul Tabone, who lives at 1482 Hyland Highway next to the solar site, said in his objection that the project "impacts my property and my way of life".

"The solar farm will inhibit my view from my houseasIsit above the solar farm. The panels will be 250-300 metres from my house," he said.

Mr Tabonesaidwhenhebought his house in 2003, the view wasamazing, looking out at the farm land and mountain ranges.

"There were no houses in close proximity and with amazing view this was the reason why Ipurchased my property. My property has been ahaven for me and my family," he said.

"I frequentlysit outunder the verandah and look out at the amazing view,tode-stress and relax. With the proposedsolar farm,Iwill be looking down at the solar panels and battery, which will be an eyesore. There has been aproposalfor abarrier so Idon't seethe panels, but now Iwill be looking at the barrier and not my extended full view."

Mr Tabone said the value of his property would fall due to the solar farm. Two real estate agents confirmedhis property would be devalued and harder to sell in the future.

"The view and surrounding farmland has been the No 1selling point for my property. Also, who wants to live next door to asolar farm so close to your house!" he said.

Mr Tabone said the proposed battery for the project wasclose to hisproperty and apotential hazard.

"I have asafetyconcern. If the battery catches fire, will my family be at risk?" he said.

Anotherreason for his objection wasthe noise and traffic during constructionand the ongoing maintenance of the solar farm.

"As my house is higher than the proposed solar

farm, Ihave found that noise travels uphill very easily. With the increasenoiseand traffic, this will impact my peace and quiet at my property," he said.

BNRG Leesonisa joint venture between an Irishsolar company and an Australianrenewables developer.

The project includesa 10 megawatt-hour battery and will plug into existing powerlines across the Highland Hwy.

An executive in the Department of Transport and Planning, in aletter to Mr Tabone,saidthe assessment of the Flynn project included issues raised by Mr Tabone.

The permit included conditions requiring an updated landscape and visual impact assessment to reduce the visual impacts of the solar farm.

The conditions also require arisk management plan and emergencyplanmeeting CFA guidelines. Permit conditions also regulate noise compliance.

BNRG's project manager, Annabel Young, said the five MW solar farm consisted of about 10,000 solar panels which would take up about 13 hectares of the 16ha land.

"This is due to fire breaks around the siteaswell as leaving sufficient space to allow for paddocking of sheep underneath the panels," she said.

To shield the views fromthe neighbouring property, Ms Young said BNRG had had the visual impact modelled by an independent consultant and had offeredlandscapescreening so that the location would minimise any impact.

Queried how 'de-glaring' reduced the glare of the solar panels, the company said photovoltaic panels are designed to absorb sunlight and convert it to electricity.

"Minimising the light reflected from the panels is agoal of panel design, manufacture, and installation.The dark,non-reflective nature of asolar array is generally consideredtohelp minimise their visual contrast with the surrounding landscape," Ms Young said.

"Because our project has trackers, the panels will follow the sun ensuring the panel surfaces remain mostly perpendicular to the angle of the sun. Therefore, glare or glint impacts on surrounding areas is unlikely. We have independently assessed all roads and dwellings within aone kilometre radius and confirmed that there will be no glare.

The site is almost entirely screened from the road as well to prevent distraction from road users."

The battery is likely to be atwo-hour, 10 MWh battery.

"The battery will be used to absorb some of the solar energy so that the energy can be discharged to thegridduring peak demand times in the eveningand morning. The battery also will be able to provideabackuppowersupplyinoutages, as well as voltage and frequency support to the network," Ms Young said.

On the issue of fire-fighting, Ms Young said the site had been designed and would operate in compliance with the CFA’sDesignGuidelines and Model Requirements for Renewable Energy Facilities.

"The guidelinesrequire thingssuch as maintained fire breaks around the facility and large water

LoyYangAtofocus on hydro a Nuclear Future?

By PHILIP HOPKINS

AGL Energy, the owner of Loy Yang Apower station,has turnedagainst new wind and solar investment and will concentrate on hydro, gas andbatteries,the Australian Financial Review hasreported.

AGL’s chief operating officer, Markus Brokhof, told the AFR that new wind and solar investment was “tricky”, so AGL would ramp up direct investment in firming assets, especially hydro.

“Everything from abattery, from apumped hydro facility, or even agas-fired power station, we will put on our balance sheet. We want to invest in this,”hesaidinaninterview that appeared before the Coalition's announcement on nuclear policy.

Loy Yang power station is the Coalition's favoured site for anuclear power station in the Valley.

“In renewables, we will partly invest but also underwrite power purchase agreements.We

storage tanks. The permit has been reviewed and endorsed by the CFA," she said.

The spokeswoman emphasised that the company had undertaken multiple community engagement activities to engage with the neighbours and community as well as to listen to their concerns. This included adrop-in session, print advertising and letter drops.

The company estimates that up to 50 people would be on site during construction.

"Ongoing jobs will be 5-10 jobs depending on the maintenance program," she said.

Constructiontime mainlydepends on the grid permit "for which we are working with AusNet to obtain", Ms Young said.

"We anticipate to commence construction at the end of theyear. Construction willtakesix-to-eight months."

don’t need to be the owner of awind farm,” Mr Brokhof said.

Mr Brokhof said it was “tricky” to put forward an investment case forsolar farms because their peak power generation times (during the day) coincided with the lowest demand.

Wind generation was similarly tricky because revenues were “relatively low”.

Hydro, in contrast, was “undervalued when it comestothe energy transition", he said, as it opened up deep storage capabilities for the energy market, plugging agap thathas plagued the renewable sector as the development of large-scale batteries flounders.

However, Mr Brokhof said building hydro facilities was hugely expensive, requiring support mechanisms from government.

“That’s partly foreseen,but the terms and conditions are not clear,” he said.

The AFR reported that for AGL, like Origin Energy, this shiftwas comingabout largely because of growing concerns about the returns from large-scale renewable generation.

a Nuclear Future?

Gas vital to theenergytransition,

By PHILIP HOPKINS

GAS-FIREDpower generation is integral to the energy transition,which will cost an estimated $320 billion and require 10,000 kilometres of new transmission, as the coal-based power system comestoanend, according to Energy Australia chief Mark Collette.

“It’sthe biggest engineering project in our history. Australiansare beginning to understand the physicaland technological challengesofthe energy transition.Australia mustsortout supply chain constraints, planning challenges and community support… and has no option but to work through all these issues,” Mr Collette said, speaking at an Energy Week conference earlier this month. He spoke aweek before the Coalition's announcement of its nuclear policy.

Mr Collette, an aerospace engineerand economist, said Australiawas nearthe top of the table per capita in renewables investment,and the world leader in rooftop solar, but was not building the new system fast enough.

“Transmission projects are delayed. The rate of new renewable projects has not accelerated enough to meet the Commonwealth’s 2030 targets," he said.

"The rate of investment and delivery required to meetnational energy targets by 2030 is getting steeper and steeper. Without the new system accelerating, inevitably more is asked of the old system.

“The existing coal fired electricity system is… increasingly fragile. Investment cases to maintain coal power stations in the face of policy pushing rapid transitionare tough.Thereisalimit to extending the life of old power stations, particularly at short notice.”

Mr Collette said customers want predictability in energy prices and bills.

“Customers expect prices to move something in the range of flat to inflation levels, and when this does not happen, they are unhappy.Customers expect when they reduce usage that their bills will go down and feel trapped when this does not happen,” he said.

Mr Collette said customers spent money on solar, an investment for the next 20 years, because they expect it will reduce their energy usage and value the predictability they see from this action.

“Predictability is not afeature of Australia’s energysystem today.The long-term interests of consumers of energy are not beingmet. Consumers want efficiency to deliver predictability not volatility,” he said.

Network and transmission costs were predictable drivers of every bill but were rising fast.

“The wholesale part is less predictable. The reason is that the wholesale market is fundamentally designed aroundvolatility, around scarcity driving investment,” he said.

In the 1990s to early 2010s, the national energy market(NEM) was efficientand predictable, with some of the lowest energy costs anywhere.

“But as Australia embarks on transforming its energy supply… Australia is seeing insufficient investment in the new system on top of arapidly aging installed system.This is amarketprimed for unpredictability. Of course,thereare solutions The challenges are exacerbated by policy, regulatory and commercial decisions and thesecan be changed.”

For example, today’s regulated prices -the Victorian Default Offer and Default Market Offer -were set and based on retailers buying energy for next year.

“Imagine if instead, the VDO and DMO were recast as multi-year price paths which effectively required that retailers secure energy today over multiple years, seeking predictabilityinthe process,” he said.

Mr Collette said this was feasible. Already, EnergyAustralia had oneproduct -the SolarHome Bundle -thatcomes with solar and abattery.

“It’s based on aseven-year fixed energy price contract,” he said.

The company was also working with authorities on network tariff design. The aim was to recast the way tariffs work so they were simple and predictable for customers while having the right economicand engineering framework for retailers andnetworks behind the scenes.

“Andofcourse, we already offer multi-year contractstocommercial and industrial customers,” he said.

Mr Collette said more predictability for energy consumers required more investment. Some capitalintensive businesses like Tesla or Google had no

trouble attracting capital and making investments because the potential returns were big

“The energy transition is different Energy is one of the basic foundations of Australia’s economy and governments and consumers seek the lowest possible returns on investment to keep prices as low as possible,” he said

Retail margins were about two per cent, while renewable project developers typically had returns of 5-7 per cent

“Investors can get higher returns from private debt at the moment This is not an industry with returns that will drive investment today at the scale needed And in many cases prevailing wholesale prices are not even

enough to deliver these return levels,” he said.

“Over the past two decades, returns from wholesale markets have been augmented by a progression of climate-based schemes The practical effect of these schemes was to kick enough money into each energy project to keep delivering new investment " Government’s directly or indirectly funding energy infrastructure, particularly generation, has become the new normal in the 21st century

“You can count on one hand the energy projects built this century without any government support This is a second-best policy outcome, made necessary by Australia’s inability to land enduring national climate policy ” Mr Collette said Mr Collette said government was now shifting from market-based schemes to project-based schemes

“The risk is these schemes are too focused on efficiency at the expense of predictability and speed

The basic premise of these schemes is that government will pick winners from a series of bespoke tenders Every tenderer bids a subsidy package for a

industry leader tells conference

different project, they all look different and are not directly comparable,” he said

“It’s a difficult job to decide what the best ones are and inevitably things will take time

"It’s a process that has brakes inbuilt

Beyond the process, one downside of similar schemes internationally is that the winners do not always commit to the projects promised To win a project, bids often require very aggressive assumptions such that sometimes the final investment decision cannot later be achieved, meaning no new generation is built

“Not building projects slows the transition, meaning coal generators are more likely to be required to run longer to fill the gap - the exact opposite of what these policies are intending to achieve The good intent of efficiency can land in unpredictability ”

Mr Collette said tweaks were needed to these schemes A government that wants 1000 MW of wind and was willing to subsidise its entry, could reward the first 1000 MW onto the

a Nuclear Future?

grid on a$/MW basis, rather than take abespoke project-by-project approach.

“Governments can always adjust the subsidy to manage speed and efficiency. This would be a fast mechanismthat rewarded delivery. Couple the reward with arequirement that customers or retailersbuy the output and this could start to look more predictable for customers,” he said.

Avoiding delays, and the costs of potential future of multiple deals to prolongcoalpower station lives, was valuable.

“Blunt market signals are the most effectivetool of all to catalyse speedy whole of system investment,” Mr Collette said.

Mr Collette said gas-fired power generation was needed to protect reliability.

In April/May, solar output was diminished as summer ended and there were afew weeks where wind dropped to an average of 5-10 per cent production versus capacity.

“Storage is one way to deal with no wind or sun. However, there still needs to be enough wind and sun to charge the batteries and hydro. Alow-sun, low-wind week just does not have enough energy to charge the batteries or pumped hydro,” he said.

“This is why Australia’s renewables-based energy system needs lots of solar, lots of wind, lots of storage and gas fired generation in reserve. Gas generation will predominantly play areserve role. While gas generation will run infrequently, gas generation will be essential for reliability in those days and weeks when it does run. Without the gas, there is no way through other than coal."

EnergyAustralia has just invested in Tallawarra B, a315 MW gasturbine near Wollongong in NSW, as well as underpinning batteries andpumped hydro.

“We need both. We were abletoinvest in Tallawarra Bbecause of project support from NSW and the Commonwealth,” Mr Collette said.

“Given gas is requiredfor reliability, Ihope to see current policies extend to provide the support required for investment. Of course, there needs to be apath to azero-carbon future and this technology gap needs solving.”

Mr Collette said the basic problem to solve was to develop azero-carbon form of energy that can provide weeks’ worth of electricity on short notice with effectively no limitation on volume.

“Hydrogen is one potential solution to this problem,” he said.

In the interim, EnergyAustralia was taking action on all threefronts -predictability for customers, accelerating investment and protecting reliability -tomakeasmuchprogress as possible.

“We have invested $400m in recent yearsat Yallourn, our brown coal power station, to get the best possible performance through the transition to retirement. We have invested in all our assets to keep them effective in the roles they will play to support amore renewables dominated system,” Mr Collette said.

This includedbacking for batteries, pumped hydro, gas and wind.

“So, while we are in the hard phase of the energy transition where the road ahead looks uphill, I’m optimistic that thereare ways to accelerate investment and protect reliability,” he said.

“I’m optimisticthatwecan deliver more predictable outcomes for customers, evolving regulation away from single year volatile price resets.”

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Over the past two decades, returns from wholesale markets have been augmentedbya progression of climatebased schemes.The practicaleffect of these schemes was to kick enough money into each energy project to keep deliveringnew investment.” Government’s directlyorindirectly fundingenergy infrastructure, particularly generation, has become the new normal in the 21st century

MARK Collette.

ENERGYAUSTRALIA Chief

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Council Beat with Erika Allen

Surplus predicted in draft budget

LATROBE City Counciladopted the 2024/25draft Budget at its most meeting.

The Budget does not propose new borrowings, and all existing loans will be repaid by June 30, 2030.

The 2024/25 Operating Budget predicts asurplus of $29.9 million after raising rates and charges of $95.2 million out of total revenue of $187.3million. In the meeting agenda, council said the draft Budget had been prepared based on a2.75 per cent increase in overall rates and charges. The waste services charge and state government landfill levy are excluded from rate increases.

Wasteservices

charge

slashed

THE waste services charge (WSC) for Latrobe will decrease by $32 to $394 (a 7.5 per cent reduction) and include an additional waste voucher, bringing the total to three.

This adjustmentalignswith the Ministerfor Local Government’s Good Practice Guidelines for Service Rates and Charges issuedinDecember2023.

The reduction in the WSC, from $426 to $394, results froma realignment of waste services cost recovery. However, gate fees at the council’s transfer stations will increase to better reflect the actual service cost. To assist residents with this increase, athird waste voucher will be introduced in the 2024/25 budget.

Capital Works

THIS budget marks a$2million increase in capital works investment from rates revenue compared to the previous year.

The 2024/25 budget for Latrobe City includes atotal capital works program of $68.6million, comprising $29.8 million for current-year projects and $38.8 million for continuingmulti-year projects and those being carried forward.

Key projects include $24.1 millionfor infrastructure renewal, with $13.3 million allocated to themunicipalroad network,$3.6million for

upgrading the Marshalls Road/Traralgon-Maffra Road intersection, $4.9 million for the Gippsland Logistics Precinct, $23 million for the Regional Car Parks Fund, $5.3million for flood recovery, and $1.4 million for refurbishing Park Lane Preschool.

For the community’s interest, this budget includes alist detailing the proposed capital works program down to the specific building, park, or streetfor the first time.

Three new projects have been funded as adirect response to prior Budget submissions. They include askatepark at Tyers Community Park, the establishment of aplayground at the Range Estate in Morwell, and the resurfacing of tenniscourts at the Traralgon Tennis Complex.

Ratechanges

FOR the 2024/2025 period, rates will be increased by 1.3 per cent with the following differentialrates based on the Capital Improved Value of rateable properties:

General rate: 0.00297572 cents in the dollar.

Farm rate: 0.00223179 cents in the dollar (75 per cent of the General rate).

Derelict properties rate: 0.00892716cents in the dollar (four times the Farm rate).

The rate for derelict properties will generate $22,072, representing 0.02 per cent of total rates andchargesrevenue. These rates will applyfor 12 months starting on July 1, 2024.

Thechanges representatotalfourper centincrease from last year's amount raised by general rates. They are estimated to generate about $64.5 million.

No Differential Ratefor retirement villages

ADIFFERENTIALrate for retirement villages in Latrobe City will not be introducedinthe 2024/25 budget.

Alimitedreview of Latrobe City Council’s Revenue and Rating Plan was conducted following aresolutionata council meeting in April 2023

requesting the provision of adifferential rate for retirement villages.

Latrobe City has nine registered retirement villages, with 447 assessments ranging from four to 158 properties.

The council agenda said introducing adifferential rate for retirement villages would shift the rate burden to other ratepayers,including retirees, pensioners, and low-income families. Therefore, it has not been adopted in the budget.

What won’tbefunded

COUNCIL received 189 responses as part of the new earlycommunity engagement process in November2023, and an additional 115 submissions have been received regarding the draft Budget.

The Lions Club of Moe requested ashade sail be installed at the All Abilities Play Space in Moe. However, the projectwon’t be includedinthe budget. Council’s Play Space Strategy currently states that shade sails are not the preferred option for providing shade to play spaces, with trees and permanentshade structures beingthe preferred

By GUY INCOGNITO

IF there is to be anuclear power plant built in Latrobe City, employees may need to be aware of afew things.

Colour monitors are suretopick up even the smallest detail, such as any “free thinking anarchist” daring to wear apinkshirt to work.

Watching those monitorswith an eagle eye willbethe plant’sbillionaire owner, on the lookout for any “jackanapes”, “lollygaggers” or “noddleheads”.

While possiblyappearing cold and heatless, plant employees could be gifted afew luxuries from their boss.

Anight at RosedaleSpeedway hasbeen arranged, althoughdrivers have beeninstructed to “keep it in first gear for acouple of laps”,while it is understood aplant baseball team is also in the works, with players the calibre of Darryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey Jr and Roger Clemens rumoured to be “given token jobs at the plant” in order to play on the team.

These luxuries howeverneedtowork both ways, and if for any reason the plant’s boss feels productivity is lacking and employees need “a serious lesson in teamwork”, aretreat to Mount Baw Baw might be in order.

There, teams of two willworktheir wayto ahiddencabin on the mountain containing “sandwiches and moderately priced champagne”.

To show the employer isn’t playing favourites, they will be taking part as well, although allegationsofrigging have already come to the surface as everyone knows “cheatingisthe giftman gives himself”.

If employees survivethat challenge(and aren’t the lastgroup to makeittothe cabin), more tasks outside their immediatetrade could welcome them back at the plant.

The boss likes his lunch,consistingof“one bouillon cube, one concord grape, aPhilly cheesesteak and ajar of garlic pickles”, and employees can do their chances of apromotion no harm

option. Areview of the Play Space Strategyis incoming.

Arequest for funding to complete the drainage system at Andrews Park, Churchill, will not be included in the upcoming budget. Council’s response to the submission said significant works are currently being undertaken at Gaskin Park Oval 2, with the intention of relocating all existing users of AndrewsPark WesttoGaskin Park within the next 12-18months. Consequently, Andrews Park West is expected to become redundant for baseball and cricket. The plan is for all cricket activities to take place at Gaskin Parkbythe 2025/26 summer and baseball by the 2025 winter There was 94 individual submissions requesting funding for the restoration of Budgeree School. However, thisproject willnot be included in the upcomingBudget. Adetailed engineering and design process is required to determine the restoration costs,and council has not identified aneed for the building to deliver its services.

if they are able to open that very last item. Promotion could come the way of being the boss’ assistant, which may seem like abig job, but in actuality is just “2800 smaller jobs”. Someofthose jobsrequire delivering messages and monitoring car parking times. Neglecting this could result in the boss’ car being impounded and getting “crushed into acube”,whereby they will then have “30 minutes to move your cube”. Those jobs surely top afew others on offer at the plant, such as turning the gears on the rotating cake stand, or being industrial chimney sweep for the day.

If employees are ever seeking aquick getaway from the stress of work (or to get to the brewery/ Moe tavern), documents uncovered by the Express reveal there is an escape route via Sector 7B. Once there, there is an obstacle to overcome, which can be achieved simply by quotinga bible verse.

In order to stop employees sneaking out, ideas to help boost moralehave been suggested. Funny hat day and Tom Jones music could be implemented, although the move to entirely healthy snacks might not be fully embraced. Employees reportedly clashed with a chain-whip wielding donuttruck driverrecently in abid to reclaim their favourite food. One employee,who was once accused of “eating half the population of the planet of the donut” was said to be in hysterics, exclaiming “you can’t take away our donuts!” As discussion around alocal nuclearpower plant takes off, interestwill abound to see if it inadvertently becomes connected to other community initiatives.

Could we see the plant’s owner open acasino in the Latrobe Valley?Orindeed get on the campaign trail to run for government?

Look out for someone going by the name of ‘Mr Snrub’ speaking from the gallery at the next council meeting.

Note: Before people lose their minds, this is just abit of fun, not to be taken seriously, written by local Simpsons aficionado Liam Durkin.

Council Beat with Erika Allen

LATROBE City Council held its June meeting on Monday, June 3atKernot Hall.

It began at 6pm, was closed to the publicat 9.20pm and covered arange of subjects, including five addresses from the gallery.

Coal transition

ON April 8, council submitted aresponse to the Victorian Energy JobsPlan Consultation Paper, advocatingfor afair and equitabletransitionfrom coal-poweredenergy production on behalf of the community.

On March27, the draft submission was circulated to relevant politicians, including the Minister for Energy and Resources, Lily D’Ambrosio, and the Minister for Jobs and Industry, NatalieHutchins, forfeedback.

Due to theshort engagement period, officers could not present the submissionfor formalendorsement at acouncil meeting. However, now that it has been endorsed, it will be made publicly available on the council website.

The submission focused on workforce, education, employment attraction, and population retention, with particular attention paidtowindand hydrogen worker training centres.

Guss Lambden submitted two questions about this topic, wondering how many jobs are being created in Latrobe to support the transition from coal.

Latrobe City Chief Executive, Steven Piasente, answered the questions. He said council was supporting renewable energy jobs, including those in solar, on and offshore wind, batteries, and hydrogen.

Mr Piasente said the transition was expected to create 59,000jobsacross Victoriaasthe state governmenttargets95per cent renewable energy by 2035, and that council was advocatingfor the HydrogenEnergy SupplyChainprojecttoreach commercialisation to create jobs in the region.

Additionally, council has launched the Advanced Air Mobility Precinct at Latrobe Regional Airport to attractprivate industry, researchers, and startups. Notably, Dovetail, atenant at the airport, is developing hydrogen-powered engines and plans to expand from eight to 90 jobs.

Councilwill soonreleaseserviced industrial land at the Gippsland Logisticsand Manufacturing PrecinctinMorwell, with several enquiries predicting more than 100 jobs from the manufacturing, agribusiness, and tech industries.

Don’t forget theArts

STEPHANIEMorgan attended the council meeting to raise her concerns about the scope of the draft Youth Infrastructure Plan, saying the Artsshould not be overlooked.

“I feel thatunfortunately,asisoftenthe case, creative recreation activities like theatre and dance are forgotten about in policiessuchasthis draft plan,” she said.

The agenda for the June meeting said the draft Youth Infrastructure Plan was developed in line

with the strategic direction under the ‘Healthy’ pillar of the 2021-25 Council Plan.

The draftplan outlines asix-year strategy to enhance outdoor recreational spaces in Latrobe City, aiming to boost physical activity and social connections.Bythe end of thefirst year(2024/25), public access to tennis courts will be activated. By year three (2027/28), Yallourn North’s dirt BMX track will be upgraded, and by the end of 2029/30, ahalf basketball court will be installed at Morwell Recreation Reserve. While the plan includes alist of estimated costs, it notes that funding has not yet been allocated or secured.

Ms Morgan saidtheatre and dance offer vital recreation and social opportunities in Latrobe. She is involved with Latrobe Theatre Company’s production of Mary Poppins and sees how engaged and excited young people are in the Arts.However, she saidthere are not enough opportunities or spaces to nurture their passion.

“Including Arts-based recreation activities in these types of policies is sensible, is beneficial to the whole community, and it aligns with not only the healthy pillar but also the creative pillar of the 2021-25 Council Plan,” Ms Morgan said.

Farm RateDifferential

ON behalf of the Latrobe City Farm Ratepayers Association, Graeme O’Hara highlighted the difficulties farmer ratepayers face amid concerns that zone changesfrom farmlandtorural residential are threatening farm sustainability in the region.

The Farm Rate Differential is meant to help set equitable rates, recognising thatfarmers contribute significantly to Latrobe City’s economyand rate revenue while using fewer council services.

Mr O’Hara underscored the fact that farm ratepayers, despite contributing more than township rate payers, receive fewer council services. He said this inequity, acknowledged by past councils, is compounded by potential zone changes from farm to rural residential, which could increase rates without altering farmers’ land use or income and threaten farm sustainability.

Mr O’Hara voiced concerns about the potential threat to farm sustainability, particularly in light of the influx of city investors with high off-farm incomes, driving up property values. He said this, coupled with recent floods and a40per cent drop in cattle prices over the last 18 months, had significantly affected farm incomes.

Mr O’Hara said, “Our Farm Rate Differential has been in place for 40-plus years. The Minister for Local Government is encouraging all regional councils to reduce the rate burden placed on farms by the use of the Differential Rate System Valuation of Land Act, 1960.”

The draft council Budget for 2024/25 sets the farm rate on farmland at 0.00223179 cents in the dollar.

Council assessed asubmission made by Latrobe CityFarmRatepayers Association,and saidthe 2024/25 Budget supports retaining the farm rate differential set at 75 per cent of the general rate, as it has been in previous years.

Heritage Advisory Committees

COUNCIL unanimously voted to receive afuture briefing exploringthe establishment of aHeritage Advisory CommitteeinLatrobe.

