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Michelle’s 400th game ■ Michelle Jack will play her 400th game for the Alexandra Football-Netball Club this Saturday (Aug. 3).

Any young netballer aspiring to become a leader of their sport, or a tireless volunteer to their community has the perfect role model to follow in local lady, Michelle Jack.

Michelle began her affiliation with the Alexandra Football-Netball Club in 1999 and was inducted as Life Member in 2007.

Michelle has worked tirelessly as a Club / community volunteer for two decades, fulfilling many roles and responsibilities vital to the operation of competition.

Her leadership and her capacity to volunteer sets an example to other netballers and community members of all ages as she demonstrates exemplary management practices and is committed to meeting the needs of Alexandra.

To attract the ‘non-traditional’ participants over the years, Michelle has gone above and beyond to engage younger children in the NetSet-Go Program.

Also, as Junior B netball co-ordinator with the cluster of primary schools in the local area (six schools in total) being an inclusive and sustainable program aimed at school boys and girls (Grade 4/5/6) playing competitively each Wednesday night during the netball season.

Michelle coached and umpired in this competition as well. She was also on the committee and heavily involved in engaging the men in Alexandra to establish a strong, vibrant Mixed Netball competition which runs weekly throughout the season within the district netball club.

Michelle has never been carried away with personal achievement titles such as ‘Life Member’, ‘Coach’, ‘Umpire’ or ‘Captain’ although she usually carries these titles all at the same time.

She has always maintained quality leadership and upheld the utmost respect from all who have played alongside her, against her or who have umpired her.

Michelle has an amazing ability to bring energy to each and every task that she sets her mind to. She is fantastic to work with; exuding energy and approaching all tasks with enthusiasm and drive.

● Michelle Jack. Photo: Ross Malcolm Her positive spirit motivates and inspires others, leaving a lasting impression on the people in the community.

Michelle initiates and coordinates fundraising and social activities for the Club which reinforces the strength of the netball community in many ways, but also adds to the enjoyment of all participating.

She has also been a major influence in supporting the Club to apply for grants which provided new netball courts and facilities.

Her passion: Just like energy, is infectious.

Whether she brings her passion to a meeting or when she is playing the sport or from time to time umpiring, the most mundane of tasks are enjoyed.

Her greatest impact in her volunteer work is that she is truly passionate about making sure everyone has an opportunity to participate in the game of netball.

As a volunteer, Michelle demonstrates reliability.

Michelle is vital to both the Alexandra Football-Netball Club and the Alexandra District Netball Club, because she can be trusted to always complete her set tasks efficiently, resulting in both netball clubs having great reputations.

- Ray Steyger

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M’dindi TV probe ■ Chinese businessman Tom Zhou’s links with a proposed luxury hotel resort development at Murrindindi came under the national media spotlight at the weekend.

Channel 9’s 60 Minutes program, and its Fairfax Newspapers division, carried reports from investigative reporters Nick McKenzie, Nick Toscano and Grace Tobin.

The reports quizzed Mr Zhou’s links with Crown Casino, and his purchase for $7.5 million of the ‘Balaclava’ property at Murrindindi. The 827-hectare property was advertised for sale, in 10 titles, in 2015-16.

Mr Zhou is reported to have brought Chinese tourists to the Murrindindi property for hunting expeditions.

Local residents believed that there was insufficient information about the planned resort. The Local Paper has reported on the proposed development in previous years.

The Balaclava property has a rich history.

It was once the property of the late Victoria Police surgeon, Dr John Birrell.

In 2015-16, there were two homes advertised on the Balaclava property, alongside the Murrindindi River, Balaclava Creek, with 34 dams on the property.

The Nine group reporters allege that Mr Zhou is wanted by Interpol. They link him as a “junket partner” of Crown, with involvement with the Casino group’s high rollers.

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People

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Murrindindi Beanie Festival at Alex.

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● Pam Petersen, Julie Hardy and Lisa Johnston.

● Bridget Barnes and Nola Barnes.

● Sam Tasker, Jaclyn Tasker and Sally Waterman.

● Michelle Hartje and Lisa Thwaites.

● Alan Sharpe, Sasha Barrow and Michelle Sharpe.

● Sue Wynn and Esther Coad.

● Lea Trafford and Judy Lindorff.

● Glen Bennett, Pauline Bennett and Susan Hill.

● Joan Harding and Bron Britten.

● Jenifer Wood and Lorraine Whitehead.

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Council News Aged care changes

■ Murrindindi Shire CEO Craig Lloyd answered questions about changes to aged and disability care process at last week’s Council meeting.

Yea citizen Jack Russell asked: “Council conducted a number of public meetings in respect to the Aged and Disability Review process. Is it correct that recipients of such services have them choosing of any appropriate provider and not restricted to only one service/provider and how many of Council staff and casual staff will lose their jobs?”

Mr Lloyd said: “The State and Federal Governments are working together to identify a new provider or providers, this is their responsibility as they contract out the service.

“People who are currently receiving a service under the Commonwealth Home Support Program or Home and Community Care Program for Younger People will continue to receive this service through a new provider contracted to provide these services.

There will not be a choice.

“All Council employees in Aged and Disability services are impacted by Council's decision to exit as a direct service provider.

All staff will be provided with the opportunity to apply for work with the new provider. The jobs continue to exist, just not with Council,” Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Russell asked: “How many Council staff and contractors/volunteers would be displaced in each category and for what reasons?”

Mr Lloyd replied: “There are 36 permanent staff and eight casual staff members who will be impacted.

“All Aged and Disability staff working for Council will be offered the opportunity to apply for work with the new provider/s.

“Council is working with all staff to ensure they are supported through this process including providing opportunities for financial advice, CV writing and interview skills and ongoing access to the Employee Assistance Program.

“Some of our staff have indicated that they will seek to retire once Council transitions out of direct service delivery.

“There may also be a small number of redeployment opportunities for some staff within Council.

“All staff will be eligible for full redundancy entitlements. Contractors and volunteers will also have the opportunity to offer their services to a new provider/s.

“Council will work with the new pro-vider/ s once announced, to facilitate these opportunities,” Mr Lloyd said.

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Welcome to newest citizens

■ The Yea Girls’ Football Team will hold their end-of-season at the Royal Mail Hotel from 6pm tonight (Wed., July 31).

“Let’s all get down there to show our appreciation for their sponsorship and support during the season,” a club spokeswoman urged players.

■ Jane Mary Harlow, Rodney Harlow, Lihua Kang and Jayalakshmi Sarada pledged their loyalty to Australia, its people and its democratic beliefs at the Murrindindi Shire Council meeting last Wednesday (July 24).

The Citizenship Ceremony calls for new citizens to pledge their undertaking to uphold and obey the laws of Australia and respect the rights and liberties of its people.

Extreme Cowboys ■ An ‘Extreme Cowboys’ High Country Halloween event will be held on Sunday, October 13 at the Yarck Recreation Reserve.

Thiws will be the first of four events in the ‘Buckle’ series. Level 1 EXCA judge Breeana Senn will officiate. There will be sections for young guns, youth, novice, green horse, intermediate, non-pro, ride smart and pro entries. highcountryexca@yahoo.com

Council speakers

■ A number of memberfs of the public addressed last week’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting: ■ John and Jacalyn Tossol spoke against the proposed service station at 1294 Goulburn Valley Highway Thornton; ■ Ben Stibbard from Auhaus Agriculture spoke in support of the proposed dwelling at 388 Goulburn Valley Highway, Eildon; ■ Ashraf Doos spoke in support the amendment of planning permit to extend liquor licence hours at 6 Murchison St, Marysville; ■ Jack Russell spoke about the Council meeting audio recording and the Yea Streetscape Safety Upgrade.

Julie to speak

Presentation Night ■ The Yea Football Netball Club will hold its Presentation at Beaufort Manor from 6pm-11pm on Saturday, September 21. Tickets can be purchased for $40 each.

Billy Cart Derby ● Rodney and Jane Harlow with Cr Sandice McAulay.

■ Sacred Heart Primary School, Yea, will hold a Grandparents’ Day (or Special Friends’ Day) on Tuesday, August 13.

The day will include a classroom activity, followed by morning tea starting at 9am and concluding at 11am. Grandparents or Special Friends will be asked to bring along a favourite story or picture book.

There will also be a Book Fair on the same day, with previews available on the previous day. ● Lihua Kang and Jayalakshmi Sarada.

M’ville liquor hours ■ Marysville’s hotel, at 6 Murchison St, will be open to trade for longer hours, under changed planning permits agreed upon at last week’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting. “‘We are a small family business in a commercial zone providing an asset to the town of Marysville while providing a family friendly pub catering for tourists and locals alike,” the owners YHY Family Pty Ltd told Council.

“We also employ 13-15 locals. Our neighbours and locals are important to us and our aim is to keep everyone happy,” the company said.

Not enough players ■ There were not enough registered players to start the Open Women’s competition in the Kinglake Basketball Association this season.

There are hopes to possibly get the competition started later.

Maple trees at Leckie Park ● Julie Fishlock ■ Yea’s Julie Fishlock, in her role as Australian Inflammatory Breast Cancer NetworkChair, will be one of the guest speakers at the Foundation Launch to be held at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, St Kilda, at 12 Noon3pm on Friday, September 13. Cost is $115 per person.

Other speakers include Bedrich Eckhardt, Dr Belinda Yeo and Terry Lyn Arnold.

Music will be provided by Kane R. Vincent. All proceeds go to the Cancer Research Institute at the Olivia Newton-John Centre.

■ Preparations are underway for the MAD Billy Cart Derby to be held on Saturday, November 2, at Lyons St, Yea. Racing will start from 10am on the Cup Day weekend, alongside the Yea Railway Market.

There will be market and car boot stalls, amusement rides, an animal farm, live entertainment, kids shows, a magician, circus training workshops, face painting and henna art, pony rides, sack races and three-legged races. www.madbilly.com.au

Grandparents’ Day

Thornton servo OK

■ Murrindindi Shire Council last week voted to issue a notice of decision to grant a permit for the use of existing buildings for a service station, associated works and signage at 1294 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Thornton.

The motion was put by Cr Eric Lording, seconded by Cr Leigh Dunscombe.

Crs Jackie Ashe and Charlie Bissett unsuccessfully proposed a motion that the petrol station operating hours allowed on the permit be: ■ for daylight savings between the hours of 7 am to 10 pm Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 am to 8 pm Saturday and Sunday; ■ for non-daylight savings between the hours of 7 am to 7 pm Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 am to 8 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Local Briefs Yea Girls celebrate

Spirituality Day ■ St Luke’s Centre for Spirituality is holding a Celtic Sprituality Day from 10am3.30pm on Saturday, August 17 at the Parish Hall, Pellisier St, Yea. Celtic harpist Cath Conelly will lead in learning, prayer, music art, poetry and pilgrimage, as engaging ways of relating to God. The day will include harp music, meditation, input sessions and time for personal reflection.

Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided. Cost is $20 per person. Book on 0437 937 433. anglicanyea@gmail.com

Railway Market ■ The Yea Railway Market is scheduled to take place this Saturday (Aug. 3). An increasing number of stalls are expected as the warmer weather returns.

Dwelling at Buxton ● The Rotary Club of Alexandra helped with the planting of a dozen Jefferson Red Maple trees at Leckie Park in Alexandra.

Photo: Murrindindi Shire Council

■ Murrindindi Shire Council will ssue a notice of decision to amend a planning permit to include a transportable and relocatable accommodation unit at 38 Elliot Ct, Buxton, subject to a number of conditions, following a motion by Cr Margaret Rae.

