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The DOJ is Destroying Presumption of Innocence Through Miles Guo, Others

How the DOJ, FBI and SDNY are reviving trial by ordeal

George Santos was arrested Wednesday, May 10 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and charged with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of lying on congressional financial forms.

Obviously, he’s guilty, right?

Not so fast …

Presumed Innocence is Foundational

The presumption of innocence is enshrined in common law systems going back to the Code of Hammurabi. This legal maxim applies to anyone charged with a crime, ensuring that the defendant is treated as innocent until they are proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt” in a court of law. Prosecutors must prove a defendant’s guilt rather than a defendant having to prove their innocence.

In other words, no one is obliged to go to court to prove they’re innocent. Rather, they have the opportunity to dismantle the prosecution’s allegations—they are even entitled to any exculpatory evidence the prosecution may have.

The presumption of innocence is a fundamental right recognized in various documents like The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

English Common Law—from which U.S. law was birthed—swung from a presumption of guilt to the fundamental principle that one is considered innocent until proven guilty in the 19th Century. While trial by jury was established in 1219 by King Henry III, trial by combat remained an option in English law until 1819.

Trial by Ordeal

In medieval times, trial by ordeal was common.

According to Harvard Law School Professor, Elizabeth Papp Kamali, “It’s referred to as the judicium Dei, the judgment of God.

The two methods used most typically

person would be dunked into a cistern. If they sank, they would be declared innocent, because the water had accepted them. If they floated, they would be declared guilty. In trial by hot iron, the priest would heat an iron, and at the appropriate point in the service, the accused would grasp the hot iron, walk a certain number of paces, and put it back down. The hand would be bandaged, and then three days later, the hand would be examined to see, not if the person had been burned or not burned, but whether the hand was healing or festering. If the hand appeared to be festering, they would be pronounced guilty. And if the hand seemed to be healing, they would be pronounced innocent.”

The U.S. Constitution enshri ned the finest Justice System of its time, providing a model for the world to this day:

“No State shall…deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” (Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1).

“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence” (Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution).

Standard jury instructions state that “In every criminal proceeding a defendant has the absolute right to remain silent…at no time do defendants have a duty to prove their innocence…from the exercise of a defendant’s right to remain silent, a jury is not permitted to draw any inference of guilty, and the fact that a defendant did not take the witness stand must not influence your verdict in any manner whatsoever.”

So, why, after hundreds if not thousands of years of legal precedent and worldwide acknowledgement of this foundational right is presumption of innocence dying in the “City on a Hill?”

Once a beacon of hope for a world riddled by injustice and corruption, America has regressed because the U.S. Department of Justice is broken and corrupted.

Our society has a new system of “trial by ordeal,” but instead of fire and water, guilt is pronounced by the priests of the Legacy Media and social media mobs.

“How Americans Know Trump is Guilty,” a 2021 CNN article headline read. Okay, CNN, we don’t just “presume,” we KNOW. Why have courts at all?

This presumption of guilt is paired with selective enforcement and “protection” of the current regime’s criminals. The FBI lied to the American people and to Congress about Hunter’s laptop to shield him from prosecution and influence the 2020 election; they are ignoring the mounting evidence against “the big guy,” Joe Biden. But they’re going after Donald Trump, Miles Guo, and George Santos with a vengeance because they don’t have the “acceptable” politics.

And the Media is complicit in this as the mouthpiece of this corruption.

Mother Jones Magazine is one of the most destructive, puerile publications eroding the principle of presumed innocence. Senior reporter, Dan Friedman, who doesn’t bother with objective reporting (and who has ties to the Chinese Communist Party) has a long history of targeting anti-CCP dissidents, published an article suspiciously quickly after the indictment of George Santos—which “coincidentally” occurred on the day James Comer and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee revealed a trove of influence peddling against Joe Biden. It was also immediately following Santos’ support of Chinese Whistleblower icon, Miles Guo, who is still being held without bail by the Southern District of New York and DOJ, both increasingly criticized for prosecutorial misconduct.

Besides likening Mr. Guo to Santos and labeling him a “fraudster” and “definite liar” Friedman also wrote, “Santos showed up Friday…to back Guo suporters’ kooky conspiracy theory that their leader has been framed by the FBI at the behest of the Chinese Communist Part y.”

Santos has the right to the presumption of innocence until he gets his day in court—no matter how Friedman or anyone else feels about it. Comparing Guo to Santos is a classic False Equivalence fallacy (also known as comparing apples to oranges). It is also a breathtaking demonstration of the Genetic Fallacy, whereby Friedman assume s that because Santos is facing charges Guo must be guilty.

Don’t American Media programs teach basic logic anymore?

Utah Senator Mitt Romney had th e coup de grâce, however with his recent comments regarding Santos. “I think the wheels of justice grind slow,” he stated, “but they grind fine.” Right, Mitt they grind people into dust before they ever see the light of a courtroom.

House Republican leaders Kevi n McCarthy and Steve Scalise opted to respect centuries of judicial tradition saying Santos deserved a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

It is not my job as a journalist to comment on whether or not Santos is innocent, but I sure as hell am not going to assume he’s guilty until he is able to avail himself of the protections afforded by what used to be—and must become again—the most advanced system of justice the world has known.

The corrupt DOJ and SDNY, as governmental agencies, do not enjoy the presumption of innocence, however. Their misconduct and abuse is rampant and traceable, and the House must investigate them deeply, particularly in regards to their treatment of Guo and the Chinese Whistleblowers.

“Not even Rep. Jim Jordan—the Ohio right-winger leading the House’s ‘Select Subcommittee on th e Weaponization of the Federal Government’—has taken that bait,” boast s Friedman, “at least so far.”

Jim Jordan, that sounds like a challenge. Look into it, and let’s restore true justice to the land.

Kelly John Walker is an America n statesman, writer, branding professional, and entrepreneur. He is th e founder of FreedomTalk, host o f FreedomTalk TV, and a freelanc e writer.

Chinese Communist Party’s Infiltration of DOJ and CIA Exposed in Light of Guo Wengui/ Miles Guo Prosecution

Chinese espionage poses a significant and growing threat to the United States, encompassing various activities aimed at obtaining classified information, intellectual property, and technological advancements. This threat is multifaceted and encompasses both traditional espionage methods and emerging cyber espionage techniques.

The media often focuses on the economic threat that CCP espionage faces, primarily through IP theft, which costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars per year. But the consequences of Chinese espionage for the United States are more far-reaching than that, as the CCP has already infiltrated America’s intelligence apparatus.

Just scrolling through the headlines in the past few years reveals countless cases of FBI and CIA employees being arrested for helping the CCP .

Consider just the following cases

● August 2, 2016: FBI employee pleads guilty to acting as agent of China. He admitted that on several occasions he passed on sensitive information to China.

● January 20, 2017: Former FBI employee sentenced to 24 months in prison for providing sensitive information to China.

● May 17, 2019: Former CIA officer sentenced to 20 years and then 5 years supervised release for

● July 10, 2019: Former State Department employee is sentenced to 40 months in prison for concealing her interactions with two Chinese intelligence agents.

● August 17, 2020: Former CIA and FBI official charged with selling classified U.S. secrets to China.

● July 07, 2022: A federal grand jury indicts a current U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent and a former agent in connection with an alleged Chinese government-sponsored scheme to target the CCP’s critics.

● November 22, 2019: Former CIA officer sentenced to 19 years for conspiring to deliver classified information to China

And that’s just a sampling of the headlines.

The CCP’s infiltration of the FBI and CIA cannot be overlooked in context of the persecution of Guo Wengui (also known as Miles Guo), the anti-CCP dissident who sought asylum in the U.S. after fleeing China, where he faces imprisonment or death. The DOJ brought bogus charges against Guo in March, and he’s been held without bail since March 15th, which is

unprecedented in New York.

One method China employs is pressuring foreign governments to extradite individuals who are critical of the Chinese regime, often on dubious charges.

Among those who’ve tried to get Guo deported back to China include former DOJ attorney George Higginbotham, who was instrumental to a $100 million criminal conspiracy financed by alleged mega-fraudster Jho Low to advance that goal. Despite engaging in illegal lobbying, Higginbotham faced no jail time for this scheme, and was given a lenient plea deal while another man widely believed to be the DOJ’s “fall guy” was convicted instead.

Guo is public enemy number one to the CCP , which was further confirmed back in March when a number of arrests were made of those operating Chinese police stations on U.S. soil. In addition to two men charged in running one of those police stations in New York, dozens of men were also arrested and charged in connection to running an elite task force called the “912 Special Group.” The 912 Group is named after September 12th, the day that Guo filed for asylum in the U.S. after fleeing CCP persecution.

The 912 Group is part of a larger 912 Project that includes Ministry

of Public Security (MPS) officers from Bejing’s Municipal Public Security Bureau working in a “Command Group,” “Comprehensible Material Group,” and “Assessment Group.” This includes MPS officers from the National Security Police, the Political Security Protection Bureau - the CCP’s secret police that are mandated to suppress political dissent and criticism of the CCP , Criminal Investigations Bureau, and Internet Security Bureau. The group also receives taskings directly from MPS headquarters.

Without question, this is an extremely extensive operation that goes all the way up to the CCP’s equivalent of the CIA, and it has the central mission of stopping Guo.

It is important to recognize that the use of lawfare and infiltration by China is not only a domestic concern but also has implications for the rule of law and human rights globally. By manipulating legal systems and suppressing criticism, China undermines the principles of justice, freedom of expression, and the protection of human rights.

It’s long overdue that we drain the swamp once and for all – and one of the easiest ways to identify even more corrupt players within our institutions will be to investigate the coordinated persecution of Guo.

Local Briefs

Mitchell thumbs up

■ Mitchell Shire Council endorsed a $167 million budget for 2023-24 at a special meeting held on Monday last week (May 29).

The Budget includes $34.5 million for capital works, with $8.9 million of projects already underway.

“The 2023-24 operating and capital works programs will help improve the liveability and connection of our towns, rural areas, and growth suburbs to meet the needs and expectations of our rapidly growing population,” said a Council representative.

“The budget was developed in consultation with the community, gathering valuable feedback earlier this year and through the year-round project input process.”

Late $20,000 grant

■ Alate grant application from Alexandra Events for the Alexandra Truck Ute and Rod Show was passed at the latest Murrindindi Shire Council meeting on the motion of Crs Eric Lording and Ilona Gerencser.

An allocation of $20,000 was allocated from the Grants and Contributions Program to provide Council services for the Alexandra Truck Ute and Rod Show, consisting of waste removal services including labour, supply of additional bins and rubbish fees and traffic management support (where budget permits).

87 new Aussies

■ Eighty-seven residents have officially become Australian citizens after they pledged their loyalty at Mitchell Shire Council’s citizenship ceremony at Broadford on Monday last week (May 29).

The day saw individuals and entire families receive their citizenship in ceremonies conducted by Mitchell Shire Mayor Cr Fiona Stevens.

The citizenship ceremony represents the final step in the journey for many new Australians. Mitchell Shire Council conducts citizenship ceremonies throughout the year, welcoming more and more residents to Australia

Rehab for landfill

■ Murrindindi Shire Council has accepted a $683,410 tender from Fineblade Pty Ltd to completerehabilitation works at the Kinglake landfill.

An allocation of up to $200,000 has been allowed as a contingency amount to be used for the delivery of this contract.

The Council’s Director Assets and Environment through negotiation, can maximise the use of recycled material for capping and rehabilitation in accordance with Council’s circular economy objectives.

Volunteer Hub

■ Murrindindi Council has launched the Volunteer Hub, an online portal to encourage involvement and participation in the community, and to connect people with local community groups that are actively recruiting volunteers. 40 community groups have already registered, and local organisations are encouraged to register

The Local

■ Three weeks ago (May 17), The Local Paper published a report - 'Darlingford Funds Crisis' - about Eildon's nursing home. The report was based entirely on quotes made in the Legislative Assembly by Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish. Verbatim. We did not add a word, we reported exactly what Ms McLiesh told State Parliament. This is the role of responsible community media.

Last week, a representative of Darlingford has made comments to other media (not to The Local Paper readers): "We would like to respond to an article recently printed in a newspaper [not the Alexandra Standard or Yea Chronicle], which caused distress to our residents, families, staff and local communities."

● ● ● ● Impacted area, highlighted, of proposed speed zone reduction on High St.

■ Murrindindi Council, together with the Department of Transport and Planning, is reviewing the speed zone of High St, Yea.

“We are proposing the speed zone be reduced from 50kmh to 40kmh, from where the central median starts at the eastern and western end of High St , Yea (Goulburn Valley Highway),” said a Council representative.

“This review follows a request made to Council by local residents to further improve the safety of High St.

The review process involves consultation with the community, Department of Transport and Planning and Victoria Police.

“ Council will consider the safety implications and community feedback before a final decision is made on the speed zone change. An update will be provided to the Yea community once the consultation period has closed

“Council is inviting feedback from the community on the proposed speed zone change. Community members can provide feedback on the proposed change to the speed zone by: ■ completing the online feedback form on The Loop

■ emailing feedback to customer@ murrindindi.vic.gov.au

■ posting your feedback to Murrindindi Shire Council, PO Box 138, Alexandra, 3714

All feedback must be received by midnight on Sunday, June 25.

Wallan winner

■ A Wallan m an has confessed he’s struggled to catch a wink of sleep since discovering he took home $143,000 in the weekend’s Super 66 draw.

The local man held the only Division One winning entry in Super 66, draw 4369 on June 3, and took home $143,628.80.

“Woah! That’s so cool, thanks,” the winning man cheered when an official from The Lott called to confirm the winning news.

“I saw the win as soon as the draw was over. When I first saw the results in my app, I thought the numbers were the wrong colour.

“I had to get my partner to double-check! When she confirmed I wasn’t seeing things, that next thought was $143,000. That’s grouse!

“I’ve been playing Super 66 since I saw the jackpot climb! I thought maybe I’d have a better shot at that, and I did.

“We’re going to finalise some payments, say goodbye to interest rates and take our family on a holiday.”

Warburton tree axed at midnight

■ Yarra Ranges Shire Council last week announced on social media that only essential works would take place on the 35-metre Mountain Gum, the ‘Warburton Tree’.

Local people report that after a protest on Saturday night (June 3), Council-employed contractors moved in to start work on the tree.

Police had earlier been requested to attend “to enable safety works to be completed”. The Council says the tree was assessed as dangerous by four experts.

It's interesting that Darlingford's 'spin' is that our newspaper 'article' caused the distress. The newspaper doesn't manage Darlinngford's challenged finances. But The Local Paper IS responsible for community news reporting without fear or favour. And that's a role we will continue to fulfill.

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■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish told of her pride in her home town, Yea, when speaking in State Parliament last week.

“A lot was happening in Yea at the turn of the previous century.

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■ Cats will be required to be contained to their owner’s property at all times or under effective control when outside the property, from August 1 in the City of Whittlesea. Newly registered cats will also be required to be de-sexed.

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“The Yea CFA was established in 1901 and has continued to support the community in so many ways.

“Although 20-odd years late, I was delighted to present the centenary plaque to the brigade captain Stephen Bennett at their awards dinner .

“ John Aldous, a long-time friend, was awarded CFA life membership and 40 years service.

“Steve Bennett was also awarded life membership and 30 years service.

“Mick Wearne was recognised with his 55 years service, and I am really not sure I believe that because he cannot be that old –but then maybe he is.

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Corey Bennett, a young member of five years, was awarded CFA firefighter of the year for a bunch of reasons, including having attended a number of training programs.

“Great job, Corey. Ray Allen and Neil Byrne posthumously received an upgrade to their standing service awards.

“It was great to have their families in attendance,” Ms McLeish said.

Ms McLeish also spoke about the Yea Bowls Club centenary.

“Having identified a need for a green, on October 29, 1898 the Yea Bowls Committee was formed, land was given by the shire to develop a green and

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“I was disappointed I could not attend the celebratory event for their 125th year, which followed the President’s Cup

“The club’s history on their centenary was put together by Anthony McCarthy and Muriel Perry, and that has now been updated accordingly.

“It is a lot of effort to keep a club going for so long, and I congratulate all for their work,” Ms McLeish said.

Upgraded facilities

■ Ros Spence, Minster for Community Sport, was in Mitchell Shire last Thursday (June 1) to announce funding towards upgraded facili- ties at L.B. Davern Reserve in Wandong and for the Greenhill Sports and Recreation Precinct in Wallan.

“When we endorsed the new regulations, we built in a long lead time to give people plenty of time to get ready for the changes,” Ms Wilson said.

“If you haven’t yet started to prepare your property, I encourage you to visit Council’s website to find hints and tips on how to contain your cat safely on your property.”

Trail upgrades

■ Walkers, runners, skaters, bike and horse riders will soon be able to enjoy upgraded trail paths at two parks within the Nillumbik Shire.

Asphalt upgrade works are underway at Fergusons Paddock in Hurstbridge, and will start in coming weeks at Wingrove Park in Eltham.

Fergusons Paddock Trail is now closed for the upgrades between the Hurstbridge –Arthurs Creek Rd footbridge, and the Hurstbridge Pony Club, until Monday (June 12).

Another smaller path connecting Hurstbridge Skate Park to the main path is also closed for the duration of the works. Surface works at Wingrove Trail in Eltham are expected to commence in midJune and run for about two weeks.

The unsealed paths will be sealed with asphalt to create a smoother surface.

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“For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

Ms Spence announced $195,000 for an upgrade of the L.B. Davern Reserve oval that will see the installation of sub-surface drainage, a new perimeter collector drain and surface reshaping behind both goal areas.

These works will increase the carrying capacity of the oval and provide a better playing experience for participants.

Ms Spence announced the delivery of $5 million towards the Greenhill Sports and Recreation Precinct.

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■ Families will soon have kindergarten options again in Mount Dandenong and Kalorama, with Yarra Ranges Council supporting the rebuild of a new facility on the Mount Dandenong Primary School site.

The Council will work with the Department of Education, Yarra Ranges Kindergartens and the Mount Dandenong Primary School to co-locate kindergarten services at the primary school, to re-establish the kindergarten years after the original building was destroyed in the 2021 storms.