East Ward Councillor, Dan Clancey moved the motion, commenting in the agendathat it was timely to explore the establishment of aheritage committee because it can strengthen links between the community and council.

JennyHammett shared these sentiments as she addressed the chamber. Ms Hammett said heritage underpins the culture and structure of communities.

“A heritage committee has the potential to bring genuinevaluetothe work of counciland offer solutions to thechallenges of budgets and capacity," she said.

“A heritage committee… willdevelop deeper insights and clearer understandings to council’s briefing process and guide better informed decision around heritage matters or issues.”

Ms Hammett explained that heritage is not about today but about tomorrow.

“It’s about ensuringMorwell’s Rose Garden is still blooming in theyear 2124. It’s about acknowledging that 140-plus years of lived experience inside the oldest church building in our city and preserving it as asymbol of belief, not in religion, but in community.”

Answertothe Lord’sPrayer

WEST WardCrSharon Gibson wantstoknow whyfederal and state parliaments can include the Lord’s Prayer in formal meeting proceedings, but councils cannot.

Cr Gibson was sick but attended the meeting virtually.CrHowe read her justification for the motion.

“Fordecadescouncil hasalways opened ourmeeting with the Lord’s Prayer and last year without any motion coming before council, the Lord’sPrayer was stopped,” Cr Gibson’s statement said.

“The community really do not understand why local council cannot still do (the Lord'sPrayer) and want clarificationfromthe government’sasto whythere is difference betweenthe governments.”

The council agenda for the June 3meeting states

the Lord’sPrayer was removed from council meetings due to alegal risk to the organisation. Still, Cr Gibson requested Cr Howe write aletter to the state and federal government asking why the Lord’s Prayer was stopped. The motion was accepted by all councillors.

TonersLane Reserve expansion

CENTRAL Ward Cr GraemeMiddlemiss’s request for areport on the current and future uses of Toners Lane Reserve in Morwell, including the potential expansionofthe reservetoincorporateland to the north, wasunanimously carried.

The councillor said Toners Lane Reserve is one of the last council recreation reserves that can be expanded to meet the needs of existing and future users. He said new housing developments are beginningtoencroachonthe reserve,affecting the operation of local organisations/clubs.

Some of these include the Morwell Baseball Club, which has three diamonds and must shuttle competitors to Traralgon during the Victorian Junior Championships due to alackofafourth diamond; the Dog Obedience Club could benefit from an adjacent off-leash area; Twin Cities Archers have afacility that is one of only three in Victoria suitable for major events, contributing significantly to Latrobe’s visitor economy, but faces issues from housing encroachment; The Morwell Pony Club aims to develop into afull-scale equestrian centre, andbelieve the northern land is ideal for this. Expansion would alleviate thesepressures. Energy Australia currently owns the land in question. Themeetingagenda statesthat council should learn what Energy Australia plans to do with it whenthe Yallourn Energy site shuts down in 2028.

Next meeting

THE next Latrobe City Council meetingwill be on Monday, July 1atGPAC at 6pm.

Those wishing to attend in person will need to register before 3pm on the day and provide photo identification before the meeting.The gallery is capped at 60 people.

For more information and to register, visit https:// www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/councilmeetings

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June 24 -June 30, 2024

and a soulful exam nation of your interior ife will give you the self-knowledge and confidence to let your unique Aries’ talents shine Saturday is fabu ous for love, ust, friends and flirtations

If you’re looking for a promotion or a new job, now’s the time to strike as lucky Venus and proactive Mars enhance your career charisma and professional persona Communicating with work colleagues clients and customers wil a so improve, as you initiate contact and impress others with your conscientious perfectionist approach The positive Venus/Mars l nk should also benefit partnerships of the romantic platonic and business variety

It’s a good week to entertain family, fr ends and ne ghbours, as Venus and Mars encourage social sing Convivial conversat on is a bonus But has an old relationship fina ly run out of steam? Or is a fair-weather friend criticising your behaviour and holding you back? The planets urge you to review your peer group and discard negative nfluences Surround yourse f w th positive peop e who encourage your talents and support your dreams

Th s week - courtesy of Mercury (your rul ng planet) and Uranus - you’re keen to jump in and act with l ghtning speed, but other people may need some time to adjust Smart Twins wil a m to get the balance right between Mercury and Saturn; between being spontaneous and th nk ng th ngs through On Saturday, Venus and Mars encourage creativity in act on, as you connect w th your inner muse and s ng, dance, write, perform or p ay mus c

Don’t sulk and s t on the sidelines! With the Sun, Mercury and Venus visiting your sign, you’re at your creative, communicative, char smatic Crab best Mars and Uranus are also activat ng your networking zone, so it’s the perfect time to promote yourself as you push forward in a proact ve and adventurous way Confidence is the rocket fuel that will take you to exc ting new places The weekend is wonderful for social sing with fami y and having fun with fr ends

Are you impatient for adventure, excitement and success? Awesome opportunities are c rcling around you, but they’re not immediately obv ous They are hidden in unexpected places, wa t ng for you to discover them L ons ove to spr ng into action but - at the moment - some of your best work wi l be done quiet y, beh nd the scenes Other people may not notice what you’re current y doing, but your efforts wil be rewarded in the weeks and months ahead

Professiona pro ects are favoured, as you rub shoulders with nfluent al people Don’t be a wallflower though Speak up and promote your talents! If you hes tate, then promising opportunities w ll pass you by With Jupiter jump ng through your career zone, confidence and an adventurous attitude w ll take you places So your motto s from b rthday great, deaf-blind author and educator Helen Keller: “Life is either a dar ng adventure or nothing ”

It’s a good week to channel energy into educat ng and expanding your mind Your communication sk lls are firing as you extend your peer group and make creative new connect ons With your ruler Pluto in your domestic zone fam ly comes first as you build firm foundations and foster affection at Casa Scorpio S ngles – with Mars and Uranus in your relationship zone, it’s time to proactive y look for ove on ine So start posting your updated profile pronto

Is it always appropriate to be fearless y frank? s honesty a ways the best policy? Your natural incl nation is to be incredibly b unt, but not everyone is ready for your special brand of Sagittarian truth serum The Sun, Mercury and Venus are n your secrets zone, so a do lop of d scretion and a pinch of diplomacy wi l smooth troubled waters If you’re smart, then you’ll talk a lot less and listen a ot more t’s time to hold your tongue and uncover a mystery (or two)

Mercury trines Saturn (your patron p anet), which boosts dr ve and ambition But it’s also like y to fan your control-freak tendencies, which could end up alienat ng others Remember - the only person you can control is yourself! So turbo-charge your persona evolution tap into your leadersh p sk lls and steer your life in a positive direct on With the Sun, Mercury and Venus in your relationship zone put the needs of loved ones at the top of your to-do ist

The Sun, Mercury and Venus are visiting your ob zone, so socialis ng w th customers, c ients and/or co leagues w ll help mprove workplace relations If you’re look ng for employment, then put the word out amongst family, friends and within your wider peer group At the moment, it’s not what you know but who you know! The Mercury/Uranus link (on the weekend) is wonderful for innovat ve ideas, lively commun cat on and brilliant, lightbulb moments

Courtesy of taskmaster Saturn ( n your sign) hard work, d scipline and determination bring benefits

Channel your energy nto a personal project or a creative venture Draw inspiration from singer-songwriter Car y Simon (who celebrates her 79th b rthday on Tuesday): “There’s always a creative side to me, even when it’s quiet musical y Like pa nting, decorat ng or plant ng a garden ” Plus aim to be more proactive about protect ng your local env ronment

COPYRIGHT Joanne Made ne Moore 2024

Stomaltherapy:more common than youthink

YINNAR South man Colin Richards was devastated when he woke up with astoma bag after he had surgery for arupturedbowel early last year.

But now the 55-year-old is letting people know that life can go on as normal with astoma,and he has returned to cutting firewood, playing with his dog Rex and performing guitar at local gigs.

“It was devastating news when Ilearnt Ihad a stoma, Ididn’t want any part in it, Iimaginedall the mess and inconvenience,” Col said.

“Butit’s actually notasbad as youthink it is, andit’seasier than managingother issues such as colitis or incontinence without one. Most people don’t even know Ihave one unless Itell them.”

Astoma is an artificial opening in the abdomen from either planned or emergency surgery and can be either permanent or temporary.

The stoma provides anew passage for either faeces or urine to leave the body depending upon the type of surgery. Abag is fitted over the stoma to collect the waste.

The good news is that most people can return to nearly any activity and manage their own stoma.

Col said he was not released from hospital until

staff were confident he was ready to manage his stoma.

“I justhavetobeaware of heavy lifting and manage my diet. You get used to having astoma bag, and emptying it is not that much different from going to the toilet anyway,” he said.

Latrobe Regional Health supports its stoma patients withreferrals for post-acute care, arranging home visits or outpatient stoma clinics, backed by specialist nurses Tanya Dyer, Jo Tippet and Annie Keating.

Tanya said nurses spend alot of time with patients preparing them for life with astoma and providing emotional support.

“Every stoma is different. So, our biggest focus is on empowering patients to care for their stoma themselves,” Tanya said.

“It can be lifechanging,I tell patientsthat if they are walking down the street, you will probably see other people with stoma bags and won’t even know. It’s more common than you think.”

StomalTherapy Week is June 24-30and this year’s theme is ’uniquely you’.

FedUni first for employment

FEDERATIONUniversity Australia hasbeen named the highest-ranking University in Victoria -and second in Australia -for fulltime postgraduate employment, while also scoring highly for undergraduate employment outcomes.

The 2023 Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT)GraduateOutcomesSurvey revealed that95.3per cent of Federation University postgraduate students are in fulltime employment (an increase from 90.2per cent in 2022) with a median salary of $94,500.

Federation was also rankedsecond in Victoria for full-time undergraduate employment, with 80.8 per cent of undergraduates in fulltime employment, with amedian salary of $71,400.

by graduates approximately four months after the completion of their studies.For more information on QILT and the latest results, visit https://www. qilt.edu.au

FederationUniversity Vice-Chancellor and President,Professor Duncan Bentley welcomed the findings.

“These excellent results are atestament to the work Federation University is doing through collaboration with industry and our communities to create apipeline of skilled graduates who are world and work ready and are sought by employers,” he said.

TheQILT area suiteofgovernment-endorsed surveys for higher education, spanning the student lifecycle fromcommencement to employment, with the Graduate Outcome Survey completed

“We are proud to be strengthening this work through the rollout of our co-operative education model to designand deliver coursestoaddress emerging skills needs and provide students with paid work placements to hit the ground running when they graduate.”

TELSTRA has announced it will be providing around 12,000 of its most disadvantaged, elderly or remotecustomers across the country with anew handset, to ensure they’re able to stay connected after the 3G closure

The initiative has been rolledout aheadofthe 3G network closure on August 31, 2024 and is aimed to support those who need it most.

Many of these customers are over 80-years-old and in difficult situations such as dealing with financial hardshiporrecovering from anatural disaster. Some of these customers also depend on aworking phone because they are living with alife-threateningmedicalcondition (Telstra’s ‘Priority Assistance’ customers).

Major Brendan Nottle from The Salvation Army welcomed the news.

"This initiative will benefit the most vulnerable members of our community," he said.

"Connection is oneofthe mostimportantthings to maintain in our society, whether it is with friends andfamily or with housing and support services.

“Ensuring that every Australian, fromany background or level of income, can take part in our modern digital society is crucial.

"A phone can be agatewaytosocial inclusion, community connection and support, and with the upcoming closure of 3G networks in Australia it is important for us to reach out and ensure that this can continue for everyone.”

Back in April, Telstra launched an SMS tool to check if your phone needs an upgrade ahead of the switch- SMS‘3’ to 3498tocheckifyour phone needsanupgrade ahead of the 3G shutdown. Optus will be shutting down its 3G network on September 1, and Vodafone has already turned off their 3G coverage.

No barrier: Yinnar South manColin Richards, picturedwith dog Rex, is still able to do the thingshe loveswith astoma bag Photograph supplied

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SILENT WITNESS

ABC TV,Friday, 8.30pm

Before CSIand its multitude of spin-off shows graced our screens, therewas SilentWitness.And the gripping UK crime drama is stillgoing strong,almostthree decadeslater. Theaward-winning show follows pathologistDrNikki Alexander (Emilia Fox, pictured), forensic expert Jack Hodgson (David Caves)and their dedicated teamasthey helppolice acrossthe UK solvechilling murders by letting thevictim –the “silent witness”–speak. In tonight’sseason 26 finale, theevidence is mountingagainstanaccused police officer as the local criminal investigation department finds dissent within their ranks. Theteam unveils corruption and deceit,with deadly consequences.

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Wednesday,June 26

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA 10, Sunday, 7 30pm

Fresh from their adventures in the flourishing foodie paradise of Hong Kong,the topseven contestants areback in Melbourne, brimming with inspiration fortheirnextdishes. But as judgesJean-Christophe Novelli, PohLingYeow,Andy Allen and Sofia Levin (pictured from left) reveal,it’snot necessarily awarmwelcome that awaits –rather,it’sthe timeauction elimination. As we all know, themostvaluable thing in the MasterChefkitchen isn’t truffles, lobster or caviar, it’stime. Starting with 120 minutes and the usual under-bench staples(minus eggs –those costextra), the contestants bid using theirtimefor moreingredients, categorybycategory–but which cook takesittoo far? Only time will tell

TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA OLYMPICSPECIALS

Nine, Tuesday, 7.30pm

Surely there’snostronger competitivespirit than that of an Olympian –but will the famously difficult TippingPointmachine reward their efforts? In this edition of the game show hostedbytennis ace Todd Woodbridge (pictured) –the first of two prime-time specials featuring Australia’s sporting stars–three of our nation’s swimming legends dive headfirst into ageneral knowledge quiz to raise money fortheir chosen charities. Olympic gold medallistLibby Trickett, Paralympic champion BlakeCochrane and multiple world record holder Emily Seebohm compete againsteach other to seewho can make the biggestsplash in the machine and raisethe mostcash.

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament QuestionTime. 3.00 ADog’s World With Tony Armstrong. (R) 3.55 Miriam &Alan: Lost In Scotland.(PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs New Zealand (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 DestinationFlavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of DogsXmas. (PG, R) 10.10 Great Canal Journeys.(PG,R) 11.05 Icons. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight (R) 3.30 ThePoint:Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 Such WasLife. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up.(R) 4.10 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

7.30 7.30

8.00 Hard Quiz (PG)

8.30 Gruen. Presented by Wil Anderson.

9.05 Austin. (PG, R) Julian goes on atour with Austin.

9.35 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) Hosted by Adam Hills.

10.05 Planet America. (Final) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Wreck. (MA15+v,R) 12.45 Parliament Question Time. 1.50 GrandDesigns New Zealand. (R) 2.35 Miriam &Alan: Lost In Scotland. (Mls, R) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG,R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 ArtWorks. (PGa, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Concorde: TheRace For Supersonic (PGa,R)Part 1of2

9.20 This Town. (Final, MA15+sv) The pressures thatformed the band threaten to destroyit beforeitevengets on stage

10.25 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Don’t LeaveMe. (Malv)

12.55 UFOs (PGa,R) 3.05 Diversity Theatre Project:Transformation. (PGa, R) 3.45 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

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

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home And Away (PGa)

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

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

9.30 Talking Footy Alook at the week’sAFL news.

10.30 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R)

12.00 Dracula (MA15+hv)

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping (R)

4.00 NBC Today 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

(2018 MA15+, Italian) 3.35 Operation Napoleon. (2023,M) 5.45 Time Bandits. (1981, PG)

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Benny & Joon. (1993, PGal, R) Mary Stuart Masterson, Johnny Depp,Aidan Quinn. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9NewsAfternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 MorningPrograms. 8.00 Neighbours.

6.00 9News.

7.00 RugbyLeague. State of Origin. Game 2. New South WalesvQueensland. 10.00 State Of Origin Post-Match. Awrap-up of the State of Origin clash. 11.00 TheBig Break. Alook at Australia’s Olympic breakers.

12.00 TheEqualizer (MA15+av, R)

1.00 TippingPoint. (PG,R)

2.00 DriveTV. (R)

2.30 Global Shop (R)

3.00 TV Shop:Home Shopping (R)

4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 TodayEarly News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer 6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch of

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Thursday, June 27

ABC (2)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 10.30 Simply Nigella. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Secret Science. (R) 1.30 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury.(R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 ADog’sWorld With Tony Armstrong. (Final,R) 3.55 Miriam &Alan: Lost In Scotland. (PG, R) 4.45 GrandDesigns New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30 Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Restoration Australia: Limestone Barracks, NSW (Final)Presented by AnthonyBurke. 9.00 Grand DesignsRevisited. (PG) Part 1of3.Kevin McCloudisreunited with acouple who planned to build a tree house on ahalf-acre of woodland.

9.50 Tony Armstrong’sExtraOrdinaryThings. (Ml, R) Part 4of5

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 TheBusiness (R)

11.20 TheArt Of (Malns, R)

11.55 Talking Heads. (Ma, R)

12.25 Grand DesignsNew Zealand. (R)

1.10 Parliament Question Time. 2.10 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland. (Ml, R) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works.(PGa, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of DogsXmas. (PGa, R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys. (PGas, R) 11.05 Icons. (Mav,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Conspiracy In TheHarem: Ramses IIICase. (Mv,R) 3.00 Zelenskyy: The Man Who Took On Putin. (PG, R) 3.35 Such Was Life. (PGa,R) 3.45 The CookUp. (R) 4.15 Scenic Coastal Walks. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.35 Guillaume’s French Atlantic Part 2of5

8.30 DNA FamilySecrets.

(PGa, R) Stacey Dooley meets five sisters in Lancashire whoonly found each other as adults.

9.40 TheResponder (Final, MA15+lv)

Chris gives in to corruption and is ordered by his boss to deliver Casey

10.40 SBSWorld NewsLate 11.10 Son Of (MA15+av)

1.00 WarOfThe Worlds. (MA15+av,R)

2.50 Bin Laden: TheRoad To 9/11 (Mav,R) 3.45 Peer To Peer.(PG,R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize.(PGa,R) 5.00 NHK WorldEnglish News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off TheBoat. 8.25 MatildaAnd TheRamsay Bunch. 8.45 BTN Newsbreak. 8.50 The Secret Life Of Our Pets. 9.35 Style It Out. 10.05 Doctor Who 10.50 Merlin. 11.35 Good Game SpawnPoint 12.30am Rage 1.30 Critters TV 1.40 Operation Ouch! 2.10 HollyHobbie. 2.30 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The MorningShow. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews. 12.00 MOVIE: TheOffice Mix-Up.(2020,PGa, R) Kate Mansi, Matthew Lawrence, Joey Lawrence 2.00 Kochie’s BusinessBuilders. 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGa) Harperasks Tane forspace

8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) Auditions continue as weird, wacky and wonderful acts compete in front of celebrity judgesAmanda Holden Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioliand Simon Cowell.Hosted by Antand Dec. 11.00 Air Crash Investigations: Double Trouble. (PGa, R) Alook at Trans-Air Service Flight 671. 12.00 CriminalConfessions:Vanished In TheNight (MA15+alv,R)Sheriffs investigateamissingperson’scase.

1.00 TheGoldbergs. (PGls, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise

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Time Bandits. Continued.(1981, PG) 7.55 Bye Bye Birdie. (1963, PG) 10.00 Drunken TaiChi. (1984,M Cantonese) 11.35 Between TwoWorlds. (2021, M, French) 1.35pm All At Sea. (2010, PG) 3.15 ICapture The Castle.(2003,PG) 5.20 Capricorn One.(1977 PG) 7.35 Mindscape. (2013,M) 9.30 Snowpiercer (2013,MA15+) 11.50 Point Break.(1991, M) 2.05am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 The Magic Canoe. 3.25 Wolf Joe. 3.35 Nanny Tuta 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.35 Motown Magic 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The77Percent. 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo 8.30 The Green Veil. 9.30 MOVIE: The Drover’sWife. (2021, MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs. NITV (34) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Medical Emergency 8.00 Million DollarMinute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country 2.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 2.30 AuctionSquad. 3.30 Harry’sPractice 4.00 Medical Emergency 4.30 Better Homes 5.30 Escape To The Country 6.30 BargainHunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Shetland.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 MOVIE: Mr Mom. (1983,PGa, R) Michael Keaton, Teri Garr. 2.00 Pointless. (PG,R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 9News

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Contestants compete in ahigh-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to wina cashprize. 6.30 TheProject. Thehosts and guest panellists takealook at the day’snews, events and hot topics. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. (PGl) Jenny Tian plays duck, duck, goose. WilAnderson shows off his love forsketch comedy 8.40 Law& Order: SVU. (Mav) An assault in the streetleads Carisi to pursue hate crime charges. Benson must support a homebound witness too scared to speak up 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.55 TheProject (R) Alook at theday’snews. 12.00 TheLate ShowWithStephen Colbert. (PG)Hosted by StephenColbert. 1.00 Home Shopping (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Most Expensivest. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Hypothetical. 2.20 The Future Of Work 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Underground Worlds. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats DoesCountdown. 8.30 Lost Gold Of The Aztecs. (Final) 9.20 Inside TheMansonCult:The Lost Tapes. 11.10 The UnXplained. Midnight Late Programs.

6am

Friday, June 28

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 RugbyLeague. Women’s State Of Origin. Game 3. Queensland vNew South Wales. 9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap-up of the NRL Women’s State of Origin, featuring analysis and player interviews.

9.50 9News Late.

10.20 TheEqualizer (Mv) McCall races to savethe team.

11.15 TheFirst48: Officer Down. (Mal, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 GreatAustralian Detour. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.(R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

9GEM (92,81)

Saved &Remade. 3.00 AntiquesRoadshow 3.30 MOVIE: Geordie. (1955) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 AntiquesRoadshow 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Missing Persons Investigation. 9.30 Casualty 24/7 10.30 SeeNoEvil. 11.30 Late Programs.

Children’s Programs.

Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix of Monterey.H’lights. 1.00 Young Sheldon. 1.30 Bewitched. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 TheNanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 TheAddams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Nanny 7.00 YoungSheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: AWalkAmong The Tombstones.(2014 MA15+) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Late Programs.

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (Final, R) 10.30 That PacificSports Show.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Madl, R) 2.00 The Split.(Ml,R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Miriam &Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond… (PG, R) 4.45 GrandDesigns New Zealand. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz (PG, R)

7.00 ABCNews. Alook at the top stories of the day

7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadisvisitsanornamentalgarden.

8.30 SilentWitness. (Final, MA15+a) As the evidence mounts against the accused police officer,the local CID finds dissent within their ranks.

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

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

10.35 Austin (PG, R)

11.05 ABC LateNews.

11.25 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R)

12.10 Love Your Garden. (R)

1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of DogsXmas. (PGa, R) 10.10 Great Canal Journeys. (PGan, R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The DaggerIn The Cathedral Of Florence.(Mav, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 HakaWarriors2022. 3.35 The CookUp. (R) 4.05 HakaWarriors 2023 4.15 Scenic Coastal Walks. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.30 TheMovement AndThe Madman. (Ma) Explores the impact of 1969anti-warprotests.

8.30 Secrets Of TheLostLiners: Île De France. (Final, PGa) Takesalook at the SS ÎledeFrance,anocean liner that wasthe pride of the French nation.

9.20 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters:Death From Below. (PGa, R) Ateam probesthe BermudaTriangle.

10.10 SBSWorld News Late.

10.40 WorldOnFire. (Final, Mav)

11.50 Cargo. (Mal, R)

3.30 Peer To Peer (PGv, R)

4.30 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English NewsMorning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 HardQuizKids. 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Operation Ouch! 9.05 Officially Amazing 9.35 Dragon Ball Super 9.55 Supernatural Academy. 10.20 ThePM’sDaughter 10.45 Phoenix Rise. 11.40 Good Game Spawn Point 12.30am Rage 1.30 TMNT 1.55 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 8.15 My Best Friend’s Wedding. (2016,PG, Mandarin) 9.55 FillThe Void. (2012, PG, Hebrew) 11.35 The Program.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The MorningShow.(PG) 10.55 SevenNews Special: BidenV Trump–TheDebate. 12.35 SevenMorning News. 1.00 Border Security:International. (PG, R) 1.30 Motorbike Cops (PGl,R) 2.00 HouseOfWellness (PG) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNewsAt4 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens

Johanna Griggs catches up with TV chef Julie Goodwin ahead of her DancingWithTheStarsappearance

7.20 Football. AFL. Round 16 Brisbane Lions vMelbourne.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussionand interviews.

11.15 Armchair Experts. (M) Apanel discussesall things AFL

12.00 Criminal Confessions: Not My DNA (Malv,R)Aschool teacher is gunned down in public.

1.00 BoyToMan: TheSnakeDivers. (PG, R) TimNoonan heads to Cameroon.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 MOVIE: Uptown Girls. (2003, PGl, R) Brittany Murphy,Dakota Fanning. 2.00 Pointless.(PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 Morning

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Mega Zoo. (PG, R) Bonnie must perform surgery on azebra.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject Alookatthe day’snews. 7.30 Have YouBeenPaying Attention? (Malns, R) Hosted by TomGleisner 8.30 TheGraham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Graham Norton is joined on the red couch by Julia Roberts, Timothée Chalamet, TomHanks and Cher 9.40 TheCheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters MelanieBracewell and Tim McDonald takealook at the week that was. 10.40 10’s Late News Coverage of news, sportand weather 11.05 TheProject (R) 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping (R) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Most Expensivest. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 MOVIE: PointBreak. (1991, M) 2.40 Over The Black Dot 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.25 Underground Worlds. 6.20 Forged

8.30 MOVIE: My Sister’s Keeper (2009, Mal, R) Ayoung girl decides to sue her parents for medical emancipation to avoiddonating akidneytoher dying sibling Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin.

10.45 To Be Advised

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.35 Pointless (PG, R)

2.30 DestinationWA.

3.00 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards (PG,R)

4.30 Global Shop (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 SkippyThe Bush Kangaroo (R)

Mid Gippy,NorthGippybegin talks

FOOTBALL

MID GIPPSLAND/NORTH GIPPSLAND

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT, TOM HAYES, LIAM DURKIN

MID Gippsland Football-Netball League officials and their North Gippslandcounterparts met with AFL Gippsland last week to discuss the future of both leagues.