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Ticks & Crosses

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Statistics pedants would like to know that last Wednesday’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting is recorded as having started at 5.59pm, one minute ahead of the gazetted time.

Was this a misprint in the Marysville pub extended hours allowed by Murrindindi Shire Councillors, as published in their Draft Minutes?

The motion appears to have new hours which include “11 am Saturday morning until 11 am Sunday morning”. We’re not sure that anyone asked for all-nighters.

● Lake Eildon has been identified as a potential nuclear reactor site.

The Australian Nuclear Association has listed Eildon, Dartmouth and Albury Wodonga as ideal locations for nuclear reactors. Vice-President Robert Parker said the areas were identified because they: ■ have water sources for cooling purposes ■ are close to the main electricity grid ■ have good road and rail connections ■ have a workforce that would benefit from the high tech jobs that would be created.

Local football and netball specta tors may see players wearing a ‘zero’ on their tops this weekend (Sat., Aug. 3). The Towards Zero Round will see captains and others wearing the number 0 on their backs instead of their usual jumper number to highlight the fact that zero lives lost on our roads is possible.

A big tick to local school crossing supervisors (lollipop people) for braving the cold and wet to keep our local children safe.

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Paid Council employees outnumbered Murrindindi Shire Councillors at the monthly meeting held at Yea last week: ■ Chief Executive Officer: Craig Lloyd ■ Director Corporate and Shared Services: Michael Chesworth ■ Director Assets and Development: Stuart McConnell ■ Director Community Engagement: Shivaun Brown ■ Manager Governance and Risk: Tara Carter ■ Acting Manager Development Services: Natalie Stewart ■ Acting Coordinator Statutory Planning: Darren Jackson ■ Acting Coordinator Environmental Sustainability: Amanda Priest ■ Planning Officer: Nicole Grey ■ Governance Officer: Audrey Kyval

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Sad to see PHOTO: FACEBOOK the name of Tori Smith disappear from the credits of the Alexandra Standard and Yea Chronicle.

Tori was Cadet Journalist. A similar job is now being advertised by Alexandra ● Tori Smith Newspapers.

There has been a passing parade of talented journalists move on from that company in recent times: Robyn Antanovskii, Jessica Rusic, Elle Shaw, Jackson Russell (who went to the North Central Review at Kilmore) and Holly Tregenza (who went to the Kyabram Free Press/Tatura Guardian). Sadly, the Tatura Guardian closed a few weeks ago.

Readers’ contributions to the ‘Ticks & Crosses’ column are welcomed.

Send your contribution to: editor@LocalMedia.com.au Contributions will be published at the sole discretion of the Editor.

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Christmas in July

Local Briefs Powers Pals in Yea

■ Older people looking to increase bone density are invited to join the Power Pals program at the Pioneer Reserve, Yea, at 8am and 9am Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 8am Saturdats.

The sessions use hand and leg weights along with muscle stretcfhing exercises. Contact Sandra on 5797 2756.

■ More than 80 people joined in the Christmas in July celebrations put on by Murrindindi Shire Council as part of its 'Planned Activity Groups Program'.

The event was held at the Black Spur Inn on Thursday (July 25), with attendees enjoying a roast lunch, quiz and music by Leigh and Beverly Fraser.

Saturday’s matches

■ AFL Outer East Division 2 matches for this Saturday (Aug. 3) are: Alexandra v Kinglake, Powelltown v Yarra glen, Seville v Gembrook-Cockatoo, Thornton-Eildon v Yarra Junction. Yea has the bye.

■ Division 1: Monbulk v WarburtonMillgrove, Pakenham v Belgrave, Emerald v Doveton, Mt Evelyn v Officer.

■ Premier League: Cranbourne v Healesville, Beaconsfield v Upwey-Tecoma,Wandin v Narre Warren, Woori Yal;lock v Berwick.

Olinda-Ferny Creek: Bye. ● Murrindindi Shire CEO Craig Lloyd and one of the Christmas diners.

● Leigh and Beverly Fraser joined with Santa at the Black Spur.

Local News

Crs can’t sign petitions ■ Murrindindi Shire Deputy Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe has hit back at critics, and explained why Councillors cannot sign petitions.

The Kinglake Ward Councillor’s social media post came after criticism that Cr Dunscombe did not sign a petition about public toilets at the Kinglake Memorial Reserve. “ It has come to my attention that I am being personally berated and condemned by some people around town amid accusations that I don’t give a damn about Kinglake due to my ‘supposed refusal’ to sign a petition in support of the establishment of public toilet facilities at the Kinglake Memorial Oval.

“Let me set the record straight. Part of my role as a councillor dictates that – by law – under the Local Government Act – that I approach any decision making process of council with an open mind.

“Evidence of a predetermined position on a particular

● Cr Leigh Dunscombe issue would imply that I am not of an open mind and would legally disqualify me from participating in any debate or casting a vote on the issue.

“My signature on a petition would qualify as evidence of a pre-determined position and as such by declining to sign said petition I can remain eligible to debate and vote should the issue come before council.

“Furthermore, despite being

an invalid petition due to a lack of any contact details of signatories it is somewhat pointless.

“The issue of public toilets for the Memorial Oval is already under consideration by council along with other high priority needs for the site.

“Renewal of the netball courts, new perimeter fencing and – in the budget that was adopted last month – funding for a design master plan for the entire site, potentially including new clubrooms.

“We have also assisted in supporting the new electronic scoreboard, general maintenance, change room upgrades, and other financial assistance for the user groups.

“So contrary to “Not giving a damn about Kinglake”, I am doing everything within my power for Kinglake.

“Obviously not quickly enough for some but if I am to be condemned it should at least be justified,” Cr Dunscombe said.

Taste of Tamworth at Alex.

■ Community radio station UGFM will run its major fundraiser, Taste of Tamworth, at the Alexandra Shire Hall from 7.30pm this Friday (Aug. 2).

Four multi-award winning artists will perform.

Carter and Carter, and Lyn Bowtell, team up with award-winning rising stars The Weeping Willows and the popular Jayne Denham returns.

The incredible career of Kinglake couple Carter and Carter continues with the hit single Better Day topping Australian country charts for seven weeks and cements them as the most successfulindependent country music act in Australia for the past 18 years.

Lyn Bowtell first came to prominence winning the Toyota Starmaker Award. She followed this by becoming one of the main voices and song writers in the multi-award winning country pop group Bella. She appeared on the Nine Network’s The Voice.

Jayne Denham is fast becoming one of Australia’s most admired country rock performers.

Tickets for Friday night’s concert at Alexandra are available for adults $30, children under 15 $20, family $80 (two adults, two children). Phone: 0416 075 638.

Where’s your bin?

■ Nillumbik Shire Council received notification from SKM Recycling on Thursday night (July 25) that the company would temporarily stop receiving recyclable materials at all its facilities until further notice.

The latest update could impact a number of councils across Melbourne and regional Victoria, including Nillumbik.

Nillumbik Council will collect recycling bins as normal this week and encourages residents to continue their recycling efforts.

However as SKM’s facilities are temporarily closed, next week’s recycling may go to landfill.

NFNL fixtures ■ Northern Football Netball League Division One: Macleoed v Hurstbridge, Montmorency v West Preston-Lakeside, North Heidelberg v Northcote Park, Heidelberg v Lower Plenty, Bundoora v Greensborough.

■ Division Two: Watsonia v Eltham, Banyule v Fitzroy Stars, Diamond Creek v Thomastown, Epping v St Mary’s.

Whittlesea: Bye. ■ Division Three: Old Eltham Collegians v South Morang, Kilmore v Heidelberg West, Laurimar v Panton Hill, Mernda v Lalor.

Reservoir: Bye.

Eildon dwelling

■ Murrindindi Shire Council last week issued a notice of decision to grant a permit to use and develop land for the purpose of a dwelling at 388 Goulburn Valley Highway, Eildon.

Youth Masterplan

■ The Rotary Park Playground and Skate/ BMX Park Master Plan at Alexandra was last week endorsed by Murrindindi Shire Council. The Master Plan will be made available for public comment until August 14.

Risks, opportunities

■ Risks and opportunities associated with participation in the Local Government Power Purchasing Agreement have been identified

by Murrindindi Shire Council, and has agreed to participate to procure renewable energy for Council’s Alexandra corporate office, Marysville Community Centre and unmetered public street light accounts.

First in Victoria

■ Cr Margaret Rae last week said that Murrindindi Shire Council was the first in the state to complete work to comply a new Victorian PlanningAmendment.

Bowls Club night

● Carter and Carter (from Kinglake)

■ Dedication of members and volunteers of the Alexandra Bowling Club is remarkable, Cr Margaret Rae last week, after attending a sponsors’ evening, celebrating the club’s 113 years.

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Our deadliest fires ■ This region has been the centre of Victoria’s bushfires over the past 150 years.

The Plenty Ranges were particularly hit when a quarter of the Victorian colony was razed by the Black Thursday fires in 1851.

Kinglake was the brunt of the 1926 fires.

In January 1939, Black Friday claimed the lives of 71 people, and Narbethong was destroyed. Rubicon and Alexandra were badly affected.

In January 1962, Kinglake, Christmas Hills, StAndrews and Hurstbridge were the focus.

Yea and Alexandra were at the centre of bushfires in January 1969.

‘Ash Wednesday’, in February 1983 struck the Yarra ranges to the south, and the Macedon Ranges to the west.

The Eildon State Park copped it in 1997.

Kinglake was again attacked in Jnauary 2006.

Nothing could compare to the February 7 bushfires in 2009 when 173 lives wre lost.

Which fires have affected you most?

We wish to hear from you.

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Bob marries

● Cr Jackie Ashe ‘Visitor Information Summit’ to be held in Auguist at Holmesglen at Eildon.

Cr Ashe is also the savvy one when it comes to online marketing.

Cr Ashe reported that the Council’s social media presence saw 16,338 page likes on Facebook, and 2259 Instagram followers.

Shire on shortlist

● At Toolangi, after the 2009 fires

Long Shots

■ Murrindindi Shire Council has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Local Government Professionals Customer Service Awards for its ‘Customer First’ project.

Award winners will be announced at a cermony in August.

Election promise

with Ash Long, Editor Previous winner, Victoria’s best local reporter

Now in his 50th year of local newspapers.

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■ DanielAndrews’s Labor State Government is being held to account by Murrindindi Shire Council about a pre-election promise made late last year about removing boat ramp launching fees, specifically at the Eildon Alliance Boat Ramp.

Shire Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd told last week’s Council meeting that it is hoped that an anouncement will be made “very soon” that will encourage visits to Eildon.

1956 photo of Yea High School pupils

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■ Thirty years ago we reported on the marraige of Yea Race Club Secretary Bob Haigh and the former Ann Dancer at St Luke’sAnglican Church, celebrated by Fr Peter Williams.

Passed in

■ Glenburn Hotel was passed in at $750,000 at auction conducted by agents John Conway. The bids did not reach the undisclosed reserve set by owners Mal and Yvonne Sissons.

Fire-prone lots

■ Yea Council approved in principle two subdivision applicationsat Junction Hill by the Dashwood family.

Cr Ian Macintyre said conditions similar to tjhe Foxhaven property should be applied to the subdivision.

Pioneer Reserve

■ Yea Councillors visited the Yea Pioneer Reserve for an inspection. Councillorsd were invited to the old primary school by Pioneer Reserve Advisory chair Julie Lynch, and met by another committee member, Marg Findley.