Councillors voted on May 23 to endorse the relocation and redevelopment of Mount Dandenong Kindergarten to the Mt Dandenong Primary School site with a Kinder Plus model, which also provides spaces for playgroups, along with the possibility of services like Maternal and Child Health or other support services.

Road management

■ Murrindindi Shire Council is reviewing and updating its Road Asset Management Plan to guide how Council-managed roads and road assets are created, maintained, renewed and upgraded over the next decade and beyond.

The Council is inviting Expressions of Interest from members of the community to join its Roads Advisory Group. The RAG will provide community views during the development of Council’s RoadAsset Management Plan which will cover:

inspection, maintenance, and repair standards

renewal, and asset rehabilitation prioriupgrade and expansion priorities willingness from the community to pay for changes to the standard of service provided.

People can also complete a survey to help influence how the roads are managed. The survey can be completed both online and in person at the Library and Customer Service Centres in Alexandra, Yea and Kinglake, as well as the Mobile Library.

Feedback on the current condition of the road network is encouraged and can be done by visiting Council’s ‘The Loop’ platform.

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● ● ● ● John Aldous and Cindy McLeish

✖Highway Patrol officers attended at a scene where a man died following a collision involving a pedestrian in Seymour on Friday afternoon (June 2). Emergency services were called to the intersection of Station and Wallis Sts following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car just after 3pm. The pedestrian died at the scene. The driver of the car stopped at the scene and was assisting police with their enquiries.

?Alexandra, Yea and Kinglake Library and Customer Service Cen tres will be closed todaqy (Wed., June 7), to allow staff to participate in a training day. Murrindindi Council advises that the mobile service to Eildon will not operate on this day.

✔Nillumbik Council invites community groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations throughout the Shire to apply for a grant to celebrate International Day of People with Disability. The Day is held on December 3 each year. Aim is to increase public awareness and understanding of people with disability, and celebrate their achievements and contributions. The Council offers grants of up to $1000 to support community groups, schools and not-forprofit organisations to run events or activities to celebrate IDPwD and highlight disability inclusion in Nillumbik. Grant applications close on August 14.

✔Nillumbik Cuncil has an nounced that applications are now open for its Rainbow Exhibition 2024 opportunity as part of the Midsumma Festival next summer. The application round was announced online to coincide with IDAHOBIT Day (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex discrimination and Transphobia). The Council is inviting LGBTIQA+ artists and curators to apply for a solo or group exhibition at the Eltham Library Community Gallery. The selected exhibition will be put forward for Midsumma Festival, Australia’s premier queer arts and cultural festival. The festival program promotes the lived experiences of the LGBTIQA+ community, the expression of queer history and the celebration of new ideas. Nillumbik’s LGBTIQA+ exhibition will run next year from January 25 to March 3 and celebrates queer art and culture. Artists will receive a project fee, curatorial and marketing support, an opening celebration, and be registered as a Midsumma Event. The fee breakdown is as follows: individual artists will receive a $2500 project fee; group submissions of two to five artists will receive $1200 each; and a group of six to ten artists will receive $690 each. Nillumbik Mayor Ben Ramcharan said he was thrilled to announce this opportunity for LGBTIQA+ artists and curators.

✖Murrindindi Council’s Cr Damien Gallagher said of the timber indus try: “It must have been a deflating feeling for participants who learned that the transition is not to be a controlled, considered seven-year journey, but an accelerated seven-month program ending abruptly on January 1,2024. The timing of the announcement is indeed unfortunate. I hope that the goodwill which has been generated in unifying the community behind a well coordinated, orderly transition can be maintained. I struggle to imagine the feelings of many local families confronting the news of a very different 2024 and beyond. I’ve not heard yet from the Premier, the Minister for Agriculture, the Minister for Regional Development, the Minister for Environment, nor the Member for Eastern Victoria; after extending a personal invitation to discuss the ramifications of their decision with Council.

Closures for Truck Show

■ Several temporary road closures are crucial for the safety of all attendees of the the 26th annual Alexandra Truck, Ute, and Rod Show on Sunday (June 11).

Murrindindi Shire Council requests that all motorists plan their routes accordingly to avoid the affected areas and move their vehicles off the street on the evening of Saturday (June 10). This will allow parking and trade stall set up to occur from early on Sunday.

Locals and visitors are advised to familiarise themselves with the following streets that will be affected:

■ Grant St (Thom St to Bon St)

■ Nihil St (Bayley St to Webster St)

■ Perkins St (Grant St to Just past Myrtle St)

■ Vickery St (along Rotary Park and Mt Cathedral Church)

These streets will have disruptions on Sunday from 6 am until the Show is cleared at approximately 6 pm.

There will be live music, family-friendly entertainment, and community run food stalls.

“Your co-operation is greatly appreciated in making this event a success! Should you have any questions or concerns visit the Alexandra Truck Ute and Rod Show website and get in touch with the event organisers.”

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Shire’s Reconciliation Plan

■ Murrindindi Shire Council officially launched its ‘Reflect’ Reconciliation Action Plan’ on Tuesday last week (May 30) in the company of Taungurung Traditional Owners and Elder Aunty Jo Honeysett, local councillors, staff and students from Yea High School

The event was held in Alexandra during National Reconciliation Week and began with a traditional Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony performed by Taungurung Elder Aunty Jo, followed by a speech from Murrindindi Shire Council Mayor Cr John Walsh and a morning tea made with native bush ingredients.

Cr Walsh said “Council is proud to have taken this important step forward in our reconciliation journey.

“I’d like to commend the work of the RAP Working Group and thank both the Taungurung Land and Waters Council and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for their guidance and support.

“The RAP aims to improve connections with, and outcomes for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who live in Murrindindi Shire.” Council’s RAP supports the 10-Year Community Vision.

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Boro win vital contest against Bridges

Scoreboard

Women’s Football

■ Outer East. Division One. Healesville

5.4 (34) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 0.2 (2).

Pakenham 10.21 (81) d Monbulk 2.0 (12).

Upwey-Tecoma 7.4 (46) d Berwick Springs

1.1 (7).

Division 2. Seville 13.11 (89) d Hallam

3.1 (19). Wandin 3.6 (24) d Thornton-Eildon

3.2 (20). Belgrave 8.3 (51) d Yarra Junction 1.3 (9).

■ Northern. Division 1. Montmorency

1 10.7 (67) d Darebin Womens 1 4.2 (26).

Banyule 7.11 (53) d West Preston-Lakeside

1 1.0 (6). Eltham 5.8 (38) d Diamond Creek

Womens 1 5.6 (36).

Division 2. Mernda 5.9 (39) d Hurstbridge 0.2 (2). Heidelberg 5.9 (39) d

Greensborough 1.6 (12). Fitzroy Stars 4.13 (37) d Whittlesea 1.3 (9). St Mary’s: Bye.

Division 3. Montmorency 2 4.1 (25) d Darebin Womens 2 2.2 (14). Diamond Creek Womens 2 v West Preston Lakeside

2. Heidelberg West 9.9 (63) d Laurimar 0.0 (0). Wallan 7.10 (52) d North Heidelberg 0.0 (0).

Country Leagues

■ Goulburn Valley Football L eague.

Seniors. Benalla 14.4 (88) d Rochester

12.14 (86). Kyabram 22.13 (145) d Shepparton United 6.11 (47). Seymour 20.8 (128) d Shepparton 5.8 (38). Echuca 6.11 (47) d Euroa 5.8 (38). Mooroopna 15.7 (97) d Mansfield 5.9 (39). Tatura 13.7 (85) d Shepparton Swans 8.11 (59).

Reserves. Benalla 33 d Rochester 15, abandoned. Kyabram 13.12 (90) d Shepparton United 2.4 (16). Seymour 8.14 (62) d Shepparton 3.3 (21). Euroa 10.5 (65) d

Echuca 8.3 (51). Mansfield 11.12 (78) d

Mooroopna 8.11 (59). Shepparton Swans

17.10 (112) d Tatura 4.5 (29).

Under 18. Benalla 10.3 (63) d Rochester 8.6 (54). Kyabram 11.14 (80) d

Shepparton United 3.4 (22). Shepparton

9.10 (64) d Seymour 3.3 (21). Echuca

18.15 (123) d Euroa 3.4 (22). Mooroopna

8.7 (55) d Mansfield 6.8 (44). Shepparton

Swans v Tatura.

■ Kyabram District Football League.

Seniors. Dookie United 100 d Rushworth

0, forfeit. Lancaster 13.7 (85) d Nagambie

3.11 (29). Violet Town 16.16 (112) d

Girgarre 10.8 (68). Undera 14.15 (99) d

Merrigum 10.12 (72). Stanhope 19.11 (125) d Tallygaroopna 2.5 (17). Shepparton

East 21.13 (139) d Longwood 8.7 (55).

Murchison-Toolamba 16.15 (111) d Avenel

12.13 (85).

Reserves. Dookie United 9.14 (68) d

Rushworth 6.6 (42). Lancaster 19.8 (122)

d Nagambie 4.4 (28). Girgarre 13.6 (84) d

Violet Town 4.6 (30). Merrigum 10.11 (71)

d Undera 6.4 (40). Stanhope 15.5 (95) d

Tallygaroopna 9.7 (61). Shepparton East

20.18 (138) d Longwood 0.0 (0). Murchison-Toolamba 14.7 (91) d Avenel 2.4 (16).

Under 18. Nagambie 8.9 (57) d

Lancaster 4.4 (28). Violet Town v Girgarre.

Undera 15.9 999) d Murchison-Toolamba

1.3 (9). Stanhope 9.13 (67) d Longwood

2.8 (20).

■ Riddell District Football League. Seniors. Macedon 14.14 (98) d Western Rams

2.5 (17).Riddell 10.5 (65) d Lancefield 5.5 (35). Diggers Rest 10.15 (75) d Romsey

11.3 (69). Wallan 10.11 (71) d WoodendHesket 13.10 (88).

Reserves. Macedon 13.12 (90) d Western Rams 4.3 (27). Riddell 18.11 (119) d

Lancefield 5.4 (34). Diggers Rest 7.6 (48) d Romsey 6.6 (42). Woodend-Hesket 10.9 (69) d Wallan 7.8 (50). Melton Centrals:

Bye.

Under 19.5. Gisborne Giants 10.11 (71) d Romsey 6.11 (47). Macedon 6.5 (41) d Riddell 5.8 (38). Woodend-Hesket

8.9 (57) d Wallan 4.5 (29). Melton Centrals:Bye.

NFNL Sunday

■ In an important NFNL Division 1 battle at Ben Frilay Oval, Greensborough have bounced back from a heavy defeat last week to claim a 22-point triumph over Hurstbridge

The Boro got out to a 29-point lead at half time, keeping the Bridges goalless in the process, before holding their advantage throughout the remainder of the match to finish 9.12 (66) to 5.14 (44) victors.

Greensborough, who remain in fifth spot, are now six points clear of sixth placed Hurstbridge, establishing a crucial gap form the rest of the competition ahead of the second half of the 2023 campaign.

Ben Pannam had his best performance of the year for the visitors in a strong display, alongside VFL pair Charlie Bowes and Zac Hart, as well as the inform skipper Jack Johnston.

Will McFawn was the only multiple goalkicker between the two sides, with Saade Ghazi’s side boasting eight individual goalkickers.

Liam Middleton was a standout for Hurstbridge, with Blake Fitzgerald and Jake Richards also impressive despite a disappointing day for their side.

The game was full of pressure from both sides in the opening few minutes, it led to the first scores of the match from the two teams.

Blake Fitzgerald laid a strong tackle to win a holding the ball free kick, but he couldn’t convert his set shot, however minutes later, strong front half pressure from the Boro forced a turnover, allowing Matthew Haynes to kick truly on the run from the paint of 50 to register the first goal of day.

That same offensive pressure would gift the visitors their second major just minutes later with Lachlan Agnew finishing the brilliant work done by his fellow forwards to make it a 12-point game.

Greensborough continued to dominate over the next five minutes but could only add three more behinds to their score.

Both sides traded shots on goal to round out the quarter, but no further goals were added, with the visitors maintaining their 12-point lead into quarter time.

Saade Ghazi’s men didn’t waste time in extending their advantage, with Ethan Luke kicking truly from close range just two minutes into the second term.

The shots continued to come for Greensborough, and they could’ve stretched their lead out even further in the early stages of the quarter.

Even when Hurstbridge were able to get the ball inside their attacking half, it didn’t last long as the away side’s rebound 50 ability was on full show, keeping hosts to a second straight goalless quarter as a result.

Two more goals gave the Boro a comfortable 29-point lead at the main break.

The Bridges went on to win the third term in an improved effort, however they were again inaccurate in front of goal, registering 2.5 for the quarter.

Joel Cordwell’s men had many chances to put Greensborough on the back foot, but they

Studios. couldn’t find the big sticks, partly thanks to a disciplined Boro defensive unit.

Nicholas Kent broke the drought 10 minutes in for the hosts before Will Cookson slotted through a nice major from a tight angle moments later to suddenly bring it back to a 14-point game.

However, Greensborough were quick to respond, with Harrison Andronaco and Will McFawn kicking goals in quick succession to establish a 25-point three quarter time lead.

Both sides exchanged behinds in the opening minutes of the last quarter before Joel Trudgeon kicked one of the goals of the day, as from close to the boundary line and outside 50, he nailed a shot on goal to all but seal the game.

However, the Bridges weren’t going down without a fight. They brought the deficit back to 14 points by the 19-minute mark after three straight goals, keeping their comeback chances alive.

But time was against the hosts and despite their best efforts, they couldn’t find another goal, with a major on the siren finishing off a solid afternoon for Greensborough - NFNL

ALEX. JUNIOR FOOTBALL

■ In round 7 of the season, the Alexandra Football Netball Club junior football teams travelled to Nagambie to play Tabilk in four games of football together with Alexandra Black to play two games of netball, Alexandra Red travelled to Seymour to play St Marys in two games of netball whilst the Alexandra Black and Alexandra Red Under 15 netball teams played each other at Rebel Park

The Under 16 football team travelled to Tatura to play Leitchville Gunbower. The Under 9s and 10s football had a game but theirs is non-competitive and non-scoring so there is no win loss for that competition.

Under 12s Football

Alexandra 5.10 (40) defeated Tabilk 1.4 (10)

North Central Construction – Sam Weisse; Essence Coffee Lounge – Jayden Dimech; Foodworks – Eli Van Lierop; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Mia Heard; Coach – Eli Weeks

Under 14s Football

Alexandra 7.5 (47) defeated Tabilk 2.7 (19)

North Central Construction – Ryder Brady ; Essence Coffee Lounge – Jayd Bennett; Foodworks – Matthew Wal; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Saxon Macdonald; Coach – Jesse Winch

Under 16s Football

Alexandra 19.16 (130) defeated Leitchville Gunbower 6.2 (38)

DMK Taxation – Casey Collett; Essence Coffee Lounge – Brad Johnson; Foodworks – Nathan Hendricks; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Will Granter; Coach – Archie Gibson

Yarrambat 2.6 (18) d Diamond Creek 1.3 (9). Montmorency Black 6.10 (46) d Eltham Black 2.2 (14). Wallan 6.4 (40) d Greensborough 7.7 (49). Mernda Blue 9.9 (63) d Whittlesea 3.7 (25).

Under 12 Girls Red. Wallan 8.8 (56) d Kilmore 1.3 (9). Whittlesea 4.4 (28) d Darebin Womens 0.1 (1). Research 3.4 (22) d Mernda 0.1 (1).

Under 12 Red. Laurimar Black 6.4 (40) d South Moramg 5.3 (33). Research 10.12 (72) d Mernda Red 1.0 (6). Eltham Red 9.14 (68) d Epping 0.0 (0). Kilmore 7.6 (48) d West Preston Lakeside 1.5 (11).

Under 12 Green. Keon Park 2.6 (18) d Laurimar Teal 2.4 (16). West Ivanhoe 5.5 (35) d Thomastown

d Research 0.2 (2). Greensborough Green 5.9 (39) d Diamond Creek Devils 4.3 (23). West Preston Lakeside 8.1 (49) d Diamond Creek Demons 6.5 (41).

Under 13 Green. Laurimar Teal 7.8 (50) d Panton Hill 1.3 (9). Whittlesea 7.11 (53) d Eltham Red 0.1 (1). Epping 6.10 (46) d Wallan Black 5.5 (35). Kilmore 13.11 (89) d South Morang Gold 0.2 (2).

Under 14 Girls Blue. Diamond Creek Womens 4.4 (28) d Mernda 3.9 927). Wallan 3.6 (24) d Research 2.3 (15). Kilmore 5.4 (34) d Montmorency 4.5 (29). Yarrambat: Bye.

Under 14 Blue. Yarrambat 5.10 (40) d Eltham Black 2.9 (21). Kilmore 5.9 (39) d Laurimar Black 4.4 (28). Whittlesea 11.5 (71) d Mernda Blue 7.5 (47).

Under 14 Girls Red. Eltham 4.5 (29) d Darebin Womens 3.1 (19). South Morang 4.3 (27) d Lauirmar 1.1 (7). Whittlesea 9.9 (63) d Epping 1.1 (7).

Under 14 Red. South Morang 9.12 (66) d Epping 2.7 (19). Diamond Creek 14.4 (88) d Research 4.7 (31). Montmorency 13.14 (92) d Greensborough 1.8 (14).

● Greensborough 9.12 (66) d Hurstbridge 5.14 (44). Photo: NWM

NFNL Netball

■ Section 1. North Heidelberg 3 61 d

North Heidelberg 2 42. North Heidelberg 1

68 d Heat 1 38. Bundoora 1 0 v Diamond Creek 1 0.

Section 2. Heat 2 36 d Bundoora 2

28. Montmorency 1 31 d North Heidelberg

4 28. Hurstbridge 1 28 d Bundoora 2 18.

Section 3. Greensborough 1 41 d North

Heidelberg 5 14. Lalor 1 29 d Hume 1 26, Watsonia 1 49 d North Heidelberg 6 30.

Thomastown 1: Bye.

Section 4. Epping 1 36 d Watsonia 2

30. Heat 3 35 d Greensborough 2 28. South

Morang 1 33 d Hurstbridge 2 21. Heidelberg West 1 25 d Kinglake 1 18.