The meeting, held on Tuesday, June 18, looked at potential changes to current structures and compositions, and focused on the current state of the leagues, and potential scenarios for the future Both leagues share similarities due to their relative close proximity and commonality, and have often been tied in conversation.

North Gippsland has11memberclubs, while Mid Gippsland has 13, although six are from 'outside' the surrounding Latrobe Valleyand Wellington Shire regions.

The two leagues have also had clubs affiliate with both leagues during their history.

Most critically perhaps,the twoleagues have been identified as being comparable in terms of town populations and playing standard/performance from its member clubs.

During the meeting, league executives had the opportunity to discuss the current club compositionand playing numbers, as well as the potential repercussionsofmaintaining thestatus quo.

Discussionsalsocentredaround potential future structures and compositionoptions for the leagues, repercussions for football and netball and the process for admission and transfer of clubsand teams.

Clubsseeking to transfer leagues will firstly need the approval of the destination leagues existing member clubs, and the source league must agree

2016

withthe transfer request. If this is to occur,itwould be between August 1and October 31.

Should the member clubs not approve the transfer, then the club stays in the existing league.

Should the source league appeal the acceptance of a club transferring, then AFL Victoria would be asked to make adetermination based on submissions from affected parties.

One of the key topics of conversation at the meeting was the junior competitions within the leagues, aiming to foster the development of young talent, ensuring long-term success of the leagues.

Junior footballremains asticking point in any discussion involving the NGFNL and MGFNL.

The NGFNLmandates that all member clubs field an under 18 side, in comparison to the MGFNL, which currently only has five of 13 member clubs

fielding under 18

AFL Gippsland hassaidall clubsacross both leagues will be consultedwidely overthe following weeks, with plans to engage in meaningful dialogue with all parties akey part of the project.

Critically, AFL Gippsland has maintained leagues and clubs will be leading the project with their full support.

The project has been labelled 'Futures Project', which AFL Gippsland sayswill involve local people making local decisions.

Gormandale Football-Netball Club's committee met last Wednesday night to consider the situation, while Woodside was scheduled to meet last night (Tuesday, June 25).

The Tigers have struggled on the football field in

recent years, and have been seen as one of many small town clubs who would possibly benefit from atwo-tiered competitioncombining the North Gippsland and Mid Gippsland leagues. Combining the two leagues could even in theory create athree-divisional league of eight teams in each league.

League changes have been commonplace across bothleagues in the lastdecade, although with different approaches.

While more clubs have sought to join North Gippsland, agreater number have looked at leaving Mid Gippsland.

Morwell East hasattempted to join North Gippsland at the end of the last two seasons. The Hawks appeared certain to join last year, only for the move to be blocked by NGFNL clubs at the 11th hour.

The Hawks have already signalled their intentions of applying to North Gippsland again at the end of this season,and it is understood Yinnar and Newborough are also considering their options. Newborough had been previously linked to the Ellinbank District Football-Netball League, although the Express understands all EDFNL clubs have told Newborough they aren't wanted.

Mid Gippsland lost Yarragon and Trafalgar to Elllinbank in 2018 and 2020 respectively, followed by YallournYallourn North leaving Mid Gippsland for North Gippsland in 2021.

With alot to take in, and still many pins to fall, the absolute irony of the whole situation is hard to ignore.

MidGippsland was seen as the 'saviour' of the now extinct Alberton FNL just six years ago. That same league could now be working with another to try and save itself.

LOCAL FOOTY MERRY-GO ROUND

AlbertonFootball League (12clubs): Fish Creek, Dalyston, Foster,Inverloch-Kongwak, Kilcunda-Bass,Stony Creek, Phillip Island, Toora, MDU,Tarwin, Korumburra-Bena,DevonWelshpool-Won Wron-Woodside

Mid Gippsland (10clubs): Newborough, Mirboo North,YYN,Yinnar,Morwell East, Thorpdale,Yarragon, Boolarra,Trafalgar, Hill End.

North Gippsland (10clubs): Sale City, Churchill, Heyfield, Yarram, Woodside, Rosedale,Cowwarr,TTU,Glengarry, Gormandale 2017

West Gippsland Competition formed (10clubs).

LeftAFNL to West Gippsland (5): Dalyston, Inverloch-Longwak, Kilcunda-Bass,

Phillip Island, Korumburra-Bena.

West Gippsland gained:

Cora Lynn, Nar Nar Goon, Garfield, Bunyip,Koo WeeRup (from Ellinbank District, 15 clubs to 10).

AFNL (7):

Fish Creek, Foster,Stony Creek, Toora, MDU, Tarwin, DWWWW

2018

AFL Gippsland recommends Mid Gippsland and Albertoncombine.

DWWWW entersrecess

2019

Mid Gippsland clubs reject Albertonclubs joining to form anew competition. Yarragon leavesMid Gippsland, joins Ellinbank District. Warragul Industrials leave Ellinbank, join West Gippsland.

Tooradin-DalmoreleavesSouth East (nowdefunct), joins West Gippsland.

2020

ReportfromconsultancyfirmColgan Bauer toAFL Victoria recommends remainingAlberton clubs Fish Creek, Foster,Stony Creek, Toora, MDU,Tarwin join Mid Gippsland.

While the recommendation is almost identical to what wasproposedbyAFL Gippsland twoyears earlier,the difference means Albertonclubs would join Mid Gippsland, rather than createanew league With COVID cancelling the entireseason, clubs and administrators aregiven moretime to plan and consider all options

In September, the AlbertonFNL disbands and Mid Gippsland becomes 15-club competition.

2021

YallournYallournNorth leavesMid Gippsland, joins

North Gippsland.

Trafalgar leavesMid Gippsland, joins Ellinbank.

2022 -PRESENT

North Gippsland: 11 clubs

Mid Gippsland: 13

West Gippsland: 12

Ellinbank District: 11

Other points

Yarram joined North Gippsland from Albertonin 2014

StratfordleftNorth Gippsland forEastGippsland in 2012

Boisdale Briagolong leftNorth Gippsland forEast Gippsland in 2015

Woodside District formed as abreakaway from DWWWW in 2008 and joined North Gippsland. -compiled by Liam Durkin

teams (noting Fish Creek and Tarwin field acombined side).

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

Move for Moe pays off

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND

LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

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Morwell: THillier 2BBailey JBurr BMacfarlane SWalsh BMcDonald TGray. Bairnsdale: MEastT Blenheim CHarveyW Mitchell TReesO Clarke EEast. BEST:Morwell: MLintonB Macfarlane ZAndersonCBurrBBailey AQuigley Bairnsdale: WMitchell LAustin RStewart EEastMCorbett TClay

8.4

15.8 (98) GOALS: Drouin: KQuirk 5T Hancock 3SAmoroso

MMalone CLavertyZHurleyKCutlerS Treglown SFyfe. Wonthaggi: KYann JBrown RMorescoJJoske

Traralgon: RGuiney 3E Pass 2C Ruyters BWoszczeiko ALovison JMudita RAdams JJackway Warragul: lFinnegan SKelly JCutler. BEST:Traralgon: RAdams ALovison B Hutton BCheetham RGuiney EPass Warragul: MLynn VKuolS KellyDRidgway XLaFrantz TWouters

GOALS: Bairnsdale: NDesio 3LDunkley 2B Froud RBlandfordB Sauer RCarstairs MFalls JWaddell. Morwell: JGalea 4BBriggs LPatterson GMentha. BEST:Bairnsdale: BLindL Bleyswyk BFroud NDesio MNeate RCullinan Morwell: JGalea RLoprese LPatterson M Duncan CBlewett DMakepeace

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GOALS: Maffra: JOldham 5J Bristow 2R Phelan 2BHarrington STudor SPendergastD Stubbe Drouin: JClerks BEST:Maffra: JBristow DO’Brien RPhelan BDowsett DAdams J Oldham. Drouin: CCaddy KKeady JWalsh JClerks DClebney RStapleton

FMateria 8COlden

HCant HBrown HHodge CMcintosh. Traralgon: RRutter BHagleyJMoloney KRowleyAvan der Velden GRuach

6.2 9.5 14.7 (91)

2.2 2.7 4.7 5.9 (39)

GOALS:Maffra: JMcQuillen 5EBerry3 TPhillips2 JKellowEStables WRuthbergJ Dowsett. Drouin: RBaker 2KSmith 2CStone BEST:Maffra: TPhillips SAnderson JKellowMRondon EBerry. Drouin: RBaker TMapleson WVirtue JObernhumer KMcLeish FLockwood

LEONGATHA 3.3 7.5 8.8 8.11 (59)

MOE 0.1 1.3 4.4 6.4 (40)

GOALS:Leongatha: WBrown 3N McDonald EBerryman MCroatto OMahoney JGarnham. Moe: LEarl 2MSnowden KMulleyK Caldwell BSword BEST:Leongatha: OMahoney T Gannon ZLamers EBerryman KMcGrath MSheahan. Moe: XBerquez JShields BBlandford BSword BSavage WRobinson

5.4 10.6 13.9 17.14 (116)

1.1 1.5 2.8 4.8 (32) GOALS:Bairnsdale: MNeate 4MHamilton4OEmmett 2RCullinan JWalker Jnr FRusso A TreasureM Dunstan SO’Kelly Morwell: TShankland 4. BEST:Bairnsdale: RCullinanCCook MNeate FRusso RLieuwen SO’Kelly Morwell: GJiath TShankland MVan Vliet TJames C Seymour RMakepeace

CLUB functions are always better after awin. Especiallywhenyou beat thereigning back-to-back premier.

Moe had even more reason to celebrate at its mid season ball lastSaturday night, following victory over Leongatha.

The Lions putanindifferentfew weeks behind them, securing the fourpoints in a final scoreboard that read 9.14 (68) to 8.9 (57) at Ted Summerton Reserve.

Moe led at everychange,and survived anervouslastquarter to hold offthe fastfinishing Parrots.

Up until then, it had been arelatively dour affair. With both sides down on key personnel (Leongatha admittedly with more than 500 senior games of experience missing), things were brought back to an equilibrium.

The lack of players on Leongatha’s part however should not detract from Moe’s win. The Lions were reduced to 20 men for most of the game after Callum Nash and Jaryn Makepeace unfortunatelyended up on crutches early in the piece.

Leongatha toohad senior, and even VFL quality, running around in the early game.

Cam Olden, who has been with Richmond for most of the year, played in the reserves for the Parrots, presumably to avoid injury.

He didn’t just appear on the team sheet to qualify for finals either; oh no, he playedthree quarters and even spent time in the midfield.

Justfour points separatedthe teams at the main break, before Moe enjoyed amore fruitful third quarter, kicking four goals to take what appeared to be asafe25-point lead in the context of the game heading into the last.

The move of Lions playing-coach Declan Keilty from his usual posting at centre half back to the forward line paid dividends, and while he only kicked two goals, he had

MAGIC MAGNETS

Most wins as coachversus Leongatha this decade (Leongatha has lost just sevengames since 2021 and went throughseason 2022 undefeated)

Declan Keilty (Moe) -three times

Jarryd Blair (Wonthaggi) -three times

Boyd Bailey (Morwell) -once (Interesting to notethese areall playing-coaches)

multiple shots andgave the opposition greater problems.

While taking the best defender out of the backsix carriedsome danger,itinadvertently gave the remaining Moe defenders like Brock Smith, Ben Maslen, Luke Mulqueen, Tyler Pratt, Tim Golds and James Maslen motivation as they had to step up in the absence of their leader.

The defence responded to the challenge admirably, especially Smith, who became the general in aposition of leadership.

Themovealso carried an insurance policy, as Keilty went back in the last term when Leongathawas pressingtohelp keep the ship afloat.

Given much can be gained in ateam environment when individuals take ownership, the Lions might have uncovered something 11 rounds in.

It was said David Parkin actually hardly even coached Carlton’s 1995 premiership team such was the quality of leadership among the seniorplayers. The playerswould taketraining, develop the gameplanand even pick the team.

Keilty instructedhis troopstonot play

conservatively in the final term. Words of “they will come” from assistant coach Shane Paynter proved prophetic, as the Parrots did just that.

Leongatha had their chances, but afourth quarter effort of 2.4 (16) to 0.2 (2) in afinal margin of 11 points perhaps said it all.

The Parrots made some uncharacteristic mistakes,and when aswitch kick missed its intended target by agood five metres, it was enough to send coach Trent McMicking back into thedugout to sit down and collect his thoughts.

Leongatha sharp-shooter Jack Ginnane, who wouldbeastrong candidate in the ‘kick for your life afterthe siren’ category, even missed aset shot entirely, sending the ball spiralling out on the full from the arc.

Mitch Bentvelzen played well for the visitors, as did Jake van der Plight, Adan Trotto, Jackson Harry, Matt Borschman and Sam Forrester.

If body language is anything to go by, the Parrotsappeared unfazed by the result, and could have parallels drawn to the baseball team in Space Jam after MichaelJordan strikes out saying, “we’re not worried”.

Indeed, Leongatha probably has little reason to be worried -they are still half-a-game clear on topand losttoafellow top-three side by 11 points withoutTom Marriott, Cade Maskell, Luke Bowman, KimDrew andSean Westaway playing.

For Moe however, the win has arguably come at the best possibletime, and should provide asignificant boost as there just seemed to be ageneral feeling of staleness in their four games proceeding (losses to Warragul and Sale and uninspiring wins over Maffra and Wonthaggi).

Keilty was best-on-ground, alongwith Trent and Riley Baldi, Smith, Jacob Balfour and young ruckmanLachlanMcGrath, sure to do his confidence the world of good jumping against aseriously imposing figure in Ben Willis.

Tigers saved by Bairnsdale bell

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

MORWELL made sure it was amemorable trip home from Bairnsdale.

There wasafew pounding heartratesbefore that however.

The Tigers held on for dear life on BairnsdaleCityOval, getting up by five points 8.9 (57) to 7.10 (52) in Round 11 of the Gippsland League.

Drama of the highest order unfolded in the final term, as both teams fought desperately to try and achieve the desired result.

Morwell may wellhave been feeling a sense of déjà vu, as alateset shot from their opposition registered abehind much like it did against Traralgon afortnight ago.

Whilethat game ended in adraw, the Tigers were at least given awin on this occasion.

Having led marginally at every change, a grandstand finish saw Bairnsdale’s Max East cut the margin back to six points withaneat set shot from in front of the changerooms at the 22-minute mark.

Morwell scrambled the ball forward over the next few minutes, and were rewarded with afree kick inside 50 at the 26-minute mark.

The ball was in good hands, that of playingcoach Boyd Bailey, who lined up from 40

metres out on an acute angle.With any score meaning Bairnsdale would need to kick two goals deep in red time in order to win, there was afurther twist in the tale.

Afree kicktoBairnsdale wasplucked fromthe goalsquareasthe ballmadeits way down, which led to afrantic period of the ball exiting then re-entering Morwell’s attacking end.

Aclearing kickwas metbyBrandon Bailey, who could count himself stiff not to be paid amarkonthe edge of 50, as the Tigers did all they could to surge the ball closer to goal.

They got as close as the behind post, but the Redlegs refused to concede, and with precious seconds ticking away, went for a Hail Mary play.

Using the corridor, the home side found WillMitchell, taking adiving mark in the middle of the ground.

Mitchell was awarded a50metre penalty, apparently because the ball was not handed back in an appropriate fashion, taking him well within scoring range directly in front.

With the gameriding on his boot, Mitchell’s shot sailed wide for abehind at the 28-minute mark.

Morwell cleared the ball from the resultant kick-in, and heard the siren not long after.

Players wearing the yellow and black were jubilant, especially their coach, who raised both arms in arare display of public emotion.

The gesture wasperhaps warranted, as the match wasessentially an eightpoint gamefor Morwell,who wereinside the topfive but only two-points clear of Bairnsdale heading in. BoydBailey wasamong the bestfor the winners, as was Max Linton,Burkeley Macfarlane, ZacAnderson, Charlie Burr and Aidan Quigley.

The result carried further credit, as the Tigers becamejust the second team this season to beatBairnsdale on their home deck Morwell are nowoutrightfourth, which sets up ahugeclash with Valleyrival Moethis weekend.

The winnerofthat match will go to third on theladder.

Both teamscould be set to bringinsome key players. Josh Galea made his return to football at the weekend from injury, kicking four goals for the Tigers reserves, while the Gippsland Power bye should mean Moe has Tom Matthews, Max Woodalland Liam Masters available.

Bairnsdalemight well be wondering when theirluck will change, having now lost two games in arow decided by virtually the last kick of the day.

Mitchell was theirbest, while coach Logan Austin, Randall Stewart, league ‘big boy’ Ethan East, Matt Corbett and Tate Clay were industrious.

Neocleous brothers combine

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE BY LIAM DURKIN

ANOTHER week, another Traralgon rollercoaster.

While the end result showed the Maroons beat Warragul by the best part of five goals at the weekend, it was anything but awalk in the park -Western Park to be specific.

Ahugeupset loomed at halftime when the home sidetooka22-pointleadinto the sheds.

Traralgon howeverresponded in devastating fashion, kicking eight goals to two in the third term to completelyshellshockthe Gulls.

The avalanche of goals enabled the Maroons to lead by 12 points at the final change of

ends, before afurther four goals to two in the last made sure of the points. Correspondence coming in from areporter covering the match for anothermasthead said Warragul was playing its best football in recent memory up until halftime.

Traralgon made sure the Gulls enjoyed no further dominance once the second half started, and ended up kicking three times as many goals as their opponents after the main break.

Harvey Neocleouswas amore than welcomed return to the Maroons' line-up, coming backfromCasey in theVFL and kicking seven goals in abest-on-ground display for his home club.

It ended up being an unbelievable day for the family, as his younger brother Marlon

Neocleous kickedfive majors on senior debut. Incredibly,Traralgonhad twosenior debutants at the weekend still eligiblefor under 16s.

Joining Marlon Neocleous in this group was Blair Roscoe,who himself has had ascarcely believable fortnight.

The precursor to his senior debut came the week before when he kicked seven goals for the Traralgon reserves, after kicking four in the under 16s earlier in the day.

The future indeed looks bright for the Maroons. Marlon was in the top six players, as was Joel Scholtes (under 21), Tye Hourigan, Mitch Membrey and Luis D’Angelo. Best for Warragul wasIsaacWallace, Sean Masterson, Tom Stern, Lachlan Giliam, Mitch Smart and Heath Jinks.

Traralgon’sTempleton

FOOTBALL

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

TRARALGON-BORN superstar Kelvin Templeton

was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame last week.

Templeton played 177 games and kicked 593 goals for Footscray and Melbourne from 1974 to 1985, with atrophy case full of awards including a Brownlow Medal (1980) and two Coleman Medals (1978, 1979).

Templetonjoined the Bulldogsafter an exceptional senior year at Traralgon in the Gippsland League (then LatrobeValley Football League), kicking acentury of goals at just 16-years-of-age.

"Latrobe Valley was the toughest, the best country competition amongst other country teams over acouple of years, and Latrobe Valley (had) quiteafew ex-VFL players," Templeton said on stage upon being inducted into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, June 18.

Templeton played alongside anumberof Gippsland call-ups, most namely fellow Brownlow recipient Bernie Quinlan (Traralgon) and former Richmond coach and AFL Umpire Manager, Jeff Gieschen (Maffra) -who satatTempleton's table at the night of the celebration in Melbourne.

"There were quite afew country full backs who weren'tall thathappy about askinny16-yearold jumping all overtheirbacktakingmarks," Templeton said of his time in Gippsland.

"So,itwas quite atough year, but what it did was really prepare me for the following year which was to come to Melbourne and play in the (VFL), Ihad a pretty tough year of senior competition before that."

The soon-to-be two-time Coleman medallist booted six goals in his debut against Collingwood in Round 3, 1974.

"I was 17, Ihadn't played in an atmosphere like Victoria Park...I remember Icouldn't concentrate, the noise, the movement was something Ihadn't experienced," he recalled.

"Someone whacked me from behind (and) the next thing Iknew Iwas dusting myself off and the umpire was putting the ball in my hand, my first kick in VFL football was five-metres outdead in front.

"The blow reallyhad the opposite effectastowhat wasintended becausewhathappened was my head cleared(and) the noise recededand all of asudden

Iwas in the game, and it went on from there."

Besides the personal silverware Templeton would acquire,the biggest career highlightwould come in Round 13, 1978 against St Kilda in which he kicked 15 goals nine behinds (a still standing record for the most individual scoring shots).

"Most of the points Ikicked, alot of them were in the third quarter... then what happened in the last quarter was quite unexpected because we just dominated the last quarter... all of asudden, the ball was just streaming into an open forward line (and)there wasnot much St Kilda could do and thatenabled me, in that last quarter, to kick eight goals,"Templetonsaid.

Amember of Footscray's Teamofthe Century,

Templeton was heralded by his teammates for being one of the firstprofessionally-mindedplayers in the league, taking on additional weight programs and acquiring different training methods from athletes in other sports like with Raelene Boyle's sprint team and the AustralianOlympic wrestlingsquad

During another struggling season for Footscray in 1980, losers of as muchas11games in arow and only five wins for the year, the then four-time club leading goal kicker wasmoveduptocentre half forward, where he averaged 19 disposals and kicked 75 goals on his waytowinning the Brownlow Medal, however, spoiledofhis moment on the night. "I was actually toldbeforehand, notonly that, in those days, they use to jumble up the rounds,

Templetonwith hiscertificateupon being

so, with 10 or so votes to count, I'm sitting quite a way behind but Iknow what's going to happen, so Ihad to feignlookingvery surprised butitwas a great thrill, of course," Templeton said While he only played one final in his career, a seven-point losstoGeelong in the1976Elimination Final, Templeton played 10 games for Victoria in State of Origin football.

Post career, Templeton took on assistant coaching rolesunder Tom Hafey and Col Kinnear at the Sydney Swans and subsequently become chief executive of the club from 1995 to 2002, being a key driver in getting Tony Lockett from St Kilda.

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FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

DROUIN had the better time of the westernclubs, getting up to defeatMaffrainRound 11 of the Gippsland League.

The Eagles ruined Maffra captain Daniel Bedggood’s 250th game,winning ahigh-scoring thriller 16.8 (104) to 15.8 (98).

It was Drouin’s first win at Maffra since 2009,and was led by Kye Quirk, Aden Quirk, Seb Amoroso, Mitch Cotter, Jordan Kingi and Tim Hancock.

Bedggood was among the best in his milestone, and looks an absolute certainty to break the club record of 253 games currently held by aman carrying another familiar MaffrasurnameinWinston Gieschen.

Caleb Calwyn was mighty in the loss,kicking seven goals, while AlexCarr, BraydenMonk, Henry Anderson and Lachlan Allman were also solid.

They just love to kick goals those Hawks, even if it means getting scored heavily against. Drouin may have only won four games, but their percentage is 81.53.

If you’re not goingtowin, you might as well make it entertaining.

IT’S not what you know, it’s who you know.

The match between Wonthaggi and Sale turned into an ironic encounter given the Collingwood connection to both clubs.

While the Magpies are home to one of if not Collingwood’s greatest ever in Scott Pendlebury, the fact he is still playing at the top level means they are somewhat restricted.

Wonthaggi by contrast don’t have that problem.

Either that or their coach Jarryd Blair is avery good salesman.

Blair, himself aCollingwood premiership teammate of Pendlebury’s, has been able to add no less than four players with ties to the Magpies into the Powerline-up in the last three years. They all cametogetheratthe weekend,the result

of which saw Wonthaggi win 14.13 (97) to 7.6 (48) on their home deck.

The latest Collingwood recruit was Nathan Brown, another of Blair’s 2010 premiership teammates.

Brown is rumoured to be playing the rest of the season with the Power, and looks set to have joined in the nick of time as clearancesclose this Sunday Wonthaggiwas also helped by Collingwood VFL player Ryan Sparkes being available for his home club last weekend.

It is understood Sparkes is also back at the Power fulltime, after areported change in his living arrangements after former Wonthaggi teammate Jack Hutchinson was taken by West Coast in the midseason draft.

The other players with Collingwood connections currently at the Power are Isaac Chugg (former AFL) and Jack Blair (VFL).

Chugg was named in the best, after Wonthaggi put up five goals to one in the first term, and were rarely challenged from there.

The Power could have inflicted even greater damage, as they kicked 3.4 (22) to no score in the last quarter.

Cooper McInneskickedfive goals for the winners, receiving good support from Sparkes, Brayden Duve, Shannon Bray and Kaj Patterson.

Jonty McGuiness continued his strong season for Sale. Others who played well were Nathan Whitford on return, Shannen Lange, Josh Butcher, Jack Leslie and Hudson Holmes.

While there might be calls for Wonthaggi to do the oppositetoPort Adelaide and change their nickname from Power to Magpies, their recent form has put the competition on high alert.

The Power have now won four of their last six games, and despite sitting seventh on the ladder, have more than enough time to push further into finals calculations.

Will Scott Pendlebury ever come back and play for Sale? He might be too busy coaching Tassie.

MID GIPPSLAND

East go marchinghome

AS the second half of the Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League season rolls in, this writer thinks we could not havewished for a more competitive round of football.

DAtkinsCLoughridge ELavis ASimmons JStone KBergles Toora: R Lewis SFrawley APeile AParryLCraig JPlatt

2L WrightW Stewart. BEST: Yinnar: TRobertson BCheffers LLintonFSchill LCheffers NRowley. Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd: NAllen KBohn CKrohn WStewart BMoscript SWalsh

FISH CREEK

(37) GOALS:FishCreek: DBerryman 4T Buckley 2W Brydon waldren SMcGannon JStefani Boolarra: BMason2JMason MDyerLMarriott. BEST:Fish Creek: RDeBiaseDBerryman JAndersonT VuillerminLGale TBuckley Boolarra: MPorykali MDyerT Reiske BMason JWilson JNoy

Tarwin: L Keily 3SMcrae. BEST:HillEnd: SSmith JDworznikJHarrisH MooreSMurphyK Tut. Tarwin: DLeggo BTaberABell NMcRae GBountris JKilsby TOORA2.3

JGuganovic 2LdeBoer 2ARhodes JCoulthardJCripps StonyCreek: B Renden 2LByrnes 2JBattersbyG GrayRMcKnight. BEST:Toora: JCripps JGuganovic K Morgan LdeBoer AWalker ARhodes StonyCreek: AScholteN Svenson TDavies AAtkins

East: SBurzese 2ADodd

In every singleclash during Round10, the result couldhave conceivably gone either way, and whichever way it was to go, it is was sure to have an impact on the season.