Move ditched

■ Cr Don Lawson ditched a move for a turning lane at Miller St, Yea, when he was told it would cost up to $10,000.

Post box removed

■ The posting box at The Parade, Yea, was to be removed by Auistralia Post due to poor patronage. There was an average of three articles posted per day, Yea Council was told.

Peter was Deputy

■ Cr Peter Hauser was voted as Deputy Shire President. CEO Peter Mangan said Cr Hauser would take over from President cr Bill Wilson “when the latter is unable or unwilling to act”.

$6000 for printer

■ Yea Shire Senior Secretary Christine Carter suggested a $6000 office equipment changeover with a laser printer that would print 15 copies per minute. This followed her attendance at a Unisys conference. Ms Carter said the Council’s letterhead would not feed through the current printer.

Flood damage

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■ Cr Don Lawson warned that there was potential for serious flood damage in Yea later in the month, 30 years ago, because of a release of water from Eildon Weir.

He said the Rural Water Commission had advised that Eildon was at 91 per cent. If inflow continued at the current rate, the Weir could be full within 3-4 weeks, he said.

He talked of the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ and how hydro power could be generated at Murrindindi and Trawool.

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work.

Editor Ash Long first started newspaper work in 1969. He began writing for local newspapers in 1973. Over those 46 years he has kept extensive diaries and local photo files.

From Our Files - 30 Years Ago August 1989

Modern day Cr

■ Cr Jackie Ashe seems to be the ‘go to’ girl when modern day marketing is needed

by Murrindindi Council.

Cr Ashe has been leading work on the new look Visitor Guide, ready to be launched in August.

It will be launched at the Victorian Tourism Industry Council

Editor’s Diary

Sgt Scully at Rotary

● Alan Thorley of Yea and District Historical Pages supplies this 1956 photo of Forms 3-4-5 students at Yea High School.

■ Yea’s Sgt Brendan Scully was guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Yea. He spoke on community policing.

Chairman for the meeting was Norman Berndt. Three-minute speakerc was Charles Rattray.

The following week’s speaker was Michael Williams, speaking on property developments within the Yea Shire.

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Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 3.2.6.5.

Lotto Numbers: 3.12.26.24.40.44.

Some very happy and romantic nights and also very interesting new friends are indicated. Some very good moments at home and some luck in a game of chance is indicated.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.23.36.39.8.

Not a good time to make decisions on important matters.

Better to wait and see before making up your mind about anything or people. More harmonious period at home and the work scene.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.25.40.5.44.

Some friction on the domestic scene is indicated. It could be due to mainly some financial arrangements that do not suit everybody. Study all aspects well before committing yourself.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Lilac Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.2.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.5.19.7.22.

A very romantic period in which those with love interests could make up their minds, and those still looking for the right person could have a lucky find. Not a good period for divulging secrets about your business activities.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3 Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.24.40.11.

A new money making venture should turn out quite well, although not the way you expected it to. Some romance could be interfering with your business matters, so keep an eye out for trouble.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.36.34.40.

The early bird will get the worm, and also the clever one will get the most benefit. Do not let emotional matters ruin your plans for an entertaining and happy period coming up.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.36.30.22.

You could be finding happiness closer to home, your thinking should be straight and making the right decisions is indicated, an attractive member of the opposite sex could be the cause of how you are feeling.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.25.40.6.20.

Many will be having problems with their relationships, some lack of progress in that particular affair. Many will run into an old love affair.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December20) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 5.6.9.8.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.36.37.44.

Many things that you did not expect to happen so soon will, you should respond well to t. a feeling of being in tune with the vibes around you brings a feeling of well being. Some luck with a Taurian.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.15.26.34.44.

For the punter a lucky streak evident if you follow your hunches. What you say or admit to can get you into more trouble than what you actually do. People are expecting your side of the story to be told.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.24.40.22.

If you let tension rise you will be off on the wrong foot for the next week or so. Many will be ready to take off in different directions and the rest could become pregnant or getting someone else pregnant.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 5.6.9.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.36.30.11.

Patience is necessary for the next week or so before throwing caution to the wind or making dramatic moves. Good things happening out of the blue and reasons to celebrate coming up fast.

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Break-ins at tips ■ Break-ins and illegal dumping has taken place at Murrindindi Shire’s resource recovery centres, Cr Eric Lording told last week’s Council meeting at Yea. Cr Lording said a network of security cameras has been installed, with footage accessible from Council offices.

“Offenders will be prosecuted.

“Roadside dumping, especially of tyres is continuing, which is a real shame,” Cr Lording said.

“Action is being taken to protect our forests from this blight.

● Cr Eric Lording

“Most of these sites are known with surveillance plans being drawn up to identify perpetrators.”

Cr Lording said that construction of e-waste sheds had been completed at the Alexandra and Kinglake Ranges centres.

E-waste is being accepted at the Yea Resource recovery Centre.

The State Government has a ban on e-waste disposal to landfill which came into effect on July 1.

Council officers are continuing to carefully monitor changes in receycling.

New look at compliance ■ From managing your pets to parking to planning permits, health standards and firewood collection: every resident and business in Murrindindi Shire is affected by the state and local laws which Council is responsible for enforcing.

These laws are all about how we live together as a community, and aim to ensure safety and fairness, as well as protect the amenity and good functioning of our community. Essentially, these laws set out the behaviour we can reasonably expect of each other.

Helping everyone to understand their obligations and comply with them, as well as transparency, fairness and accountability in enforcement, is at the heart Council's new Compliance and Enforcement Policy.

Murrindindi Shire Council Director Assets and Infrastructure, Stuart McConnell, said the new Compliance and Enforcement Policy documents what the community can expect from Council when they have a compliance issue concerning them or a compliance action has been taken that they disagree with.

"Our community is increasingly raising concerns about safety and amenity issues they would like Council to address.

“And the results of the 2017 'Have Your Say' survey identified that our community wanted us to increase our focus on compliance, particularly around local laws and planning.

“This Policy is part of Council's commitment to continuously improving the service it offers residents and businesses, and meeting our community's expectations," Mr McConnell said.

"While we appreciate that almost everyone will have a different point of view on the issues Council needs to enforce, our commitment is to be fair, predictable and transparent in what we do.

“Council will help individuals and businesses learn more about their compliance responsibilities and support them to meet their obligations, but it's important that all of us take responsibility for doing the right thing and complying with the law.

"The risk or impact of the behaviour and culpability of the offender (to what extent their behaviour was intentional) informs Council's decisions to investigate and take enforcement action (such as issuing a fine or prosecuting the offender).

"If you are issued with a compliance notice by a Council officer, what you are required to do and when will be clearly set out.

“Council officers will check that it has been done and will take further action if not.

"Though we always do our best, we won't always get it right. If you feel that Council's enforcement action is incorrect or at odds with our Policy, you can request a review.

“For some issues, the review process might be set out by other agencies - this is the case with most planning matters.

“For many issues though, you can write to Council's CEO to request an internal review.

The CEO will then appoint a senior Council officer who hasn't been involved in the compliance action to undertake the review," Mr McConnell said.

"Community members often bring Council's

● Stuart McConnell attention to issues they see threatening public safety and wellbeing, likewise our officers are often alerted to problems when they're out working in the field.

“To start with, our compliance efforts focus on the infringements we are hearing and seeing a lot of and which pose the largest risk of damage to our community or environment.

"I really encourage you to take the time to find out a bit more about Council's Compliance and Enforcement Policy, you can find it at www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/compliance," Mr McConnell added.

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Drainage works

■ Drainage upgrade works in William St, Alexandra, have commenced and are progressing well, Cr Eric Lording told last week’s meeting of Murrindindi Council.

Cyclist safety signs are being erected around the Shire, and should be completed this week.

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Open for comment

■ Community members will be able to have their say on the Draft Rotary Park Playground and Skate/BMX Park Master Plan until August 14, following its endorsement by Council at its Ordinary Meeting on July 24.

The Draft Rotary Park Playground and Skate/BMX Park Master Plan was developed based on ideas and feedback gathered from the community about what might encourage greater use of the recreational space.

Youth, Recreation and Community Planning Portfolio Councillor, Charlie Bisset, said more than 145 people submitted their priorities for improvement during the October 2018 consultation. A further 50 people attended a workshop held in March to further develop the design.

"The initial feedback from the community called for an upgrade to the BMX experience, skate park and play equipment, including featuring some 'nature-based' play options.

“The community also asked for better use of the space and improved connectedness between the Rotary Park Playground and the Skate/BMX area. Altogether, some $1.3 million worth of ideas were tabled," Cr Bisset said.

"With this feedback and an achievable budget in mind - somewhere around the $600,000 mark - we put together a concept design for the Rotary Park Playground and Skate/BMX Park and workshopped it with the community in March.

“This workshop gave us some great direction around what the priority elements of the project should be.

“The priorities agreed on were an upgrade of the playground equipment, development of a 'pump track' and play space next to the existing BMX area, as well as some landscaping to connect the two areas.

"What emerged from our discussions with the community was a vision for Rotary Park Playground and Skate/BMX Park to be a destination play space and meeting place.

“Somewhere Murrindindi residents, visitors and kids-of-all ages can be active and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

"We want it to be a recreation space that has something for everyone, and equipment which offers opportunities for skill progression.

“We believe our Draft Master Plan delivers this, but because of the size of the project, we do expect it to take a number of years, as well as a variety of funding sources, to deliver.

"To see the Draft Master Plan and find out more about the proposed project, jump onto Council's website, pop into a Council office or join us at the information session being held at the Alexandra Council Office on Monday August 12 at 5pm. The Draft Master Plan will be open for public feedback until August 14.

"It's a big project for Council and community, so we'd love to hear your thoughts on whether we've got it right," Cr Bisset said.

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Council Briefs Saleyards work ■ A contractor has been for the supply and installation of a ramp and steps to the scale house at the Yea Saleyards, last week’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting was told.

An auctioneer’s walkway to the holding pens is also being installed.

Contents summary ■ A summary of public comments about the proposed High St, Yea safety upgrade is to be prepared by Council officers.

An updated plan, with works to get underway later this financial year, will commence, said Cr Eric Lording, who holds in the Infrastructure portfolio.

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What The Papers Say Roos’ freedom

■ A temporary path will be created near Mernda railway station in an attempt to free a mob of kangaroos trapped in a vacant paddock for more than a year.

However, wildlife campaigners believe the move is doomed to fail.

The mob became stuck in the Woolworthsowned paddock, close to the rail line, when a gate was left open over Easter, 2018.

Whittlesea Leader understands the path, on which ecologists will attempt to herd about 20 kangaroos 30m back to Plenty Gorge, will be created under the elevated train line, near the Mernda skate park and south of the railway station.

- Whittlesea Leader

Mum’s the word

■ When it comes to caring for kids, Kerryn Longmuir is in a league of her own.

The Greensborough foster carer has looked after more than 400 children with her husband Stephen as her trusty “sidekick”.

The Longmuirs started taking in foster kids 35 years ago after they had two children of their own, Tracey, now 45, and Mathew, 42.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Youth Council

■ Mitchell Shire’sYouth Council has been sworn in for the 2019-20 term.

The nine youth councillors attended a team-building camp before taking an oath at the council meeting on July 15.

The youth council will play a pivotal role in shaping the future direction of Mitchell Shire Council’s policies and will provide a youthful voice for senior councillors.