Section 5. Heat 5 26 d Montmorency

2 25. Heat 4 26 d Fitzroy Stars 1 25.

Whittlesea 1 26 d Hazel Glen 1 19.

Bundoora 4 34 d Lalor 2 17. Thomastown 2 30 d Kilmore 1 18.

Section 6. Kilmore 2 27 d Bundoora 5

18. Diamond Creek 2 29 d Hume 2 24.

Epping 2 25 d Epping 4 16. Panton Hill 1 40 d St Mary’s 1 28.

Section 7. Watsonia 3 19 d Hurstbridge

3 0. Thomastown 4 27 d Bundoora 6 26.

Heat 6 36 d Montmorency 3 19. La Trobe 1 44 d Kilmore 5 18.

Section 8. Kimore 3 35 d Bundoora 7

31. Whittlesea 2 22 d Montmorency 4 20.

Thomastown 2 34 d Greensborough 3 18. La Trobe 2 7 d South Morang 2 0. Northcote

Park 1 24 d Diamond Creek 3 22.

Section 9. West Ivanhoe 1 24 d Heat 7

20. Lower Plenty 1 30 d Epping 3 10.

Hurstbnridge 4 29 d Kilmore 4 19.

Bundoora 9 40 d Epping 5 18.

Section 10. Lalor 3 32 d Kinglake 2

21. Hurstbridge 5 46 d South Morang 3

19. Heat 8 27 d Watsonia 4 20. Bundoora

8 27 d Montmorency 5 16. Heat 9 31 d

Heidelberg West 2 15.

Section 11. Bundoora 10 31 d Fitzroy

Stars 2 7. West Preston Lakeside 1 26 d

Kilmore 6 19. Watsonia 5 34 d La Trobe 3

31. Epping 6 36 d Thomastown 5 13. Hazel Glen 2 31 d Epping 7 23.

Section 12. Montmorency 6 14 d Bundoora 11 11. Hazel Glen 2 18 d Bundoora 12 10. Hurstbridge 6 33 d Epping 8 1`2.

Whittlesea 3 30 d Kilmore 7 12.

Section 13. Hazel Glen 4 27 d Heat

10 19. South Morang 4 31 d Epping 9 1.

Bundoora 13 38 d Hazel Glen 5 11.

Northern FL

■ Under 16 Girls Blue. Research 4.10 (34) d Laurimar 1.5 (11). Whittlesea 4.3 (27) d Yarrambat 3.3 (21). Diamond Creek

Womens: Bye.

Under 16 Blue. Eltham Black 12.6 (78) d Yarrambat 12.5 (77). South Morang Blue 16.13 (109) d Kilmore Blue 4.3 (27).

Montmorency 14.15 (99) d Whittlesea 7.9 (51). Mernda: Bye.

Under 16 Girls Red. Darebin Womens

1.5 (11) d mernda 0.5 (5). Montmorency

5.6 (36)

Local Sport

Women’s Review: Round 5

■ Magpies are flying high in Divisions 1 and 3, while sides from first to fourth in Division 2 are separated by just four points following another exciting weekend of NFNL senior women’s action.

Division 1

Montmorency 1 claimed their fourth consecutive victory in the top flight after a comfortable 41-point win over Darebin 1 at A.H. Capp Reserve. A five goal to nil second half gave the Magpies the 10.7 (67) to 4.2 (26) triumph, and they now sit two games clear on top of the lad- der. Emily Beanland was superb as was Shae Collinson, while Taylah Harris and Chiara Scuderi kicked two majors each. Dallas Rowland stood out for the Falcons with Jessica Darcy kicking two goals.

A powerful Banyule outfit made it back-toback victories, following a 47-point win over West Preston-Lakeside 1 at J.E. Moore Park. The Roosters kicked the opening goal of the game before the Bears went on a rampage to finish 7.11 (53) to 1.0 (6) winners. Chloe Sheean was on song with a three-goal game while Jane Cahir was also impressive for the visitors. Rachele Carrozza made it two straight weeks in the home side’s best with another strong outing.

Eltham turned an 11-point half time deficit into a tight two-point triumph over Diamond Creek Women’s 1 in their clash at Eltham Central Park. The Panthers were still trailing at three quarter time but kicked two goals to one in the final term to snatch a 5.8 (38) to 5.6 (36) result. Michaela Molenberg was inspirational for the hosts, kicking three goals in a best on ground performance. Angelique Reibelt was also influential while for the Creekers, Linda Thorp and Chiara Nardo shared the goals, kicking three and two majors respectively.

Division 2

Mernda got some revenge in their 2022 Division 3 Grand Final rematch with Hurstbridge, running out as 37-point victors at Ben Frilay Oval. The Demons made their intent known early with a three goal to nil first quarter, never looking back on their way to a 5.9 (39) to 0.2 (2) win. The inform Brianne Keogh was again outstand- ing for the visitors as well as Tianah Teo and Gulia Ceravolo. Meanwhile the Bridges’ Renee Grant continues her brilliant season, she’s now been named in the best in all seven games she’s played in 2023.

Heidelberg kept their winning ways intact with a 27-point victory over Greensborough at Warringal Park. The Tigers led at each quarter break and finished with 14 scoring shots on their way to recording a 5.9 (39) to 1.6 (12) triumph, their fifth win of the season. Nikki Watts kicked two goals to take her season tally to nine for Heidelberg with Emily Rowe also a standout. Ari Treace Gosden was a key contributor for the Boro alongside Daisy Heath.

The Fitzroy Stars have bounced back from consecutive defeats to claim a 28-point triumph over Whittlesea at the Whittlesea Showgrounds The Stars could have finished with a bigger winning margin had they have kicked straight but kept the Eagles to just one goal in their 4.13 (37) to 1.3 (9) victory. Alli-Jade Briggs played her best game for the visitors with a strong perfor- mance with Medika Bonney also playing another great game. Lara Likos was a key con- tributor for Whittlesea.

Division 3

Montmorency 2 held off an inform Darebin 2 side to finish as 11-point winners at A.H. Capp Reserve. The Magpies claimed their fi fth straight victory after producing a 4.1 (25) to 2.2 (14) result, ending the Falcons three-game streak in the process. Megan Allan was named as the Magpies’ best alongside Maddi-Taylor Wilde, who has put together a terrific 2023 campaign. Karly O’Malley excelled for the Falcons with Susan Cadman also standing out for the hosts.

Yea Golf Club results

d Epping 7.4 (46).

Yarrambat 10.14 (74) d Laurimar 11.8 (74). Montmorency 7.7 (49) d Diamond Creek Blue 6.7 (43).

Under 17.5 Red. Greensborough 14.18 (102) d Wallan 5.6 (36). Research 18.14 (122) d Kilmore 9.8 (62). South Morang

21.13 (139) d Diamond Creek Red 7.9 (51).

Under 18 Girls Blue. Diamond Creek Womens 5.10 (40) d Eltham 3.1 (19). Whittlesea 5.5 (35) d South Morang 5.3 (33).

Heidelberg West’s dream inaugural season in the women’s competition continued into another week, following a brilliant 63-point victory over Laurimar at Heidelberg Park. The Power were again kept scoreless, this time by a power- ful Hawks outfit who finished as 9.9 (63) to 0.0 (0) winners. Ashleigh Riley was scintillating for the home side; she kicked six majors to make it nine goals in her two games to start the 2023 season. Tiahn Cowan again stood out for the Power.

Wallan are still yet to suffer defeat this season after cruising to a 52-point win over North Heidelberg at Shelley Reserve. The Magpies kicked their highest score since Round 4 while keeping the Bulldogs scoreless in the 7.10 (52) to 0.0 (0) triumph. Kaylah Sanders kicked three majors in a best on ground performance while Ashley Knight was fantastic for the home side. Ellouise Bishop continues to lead the way for North Heidelberg with another solid contribution.

- NFNL

■ Wednesday, May 31, was the last round of the Mona Clark Trophy – Stableford Event.

Mona, a life member who played for more than 50 years, first awarded her trophy in 1984.

The first round was won by another life member , Miranda Gill (17), with an impressive 33 points, runner up Adrianne Anglin (11) 32. A closely contested round.

Seven Ladies hit the field, trying their luck to shorten the odds. I was not to be. The two leading ladies were not giving an inch.

Miranda Gill (18) strengthened her lead, coming in with a hot 37 points, was it enough to take the prize. Miranda was the winner with a total score of 70.

Adrianne Anglin, a nice 67, not far away. Three gobblers were also on the go; Miranda, Penny Britton and Cindy Armstrong. No NTP.

Starting time is now be 9.30 for a 10.00 start.

Monthly Medal

Saturday saw 16 men play a stroke and putting event for the June Monthly Medal.

Winner with 90 off the stick nett 70 was Phil Armstrong. Second on CB was Wayne Rowe (13) from Greg Clements (15) and Rick Wills (6) all on nett 72.

Greg was NTP on the 2nd and Rick won the

putting with 24 putts. Rob O’Halloran won the Club Award.

It was good to see two juniors in the field with Eddy Waghorn (29) coming 5th with 102 nett 73 on the day.

In the Club Knockout Greg Clements defeated Alan Pell, Bill Dredge defeated Brendan Chenhall, and Wayne Rowe beat Rick Wills on CB.

In the ladies stroke event Margie Wright (25) nett 78 was the winner from second Di Elliott (30) 79.

Chooklotto draw for the $101 was keenly sought after. Monthly Medalist Phil drew out the lucky winner – John Tanner.

Wednesday golf started at 10.30 am with 10 in the stableford competition.

Winner with 38 points was Alan Pell (13) from Gary Pollard (12) with 35 and Russ Wealands (24) 34. Neil Peterson was NTP on the 10th for 2 and Bob Glenister won the Club Award.

Many thanks to Phil and Bob for their catering efforts after golf.

Reminder to all of the table-tennis night at the old primary school (behind the pool) on Wednesday night from 7pm- 9pm.

- Alan Pell

● ● Northern Football Netball League women’s footy. Photo: NWM Studios.

● ● Greg Clements, Tom White, Eddy Waghorn and Alan Pell.

Local Football Panthers take chances

■ Eltham secured a seventh win of the NFNL Division 2 season, following a comfortable 44point win over Northcote Park at Eltham Central Park.

Just 16 points separated the two sides at the main break, but it was eight-goal to three second half that solidified a 11.12 (78) to 4.10 (34) for the Panthers.

The home side’s efficient ball movement and their ability to shut down the Cougars’ opportunities to score were key attributes to their first triumph over Northcote Park since Round 2, 2015, where they won by almost the exact same margin at the same venue.

Colm Culligan played an impressive game for the Panthers, kicking two goals and fighting hard to win every contest.

Another highlight for Eltham was Cameron Sullivan. He kicked a career high four majors, while constantly rewarding his teammates efforts with his persistence and resilience.

Janus Waldron was a key player for the visiting Cougars, as his presence and his pressure making ability put his opponents on notice often, while Michael Amad was crucial up forward, kicking three of his team’s four majors and diligently playing his role around the ground.

Scoreboard

Goulburn Murray

Junior Football

■ Under 12. Alexandra 5.10 (40) d Tabilk

1.4 (10). Broadford .11 (65) d Seymour

3.7 (25). Wandong 15.8 (98) d St Mary’s

2.3 (15). Yea: Bye.

Under 14 2. Alexandra 7.5 (47) d Tabilk

2.7 (19). Seymour 22.16 (148) d Broadford 2.4 (16). St Mary’s 8.5 (53) d Wandong 6.4 (40). Yea: Bye.

Under 16. Alexandra v LeitchvilleGunbower. Seymour 16.11 (107) d Euroa

2.6 (18). Shepp United 6.12 (48) d Tatura 7.2 (44). Moama: Bye.

Outer East Junior Netball

17 and Under Blue. WarburtonMillgrove 13 d Powelltown 10. Yarra Junc- tion: Bye.`1

17 and Under White. Beaconsfield 15 d Berwick 12. NMarre Warren 28 d Pakenham 18. ROC: Bye.

15 and Under Blue. Beaconsfield 24 d Berwick 23. Narre Warren 41 d Pakenham 9. ROCV: Bye.

Local Sport

Alex. Rebels

Under 11s Netball

Alexandra Black 16 defeated Tabilk 11

Foodworks – HarperWilliamson; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Bella Lamaro, Alex Sportspower – Jayde Stewart

Under 13s Netball

Alexandra Black 8 defeated by Tabilk 13

Foodworks – Hannah Weeks; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Megan Kendall, Alex Sportspower – Taya Barkley

Under 11s Netball

Alexandra Red 1 defeated by St Marys 12 Foodworks – Ruby Birmingham; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Zoe Coller, Miljkovic Family – Summer Edwards.

Under 13s Netball

Alexandra Red 8 defeated by St Marys 10 Foodworks – Ava Carr; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Nikita Lyttle, Miljkovic Family –Tahlia Peine Malone.

Under 15s Netball

Alexandra Black 13 defeated by Alexandra Red 24 (Alex Black) Foodworks – Talia Nash; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Reese Stewart ; (Alex Red) Foodworks – Georgia Wales ; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Marli Coller, Wales Family – Darcy Kidd.

A very big thank you to the above award sponsors for their continued support of our junior footballers and netballers in 2023.

Next Sunday, Alexandra junior football and netball teams all enjoy a general league bye for the long weekend.

If anyone can assist with the canteen on home games during the season please speak to Melissa Crane and Shona Miljkovic to go on the roster.

The Saturday teams of the Alexandra Football Netball Club had a bye last Saturday as part of the split round, the Rebels hosting Broadford in two games of football and four games of netball this coming Saturday at Rebel Park.

Come along and enjoy grass roots community sport and support your local Club.

On Sunday, the Club will be running a BBQ at Rotary Park as part of the Alexandra Truck Ute and Rod Show. If you can assist please contact Ray Steyger on 5772 2627 to go on the roster.

- Ray Steyger

NFNL netball

■ Heidelberg West 1 have returned to the winners list in the 2023 senior winter netball competition, claiming a seven-goal victory over Kinglake 1 in their Section 4 clash at Mernda Central College.

The 25-18 result is the Hawks’ third win of the competition, their first since being graded

into Section 4, and puts them within touching distance of the top four, while the Lakers still sit with just one victory this campaign.

It was a tight first half, with neither side able to be separated at quarter time, before a dominant third term pushed Heidelberg West to a nine-goal advantage at the final break.

The Lakers did well to limit the scoring in the final term, giving up just two goals to their opposition for the quarter, however they were unable to produce the same level of dominance to get back into the game on the scoreboard.

The connection in the Hawks attack line was fluid and it was clear what their game plan was. It was all about short sharp passes and not risking the cross-court balls, and when they did give off the cross-court passes, they were flat and hard, not giving the Lakers defence a chance to intercept as a result.

Heidelberg West playmaker Chloe Rowan was commanding space in her attacking third, at times it looked as though she had no player on her. Her speed and court smarts gave herself the confidence to just let the ball go into her shooters.

The Hawks shooters in Renee Hulls and Wilson Shane-Nikita had great court awareness in the air and on the ground. They were passing balls freely into the backspace and were doing sneaky bounce passes to each other that were catching their defenders off guard.

Despite the defeat, it’s been a promising start to life in Section 4 for Kinglake and with some winnable games to come over the next month, their rise on the ladder will be imminent.

Biljana Cvijestic was a stalwart in attack and defence for Kinglake . She was winning back the ball in the middle and attacking thirds while slotting the majority of goals for her side. As she started to gain confidence throughout the game, she started to shoot from further and further out from the post, still hitting her shots more often than not.

The Lakers’ ability to stay in the game for three of the four quarters came thanks to defender Lauren Watson. Her ball winning ability gave confidence to the rest of her teammates, giving Kinglake the best possible chance to make a final quarter comeback.

-

Casey McGuire

Sullivan got things underway with a major in the opening five minutes and was the benefactory of a strong and efficient looking Panthers side throughout the first term.

The Cougars struggled to get anything going up forward and were only able to register two scoring shots as a result.

The majority of the quarter was spent in the Panthers forward 50. 23rd player Taj Andreetta was a stand-out for the hosts, winning plenty of contests as well as plenty of admirers throughout the early stages of the game.

With an eight-point advantage at quarter time, Eltham coach Tim Bongetti instructed his players to “get the fundamentals right and open the game up”.

But while the game hadn’t quite been broken apart, the hosts were still able to extend their lead in the second quarter.

It was a low-scoring term as Northcote Park again struggled to capitalise on their limited time inside 50, only adding one further behind to register their lowest half time score of the season.

Daniel Horsfield was a highlight for quarter, as the dynamic midfielder was a key player in shutting down the visitors’ attempts to hit the scoreboard.

Northcote Park’s skipper Matthew Perry was strong for the Cougars, but the intensity of his side just wasn’t reflected where it counted, leaving Eltham with a 16-point advantage at half time.

The visitors brought that intensity into the early stages of the second half, but once again couldn’t convert their shots into goals, kicking three straight behinds to start the third term.

It didn’t take long for the Panthers to shut down Northcote Park’s momentum as a result, with Sullivan kicking another major.

Janus Waldron finally kicked the Cougars’ second goal for the game, a scoreboard contribution to match his brilliant performance for the afternoon.

But the hosts always found a way to get ahead of their opponents, exemplified by the impact of Culligan as well as a brilliant goal from the inform Jason McCormick following a forced turnover by his teammates.

Northcote Park kicked 1.6 for the term to trail by four straight goals, but coach Stephen Saddington didn’t give up on his side at three quarter time, telling his men to “tighten it up and take your chances”.

Michael Amad shone in the final quarter for the visitors, taking his coach’s words to heart by scoring two goals for the Cougars

But Eltham were too strong, with a five-goal final term confirming yet another victory in front of their home fans.

- Sheridan van Gelderen, NFNL

15 and Under White. Beaconsfield 24 d Berwick 20. Hampton Park 18 d ROC 16. Narre Warren 46 d Pakenham 8. 13 and Under Blue. Berwick 18 d Beaconsfield 11. Narre Warren 29 d Pakenham 14. ROC: Bye.