 MORWELL EAST VTHORPDALE

MORWELLEast gave Thorpdale some real concerns on the weekend.

The Hawks’ 10.12 (72) to 8.5 (53) victory at Ronald Reserve has the Blues sitting in seventh position, out of the MGFNL topsix Now confronted with the reality that another loss will havethem in aposition of quiet desperation, as they not only need to find a way to win afew games in succession, but also rely on those above them to lose, and that’s the worst possible place to be.

For the Hawks, they are right where they need to be,seemingly safeinsidethe top six, andonlyone win from the top of the table.

Their the win on the weekend against a respected opponent was an important one, according to coach Paul Henry.

“We had amassive challenge ahead of us on the weekend, after acouple of comfortable wins and back-to-back byes. Thorpy were always going to be achallenge andthey are whenever we play each other. It was atight game all the way to the end.Great effort again by our boys,” he said.

The strong Morwell East community is starting to build around the football-netball club again,and like the players and coaches are starting to get more excited about the greater challenges and possibilities that lay ahead.

Thorpdale co-coach Ray Pickering recognised the effortofhis team, only that it needs to translate to better results.

“The game played out just like we thought, atough, tight grind against agood hardened side,” he said.

“Couldn’tknock our boy’sheart and endeavourfor fourquarters but needtostart turning close losses into wins.”

 FOSTER VNEWBOROUGH

IT is developing into one of the hottest rivalriesinthe MGFNL. Foster had not been beaten at home by Newborough since their entry into the MGFNL, and they had their heart and minds set on thattrend continuing.

The Tigers achieved that in an 11.15 (81) to 7.7 (49) win.

Foster coach Sam Davieswas thrilled with the end result.

“It was adominant display from the boys on the weekend, really proud of the group for our four quarter effort,” he said.

Fosterjumpedout to a16-point quarter time lead, beforereallyapplying the pressure in the second half. A21-point three quarter time buffer was driven home in the final 30 minutes.

Newborough coach Craig Skinner noticed concerns within his side.

“We got beaten in alot of areas by abetter team on the weekend, We brought effort but couldn’t execute,” he said.

Last year’s grand finalists remain confident they have what it takes to play the style of football to right afew wrongs, but like many others, also remain under pressure with so many teams clawing at them from below.

The Bulldogs sit in fifth, but have three teams behind them by just one victory.

 HILLEND VTARWIN

ONE half of the seasongone and stillsearching for awin, Hill End on their home deck approached last weekend’s clash against Tarwin like it was afinal.

No onedoubts the Hillsmen’s desire and commitment were on display, however the visitors, who were still very much in touch with theleaguestop six, refused to let the home side and their loyal supporters have too much to get excited about,winning in the end 17.11 (113) to 8.9 (57).

Tarwin coach Jason Kennedy couldn’t hide his excitement surrounding the win.

“It’s alot better waking up Sunday morning withawin. Afteratough couple of weekswe werealsokeen to get back on thewinners list,” he said.

“The first half was reasonably close. In the second half we tightened up afew things and in the end, we ran the game out really well.”

Sharp-shooter: Chris Wangman kickedsix goals forMorwell East in theHawks win over Thorpdale.

Photograph: Tayla Kerhaw-Thomas/SouthGippslandSentinelTimes

“We were with them up to halftime, they ran away with it in the second half. They were just too fit for us,” he said.

 BOOLARRAV FISH CREEK BOOLARRA went from having to confront last year’s grand finalists in Newborough to the reigning premier Fish Creek in the space of seven days.

It is without question the toughest fortnight in MGFNL football, and Boolarra fell short on both occasions, this time in a9.4 (58) to 5.7 (37) finish.

Fish Creek coach Jarrod Walker however mentioned it was no easy win away from home.

“A bit of an uglywin for us... couldn’t really get the game on our terms for most of the game,” he said.

“A lot of credit to Boolarra who reallycame to play and had great intensity all day. Still pleased that we were able to walk away with the win, and grind it out.”

The Demons’ efforts have not gone unnoticed by oppositionclubs, and have certainly not been missed by coach Brendan Mason either.

“Really happy with our effort,wetook it right up to the best side in the competition for most of the day,’ he said.

“A poor third quarter just let us down and Fish Creek was good enough to capitalise.”

The Demons actually won both the first and last quarters, it was just the middle of the match in which the reigning premier did enough to run away with it.

Efforts like thisfromBoolarra will have them winning more games than not.

 YINNAR VMDU

YINNAR and MDUhave had some memorable clashes in recent years, and although fallingshortonthe Magpie’shome turfprior, the Demons arrived ready to rumble their way to avictory and aslowclimb further up the league ladder. What they confronted however was arock solid Yinnar doing what they have done for much of 2024.

“Due to anumberofskill errors we made in the secondquarter, MDU got back into the game but didn’t capitalise, possibly due to our pressure. It was apretty even second half and we managed to hold onto our lead and come away with ahard fought win against awell structured and quality team.”

The Demon’s had their chances, and are so close to taking that next step of defeating atop tier side it’s not funny, but it can be frustrating for them, and if it continues, also very costly.

MDU coach Nathan Allen pointedtoapoor start to the game.

“Yinnarstarted really well and we were never able to get close enough. They moved the ball really well and converted when they got achance,” he said.

“Felt we owned field position for most of the gamebut poorskill errors and missed chances cost us in the end.”

 STONY CREEK VTOORA IT was surely the last roll of the dice for Stony Creek.

Three wins in the first half of the season was never going to cut it for finals football.

Sure, there has been anumberofthe Lion’s losses which have been by just single figure margins, but hosting Toora on the weekend, was one the home side could not let slip through their fingers.

Stony Creek got the result they were after, in acompetitive game 15.6 (96) to 11.10 (76).

“It was atight contestuntil theend. We havestruggledthroughoutthe yeartofinish games but Iwas really happy with our last quarter. We had blokes stand up when it counted,” Lions coach Chris Verboon said. It maywell be the confidence building win the Lionsneeded to take the next step in believing they are capable of much greater things

Tooratoo, even in losing can take plenty of positives from the result, even if coach Jack Weston took some of the blame, albeit in a sporting manner.

The Sharks are currently in eighth position, but just one win away from fifth. Chances havecome and gone for Tarwinalreadythis season, but they will not be able to let too many more slip.

HillEnd coach AmbuUliando knowstheir desire has not diminished, which gives them hope in the future.

Yinnar was too strong in the end, winning 10.12 (72) to 6.12 (49).

Magpies coach Sam McCulloch said it was one or two things that had them take home the chocolates.

“It was apretty hot start to the game. We played some of our best footy of the day in the first quarter and capitalised on ourinside 50s,” he said.

“Twenty one scoring shots all. If we had a coach that could kick straight and not give the opposition asix goal head start who knows. That’s footy though, credit to Chris and Stony who took their chanceswhen we let them turn the ball over high up the ground,” Weston said.

 MIRBOO NORTH -BYE.

Netball scoreboard

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE -ROUND 11

AGRADE: Drouin 85 def Maffra36, Bairnsdale 67 def Morell 41, Warragul 66 def Traralgon 51, Wonthaggi 60 def Sale 35, Moe 76 def Leongatha 45.

BGRADE: Drouin 78 def Maffra36, Morwell 40 def Bairnsdale 39, Traralgon 59 def Warragul 53, Wonthaggi 38 def Sale 34, Moe 46 def Leongatha 40.

CGRADE: Drouin 47 def Maffra40, Morwell 45 def Bairnsdale 33, Traralgon 47 def Warragul 24, Wonthaggi 36 def Sale 19, Leongatha 36 def Moe 18 17 AND UNDER: Drouin 39 def Maffra34, Bairnsdale 61 def Morwell 28, Traralgon 62 def Warragul 19,Sale 41 def Wonthaggi 25, Leongatha 50 def Moe 21 15 AND UNDER: Drouin 43 def Maffra36, Bairnsdale 52 def Morwell 20, Traralgon 66 def Warragul 14,Sale 55 def Wonthaggi 22, Moe 47 def Leongatha 30. 13 AND UNDER: Maffra49def Drouin 17 Bairnsdale 42 def Morwell 10,Traralgon 52 def Warragul 2, Sale 52 def Wonthaggi 2, Leongatha 35 def Moe 28.

MID GIPPSLAND -ROUND 10

AGRADE: Morwell East 71 def Thropdale 19,Foster 61 def Newborough 50, Fish Creek 54 def Boolarra48, Toora35def StonyCreek 23, Yinnar 61 def MDU 45, Tarwin, Mirboo North -BYE.

BGRADE: Morwell East 68 def Thorpdale 41, Foster 63 def Newborough 43, Hill End 56 def Tarwin 21, MDU 54 def Yinnar 39, Boolarra48def Fish Creek 47,Stony Creek 41 def Toora35, Mirboo North- BYE.

CGRADE: Morwell East 60 def Thorpdale 16,Hill End 32 drew Tarwin 32, Newborough 36 def Foster 29, Yinnar 52 def MDU 31, Boolarra28def Fish Creek 27,Toora38def StonyCreek 18,Mirboo North -BYE.

DGRADE: Morwell East 64 def Thorpdale 6, Tarwin 29 def Hill End 22, Newborough 48 def Foster 20, Yinnar 26 def MDU 24, Fish Creek 51 def Boolarra21, StonyCreek 36 def Toora 27,Mirboo North -BYE.

17 AND UNDER: Hill End 29 def Morwell East 13,MDU 34 def Yinnar 33, Boolarra40 def Fish Creek 35, Toora54def StonyCreek 18,Newborough, Mirboo North -BYE. 15 AND UNDER: Yinnar 31 def MDU 29, Boolarra44def Fish Creek 10,Toora37def StonyCreek 16,Foster 28 drew Newborough 28, Hill End 40 def Tarwin 4, Morwell East, Mirboo North -BYE. 13 AND UNDER: Toora20def StonyCreek 15,Yinnar 27 def MDU 18,Boolarra21 def Fish Creek 15,Hill End 30 def Tarwin 10,Newborough49def Foster 1, Mirboo North -BYE.

NORTH GIPPSLAND -ROUND 10

AGRADE: TTU40def YYN 30, Heyfield 55 def Cowwarr 29, Woodside 72 def Gormandale 43, Rosedale 69 def Yarram 29, Churchill 62 def Glengarry33, Sale City-BYE.

BGRADE: YYN 46 def TTU 33, Heyfield 51 def Cowwarr 26, Woodside 68 def Gormandale 43, Rosedale 52 def Yarram 39, Churchill 40 drew Glengarry40, Sale City-BYE.

CGRADE: TTU57def YYN 28, Heyfield 23 def Cowwarr 19,Woodside 56 def Gormandale 24, Rosedale 40 def Yarram 37,Churchill 35 def Glengarry28, Sale City-BYE.

DGRADE: TTU43def YYN 39, Cowwarr 35 def Heyfield 22, Woodside 49 def Gormandale 22, Rosedale 39 def Yarram 15,Churchill 27 def Glengarry21, Sale City-BYE.

17 AND UNDER: TTU 42 def YYN 11, Heyfield 68 def Cowwarr 4, Woodside 28 def Gormandale 19,Rosedale 62 def Yarram 7, Churchill27def Glengarry26, Sale City-BYE.

15 AND UNDER: TTU 58 def YYN 13 Heyfield 63 def Cowwarr 4, Woodside 28 def Gormandale 15,Rosedale 53 def Yarram 3, Glengarry31def Churchill 24, Sale City-BYE.

Cougars solidify top-three spot

NETBALL

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ROUND 11 of Gippsland League netball may not have wielded the results to describe it as the best we've seenthis year, butwhat it diddowas reconfirm the most dangerous sides.

Drouin were not about to work themselves into agame against the bottom-placedteam in thecompetition, quite the opposite, dishing out a43to17start.

They buriedMaffra's chances, and with afinalquarter of 25-12, the Hawks almost got it to around 50-goal win away from home.

Drouin had three players notch more than 20 goals, including Stacie Gardiner (38), Charlize Traumanis (27), and Karina Proctor (20), while Maffra hadKeishaJackson witha team-high 24.

Wonthaggi finished the roundinside finalsposition after a60-35 takedown of Sale.

The Powerscored in bunches at every term on their home court, including an 18-5 start.

Wonthaggi'sChelsea Bowman continued her stellar season with 33 goals, alongside Courtney Brann with 27 while Kate Van der Voort had 24 goals for Sale.

For their eleventh consecutive win this year, Moe showed no mercy to ahopeful Leongatha, as the Lions stormed home 76-45 winners at Ted Summerton.

In one of their best starts for the year, Moe piled on 41 goals in the opening half to the Parrots' 23, and more or less kept that same pace all the way to the finish line. The reigning premier now sits two games clear fromDrouin,while Leongatha sits at seventh-place with a4-7 win-loss record; two games back from finals.

Ramayer Gourley is on the hottest of streaks, with better than 43 goals in her last three matches (including 49 goals at the weekend) along with 27 goals from Georgia Moody.

Leongatha was led by Audrey

McGannon with 30 goals and Mikaeli Hilliar with 14.

Warragul held onto atop-three positionafter a66-51 victory over Traralgon.

The Gullswouldhave expecteda hot contest early, with Traralgon's impressive three-goal win over Bairnsdale in Round 10 and adraw to Morwell the week before fresh in their minds.

Warragul however,athome, led 31-24 at halftime.

The Gulls asserted themselves most prominently in thethird quarter with agame-high 19 goals.

Emma Ryde continues asensational season with 63 goals in the match. Ryde leads the league goal shooting by more than 50 goals from secondplaced Gourley (Moe) despite playing one less game than everyone else.

Sophie Lecchino (27 goals) and Grace Van Tilburg (21) worked hand-in-hand, whilst Stacey Jacobsen impressed throughcentre court to collect best-on-court honours for the Maroons.

Morwell's door appears almostshut completely this seasonfollowing a 67-41 loss to Bairnsdale on the road.

The Redlegs held asafedistance on the Tigers following astrong first half that had them up 11 goals, and then damagecontinued including an 18-8 final quartertostamp the win.

Bairnsdale's Anna Mooney had 39 goals, supported by Sally Deller's 28 while Tiffany Boatman led the Tigers with 27.

The Redlegs now keep themselves in the hunt betweenTraralgon and Wonthaggi for fourth and fifth spots by season's end.

 MID GIPPSLAND netball again saw separation in its results during Round 10.

Yinnar remained at the top of the table after defeating MDU, 61-45 at home. The Magpies now sit with a win-loss record of 7-1 and are clearly the team to beat.

Skye McDonald added to her league-leading goal tally with 40 goals against the Demons, as well as 21

goals from Claire Thorburn.

MDU were led by Alahna Arnason with 24 goals and Lillyca White with 19 as the Demons moved back to fourth on the ladder.

Morwell East trashed bottom-placed Thorpdale, 71-19, to move into third position on the ladder.

Sukie Hodgson had 42 goals along with Tayla Watson (29) for the Hawks at Ronald Reserve.

Newborough succumbed to Foster, 61-50, to create atwo-game cushion overthe four sides eyeingoff fifth spot on the ladder, including the Bulldogs.

It was aback-and-forth opening to the gameatFoster, with Newborough leading at the break, 13-12, on enemy territory and thesamemomentum from both sides collided with adrawn at half, 24-all.

Thethird quarter wielded similar results both ways, this time with the Tigers holding anarrowone-goallead just in time for the final term.

Foster would run over Newborough to conclude, outscoring them 20-10 including an eight goal to one passage in afive minute span halfway through the quarter.

The Tigers were led firmly by the scoring power of Ella Rendell and Brylee Angwin, 35 and 26 goals respectively, while the Bulldogs had Demi Cladow with 21 goalsand asplit in goal shooterwithCaitlin Demczuk and PaigeDabb with 15 and 14 goals each.

The result pushes the Bulldogs in danger of missing thefinalsata win-loss record of 4-5 just outside of that realm currently.

Fish Creek found themselves right back in the thick of it, positioned at second on the ladder after beating Boolarra away, 54-48.

The Kangaroosfifth win in arow camedifficultly, being downbythree goals at three-quarter time after leading at each break before that.

The final quarter would see rise to Jessica Edgar, who scored all but three of Fish Creek’s 16 goals during that run to collect the win.

Edgar had atotal of 38 goals on the

day, with another12goals coming from Isabella Cocksedge, whilst Bollarra split, scoring 25 goals from Tessa Jewelland 23 from Jaclyn Price.

Toora defeated evenly matched StonyCreek on the Lions home deck, 35-23 to give the Magpies their fourth win for the season.

In alow-scoringaffair (7-4 afterthe firstquarter), Toora forced enough of alead by halftime to give the Lions no real chance of acomeback.

Brittany Roffeyled the Magpies with 19 goalsand Melissa Blackshaw led Stony Creek with 15.

Tarwin and Mirboo North had the bye.

 FOLLOWING Round 10 of North Gippsland netball, the top five has almost been etched, with the most competitive sides clinching needed results to keep near undefeated Sale City, who rested with the bye at the weekend.

Traralgon Tyers United withstood an up-and-about Yallourn Yallourn North, winning 40 to 30 at Tyers.

Heyfield defeated Cowwarr, 55-29 in the Pride Game at Gordon Street Reserve. The Kangaroos now with a win-loss record of 8-1, while Cowwar is scrambling for alatefinals push at 3-6 in eighth position on the ladder. Woodside made short work of Gormandale, winning 72-42 at Tigerland, to put the Wildcats firmly into fourth position on the ladder.

Churchill looked as impressive as everdefeatingGlengarry, 62-33at Gaskin Parktocreateaclear topthree between themselves, Heyfield and Sale City all with eight wins on the year, whilst the Magpies sit two games back off fifth spot at 3-6. Rosedale wiped clean of winless Yarram, 69-29 at Yarram, to keep the Blues withinstriking distance of finals at 4-5.

Bulldogs showing their true spirit

FOOTBALL

MID GIPPSLAND BY TOM HAYES

HEADand shoulders abovethe rest is Newborough Football-Netball Club, who are taking their fundraising efforts to the next level.

Newborough have prided themselves to create and send apositive message,and have done so yet againthanks to the efforts of those involved with their latest fundraiser.

On May 18, the Bulldogs opened The Kennel to Thorpdale FNC for abig fixture in the Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League.

Newborough FNC hadspentweeks preparing the Breast Cancer Awareness Round, highlighting the need for awarenesssurrounding the cancerous disease.

Newborough’sMatt Rowlings hadhis mother sadly pass awaytocancer, which sparked the idea of creatingafundraiser to raise awareness.

Rowlings came to clubmate Patt Frendo with the idea, who passed the idea onto the committee at ameeting. They loved the idea, and it didn’t take long for things to get off the ground.

Many people have, or know someone who has been affected by cancer, so it didn’t take long for support to come flowing through.

Newborough FNC registered theirfundraiser with Pink Sports Day, something that anumber of local clubs had done this season, including the likes of Morwell FNC and Glengarry FNC.

“Itwas absolutely incredible -the engagement through the entire group. But then again, facilitated by Patt (Frendo) and the playing group… it’s not just the executive committee that have driven it, its actually the playing group,” Newborough FNC President, Natalie Sellings said.

The Newborough FNC playing group generally focus on one fundraiser per year. Last year it was centred around mentalhealth with the Mindful Aus program.

Although they might fundraise harder for a differentcause eachyear,Sellingssaidthe club remained devoted to fundraise for all causes.

“The involvement through, not just the playing group, but both the footballers and netballers, our sponsors, just the communityingeneralwas vast.”

Frendo noted that the engagement and generosity from the wider community was immense.

“The buy-in was unreal,” Frendo said.

“The playing group -wepretty much click our fingers, and they listen. We do pride ourselves on being aplayer-led club, especiallyinthe way of functions and fundraisers, that sort of stuff."

Abigger crowd wasdrawn to Newborough when they faced Thorpdale, whichonly helped with fundraising efforts, makingfor aspecial forthe club.

Withdonations, raffles,bake sales, amemorabilia auction, and auctions to shave people’s hair, the club was not short of ideas to keep peopleengaged and involved, all while makingmoney for agood cause.

While alsoshining alight on mentalhealth during the weekend, the Bulldogs also hope to

send amessage regarding road safety with another fundraiser, and also remain involved and active in the community for things such as Anzac Day and Indigenous Round.

“We are very conscious always of providing a strong message,and the club’salways beenlike that,” Sellings said.

“We’ve got so many young ones coming through who we want to sort of shape into good little citizens.”

The Newborough FNC reached atotal of $30,928 at the time of print, currently sitting as the number one club or organisation to registerfor Pink Sports Day.

More information,and the listoffundraisers can be found at: pinksportsday.bcna.org.au/ my-fundraising

NORTH GIPPSLAND

Jets run out of time against TTU

FOOTBALL NORTH GUPPSLAND

BY TOM HAYES AND BLAKE

METCALF-HOLT

ROUND 10 of North Gippsland football had it all.

Yet, once again for the most part, the league showed its top-heavy(or perhaps bottomheavy) nature as three of the five games ended in 90-plus point thrashings.

Glengarry: JBurgess 3AMay OBradfordMRyanB Truin. BEST: Churchill:JFenech JWhykes JWilliams BHoltB Skinner BWhykes Glengarry: THarris JBurgess LHealy AMay MRyanMHarris

On the flipside,anintenseduel between two heavyweights played its course, proving just how tight things are at the top in terms of competition -atleast between the top three.

The NGFNL alsocelebrated PrideRound once again, which was hosted by Heyfield, who competed for the Pride Cup for the second time in two years, this time coming up against Cowwarr.

 TTU survived an eight-point swing.

The Bombers' 11.13 (79) was enough to defeat the Jets'10.12 (72), in agame that had all types of twists and turns at Tyers Rec. They are bound to collide again come finals time given each of their form.

The reigning premier flew out the gate, bringing constant pressure across the ground leading to inaccurate kicking from the visitors.

The Bombers seemed afew steps ahead, flinging the ball across the ground with damaging run and carry, winning the opening quarter 3.4 (22) to 0.4 (4).

That intent overthe ball and suffocation from end-to-end continued much the same in thesecond term, with midfielders like Frazar Brouns, Flynn Shields and Oscar Aliotta leading the charge into the Bombers forward line.

TTU pushedtheirlead outtoasmuch as 33 points by halftime, and at 7.8 (50) to 2.5 (17) surelylooked to easily wintheir eighth game in arow.

with awin-loss record of 8-1, while the Jets stagnate at 6-3,holding their position thanks to Rosedale's win over Yarram.

 CHURCHILL capped off astrong performance at home.

Desperate for their third win of the season, the Cougars were favourites as they welcomed Glengarry to Gaskin Park, getting the points in a23.10 (148) to 7.12 (54) win.

After an eventful day which required two ambulances to attend to two separate, horrifying injuries, the seniors got underway on schedule.

In the thirds, aGlengarry youngster suffered what is suspected to be acompound fractureforcing the game to be abandoned finishing in adraw, while in the reserves, Churchill club legend Quinton Whitehead suffered abroken leg and dislocated ankle following alatetackle

Churchill were up to scratch as soon as the game was underway, kicking away to an early 21-pointlead. Adominantsecond quarter followed, which saw the home side add anotherfive goals, stretchingthe margin outto41points

Churchill's class began to oozeinthe third term,includinga special three minute blitz from JoeWhykes who wound back the clock and kicked three goals to give the Cougars even more breathing space.

Asolid final term saw Churchill run out 94-point winners, onegoalshy of the triple figure margin.

Jordan Fenech was best-on-ground for the home side, joinedbyJoe Whykes (four goals), Jye Williams (three goals), Brendan Holt (threegoals), Ben Skinnerand Blake Whykes.

For the Magpies, Thomas Harris was outstanding, also mentioned was Jack Burgess (three goals), Luke Healy, Andrew May, Michael Ryan and Mitch Harris.

 BACK into the swing of things. Heyfield returned to the winner's circle after an absence of five weeks, taking care of businesswith ease againstCowwarr, winning 27.14 (176) to 8.5 (53).

Cowwarr did their very best to keep the scores ticking for their side of things, but Heyfield just did everything more than three times better, besting the Saints in every quarter.

Heyfield's 20-point quarter time margin turned into 49 points by half time at Gordon Street. But just like the Kangaroos haveshown in afew instances this season, they only get better as the game grows older.

In the secondhalf,Heyfield began with a six-goal to one third term, putting the game well out of the Saints' reach, with the margin now at 80 points.

Thefinal quarterput the stamp on thewin, as Heyfield marked their authority, adding eight more goals to one, which saw the margin soar over 100 points,finally landing at 123 by the final margin. It was abig day out for Heyfield duo Finn Stephenson and Mitch Bennett, who kicked 15 goals betweenthem.Evenwithout their contributions, Heyfield still would have won. Brayden Woodland was best-on-ground for the Kangaroos; also highlighted was Tyson Birss, Stephenson, Nick Dinsdale (three goals), Tyson Graham and Liam Heasley.

For Cowwarr,Nick Twomey,Haydn Hector, Jackson Davison, Brady Hood, Keenan Hughesand Brett Grievewereall outstanding. The win keeps Heyfield in touchwith the top five, but due to Rosedale's win, the Blues remain hot on their toes.

 WOODSIDE dismantled Gormandale, again.