- Seymour Telegraph

Mansfield CEO goes

■ Letter: “Thank God our councilors have come to their senses. Hopefully we will now get some one who is not so delusional about them self. Some one who will work with and for the community. In fouryears, $500,000 in debt , nine staff down, 10 new staff put on. $400,000 for two new directors with no job description. Applying to the ESC for rate rise. $1.2 million over charge in waste. Wages for 101 staff $10 million dollar per year. Etc, Etc, Etc. - Irene O’Kelly.”

- Mansfield Courier

Trees vandalised

■ Euroa Police are asking anyone in the local community with information about recent vandalism to trees in Euroa's Sevens Creek Park to contact them. Police say thousands of dollars in damage has been caused overnight due to someone snapping trunks and branches off plants along walkways.

- Euroa Gazette

Where are koalas?

■ Anyone who has lived in the area for any length of time will know the joys of receiving a visit from one of Warrandyte’s koalas.

Sadly, this is an increasingly rare occurrence, and as nature columnist Glenn Jameson discusses the reintroduction and subsequent drought has been responsible for the boom and bust of the local koala population over the last 20 or so years.

Koalas locally have been a large tourist drawcard, indeed the national value of the koala as a tourism icon has been estimated at over $1 billion.

- Warrandyte Diary

Viet vets march

■ The Yarra Valley and Outer Eastern Melbourne Vietnam Veterans Day march and service is coming up on Sunday, August 11.

The Croydon RSL Sub-branch will host the event.

The sub-branch has been an avid supporter of the event since its inception in 2005 but this is the first time it has hosted the event.

The service will start at the completion of the march, and fellowship at Croydon RSL will follow the service.

- Mountain Views Mail

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, August 8 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (34089) v Brouet, Marc Gerard. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Turner, J (34532) v Kaminnyj, Joshua.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Aiello, P (36973) v Gonzalez, Maria.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Carter, S (42829) v Cathie, Tristan. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Lobert, Pradeep.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Lobert, Pradeep.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Wood, D (38944) v Primrose, Benjamin Daniel. Heavy Vehicle Unit Victoria Police Pezzimenti, P (32040)v Dennerley, Darcy Robert. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Elliott, Nathan William. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Mills, Richard Bruce. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Turner, J (34532) v Tyers, Kasey. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Gordolo, C (30144) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Brock, James. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Walliss, Josephine.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Lashford, D (44178) v Bettridge, Patrick.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Bradshaw, Steven.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Charity, Rachael.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, M (27261) v O'halloran, Robert James. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Hussey, Dale. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Hall, Neil. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Edwards, L (44284) v O'dea, Stephen.

Uni-Frankston Victoria Police - Rossetti, T (42521) v Mercuri, Mark. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Stinson, Suzanne.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Townsend, David.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Alvarez Gonzalez, Maria. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Roberts, Bianca.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Morritt, Benjamin.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Gordon, Benjamin John. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Panozzo, Dean. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Grant, B

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Further details of cases are available at www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au The Local Paper shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided. The information is provided on the basis that persons accessing it undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. No inference of a party’s guilt, innocence or liability should be made by publication of their name as a defendant. Court schedules may be changed at any time for any reason, including withdrawal of the action by the Plaintiff/Applicant. E&OE.

Daniel. Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Edwards, P (42776) v Wright, Jacelle.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Mulabegovic, O (42383)v Bombardieri, Stephen. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Taylor, A (34197) v Lobert, Pradeep.

Socit-Seymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Philbrick, Nick. DtuSeymour Victoria Police -v Poulopoulos, C (42417) C h a r i t y, Rachel. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Bridges, Peter. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Mercier, E (39428) v Moore, Vivian Ruth.

Uni-Kyabram Victoria Police - Rogers, M (40077) v Moore, Vivian Ruth .Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, B (36938) v Alramahi, Ahmed.

Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Brown, Jason. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Woosnam, J (31061)v Izzard, Jaxon Regan. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Hewet, T (32655) v Izzard, Jaxon. State Hwy Patrol-North Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Buka, William.

Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Dixon, S (30331) v Gazzara, Katlin.

State Hwy Patrol-North Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Enabosi, Kelvin. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Smith, Brandon.

Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Barclay, J (36190) v Wall, Jared Darcey.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Raynor, S (20606) v Essa, Safa. UniBroadford DHHS - Simpson, E v Muller, Jennifer Annette. Department Of Health And Human Services Victoria Police - Blackley, C (38843) v Haralg, Haralg.

Ciu-Ararat Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Charles, Sean. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Krickic, B (22069) v Wall, Jared Darcy.

Highway Patrol-Wallan Victoria Police - Dawson, C (35574) v Gray, Kelly Jean.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Giannone, Francesco. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Leonard, C (42839) v Gleeson, Jason. UniHeidelberg Victoria Police - Gough, P (25565) v Wall, Jared Darcy.

State Hwy Patrol-North

Victoria Police - Ioannidis, C (30723) v Pyle, Gordon. State Hwy Patrol-North Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Bethune, Dale. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Charles, Sean. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Grant, B (28598) v Litchfield, Jason.

Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Mason, Josephine.

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From Our 1939 Files

Black’s Spur tragedy

■ A picnic outing by two young men and two young women in sports cars ended tragically when one of the cars overturned on the Blacks' Spur, near Healesville. A young woman was killed and her companion was injured. They were: KILLED Sturzaker, Lola, aged 19 years of Blackburn street, Surrey Hills.

INJURED Ferrero, Thomas Tweedie, aged about 22 years, of Cole street, Elwood. Treated for concussion, lacerations, and shock.

Miss Sturzaker and Ferrero were going to Marysville with a young man and a young woman in another sports car, which was travelling ahead.

As the rear car was rounding a sharp curve, about six miles from Healesville, it struck several guide posts and overturned twice in the middle of the road.

After having noticed that the rear car was no longer following them, the occupants of the first car turned back, and found other cars stopped at the scene of the acci dent.

- The Argus

No kilts for band

■ The action of the Minister for Defence (Brig. G. A. Street) in refusing to allow a New South Wales militia unit to distinctive Scotch uniforms was condemned by Mr. J. G. B. McDonald, M.L.A., at the second birthday party of th e Goulburn Valley Pipe Band on Friday night.

Mr. McDonald said that the wearing of the kilt would be aii added attraction and also give the particular unit a far greater appeal.

- Shepparton Advertiser

Marysville skiing

■ The Marysville Ski Club has been constituted the Marysvllle division of the Ski club of Victoria, following the latter's invitation o the local club to join Its country divisional scheme.

The Metropolitan Board has been asked for permission for a car parking space, to be cleared by local effort, at the junction of the Lake Mountain track with the Cumberland Valley-road, where cars are Jeft on the way to the new ski run on Mt. Snowy.

If permission is granted much confusion will be saved, as scores of cars are now visiting the new snow grounds there, par ticularly at the week end.

- The Age

Workers’ gesture

■ WHITTLESEA, Monday. — Fine public spirit was shown by unemployed men who had been temporarily employed on the construction of the swimming pool.

As the grant of £200 from the Unemployment Relief Fund had been expended and urgent work remained to be done to safeguard tho walls, the men volunteered and performed one day's work without payment.

- The Age

Late newspapers

■ Owing to a mild epidemic of influenza and measles, news agents in many suburban areas are experiencing great difficulty in maintaining their usual efficient service for the delivery of copies of The Age to householders.

Many delivery boys have become ill, and their places have had to be filled temporarily by boys who are unaccustomed to the routine of the daily round. One agent alone has nine boys ill with influenza.

Subscribers who have complaints of late or interrupted deliveries are. requested to make allowances for the difficulties at present existing.

- The Age

Potatoes up £1

■ A keen demand sent potato prices up by £1 at the Spencer Street yards this morning.

Only seven trucks ar rived, and these met with a ready sale.

- The Herald

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History

Alex. Masons mark 150 years ■ The 150 years of the Albert Edward Lodge will be celebrated on Thrusday, August 15, at the Aleaxnadra Masonic Centre.

All past and present Freemasons are being invited to a presentation by Allan Layton, assisted by the members of the Lodge.

The Lodge will ‘tyle’ at 7.30pm, with visitors admitted at 8pm. A light supper will be provided afterwards.

A public notice to form a Masonic Lodge in Alexandra was published in the first issue of the Times on June 2, 1868.

“All free and accepted Masons in and round Alexandra are requested to meet at the office of Br. M. Raphael, Grant-street, on Friday evening next, 5th June, at 7 o’clock, to consider the practicability of forming a lodge in this place,” said the advertisement.

In the same issue were advertisements of M. Raphael’s own business, in which he described himself as an ‘Auctioneer, Land and Hotel Broker’.

Alexandra was in its earliest days as a township, and Mr Raphael was offering various vacant Grant Street allotments.

“The brethren of the Masonic Order, it will be seen by advertisement, intend taking preliminary steps for establishing a lodge here,” commented John and Norman Whitelaw of The Times. “No doubt the meeting tonight will be well attended.”

Progress was slow. Almost a year later, a second advertisement appeared on May 8, 1869 (150 years ago): “A meeting of Masons favour able to establishing a Lodge at Alexandra, will be held at Brother Raphael’s Office on Monday next. at half-past 8 p.m.”

The meeting of the Alexandra Road Board (forerunner to the Shire Council) on May 17, 1869, received a letter from J. P. Bainbridge requesting the use of the Board room for Masonic purposes. ★ In the lead-up to the creation of the Lodge in 1869, Times editor John Whitelaw had some fun with his readers, having a gentle dip at some of the peculiarities of Freemasonry.

“On Monday evening last a grand concert and ball were given at the Corner Hotel, under the patronage of M.U.I.O.O.F. (Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows) in aid of the Incidental Fund.

“Mr Whitelaw, who delivered the opening address, stated that although he did not belong to the order of Odd Fellows still he knew a little about secret societies.

“In Masonry he was a P.M. (Past Master), which meant top sawyer.

Masons and Odd Fellows used a great many letters of the 'alphabet' in a mysterious way, such as G.M. (Grand Master), P.G M. (Past Grand Master), &c.

“This was all for the purpose of keeping their wives and sisters in the dark, He would reveal a few secrets of these societies for the information of those wives who were kept up ate at night waiting for their husbands who would come home looking very innocent, as if they had been doing something of great importance.

“There were three degrees in masonry. When a man was made a mason he had an apron put on him and then he was told to shut his eyes and open his mouth, whereupon he had a large spoonful of brimstone

● Advertisement to form a lodge in the first edition of the Alexandra Times (June 2, 1868) . ● The Alexandra Masonic Centre at the corner of Nihil and Webster Streets. This building opened in 1915. and treacle put into his mouth and Taylor was well received. What are was told that was to purify the blood the wild waves saving. by Mrs Morand prepare him for the next and ris and Mr Branch was rendered very smoothly. more important degree.

“Mr Kannegiesser followed with “In the second degree the apron was placed behind, and then he had a song, The red, white, and blue.

“The home I've made for thee, to swallow a mixture of salt, senna, and castor oil. It was very amusing given by Miss Briggs, was a decided to see the faces they made on such improvement on any of that lady's occasions, but the third degree was previous performances, and the audience showed their appreciation of the trying event.

“The apron (masons can do noth- her efforts by awarding a due mead ing without an apron) in this degree of praise.

“A comic reading by Mr Downwas placed on the head and then the ing, and a selection from Shakesbrand is applied, “It made ones blood run cold to peare, by Mr Franks, brought the first think of the cruelty they practiced on part of the programme to a close.