13 and Under White. Berwick 23 d Beaconsfield 5. Narre Warren 22 d Pakenham 9. ROC 40 d Hampton Park 1.

OE Netball

■ Division 1 A-Grade. Emerald 75 d Belgrave 33. Yea 44 d Berwick Springs 40. ROC 73 d Healesville 19. Seville: Bye.

Division 1 B-Grade. Belgrave 53 d Emerald 35. Yea 37 d Berwick Springs 35. Seville 90 d Hallam 217. ROC 86 d Healesville 16.

Division 1 C-Grade. Emerald 42 d Belgrave 33. Berwick Springs 41 d Yea 11. ROC 45 d Healesville 9. Seville: Bye.

Division 1 D-Grade. Emerald 19 d Nelgrave 13. Seville 36 d Hallam 7. ROC 36 d Healesville 4. Berwick Springs: Bye.

Division 2 A-Grade. Warburton-Millgrove 54 d Powelltwon 44. Yarra Glen 55 d Yarra Junction 43.

Division 2 B-Grade. Powelltown 45 d Warburton-Millgrove 41. Yarra Glen 41 d Yarra Junction 9.

Division 2 C-Grade. Powelltown 33 d Warburton-Millgrove 30. Yarra Glen 38 d Yarra Junction 15.

Division 2 D-Grade. Warburton-Millgrove 24 d Powelltown 15. Yarra Glen 40 d Yarra Junction 15.

Outer East

Junior Football

■ Under 11 Mixed. Upwey-Tecoma 12.8 (80) d Yarra Glen 0.2 (2). Seville 3.1 (19) d Emerald 2.3 (15). Olinda-Ferny Creek 7.8 (50) d Woori Yallock 1.0 (6). Wesburn 1.3 (9) d Monbulk 1.2 (8). Wandin 19.15 (129) d Yarra Junction 0.0 (0). Belgrave 3.1 (19) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 0.3 (3). Mt Evelyn 4.6 (30) d Healesville 0.1 (1).

Under 12 Girls. Mt Evelyn 2.1 (13) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 0.0 (0). Upwey-Tecoma

6.5 (41) d Healesville 0.0 (0). Wesburn 9.1 (55) d Monbulk 1.0 (6). Wandin: Bye.

Under 13 Mixed Ranges. Seville 3.10 (28) d Mt Evelyn 0.2 (2). Olinda-Ferny Creek

4.8 (32) d Woori Yallock Yellow 2.0 (12). Belgrave 5.11 (41) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 0.0 (0). Yarra Glen 9.12 (66) d UpweyTecoma 2.2 (14). Wesburn 6.6 (42) d Heales-ville 1.2 (8). Wandin: Bye.

Under 13 Mixed Yarra. Mt Evelyn 4.6 (30) d Monbulk 2.1 (13). Emerald 4.6 (30) d Healesville 4.5 (29). Olinda-Ferny Creek

12.6 (78) d Woori Yallock 3.2 (20). UpweyTecoma: Bye.

Under 14 Girls. Upwey-Tecoma 5.5 (35) d Seville-Yarra Glen 2.1 (13). Mt Evelyn 14.11 (95) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 2.0 (12). Belgrave 5.8 (38) d Healevsille 5.5 (35). Wesburn 4.6 (30) d Mt Evelyn White 1.1 (7). Emerald: Bye.

● ● ● Eltham 11.12 (78) d Northcote Park 4.10 (34).

Photo: NWM Studios.

SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES

■ Victorian Amateur Football Association. Premier Men’s. Old Scotch 18.11 (119) d University Blacks 10.7 (67). Old

Melburnians 11.11 (77) d Old Brighton 7.8 (50). Collegians 17.12 (114) d Caulfield Grammarians 9.6 (60). University Blues 8.8 (56) d St Kevins 7.11 (53). Old Xavierians v Old Haileybury.

Premier Men’s Reserves. Old Scotch 19.9 (123) d University Blacks 4.1 (25). Old Melburnians 7.10 (52) d Old brighton 7.9 (51). Collegians 13.12 (90) d Caulfield Grammarans 5.9 (39). St Kevins 10.15 (75) d University Blues 7.6 (48). Old Xavierians b Old Haileybury.

Premier B Men’s. Beaumaris 21.13 (139) d AJAX 5.9 (39). St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 17.15 (117) d Monash Blues 6.10 (46). Williamstown CYMS 14.11 (95) d Old Trinity 9.10 (64). St Bernards16.20 (116) d Fitzroy 7.7 (49). De La Salle 13.7 (85) d Old Geelong 10.7 (67).

Premier B Men’s Reserves. Beaumaris 19.12 (126) d AJAX 9.4 (58). St Bedes/ Mentone Tigers 19.6 (120) d Monash Blues 9.6 (60). Old Trinity 12.8 (80) d Williamstown CYMS 8.11 (59). St Bernards 12.8 (80) d Fitzroy 11.5 (71). Old Geelong 10.7 (67) d De La Salle 8.11 (59).

Premier C Men’s. Hampton Rovers 12.7 (79) d Old CFarey 7.8 (50). PEGS 15.9 (99) d Ormond 11.9 (75). Old Camberwell Grammarians 12.11 (83) d Parkdale Vultures 13.4 (82). Mazenod: Bye. Marcellin OC v Old vanhoe Grammarians.

Premier C Men’s Reserves. Hampton Rovers 14.13 (97) d Old Carey 6.9 (45). Ormond 120.13 (73) d PEGS 7.11 (53). Old Camberwell Grammarians 10.8 (68) d Parkdale Vultures 7.11 (51). Mazenod OC: Bye. Marcellin OC v Old Ivanhoe Grammarians.

Division 1 Men’s. Old Peninsula 15.13 (103) d Prahran 7.16 (58). Therry Penola 7.14 (56) d Ivanhoe 5.7 (37). Glen Eira 19.13 (127)

d West Brunswick 7.4 (46). Kew 13.15 (91)

d UHS-VU 7.12 (54). Oakleigh 20.13 (133) d

Preston Bullants 6.8 (44).

Division 1 Men’s Reserves. Prahran

16.22 (118) d Old Peninsula 8.6 (54). Therry

Penola 17.11 (113) d Ivanhoe 4.6 (30). Glen

Eira 11.8 (74) d West Brunswick 4.8 (320.

Kew 14.7 (91) d UHS-VU 6.2 (38). Oakleigh

14.6 (90) d Preston Bullants 4.9 (33).

Division 2 Men’s. South Melbourne Dis-

tricts 8.10 (58) d Brunswick 8.8 (56). Parkside

10.13 (73) d Old Paradians 2.8 (20). Bulleen

Templestowe 13.11 (89) d St Mary’s Salesian

9.10 (64). Whitefriars 17.3 (105) d Aquians

15.5 (95). MHSOB 18.8 (116) drew with Old

Yarra Cobras 16.20 (116).

Division 2 Men’s Reserves. South

Melbourne Districts 11.3 (69) d Brunswick

6.3 (39). Parkside 13.19 (97) d Old Paradians

3.0 (18). Bulleen Templestowe 15.9 999) d

St Mary’s Salesian 9.5 (59). Whitefriars 15.12 (102) d Aquinas 7.7 (49). MHSOB 12.8 (80)

d Old Yarra Cobras 3.8 (26).

Division 3 Men’s. Wattle Park 12.15 (87)

d Richmond Central 10.10 (70). Canterbury

15.8 (98) d Power House 7.9 (51). Hawthorn

20.13 (133) d Swinburne Unioversity 7.5 (47).

Elsternwick 16.15 (111) d La Trobe University

6.5 (41).

Division 3 Men’s Reserves. Wattle Park

10.10 (70) d Richmond Central 10.7 (67).

Canterbury 7.9 (51) d Power House 7.8 (50).

Hawthorn 3.12 (30) d Swinburne University

1.4 (10). Elsternwick 25.16 (166) d La Trobe University 3.4 (22).

Division 4 Men’s. Albert Park 9.15 (66)

d Masala 7.12 (54). North Brunswick 19.8 (122) d Eley Park 1.6 (12). Box Hill North

8.12 (60) d St Johns 5.6 (36).

Division 4 Men’s Reserves. Albert Park 16.13 (109) d Masala 8.5 (53). South Brunswick 28.29 (197) d Eley Park 1.7 (13). Box Hill North 8.11 (59) d St Johns 2.8 (20).

■ Eastern Football Netball League. Premier Division Seniors. Rowville 13.11 (89)

d Norwood 10.9 (69). Balwyn 16.14 (110) d Berwick 9.2 (56). Doncaster East 12.12 (84)

d South Croydon 9.9 (63). Noble Park 18.14 (122) d Park Orchards 9.7 (61). East Ringwood 13.9 (87) d Blackburn 7.8 (50). Ver-

mont 12.6 (88) d Doncaster 7.8 (50).

Division 1 Seniors. South Belgrave 14.16

(100) d Croydon 9.9 (63). Beaconsfiled 10.9

(69) d Lilydale 0.5 (5). Mitcham 15.12 (102)

d Bayswater 5.20 (50). Wantirna South 10.10

(70) d North Ringwood 8.9 (57). Mooroolbark

v Montrose.

Division 2 Seniors. East Burwood 19.14

(128) d Upper Ferntree Gully 6.9 (45). Temp-

lestowe 13.14 (92) d Heathmont 9.6 (60).

The Basin 13.14 (92) de Knox 7.9 (51).

Waverley Blues 10.11 (71) d Ringwood 7.14

(56). Boronia 15.16 (106) d Mulgrave 6.5 (41).

Division 3 Seniors. Fairpark 14.13 (97)

d Whitehorse Pioneers 11.18 (84). Donvale

16.11 (107) d Oakleigh District 5.5 (35).

Ferntree Gully 16.12 (108) d Silvan 11.15

(81). Warrandyte 14.6 (90) d Coldstream

13.10 (88).

Division 4 Seniors. Forest Hill 18.3 (111)

d Kilsyth 9.13 (67). Nunawading 16.5 (101)

d Croydon North MLOC 13.12 (90). Surrey Park

13.15 (93) d Scoresby 12.6 (78). Chirnside

Park: Bye.

■ Essendon District Football League.

Premier Division. Keilor 25.18 (168) d Avon-

dale Heights 3.4 (22). Airport West 21.18

(144) d Maribyrnong Park 6.7 (43). Green-

vale 14.13 (97) d Essendon Doutta Stars 6.6

(42). Pascoe Vale 9.11 (65) d East Keilor

7.10 (52). Strathmore v Aberfeldie.

Division 1. Hillside 15.16 (106) d Tulla-

marine 6.5 (41). Deer Park 19.14 (128) d

Craigieburn 7.11 (53). St Albans 17.14 (116)

d Keilor Park 10.14 (74). Rupertswood 24.8

(152) d Glenroy 6.9 (45). West Coburg 19.18

(132) d Roxburgh Park 6.10 (46). Moonee

Valley 13.8 (86) d Westmeadows 9.9 (63).

Division 2. Burnside Heights 16.15 (111) d Oak Park 12.8 (80). Northern Sainst 17.11

(113) d Taylors Lakes 6.8 (44). Coburg Districts 22.17 (149) d East Sunbury 10.6 (66). Sunbury Kangaroos 21.14 (140) d Hadfield 10.8 (68).

■ Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. Division 1 Seniors. Pines

7.13 (55) d Bonbeach 7.11 (53). Dromana

23.8 (146) d Sorrento 3.6 (24z). Mt Eliza

19.18 (132) d Frankston Bombers 12.5 (77). Frankston YCW 22.10 (142) d Rosebud 3.8

(26). Red Hill 15.6 (96) d Langwarrin 8.11 (59).

Division 1 Reserves. Pines 7.12 (54) d Bonbeach 3.4 (22). Dromana 17.8 (110) d Sorrento 5.4 (34). Mt Eliza 12.12 (84) d Frankston Bombers 3.7 (25). Frankston YCW

15.5 (95) d Rosebud 3.3 (21). Red Hill 12.12

(84) d Langwarrin 7.4 (46).

Division 2 Seniors. Chelsea 16.16 (112)

d Crib Point 8.7 (55). Devon Meadows 18.19 (127) d Seaford 7.9 951). Edithvale-Aspen-

dale 26.15 (171) d Tyabb 5.8 (38). Pearce-

dale 15.11 (101) d Hastings 13.10 (88). Kar-

ingal 20.8 (128) d Rye 12.6 (78). Somerville

17.12 (114) d Mornington 16.7 (103).

Division 2 Reserves. Crib Point 12.11

(83) d Chelsea 6.5 (41). Seaford 9.9 (63) d Devon Meadows 7.6 (48). Edithvale-Aspendale

21.16 (142) d Tyabb 1.1 (7). Pearce-dale 6.13

(49) d Hastings 5.7 (37). Karingal 14.8 (92)

d Rye 4.3 (27). Somerville 13.12 (90) d Mornington 5.4 (34).

■ Northern Football Netball League. Division 1 Seniors. Greensborough 9.12 (66)

d Hurstbridge 5.14 (44). Montmorency 20.9

(129) d Banyule 8.8 (56). Heidelberg 9.13

(67) d West Preston Lakeside 5.8 (38). North

Heidelberg 16.9 (105) d Whittlesea 4.4 (28).

Bundoora 12.12 (84) d Macleod 9.10 (64).

Division 1 Reserves. Greensborough 10.17 (77) d Hurstbridge 10.5 (65). Banyule 13.11 (89) d Montmorency 9.7 (61). Heidelberg 12.6 (78) d West Preston Lakeside 4.2 (26). North Heidelberg 9.8 (62) d Whittlesea

3.6 (24). Bundoora 7.4 (46) d Macleod 6.9 (45).

Division 1 Under 19.5. Greensborough

1 11.13 (79) d Banyule 8.6 (54). Montmorency 10.6 (66) d North Heidelberg 7.9 (51). West Preston Lakeside 8.10 (58) d Heidelberg 7.6 (48). Eltham 18.5 (113) d Bundoora 3.12 (30).

Division 2 Seniors. Diamond Creek 19.8

(122) d Watsonia 9.9 (63). Eltham 11.12 (78) d Northcote Park 4.10 (34). Panton Hill 21.14 (140) d Epping 8.7 (55). South Morang 22.11 (143) d Lower Plenty 7.7 (49). St Mary’s 10.11 (71) d Thomastown 6.16 (52).

Division 2 Reserves. Diamond Creek

20.7 (127) d Watsonia 8.3 (51). Eltham 25.15 (165) d Northcote Park 1.3 (9). Epping 10.10 (70) d Panton Hill 8.11 (59). South Morang

17.19 (121) d Lower Plenty 2.1 (13). Thomastown 13.13 (91) d St Mary’s 3.5 (23).

Division 2 Under 19.5. Laurimar 13.18 (96) d Watsonia 8.8 (56). Diamond Creek

21.16 (142) d South Morang 2.6 (18). St Mary’s 9.7 (61) d Lower Plenty 2.7 (19).

Division 3 Seniors. Old Eltham Coll-egians

26.17 (173) d Reservoir 4.2 (26). Kinglake

15.9 (99) d Heidelberg West 7.11 (53). Mernda 28.20 (188) d Lalor 4.2 (26). Fitzroy Stars 9.10 (64) d Kilmore 7.9 (51).

Division 3 Reserves. Old Eltham Collegians 22.16 (148) d Reservoir 0.0 (0). Heidelberg West 10.6 (66) d Kinglake 5.15 (45). Mernda 20.17 (137) d Lalor 3.7 (25). Kilmore

12.7 (79) d Fitzroy Stars 5.10 (40).

Division 3 Under 19.5. Banyule-Heidelberg West 17.19 (121) d Panton Hill 7.9 (51). Heidelberg v Kilmore. Greensborough 2 8.10 (58) d Thomastown 1.3 (9). Mernda 16.11 (107) d Macleod 14.8 (92).

■ Outer Eastern. Premier Division Seniors. Pakenham 15.14 (104) d Monbulk

9.14 (68). Narre Warren 21.13 (139) d Mt Evelyn 12.9 981). Wandin 17.14 (116) d

Upwey-Tecoma 10.9 (69). Olinda-Ferny Creek

16.12 (108) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 16.6 (102). Woori Yallock: Bye.

Premier Division Reserves. Pakenham

8.7 (55) d Monbulk 7.9 (51). Narre Warren

14.12 (96) d Mt Evelyn 11.2 (68). UpweyTecoma 10.8 (68) d Wandin 6.4 (40). OlindaFerny Creek 14.3 (87) d Gembrook-Cockatoo

6.4 (40). Woori Yallock: Bye.

Division 1 Seniors. Emerald 16.21 (117)

d Belgrave 11.11 (77). Seville 22.11 (143) d

Hallam 5.11 (41). Healesville 10.12 (72) d

Officer 9.7 (61). Berwick Springs: Bye.

Division 1 Reserves, Emerald 15.12

(102) d Belgrave 2.11 (23). Seville 11.11 (77)

d Hallam 8.2 (50). Officer 23.9 (147) d

Healesville 1.2 (8). Berwick Springs: Bye.

Division 2 Seniors. Warburton-Millgrove

15.14 (104) d Powelltown 7.6 (48). Yarra Glen

15.22 (112) d Yarra Junction 13.13 (91).

Division 2 Reserves. Warburton-Millgrove

10.11 (71) d Powelltown 6.1 (37). Yarra Junction 14.11 (95) d Yarra Glen 4.6 (30).

Under 19 Boys. Woori Yallock 7.11 (53)

d Seville 5.7 (37). Emerald 7.12 (54) d Monbulk 3.11 (29). Narre Warren 19.17 (131)

d Mt Evelyn 6.6 (42). Upwey-Tecoma v Wandin. Officer: Bye.

■ Southern Football Netball League. Division 1 Seniors. Chelsea Heights 12.13 (85)

d Bentleigh 8.12 (60). Cranbourne Eagles

16.10 (106) d Mordialloc 7.5 (47). Cheltenham 17.17 (119) d St Kilda City 12.12 (84). Dingley 12.19 (91) d St Paul’s McKinnon

7.8 (50). Springvale Districts 13.11 (89) d Port Melbourne Colts 9.7 (61).