M ClearySHarveyJCarrison MMcmahonJCollins JJames

GOALS:Heyfield:BDinsdale4 SDonahoe 2J Kuhnell 2W Knight 2MJohnston BRonan K AndersonO Pearson. Cowwarr: RFerguson 3CFarleyDCooper. BEST:Heyfield:K Anderson D PatmoreSDonahoe XBrooksMCasella JKuhnell. Cowwarr: RFerguson LLangmaid AMcLean TPaulet WSwanLHegarty

TYERS 9.518.10 22.16 30.23 (203) YYN0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0)

GOALS:TTU:RDenovan 7HStyles4 BWatson3 NWasalski3LFox 2JStimson 2KCrawfordR Traill TTangiJ Poel MNoble BSelwynZ Bastin BRobson TCrosby. YYN: Details N/A.. BEST:TTU RTraillJ Stimson LFox HStylesBSelwynT Spagnolo YYN: JKaschke JLerstang IGlibanovic H Russell ABurke DAshman HEYFIELD 3.4 8.6 13.8 17.12 (114) COWWARR 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.1 (19) GOALS:Heyfield:EDavies8J Reid 3KHewish2Aharveygee OMavor LDwyer JHanratty. Cowwarr: HDunstan HJohnston LBrady BEST:Heyfield:B WilloughbyE Davies JHanrattyJ Reid OMavorJMcdiarmid Cowwarr: DMartinHDunstan XHurley HJohnston CBass

2.0 3.2 4.2 4.5 (29)

YYN led their typicalfightback, much the same as their near miss against Yarram afew weeks ago, possessingthe ball and finding teammatesmore efficiently further afield, resulting in afourgoals to one thirdterm the way of the Jets, and cutting the margin to two goals in time for the final quarter of play.

YYN's Anthony Young had been inserted into the midfield and powered through contest aftercontest to establish abish-bashtone that was needed, and his teammates followed suit -with TTU beginning to sweat contemplating another tightfinal minutesagainst their newly developed rivals.

It seemed the Bombers had weathered the storm however, pushing their leadbackout to 32 pointsfollowing goals from captain Jye Nielson, Caleb Michie and abomb from Shields.

Little time remained as bothsides would’ve been thinking ahead to next week’s matches, but it's not over until it's over.

The Jets were now working at afrantic pace, and although TTU had blown the game out, it appeared as if it had taken its toll, with the YYN players finding some extra energy in the dying minutes to attempt amiraculous win.

League-leading goal kicker Dean MacDonald played on from within 45 metres closer to the boundarytonailthe Jets' first of four goals that included an unbelievable check-side goal in thepocket throughtrafficfrom Riley Byrne and aclean slot from Barrie Burnett for his second made it all possible.

Eight pointsinitwithbarely aminute remaining, if even, YYN playing coach Tom Hutton claimed amark30metres out almost directly in front with all signs pointing to a final centre clearance to decide the result.

Hutton's shot stayed left and went through for abehind, the siren blowing seconds later.

The bestfor TTU included Nielson (two goals),James Jacobsen, Zach Kilgowerlimiting MacDonald to just two goals, Michael Jacobsen, WilliamCurtain (two goals) and Trent Hourigan wreaking havocacross half-back.

Anthony Young claimed best-on-ground for YYN, along with standouts Jai Massese, Dylan Brooks, Bailey Brown, Dylan Bentley, and Rowan Duguid. TTU move two games clear of YYN in third,

 IN what was shaping up to be one of the games of the round, it took perhaps the least likely of turns.

Rosedale, who had recently established themselves as afinals chance, only solidified that mantra, defeating Yarram on their home deck, 13.5 (83) to 5.13 (43).

Funnily, both sideshad the same scoring shots, with accuracy defining the game. Both sides had four scoring chances in the first quarter, and it went just as you would expect considering the final score. Yarram could only manage four behinds, with the visitors kicking 3.1 (19).

Rosedale didn't back down, in fact it looked like Yarram did in the second quarter, as the Blues foundasecond gear, boosting their advantagewhile kicking 5.3 (33)to1.2 (8) to give themselves a40-point halftime lead.

If the game was close,itwould've granted an exciting finish, with nothing sitting between the two sides in the second half.

Yarram found afew more chances in front of goal in thethird term, bringing the margin backout to 25 points.But just as Rosedale have for most of the season, they completed astrong win with astrongfinish, extending the margin back out to 40 points as the final siren rang.

As both sides had 18 shots on goal, the first thing you noticeiswho was more accurate, and with such adiscrepancy, you are led to believe that it was one of the driving factors for the Blues.

Luke Stuckey was highly ratedfor Rosedale, as was Jake Suter, Riley Boyle, WillLogan (sixgoals), BlakeSafstrom,and JakePawley. Spencer Fox also kicked three majors. For Yarram,LiamBentley was best, alongside Boadie Motton, Kayleb Pearce, Jake McFarland, Liam Farleyand Griffin Underwood. Josh Swift added three goals to his season tally of 39, to currently be third throughout the league.

Yarram stay withinthe top five, however now more uncomfortably, with just awin separating them from Rosedale in sixth.

Withabig win over atop-four team, Rosedale willbebeaming with confidence as they set up for their nextblock of games. In the next month they face teams all up and down the ladder, withGormandale, Heyfield, TTU, and Sale City.

TOOTHLESS TIGERS

Truthfully,the Tigers deserve some credit for fronting up week in, week out. By the sametoken though,similar results have seen other clubs across CountryVictoriaforced into recess by governing bodies in years gone by Results like this are not healthy or beneficial to anyone. If the aim of any league is competitive balance, mismatches do little more than to drag the competition down, making at least one game non-competitive during each and everyweek.

Travelling to Gormandale, the visitors had no problems whatsoever in dishing out the biggest win of the season thusfar, beating the Tigers by 253 points, 45.7 (277) to 3.6 (24). Apparently, not much has changedinayear at all, as this win for the Wildcats comes 343 days after they defeated the Tigersby254 points, in Round 14 last year.

Woodside was all but sure to pick up the four points before the game had even started, it was always going to be amatter of how much. They certainly did not hold back on their hosts, kicking 11.3 (69) to two behinds in the first quarter to open up a67-pointquarter time lead.

Adding another 13 goals straight in the secondterm, Woodside neared the 150 mark, and with apotential score of around 300 on the cards, Gormandale was in strife. However, the home side did manage to get on the board in the second term, kicking 2.1 (13), but the game was already lost with the margin sitting at 132 points Woodside would not step off the throat of their opponents. In the thirdquarter Gormandale managed to add one more goal, but that would be theirlastfor the game, as the Wildcats added 8.1 (49), putting the margin ever-so-close to 200 points with a quarter to play.

It would eventually reach that feat within the next 30 minutes,with Woodside saving their best quarter for last,adding 13.3 (81) to one behind in the final term.

Woodside personified accuracy throughout the game, withmorethan85per cent of their scoring shots registering goals. Contributing to that total was Woodside captain Ryan Foat, along with Michael O'Sullivan, who kicked 12 goals each. Jai Williams joined in on the fun, kicking eight, earninghimself best-on-ground honours.

Also in the best with that trio was Thomas King (three goals), Jeremy Morgan, and Joshua Kennedy.

For Gormandale, Tristan Salerno was classy as always; also noticed wasJet Krimhand, Chris Potalej, Flynn Roscoe, Kodie Owen and Nicholas Millington.

With agame in hand ahead of Traralgon Tyers United, Woodside didn't necessarily need the percentage, but they received a welcome boost, seeing it rise to over 280.

SALE CITY had the bye.

While Gormandale’smargins (fairly or unfairly) usually attract the most attention in this area, they are not the only senior football team in Gippsland to be routinelybelted in recent years. For those teams,and for those clubs, theremust be acircuit breaker

Where does it end? Where is the enjoyment and success for the people that do it year after year and see no results for it? It is going

Flanders prolific once again

FOOTBALL

AFL EXPORTS BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

IT'S hard to believe there is only nine rounds to go in the AFL homeand-away season Round 15 saw the Latrobe Valley Gold Coast trio travel to Perth to play Fremantle.

The Dockers secured amuch needed win,12.13 (85) to 10.5 (65).

The Suns burst out of thegate withthe first two goals of thematch from Sam Day and Jack Lukosius, before the home side kicked the next five goals.

Former Moeplayer Sam Flanders had 18 disposals and four marks

to halftime, continuing to rack up numbers in his fifth year in the system.

Thereonout,Fremantle returnedtotheir relentlessform seen during thebeginning of the season, pushing their lead out to 34 points at three quarter time.

The Dockers subdued in the final term as the Suns booted four goals to bring it within 14 points with little time to spare, but agoal from Jaeger O’Meara in red time meant little could be salvaged for the Suns.

It what would have been an impressive road win for Gold Coast, who now sit split on the year with awin-loss record of 7-7. Flanders finished with an equal match-high of 33 disposals to teammate Touk Miller, whilst other Valley boys had little damage. Bailey Humphrey (Moe) was subbed out with four disposals and Ben Ainsworth (Morwell) had nine touches.

The Jiath brothers, CJ and Tew, from Morwell, had the week off, owing to byes for Hawthornand Collingwood, as Traralgon'sTim Membrey for St Kilda.

Fuhrmeister COsborne HWhittaker

GOALS: Moe: LWalsh 3CMifsud2J

Photograph:

Community Corner with Liam Durkin

Moe Arts Society

MEMBERS are currentlyworking on display at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre, Traralgon.

These displays will be on show until July 28.

Also, many members' works have been selected for the Equine Shine Exhibition at Latrobe Regional Gallery.

These will show until October 27.

Moe Arts Societymeets every Thursday in the Moe Library from 9.30am. Pop in and say hi or even better, join up and paint your own thing, in the company of other art enthusiasts.

If you would like to find outmore,phone Mandi Thorpe on 0423 832 057.

Bingo winner

AFTER many, many attempts, Michael finally won agame of Bingo at Baw Baw Views Aged care.

The feat came on Friday, June 21. Michael was quite chuffed with his achievement.

TRAMPS ride

TRAMPS (Traralgon and MorwellPedallers Inc.) met at Yinnar BicentennialPark on Sunday, June 16.

Theweather was cool but sunny. The group rode towards Moe via the Haunted Hills mountain bike park.

There were many families at the facility enjoying the riding tracks. Riders then went onto theMoe Botanical Gardensfor lunch. In the afternoon, the ride south along Coalville Road to Narracan was amost interesting country road, with homes in the river valley and picnic spots along the way. Next ride is this Sunday (June 30), starting at Kernot Hall car park Morwell at 10am, and will travel to the Martin Walker Reserve Yinnar South for lunch.

TRAMPS welcomes new riders. For more information visit, www.tramps.org.au Club contacts are Paul on 0459 823 422 or Vance (0403 662 288).

ViewClub meeting

MOE View Club's July meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 3. The meeting will take placeatMoe Hotel (Leggies) from 10.15am.

The club's first two functions -Postie Party raising $1000withpercentage of sales of garments, and asocial lunch at Erica cafe, have been well attended.

For furtherinformation, phone Maureen on 0458 842 256 or Sue (0417 515 745).

Bridgeresults

TRARALGON Bridge Club results.

Saturday, June 15 -1st Rob Graham and Fred Kaminski 59 per cent; 2nd Egbert Tzoe and Ken Tierney (58).

Tuesday,June18- N/S 1st GregNicholson and Kaye Douglas 57.44; 2nd Ros McEvoy and Monika Cornell (57.14). E/W 1st Christine Zarb and Fred Kaminski (59.52); 2nd Heather Watt and Anne Howes (57.44).

Thursday, June 20 -1st Greg Nicholson and Kaye Douglas (70.7); 2nd Don Tylee and Helen McAdam (59.51).

Meditation group

MEDITATION in Moe is being offered on the first and third Wednesday of the month.

This style of meditation involves you in the practice of both sitting and walking meditation while maintaining agentle awareness of the flow of your breath.

Meditation is scheduled from 8.30am in the Narracan Hall at the Gippsland Heritage Park (Old Gippstown), Moe.

Email clem@asia.com or phone 0427 262 064 for more information.

Cost is $5 per session.

Winter market

MARKET at Churchill Shopping Centre, will be held on Saturday, August 24 from 9am to 1pm.

Bookings for stall sites can be made online at churchill.org.au/events

Note that this market is primarily for local crafters and artisans,home-basedbusinesses and community groupfundraising.Good condition secondhand merchandiseiswelcome, but this is not atrash and treasure market.

The Churchill Shop Local Winter Market is sponsored by Marinus Link. There'll be free sausage sizzles, entertainment and plenty of giveaways, including shopping vouchers to spend in nominated Churchill retail stores.

Search 'Churchill Shop Local' on Facebook to stay informed about community market days.

Keenagers

MOE/NEWBOROUGH Keenager Table Tennis Club member, Tony Broeren played his 1000 session of table tennis recently.

Tony reached this milestone on Thursday, June

20, and now joins two other members who have attained 1000 sessions.

Tony joined the club in 2007 and is always nearly one of the firstmembers to front up each session, helping to set up the tables.

Grateful

FOLLOWING agenerous grant by the Community Bank Mirboo North&District, the Traralgon Men's Shed will be constructing alarge number of nest boxes forinstallation on both public and private land in and around Mirboo North.

Since February's super stormdestroyed thousands of trees containing valuable nesting hollows, Boo Bird Boxes, agroup of local volunteers, hasbeenorganisingthe construction and installation of nest boxes for displaced wildlife.

The Traralgon Men'sShed volunteershave been the quiet achievers of the nest box project, having already donated more than 100 bird boxes for the project.

The speed with which the men's shed members construct the boxes is truly impressive.

Chess results

STEVEAhern was in tune, winning every contest until he met Barry Newman (pseudonym) in Latrobe Valley Chess Association.

There wassome good results for Ben Jackson, who gained two wins as well as salvagingthe draw,before twice slipping up with blunders.

Careful play kept Peter Bakker in the game but he was unable to force the winning path in two of them.

Most gamesdid not work well for Ian Hamilton

The guidance from Cliff Thornton for new players was appreciated by all.

Emma Jackson showed some clever tactical ideas but the calculations were not always correct.

For more details on local chess, phone Cliff Thornton on 0413 330 4528 or Ian Hamilton (5134 1971).

Spiritual service

LATROBE Valley Spiritual Centre Morwell (2 Avondale Road, Morwell) offers services every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm.

Doors open at 1.30pm.

Different speaker every week with demonstration from the medium.

Afternoon tee follows. For enquires, phone Amanda Webb on 0411 051 044.

Familytree

BUILDING aFamily Tree will be the next topic of interest for members and friends of the Mid Gippsland Family History Society.

Coming from Lakes Entrance to present the topic is the current PresidentofVicGUM (Victorian genealogists using microcomputers) -David Stephen.

Davidishighlyregardedinthe familyhistory world and is happy to share his knowledge.

As the society’s premises are being reconfigured, David’s presentation will be held in the meeting room at the Moe Library in George Street, with the talk scheduledfor 2pm this tomorrow (June 27).

Afternoon tea will follow the talk and all are welcome to attend.

The research room is open to the public each Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm. For further information, phone 0403 611 730.

Traralgon Historical Society

IT has been abusy time at the society.

On Saturday, May 25, the society held astall at the Latrobe CityVolunteeringConnections Event at GPAC.

Many community groups were involved,most thesame as the Society, trying to attract more volunteers and members.

Thatsameday,the societyalsoheldan 'Antiques &Collectibles Evaluation Day. Anne Rowland and Simon Storey did the evaluation of collectibles and MelanieSykes from Sale did the jewellery.

The event was really well attended and many treasures were seen to be evaluated with some surprises.

Abig thank you to the members who also attended, helping out with organising the event on the day.

It was avery successful day and the society is looking at doing another one next year.

You can reach the Traralgon Historical Society on 5174 3899 (leave amessage), or email secretary@traralgonhistory.asn.au.

The clubrooms are situated at the Kath Teychenne Centre, 11 Breed Street, Traralgon.

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IF youare acommunitygroupand have any newsitems you need publicised, feel free to email us at news@lvexpress.com.au.

You can address the correspondence to Editor, Liam Durkin.

Please write 'Community Corner' in the subject line and nothing else.

Deadline is Friday 9am to appear in the following Wednesday issue.

Congratulations: Moe/Newborough Keenager TableTennis ClubVice President, PatEsse (right) presents Tony Broeren with his certificate afterplaying 1000 sessions.

Helping hand: Frank and Samfromthe Traralgon Men’s Shed busy constructing more nest boxesfor theMirboo North project. Photographs supplied

Game on: Michaeland Rosina aretwo of BawBaw Views’resident bingo enthusiasts.Michael celebrated his firstwin recently, much to the staffs delight.

Saturday, June 29

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

12.30

In

(Ml, R) 1.20 Father Brown. (Final, Mv,R) 2.05 Gruen. (R) 2.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.10 JuliaZemiro’s Home Delivery.(PG, R) 3.40 Megafauna: What Killed Australia’s Giants? (R) 4.30 Restoration Australia. (Final,R) 5.30 Landline.(R)

6.00 Stuff TheBritish Stole: Australia’s Egyptian Mystery. (PG,R) Marc Fennell investigates amummy 6.30 BackRoads: Hebel, Queensland. (R) Heather Ewarttravels to Hebel.

7.00 ABCNews. Takesalookatthe top storiesofthe day,including coverage of developing storiesand events.

7.30 Classic 100 Concert2024. Coverage of the Classic 100 in concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from Hamer Hall.

9.00 Midsomer Murders (Mv,R) Barnaby and Winter investigate an attack on abeekeeperand the death of avillager

10.35 LadiesInBlack (Ml, R) Angela scamsher wayintoGoodes. 11.25 Shetland. (Mal, R) The search for Connor growsdesperate.

12 25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

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6am Morning Programs.

3.45pm Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 4.00 NITV News: Nula. 4.30 Brazil Untamed. 5.20 Going Places. 6.20 News. 6.30 FirstPeople’s Kitchen. 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke 7.40 Miniseries: The Walk-In. 8.30 MOVIE: Housebound. (2014, MA15+) 10.25 Buddy Guy:The BluesChase The BluesAway. 12.05am Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 JSchwanke’sLifeIn Bloom. (R) 10.00 LancefieldDreaming. (PG, R) 10.35 Outside: Beyond The Lens.(PG, R) 11.05 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup Series. Round5.Highlights 4.00 Sailing. SailGP. Round12. Highlights. 5.00 Sports Woman. 5.30 The Abyss: TheRise AndFallOf The Nazis. (PGa, R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 JerseyAnd Guernsey. On Jersey,asailing duo are set to take partinthe historicGorey Regatta and are hopingtoregain theirtitle.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France Stage1.FlorencetoRimini. 206km hilly stage.From Italy. 2.20 Blinded. (MA15+a, R) Bea is reunited with Peder

4.10 Peer To Peer (R)Presented by David Rubenstein

4.40 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River –Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri And Ngarigo Country. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight

6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Most Expensivest. Noon Scrubs. 2.05 Patriot Brains. 3.00 Our Stories: Connecting With Country. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.25 Tattoo Age. 5.55 The Food That BuiltThe World 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The Nine Lives Of.(Premiere) 10.20 Glastonbury:50Years And Counting. 12.05am Better Things. 1.35 Monica And Sex. 3.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am Steel

Magnolias. Continued. (1989,PG) 7.55 ICapture The Castle.(2003,PG) 10.00 All YouNeed Is Crime.(2019,M,Italian) 11.55 Mindscape.(2013 M) 1.45pm Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 4.00 When Mum Is Away…With The Family.(2020,PG, Italian) 5.55 2001:A Space Odyssey.(1968) 8.30 Bull. (2021, MA15+) 10.10 Ricordi?(2018,MA15+, Italian) 12.15am Late Programs.

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Tattersall’s TiaraRaceday,McKell CupDay and Caulfield Winter Series Day 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football. AFL.Round 16.Geelong vEssendon.From the MCG

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

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.45 Criminal Confessions: Chris Watts –Confession Untold (MA15+av, R) Takesa look at the2018murders of Shanann Wattsand her daughters at the hands of her husband Chris.

2.30 HomeShopping. (R)

4.00 Drop Dead Weird. (R)

Three Australian siblings move to abed and breakfastinIreland with their zombie parents.

5.00 HouseOfWellness (PGa, R) Luke Darcy,JoStanley and LukeHineslook at locations that highlight living well.

7TWO (72, 62)

6.00 Getaway.(PG, R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.(PG) 12.00 Destination WA.(PG,R) 12.30 Business Drive. 1.00 Great Australian Detour 1.30 MOVIE: TheCutting Edge (1992, PGl, R) D.B. Sweeney,MoiraKelly,Terry O’Quinn. 3.30 TheLap.(Final) 4.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 9News FirstAtFive. 5.30 Getaway.(PG)

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 ACurrent Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Twister (1996,PGvla, R) Twometeorologists, on the brink of divorce,are forced to work together after they are caught in asevere storm. Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton

9.45 MOVIE: Volcano (1997, Mv,R)Aminor earthquakeinLos Angelescauses avolcanic eruption which threatens to destroythe city. Tommy LeeJones, Anne Heche

11.45 MOVIE: Song To Song. (2017,Madlns) Twocouples chase music success. Ryan Gosling

2.00 TheIncredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 GlobalShop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

9GEM (92, 81)

Children’s Programs.

Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand

of Monterey.H’lights. 2.35 RichHouse, Poor House. 4.35 Travel Guides. 5.40 MOVIE: Bridge To Terabithia. (2007, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Jupiter Ascending. (2015, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Kane (2023,MA15+) 11.45 Court Cam. 12.15am Angel Of Vengeance 2.15 RichHouse, Poor House 3.15 Transformers: Cyberverse 3.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00

6.00 TheBrighter Side: Save Grow.Dream. Australians share bright ideas and tips.

6.30 TheDog House Australia. (PGa, R) Ahuskycross could be the right fit forafamily.Partners get thechance to tame astress-ball of acanine 7.30 TheDog House. (PGa, R) Deaf parents and their mischievous boys meet acheeky cockapoo puppy. 8.30 Ambulance UK (Mal)ItisEaster bank holiday weekend and theNorth West Ambulance Service receivea spikeinthe number of mental health related calls. Paramedics respond to a breach birth, acategory 1emergency 11.00 TheCheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour OfPower.

Sunday, June 30

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week.(R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Secret History Of The British Garden. (R) 3.30 Simply Nigella. (R) 4.20 SecretsOfThe Museum. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs Revisited. (PG, R)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 Spicks AndSpecks. (PG) Hosted by Adam Hills.

8.00 Austin. (PG) Afilmmaker takes overthe documentary.

8.30 LadiesInBlack (PG) Acatalogue photoshoot brings tensions to the boil between Magda and Mrs Ambrose.

9.20 TheSplit. (Ma, R) Tensions rise as Hannah and Nathan struggle to disentangle their lives. Christie arrives in London

10.20 Shetland. (Mal, R)

11.20 Annika. (Ma, R)

12.10 TheTrouble With Maggie Cole. (Final, Mv,R)

1.00 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Classic

Countdown. (PG, R) 4.00 Landline.(R) 4.30

Art Works.(PGa, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 MorningPrograms 10.00 PBS WashingtonWeek With TheAtlantic 10.30 Outside: Beyond The Lens.(R) 11.00 IrelandIn Music. (R) 12.00 Cycling.TourdeFrance. Stage 1. Highlights. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG,R) 3.55 Grand Tours Of Scotland’sRivers. (PG, R) 4.30 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review 5.30 The Abyss: The RiseAnd Fall Of The Nazis. (PGa,R)

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.30 Arc De Triomphe:The Passion Of ANation (PG) Takesalookatthe Arc de Triomphe, amonument at the heart of Paris. 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France.Stage 2. Cesenatico to Bologne. 199km hilly stage. From Italy. 1.50 Battle Of Britain: 3DaysTo Save TheUK. (PG, R) Part 1of3

2.40 Hitler: Countdown To War. (PGav,R)Part 1of3

3.35 Peer To Peer (R) Presented by David Rubenstein. 4.35 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River –Wiradjuri Country. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al JazeeraNews.

6am Morning Programs. 11.55 Hudson &Rex 1.35pm TheSwiping Game. 1.55 Turban Legend: Untold Australia. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France.H’lights. 4.00 Blaktrax. 4.30 WorldWatch. 5.00 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.25 Alone Denmark. 6.35 Great Australian WalksWithJulia Zemiro 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 MH370: TheLost Flight 9.30 WWE Legends 11.05 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 6.55 Fill The Void. (2012, PG, Hebrew) 8.35 Satellite Boy. (2012, PG) 10.15 Speed Kills. (2018,M) 12.10pm Whina. (2022, PG, Maori) 2.15 Steel Magnolias. (1989,PG) 4.25 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 6.40 Every Day.(2018,PG) 8.30 TheAssistant.(2019, M) 10.10 Quo Vadis, Aida?(2020,MA15+, Bosnian) 12.05am Late Programs. 6am MorningPrograms. 1.30pm Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay 2.30 ThePoint: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.35 Going Places. 3.35 Leah Purcell: AOne Woman Show 4.35 Buddy Guy: The BluesChaseThe BluesAway. 6.10 News. 6.20 Animal Babies. 7.30 Homesteads. 8.00 UtopiaGenerations. 8.30 White

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 11.00 House Of Wellness (PGa, R) 12.00 Football. VFL.Round 14 Richmond vCarlton. 2.30 AFLPre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL Round16. Richmond vCarlton. 6.00 Hello SA.(PG,R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 AFLSunday Footy Show.(PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 DriveTV. 1.30 Explore.(R) 1.45 Space Invaders. (PG, R) 2.45 MegaZoo (PG, R) 3.45 Do YouWant To Live Forever? (PGam, R) 5.00 9News FirstAtFive. 5.30 Postcards.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Dream Home. (PGl) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.

8.45 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusivespecial investigation. 9.45 TheLatest: SevenNews. 10.15 Code1:Minute By Minute: TheBedside Murders (Mav,R) Alook at the case of Roger Dean. 11.15 Born To Kill? David Carpenter (MA15+av,R)A look at the case of DavidCarpenter

12.15 Lipstick Jungle (Ms, R)

1.15 Travel Oz. (PG,R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Travel Guides. (PGl) The guides head to the Cook Islands.