“After a short interval a second each other on such occasions.

“He had heard of unfortunate series of songs, duets, readings, &c., masons catching their death of cold were given but it would be useless to in consequence of the curiosity of particularise, as all succeeded in pleasing the assembled audience. their wives about that branding.

“Great praise is due to the stew“The Odd Fellows, he supposed, were not much better than the Ma- ards for the agreeable manner in sons, but it was his duty to briefly which the arrangements were carried out, nor must we over look the allude to their good points.

“Amongst other emblems of the services of Mrs Morris, who by her order might be seen the open hand finished style of accompanying the with a heart in it. This meant that several singers contributed in no Odd Fellows had an open hand for small degree to the success of the each other, and a heart to feel and entertainment.

“After the room had been cleared sympathise for a brother in distress.

“If an Odd Fellow becomes sick dancing was kept up with great spirit he is supported and provided with for several hours, and all departed well pleased with their evening's enmedical attendance.

“When he dies all funeral ex- joyment.” ★ penses are paid for by the lodge, and The opening of the Lodge was the widow and orphan children have conducted on Friday night, July 23, a certain allowance given them.

“Such an institution as this com- 1869, and reported in The Alexandra mends itself to he support and best Times of July 30: “On Friday night last the imporwishes of all.

“The Mount Pleasant Lodge was tant ceremony of opening a Masons' progressing favourably, and he Lodge in Alexandra took place.

“In addition to the brethren of the trusted that the funds would be considerably enlarged by that evening's immediate district, there were visitors from Melbourne, Jamieson, and entertainment.

“As to those ladies and gentle- Doon.

“The Lodge was held in the Counmen who had kindly consented to take part in the concert, most of them cil Chambers, and was opened by had already established for them- Past Master Goulding, who, with the selves a high reputation as amateurs. assistance of Past Masters Rapiport, He trusted that the audience would Motherwell, Morris, and Whitelaw, duly installed the Worshipful Mas" Be to their virtues very kind, ter elect, Brother Downing, accordAnd to their faults a little blind."

“The Chairman then introduced ing to ancient custom.

“After the ceremony of installaMr J. B. Morris who sung with much feeling Brother's fainting at the tion had been completed, six new door, assisted in the chorus by Mrs members were proposed.

“The ordinary and special busiMorris, Mr Kay, and MasterWalter.

“A ballad, No one to love, was ness having been disposed of, the given by Miss Raeuber and elicited Lodge was closed in due form and with solemn prayer. a round of applause.

THE BANQUET “Master Walter followed with “After the duties of the Lodge, the Far, far upon the sea, which he rendered with good taste, receiving the brethren assembled at Brother applause of the audience on its con- Morris's, and sat down about 11 o'clock p.m. to the installation banclusion.

“A comic song by Mr H. M. quet.

“To say that the table groaned with luxuries, would convey but a faint idea of the artistic taste of the decorations and the excellent quality of the good things provided in such profusion.

“Mr Morris evidently was determined to place himself A1 in the matter of getting up a supper.

“Twenty-two Masons took their seats at the table, and as the order is very exclusive, no strangers were admitted. After supper followed the usual masonic toasts, accompanied with masonic honors.”

The August 6, 1869 issue of The Times added: “The Masonic Lodge of Alexandra has now been fully established, and promises to become an important institution.

“The furni ture and regalia have been provided. Amongst other matters, we notice that Brother M. Raphael has presented the Lodge with a handsomely bound illustrated Bible, with the following golden inscription on the cover :— "Presented to the Albert Alfred (sic) Lodge of Alexandra by Brother Maurice Raphael." ★ The Oddfellows’ Ball and Supper was held at the Corner Hall on November 19, and a Toast to “Kindred Institutions was responded to by Mr. Downing, on behalf of the Masonic body, and by Mr. Whitelaw, on behalf of the Ancient Order of Druids.

“Numerous other toasts followed, and a very pleasant evening was spent,” said The Times. ★ The Alexandra Shire Council, meeting on December 27, 1870, agreed with correspondence from Crs Peterkin, Perkins, and Whiting, that there should be no Council meeting, on account of the Masonic Ball. ★ A local newspaper clipping from July 7, 1871, reveals some of the identities involved with the early days of Alexandra’s Lodge: “The brethren of the Albert Edward Lodgeof Freemasonsheld their annual meeting on Friday evening last, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, when the following gentlemen were duly installed in office :—J. P. Bainbridge, W.M. (Worshipful Master) ; G. Paxin, S.W. (Senior Warden) ; Philip Salmon, J.W. (Junior Warden) ; J. Peterkin, S.D. (Senior Deacon) ; A. East, J.D. (Junior Deacon) ; F. Kayser, I.G. Inner Guard); Thomas Hall, secretary; Maurice Raphael, Treasurer.

“After the business of the lodge was disposed of, the brethren assembled at Brother J. B. Morris's Corner Hotel, where a sumptuous

banquet was provided, a description of which we cannot better convey than by quoting the words of one of the speakers on the occasion, who said that— " Not only had the bush and the garden been robbed of their rarest shrubs and flowers to adorn the table, but almost every kingdom in Europe had contributed wines and fruits— port, amontillado, champagne, nuts, almonds, figs, everything in short that the heart of man could wish for was there, and in abundance.

“Even the Pyramids of Egypt were represented by two large cakes, which had a strong resemblance to the original Pyramids, but were not quite so large.

“The large porcelain vans on the table had been dug either from the ruins of Herculaneum or King Solomon's Temple.

“Everything that nature and art could produce in Alexandra had been gathered together to do honor to the occasion.

“The evening was spent in a very jolly manner, according to the ancient custom of Masons.” ★ The Jamieson Chronicle (Jan. 1872) reported: “Mr John Colin Campbell who has been long and favorably known in the district, died on Saturday last at Woodspoint, and was interred on Sunday.

“The members of the Masonic Lodge, 1078, of which the late Mr Campbell was a rmember, mustered in great force to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of their departed brother.

“The brethren followed in black with white kid gloves and crape round the arm, and walked inimnediately behind and at the side of the conveyance carrying the corpse.

“The Senior Dercon's jewel was placed on the coflin, which was conveyed to St Mary’s Church where the service was read, after which the Rev. Mr Cahill preached the funeral service at the grave.

“Mr Campbell was connectedwith the local press, Town Council, Road Board and many other institutions.

“The members of the masonic lodges are to put a suitable railing round the grave of their departed brother.” ★ The Alexandra Times (Aug. 23, 1872) noted: “The monthly meeting of the Masonic order was hold on Friday evening last at Vining's Town Hall. Mr Battishill Parker was admitted according to ancient custom into the privileges and mysteries of the order in the first degree.”

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Life of Thomas Albert Fox ■ Leading Alexandra district citizen has honoured with a double-column obituary in February 1919.

“Thomas Albert Fox, who for 18 years was manager, printer and publisher of this journal, and died on Tuesday, January 28, was born at Norwood, Surrey, England, in 1855, and at the time of his death was 63 years of age,” reported the Alexandra and Yea Standard.

“His father was Thomas Fox, a contractor. In the early sixties his parents emigrated to Australia and left their two sons, Thomas A. and Alfred at boarding school in England, under the care of their grandmother.

“On July 3, 1868 he embarked at Liverpool on board the S.S. Great Britain, and arrived in Melbourne on September 5, after a voyage of 55 days, the quickest then on record.

“He was then 13 years of age. He and his younger brother Alfred joined their parents at Belfast, Victoria.

“Here, in 1879, he put in three months at the drapery trade, then got an appointment in the shire office, and after that was with Mr S. J. Bayly, a solicitor.

“Not being satisfied with any of those openings, he finally chose printing as the field in which to work.

“He was apprenticed to the proprietor of the Belfast Gazette, on July 1, 1870, for five years.

“While connected with this paper, his musical gifts brought him into public notice, and when he made his first appearance as an amateur vocalist, by singing the Bonnie Blue Flag, his reputation was made.

“Urged by his friends, he got the best tuition in vocal and instrumental music he could secure.

“He studied vocal music under Professor Harvey, and was a member of the Belfast Presbyterian Choir, where he sang alto.

“Instrumental music he studied under W. H. Perry, bandmaster of the BelfastVolunteerArtillery Band, his instru ment being the cornet.

“During his apprenticeship in Belfast he was identified with the local dramatic, cricket and gymnasium clubs, also the fire brigade, and took part in all the concerts got up for any purpose, not only in Belfast, but at Warrnambool, Woodford, Allanford, Penshurst, Hamilton, Orford and Koroit, and laid the foundations of that life which distinguished him as a public worker in the cause of religion and charity.

“His was essentially a religious nature, and during the five years he was in Belfast, attended church three times every Sunday.

“In July, 1875, he left the Belfast Gazette to join the staff of the Warrnambool Examiner, where, as he phrases it, he "put in two years of misery."

“On February 13, 1877, he married Emily Jane Richter, by whom he had eight children, two only surviving him.

“One of his sons, Alfred, enlisted and went to the front, and was returned invalided.

“On the break up of the Examiner' in 1878, he left Warrnambool and went to Hobart under engagement to L. Henn, proprietor of the Tribune.

“After working on the paper for a month or two, he was promoted to the jobbing department, and, having no night work to do,was induced to join the artillery band then being formed.

● Thomas A. Fox worked at the Alexanda Standard printing works for 18 years.

“His eldest son, Henry, a fine “It would take a whole column to He was appointed corporal and give a mere list of the concerts he buglar. The Tribune soon after promising boy, died.

“He remained in Alexandra for sang at during '91 to '93 in aid of varichanging hands, he left and went on six years. He was manager of the ous churches and charities. to the Mercury staff.

“His tenor solos were always a During his term of work on this local paper for Mr Gordon and took paper things did not run too smoothly. the deepest interest in the general life success and he was in requisition everywhere.

There was a strike, and the men won of the town.

“At the opening of the library he “In the midst of all this work, pubthe day, but later the proprietor took it out of the men by gradually dis- gave a single-handed entertainment lic service and calls of charity, his in aid of the building fund and cleared wife died. charging them.

“A short time after his wife's A "chapel" was called, when a £90 for that institution. “ The hospital also had his sym- death, an offer was made to him to general strike was made, and the pathy and help. For several years he start a paper in Omeo. men scattered to all parts.

“He accepted the offer and went Mr Fox was the last to leave was secretary of the cricket club and Hobart. A benefit was tendered to got up more than one entertainment to that place with his son Alfred, his position on the Standard being kept him in the Theatre Royal in recogni- to help it out of debt.

“He wrote a drama, Off to the open for him for six months should tion of his many services, under the patronage of the officers of the artil- Soudan, which was well received, the Omeo venture not prove a success. lery company. It was a great suc- in aid of the cricket club.

“He was the founder of the foot“The following is an extract from cess, the house being crowded.

“He then returned to Melbourne, ball club and was subsequently sec- The Australasian Typographical where he joined the Typographical retary and treasurer and for four sea- Journal of November, 1893:- "An sons was captain. old and respected member, MrT. A. Society.

“He sang all over the shire at all Fox has left the Evening Standard “Here he found employment with Stillwell's, and later with Mason, the entertainments which were got companionship and taken the manFirth and McCutcheon. Then he up by churches or charities, his last agement of a new bi-weekly in joined the staff of the Daily Tele- appearance being at a concert in aid Omeo. of the Yarck Presbyterian Church.

“Mr Fox had the misfortune to graph.