Division 2 Seniors. East Brighton 29.20 (194) d Black Rock 1.7 (13). East Malvern

15.8 (98) d Murrumbeena 6.8 (44). Caulfield

Bears 11.6 (72) d Hampton Park 8.14 (62).

Doveton Doves 12.15 (87) d Keysborough 7.13 (55). Highett 11.12 (78) d Skye 10.9 (69).

Division 3 Seniors. Endeavour Hills 15.6 (96) d Carrum Patterson Lakes 11.11 (77).

Heatherton 15.9 (99) d Narre South Saints

8.12 (60). Ashwood 5.10 (40) d Clayton 5.8 (38). Lyndhurst 8.10 (58) d Frankston Dolphins 7.10 (52).

Division 4 Seniors. Hampton Eagles

22.28 (160) d South Yarra 3.1 (19). Hampton 19.14 (128) d Moorabbin Kangaroos 6.7 (43). South Mornington 10.12 (72) d Lyndale

0.2 (2). Dandenong: Bye.

Your

Stars

with Kerry Kulkens

ARIES: (March 21- April 20)

Lucky Colour: Yellow

Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.6.9.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.23.36.35.40.

Many will be thinking in terms of buying property, moving interstate. People you meet during social activities could become a permanent fixture. Many will become engaged, married or reconciling past differences with present lovers.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20)

Lucky Colour: Peach

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.22.

Stay out of family fights or arguments among friends, most will be in the grip of wander lust and could be travelling longer distances than usual it very hard to balance the budget however keep trying.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21)

Lucky Colour: Green

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1.6.8.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.26.36.39.8.

A very favorable period however its a period of ends and beginnings and as one door closes a better one opens so look ahead not back. Many will be luckier in lotteries or a punt or a wise investment.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Friday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.2.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.24.40.33.3.

Most will be in a happier financial situation, however not the time to lend money or possessions. The singles could find the lover they have been seeking.

LEO: (July 23- August 22)

Lucky Colour: Cream

Lucky Day: Thursday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.9.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.22.

There could be a tendency to be accident prone so watch your step. Most will be making plans for major changes to take place later this year. For most an increase in salary.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23)

Lucky Colour: Lilac

Lucky Day: Thursday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.8.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.24.40.33.39.

Take nothing and no one at face value as your judgment may not be up to scratch. Making progress in your love life could be most important. Social life is about to become hectic.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23)

Lucky Colour: Blue

Lucky Day: Tuesday

Racing Numbers: 2.6.8.5.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.21.24.10.22.

A very pleasant period ahead and take advantage of any invitations forthcoming. Many could be could be travelling and many could be in for money and or better career prospects.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22)

Lucky Colour: Orange

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.33.

Avoid confrontations with authority a very impatient period so be extra careful out on the roads. Many could be in for major changes on their relationships.

SAGITTARIUS: (November23- December 20)

Lucky Colour: Dark Blue

Lucky Day: Tuesday

Racing Numbers: 4.6.8.5.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.35.5.33.

Personal relationships will be prominent during this period and is a happy time for family gatherings. Make sure you allow plenty of time to enjoy social activities rather than getting involved in all the hard work behind the scene.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19)

Lucky Colour: Silver

Lucky Day: Thursday

Racing Numbers: 2.9.5.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.40.33.

A happier and more relaxed period and for many luck through lotteries legacies or wise investments. Unexpected opportunities in a career venture for some a traveler returns.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19)

Lucky Colour: Cream

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.36.39.

Most will be in for a happy and relaxed period. People you meet during the holiday period is destined to have a big impact on your future plans some who cant travel should be happy with friends and social activities

PISCES: (February 20- March 20)

Lucky Colour: Violet

Lucky Day: Sunday

Racing Numbers: 2.6.9.5.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.40.33.

Contacts from old friends or past flames, most will have to be very diplomatic to keep their personal relationships stable. Career activities are set to bring increasing earnings and opportunities.

An Open letter to the Premier -

Dear Mr Andrews

Please remove the Authority status from the Victoria Registration and Standards Authority. Put back the old framework so principals and the Minister can help curb the excesses of VRQA.

Drowning teachers/ schools in unnecessary paper work, VRQA actively prevent sensible education solutions from being implemented. Eg Indigenous women in Mildura spent 60,000 in philanthropy money and 2 yrs hard work to put together a modest school for 20 school refusers. VRQA killed the project Stone dead. Why?

Paperwork. 10 teachers working on it, 200 pages -not good enough. VRQA hamstrings teachers as professionals too. Teachers need to be allowed to act as intelligent professionals, not puppets.

Gab McIntosh

Education SpokespersonIndigenous Party of Aust. 25 Christie, St Mildura 3500.

● Dr Jacqueline Ross, author of Blackwater, will be at Sisters of Crime. More details inside.

■ FrankstonArts Centre and HIT Productions present theAustralian musical The Sunshine Club on June 27 at 7.30 pm at the Frankston Arts Centre.

The Sunshine Club is written and directed by Wesley Enoch, with 28 songs composed by John Rodgers, and musical direction by Wayne Freer.

Set in summer 1946 at the end of the war, the story tells of Aboriginal soldier Frank Doyle, who has spent years fighting shoulderto-shoulder with troops from all over Australia.

But when he steps onto the Brisbane wharf he finds some things haven't changed. But Frank knows how to fight for his country.

Filled with a defiant energy and ambition for a better life, Frank starts The Sunshine Club, a place where black and white can meet and, most importantly, dance.

Here he dreams of a future where he can dance in step with Rose, the girl next door, the girl of his dreams.

The cast of 11 will include emerging and established First Nations artists and a fivepiece live band.

Performance Details: Tuesday, June 27 at 7.30pm

Venue: Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston

Bookings: https://artscentre.frankston.vic. gov.au/Whats-On/Season-Shows/The-Sunshine-Club

- Cheryl Threadgold

Wasteland

■ This new work based on T.S. Eliot’s 1922 masterpiece, ‘The Waste Land’, reimagines Eliot’s modernist poem, created in the wake of the devastating trauma of the First World War, in dance.

Through the lens of the current climate crisis, the work uses sections of Eliot’s poem to visualise nature in peril.

Nine dancers, in pairs, trios and together, perform in abstract, pure motion in a landscape that is being destroyed.

Wasteland opens with a mist engulfing prone bodies in a primordial landscape. This is the ‘Burial of the Dead’.

A dancer walks between the prone figures, trickling sand into the dry, dusty landscape.

A crackle of thunder precedes whispering voices: “Hurry up, please; it’s time.”

A clever choreographing of ‘A Game of Chess’ sees dancers moving through an imaginary chess board, eliminating opponents.

‘The Fire Sermon’ evokes the looming reality of climate change.

Su Min Lee, Lisa Baker and Daniel McRae were particularly impressive, as was Ayonna Saha.

Freya Solnordal’s lighting gives this piece a liminal quality of bodies floating in space silhouetted against the dying landscape, a nightmare scenario.

Ellie Singe’s costume design lends weight to the destruction of the landscape as they morph into dust and dirt.

Across contrasting scenes, Anusha Yellapragada and Daniel Parr’s multi-instrumental original score gives shape to the mesmerising pulse and mood.

Director Siobhan Judge has created a lyrical, powerful and ambitious work.

The climate emergency and all that is lost or under threat meld the fragments into a structured whole, powering the piece and its message.

Presented by Monash Uni Student Theatre (MUST) at Monash University.

‘MY OLD LADY’

■ Heidelberg Theatre Company presents the comedy/drama My Old Lady from June 30July 15 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna.

Written by Israel Horovitz and directed by Maureen

McInerney,

My Old Lady tells of New Yorker Mathias who is middle-aged, broke and unhappy.

His recently deceased, estranged father, has left him an apartment in Paris , which Mathias intends to sell as quickly as possible.

On arrival, he is surprised and bewildered to find the apartment occupied by an elderly lady and her fierce and feisty daughter.

What’s more, an arcane French law decrees that they are entitled to it “en viager”: lifetime habitation.

In the course of just one week, what starts as a bitter confrontation develops into a deeply moving exploration of culture, different family values, and dignity.

The cast includes George Werther (Mathias 'Jim' Gold), Lindy Yeates (Mathilde Girard) and Julie Arnold (Chloe Girard).

Performance Details: June 30 - July 15

Venue: Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna.

Bookings: www.htc.org.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

Prisoner 77

■ Prison 77 is a gritty and gripping story set in Barcelona’s notorious La Model Prison during the movement from dictatorship to emerging democracy following the ending of Spain’s fascist Francoist regime (1939-1975).

Miguel Herran plays Manuel, a young accountant awaiting trial for embezzlement following an allegation by his former boss.

As with many prisoners, it appears that Manuel is either innocent or imprisoned on a triviality.

Many inside are political prisoners, and many are there for being gay.

At his first meeting with his court-appointed lawyer, Manuel learns there is no foreseeable end to his nightmare.

It will be at least four years before he can expect his case to come to trial, and a possible 20-year sentence looms.

A radiant Catalina Sopelana plays his exgirlfriend’s sister, Lucia, Manuel’s only visitor providing him with a ray of hope and a link to the outside.

Manuel proves to be his worst enemy, insisting on his rights and an idea of ethical justice in a world where the only path is using street smarts to outwit fellow prisoners and ruthless, sadistic guards alike.

He eventually strikes up a friendship with his cellmate, Pino, the superb Javier Gutiérrez.

Together they join the fledgling protest movement, the Prisoners Rights Association.

Based on a real event, the film replicates the AmnistÍa campaign for amnesty and prison reform.

Filmed in the actual La Model Prison, a building based on Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon, a design where the entire structure is controlled from a central tower, gives the film its authentic, realistic and menacing quality.

As Steve McQueen did with Hunger, director Alberto Rodriguez’s Prison 77 forces viewers to confront the recent past by shining a light on the brutality, injustice, and human rights violations meted out to prisoners.

Prison 77 is presented as part of the Spanish Film Festival, June 15-July 5. Further details: www.spanishfilmfestival.com.au

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

Ali McGregor, MSO

■ An eclectic mix of music, soaring vocals, and the excellent musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under conductor Benjamin Northey made for a thrilling night of music for Ali McGregor’s first solo show at Hamer Hall.

Resplendent in sequins, looking like a gold

Logie, McGregor presented a mix of musical styles from the kitsch to the classic, from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Beginning with a 1940s torch song version of Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love’, McGregor evoked rejection and unrequited love.

More 80s and 90s pop standards followed, transformed from jazz to swing, including the Fine Young Cannibal’s ‘Johnny Come Home’ to INXS’s ‘NeverTear Us Apart’to Blur’s ‘Song 2’.

With a reveal worthy of the best RuPaul’s Drag Race diva, McGregor transformed into emerald green silk, a gown worthy of Elizabeth Taylor.

Donning a feathered headdress, the talented cabaret chanteuse performed various songs from her HelpmannAward-winning show, Yma Sumac, the Peruvian Songbird.

In these, McGregor, former principal soprano at Opera Australia, demonstrated her unique vocal ability. A rousing mambo version of Mozart’s ‘Queen of the Night’ followed.

Throughout, McGregor entertained with anecdotes and special guests.

McGregor’s partner, ABC presenter Adam Hills, recited Banjo Paterson’s Clancy of the Overflow while McGregor sang The Church’s ‘Under the Milky Way’.

McGregor’s versatility showed with a toneddown version of Cleo Laine’s ‘Thieving Boy’ accompanied by a clarinet solo by MSO principal David Thomas.

A mash-up of ‘Makin’Whoopee’ and Aqua’s ‘I’m A Barbie Girl’ was a crowd favourite, as was Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’ intertwined with Lizzo’s ‘Cuz I Love You’ featuring strategically placed audience members providing the chorus.

A well-deserved standing ovation finished the night.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

Winter Bl;ues

■ The Winter Blues Festival at EchucaMoama is announcing its full artist lineup for 2023, which includes 19-Twenty, Dom Turner, Lloyd Spiegel, Fiona Boyes, Frank Sultana, Owen Campbell, and Hat Fitz and Cara.

Also being welcome is vocal sensation Karise Eden along with the cream of local and national touring artists including Blues Roulette, Catfish Voodoo, Geoff Achison, Jesse Redwing, Julian James, Fools, Mike Elrington, Collard Greens and Gravy, Phil Para Band, Cass Eager, and more.

All venues are free entry, except the Wrap Party and River Cruises on PS Pevensey.

Wrap Party: a tribute to Peter Williams is a ticketed event featuring the cream of the Festival.

www.winterblues.com.au

■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG) presents An Inspector Calls until June 10 at the Strathmore Community Theatre.

Written by J. B. Priestley and set in 1912 in the industrial north of England, the play tells of the family of a prosperous factory owner celebrating the daughter's engagement. Their festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a police inspector, who reports the suicide death of a young woman in a local infirmary.

Are the family members correct in assuming that this tragedy has nothing to do with them? Under the inspector's probing, an interesting story unfolds. But is the police inspector really a police inspector?

Performance Details: Until June 10, Thurs - Sat at 8pm

Venue: Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore.

Bookings: www.stagtheatre.org

- Cheryl Threadgold

Centre Stage opens

■ Centre Stage, a renowned entertainment company deeply rooted in the industry for more than 15 years, is announcing the launch of Centre Stage Agency.

This new talent agency is dedicated to exclusively representing young performers aged 4-21 and providing them with professional employment opportunities in various mediums, including musicals, theatre productions, TV commercials, Netflix/Disney streaming series, and more.

Aim is to unlock opportunities for young talents in Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula.

David Greenwood, Managing Director of Centre Stage , expressed his excitement about the launch, stating, "Opening Centre Stage Agency in Geelong for young performers aged 4-21 is a dream come true.

“We believe that talent knows no boundaries, and it's our mission to provide a platform where young artists can shine.

“Geelong has a wealth of untapped potential, and we are thrilled to be the catalyst that unlocks opportunities for these talented individuals.

“Our goal is to empower them, nurture their abilities, and guide them towards a future filled with success and fulfilment. Centre Stage Agency is more than just a talent management agency; it's a gateway to a world of possibilities for Geelong's rising stars."

Centre Stage Agency's mission is to discover, develop, and promote the next generation of stars.

The agency firmly believes that every young person has the potential to shine, whether they aspire to be actors, singers, dancers, or models.

Their experienced team of talent managers, coaches, and industry experts will provide personalized services tailored to meet the unique needs of each performer. From audition coaching and career guidance to professional headshots and demo reels, Centre Stage Agency equips young performers with the tools and support they need to succeed.

● ● Julie Arnold (Chloe), George Werther (Matthias) and Lindy Yeates (Mathilde) rehearse My Old Lady.

Photo: David Belton

● ● Alexandria Page (Sheila Birling) rehearses An Inspector Calls.

Photo: Karim Ghantous

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

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Local Theatre Observations

Shows

■ The 1812 Theatre: Waiting for Godot (by Michael Aitkens) Until June 10 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Neil Barnett. Bookings: 9758 3964 admin@1812theatre. com.au

■ Wonthaggi Theatre Company: Dusty the Pop Diva Musical Until June 10 at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, 96 Graham St., Wonthaggi. Enquiries: (03 5671 2470 or wonthaggi.artscentre@basscoast.vic.gov.au

■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): An Inspector Calls Until June 10 at the Strathmore Community Hall, Loeman St., Strathmore. Bookings: stagtheatre.org

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (by Ray Lawler) June 18 – July 1 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Martin Gibbs. Bookings: 9587 5141 www.mordialloctheatre. com

■ Babirra Music Theatre: All Shook Up June 10 – 18 at the Karralyka Centre, Ringwood. Bookings: https:// aukarralyka.sales.ticketsearch.com/

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Continental Quilt (Joan Greening) June 28 – July 15 at 5Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Les Hart. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au

■ Theatrical. : The Wizard of Oz, June 29 (Preview), June 30-July 9 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Director Kim Davidson. Bookings: www.nationaltheatre.org.au

■ Leongatha Lyric Theatre: The Producers, Musical. June 30 – July 15 at the Leongatha Memorial Hall. Director: Dan Lawrie. Bookings: www.leongathalyric.com. au

■ Malvern Theatre Company: The Whales of August (by David Berry) June 23 – July 8 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Loretta Bishop. www.malverntheatre.com.au

■ Encore Theatre Company: The Popular Mechanicals (by Keith Robinson, Tony Taylor and William Shakespeare) July 14 – 22 at the Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Andrew Ferguson. Bookings: www.encoretheatre.com.au

■ PEP Productions: Life Without Me (by Daniel Keene) July 21 – 29 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Jeremy Guzman. Bookings: https:/ /www.trybooking.com/CINNB

■ Heidelberg Theatre: My Old Lady (by Israel Horovitz), June 30–July 15 at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Maureen McInerney. Bookings: www.htc.org.au/.

■ PLOS Musical Productions: Strictly Ballroom,(Musical) July 28-August 5 at the Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston. Bookings: https://plos.asn.au/.

■ Aspect Inc: Stage Door (Edna Ferber and George S Kaufman) July 20 – 29 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Candice Mitrousis.

Auditions

■ LOTS Theatre: Legends of the Skies Series 11, Wednesday June 7 at 7.30pm in Mordialloc. Expressions of interest invited for acting, singing, crew. Please contact director Maggie Morrison on maggie07@bigpond. net.au

■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: Tartuffe (by Molière) June 13 at 7pm and June 17 at 2pm at the Shoestring Playhouse, 77 Beach Rd., Torquay (net door to the Australian National Surfing Museum). Director: Zina Carman. Audition enquiries: zinacarman@gmail.com

■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Cosi (by Louis Nowra) July 2 from 6pm and July 3 from 7pm at 36 Turnham Rd., Rosanna. Director: Bruce Akers. Audition enquiries: bwakers27@hotmail.com

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Agnes of God (by John Pielmeier) July 2 at 12.30pm and July 3 at 7.30pm at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Audition enquiries: orbbaf@ozemail.com.au or 0416 141 838

■ The Basin Theatre Group: Belles (by Mark Dunn) July 16 at 2pm, July 17 at 7pm at The Basin Theatre, Cnr Doongalla and Simpson Rds., The Basin. Director: LB Bradley. Audition enquiries: LNBRAD@ hotmail.com

- Cheryl Threadgold

SISTERS IN CRIME

■ Three authors will explore their thrillers with Catie Maher, Programs Lead at Bayside Library and a member of Sisters in Crime.