8.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.00 TheMurder OfLyn Dawson: UnlikelyHeroes. (Mal, R) Part 3of4 Lynette Dawson’s lovedones push forher disappearance to be properly investigated 10.00 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) Alook at thelatest round of football 11.00 9News Late. 11.25 Transplant. (MA15+m) 1.05 TheLap (R)

Australia’s TopTen Of Everything. (PG, R)

TEN (10, 5)

6.30 TheSundayProject. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitutethe daily news, events and hottest topics. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.55 Tulsa King. (MA15+v) Dwight visits Tina beforereturningtoTulsa. Pete agrees to send Goodie to Oklahoma. Roxy tries to keep the FBI at bay Dwight has an offer forMitch. 9.45 FBI. (Mv, R) Scola suspects the mother of afive-year-old kidnapping victim is hiding something. 11.30 TheSundayProject (R) Alookatthe day’snews. 12.30 Home Shopping (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

Monday,July 1

(2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australia Remastered. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Miriam &Alan:Lost In Scotland And Beyond… (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs: The Streets.(PG,R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 MorningPrograms. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.40 Peer To Peer.(PG,R) 10.10 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review (R) 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 2. Highlights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 AShort History Of LivingLonger.(Ma,R) 3.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up.(PG, R) 4.05 Jeopardy!(R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 CatchPhrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. Hosted by BradleyWalsh. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 MOVIE: The Engagement Dress. (2023,G)AngelPrater, MikeManning. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABCNews. 7.30 7.30 8.00 Stuff TheBritish Stole: World’sBiggestDiamond. (PG) 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry

9.35 Monday’sExperts. (M) Hosted by Tony Armstrong and Catherine Murphy. 10.05 Gruen. (R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.15 PlanetAmerica.(Final, R) 11.45 YouCan’t AskThat. (Mal, R) 12.15 Grand Designs: TheStreets. (PG,R) 1.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.00 TheSecret History Of The British Garden.(R) 3.05 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG,R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PGa, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Contestants aregiven two minutestoanswer questions on their chosen subject.

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.35 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles: Malaysia. (PGa, R) English TV presenter Nick Knowles takes three railway journeys in Malaysia.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France Stage 3. PlaisancetoTurin. 230.5km flatstage. From Italy.

1.45 Sisi. (MA15+asv, R) Franz chasesAndrassyfrom court

3.45 Peer To Peer (R) Presented by David Rubenstein.

4.45 DestinationFlavour: SingaporeBitesize. (R)

5.00 NHKWorld English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Insight Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Beyond OakIsland. 1.15 WorldWatch.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 HomeAnd Away (PGav)

7.30 Dream Home. (PGl) In the final cycle of the NSW dream homes, thecontestants have sevendays to complete their renovations.

9.00 Alert:Missing Persons Unit. (Mav) The team investigates when a womanruns down aman and forces him to getinher car at gunpoint

10.00 S.W.A.T. (Mdv) Hondo stumbles across aheroin operation.

11.00 TheLatest: SevenNews.

11.30 Evil By Design: TheMan Behind TheCurtain (Mav,R)Part 2of3

12.30 TheEvent. (Mav, R)

1.30 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R)

2.00 HomeShopping. (R)

4.00 NBCToday. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 Do YouWant To LiveForever? (PGam) Part 3of4.Participants bravely confront theirdeepest medical fears as they takeonchallenging tests to uncoverthe secrets to defeatingdisease and extending human lifespan.

8.40 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth: Fasting. (PGa) Chris Hemsworth findsout howchanging his eating habits can help his questfor longevity.Heputs his mettletothe test with afour-dayfast before hunting for his next meal off the Great Barrier Reef 9.45 Tennis. Wimbledon.Day 1. From theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,London, England. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 1Late 5.00 TodayEarly News 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal OrNoDeal. Hosted by GrantDenyer.

6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch of amateur cookscompetes. 8.40 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns)Celebritypanellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of theweek. 9.40 Ghosts. (Return,PGls) Sam, Jayand the remainingghosts unravelthe mystery of whichoftheir number passedinto the afterlife. 10.05 JustFor Laughs Australia. (MA15+s, R) Hosted by NathValvo. 10.35 10’s Late News. 11.00 TheProject. (R) 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Utopia Generations. 1.55

Monsieur Verdoux. Continued. (1947,PG) 8.05 When MumIsAway… With The Family.(2020,PG, Italian) 10.00 Breathless. (1960,M,French) 11.40 On Chesil Beach. (2017, M) 1.45pm AFriendly Tale. (2020,PG, French) 3.40 Whisky Galore. (2016, PG) 5.30 AKing In New York. (1957,PG) 7.30 AMost WantedMan. (2014,M) 9.45 The Year Of Fury (2020,MA15+, Spanish) 11.40 Late Programs.

Tuesday,

July 2

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (7,6) TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Secret Science.(R) 10.30 Monday’sExperts.(M, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: Ridley Road (Mv, R) 2.00 ParliamentQuestion Time 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Miriam &Alan: Lost In Scotland AndBeyond… (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs:The Streets. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 3. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review (R) 12.00 Cycling.Tour de France. Stage 3. Highlights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 AShort History Of Living Longer.(PGa, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.35 The CookUp. 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.30 GreatBritish Railway Journeys: Denham To Swindon. Presented by Michael Portillo 8.30 Insight. Presenter Kumi Taguchiis joinedbypeople with first-hand experience of the issue, as well as commentators, to explorehow cheating deathcan change your relationship to lifeand lovedones. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France.Stage4 Pinerolo to Valloire. 140km mountain stage.From Italy and France. 1.50 Unseen. (Mals, R) 3.35 Peer To Peer (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.00 CatchPhrase. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGav) 7.30 Dream Home. (PGl) There is a lot at stakewith onlya fewdays left until the final dream home reveals.

9.10 TheGoodDoctor (Ma) The team deals with amass casualty event that forces them to put aside their emotionsfollowing arecenttragedy 10.10 Ambulance: CodeRed (Mav) Twomen are injured in an explosion. 11.10 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.40 TheReal Manhunter: The Night Stalker DelroyGrant. (Mav,R)Takes alook at DelroyGrant

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 9News

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7.00 ACurrent Affair. 7.30 Tipping Point Australia Olympic Specials. (PG) Three contestants go headto-head against amesmerisingmachine with onelucky participant playing forthe jackpot. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge. 9.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day2 From the AllEngland Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,London, England. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon.Day 2Late From the AllEngland Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,London, England.

5.00 TodayEarly News. Alook at all the news from Australia and around the world, as well as the latest sport andweather 5.30 Today. Thelatest in news and current affairs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer 6.30 TheProject Alook at theday’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch

Major volleyballcomes to the GRISS

THE South Gippsland Women's Division 3volleyball team triumphed at the Volleyball Country Champs heldoverthe King'sBirthday long weekend at Churchill Leisure Centre.

The event saw teams from across the region compete fiercely, showcasing the depth of talent in country Victoria.

South Gippsland's Division 3team, led by coach Jessica Sanders, demonstrated exceptional skill, teamwork, and determination throughoutthe tournament.

The gold medal match was anail-biter, with South Gippslandfacing off against aformidable team from the Albury-Wodonga region. The South Gippsland women lost the first set 25-18. South Gippsland ralliedinthe second, edging out a25-13 win to level the match. The third set saw intense backand-forth action, but South Gippsland's precision and resilience shone through as they claimed the set 25-19. Withmomentum on their side, South Gippsland sealedthe victory in thefourthset, winning 25-17 and clinching the gold medal.

The excitement didn't just stop at Churchill, as the tournament spread out through the Latrobe Valley to Morwell and Traralgon.

The games grew fierce at the GippslandRegional Indoor Sports Stadium (GRISS) and the Morwell Leisure Centre.

Leap: Latrobe Valleyhostedthe recent Volleyball CountryChamps.

Photograph: Katrina Brandon

Brilliant Barrywins double

TRIATHLON

TRARALGON triathlete Daniel Barry recently returned home from the New Zealand Ironman.

The 34-year-old was the OverallAge Group Champion, completing in atimeof8hrs, 57mins.

As aresult, Barry qualified for the Ironman World Championship, to be held in Hawaii this October.

Barry also wonthe Port Macquarie Ironman 70.3 in atime of 4hrs, 7mins, making it back-to-back wins at the venue.

Barry willcompete in the World Championships in New Zealand in December.

In completing his events, Barry wished to thank

CORRECTION

THE Page 34 story in last week’s Express ‘Recognising regional sporting talent’, incorrectlyblended GippStar and the Gippsland Sports Academy.

The awards were handedout through the Gippsland SportsAcademy, not GippStar.

The awards presented recently (describedinthe story) were for the athletesineach of the current Gippsland Sports Academy programs, not the Gippstar Awards. The academy’sawards are namedafterfounding members andearlylocal Gippsland achievers.

Gippstar and Gippsland Sports Academy are separate entities.

The Expressapologiesfor any confusion.

all for their support, especially Danny at Gippy Cycles, massage therapists Nenet Susa and Josh Stevens, as well as his wife Whitney and their kids Malia (six) and Sage (three).

Barry is an accredited AusTriathlon coach, hoping to inspire others.

For those wondering how many hoursa weekit takes to win Ironmanevents, Barryputs in 22-24 hours' worth of work.

To follow his journey, check out his Instagram @danielbarry_aus

Success: Traralgon local Daniel Barryupon winningIronman NewZealand.

Photograph supplied

Anglingclubs settobenefit

FISHING

FISHING, nah nah nah nahnah nah nah nah fishing.

Morefishing clubs across Victoriaare getting ahelping hand to upgrade facilities, boost their membership and encourage the nextgeneration of recreational fishers.

Minister for Outdoor Recreation, Steve Dimopoulos recently announced 12 grants awarded to localclubs through the state government’s Stronger Fishing Club Grants,madepossible through the reinvestment of fishing licence fees.

The program will support clubs, with grants of up to $10,000, with recipients including the Omeo Angling Club which will benefit from new roofing, clubroom windows and amobile signal boosterand EFTPOS system.

Chiltern’s Black Dog Creek Fish Club will create anew community fishing fun day to share

recreational fishing tips while upgrading the club’s barbecue area.

Recreational fishingclubmembers at the Shepparton-based Goulburn Murray Fly Fishers will benefit from first aid training, with anew defibrillator and satellite tracking device ensuring safer club fishing trips for years to come.

From the Bendigo and District Fly Fishers and TatongAnglersGrouptothe Didyabringyarodalong (Did ya bring ya rod along) Angling Club and Bairnsdale Fly Fishers, the grants will ensure more fishing clubs across Victoriahave the facilities and support they need to succeed.

Theprogram is part of the state government’s $96 millioninvestment to improve fishing,boating, piers and aquaculture for communities across the state.

To see the full list of recipients and learn more, visit vfa.vic.gov.au/strongerfishingclubs.

Downie second in croquet

CROQUET

SALE Croquet Club's annual handicap doubles tournament held recently (June 15-16) was closely contested in both divisions.

In Section 1, winners Judy Anderson and Steve Podolak,from Belmont,edged out state captain Shane Downie (Traralgon), and Paul Manwarring, (RNB), on acountback.

Both teams finished on six wins, two losses,

but the Belmont pair had +16hoops to +9 hoops. In Section 2, Mary Cornwall (Warragul), and Marjorie McKenzie (Queenscliffe), won with fivewins, with runners-up Lynette Taylor and Darry Edwards (Traralgon), being one of five pairs to finish on four wins. Sale members do not normally contest their own tournament, unless there is aneed to cover late withdrawalswhich happened during the COVID lockdown years.

Traralgon hosts hot championships

TABLE TENNIS

By KATRINA BRANDON

NO one could have predicted it.

The King’s Birthday Weekend Table Tennis Country Week Championships at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium (GRISS)featured the strength of the regional associations around Victoria, with gameskeeping spectators on the edge of their seats.

Eachgame drewintensity, with everyone playing their best and holding onto each point as the cards flipped.

The clubsinvolved in the tournament included Traralgon,Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Wonthaggi, Albury Wodonga, Geelong, Melton, Sunbury, Ballarat, Shepparton, Deniliquin, Yarrawonga/Mulwala, Table Tennis Victoria and Mornington Peninsula/ Frankston.

Traralgon entered 10 teams into the draw

In A1, Traralgon local Heath Sposato had astrongstart,beating Sunbury's John Jillella, Shane Mallia and Alex Anh Nguyen in Round 1.

The trio stood no chance against Sposato’s strength, combined with the Warr brothersSteve and Mick.While the brothers didn’t quite get Sposato's results, their games still held strong at four sets for most games, with some going to five. Overall, the Traralgon team beat Sunbury eight games to three, with 27 sets to 18.

From Sunbury to Ballarat, Traralgon’s A1 team was too good in Round 2, coming up seven games, 24 sets to Ballarat’s 'Hurricane' team’s four games and 15 sets.

Sposato once again brought his 'A' game,winning all three of his single matches. Not quite sharingthe same luck,Mickand Steve Warr dropped a few games.

Round 3saw the treble hit the stage for the Traralgon trio, winning their third round against Bairnsdale,not leaving much room for error. However, unlike the previous teams, Bairnsdale tookagameoff Sposato. Bairnsdale’s platinum Cary White won the top spot over Sposato in four sets. The games weretight,withpointsalways beingon the edge of tipping in one's favour and never-ending the set below eight. While afew games were lost to Bairnsdale, Traralgon still won sevengames to four Luck for Traralgon turned in Round 4, with Albury winning 6-5. Albury’s Max and Levi Geering met Sposato’s game with force, which ended in three sets for both. Thankfully, combining the strength of the Warr brothers against the Geeringsinthe doubles helped bring awin for the Traralgon team.

Geelong wasthe top team in A1. They waited until the Monday morning of the long weekend to take the battle to Traralgon, showing incrediblestrength to win 9-2. Warr and Sposato however won against Geelong’s Calden Lyons. Sposatofinished fifth, while Steve Warrcame eighth, Mick Warr 13th, and their team third.

OPEN SINGLES

SPOSATOandSteveWarralsoparticipated in the men's singles knock-out rounds.

Both made it to three out of five rounds before being knocked out.

Steve then wentinto the Over30s Men to takesecond place and Family Doubles withGeoffreyWarr (fromBairnsdale) where they were runners-up.

B2

TRARALGON'SB2teamincluded Peter Gomez, Geoff Lawn and Jeff Pollard, who picked the unlucky straw of the weekend,startingwiththe number one team of their sections, Geelong.

The Geelongteam again overpowered Traralgon, leaving the game at 6-5 in Round 1.

Traralgon had better luck in Round 2, as they were warmed up and roaring to go, which resulted in a6-5 win over Sunbury.

While still atight one, Traralgon was relentlessabout getting points back and getting awin. Luckily in Match 11, Gomez snatched up the last game in four, winning the round.

Come Round 3, it was all red for Albury, as they snatched the win9-2 against Traralgon.

While Albury only got second in B2, Traralgon couldn’t quite figure out the game the opposition was playing.

The games won by Lawn and Pollard raised to five,showinga rollercoaster of results such as 11-3 and 11-5. Sadly, the effortofthose games wasn’t enough to take the win.

Traralgon then had Ballarat, who fought them 6-5 and won.

Round 4was very swap and change, with the two teams winning one game and then the next team winning. This left it up to adecision round, which Ballarat’s Teck Young was lucky enough to win against Lawn in three.

Back at it again on the Monday, Traralgon scored a9-2 win against Wonthaggi in Round 5.

The win for Traralgon was tiresome, withmost gamesbeing four or five sets. Traralgon finished the tournament in fourth place.

C1

TRARALGON'S Jason Comrie, Guri

Soniand Mark Strini lostthe first round to Deniliquin 6-5.

The gamelifted aroundmatch five when Soni won the first Traralgon game, which led to astringofwins, but it wasn’t enough for the first round.

Feeling abit more prepared, Traralgon beat Melton 8-2 in Round 2.

The swapwith Soniand IanStrong in the team indeed gave them more power, even in the doubles,they smashed it, gaining the win.

Ballarat wasn’t so lucky in thissection as Traralgon beat them 10-1 in Round 3, taking the first double.The results showed the roaring strength of the Traralgon team, with Soni returning to give Strini abreak.Gamesonce again favoured four to five sets over the tournament in this round. The favours just seemedtogotowards Traralgon for this round.

Round 4was Traralgon’s day, as they took seven games from Yarrawonga, who tookfour. Together,the Yarrawonga team was strong, taking out both doubles,but that’s wheretheir strength ended against Traralgon’s power. Constant rotation was in for Traralgon by Round 5, but it stillwasn’tenough in thefinal round to beat Shepparton. Strini came to relieve Comrie for this round, but the game wasn’tintheir favour, losing 7-4.

D1

TRARALGON'S Leonie Degnan, Rino Metlikovec and Alan Fullard took 7-4 from Ballarat. Don’t let the wins fool you. This was atough one for the team. With most games going to three sets, it was close in the scores that tilted Traralgon’s way Round 2saw the game flipped, with Traralgon losing 7-4 against Melton. Melton showed relentless strength against Traralgon, oftendragging the games to four or five sets.

Brushing off the loss from the interassociation games, Bairnsdale came in strong during Round 3, winning 9-2. Unfortunately, Traralgon lost to Shepparton in the next round Metlikovec’s game wasn’t promising to start with, but the next matches brought hope, with Fullard and Degnanbringing home the games and the doubles. After this, it seemed Shepparton waspushing games back further, going to five sets.

In Round 5, the top team in the section was Mornington Frankston, who beat Traralgon 8-3.

Traralgon was stronger together in this round, taking both doublesand one singles match, but it wasn’t enough Even sets going up to 18 points were present in some games. There really was no steppingdown for the Traralgon team, even when all hopes of winning were lost.

D2

IN the first round, Traralgon’s Paul Ryan, Daniel Stevens and Ronald Winkelmanwereset against rivals Bairnsdale.

Winning 10-1, the trio showed much promise for the section, with Bairnsdale rarely escaping the three-set matches. Brian Blythman was the one winner for the opposition, who managedto get agame in three early on against Winkelman.

Strength bellowed in this Traralgon trio as they foughtWonthaggi, winning 7-4inRound 2.

Most of the games in this round went to four sets,with Wonthaggifalling behind.

Wonthaggi’s Sean Michael seemed to be the only team member who could keep up with Traralgon’s games or even challenge the games further to five sets. With much struggle, he took most of hisgames apart from when he played Stevens in the final match.

Traralgon won again in Round 3, this time beating Melton.

Melton had shown great trouble throughoutthe levelsfor Traralgon, but this win came in 6-5.

The first lot of games were taken in turns winning between the two teams, which changed after the first doubles with Traralgon jumping in front. Trying to regain matches, the Melton team picked up their final games, pushing for the win, but thankfully, for Traralgon, it wasn’t enough to win.

It was then red on red in Round 4, with the ruby-red Albury team taking ahead, which set them up for first in the section. The win was well earned by Albury, who took 9-2 duringthe round. The start of the round wasn’t looking good for Traralgon, as they braced for their first weekend loss. Stevens seemed to be the only one who could keep up with Albury’s highly-prepared team, who helped take adoubles and singles win. Settling for third, Traralgon lost 7-5 to Yarrawonga in Round 4.

After winning four matches in a row, things started to look down for Traralgon, but coming back in five and four sets, the team braced for along round. During this round, the team’s fourth, Adam Guo, stepped in to help them get closertothe win in Paul Ryan’s place.Evenwith theaddition, Traralgon couldn’tquite get past Yarrawonga’s James Loughnan.

D3

TRARALGON'S D3 team started by watchingtheir opponentsinRound1, allowing them to learn their styles. Sadly for Traralgon’s Noel Burns, Gavin Carrigg, and Brian Considine,

watchingwasn’t enough to get by Leongatha’s team in the second round, losing 10-1.

Bringing in the win, Carrigg won against Leongatha’s Michael Holwerda in three sets.

Unfortunately, this was the only game that slipped to Traralgon in this round. Overall, Leongatha took the section by storm, not dropping around.

Traralgon slayed the Albury 'Rising' Dragon (the name given by Table Tennis Victoria) 7-4 in Round 2.

This round, the team faced many games to four sets, with atough final few matches going to five sets.

It’s only aflip of atable that sets the game and the lighting advantages, but withwicked spincontrol,Considineand Burns gave Albury the challenge they were looking for.

Flipping the previous round's results, Bairnsdale took on Traralgon and won 7-4. Bairnsdale seemed to be in adouble rhythm, winning two matches in a row while keepingupafour, five-set challenge.

Traralgon lost the final round 10-1 to Yarrawonga.

The single-match win came from Considine, who challenged Yarrawonga’s Evan Kibble in four sets, riding points up to nine and even 13.

E1

STARTING with abye,Traralgon’s Henry Franssen, John O'Brien and Trent Strong began their second round with an 8-3 victory against Albury. With a'false' start, it seemed that Albury was going to pull ahead, winningt turned the Albury’s his ahead on-and-off Tr in Round was Mirroring round, 8-3. Won matches, impro strong, more This Wonthaggi Onc score Traralg Shep victor Round Being the

second-strongest team in the section, Shepparton wasn’t letting Traralgon pass, riding up scores to 10, 12 and the top of 17 in one game. Traralgon ended up coming third.

E2

TAKING Traralgon head-on,Sunbury Table Tennis Association held on tight to the gameagainstTraralgon’s

there, ready to hit the floor. Luckily, in Round 2, Traralgon had the bye. Shepparton threwtogether astrong team for Round 3, leading to an easy victory over Traralgon 9-2. With nearrooftouching shots and ‘should be illegal’ rubbers, Traralgon had no chance.

Shepparton’s Tshering Wangchuk presented the near-roof shot, who landed the shotbackonto Fullard’s side and back over to his, winning him the shot. You wouldn’t believe it until it happened

TRARALGON'S Maya Gomez, Dhiira Slade andManan Sladehad an easy one for the first round, beating Melton 11-0. Most games settledatthreesets; four exceededbut didn’t tip over. Round two was abye for Traralgon, before Round 3saw Bairnsdale proved too strong,winning 8-3.Bairnsdale’s Leigh Thompson somehowbroke

through the team’s power,winning against both the Slade brothers and Rohan Reynolds, beating Dhiira in five. Once again blindsided, Melton placed a second team in for Round 4, only to lose 8-3.Focused and ready to go, Traralgon roared, with most games going to three sets towards the end.

To top off the other wins, Traralgon beat Yarrawonga 9-2 in the final round. Finishing at the top of theirsection, no one expected any difference for the trio, as the three alwaysimprove. This pushes the team up for next year, and they maybereadyfor afew grades higher.

OPEN SINGLES

MAYA Gomez and Manan Slade participated in the Open Esingles. Gomez was knocked out in three of five rounds and Slade received runner-up.

E4

TRARALGON juniors cleared the room as they took first placeinthe competition. Traralgon’s Angela Guo, Saxon Long and Tynen Longwentupagainst Leongatha’s first team in Round 1 (winning 8-3), only to replicate the game later in the second round to the other Leongatha team. Quick and easy was the taglinefor this team, where games rarely went into four sets.

If Table Tennis Victoria’s (TTV) team can’t win amatch in the group, they may be too strong for this section. All but algon the against on again

Traralgon hit this

TUESDAY25JUNE

Lucy Cooper turns 11

THURSDAY 27 JUNE

Blake Thompson turns 10

Peyton Lindsay turns 3

WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE

Brianna Johnson turns 12

Olivia Sawyer turns 7

Grace Wilk turns 10

Quinton Morgan turns 10

FRIDAY 28 JUNE

Lewis Sanderson turns 12

Lincoln Taylor turns 2

SATURDAY 29 JUNE

Ambrose Brand turns 11

Top-notch: Traralgon players SteveWarr and Heath Sposatoheading intoalengthydoublesduring the CountryWeek Championships Photographs: Katrina Brandon

Power: Dhiira Slade and Maya Gomez took top place in the E3 section

Business Guide

IN 2018,local familythe Hutchison’s decided it wastime to starta family-owned and operated business in Gippsland to shareAdam’s28yearsexperience in the civil construction/asphalting industry to thelocal and surrounding area.

Hutchinson's areareliable,passionateand always strivetodotheir best to have small turnovertimes on all projects theytakeon.

They strivefor perfection, and this shows in all work they complete.

Hutchison’s Asphalting coverthe entireGippsland and surrounding areas.Theynot onlyspecialise in asphalting butalso offerconcreting and concretecurbing

The companypridesthemselveson customer satisfaction, qualityofwork,

and offerawide rangeofservices to Gippsland and the wider community, which includes:

 Concrete and concrete curbing;

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TRARALGON EAST, 85 Cooba Way. Massive Sale. Part 3decades of collecting. 8am-4pm Sat. and Sun. New items added, 2021 Case tractor, trailer, power and hand tools, hardware, pressure washer, antiques, Fergie parts, maps, glass doors and pressed tin. Photos on Facebook.

YINNAR, 2rooms available to rent, shared

Seymour St Newsagents will no longer be taking Latrobe ValleyExpress Classified advertisements in Traralgon. Youcan either email your advertisement to our classified department using your credit cardordirect deposit or come into the office at 21 George Street,Morwell to place and pay for your advertisement Phone 5135 4455 for further information

subject to the publisher's approval. For further advice, contact the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 1300 302 502 or your state consumer affairs agency.

CareersatLatrobe

LatrobeCityCouncilhasexcitingopportunitiesforenthusiasticand forward-thinkingindividualswithapassionforprovidingexcellent servicestoourcommunity

• EmergencyManagementPlanningand Claims Emerge yManagementPlanningand Officer –Permanent Full Time

• OperationsOfficer tions Officer –Permanent Full Time

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• AboriginalCommunity LiaisonOfficer iginal CommunityLiaison Officer–PermanentFull Time or Part Time

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• EarlyChildhood Teacher hildhood Teacher- Casual

• AdditionalAssistantEducator–Early Childhood Additional Assistant Educator–Early Educator –Fixed Term Part Time

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Forfurtherinformationincludinghow toapply,positiondescriptionsand applicationclosingdates,pleasevisitour websitewww.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers

Pleasenotesuccessfulapplicantswillbe requiredtoapplyforandsatisfactorilyobtain aNationalPoliceCheckandWorkingwith ChildrenCheck.

www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers

We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our team as a Sales Supporter =WOW Person!!