“During this six years' residence lose his wife about two months ago, “From this paper he went on to the Argus, where he had the oppor- in Alexandra he was principally as- and the widely expressed sympathy sociated with the Prebyterian Church shown to him at that time demontunity of getting better wages.

“His appointment on the Argus, and helped to organise no less than strated the estimation in which he he had to throw up owing to a severe three bazaars. He was also leading was held by the craft. cornet in Scorah's Brass Band.

“Mr Fox will be a great acquisiattack of acute ophthalmia.

“At Xmas, 1888, he left Alexandra tion in Omeo musical circles, as he “In August, 1882, he was well enough to seek employment again, for Melbourne, and went on the is not only an excellent vocalist, an and obtained a position in the Gov- Argus again and from there to the accomplished instrumentalist, but is Evening Standard. also a man who is untiring in his efernment Printing Office.

“Soon after going on this paper in forts to pro mote harmony every“During this period the res augusta domi compelled him to ac- 1889, he attracted attention by his where, and is ever ready to assist in cept payment for what before he had singing of Maid of Athens at a con- any scheme having charity for its object. We wish him every success always given free and gratuituously cert in the Hibernian Hall.

“He sang at the Melbourne Exhi- in his distant home.

- his lovely voice.

“As at all other places where he “He appeared regularly at bition, at the Town Hall and at other resided, he willingly gave his powHudson's Theatre, where he was important concerts by invitation.

“He was a member of the Victo- ers and vocal gifts to the public. He well paid for his services, which the rian Choir, and also of the orchestra was a guardian and choir master of management was glad to get. the Church of England; member of “He also sang at the Temperance under Hamilton Clark.

“He sang in the monster choir, in the athletic and football clubs ; was Hall Popular Concerts, where he the Mozart Centenary, conducted by bandmaster of the Omeo Brass Band; also received payment. and also a member of the agricul“After leaving the Government Otto Linden.

“He was a member of W. J. tural society.

Printing Office he went to “He sang at all the concerts given McCarron Bird and Co., who had a Turner's choir, St. Stephen's contract to do a lot of printing work Church of England and St. Thomas' for church or charity.

“Before leaving Melbourne, he for the Government of WesternAus- Church of England.

“About this time, while living in met Mrs Arnot, widow of Mr. J. R. tralia.

“In March, 1883, he left Richmond, he had the misfortune to Arnot, bank accountant at Real EsMelbourne and came to Alexandra have his home flooded out, when he tate Bank, Melbourne, whom he lost everything. subsequently married and by whom with his wife and family.

“Notwithstanding his private he had a daughter and son.

“He had hardly settled down “After his marriage he left Omeo when he had one of the keen sor- troubles and sorrows, he gave no end of time to the public. and went back to Melbourne, where rows of his life.

he was again engaged at the Government Printing Office.

“He then went to Rutherglen and was on the staff of the Rutherglen and Wahhgunyah News.

“When Mr Leslie, the proprietor, sold to Hanley and Turner, Mr Fox left and came to Alexandra, where he remained till the time of his death, some 18 years.

“He first leased the Alexandra and Yea Standard, and subsequently purchased the paper and premises from the late J. A. Gordon.

“During all those years he always had the welfare of the district at heart and there was not an organisation in the town or district of which he was not a member or to which he did not subscribe.

“He was an extremely kind hearted man, and by temperament always on the side of the "underdog," possibly because having suffered him self he knew how to support the unhappy.

“When a sense of duty prompted he never shrank from taking his part in a forlorn hope, as the committee of more than one failing institution in Alexandra will bear testimony.

“He was quiet and unassuming, but when he felt he ought to speak he was never afraid to speak, and though some at the time were inclined to resent his protests, they had privately to acknowledge he had done what he deemed to be his duty.

“The poor man never appealed to him in vain, and many a "travelling comp" had a chance given to earn a few shillings to help him on his way.

“About 12 months back he commenced to ail, but he thought it was only indigestion.

“He attended to his work and duties right up to Xmas, though he felt every thing a trouble.

“Toward the close of the year he felt matters were getting serious, and consulted Dr Gucher, who sent him to Melbourne for examination by the X Ray. “The cause of the trouble was at once discovered and he returned home. After this the break up was very rapid, and he passed away on Tuesday, January 28.

“At the time of his death he was president of the library and the bowling club; a trustee of the cemetery and the racecourse; secretary of the school committee.

“He was a member of St. John's choir, the A.F. B.B. Band and the hospital committee.

“Previously he had been a member of the dramatic and orchestral societies and the local cricket and football clubs.

“The following motion , moved

by Crs. Murray and Edwards, was moved unanimously by the Alexandra Shire Council on Monday last :- That the condolences of this council be extended to the widow and family of the late T. A. Fox for many years editor of the Alexandra & Yea Standard " and closely associated with council.

“At the meeting of the hospital committee held on Friday last, the following motion was moved by the president MrG. D. Leckie and supported by Crs Gartan and Wylie,was carried unanimously:- That the committee recognises its loss and expresses its regret at the death of the late T. A. Fox and directs that a letter of condolences be sent to the widow and family.”

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Photos: Ash Long

Local sport: around the grounds Photos: Ash Long

Powelltown

● Danielle Smith (Kinglake C-Grade GK) was kept busy at Powelltown.

Alexandra ● Tom McKinlay (Alexandra) about to take possession against Seville.

Yarra Junc.

Yea ● Myles Wareham (Gembrook) is halted by Julian Mahon (Yea).

Alexandra ● Jessica Louise Dixon (Yarra Junc.) had to be carried from the court.

Yea

● Caitlin Haggis played well as WD for the Rebels A-Grade against Seville.

● Daniel Evans (Yea) in pursuit of Tarkyn Lockyer (Gembrook-Cockatoo).

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6.15am start to play football ■ Thornton Football Club continued its development in the early years of the 20th Century.

A ‘Grand Ball and Supper’ was advertised by Club Secretary W.H. Robinson for Wednesday, July 22, 1903.

These were good times for the Thornton club. In this week, six matches had been played by each of four teams in the Alexandra and Yea District Football Association.

Thornton was on top of the ladder, followed by Alexandra, Yea and Yarck.

Seven clubs were competing for the Wood trophy.

“The premiership will be decided by points, viz., four for a win and two for a draw,” said the report in the Alexandra and Yea Standard.

“This means that each club will have 12 matches to play for the premiership of the district, the club having the greatest number of points to be declared the winner.

“In the event of two or more clubs obtaining the same number of points at the end of the season, the final matches will be played on ground to be drawn for by the competing teams before finality is arrived at.”

A combined AlexandraThornton team lined up for a July match against the Mansfield Association, noted this report (July 10, 1903): ALEXANDRAAND THORNTONV. MANSFIElDASSOCIATION. A team representing the firstnamed clubs journeyed to Mansfield, on Saturday morning last, starting at 6.15 am.

The weather was anything but promising, but as a telegram had been despatched the previous evening by the visitors, sig.nifying their intention of being present, they accordingly arrived in Mansfield at 1 p.m.

The match started punctually at 3.15 amidst a shower of rain, Mr. P. Smith acting as central umpire. Mr. J. Cunanings captained the locals, while "Tommy" Wood acted as the visitors' skipper. T he play the first quarter was of a very even nature, inasmuch as both sides scored 1-1 each.

From this out the visitors completely romped over the locals, adding point after point until just before the final bell rang, when the home team rallied and notched another behind, this being their first score since five minutes after the commencement of play.

The final scores wereAlexandra, 1 goal 10 behinds (16 points); Mansfield, 1 goal 2 behinds (8 points).

It must here be said that the home team was not a thoroughly representative one of the Mansfield Association, as, owing to the inclemency state of the weather, several of their best were prevented from being in attendance.

The most noticeable on the locals’ side were Cummings (who undoubtedly played the game for his side), Hogan, Nolan, Buckland, Hoolighan, Kennedy and McIntosh, showed best form; while for the visitors the Kent Broas, Wood Bros., Davis Bros., H. Robinson, Johnson (2), Wakeham, Keane, Todd and Barbour showed best football.

In the evening, at 9 o'clock the visitors were entertained at a smoke night, in Brominer's Mansfield Hotel, at which all present thoroughly

● The press advertisement for the Thornton Football Club’s Grand Ball and Supper, printed on July 10, 1903. enjoyed themselves. During the evening songs were rendered by the following gentlemen:-Mcssrs. G. Leckie, Dr. Nish, F. Wakeham, F. Kent, Davis, Calder and J. Daves.

Several toasts were honored during the evening, amongst which were The King, proposed by the chairman, Mr. G. Leckie; The Visitors, proposed by the chairman, and responded to by Messrs. T. Wood and Fullerton; The Mansfield Association, proposed by Mr. T. Wood, and responded to by Messrs. J. Cummings and E. T. Begley; Kindred Sports, proposed by Mr. J. R. Bremner, and responded to by Dr. Nish and Mr. T. Reardon ; and The Host and Hostess, proposed by Mr. G. Kent, and responded to by Mr. Bromner.

The homeward journey was begun at 10.30 on Sunday morning, stop.ping at Bonnie Doon for dinner, eventually reaching Alexandra at 5.30 the same afternoon, everyone speaking highly of the treatment meted out to them by townsmen and players alike.

The return match will be played on the Alexandra ground on Saturday, August 22. ★ Meanwhile, the ‘domestic’ competition was in progress for the 1903 season.

A June 19 press report recorded: Yea are to visit Thornton to-morrow and Yarck will visit Alexandra to further decide association matches.

Thornton should easily defeat Yea again.

A team representing the Alexandra Imperials tried conclusions with a team at Thornton, on Wednesday last.

A very close game resulted, Alexandra being defeated by 1 goal 4 behinds to 1 goal 1 behind.

The team to represent Alexandra, in their match against Yarck, on the ground of the locals, to-morrow, will be chosen from the following players:-Wood (2), Armstrong, Johnson (5), Stillman, Wakeham, Hubbard, Todd, Hall, Hanning, Tolstrup, Fullerton, Docking, McCready, Payne and Kil-patrick.

The unsatisfactory football match at Yea, on Saturday last, is likely to cause some unpleasantness.

While Albert Nash, who registered 4-10 each and claims a draw, we have now been notified by Mr, H. Jennings, secretary of the association, that he has received an affidavit from Mr. Rose, Yea's goal umpire, to the effect that the points scored by him showed Yea winners by one point, or 4-10 to 4-9.

It is understood a meeting of delegates has been called for Wednesday next, when the matter will be fully discussed.

It is to be hoped the difference will be amicably scttled.

TheAlexandra club claim to have evidence to show that Rose is wrong, as it is said he never kept a list, and did not compare same with the other umpire as is usual at hali-time.

The secretary of the Alexandra Football Club, Mr. G. Fullerton, on Saturday morning last, previous to the Yea v. Alexandra match, received eighteen red and black football caps from Mrs. W. H. Whiting and Mis M. J. Edwards, of the Miners' Exchalnge hotel, to be distributed anongst the team.

Great enthusiasm prevailed when the caps were handed round to the men and three vociferous cheers were given for the donators. ★ Resolution of the dispute between Yea and Alexandra was recorded in the June 26 edition of The Standard: A meeting of the delegates of the Alexandra and Yea District Football Association was held at Jennings' Shamrock Hotel, on Wednesday afternoon last.

The following were present:Messrs: W. Buckley and G. Kent (Thornton), Redpath and Purcell (Yea), J. W. Leckie and T. A. Fox (Alexandra), and S. Carmichael and W. Payne (Yarck).