In Michelle Prak’s debut novel, The Rush, two friendly young couples on a sunny outback road trip strike a sudden flood, cut-off roads, and unexpected danger. And a predator is out there .

In Blackwater, the first crime novel by Jacqueline Ross, events take a Gothic turn when the heavily pregnant Grace accompanies her new husband King to Blackwater in remote Tasmania where his father lies dying.

When Grace learns about Blackwater’s dark history (“no child will be born here”), she begins to fear that it is the house itself exerting an evil influence on her husband.

In Maryrose Cuskelly’s debut crime novel, The Cane, a teenage girl is missing in the cane fields of North Queensland in the early seventies.

There are no suspects, the sugar crush is underway, the cane must be burned, and the town is about to ignite. . .

Event Details: June 23 at 8pm. Dinner at 6.30pm.

Venue: Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan St., South Melbourne

Tickets: Entry and dinner combined charge: $60 non-members; $55 concession; $52 Sisters in Crime and Writers Victoria members, $50 under 19. Please book by 12 Noon, Thursday, June 22. Tickets not sold prior to the event will be available at the door for $62/$58/$55/$50. Dinner upstairs from 6.30pm-7.30 pm. Orders need to be in by 7 pm.

Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome.

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ twist-of-fate-australian-rural-noir-tickets631958503897

- Cheryl Threadgold

Mobile artwork

■ Australia’s first original piece of indigenous artwork connected to a new large format digital billboard across the West Gate Freeway.

The project is a collaboration between JCDecaux with the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning and the Wurundjeri

Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation

“By integrating this incredible piece of Indigenous artwork into the urban landscape, we are not only enhancing the visual appeal, but we are also encouraging dialogue and understanding about the diverse cultural heritage that enriches our society,” said Steve O’Connor, CEO of JCDecaux Australia.

“We collaborated with our partners to bring this unique and special art installation to life to inspire, provoke thought and spark conversations. The partnership and artwork signify our commitment to supporting and amplifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.”

Melissa Horne, Minister for Roads and Road Safety, said: “It’s fantastic to see our First Peoples recognised and this artwork take pride of place on one of Victoria’s busiest and most important roads.

“We made the decision to fly the Aboriginal flag permanently atop the West Gate Bridge and this installation is a further symbol of unity, identity and resilience for First Peoples across Victoria.”

The original piece of commissioned artwork pathed between a mixed-cultural First Peoples multidisciplinary artis and curator born in Melbourne.

The artwork embodies direction, flow and perspective which is central to the significance of the West Gate Freeway and its function as a connector within the community.

Artist Lisa Waup said: “Pathed Between highlights abstracted intersecting lines and paths of connection, some roads travelled can be easier than others at times.

“Yet the road travelled ultimately delivers us where we need to be. It has been an absolute pleasure working on this project, a positive and respectful experience in every way. I am extremely proud of the outcome and exceedingly thankful for the opportunity.”

This unique Digital Large Format site is positioned above White St, impacting audiences

New Perspectives

heading inbound and outbound from the city.

JCDecaux worked in partnership with Authority Creative – award winning specialists in contemporary art production and curation to engage Lisa Waup on the project.

Leading industrial design practice Tilt were selected to support the production of the art from a 2D design through to the manufacturing process.

To Antarctica

■ Heidi Victoria, a professional photographer (and former Victorian Minister for the Arts), has won placement as documentary photographer on-board a voyage to Antarctica.

It is a not-for-profit leadership program, which is specifically for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM)

It has one intake of around 70 women, from around the globe, every year.

After learning about themselves and how to have a voice in a male dominated field, these women ‘converge’ in Antarctica to finish their program.

The voyage leaves in early November. All, even staff, pay their own way.

People wishing to help contribute towards Ms Victoria’s voyage costs can contact: heidivictoria@optusnet.com.au

9 by 5 Exhibition

■ Celebrating its 16th year, the 9 by 5 Exhibition in Greater Dandenong commemorates an original 1889 exhibition held in Melbourne

The original exhibition featured the works of well-known artists Tom Roberts, Charles Condor, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin, where they created works on 9 by 5 inch cigar tin lids.

The 9 by 5 Exhibition artists have created their work on a small board measuring nine by five inches, using a range of mediums and styles.

WalkerStreet Gallery and Arts Centre's adaptation has become a nationally recognised exhibition that celebrates diversity within the arts community, proving that small things can have a big impact. This year’s exhibition hosts more than 250 works.

Artworks on display will be for sale and are a an affordable way to support artists and build art collections. The exhibition runs until Friday, July 7.

There is a People’s Choice Award for favourite artists. Both the chosen artist and voter will win a prize.

Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre is open Tuesday-Friday from 12 Noon - 4pm. Entry to the gallery is free.

Magic Festival

■ The 16th annual Melbourne Magic Festival takes place from June 26 to July 8.

Home grown Simon Coronel , the current World Champion of Close Up Magic, will appear among 50 other world class magicians.

“To have a local magician, brought up in The Melbourne Magic Festival, returning as the best in the entire world, is an astonishing feat for any art form,” said Tim Ellis, Director of the Melbourne Magic Festival.

■ Those who love great classical romantic music will find Monash University the place to be on Saturday (June 10).

That is when the acclaimed Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra performs for one night only in the David Li Sound Gallery as part of their current national tour.

The Monash concert, titled New Perspectives, features the Beethoven Septet and the Louise Farrenc Nonet and showcases the expressive potential of larger chamber groups of strings and winds, and the beautiful sounds made when these instruments are balanced by a master. Beethoven’s Septet was one of his early successes, taking the popular Viennese format of a serenade but adding special virtuosity and complexity

The Septet was such a hit that few composers dared write for a similarly-sized ensemble for 50 years, until the great French pianist, professor and publisher Louise Farrenc wrote her Nonet in 1849.

The fully global ensemble for this tour features three visiting overseas artists: Londonbased hornistAnneke Scott, along with German oboist Tatjana Zimre and American violinist Jenna Sherry – both currently based in Amsterdam

The main stage concert program is accompanied by the orchestra’s highly popular education program – the Voyage of Musical Discovery.

The Melbourne Voyage will have highlights from the touring concert program plus appearances from contemporary guest artists, Anna McMichael and Louise Devenish

Co-artistic director Nicole van Bruggen says she is very much looking forward to returning to the David Li Sound Gallery.

“It is an absolute joy to be able to share this program with our Melbourne audience together with such incredible colleagues gathered from all over the world for this tour.

“The Beethoven Septet is, for me, the pinnacle of late Classical chamber music, and the Louise Farrenc Nonet, a complete masterpiece, has been on my wish list for years,” said Ms van Bruggen.

To book tickets or find out more information, visit arco.org.au

Julie Houghton

Auditions

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Here I Belong (by Matt Hartley) July 16 at 6pm, July 17 at 7.30pm at the BrightonArts and Cultural Centre, Cnr. Wilson and Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Barbara Crawford. Audition enquiries: barbaracrawford4@gmail.com or call: 0414 881 844

- Cheryl Threadgold

No talk Triple M

■ Triple M microphones across the country will stay silent for 12 hours from 6am-6pm on Monday, July 3, the radio network’s fifth annual No Talk Day

There’ will be no breakfast show banter, no announcers, no news or traffic reports and no ads.

Wth support from Beyond Blue , the network will create space to encourage listeners o have a courageous conversations around men’s mental health and suicide.

● ● Dr Jacqueline Ross, author of Blackwater.

● ● ● ● Rachael Beesey and Nicole van Bruggen

Local news tradition goes on

■ A 132-year tradition came to a close in April 2020 when the Leader Newspapers group announced that it had stopped printing all its publications.

In Melbourne’s north, Leader permanently closed all printing and online newspapers for:

■ Northcote Leader

■ Preston Leader

■ Diamond Valley Leader

■ Heidelberg Leader.

The print and online cessation also applied to:

■ Sunbury Leader/Macedon

Ranges Leader

■ Manningham Leader

■ Progress Leader.

Newspaper printin concluded, to be replaced by digital-only reporting for the Whittlesea Leader.

The following community titles in Melbourne became digital only: Stonnington, Mornington Peninsula, Knox, Whitehorse, Monash, Northern, (Hume), Whittlesea, Maroondah, Moorabbin, Mordialloc Chelsea, Moreland, Lilydale and Yarra Valley, Frankston, Bayside, Caulfield Port Phillip, Cranbourne, Greater Dandenong, Moonee Valley, Maribyrnong, Wyndham.

New weekly newspapers - in press and online - to replace the Leader titles were announced by Local Media Pty Ltd, publishers of this newspaper.

The new newspapers all appear under The Local Paper masthead, with a localised banner using familiar heritage titles.

The Leader dynasty began in January 1888 when the Rev. A.H. Richardson and R. Lemon from offices in Bay St, Brighton. Northcote content was minimal.

Twins Robert and John Whalley purchase the Leader in 1890.

The two brothers immersed themselves in the Northcote community. After briefly squabbling with the Northcote Council over council advertising (with the Council preferring to use the Collingwood Fitzroy Mercury) the Northcote Leader became a thriving local newspaper with a readership spreading as far as Whittlesea

By the early 1900s the Whalley brothers had become strong members of the community.

In 1911 Robert Whalley made a significant contribution when as the Secretary of the Northcote Library Committee he approached American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and asked for a donation to build a new library.

Carnegie agreed to contribution 50 per cent of the cost of construction if the Northcote Council agreed to pay the remaining sum and offer the library service free of charge.

The Council were reluctant to agree to these terms but even more reluctant to let Carnegie’s money slip out of their reach and the terms were

Oldboy

■ (R). 120 minutes. Screens at Cinema Nova on Wednesday June 7 at 9.30pm.

Beautifully restored in a brand new 4K restoration, Park Chanwook’s ferocious, audacious and utterly brilliant thriller roars back onto the big screen to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The story centres on Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik, in an extraordinary performance), a boorish, married businessman who is mysteriously kidnapped, while detained at a local police station after a drunken night out.

Waking up in a room with no windows and one, prison-like door, Oh is incarcerated in this place for 15 years, with only a TV for a companion.

After being knocked out with gas, Oh wakes up to discover he has been released, and immediately makes it his mission to find out who imprisoned him and why.

Helping the rage-filled man is waitress Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung)

For those who have not seen Oldboy, it is best to know as little about the plot as possible, as it takes some genuinely surprising turns.

The first issue of the Leader on January 21, 1888

include The Advertiser ( Diamond Valley and Whittlesea) and expanded into northern suburbs including Brunswick and Coburg.

They expanded into Heidelberg, East Yarra (Doncaster-Templestowe) and Diamond Valley.

A joint venture had titles at Essendon, Broadmeadows, Keilor and Sunbury-Melton.

Then came the eastern suburbs including Box Hill, Nunawading, Ringwood-Croydon, Lilydale and Knox-Sherbrooke.

A merger with Progress Press also included the Waverley Gazette and Chadstone Progress.

Standard Newspapers and Westernpor t Publishing titles also came into the group.

Many felt the film was very unlucky not to win the Palm d’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, losing out to the Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which was clearly chosen for political reasons (in fact, many experts also considered Park unlucky at Cannes last year, with his most recent film, the superb Decision To Leave, expected to take the top award, only to lose out to the vastly inferior Triangle Of Sadness).

and entertain audiences from one generation to the next.

Join Marty McFly (a perfectly cast Michael J. Fox), as he tries to fix his family history after accidentally travelling back in time (from 1985 to 1955) in a DeLorean, which has been turned into a time machine by his eccentric friend, Doctor Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd, who is terrific).

John Scott Whalley also made considerable contributions to Northcote and Preston, including serving 30 years as the editor of the , a position which ended when the brothers sold the newspaper to Decimus Mott in 1924.

In November of that year the Preston Council presented an illuminated address to John for his service to the community.

Decimus Mott and his brother Hamilton had started the Border Morning Mail in 1903.

He and sons - George, Walter and Robert - expanded their company to

The Mott family sold the entire chain of more than 40 newspapers in 1986 to The Herald & Weekly Times for $23 million in cash and $32 million in shares.

The shares were sold within hours to Sir Ron Brierley who made a princely profit a few months later when the H&WT was embroiled in a takeover battle.

Rupert Murdoch’s $55 million Leader group grew through the 1980s and 90s. Digital disruption and COVID-19 combined to bring about the permanent closure of more than 100 newspapers across Australia. News Corp Australia confirmed that itslocal and regional newspapers would become digital only or disappear entirely.

Park, who had a huge commercial hit with JSA : Joint Security Area , then following it up with the dark, brutal Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (the first part of his Vengeance trilogy, with Oldboy being the second entry), was, thanks to these films, gaining attention on the film circuit, but Oldboy shot him to global fame, much in the same way Miike Takashi did after his unnerving Audition stunned festival audiences in 1999.

Crafted to perfection, and featuring outstanding performances across the board by a carefully chosen cast, this vivid, intelligent ride into very dark territory is as powerful now as it was back in 2003.

RATING - *****

Back To The Future Trilogy

■ (PG). Screens at Cinema Nova on Friday June 9, beginning at 6.45pm.

Go back to the future with this very special screening of the iconic trilogy, which continues to enthral

Inadvertently setting his future parents (played by Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover) on an alternate trajectory, Marty and Emmett have to put them back on the path to romance and marriage, but it isn’t an easy task, especially when Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) is forever putting a spanner in the works, due to his obsessive crush on Marty’s mother.

Writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale use the time travel premise to maximum effect, with the material proving clever, hilarious, and totally involving.

Zemeckis then directs proceedings with incredible energy and heart.

The first sequel in 1989 was an excellent follow-up, and being filmed back-to-back with Part III (which was released in 1990), allowed it to finish on a cliffhanger, before coming full circle beautifully with the final film embarking on a stunning trip to the wild west.

Most people have seen this great trilogy, but for those who may not have, here is the perfect opportunity to see them on a cinema screen.

A memorable night is assured.

RATING - *****

- Aaron Rourke

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● ● ● ● Robert Whalley

■ I was watching an old movie on television recently which featured one of my favourite Hollywood film stars.

The film was Kid Galahad and it starred Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and my favourite, Wayne Morris. Wayne Morris played the role of the young boxer and film buffs will remember that Kid Galahad was re-made in the 1960s with Elvis Presley in the title role.

There was something about Wayne Morris that I liked, he was six foot two with blond hair, good looks and a great smile.

Bert DeWayne Morris was born in Los Angeles California in 1914. After graduating from High School he joined the Pasadena Playhouse and studied to be an actor.

In 1936 Bert was spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout and signed to a studio contract. His name was changed to Wayne Morris and his first role was a bit part in China Clipper where he played opposite Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart.

As a contract actor at Warner Brothers he was cast in film after film and was soon playing larger roles. In 1939 Wayne was in a film titled The Return of Doctor X and although Humphrey Bogart described it as, "the worst film he ever made" to me as a young boy munching on my lollies and icy pole at the Saturday afternoon matinees I thought it was great.

Wayne married Lenora Schinasi in 1939 but

Whatever Happened To ...

Wayne Morris

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

the marriage ended in divorce in 1940.

In 1942 Wayne joined the Navy as a fighter pilot and flew on fifty seven missions where he shot down seven Japanese planes and contributed to the sinking of five enemy ships.

He was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. Wayne was flying off the aircraft carrier USS Essex and was petrified that one of his films would be shown to the to the crew as he thought he would never "live it down."

His younger brother Richard was also an air ace but was shot down and killed during World War Two.

Wayne married Patricia O'Rourke, who was a former Olympic swimmer and they were to-

gether for the rest of his life. After the war ended Wayne Morris returned to films but his career was not as successful as it had been.

He was loaned out to various studios and became well known for his B grade westerns. He did guest appearances in many television series during the 1950's.

His most significant film role came in 1957 when he was cast as a weakling the Stanley Kubrick classic The Paths of Glory. He made his Broadway debut in a play titled The Cave Dwellers where Wayne played a "washed up" boxer.

Wayne Morris died suddenly of a massive heart attack at the age of 45 in 1959. He was aboard an aircraft carrier in San Francisco Bay watching aerial displays from the bridge at the time and was immediately transported to hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Wayne had appeared in sixty four films during his career.

He was survived by his wife Patricia and three children. Wayne Morris was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honours.

Kevin can be heard on 3AWThe Time Tunnel - Remember WhenSundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens. . And on 96.5 FM. That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

‘LIGHT SENSITIVE’ AT TOWN HALL GALLERY

What’s On Man From Snowy River

■ The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is announcing a landmark event in Australian cinematic and musical history: the premiere of The Man from Snowy River in Concert.

In celebration of the enduring legacy of Director George Miller’s iconic Australian film, the live-to-screen performance from the MSO, onducted by Vanessa Scammell, will showcase the film's APRA and AFI award-winning score by legendary composer Bruce Rowland.

For the first time since its release in 1982, audiences will experience the powerful score of The Man from Snowy River played live alongside the stunning visuals of this cherished film and the enduring story that has captured the hearts of generations.

Stars of the film, Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson, will join the festivities, sharing behind-the-scenes insights, personal experiences, and discussing the lasting impact of this treasured Australian classic.

Based on A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson’s bush poem of the same name, the story follows proud young Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) who, after the death of his father, sets out to become his own man.

Taking a job with horse rancher Harrison (Kirk Douglas), Craig is treated poorly by the more experienced cowboys, but wins the heart of the rancher's daughter, Jessica (Sigrid Thornton), when he helps her break a high-strung colt and later saves her life. When he's unfairly blamed for the loss of an expensive horse, Craig fights to restore his honour and prove that he's worthy of Jessica's hand.

Dates: Thursday and Friday, August 17-18 August, 7.30pm and Saturday, August 19, 3pm

Venue: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

Light Sensitive is a major exhibition at Town Hall Gallery showing the narrative potential of light and its innovative application to art.

Drawing on the symbolic, conceptual, and functional qualities of the medium, the featured artists have a sensivity to light in various forms, from natural to neon.

In this exhibition artists share their personal stories, heritage, or responses to place through a sophisticated blending of artistry and science.

Light Sensitive offers an immersive and completive experience celebrating the medium of light in its many incarnations, including photography, installations, and projection.