Our ideal candidate would be abit of an all rounder, have experience or aserious interest in photography, be alittlebit handy when it comes to basic property maintenance, be well presented and be personable when it comes to dealing with people.

The role the successful applicant would play in our team would include (but not be limited to) the following tasks:

● Property Photography and production of high quality imagery.

● Erect and remove Signage from properties.

● Minor Property maintenance (as required) ie lawn mowing, light gas heaters/hws, keys, door locks etc.

● Arrange and distribute Marketing (delivering just listed/just sold flyers and prospecting letters).

● Run Errands on behalf of the team.

● Meet building and pest Inspectors, bank valuers at properties.

● Basic Project Management -arranging quotes, trades etc for inspection issues on properties.

● Arrange bespoke gifts for clients.

We'd supply all of the necessary "tools of trade" to fulfil the position and provide afully maintained company vehicle (or car allowance if our applicant has suitable vehicle) to the successfulapplicant. For our ideal candidate we could be flexible in running this position as part or full time. If you like what you see and can picture yourself playing this role within our team we'd love to hear from you.

Email your resume and acovering letter to careers@ dannyedebohlspropertysales.com.au

Immediate start

We have multiple opportunities to join ahighly flexible dynamic production environment. We are looking for driven, motivated and reliable individuals to support the production team in a range of activities, in the picturesque township of Toora.

Work within various production areas of the business, with the potential to convert to full time. Available to work Mon -Thurs from 6am to 4.30pm, up to 40 hours per week, depending on production needs.

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

● Undertake all duties in asafe and professional manner

Successful candidates will have:

● The ability to work effectively both independentlyand as amember of ateam

● Undertake adrugand alcohol test prior to commencement

● Previous experience in the dairy industry or manufacturing environment is highly regarded, but not essential as training will be provided

Email resume ATT Darren Piasente, Operations Manager to admintoora@viplusdairy.com

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JOURNALIST

The GippslandTimes and Latrobe Valley Express arelooking for ajournalist to join our team.

This is afantastic opportunityfor you to contribute to the communities in our region.

The role will include general news reporting in aregion with awealth of stories to be told about current challenges and future opportunities in addition to the normalstory telling expected of alocal newspaper serving its community

The ideal candidate will:

Have relevant tertiaryqualifications

Have great communication skills, both verbal and written

Be able to write punchy,informative and exciting stories on arange of subjects

Possess great news sense and an understanding of what engages local readers

Have acurrent driver’s licence

Be motivated with acommitment to accuracy and quality reporting

The position will be based in Sale.

The successful applicant will report to the Editor

Send aletter of application, resume, list of referees and work examples to:

The Editor -Liam Durkin Gippsland Times ldurkin@lvexpress.com.au Applications close: Friday, 19th July 2024.

Experienced Operator/Technician

If youare an experienced operator,and wouldliketojoina diverse team,

rewarded withgreat salary and benefits,then thisisthe opportunityfor

About us LoyYang Bisanelectricity generator located in thepicturesque Latrobe Valley currently supplying 20% of Victoria’s power.Weare owned by Chow TaiFook Enterprises(CTFE) and belong to the Alinta Energy family,agrowing and innovativeenergy market disrupter

We arefocused on increasing plant performance, efficiency and flexibility and areinsearch of people with expertise and experience to contribute to innovative new projects.

We arecommittedtoincreasing workforce diversity and creating an environment where people with newideasfeelempowered to speak up andexplorewhat is possible.

We constantly strive to understand and meet broad community expectations regarding environmental management,health, safety andgood corporate citizenship.

About the opportunity

Competitive salaryand benefits.

Generous superannuation, contributions above the superannuation guarantee or membershipofaDefined Benefit Scheme.

Flexible working arrangements to balance your work, lifeand play (base 36-hour,4day work week during the initial training period of 4months, 2x 12-hour shift work) post training. Above awardannual leave entitlements. Fast-tracked training program to Senior PanelOperator(Unit Controller) level.

Access to further development opportunities to continue to grow leadership and technical skills that arehighly transferable throughout industry.

Enjoy close proximity to great regional communities of Traralgon, Warragul and Sale, access to alpine regions andsnow,expansive beaches, wilderness escapes and leading schools.

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Responsible for the safe control and operation of LoyYang ‘B’unit(s) and associated plant,within limits, for maximum efficiency and availability while maintaining environmental compliance.

Monitor equipment conditions, diagnose problems, report abnormal conditions and take corrective action.

Carryout regular plant inspections and take plant readings.

Read, interpret and implement complex technical information including drawings, manufacturer data and operating and maintenanceprocedures.

Lead, develop and mentor other Operator/Technicians including the development and deliveryoftraining modules.

Perform routine and breakdown maintenance within your level of knowledge.

What you’ll need

Evidence of successful completion of an approved electrical utility power plant operator training program.

High risk licence for advanced boiler and turbine.

Knowledge of system construction, capacities, limitations, theories of operation and operating procedures, plant design and valving configurations. Knowledge of permit procedures for safe access to plant

Demonstrated experience as apanel operator in charge of alarge-scale boiler/turbine unit within acoal fired power station.

If this sounds likeyou, don’tignorethis opportunity-makesureyou: Apply via our careers page www.loyyangb.com.au/careers

Vacancy closes 4July 2024.

LoyYang B– powering your career!

LoyYang Bwelcome applicationsfrompeople with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.Wewill provide reasonable adjustments for individuals withdisability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as aperson withdisability and requireadjustments to the application, recruitment selection and/or assessment process, please advise via the above email or 5177 2268 andindicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone) so we can keep in touch and meet your needs.

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FENNA, Margaret R.A.

1/1/1936 -18/6/2024. Aged 88 years Passed away peacefully at home. Cherished mum of Diane and John (dec.). Loved grandma of Matthew, Lesley and Will. Loved great-grandma for Alanah, Avani and Nataya. We will miss you. Your zest for life was so strong with your quick wit. Love you forever. Happy in Heaven with Ronald

FENNA, Margaret. Loving twin sister of Ann. Cherishedaunty of Graeme, Malcolm and Margaret. Happy memories of family get togethers and holidays.

KRAUSE, Carl Anthony. Passed away at Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon on 20 June 2024. Aged 51 years Beloved son of Helen and family. Special thanks to the nurses and doctors at the Emergency Department of LRH for their dedicated care. For Funeral details please visit: www.nielsenfunerals.com.au

ACelebration of the Lives of COLLINS, Neil Raymond 5/4/1950 -28/1/2024. PAWANTEH, Wan Noor. 3/2/1950 -12/3/2024. Together, let's share stories and memories remembering Neil and Wan as they would want us to with laughter and cheers in their honour.

6July 2024, 1pm Nicholson River Hotel Front bar. 929 Princes Hwy. Nicholson VIC 3882 RSVP 30 June Ph 0431 257 881

LEWTHWAITE. The Funeral Service for Mr Neville Lewthwaite will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on FRIDAY (28 June 2024) commencing at 2pm.

The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the Service for the Gippsland Memorial Park Cemetery, Traralgon. Neville's Service will also be livestreamed. Please see our website for livestreaming details.

MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON

Ph 0400 687 967.

Leisl is turning 40!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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ANSTEE, Kenneth John.

Aged 82 years (Formerly of Morwell) Darling husband of Sandra for 56 years, and loving father, brother, grandfather and friend to many. Passed away peacefully at home on Thursday 13 June 2024. Forever in Our Hearts

BECK, Kenneth Rocke. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital on Sunday 16 June. Aged 94 years Dearly loved husband of Moira (dec.). Much loved father and father-in-law of Deneice (dec.) and Leo, Leanne and Steve. Loved Poppy to Kara, Caitlin, David and Kim, and Great Poppy to Paddy, Grace, Levi, Rose, Hazel, Andrew and Bodhi. Forever in our hearts

FENNA, Margaret. Passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, 18 June 2024. Beloved wife of Ron (dec.). Much loved mother of Diane, Christine, Beth and Alfie. Grandmother of 8and great grandmother of 1. Reunited with Dad in Heaven

HARRIS, Jamie. Passed away at home on Saturday, 15 June 2024. Loved son of Noel and Ann (dec.). Big brother to Tracey and Rick, Michael, Luke and Amy. Much loved uncle to all his nieces and nephews. Have acoldone ready for us Go Pies

HENRY, Beverley Anne (Bev). Passed away peacefully at Dalkeith Gardens Aged Care Traralgon, 20 June 2024. Aged 82 years

Loved daughter of the late Reg and Joyce Henry. Much loved sister and sister-in-law of Chris and Gabi. Loved Aunty to Maddi.

HODGE, Ian Stewart. Passed away on 16 June 2024 at home from heart attack (aged 55). Dearly loved son of Darrell and Helen (dec.) Hodge. Loved brother to Kathleen Hodge, Julie and Peter Williams. Loved uncle to Isaac and Samuel Williams, Hannah and Oliver Brown, Phoebe and Jonty Morgan. We will see you again soon

JURUS, Bronislawa. 23/12/1921 -13/6/2024. Dearly loved mother of Krystyna and Mary. We appreciate the hard work and sacrifices that you and dad made to give us so many opportunities in our lives. You were always kind and generous to everyone. We will miss your sense of humour. You were supportive and loving and we were privileged to have shared your long and rich life. Love you always Your daughters Krystyna and Mary.

JURUS, Bronislawa. 23/12/1921 -13/6/2024. We celebrate 102 years that our beautiful Babcia blessed us with, migrating to Australia, ahard working lady who put so much love in everything she did for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. We cherish the memories and thank you for the lessons you've taught us along the way.

Rest In Peace, Babcia Julie, Tom, Rebecca and Jaxson.

JURUS, Bronislawa. Passed away peacefully on 13 June 2024. Loving and kind in all her ways, Sincere and true in heart and mind, Agentle nature, aheart of gold, Always asmiling face and welcome to all. These are the beautiful memories that we shall hold. Acherished family friend of 74 years. To the Karapulka family Olga (dec.), Jan (dec.), Aniela, Brian and families, and Godmother to Monika. Rest In Peace In Gods Garden

Our love and sympathy to Mary, Krystyn and family at this sad time.

LEWTHWAITE, Neville John. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital, 20 June 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Aged 87 years Dearly loved husband of Valda (dec.) for 67 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Colin and Jann, Sharon and John, Brett and Mandy, and Shane (dec.). Adored Pop to all his grand, great grand, and great great grandchildren. In our hearts you will stay Loved andremembered every day

SEJDAK (nee Martens), Herta Dora Maria 'Heather'. Passed away peacefully on Sunday 23 June 2024. Aged 96 years Loved and loving wife of Felix (dec.). Loved and loving mother of Van, Felix (dec.) and Frank. Much loved mother-in-law of Cheryl. Cherished nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Reunited with her family here and abroad

WELLS (Larkins), Norma Joyce. Passed away peacefully at Calvary Narracan Gardens Aged Care Newborough on 22 June 2024. Aged 80 years Dearly loved wife of Mick (dec.). Loved and missed dearly by Bev and Geoff Herben and their families and friends.

WOOD, Patricia. Passed away peacefully at Bupa, Traralgon surrounded by her loving family. Aged 97 years Beloved wife of Denny (dec.). Loved mum of Greg and Vicki. Devoted Nan of Stacey and Jodie, Ryan and Mary. Great nana Pat of Jett and Elijah, Angus, Molly and Lulu. 'Now you can follow the sun Pat' We will always cherish our special memories of you. 'GO HAWKS' Private Funeral as requested by Pat.

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ANSTEE. The Funeral Service for Kenneth John Anstee will be held at the Church of Christ, 31 Saunders Road, New Gisborne, WEDNESDAY (26 June 2024) at 1pm. Private Cremation. Family and friends unable to attend may join the service via livestream which can be accessed on Ken's tribute page at tjscottandson.com.au

BECK.

AMemorial Service to celebrate the life of Mr Kenneth Beck will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe on WEDNESDAY (26 June 2024) commencing at 2pm.

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FENNA. AGraveside Service to commemorate the life of Margaret Fenna will be held at Hazelwood Cemetery, Brodribb Road, via Morwell on MONDAY (1 July 2024) commencing at 11am.

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HARRIS. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Jamie Harris will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Drive, Morwell FRIDAY (28 June 2024) commencing at 11am.

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HENRY. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Miss Beverley Anne Henry will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on THURSDAY (27 June 2024) commencingat 10am.

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SEJDAK.

The Funeral of Mrs Herta Dora Maria 'Heather' Sejdak will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway, Traralgon, TUESDAY (2 July 2024) commencing at 11am. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. Heather's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream please visit our website.

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The Funeral Service for Mrs Norma Wells will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe on TUESDAY (2 July 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the Service for the Moe Cemetery.

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PARR, Maurice. 29/6/1932 -1/7/2016. 8years passed Missing you always, never forgotten. Your loving wife Mary and sons Tremain, Anthony, Neville, Warren and families.

VERNON, Ann. 27/6/2015. Always loved and never forgotten In our hearts forever Alan and family.

CRUICKSHANK. Ruth and family would like to thank the very many friends and relatives who showed their love of our late husband and father, John Cruickshank, following his death on 10 June 2024.

WILLIAMS, Jean. We sincerely thank everyone for the flowers, cards, messages and support we received over this time. Thank you to Yinnar Bowls Club for their hospitality. Special thanks to Mitchell House for their care. Belinda, Pam and families.

HODGE. The Funeral for Mr Ian Stewart Hodge will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway, Traralgon on THURSDAY (27 June 2024) commencing at 2pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. Ian's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream please visit our website. MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON TRARALGON 5174 2258 Place your tribute on latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au

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Thebiggest and most special BBQ

Harriett Porter casts comical spell

THE Gippsland Youth Drama Workshop is set to debut its new production, the comical send-up Harriett Porter and the Very Magical Thing

The original showwas conceived by young performers from across the region, and pays a satirical homage to the magical movie genre.

Setinthe fictional school of Warthog’s School of Magic and Stuff, the story follows the adventures of Harriett Porter and her friends, as they prepare for the final face-off against the darkest witch that ever lived, Moldymort, with the winner either freeing the magical world of evil, or corrupting it forever.

The show includes an eclectic bunchofmagical students including Harriett’s bully Dranio Malfo, the crazy Wisely twins, the senile old headmaster Dumblesnore, and the dark Professor Snake, all who have their own motivations and agendas.

The show dealswithvarious comical dilemmas and topical issues,asthe characters come to terms with their own realities and home truths.

With the Potterworld series still being so popular, the production is inspired by JK Rowling’s best-selling books and the epic blockbuster movies, and uses satire, parody and ironyin the comical send-up, and using the well-known characters, changes their genders to great comic effect.

The local performers were involved in building plot, characters, themes and humour based on HP and theirimprovisations. Changing genders andtwistingthe story so the audience will know the sourcematerial, but have no idea about what

direction the show will go, was one of the ideas the group was excited about.

Since starting in Gippsland in 1993, the Gippsland YouthDrama Workshop has produced more than 100 original shows, involving more than 2000 local youth, and is supported by many local businesses and community organisations.

Headed by director PhillipA.Mayer, the workshops focus on building performance skills, as well as confidence, team work, self-esteem, communication, responsibility and various other life assets.

The workshop aimstoenhance the young performer’sendeavours, and provide a positive educational experience in asupportive environment.

“Participants are involved for various reasons, from wanting to be an actor to simply building their confidence,and enjoy participation in a creative activity, establishing new friendships and learning about the performing arts,” Mr Mayer said.

“The excitementofperforming in front of a large live audience, although daunting to some, is an experience they remember forever”.

The comedy Harriett Porter and the Very Magical Thing is for all the family, and is showing for one night only, this Saturday (June29) at 7.30pm at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre, Little Theatre.

Tickets are available from latrobe.vic.gov.au/ gpac/events or call the box office on 51 76 3333.

For further information about the workshop, call the director on 0409 878 688.

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

THE LatrobeValley Big BlokesBBQ for2024was held last Friday in Morwell’s revamped Kernot Hall.

The fundraiserattractedanotherbumper crowd, welcoming blokesfromacross the region for another festive day to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia(PCFA).

More than $100,000 wasraised.

This year’s BBQ was especially poignant, held in tribute to the late Bruce Ellen.

Mr Ellen put in apower of work to previous BBQ’s, serving as chair of the Latrobe Valley Big Blokes BBQ committee for many years.

Mr Ellen, who was also general manager of the Latrobe Valley Express, passed away in March following his own battle with Prostate Cancer.

His legacy was commemoratedlastFriday, with aphoto tributefeaturing prominently on stage, and the BBQ committee all wearing black armbands in ashow of respect.

Current committee chair, Ian Nethercote and committee member, Barry Whitehead led the tributes, while Bruce’s brother, Tim and son, Nick were welcomedonstage andpresented witha memorial of the late committee spearhead.

The event welcomed former Collingwood players Dane Swan and Dale Thomas, along with Norm Smith Medallist, David Rhys-Jones as guest speakers, while comedian Tom Siegert kept the laughs coming as MC.

Accompanying the indelible food, the entertainment of the special guestspeakersseparated auctions, raffles, and activities for tables to win cash and prizes throughout the day.

The Churchill Lions Club was also on deck, offeringadditionalsupport and clean up across the day.

One in seven Australian men will develop Prostate Cancer in their life,while in the Gippsland and Latrobe region, there is a30per cent higher mortality rate compared to other areas of Victoria.

Regale: Former Collingwood and Carlton playerDale Thomas wasone of three guest speakers Photographs: BlakeMetcalf-Holt

Alongside the PCFA, asmall committee of volunteers, some of whom personally are affected by this disease, plan and run Big Blokes barbecues across the state.

The Latrobe Valley committee has fundeda number of services including research projects through Monash University Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, localawareness campaigns, research projects and financial assistance to aid the purchaseofspecialist equipmentinlocal hospitals. Since its inception in 2013, theLatrobe Valley Big Bloke’s BBQ has surpassed atotal of $1 million, that milestone reached at the weekend.

Spellbinding: Thecast of HarriettPorterand theVeryMagical Thing areready to bring their showtolocal audiences this weekend. Photograph supplied

Remembering ourgreat mate: Latrobe ValleyBig Blokes BBQ m e a committeewithaportrait of the lateBruce Ellen. Mr Ellen was ig i akey figure in organising previous BBQ events,helping to raise n r e moneyfor the ProstateCancerFoundation of Australia.

Tribute: Bruce Ellen’s brother Tim, flankedbyBruce’s sonNickand Latrobe ValleyBig Blokes BBQ CommitteeChair,Ian Nethercote.

Mmm,Harriers doughnut course

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS BY MILES VERSCHUUR

DESPITE the –2.7 start in the Latrobe Valley last Thursday morning, 61 Traralgon Harriers stillenjoyed theDoughnut course, starting and finishing at the clubrooms along Douglas Parade.

The Harriers were once again treated to asix kilometre course consisting of thee laps of two kilometre length.

The duty team also provided everybody with some doughnuts, very fitting given the name of the course. Many athletes left in earlier groups to ensure they did not miss out on the sugary snacks on offer.

Fresh off asilvermedal at the Athletics Victoria XCR event the previous Saturday, Dempsey Podmore was fastest in the men’s side of the draw, stopping the clock in 23:38, ahead of asurging Glenn Graham (23:52) and Pete Cutler (24:00). Dempsey’s younger brother, Jerzey, also clearly has apromising runningvocation, with atimeof26:46 Molly Irvineset the speed benchmarkfor the women, with an identical time to that of Jerzey. Close behindwas Courtney Ellis, currently in training for the Gold Coast Marathon in July,

then Tegan Burns. Ree Graham continues to knock on the door of the podium places with her second-fastest six-kilometre run.

TheTraralgon Harriers calendar is as busy as ever.

After tomorrow (Thursday’s)Rangeview Drive five-kilometre runfromStGabriel’sPrimary School, the club will hold its annual meeting.

This Saturday (June 29) sees the AV team trek down to Sandown Racetrack for the Road Relays round.

Finally, the Ray and DorisEllis Hill Championships will be held at Wirilda Park on July 28.

With all this and more happening, it has never beenabetter time to slip on the signature ‘Big T’ singlet and get runningwith the Traralgon Harriers.

Results (Thursday, June 27): DempseyPodmore 23:38, Glenn Graham 23:50, PeterCutler24:00, MatthewDeppeler 25:24, MollyIrvine 26:46, Ashleigh Dugan26:46, Jerzey Podmore26:46, Darrel Cross 26:58, Adrian Sutcliffe 27:09, Clinton Jolly27:10,Daniel Wright 27:14, PeterSanders 27:25, Courtney Ellis 27:30, David Barr 27:32, TeganBurns 27:34, Belkey Podmore28:14, Gary Fox 28:40, Greg Semmler 29:07,Miles Verschuur

Huge night of basketball coming up

BASKETBALL

GIPPSLAND UNITED BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

GIPPSLAND United held onto third position on the Big VDivision 1ladder after a96to80win over Coburg in Round 13 on Saturday night.

United's American import, Jalin Wimberly dropped 46 points at Traralgon's GRISS stadium (Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium).

Despite facing asidewith only four wins on the year for third-lastinthe competition, it was atight start to the game with limited scoring through the firstsix minutes that endedwithUnited losing the opening quarter, 23-21.

That sluggishstart wouldtransition into the secondterm, with the Giantsfighting for loose balls and hitting devastatingthrees pushing their lead outto12points.

The Wimberly show would then commence as the United forward would score 11 pointstofinish the second quarter seeminglygettingtothe basket any time he pleased.

United tookthe lead back and extended it to five

points by halftime after alate-second three-pointer from Ben Barlow. United finished the half on an 18-5 run.

United's defensive tenacity and Wimberly's immeasurable ability to get to the rim would follow into the winning third quarter, where they outscored Coburg 28-18.

It seemed as if United was ready to close up shop before Coburg's shooters caught fire once again, and some of their own shots went awry as the Giants bought the margin back to six points with just three minutes remaining.

After Coburg's Roman Zaire nailed aclutch three, achaotic few possessions unfolded before Barlow found himself at the free throw line where he knocked down one of two to push it out to athree possession ball game.

One stoplater,United had ball in-hand once again to burythe game.Guard Koby Tibballs found Wimberly in the air for an alley-oop slam dunk to leave the result without any doubt.

United plays RMIT at home this weekendto attempt their biggest scalp of the season.

RMIT has lost just the two games this season, winning 12.

MOE

712814171622 87

Flynn Port 71191339 1605 83

Traralgon White7 1111311171776

GOLF

CHURCHILL &MONASH

StrokeSaturday15thJune 2024.

AGrade Winner : 68 nett

BGrade Winner : T. Sterrick70nett

CGrade Winner: C. Wilson 72 nett

D.T.L: 1. B. Barnes 70, 2. M. Hammer 71, 3. D. Burridge 72, 4. M. Soppe 72, 5. S. Allison 72, 6. I. Heppelston 73,7.J.Soppe 73, 8. S. Caldwell 73

N.T.P : 3rdS.Caldwell, 12 th Pro-Pin :P Smart, 14 th L. Anderson Target Hole: G. Barnes

Birdies: M. Hammer 14 th Mulligans Tuesday18thJune Winner: R. Dent 11 38 pts

D.T.L: 1. J. Soppe 38 pts,2.C.Wilson 37 pts

N.T.P : 3rdM.McConville,5thS.Caldwell, 12 th S. Caldwell,14thM Dear

MIRBOONORTH

Thursday20th June,Stableford.

AGrade: DRead (13) 37pts c/b

BGrade: JHughes (18) 36pts

DTL: NWhichello 37,MSmith, GRenwick, 35.

NTP: 4th GRenwick, 6th, TFennell, 16th

NBaker

Birdies: 6th JNewton, 16th NBaker

Saturday22nd June,Par

AGrade: SMills (11) 7up.

BGrade: JHughes (17) 1up.

CGrade: JKus (20) 1up.

DTL: PWoodall2,NBickerton, R Felmingham, GRenwick, NBracecamp sq.

NTP: 4th PWoodall, 6th TBradshaw, 13th N

Bickerton, 16th RMatthews

Birdies: 4th PWoodall, GShandley, B Bradshaw, 6th TBradshaw, SWoodall, 16th GRenwick, RMatthews

29:07,DaveMann29:39, Seth Bomers30:00, Peter Fairbairn30:36, Toby Grzmil 31:08, ReeGraham 31:13, Samantha Riddle 31:19, Paul Rollandin 32:50, Giuseppe Marino 33:30, David Hood 33:31, DesleyGray34:01,Phillip Mayer34:10, Megan Scott34:18, KayeLivingstone 35:10, Mark Fairbairn35:39, Paul Smith 35:46, TaniaWhitehead 36:15, ClaireMacumber 36:20, KatKent38:34, Angelo Gaudiano 38:34, Danelle Wright 38:43, Mandy Ellis 39:19, CatherineLeonard 40:05, ChesneyPodmore45:39, LyndaJones 45:59, Andrew Legge 47:00, Ann Bomers48:16,Timothy Graham 48:19, Kristina Creighton 56:19, Belinda Heafield 56:48, Kylee Earl1:00:00,Kathy Quinn 1:03:02, Michelle Colwell1:03:02, RobertEmbleton 1:09:00, PeterGrixti 1:09:00, Ian Heafield 1:10:18, Daniel Furmston NTR, KarenGraham NTR, Luke Witham NTR, Geoffrey Francis NTR. Volunteers: MarkLansdown, RonVerschuur,Collette Hofmann.

Young gun: Dempsey Podmore continues his meteoric rise in running with the TraralgonHarriers. Photograph supplied

Power outage against Geelong

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND POWER BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

GIPPSLAND Power Boys were downed at the weekend, losing to the GeelongFalcons18.9 (117) to 7.10 (52) at Shepley Oval.

The Gippsland side would have been expecting an almighty challenge given that the Falcons sit as the best side in the competition to date and are aconsistent junior powerhouse.

The Power Boys competed hard in the first quarter of the Round 12 match, withAsher Eastham(Heyfield) combining with midifielder Jesse Craven (Tooradin-Dalmore) to finish the opener down2.2 (14) to 3.4 (22).

The second term wasthe quarterthatended Gippsland’s hopes almostentirely,however,not managing amajor to end the half and finding themselves down 7.7 (49) to 2.6 (18).