Mr. W. Buckley was voted to the chair on the motion of Messrs. Leckie and Redpath.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, on the motion of Messrs. Leckie and Kent.

The matter of the difference or disagreement of reports received from Alexandra and Yea in connection with points scored at the match on June 13, was then mentioned, Alexandra was the first to to lodge results, which showed the match to have ended in a draw, 4.10 each ; on the other hand Yea claims to have

won the contest by a point.

Mr. Leckie, who represented the case as one of a cross verdict between the umpires, entreated the Yea delegates to withdraw as the inference appeared to be that Alexandra was entitled to the behind that the Yea umpire failed to acknowledge.

A long and desultory discussion ensued, which was concluded with the following motion:-By Messrs Leckie and Kent-That the match in dispute be declared a draw. Carried.

An amendment by Messrs Purcell and Redpath, that the case be submitted to the League, was lost.

A further amendment, that the match be played over again on the Yarck ground, was also defeated.

The conduct of the field umpire in connection with this dispute was adversely commented upon.

In lieu of the match on July 4, with a combined Mansfield team, it wasdecided -That a match between the combined association be played on August 22, say at Merton, and that the four captains select the team on the following basis:- Five from the two leading clubs and four from each of the other two clubs.

The following donations were read out as having been promised :Mrs. W. H. Whiting, £2 2s.; Mr. H. Wood, pennant or equivalent in cash; Mr. Redpath, £3 3s.; Mr. Buckley, £2 2s. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business. ★ Thornton had a victory against Yea, the June 26 newspaper confirms: ALEXANDRADEFEATYARCK. THORNTON BEAT YEA: As the season advances so the competition becomes more interesting, and the game finer and more exciting.

The strength of the teams have been so evenly distributed, that there is every likelihood of the lowest team on the list defeating the highest.

As a proof of this assertion we must mention Yea's match with Alexandra, on the 13th, when the former were completely routed, a draw resulting; the drubbing Yea received at the hands of Thornton on Saturday last; and the close game on the same day between Alexandra and Yarck.

Five matches have been played this season, Thornton coming out on top with a win each time. Yarck, who have not yet won a match, judging by their play on Saturday last, should easily take down Yea when they next meet; indeed they will yet give Alexandra and Thornton a tight go.

The match on Saturday at Alexandra was very keenly contested, and the play was of a very friendly nature.

Alexandra just got home after one of the most exciting games yet witnessed on the local ground.

The people were fairly carried off their feet by the dash exhibited by players on both sides, the only point of difference between the two teams was that Alexandra played with slightly the better system.

So strenuously was the match fought up to the last stage, the issue was in doubt.

But, just as it seemed that a point either way would win it, Alexandra came out with some dazzling football, and put on 2 goals 3 behinds the last quarter and drove their friends almost frantic with delight.

Yarck, who were leading in points

up to the last quarter, put on 1 goal 2 behinds, but it was too late to retrieve the position, and everyone left the ground satisfied that they had seen one of the best games of the season.

The beaten team deserve to be as warmly congratulated as the winners.

It was evident from the start that it was not to be a runaway match like that being played at Thornton, as the results below show.

The visitors played a very determined game the first half and gave the locals a very lively time.

It may be just as well to mention here that both teams were minus three of their best, the locals being with out the services of Armstrong (who was suffering from a severe cold), McKenzie and Hall; the visitors' absentees being O. Goodear, Commons and Gibson.

When Mr. Leckie bounced the ball the last quarter of the game Alexandra was 3 points behind. T. Wood wiped this out with a goal and the locals appeared as if they intended to make a comfortable win.

Yarck replied with a behind, and Alexandra with three more minors.

The play became more exciting when Yarck put up a goal.

Alexandra pulled their ranks together for a finish, and put up another goal in splendid style.

Supporters on either side were inquiring anxiously about the time long before the bell rang.

Three or four minutes before the bell ounded Yarck made a bold dash for goal, but were met with a determined resistance.

Yarck managed another point and it looked like a win for them. Two minutes before time, Payne was awarded a free kick and it looked every inch a major.

Stillman saved his side just in the nick of time and beat several by a splendid kick round the wing.

Then the bell. The locals were some time before they seemed to get their legs, and it looked for a time, on account of the slippery nature of the ground, as if the match would be barely worth watching.

The first two quarters had but one merit, the play was even, the scores close.

Interest sharpened up greatly in the last quarter as the football improved.

In the last quarter Yarck passed the ball up once or twice in a very clever manner, but the fine play of the local back players turned the tables in a masterly manner.

The Wood Bros., Johnson Bros., Stillman (who undoubtedly played the best game on the ground) and Wakeham showed out most prominently for Alexandra; while for Yarck, no one, perhaps, played a better game than W. Payne (whose marking and kicking was a treat to witness), Miller, J. Payne, Purcell, Carmichael (capt.) and Goodear showed best football. ★ The Standard included a paragraph on September 4: “We have from Mr. Begley, of Mansfield, a splendid executed photograph of the Alexandra and Thornton footballers who took part in the late match against Mansfield.”

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Local Theatre Faulty Towers

■ One of Britain’s most celebrated comedy series, Fawlty Towers (1975-79), created by the inimitable (so we thought) John Cleese and Connie Booth, is reinvented as Faulty Towers The Dining Experience in this hilarious dinner and show with a difference.

This incarnation by Interactive Theatre International is almost as immortal as the original having sold out seasons around the world since its creation in Brisbane in 1997.

A kooky but brilliant concept, the show is fully immersive and transports the audience into the infamous dining room, so fundamental to the comedy of the show, for a threecourse meal. Communal seating at tables of 10 sees strangers greet and exchange their favourite Fawlty Towers moments.

Mayhem erupts when Basil (Rob Langston) enters - Manuel (Anthony Sottile) in tow - blustering and yelling for everyone to get out to make way for a group of VIPs. It’s classic snobbish Basil. Enter the domineering Sybil (Rebecca Fortuna) and what follows is two hours of uproarious comedy, pantomime (no it isn’t) and improvisation.

Langston, Fortuna and Sottile are sensational. They have truly mastered the mannerisms and physicality of their characters Basil’s often outstretched arms with curled fingers and his tendency to hop and skip a little when moving, Sybil’s very calm demeanour, lofty looks and hair-patting, and Manuel’s hesitation, double takes and moments of pure incomprehension. Accents, nuances and patterns of speech were also nailed.

Featuring a mixture of original and rescripted scenes from the series, including the rat, the fire drill and the Germans, this is a night of joyful and hilarious humour.

Even those not familiar with Fawlty Towers would laugh boisterously at this farce of misunderstandings and physical comedy.

At home in Melbourne at the Stamford Plaza, food was pleasant and service good, if you could avoid Basil and Manuel - but that goes without saying.

Faulty Towers is a touring production so visit their website for dates and locations at www.faultytowersdining.com - Review by Beth Klein

Fifty Words

■ Edison declared that he had not failed when things went wrong in his laboratory.

He’d just discovered new ways things didn’t work. It is, perhaps, with the same sense of optimism that those involved in Lab Theatre’s Fifty Words, will look on their own production.

Adam (Daniel Schepisi) and Jan (Katharine Innes) are a couple in crisis. With their son away at a sleepover they have the chance to examine their ten year relationship and Weller’s script highlights how closely linked love and hate actually are. Their world is an emotional battleground of intrigue, betrayal, passion and violence.

Unfortunately, the nuances of Weller’s script were lost. The Lab’s ‘method’ failed to recognise the need for stagecraft. The mumbling naturalism meant dialogue could not be heard at times. The broad stage of The Alex in St Kilda was barely used with the duo fixed, for most of act one, in one spot.

This alone would seem to indicate that the director, Peter Kalos, was unaware of the need to utilise the lit space and provide variety. The madness of ‘the method’ is that it suits the camera which can follow actors. The stage requires actors to invite the audience into their world.

Daniel and Katharine were too self-contained. The delivery of the lines, as previously indicated, didn’t carry and neither did the progression of frustration and antipathy between the actors that should build and then shatter.

The seed of accusation and incrimination should have been sown earlier through not just the dialogue but the development of their physical discourse which needed a progression from resistance to the sexual culmination that forms one of the central issues.

The understanding of the contradictions within each of the characters and the ability to express this duality was beyond this pair – Daniel most of all whose range and versatility was limited. And where was the direction to bring this work to life and guide the actors?

If this is ‘the method’ there is madness in it.

The Lab could afford, with the lessons learnt from this experiment, to go back and evaluate the chemistry between the actors, the script, the director, the stage and the audience to see if they can improve.

Alex Theatre St Kilda 135 Fitzroy St. Until August 10 - Review by David McLean

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Friends with Benefits ■ Cabaret artist Tash York presents Friends with Benefits at The Butterfly Club on August 2 and 3 at 8.30pm.

The show’s host Tash says she has had the pleasure of acquiring a lot of friends who all have a variety of benefits … aka talents.

Now she has decided to create a variety night where she gets to show them all off.

From budding drag 1950s film stars to foul mouthed stand up comedy, Tash will be joined by three talented friends for the evening, including Burlesque Queen (and current Miss Burlesque Victoria) Ms Bettie Bombshell, comedian Nicky Barry and the cabaret/drag talents of Vivian Fonteyn.

When: August 2 and 3 at 8.30pm Where: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne Cost: $26-36 Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com - Cheryl Threadgold

● Tash York in Friends with Benefits.

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Co-directors in West ■ Tariro Mavondo and Penny Harpham will join Western Edge Youth Arts as co-Artistic Directors – together they will bring multifaceted artistic experience and incredible passion for working with young emerging artists in Melbourne’s west.

WEYA Chair of the Board of Management, Jock Jeffries, explained that following a thorough national search and conversations with an exceptional field of candidates, the Board are thrilled that Harpham and Mavondo will be joining the talented and dedicated team at WEYA. “The Board and I are inspired by Tariro and Penny’s shared vision, which will guide the company into a bold future,” said Jeffries.

“We are deeply compelled by their ingrained and open approaches to collaborate; their values for new contemporary forms; and their genuine engagement with the communities we work with.”

An award-winning theatre director and performer, Harpham comes toWEYA with a varied portfolio of experience, including as the co-Founder and co-Artistic Director of independent theatre company, She Said Theatre.

Harpham says: “This is a galvanizing moment and a great honour to lead Western Edge Youth Arts with Tariro. “The company has an outstanding track record of inclusive programming with communities and young people in Melbourne’s west.

“Currently each week, we engage with 360 young people

● Western Edge Youth Arts Co-Artistic Directors Penny Harpham and Tariro Mavondo Photo: Jorge de Araujo who have amazing talent and oning diverse stories from ideas. We have endless possi- marginalised young people bilities to deepen the impact of through theatre, as well as supour programs – it’s an abso- porting the next generation of lutely exhilarating opportu- culturally diverse arts leaders.

“Penny and I want to inspire nity.”

Born in Zimbabwe and and be strong role models. And raised in Frankston, Mavondo I cannot wait to dig deep to colhas substantial experience as laborate, be socially engaged a multi-disciplinary artist, per- and create inclusive work.”