Exhibition closes Saturday July 15.

★ A Sense of Place –Caroline Calway

Encapsulating the vastness of the land alongside the small and beautiful details within it, A Sense of Place by Caroline Calway is a community exhibition bearing witness to Dalmany (Bell Gorge) within the Kimberly region of Western Australia.

Moments of realism and abstraction tend to the overall impression of the scenes depicted across her vibrant and relevant pieces.

Exhibition closes Saturday July 8.

★

‘From Nature –a Community Exhibition is a community exhibition examining the world around us through materially and process.

Each artist borrows from the natural environment to create their work, either from organic materials collected locally or by allowing their work to be influenced by natural forces.

Shifting between abstract and figurative imagery, Michael Adeney and Ravit Tidhar’s creative practice reflects an appreciation of our natural world and its power.

Exhibition opens Wednesday June 7 and closes Saturday July 15.

Town Hall Gallery

360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn At

Mildura

Looking Glass – Judy Watson & Yvonne Scarce is an important and timely exhibition

The Arts

Royal wedding: bride faints

which brings together two of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists – Waanyi artist Judy Watson and Nukunu artist Yvonne Scarce.

At its heart, the exhibition is both a love song and a lament for Country, a fantastical alchemy of the elemental forces of earth, water, fire and air.

Watson’s ochres, charcoal and pigments, pooled and washed upon flayed canvases have a natural affinity and synergy with Scarce’s fusion of fire, earth and air.

Watson and Scarce express the inseparable oneness of Aboriginal people with Country, a familial relationship established for millennia.

Exhibition opens Saturday June 17 and closes Sunday August 6. Mildura Arts Centre

199 Coreton Rd, Mildura

Untold Stories

Untold Stories Uncovering LGBTIQA+ stories of the COVID19 pancemic. investigates the impact of COVID on the LGBTIQA+ community and features work by three artists including Ruiqi Qiu’s commissioned body of work Variation, Laura Pettenuzzo’s text based response On Buffy, Food and Fighting and Al Eli Baxter’s photographic series The Move. Exhibition closes June 26. Museum of Australian Photography 860 Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill

■ Just as the bride was about to take her vows, she lost consciousness and fainted. Fortunately, the groom caught the bride as she spiraled backwards yet the ceremony continued. Oh, by the way bride was marrying Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. Bride and groom enjoyed their night of nights.

Disruption discussion

■ The yet to be launched Disrupt Radio in Melbourne has signed businessman/multi-media personality Adam Ferrier to co-compere the 7am9am breakfast show with ex-ABC'S Libbi Gorr. New talk station starts onair end June and could attract audience from 3AW’s Ross and Russel.

Getaway broadens horizons

■ In a trans-Tasman link, future episodes of the popular Getaway travel show on Nine will feature breathtaking travel footage of hotspots to visit in New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji plus the usual local attractions.

Magazine makes comeback

■ So called media experts continue to spread doom and gloom claimimg magazines are history. Sorry, that's not true. Lcal publisher Switzer has announced they will publish anAustralian version of Esquire later this year. The same publisher has had great success with their re-introduction of Harper's Bazaar fashion mag.

Laugh like crazy, it’s free

■ Seems everything is going up in price, but not so with an exhibition soon to open in Melbourne's Old Treasury Building.

with Peter Kemp

- John O’Keefe

OK. With John O’Keefe

● ● ● ● Prince Ludwig of Bavaria marries Sophie Evekink.

● Wayne Morris

Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

LA RESTAURANT TURNS 104

■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Musso celebrates

■ On September 27, 1919, The Hollywood Citizen ran an announcement about the opening of Frank Toulet’s new restaurant, Frank’s Café at 6669 Hollywood Blvd.

In time, Toulet partnered with restaurateur Joseph Musso. As the owners of the new Musso & Frank’s Grill, they hired French chef Jean Rue, who created the menu much of which remains unchanged even today.

The pair sold the restaurant in 1927 to two Italian immigrants, Joseph Carissimi and John Mosso, who years later moved The Musso & Frank Grill next door to 6667 Hollywood Blvd., where it still stands.

Musso's exclusive, storied Back Room opened in 1934. Guarded by a discerning and austere maitre d’, the Back Room was a legendary private space reserved for the Hollywood elite. When you go to Musso & Frank you must order a cocktail at the bar.

Waiters serve classic American fare and martinis to diners in red booths at Hollywood's oldest eatery.

6667 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

Too many elections

■ The US is an outlier in two ways: the frequency of its elections and the number of government positions that are elected, said Larry Jacobs , a political scientist who has analysed election trends in the US and other countries.

In other countries, parliamentary democracies typically hold elections every four or five years. Those that have elections more frequently are typically suffering political crises.

Israel, for example, held its fifth election in less than four years last week and voted to restore the previous prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to power even as he faces corruption charges.

In the US, the Federal Government holds elections for Congress at least twice as often, every two years.

More local and state elections are sometimes pegged to the federal races, but not in most cases. Americans elect more than half a million officials in total, from president to county coroner.

It’s hard to compare this number to other countries, which might put more legislative seats to a vote but not, say, mine inspector or county engineer.

One example that’s particularly odd in a global context: “No other democracy in the world uses elections to pick judges or prosecutors,” said Richard Pildes, an elections expert at New York University. Instead, other officials typically appoint a country’s judges and prosecutors.

Restaurant Service Fees

■ You might’ve noticed something you didn’t order on your last dinner bill a “service fee.” Not to be confused with a tip, the service fee ranges from 3 per cent to 20 per cent of the bill, and it’s becoming increasingly common around the country. But what exactly the fee represents isn’t always clear. The fee can indicate a range of things, including: A mandatory tip that goes directly to the server. Pay for back-of-house employees like chefs and dishwashers. Funds to cover workers’ minimum hourly wage. Money for a restaurant’s credit card fees or owners. The fees also vary widely by state. In California, the fees go to the restaurants; in New York, they go to the service staff and in Florida, they can be used for whatever the restaurant wants. The tab keeps growing.

In January, Americans spent $87B on dining out, up 11.4 per cent YoY, while the price of food at full-service restaurants was up 8.8 per cent YoY. Google searches for “service fee” and “service charge” have hit an all-time high with customers scrambling to make sense of their checks. With all the confusion, the fee can cause diners to tip less, mistakenly thinking the money is going directly to their server.

Special deal for you

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Out and About Marijuana beats cigs

■ A majority of people say they smoke marijuana more than cigarettes, based on data from a new Gallup poll. Sixteen percent of Americans say they currently smoke marijuana with 48 per cent of respondents sharing that they have tried it at some point in their life the highest rate ever recorded by Gallup

Last year, 12 per cent of respondents said they used marijuana. The poll released on August 16 was part of a study that examined people’s attitudes regarding marijuana’s benefits to society.

Gallup’s poll finds that marijuana use was higher among adults between the ages of 18 and 34 with 30 per cent responding that they smoke pot and 22 per cent consume marijuana edibles.

These numbers are significantly lower in both categories for adults 35 to 54 years old (16 per cent) and Americans 55 and older (7 per cent).

The analytics and research company conducted a related poll on August 26 that collected responses for a survey discussing alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among Americans.

A new record low of 11 per cent of adults reported smoking cigarettes with approximately three in 10 non-smokers stating they used to smoke, a steep drop in cigarette use compared to 45 per cent in the 1950s.

Smoothie has more sugar

■ It’s very likely that you are getting more calories and sugar when you drink a smoothie than when eating whole fruits or vegetables, said Sarah B. Krieger, a registered and licensed dietitian nutritionist who spoke for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional trade group.

Smoothies enjoy a “health halo” that can be misleading, “but the bottom line is quantity, and people are often consuming a 20 or 24 fluid ounce smoothie. That’s a lot.”

Even if you’re making your smoothie at home, using only fruits and vegetables with no other added ingredients, you can drink it in just a few minutes, compared with the 15 or 20 minutes it would take to eat the same fruits or vegetables whole, Ms Krieger said.

And if you’re drinking smoothies frequently, you may be consuming a lot more fruit than you would otherwise. The fibre in whole fruit “acts as a net” to slow down the process by which the body turns sugar from food into blood sugar, Ms Krieger said, and though the smoothie still contains fibre, it has been pulverized during the blending process.

As a result you’re likely to feel hungrier again sooner after drinking the smoothie than you would have had you eaten the same fruits and vegetables whole.

The Big Move

■ New York, California and Illinois lost thousands of “rich young professionals” who fled the Democrat-run states for low-tax havens like Texas and Florida, according to a study.

The study conducted by Smart Asset of workers under the age of 35 who earn $100,000 per year cited inflow and outflow of young professionals by gleaning information from Internal Revenue Service data, including tax returns from 2019 and 2020.

New York had the largest net outflow of young professionals 15,788, the study found.

A whopping 28,741 moved out, while 12,953 moved to the state. California saw the second-highest net outflow of young professionals.

In 2019 and 2020, 20,568 young professionals moved to the state, but 28,528 left, according to the Smart Asset study, making for a net outflow of 7960.

Illinois has also been haemorrhaging under-35 workers, the study found. The Prairie State lost 9386 young professionals while gaining just 6527 a net outflow of 2859.

Several large companies have recently announced they were moving their headquarters out of Chicago, citing soaring levels of crime.

Massachusetts also experienced a significant net outflow. The Bay State lost 8160 young professionals while just 6290 moved in resulting in a net outflow of 1870.

And if you aren’t preparing your own smoothies, buyer beware. Commercially prepared and store-bought smoothies often contain added sugar, honey or other sweeteners, protein powder that’s often sweetened, or milk, yogurt, nut butters and other ingredients that make them more filling and more palatable but also add calories.

Rats help

■ Clumps of human neurons implanted into the brains of newborn rats have successfully integrated into the animals’ brain circuitry, according to a study just published.

The procedure is expected to shed light on psychiatric disorders like autism by illuminating how genetic mutations influence neural circuits.

Stanford researchers, led by Dr Sergiu Pasca, reported the clumps of human cells known as organoids replicated millions of new neurons over several months, wiring themselves into the rat’s brain.

The grafted tissues were shown to be integrated when they responded to a puff of air on the animals’ whiskers, among other tests.

The team will use the procedure to observe how diseased organoids grow within neural circuits, which isn’t possible in an isolated petri dish.

The novel technique raised ethical questions, with the team consulting ethicists prior to experimentation on questions of animal welfare and how to classify organisms with hybrid brains.

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Across

Crossword No 27 Across Down Down

137. Drummer, ... Starr

138. Bury (corpse)

139. Legitimate

140. Perilously

143. Requirements

144. Maritime

147. Malaysia's ... Lumpur

150. Urged on, ... up

151. Balanced (design)

155. Chill

157. And 158. Endangered atmosphere layer

159. Up until now (2,3)

162. Opts

164. Pierce with lance 167. Decants 168. Rust 169. Nashville is there 172. Got away 173. Watery snow 174. Preoccupy 177. Grating 180. Cattle farm 181. Dress's plunging ... 183. Artist, Pablo ...

184. Supplementing (5,3)

186. Relative amounts

187. Sports-jacket cloth

188. Biro

191. Hazy

195. Wooden pin 197. Regular

198. Openly 200. Fluctuates 202. Elk 203. Cat's foot 205. Astronomer's instrument 206. Frequently (poetic) 208. Price

Obscene 212. American Indian tribe 215. Wildebeests 217. Alaskan river 220. Rumpled (bed) 222. Preface

Peace 226. Summerhouse 228. Relay (4,2)

229. Snoops 230. Prepared meal 232. Contagious outbreak

235. Loops 236. Thieve

238. French holiday, ... Day 241. Team 242. Hoarse-sounding

243. Neat

244. Colours (hair)

246. Besieged

252. India's capital (3,5)

253. Skin disease

254. Mongolian desert

255. Artificial fertilisation (1,1,1)

256. Filled pastry

257. Stones singer, ... Jagger

258. Ratified 259. Learner

260. Travellers

1. Business sense

2. Downgrade

3. MP's electorate

4. Property holders

5. Uncertain

6. Garden statuettes

7. Bridge length

8. Bivouac

9. Howl like infant

10. Jabbers

11. More furious

12. Tells (story)

13. Layered ice cream

14. Public swimming pool

15. Reaping blade

16. Trinket

24. Exotic flower

25. Pressed clothes

26. Destroys with fire (5,4)

27. Post-Victorian (era)

28. Cow call 30. And not

32. Joints inflammation

33. Sexual excitement

35. Tease 37. Absent without leave 38. Simplicity

39. Dazzling (rise to fame) 40. Begin shooting, ... fire 42. Golf driving area 44. Colony insects 45. Coercion 47. Murderer, Jack the

122. Pivotal

123. Anti-riot vapour (4,3)

125. Fragrance

126. Less frequent

127. Office circulars

128. Beat (cream)

130. Postgraduate degree (2,1)

131. Tavern

132. ... & outs

133. Attempt

141. Waylays

142. Haughtier

145. Passenger jets

146. Next (to)

148. Very topical (2-2-4)

149. Greases

152. Display frames

153. Pork chop cut

154. Woodwork joint

155. Agents

156. Drive forward

160. By heart, by ...

161. Lost composure (5,4)

163. Writer, ... Uris

165. Welsh emblem

166. Parasites (7-2)

167. Lima is there

170. Supports (cause)

171. Self-indulgent exercises (3,5)

175. Army cap

176. Way in

178. Notions

179. Narrow shelf

182. Hinder

185. Earth's glacial period (3,3)

188. Makes holes in

189. Baby's carer

190. Snow-covered peak

192. Game, Chinese ...

193. Fences in

194. Greenwich Mean Time (1,1,1)

195. Penetratingly

196. Precious rocks

199. Beatle, John ...

201. Of another culture

204. Assistant

207. ... shui

210. Indifference

211. Bottle tops

213. Spinning toy (2-2)

214. Nasal haemorrhages

216. London nightspot

217. Upwardly mobile young person

218. Snuggle

219. Plant, aloe ...

221. Female deer

223. Bucharest native

225. Walking unsteadily

227. Perform

228. Mine shaft

231. Night & ...

233. Handgun

234. Bowling great, ... Lillee

235. Genetic mix

237. Submits (application)

239. Local expressions

240. Inheritance

245. Cob or pen

247. Hit (ball) high

248. Your school, ... mater

249. On top of

250. Ready for picking

251. Nip

Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Tommy wows

■ Guitar maestro Tommy Emmanue l thrilled his sold out audience at Wrest Point Casino. A standing ovation was the obvious response from the 800 patrons who attended and were blown away with every part of his two-hour spectacular. Support artist Anthony Snape joined Tommy on stage for a couple of duets where this emerging talent showcased his impressive skills both as a singersongwriter and accomplished guitarist.

How big is it?

■ Australian duo The Long & Short Of It have released their new single titled How Big Is It? This lyrics describes how a person finds themselves not settling for less than they deserve and portrays a message of realising what truly matters when it comes to being wrapped in all the love. The members of the multi-award winning, country duo are David Baird and Patsy Toop and this song features Patsy taking lead vocals and showcases her forceful vocal delivery with an upbeat tempo. “I just love clever lyrics, and this song does not disappoint,” she says.

Tearing up the tar

■ Lance Friend’s new release Tearin’ Up

The Tar is a fun upbeat new single dedicated to all the workers who put in a hard day’s work and head to the local pub to share a drink with their usual group of mates. Catchy country jazz feel, bound to get your toes tapping. Brilliantly produced and features Australia’s best country musicians including Brendan Radford, James Gillard, Glenn Hannah, Mick Albeck and many more, says the media release. More info at https://www.facebook.com/lance.friend.3

- Rob Foenander

GREEN ROOM AWARDS AT CAPITOL

■ Melbourne's iconic Capitol Theatre played host to the 40th anniversary of the 2023 Green Room Awards ceremony celebrating outstanding live performances for the period January 1-December 31, 2022.

The Awards cover a wide field of performance genres including Musical Theatre, Opera, Cabaret, Dance, Theatre (independent and companies) decided by panels of industry professionals.

Big winners of the night, each winning four awards were The Picture of Dorian Gray, Yentl, Paradise Lost and Iphis.

Collecting three awards each were Moulin Rouge andBroad. In all 41 productions won an award.

A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Stephen Page and a Technical Achievement Award was given to Jason Lehane Award recipients for their performances included David Wenham, Eryn Jean Norvill, Queenie van de Zandt, Catherine Foster, Warwick Fyfe, Francine Cain, Juan Jackson and Johanna Allen.

New Green Room Awards president Anton Berezin described tyhe night as “a stunning success”.

The sense of community and excitement was palpable at the Capitol Theatre. Congratulations to all Green Room Award nominees and winners and a huge thankyou to the sponsors and volunteers that made last night possible.

Crossword Solution No 27

“In addition to the wonderful live performances from Midnight, Once, &Juliet, Lucy Guerin Inc, St Martins, The Beep Test and hosts Tash York and Fiona Choi, it was humbling to have Paul Mercurio, Cr Jamal Hakim and our new Patron, Dr Liz Jones, speak at the event. Victoria’s theatre industry truly showed how vibrant and diverse a community we are.”