Reset and ready to bouncebackfrom their poor start, the Power midfield dominated possession to begin the second half resultinginforward50 entries that weren’t as often prior.

GoalsfromBrodie Atkins(Drouin),Jonah Walker (Bairnsdale), Eastham, and Captain

SCOREBOARD

Sunday, 16 June 2024 OPEN Sunday9

hole Stableford

Grade AWinners: Samson, Mark(21) 19 Sunday, 16 June 2024 OPEN Sunday

Medley

Grade AWinners: Veenman, Laurie (8) 37

Grade BWinners: Imer,Corey (21) 36

Place Getters: Devent, Anton 34

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY 9HOLEPAR

Winner: Hale,Jan 0

Place Getters: Davy,Kerri-4

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 WOMEN'S PAR

Grade AWinners: Borg, Kathy(21) +3

Grade BWinners: Blandford, Jane (32) -2 C/B

Place Getters: Robertson, Jenna -2 C/B, Bates,Linda -2 C/B

Great Score: Jenna Robertson Birdie @11, Marj Lang Birdie @10

Nearest to Pin: 4th KathyBorg, 8th Jenna Robertson, 14th KarynSavige

Target Hole: Jenna Robertson

Thursday, 20 June 2024 OPEN Medley

Stableford

Grade AWinners: Johnson, Tony (1) 38

Grade BWinners: Winters, Jamie (13) 39

Grade CWinners: Jamieson, George (18) 40

Grade DWinners: Lloyd,Richard(22) 39

Place Getters: Kelly, David 39, Morrow Darren 37 C/B,Poole,Joel 37,Garlick, Karl 36 C/B,Weir, Charles 36, Veenman, Laurie 36 C/B,Whitehead, Glenn 36, Dent, Russell 35 C/B,Johnson, Charles 35 C/B, Devent, Anton 35 C/B,King, Rob35C/B, Matthews,Max 35, Jenkins,Andrew 34 C/B, Donaldson, Murray 34 C/B,Spiteri, Paul

34 C/B

Great Score: Tony Johnson (Birdie) @ 14,Thomas Beveridge (Birdie) @14, Eric Beveridge (Birdie) @14, Laurie Veenman (Birdie) @14, Michael Ray(Birdie)@14, Karl Garlick(Birdie)@8,AnthonyColvin (Birdie) @8,Michael Ray(Birdie)@4 Nearest to Pin: 4th MarkFife, 8th Karl Garlick, 14th Eric Beveridge

Saturday, 22 June 2024

WOMEN'S

SATURDAY Stableford

Xavier Lindsay (Leongatha)got the Gippy Boys within areasonable margin of 22 points in time for the last quarter.

Unfortunately, the Falcons returned to their tried and true unrelenting attack on the ball and poured in eight goals to one in the final term.

Moe’s Liam Masters had 15 disposals and Morwell’s Ricky Mentha had 14 touchesand five marks.

Moe's Max Woodall had ahandfuloftouches, while clubmate Tom Matthews sat out with injury.

The Gippsland PowerGirls were also defeated at the weekend, downed by the Tassie Devils 7.4 (46) to 3.10 (28).

TheGippy Girlsonly found themselves down ninepoints oncehalftime hit, but couldn’t manage agoal in the last half despite their chances in front of the sticks.

Ella Stoddart (Traralgon) had two goals and 14 disposals with Lilly Leighton (Warragul) contributing 20 disposals.

Bothsideswill have arestthis weekend before the Boys play the Tassie Devils (sitting on top) and the Girls play the Bendigo Pioneers away. Morefooty -Pages 19-26

Grade AWinners: Stewart, Leahann (28) 37

MORWELL

Women Wednesday19th June 2024

Winner: LFrench 32 pts

DTL: IYoshimura32J White32

NTP: 2nd: JWhite11th CPeter 15th L French

TRAFALGAR

Tuesday18/06/2024 -Stableford

Players: 30, Women 5, Men 25

Winner: Al Gray (24)

Runner Up: BevKeily(22 c/b)

DTL: Duane Baker (22), Ivan Grant (21), Sue DeVries (20), Chris Griffin(20), Tony Shearer (20), SteveGould (19)

NTP: SteveGould (5)

Bradmans: Tony Hiriat

Thursday: 20/06/2024 -4Ball Ambrose

Players: 48

Winners: Duane Baker,Keith Owen, Laurie Snowball, Max Taylor (27.875)

RunnersUp: Bob Baldry, RonKeith, Tony

O'Reilly, Helen Keith (29.375)

DTL: KathyOlden, BevKeily, David Balfour, Ed Hayward(31.125), Paul Fogarty, Harold McNair,NormMether,TonyPitt(31.375), KarenMacGregor,Aija Owen, Chris Moody

SteveGould (31.5)

NTP: BevKeily(13)

Bradmans: Vic Hill, MickBennett, Al Gray

John Robinson.

Friday, June 21st 2024, Open Men’s&

Ladies Stableford

AGrade Winner: Dwayne Jenkins 38 pts

Runner Up: WarwickGriggs 36 pts C/B

DTL’s: KerryDore36, Paul Richer 35, Heath

Black35, Michael Warry35, Bruce Aplin 35

Birdies: 2nd: Tyson Webb 5th: Heath Black 15th: Paul Richer,WarwickGriggs

Eagle 6th: Adrian Jones

Saturday, June 22nd 2024, Stableford

AGrade Winner: Symon Lee 41 pts

BGrade Winner: Neil Rankin 35 pts

CGrade Winner: Chris Griffin36pts C/B

DTL’s: WarwickGriggs 39, SteveClark38, Noel Cornish38, PeterRhodes 38, Brad

griffin37, Greg Evison 37,TonyO’Reilly36, PeterGriffin 36, TimCross 36, Kenstreet 35 C/B

NTP’s: 2nd: RexDaly5th:Zavier O’Reilly–KarenMacGregor 11th:Noel Cornish 13th: Eric Beveridge –Adrienne Cornish 15th: Keith Owen Eagle 7th: PeterRhodes

YALLOURN

Ladies Thursday20th June Monthly Medal.

Betty Dobson (32) 105:73

DTL: Heather Ware (29)105:76

Count putts: Lola Carter 28 Tuesday18th June 9holeStableford Sue Riches (36) 20 pts

PISTOLS

Air pistol 10/6/23

BGrade: BKelly531-53-584. CGrade: DChandler 473-90-563. ' DGrade: LDePetro254-308-562. Wed12/6/24 Centrefire

CGrade: CBenelli 528-71-599. GHarvey 501-126-627

DGrade: BKelly472-181-653. MHoward 327-245-572. 25 mt pistol

DGrade: IBrewer 324-234-558. Sat 15/6/24morning Standardpistol DGrade: DChandler 460-147-607.A Urban 448-146-594. EBeaufort398-208-606. K Beaufort191-252-443. Afternoon centrefire

DGrade: HSheils 377-221-598. VPardini 225-198-423. JWyngard186-263-449. J West 178. 25 mt pistol

CGrade: CBenelli 489-66-555. DGrade: DChandler 479-96-575.

Para champsaim to rule the pool

SWIMMING

OLYMPICS

BY TOM HAYES

BOUND for the pools of Paris.

The Traralgon duo of Emily Beecroft and Ruby Storm will set off for their second consecutive Paralympicstogether later this year, after both qualified to represent Australia in Paris.

It will be Beecroft’s third Paralympics, after competing at the 2016 Rio Games, and2020 Tokyo Games (played in 2021 due to COVID-19 delay), while for Storm, it will be her secondGames,after also competing in Tokyo three years ago.

Swimmingatthe 2024 Australian Swimming Trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre from June 10 to 15, the two girls competedintheir respective classes and strokes with hopes of gaining aqualification time worthy enough to send them to France.

Both were successful in that hunt, qualifying for anumberofevents between them.

Beecroft was happytosee her hard work pay off.

“I’m super excited, Iknow I’ve had a really good six months of training and I’m just really happy and relieved to have finally qualifiedand be certain that Iamgoing over to Paris,” she said.

Storm said she felt amassive weight lifted off her shoulders after hearing about her qualification.

“I was pretty relieved, very happy with how Iwent over at trials. Ithink as it’s avery stressful week, and we got atext message saying that we made it, and I thinkwhenalot of us received thattext message alot of weigh justcame off our shoulders,” she said

“Obviously ourgoal wastomakethe Paralympics, our next goal is to do really well at the Paralympics.”

Beecrofthas confirmed she will be competing in the 100 metre Freestyle and S9 100m Butterfly. She is confident thatshe will also qualifyfor the 34 Points Mixed Medley Relayinthe S9 classification.

“I’ve always just been really grateful and happy to attend aParalympics,” she said.

“I think going into this year, I’ve think just based off of my performances this year and based of performances from my other competitors, I’m hoping to do more than just compete.

“I’m in good contention of getting a podium finish so hopefully Ican continue to do some good times… and hopefully grab an individual medal.”

Storm,althoughqualifying at the 11th

hour, will have avery heavy schedule in Paris.

Shequalified for S14 classified events including the 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 200m Individual Medley,

100m Backstroke, and 4x100m Relay.

“I do prettywell with avery heavy schedule, just with the stress and everything, just not putting all the eggs in one basket with events,” she said.

“I want to do well obviously in the 100m (freestyle) for the relay, and then the 100m (butterfly), and 200m freestyle -they’re my main ones.”

The pair, who currently live on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland,will have just over two months to prepare for the Paralympics, which takes place from August 28 to September 8.

Since Tokyo 2020 (in 2021), both girls havetrained immensely to improveand try to bring home medals like they did three years ago.

Beecroft moved fromTraralgon to the Sunshine Coast to train with the USC High Performance Para Program during that time.

“It’s just amazing to see the improvement I’ve made overthe pastthree years… Ican’t wait to see what Ican do in Paris to prove all that hard work,” shesaid.

As for Storm, she has been in Queensland since the COVID era, moving at 16-years-of-age to pursue her swimming career.

“I’vechanged programs, so I’ve gone from USCtoStAndrews… Ithink just changing the program and just working on my strokes and how to improve them to get those one-percenters faster (has been beneficial),” Storm said.

Beecroft and Stormessentially grew up together and are now living out their dreams on the biggest stage of them all.

The fact that they gettogotoanother Paralympicstogether makes it allthe more special for the duo.

Hoping to get on aplane to Paris will be asmall contingent of Latrobe Valley locals. Now with these two confirmed alongside former Moe soccer player, Teagan Micah, afew moreare awaiting their final qualification status. Traralgon basketballers Jack White and Jade Melbournewillbehoping to make the final cuts of their teams, which is expected to be finalised in early July.

Red Devils put away early chances in 5-1 win

BY JOHN CARDONA

ON the backofadisappointing 3-1 loss to Fortuna the previous round, Moe United travelled to Sale to playSaleUnited in allfour gradesatthe weekend Moe United fielded the same starting 11 from the previous week, with ahost of injured players still not ready to resume playing seniors. From the kick-off for the Round13clash, Moe Unitedwent straightinto attack and ended up winning 5-1

Asolo run by Oscar Sceneyinthe first 20 seconds was thwartedfrom opening the scoringbySale United keeper Ben Sly.

No less than 30 seconds later, Oscar Sceney collected alooseball, and from 30 metres out unleashed an unstoppable bullet-like shot into the top left corner thatleft Sly on the spot as a spectator.

Riley Winkleman wasnext into the actionfrom a Matt Shearing through ball which saw his one-onone with Sly fail to materialise into agoal. Midway through the first half, aWinkleman run from out wide on the right saw him beat the Sale offside trap from aBayden Heusmann through ball, and this time as he raced towards goal, he converted the one-on-one chance.

Nearly 10 minutes later the score was 3-nil when aperfect pass by Sceney found Heusmann as he beat his fullback. Hisinitial shotatgoal was blocked but he quicklyseized on the rebound to slam the ball into the net.

Sceney was again involved in the play, this time picking out Luke Bathgate, but his shot on the run was saved by Sly.

Just on halftime, asmart bit of thinking by Shearing, where he got aquick free kick out wide to the left to Heusmann, who's perfect cross found Bathgate who headed home to give Moe a4-nil lead at the break.

At halftime, aconcussion issue saw Sly replaced by reserve keeper Cooper Kelly-Williams afterSly washit by some friendly fire.

The early part of the secondhalfwas basically

abattle of defences until midwaywhenthings began to liven up.

Finally, after around 65 minutes play, Sale got their rewards after afew missedchances when aKieran Horgan freekickwas whipped across goal and in his attempt to clear the ball, Lachie McKenzie sliced it into his sides own net.

From thereitsparked aresurgence in the Moe United side, and across by Winkelmanto Heusmann saw his goal bound shot deflected inches wide.

Bathgate was next into the action, and his run up wide on the right saw his cutback pass completely mistimed by aHeusmann headerover the crossbar.

Shortly after, Moe United got their rewards for afifthgoal when apinpoint Harley Robinsonpass found Winkelman, who happily slammed the ball home.

Moe Unitedwas still not done though and a Winkleman run saw his cutback hit first time, only to be denied by aKelly-Williams save.

Just before fulltime, aHeusmann pass went to Winklemann, who's well-timed first strike was brilliantly tipped overthe crossbarbyKelly-Williams. Best for the winners was Sceney, Connor Dastey, Winkelman and Bathgate.

Best for the home side was Tom Garner, Isaak Jondai, Mace Irvine and Sly.

RESERVES

MOE United was held to a1-all draw against Sale United.

It was agame of two halves, with the Red Devils dominating play in the first half,yet onlyconverting one of numerous chances.

In the midfield, Tom Portelli, Mich Narranto and Tully Anderson were in complete control,creating anumberofchances,first coming from abrilliant run and flick pass to Harley Robinson who raced through, but agreat save at the feet of Robinson by Sale keeper Cooper Kelly-Williams kept Moe United scoreless.

Minutes later, Robinson was again denied by a superb low down save by Kelly-Williams when a goal looked certain.

Moe United eventually broke the deadlock after

Narranto sent Anderson clear,and he made no mistake placing the ball past the Sale keeper.

The second half was Sale United's however.

Mick Lummis hadthe best earlychancewith aone-on-onewith Moekeeper Dylan Farrugia, who did really well to stop Lummis from scoring.

After 75 minutes, Sale got their reward after a free kick by Lummis was deflected into goal from Moe United defender Chad Shelley.

Andre Nilo thought he had snatched the winner for Moe, but to his surprise and that of others, it was flagged offside.

Best for Moe was Shelley, Narranto, Anderson and Portelli.

Bestfor Sale was HishWain, Lummis, KellyWilliams and Luke Wilson.

Fortuna heads the reserves ladder on 39 points, followed by Monash (30), Falcons (30), Moe United (28)

WOMEN'S

IN the women's match,aMoe United side in recent goodform took on the form side of the leaguein Sale United

TheMoe girls put up abrave fight, but lost 6-2.

Moe was first into attack when arun by Summer Cooper saw her shot create agoalmouth scramble which saw Sale keeper Teagan Fairbrother gather the ball close to the line.

Salewentinto attack, and fromafree kick Anouk Meereboer slotted home the first from 20 metres out.

At the other end,around 15 minutes later, a foul on Karie Lee-Taffs saw Georgia 'Cheesecake' Wyntjes produce asimilar strike from 25m out.

Goals kept coming and aMadeleineForbes through ball putSally Hoffman clear and she made no mistake.

Soon after, Moe United was back on level terms when astrong run by Miley Cooper saw her find the net with ashotacrossthe keeper.

The secondhalf saw the quality Sale side run away with the contest and they were soon 3-2 up after aHoffman pass put Zoe Askew clear and she made the most of her opportunity.

It was quickly 4-2 when Meereboer added to her

tally. Sale continued to dominate and Hoffman was again involved, kicking her second.

Moe United never gave up the fight, and across by Miley Cooper was controlled by Haley Laws who cut inside the defender, only to see her shot blocked by Neomi Sipos in defence.

Meereboer rounded up, getting her hat-trick and Sale United's sixth goal whenshe won a50/50 ball, then struck an unstoppable shotpastAbbyWillett. Best forMoe was Paris Troughton, Miley Cooper, Holly O'Neill and Summer Cooper.

Hoffman was best for Sale, followed by Meereboer, Madelaine Breakspear and Sipos.

Thewomen's top four is currently: Falcons (33 points), Sale (33), Newborough/Yallourn (28), Fortuna (26).

SECOND DIVISION

MOE United's 2nd Division side firmly placed one hand on the league title under coach Reg Poxon after abig 6-nil win over Sale United Greens. The result meantthe Red Devils went nine points clear with four games remaining.

Moe started the match full of running, but it took more than 20 minutes to grab the lead, when arun by TimStephens saw his cross land in the sixyard box where therewas ascramble and Jake Heusmann managed to get the ball over the line.

Salemeanwhile hadtwo great one-on-one chances against Moe keeper Adam Cassar, but both opportunities were hit wide of the target.

The second half saw the league leaders take full control and create countless chances.

Despite wasting many opportunities, Moe managed to score another five gals, with another goal from Heusmann and singles to Gedd Heusmann, Zane Poxon, Stephens and Dane Baldwin. Aspecial mention to the man that nearly scores every week according to himself, the ever young Brendan Farrugia, who nearly scored again. Best for Moe was Heusmann, Bodie Wendt, Kayne Heusmann and Stephens.

Moe are on 27 points on the 2nd Division ladder, leadingFortuna (19)and Traralgon City (18).

Tickets booked: Traralgon’s Ruby Stormand EmilyBeecroft have qualified foryet another Paralympics campaign. Photograph: Ruby Storm/Instagram

Fighting Falcons go to top of LVSL

SOCCER

LVSL BY JOE AUCIELLO

NO matterthe sport, and no matter the level, there is always something special when it comes to a traditional derby game.

And when youfactorinthe ladder position of each of Saturday night’s combatants in Fortuna and Falcons, nothingless than aspectacle was expected during Round13ofthe Latrobe Valley Soccer League.

The geographical distance of astone’s throw between each club resembled the margin between both clubs at the top of the senior ladder coming intothe contest, with bothsidesequalonpoints but Fortuna having the edge due to asuperior goal difference.

Abumper crowd turned out in force for the 6pm kickoff at Crinigan RoadReserve, which provided furtherevidence that, if fixtured right, big games will attract many to attend which can only propel the sport forward.

Fortuna, on their home deck,cameinto the game

as strong favourites given the fact they hadn’t come close to losing to Falcons since 2022.

The Orangemen were missing their talisman Jordan Campbell for the second week in arow, but otherwise were at full strength.

On the other hand, the blue side of Crinigan Rd have been dealing with unavailability for the last fewweeks, so much so that midfielder Gabrielle Bocchichio was rushedback into the starting line-up only days afterreturning from afive-week holiday, in additionto18-year-old Chocho Jacob making his starting senior debut for the club which wasseenasa gutsy call by coach Adrian Salvatore.

Despitethe lack of availability, Falconsthrew caution to the wind with an attack-minded mentality to tryand curtail theiropponents whohavebeen the attacking benchmark over the last two seasons.

The game was largely even for most of the first half as Damon Scott failed to hit the target with two guilt edged chances for the home side and likely Kuku Mahmoud and Moni Eliaser failing to make theOrangemen pay.

Youngster Jacob was providing great value on the wing and his intensity was infectious as his

teammates started to ramp up the pressure and force their more fancied opponents on the back foot.

The turning point of the half was when Hayden Tanti was sinbinned for dissent, which meant a 10 minute spell on the side lines.

With the one-man advantage,Falcons made their opponent pay, as adisputed ball in the middle of the park was collected by Bocchichio, who slipped through adeftball into Mahmoud whogave his side the lead just before the halftime break.

At the commencement of the second stanza it was still anyone’s game, but ultimately it was the Bird’s fitness edge that proved to be the difference.

Falcons doubled their lead after acorner was cleared to Josh Patterson. Hisattempted shot on goal was expertly diverted by an experienced and in-formNickD’Alessandro that left Fortuna's goalkeeper John Beamer rooted to the spot. Beamer was arguably hissides best playerashesinglehandedly kept them in the game, with his best save coming from apoint blankheader from Bocchichio that would’ve put the result beyond doubt.

As the second half progressed, and with the score at 2-nil, Fortuna were always going to press as good

sides find away to stay in the contest. They were unlucky not to halve the deficit as a header from acorner wascleared off the line by Kevin Carcellar.

With thegamedeep into stoppage time, it would be an own goal by Jamie Pistrin that gave them a whiff of achanceto equalise but ultimately it was too little too late.

The 2-1 win to Falcons means they are now outright top by three points with five games remaining in the chase for ultimate glory.

Best players for the victorious side were Mahmoud, Moni Eliaser, Tom D’Alia and Bocchichio, while for Fortuna the standoutwas goalkeeper Jon Beamer. It was asuccessful day for Falcons, as earlier in the day the senior women’s side comfortably accounted for the ever-improving Fortuna 5-nil.

Goals to sisters Savannahand Monique Lapenta, Sarah Ellis-Henderson and abrace for Haylea Porter ensured their side went top of the table, albeit Sale United has agameinhand. Coaches Sheeny Whadcoat and Nick Lapenta will be eagerly awaiting their home game against Sale in three weeks’ time in aleague-deciding contest.

Starsset for first VNL home game in Traralgon

BY TOM HAYES

THE Gippsland Starsare gearing up forabig week of netball, which ends with their first game at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium (GRISS).

The Stars will play three games within two weeks, which began with agame against the Melbourne University Lightning last week and continued with the game against Casey Demons earlier this week (storywenttoprintbefore game was played).

To end the week, the Stars will play at GRISS, hosting Boroondara Express. Also in action in Traralgon will be Hawks Netball and Peninsula Waves, who will get the day underway.  BACK to last week, the Stars showed massive signs of improvement, despite a12-goal loss to the Lightning.

The Lightning were second on the ladder, and had only lost two games all season,soitwas always going to be atough fixture for the bottom-placed Stars.

Much to their credit, they didn’t shy away from the task, and put in avaliant effort against one of the powerhouses of the league.

The Stars took charge in the early parts of the fixture and found themselves leading the secondplaced Lightning by agoal at quarter time, 14-13.

The two sides went toe-to-toe during the second quarter, however unfortunately for the Stars, they had handed their lead over to the Lightning, yet only trailed by two goals.

Melbourne University began to shoot away in the third term, boosting themselves out to asix-goal advantage with aquarter to play, before theyclosed the door on the Stars to win by 12 goals, 55-43. Nonetheless, it was one of the better performances from Gippsland all season.

MyahHealeyscored 30 goals, shootingatalmost 77 per cent accuracy, while Sophie Lecchino scored 10 goals, and Charlize Traumanis scored three.

Healeywas namedasthe Player of the Match for her efforts, which kept the Stars in the game for so long.

 LAST Monday (June 24), Gippsland Stars travelled to face Casey Demons. Once again, this game was played after this story went to print, so the result was unknown.

To complete the week, the Stars will come up against Boroondara Express at the GRISS ,which will be theirfirst game at ‘home’ this season.

Gippsland Stars President, JodieGalea said

she was proud of the efforts of all involved, and is excited to see what the girlscan dish up this weekend at the GRISS.

“The girls have come along in leaps and bounds since the start of the season, improving in all aspects of their game,” Galea said.

“They’ve become atight-knitgroup off the court, and on thecourtwith our defensive pressure, shooting accuracy and mid-courtcombinations improving weekly.”

The mostrecent growth from theStars has caught the attention of Galea, and she is pleased with the results.

“In the past fewweeks, the girls have come up against first (Hawks Netball) and second (Melbourne University Lightning) on the ladder for the second time this season,and the improvement between their first and second meetings has been mind-blowing,” she added.

“Some of those teams have been playing together for years, and with ours just coming together this year, we can see that they will be aforce to be reckoned with.

“The coaching staff have been working hard, lifting their expectations, which has shown in the girl’s intensity.”

Galea is excited to see the Stars performathome.

Rams, Combine play shootout

Newborough/Yallourn, 4-3, to move ahead of their most recent opponents’ into sixth place.In an absolute goal fest, the Rams had two goals go through and conceded one to halftime.

ONLY five rounds remain in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League, with the race to the senior men's title well and truly on. Round 13 brought together some lacklustre and expected results, but also some thrilling and downto-the-wire matches that mean plenty as the final rounds are just around the corner.

 CHURCHILL United scraped by

SALE UNITED VS TYERS (5pm at Godfrey Baldwin Reserve) FORTUNA VS OLYMPIANS (6pm at Crinigan Road)

Churchill was guided by Corey O’Shea, who kicked three goals for the match to give the Rams aneeded leg up as the Combine kept close all the way through to the end.

Newborough/Yallourn went down aman after Liam Mccluskey was red-carded, but had goals from Mark Fairbrother (2) and Tristan Donohue (1).

Besides O’Shea, Sakhon Khamchom found the back of the net to give Churchill that much sought aftergap by fulltime.

 MONASH beat Tyers, 3-nil, to hold onto fifth

spot on the ladder and keep Tyers at the bottom. Tyers held up for ahalf, meaning all Monash’s damage came in the latter portions.

Noah Bennett had two goals and Jay Hall booted one goal.

Monash will hope to keep their season kicking with amatchup against Falcons 2000 this weekend.

 TRARALGON Olympians stayed alive following a3-1 victory over East Gippsland United.

Olympians are still fivepoints offthird-placed Moe,and stand at record of 8-2-3 before atrue test next against Fortuna 60, in second.

EastGippsland United has only managed two wins this season -good for second-bottom.

The last time Gippsland played Boroondara, they picked up their second win at Victorian Netball League level.

“Consistency for the whole game on Sunday (June 30) is our key for another win. We hope to take out another win at our first home game at the GRISS.” The Gippsland Stars have $10 memberships available for their inaugural season. Memberships canbepurchased at: gippslandstars.teamapp.com/ store?_list=v1

“We would love for everyone to get on board and sign up, showing your support for the girls, and we hope to see all of Gippsland at our first home game on Sunday,” Galea said.

The game starts at 12.30pm this Sunday at the GRISS (Catterick Crescent, Traralgon). More netball -Page23

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