Technical Achievement: Jason Lehane

Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Page AO

THEATRE COMPANIES

BEST PRODUCTION

The Picture of Dorian Gray directed by Kip Williams and presented by Michael Cassel Group, A Sydney Theatre Company Production OUTSTANDINGPERFORMANCE (2 RECIPIENTS)

Jana Zvedeniuk for Yentl presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre

Eryn Jean Norvill for The Picture of Dorian Gray presented by Michael Cassel Group, A Sydney Theatre Company Production OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Dann Barber for Yentl presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray presented by Michael Cassel Group, A Sydney Theatre Company Production

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Rachel Burke for Yentl presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre

OUTSTANDING SOUND

DESIGN/COMPOSITION

Gary Watling (musical director & arrangement), Lydia Fairhall (songwriter) and James Henry (sound design) for Heart is a Wasteland presented by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Arts Centre

Melbourne

OUTSTANDINGDIRECTION

Kip Williams for The Picture of Dorian Gray presented by Michael Cassel Group, A Sydney Theatre Company Production

OUTSTANDINGWRITING

Gary Abrahams, Elise Hearst and Galit Klas for Yentl presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

The Return presented by Malthouse Theatre OPERA

OUTSTANDINGPERFORMANCE INA LEAD ROLE (2 RECIPIENTS)

Catherine Foster for Elektra presented by Victorian Opera

Jonas Kaufmann for Lohengrin presented by Opera Australia

OUTSTANDINGPERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (2 RECIPIENTS)

Warwick Fyfe for Lohengrin presented by Opera Australia

Nicole Wallace for IPHIS presented by Lyric Opera and Theatre

Works DESIGN

Brynna Lowen (Sets and Costumes) for IPHIS presented by Lyric Opera and Theatre Works

OUTSTANDINGENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Die Walküre (Ensemble) presented by Melbourne Opera

MUSICALACHIEVEMENT

Patrick Burns (Conductor) for IPHIS presented by Lyric Opera and Theatre Works

NEWAUSTRALIAN OPERA

Richard Mills (Composer) and Joel Tan (Libretto) for The Butterfly Lovers presented by Victorian Opera

BEST PRODUCTION

IPHIS presented by Lyric Opera and Theatre Works

CONTEMPORARYAND

EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE

OUTSTANDINGWORK

8 / 8 / 8: WORK created by Harriet Gillies and Marcus McKenzie and presented by Unfunded Empathy as part of RISING Festival

Still Lives: Melbourne created by Luke George and Daniel Kok and presented by National Gallery of Victoria as part of RISING Festival

PERFORMANCE BYAN

ENSEMBLE OR PERFORMER

Ensemble for Here We Are

Amongst You presented by Arts House and Rawcus Ensemble for 8 / 8 / 8: WORK presented by Unfunded Empathy as part of RISING Festival

Observations with Matt Bissett-Johnson

J.J. Atkins classic at Eagle Farm

■ Queensland youngster Cifrado has shot to favourtism for the J.J.Atkins Classic, for the two-year olds, to be run on June 10.

Prepared by local trainer Rex Lipp, he won the Sires Produce at Eagle Farm on May 27 in good style.

The Chris W aller trained two-year-old, Chrysaor, was the early favourite, but could only run third in the Sires.

It won impressively first up at Gosford on their big day, with top rider Sam Clipperton on board, after some ordinary runs.

He was resuming after a spell, having won four starts back, but has evidently shown the Waller camp some sign that he can get the money here.

On the second line one to keep your eye on, is Solidify, prepared by former top New South Wales trainer, Graeme Rogerson, who has returned to New Zealand with a strong team.

Solidify has only had the three starts for two wins and a third, and in a strong camp.

He ran into a bit of trouble in the Sires, and it would pay to forget that run.

One of the runs of the day in the Sires was the Peter and Paul Snowden trained Make A Call, who came from a mile back, after drawing the outside stall in 19.

Sport Ted Ryan

His rider, Blake Shinn, got a remarkable run right along the rails for him to finish a terrific sixth, and has been backed.

One in the care of Michael Freedman, part of the Freedman team to keep your eye on is Ducasse

Ducasse by the former top sprinter, Trapeze Artist, having its first start was badly drawn in 14, and was quite wide for most of the trip over 1100 metres,on the tricky Rosehill track.

It got home hard for a creditable third behind Dipsy Doodle and could be worth a try each way here.

Next to look at is a horse that was touted as the best around prior to the running of the Golden Slipper, but failed when the chips were down.

I am referring to Empire of Japan, in the care of Peter and Paul Snowden, who ran fourth, when sent out favourite in the Spirit of Boom Classic over 1200 metres, back on May 13.

Going back a bit he was being listed as the one to beat in the Golden Slipper on his form on the day.

He showed up a bit in the Spirit of Boom, finishing fourth, but the Snowden’s would have to find something with him.

Another of the Snowden team in Vomo Island is another with form having a first and a second from his first two starts.

He came home hard to beat a good field at Canterbury back on May 3.

He followed that up running third at Randwick on May 27, having every chance.

However, I feel the others may be too good here. One that is smart is the Gai WaterhouseAndrew Bott trained, a smart filly by the name of, Zia, who was most impressive in winning at Doomben in fine style on May 20 over 1200 metres.

Having her first start she drew out in barrier 13, but blitzed them.

Her run in the Sires was a shocker, after lead-

New facility

■ It was great news when the Victoria Racing Club, the Riding for The Disabled Association Pakenham, was named in honour of one of racing’s greatest heroes.

The Subzero Arena will be one of the showpieces at the popular track.

VRC Chief Executive Steve Rosich joined by Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley, Jason Wood MP, along with VRC Ambassador and Olympic equestrian Amanda Ross VRC Ambassador and two-time Paralympian and VRCAmbassador Emma Booth performed a para-dressage performance on the new arena on the big day.

The arena was named in honour of the 1992 Melbourme Cup winner, Subzero, whom not only surpassed that legendary achievement by proceeding to become one of racing’s greatest ambassadors.

He failed to show up in the Sires also and was well back in 12th spot, a big disappointment.

Yet another of the Chris Waller team, Matusalem, finished fourth behind the favourite here in, Chrysaor, at his second start at Gosford over 1200 metres on May 6.

It wasn’t a bad run, and he will improve even though beaten after he missed the start, and was hampered early.

Though he disappointed when he had a go at Randwick on May 27, but failed to run on.

Tannhauser with Paul Messara, showed a bit in winning at Randwick, but the class looks a bit strong.

Overall, it’s a pretty hard one to pick, I feel the best chances are Cifrado, Chrysaor, Empire of Japan and Make A Call.

Together with his great mate the late Graham Salisbury, Subbie travelled far and wide to bring joy to people of all ages featuring regularly throughout the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour, where they visited schools and aged care homes.

The new Subzero Arena at Pakenham has been created was a collaboration between the VRC and the RDA Pakenham, with the VRC donating the special synthetic surface material that has been re-purposed from the Flemington training track, plus nearly $60,000 from the VRC Equine Wellbeing Fund.

The new arena provides the perfect riding surface for every weather condition, and ensures that the riders at RDA Pakenham can always can enjoy the therapeutic benefits their association with horses.

The VRC created the VRC Equine Wellbeing Fund in 2019, kick-started with $1 million from ticket sales and topped up annually with five per cent of all VRC membership fees.

- Ted Ryan

● ● ● ● Chris Waller and Craig Williams. Racing Photos.

ing them up, she ran out of puff, and finished well back in tenth spot. The next we have a look at is the Chris Waller trained Armed Forces, by the great sire, I Am Invincible, but failed to flatter after drawing nicely in barrier 5.

STAWELL: MARE’S 14TH VICTORY

■ Monday May 29 saw racing at Stawell and Carisbrook part-owner/trainer/driver Brett (Shippy) Shipway’s very honest home bred 6Y0 Ships Spur-Earls Gold mare Black And Gold notched up her 14th victory in 129 outings when greeting the judge in the Sneak A Peak Boutique Trotters Mobile over 2180 metres.

Starting from gate six Black And Gold possied three back in the moving line as Glengarriff (gate four) crossed My Little Comet (gate two) running into the first turn.

Easing thee wide in the last lap, Black And Gold sustained a long run to defeat Glengarriff by 2.7 metres in a mile rate of 2-03.8. Old timer Jack Of The Green (gate five) at ten years of age and first up since April last year was third 1.6 metres back after a cosy one/one passage.

■ Heathcote’s Shannon O’Sullivan back from a profitable stint in New Zealand was successful aboard Shelbourne trainer Kate Hargreaves’ Betting Line-Our Angel Flight filly Angels Delight in the Thank You Stawell RDA Pace over 1785 metres.

Beginning fast from gate four to lead, Angels Delight was given no peace by Maggacis (gate two) which galloped shortly after the start when checked before going forward to race outside her with the pair racing away in a head and head challenge.

Still in front on turning, Angels Delight fought on doggedly to record a 10.5 metre margin over Maggacis whose effort was outstanding. Aintsobad was third after racing wide from midfield in the last lap was third 17.6 metres away. The mile rate 1-59.8.

■ Great Western part-owner/trainer Daryl Crone combined with Maryborough’s Tina Ridis to land the 1785 metre Traackside Bistro Open 7 Days For Dinner Pace Final with Wichita Dance, a 4Y0 gelded son of A Rocknroll Dance and Shes In Vogue.

Beginning brilliantly from gate four, Wichita Dance defied all challengers to register a 1.2 metre victory from a death-seating Buyers Market in a 1-58.9 mile rate. Iamawingate flashed home late out wide from three pegs for third 1.1 metres away.

■ Tarpeena breeder/owner/trainer Andrew

Clarke was successful with eleven year old Life Sign-Royal Rachel gelding Love Me Or Hate Me who lead throughout in the Visit The Stawell Gift Museum Pace over 2180 metres giving Bendigo’s Neil McCallum a welcome winner.

Retaining the lead from the pole, Luv Me Or Hate Me was never headed, scoring by 1.7 metres from a death seating last lap Swiss Lightning (gate six) in a rate of 2-01.9. Ten year old local Kempseys Delight (gate five) ran his usual honest race for third 5.1 metres away after always being handy.

9 races at Echuca

■ Echuca raced on Tuesday with an even nine race program and what a night it was for Goulburn Valley’s Bartley family with Narrandera based Ellen combining with stable reinsman Blake Jones to land a double - Betting Line-Island Five Star filly Island Bouhinia taking the 1755 metre VHRC Renown Silverware

Pace and Four Starzzz Shark-Frances Lombo filly Dun Me Up Francy the 1755 metre Echuca Historical Car Club Pace over 1755 metres, while Girgarre based sister Lisa Pitt and husband Mark did the same with Kiwi bred Hes Watching-Sounds Swift gelding Swift Watch landing the VHRC Benstud Standardbreds 3Y0 Pace over 2160 metres and and 5Y0 Sweet LouCrazy Diamond gelding Love You Longtime the VHRC Super Bonus Program Pace over the same trip.

Island Bouhinia bred and raced by Cohuna’s Bruce and Denise Morrison trailed the leader Keayang Omar (gate three) from the pole before using the sprint lane to score by a neck in 201.1 from the pacemaker, with Secret Wish 6.2 metres back third after racing exposed from gate two.

Love You Longtime led throughout from gate three, accounting for Warrantee (gate six) which had moved to raced uncovered by 8.4 metres.

Polemarker Roslyn Gaye after trailing the winner ran her usual honest race from the pole to be third a half head away. The mile rate 1-58.1.

■ Swift Watch making his race debut went for-

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wide home turn) was third 2.6 metres back after looking the winner halfway up the running.

■ Kilmore trainer Julie Mifsud and husband

Austin snared the Searoad Ferries Trotters Mobile over 2100 metres with 5Y0 Peak-Mother

Nature gelding Little Tedey. Raced by a group headed by Gary McCabe, Little Tedey (gate four) enjoyed a sweet passage one/one and after making the final bend four wide, rattled home to gain the day by 10.2 metres in advance of Wilcannia (one three – three wide last lap –outside leader Krakuer ) on the home turn. Krauker held third 3.9 metres back.

The mile rate 2-04.4. It was Little Tedey’s third victory in 25 outings.

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ward from gate three to arrest the lead away from the Morrison’s polemarker Island Feenix and was never headed winning by a massive 30 metres in 1-57.2. Chillin after following the pair was third 1.1 metres back .

Dun Me Up Francy trailed the leader Misslola (gate two) from the pole and after easing away from the markers on turning, put the race beyond doubt in a couple of bounds to register a 8.1 metre margin with Sorrento (three pegs from inside the second line third 4.4 metres away. The mile rate 1-57.6.

■ Local Echuca part-owner/trainer Susan Hunter’s 6Y0 Pet Rock-Lethal Kiss snared the Super Clean Linen Service Pace over 2160 metres with David Moran in the sulky.

Moving to race outside the poleline leader Amber Alert mid-race, Lethal Lover (gate two) was too tough in a thrilling finish to blouse her by a half head, with Pinnacle Hope (three pegs) third a half head away third. The mile rate 200.3.

■ Elmore owner/trainer Jim Beecroft’s 10Y0 Federal Flex-Black Curlew mare Jay Bee Flex recorded her first victory since January 2022 when winning the VHRC Aldebaran Park Trotters Handicap over 2130 metres.

Driven by Ellen Tormey, Jay Be Flex first up since October 2022 led virtually throughout from barrier five to greet the judge 2.1 metres in advance of Starlight Storm which trailed in a rate of 2-04.5. Party Time (one/three) was third 1.3 metres away.

Syndicate wins

■ On Wednesday at Geelong, Mount Wallace trainer Kelly Stuart-Mitchell was successful with lightly raced 4Y0 Used To Me-Yankee Stella gelding Da Prez in the Aldebaran Vicbred Platinum Maiden Trotters Mobile over 2100 metres.

Raced by a large syndicate including Kelly, Da Prez driven by James Herbertson raced exposed from outside the front line shadowing Reine De La Lune but was never perturbed at any stage, dashing away prior to the home turn to score easily by 19.9 metres from rank outsider Rarity Rock from the tail. Favourite Caseys Diamond (six pegs – one/four at bell – three wide last lap) didn’t sustain the run to finish third a neck away. The mile rate 2-03.2.

■ Parwan’s Craig Demmler combined with Chris Alford to capture the Pink Lady Pace over 2100 metres with very reliable Rock N Roll Heaven-Mach Robyn mare Heavenly Gipsy much to the delight of owner/breeders T & L Nominees.

Given the run of the race from the pole trailing Ira Poole which flew away from gate five, Heavenly Lady using the sprint lane prevailed by by 1.9 metres over the pacemaker, with Melanion (four pegs) third a half head away after making the home turn very wide. The mile rate 1-59.6.

■ Five year old Majestic Son-Lady Mackendon gelding Mielicki trained by Anne-Maree Conroy registered his 5th victory in 40 outings by taking the 2570 metre Thank You Jodi Trotters Handicap in a mile rate of 2-06.6.

Buried three pegs from 10 metres as Madena Bay (barrier two) led, Mielicki sprouted wings along the sprint lane to blouse Scootin Around which trailed the leader also using the sprint lane by 2.8 metres. Watch And Act (four pegs – five

Brilliant start

■ Kilmore raced on Thursday with a 10 race card of entertaining racing highlighted by the victory of Romsey trainer/driver Chris Svanosio’s in-form Creatine-Aldebaran Shelly 5Y0 mare

Lady Adelia in the $10,000 Hip Pocket Workware Trotters Mobile for the female gender over 2180 metres.

Beginning brilliantly from gate three to lead, Lady Adelia was allowed to bowl along at her leisure before kicking clear on straightening to score by an easy 13.3 metres from Copacabana (four pegs) and a game Golden Sunset which ran her usual honest race to finish third a half head away after racing in the open. The mile rate 1-59.8.

■ The Kilmore based team of Tasmanian Ben Yole had a profitable night winning two races during the evening including a quinella. Eight year old Pet Rock-Keep No Secrets mare Maywyns Jewel (Taylor Youl) landed the 1690 metre Broadstead Kilmore Pace and evergreen fourteen year old Bettors Delight-Tyalla gelding Baccarat (James Herbertson) the O’Brien Electrical Pace over 2180 metres.

Maywyns Jewel starting inside the second line enjoyed a perfect trip on the back of the poleline leader Im Rowdy before using the sprint lane late to defeat Nai Harn Bay (one/two –three wide home turn) by a neck in 1-59, with Im Rowdy third 3.9 metres back. Baccarat showing great speed from outside the front line led throughout, accounting for stablemate Fly Like An Angel along the sprint lane after trailing by a head in a rate of 2-01.7. Northern Terror after following the pair was third 3.6 metres away.

■ Bolinda’s Brent Lilley combined with stable reinsman Chris Alford aboard Kiwi bred Love You-Missandei colt Kyvalley Michael in the Jet Roofing 2Y0 Trotters Mobile over 2180 metres.

Settling five pegs from gate four in a strung out field, Kyvalley Michael came away from the markers racing for the bell to face the open, proving far superior to his rivals in defeating the pacemaker Koufax by 5.8 metres. Star Of Patrick’s performance was outstanding to finish third 9.2 metres back after galloping away and giving a gigantic start to his rivals. The mile rate 2-09.6.

■ Very smart Sweet Lou-Ark Munroe colt Dangerous trained at Charlton by Shane Sanderson for the Birchip boys and mates driven by son Ryan coasted to victory in the 2180 metre MC Security Pace when first up from contesting the NSW Derby in March.

Taking no part in the early stages from the extreme draw, Dangerous bided his time at the rear as the tempo was hot from the start as polemarker Always Be Chloe and Holi Starzzz (gate three) engaged in a war with Holi Starzzz winning out.

Commencing a forward move in the final lap, Dangerous although six wide on the final bend raced away on turning to register a 11.9 metre margin over Captain Maastricht from midfield, with Shaq running his usual honest race for third 3.8 metres back after moving outside Holi Starzzz on the home turn. The mile rate 157.4.

Much applause

■ The applause would have been deafening at Maryborough on Friday after twenty two year old reinswoman Leilani Justice drove her first winner after only two previous drives. The race was the Mark Hayes Life Member Trotters Mobile over 2190 metres and Leilani driving

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This Week

■ Wednesday – Ararat, Thursday – Kilmore, Friday – Mildura/Ballarat, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Mooroopna @ Shepparton, Monday – Warragul, Tuesday – Bendigo.

6Y0 Kiwi bred mare Peak-Barsukova mare Chinski trained by mother Dianne Giles was given a sweet passage from gate two trailing Charlie Walker (gate five) which showed exceptional speed to lead.

Using the sprint lane, Chinski at odds of $31 scored by 2 metres in a mile rate of 2-01.5 over Charlie Walker, with Sir Eros third a nose away after moving to race exposed from the bell. Not only did Leilani receive her winning driving percentage, but also half the stake as she races the horse in partnership with Dianne.

Comment

■ What a disappointment for harness fans Sky Channel has been in recent times, with races being shafted on a regular basis to Sky 2, no graphics in many races and the results not being posted after a photo finish on numerous occasions, punters are being given a raw deal – apparently the governing bodies are not perturbed by these actions – lift your game Sky.

- Len Baker

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