With WEYA CEO Sally former and award-winning spoHarpham and Mavondo ken word poet – she is the Farr, will form of the WEYA founder of Africa’s Got Talent leadershippart team to implement Australia, a co-Founder of an evolved and re-energised viCentre of Poetics and Justice sion for the company. and is currently working with Since 1994, Western Edge Bell Shakespeare on Titus Youth Arts has focused on the Andronicus. co-design of dynamic producTariro says: “Transformation tions with young people under begins with hearing each 26 that engage and give voice other’s stories and Western to diverse communities in Edge Youth Arts has arguably Melbourne’s west. been the vanguard in champi- Cheryl Threadgold

Big band at Clocktower ■ Australia’s B# Big Band returns to provide a swingin’ taste of the 30s, 40s and 50s swing era at the Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds on Tuesday, August 20 at 11am.

Fans of big band swing music can expect a fabulous taste of tunes made famous by Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darrin, Dean Martin plus other mid-century swingin’ crooners.

Frank Benedetto’s crooning vocal talents will be backed by the 10-piece B# Big Band, as he performs a live, musical taste of what makes this era and genre of music so captivating.

Three generations of musicians and singers stretch behind Frank Benedetto, including Tony Bennett.

Frank has now become one of the most sought-after performers in Australia, singing with some of the best big bands in and out of Melbourne.

Date and Time: Tuesday, August 20 at 11am Price: $23, including complimentary tea and coffee before the show Duration: approximately 60–75 minutes, no interval Venue: Clocktower Centre, 750 MtAlexander Road, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Bookings: 9243 9191 or www.clocktowercentre.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

What’s On My Wife Peggy

● Dallas Palmer in My Wife Peggy.

■ New Australian work My Wife Peggy is being presented from August 28 to September 7 at 8pm at Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park.

Written and directed by Gavin Roach and performed by Dallas Palmer, My Wife Peggy explores the emotional depths of grief and loss.

It’s George’s birthday. Well was. Yesterday, it was his birthday. 42. He’s 42 years old and feels it. His wife keeps him young though, Peggy, and two little girls. Little rat bags more like, but he loves them and can’t imagine a life without them.

George seems to have it all. A simple life for a simple man. But tonight, on his birthday, he will come face to face with the brutal hand of fate and confront the unknown that is feared by all … death.

Dates and Time: Wednesday August 28 Saturday September 7, 8pm Location: Gasworks Arts Park - 21 Graham Street, Albert Park Tickets: Full: $30, Group 4+ $25 + transaction fee Booking info: www.gasworks.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Int. Arts Festival ■ An adventure through the arts awaits when pop culture icons, political prose, immersive magical meals and musical heroes are celebrated in the 2019 Melbourne International Arts Festival, taking place from October 2 to 20.

The 2019 Festival program covers theatre, dance, contemporary and classical music, and visual arts filled with international superstars, once-in-a-lifetime events and slick surprises.

Melbourne Festival Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway commented that this year's Festival is all about connection.

“This Festival has been designed to create energy and urgency, engagement and exploration with our artists as the navigators and the audience the explorers,” he said.

The Melbourne International Arts Festival opens on Wednesday, October 2, with Tanderrum - a ceremony that reaches across Aboriginal time.

This is the fourth and final festival in Melbourne for Jonathan Holloway, following on from a four-year stint at Perth Festival.

Under Holloway’s reign, Melbourne International Arts Festival has seen tens of thousands flock to Fire Gardens, ecstatic audiences take part in Taylor Mac’s epic 24 Decade History of Popular Music, and follow the labyrinth of Teatro de los Sentidos’ The Echo of the Shadow along with many other wonderful arts experiences.

Melbourne International Arts Festival takes place from October 2-20.

Tickets and further information available at www.festival.melbourne - Cheryl Threadgold

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The Arts National Gallery KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness Contemporary American artist KAWS, a.k.a Brian Donnelly is one of the most resonant artist of his generation. In an Australian first, KAWS: Companionship In the Age of Loneliness is a comprehensive survey of 25 years of KAWS's oeuvre, full of humour, hope and humanity, celebrating his ability to connect with broad audiences.

The full range of KAWS's artistic output will be on display featuring more than 100 works including iconic paintings reappropriating pop-culture figures to his more recent large scale abstract works, and an impressive collection of his celebrated sculptural figures. KAWS’s latest paintings showcase his hallmark use of bold colours and bright lines, transgressing into new creative territory with his hybrid characters now dissolving into fragmented fields of colour.

Accompanying the main exhibition, KLAWS: Playtime is a dedicated playful kids exhibition that KAWS has created, introducing promising young artists of today to his creative approach and artistic methods of integrating pop culture into his work.

Exhibition opens September 2019 and continues until April 2020.

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Gertrude Street

■ The Gertrude Street Projection Festival is bigger and more beautiful than ever with hovering spirits, human canvasses and VR experiences.

Throughout the much-loved festival 22 streetscape projections will switch on. Showcasing a mixture of new and established digital artists. Boundary-pushing Melbourne creatives Atong Atem and Salote Tawale will present pieces alongside Sydney-based Papua New Guinean artist Taloi Havini who will bring her acclaimed work Habitat to GSPF. The Festival closes August 3.

Bendigo Gallery Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion Known by his contemporaries as The Master, Cristobel Balenciaga was regarded ass one of the most revered fashion designers of the 20th century.

Over 100 years after he opened his first fashion house in 1917 his work is honoured in the exhibition Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion, an exhibition organised by London's revered Victoria and Albert Museum and opening at Bendigo Art Gallery onAugust 17.

PUBLICPROGRAMS Stephanie Wood will discuss the life and legacy of Balenciaga in a Curator's Talk at Bendigo Art Gallery on Saturday August 17 from 2pm.

A new Thursday evening series, Behind Balenciaga, with an afternoon exhibition viewing, a glass of wine and an illustrated lecture, where guests will examine Balenciaga's legacy and broader context. This includes Professor Peter McNeill on Fashion and Post War Promises on Thursday September 26.

A panel discussion on the rise and fall of department stores on Thursday, October 10.

Hear Maggie Eckhardt on her first hand experiences modelling for Balenciaga on Paris in the 1960s on Thursday October 31.

Highlights of this major international exhibition include garments crafted by Balenciaga from the 1950s and 1960s - arguably the most creative period of his career.

The exhibition features examples of Balenciaga's revolutionary shapes - the tunic, sack, baby doll and shift dresses - all of which remain style staples today. Other highlights include ensembles made by Balenciaga for Hollywood actress Ava Gardner, dresses and hats belonging to socialite and 1950s fashion icon Gloria Guinness, and pieces worn by one of the world's wealthiest women, Mona von Bismarck, who commissioned everything from ball gowns to gardening shorts from the couturier. Exhibition opens August 17 and runs until November 10.

Bendigo Art Gallery 42 View St, Bendigo - Peter Kemp

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■ Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, under the guiding baton of its Artistic Director Paul Dyer, together with the Brandenburg Choir, will be continuing their year-long celebration for their 30th anniversary with yet another outstanding program to be presented July 24 - August 2 in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

They will perform the complete set of Coronation Anthems and the wondrous Music for the Royal Fireworks by 18th century English based German composer extraordinaire George Frederic Handel.

Music was always a pleasure in both capital and provincial towns during the Georgian era (1714 - 1830) in England and from monarchs to middling people, the era was to coin a 'period phrase', 'a great gaze’.

The ABO will scale the heights with this concert, reaching dramatic heights no doubt, showcasing Handel's means of expression and techniques gleaned from German, Italian and French influences.

Season: Melbourne August 3 and 4.

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre.

- Peter Kemp

Burrinja Gallery ● Catherine Holder, Fraser Mitchell and Isabella Octigan in Kevin Peterson’s Stand-up Show. Photo: Julia Kaddatz.

■ A man with anxiety- we a name for himself as a true and Anxi-tee added further to know that because that word is and talented theatre maker. the challenges facing KP in his emblazed on his T shirt.

But this seems beyond him quest for personal recognition Whilst billed as part back- as he struggles from the very while understanding the true stage comedy it is more of a first moment. meaning of life. melodrama.

Doubts that turn to anxiety, There were elements of a MUST, Monash University anxiety that turns into stress and workshop style script with this Student’s Theatre ,is a breed- emotional instability. production, and maybe more ing ground for many up and He continually questions continuity and articulation coming artists in theatre, both himself, dreaming and creat- would give it a heightened coon stage and back stage and ing scenarios that are hard to medic experience, which apthis performance was no ex- achieve. He is challenged by peared lacking. ception. an ensemble of four.

Fraser Mitchell carried the Fraser Mitchell, a past Of those, Daniel Hurst in the script as it was well, however graduate of MUST, as the char- dual roles of Sam and Ben acter Kevin Peterson, per- Shaprio stands out, almost his continual brushing back of his hair, and talking down to the forms this production, written stealing the limelight.

by Max Paton, another past Supporting ensemble mem- floor did not help in engaging MUST graduate, being sup- bers Catherine Holder as Lily the audience.

Kevin Peterson’s Stand-up ported by other past graduates and Havana and Isabella and a range of others within Octigan as Tina and Hel both Show was presented at The fringe theatre. combined well to further frus- Butterfly Club.

– Review by Kevin Peterson wants to trate KP. write a play, he wants to make Stuart Anderson as Leon Graeme McCoubrie

Heavenly harmonies ■ The power of truth as a theatrical tool has never been more evident than in Modern Maori Quartet – Two Worlds where truth will set you free – provided you can handle it.

This quirky, truth-telling theatrical musical performance is full of surprises – some funny, others heartbreaking.

The narrative revolves around four men in limbo, trapped between two worlds, challenged by a celestial being to understand and recognise their truth (unresolved issues) through story-telling, in order to be set free - ascend into heaven or return to Earth as in one case.

The stories are deeply personal and poignant.

They include tragic tales of love – a singer unable to reveal his love dies broken-hearted, and a WWII soldier harbouring a secret love for a fellow solider –unable until this moment to admit.

Another reveals the harm and devastating impact cultural shaming and discrimination can have on ancestral connection and identity, and the fourth succumbs to the pressure and expectation to succeed.

Compelling narrative aside, the real highlight

is the music and heavenly (pardon the pun) harmonies.

Billed as a Maori showband, Modern Maori Quartet (MMQ) features Blake ‘Rutene’ Spooner, Matariki Whatarau, Francis Kora and Matutaera Ngaropo – also Music Dramaturg/Director.

From their unique and humorous crooning, think Rat Pack on steroids, to their modern Maori tunes, their fusion of western and Aotearoa culture is masterful. Vocals are pitch perfect and blend to magical tones.

The haka, so uniquely Maori, was a particular highlight but even the more gentle performance moves were equally mesmerising and so distinctively Maori. P eppered with cleverly crafted humour, MMQ-Two Worlds is a rollercoaster of emotion and an absolute musical delight.

MMQ performed as part of theArts Centre’s Big World, Up Close series featuring contemporary performance works from First Nations Peoples from around the globe, being presented until September 1.

- Review by Beth Klein

The Upwey Archies: Bringing together the creative oices and vision of the community, this project is a celebration of the people of Upwey.

Inspired by the Archibald Prize and Not the Archies, the Upwey Archies is a community portrait project.

This is your chance to create an original artwork celebrating someone special to you or to the hills and be in the running for six awards with mystery prizes like theatre tickets and meals in Upwey.

How it works: ■ Head to Burrinja between August 9 - 17 to pay registration fee, collect a canvas and registration form. Burrinja is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am 0 2pm.

■ Create a portrait of a person that is important to you on the canvas provided.

■ Complete your Artwork Description online by following the link to your confirmation of registration email.

■ Complete the information on the back of your canvas.

■ Drop off your finished and dry artwork at Burrinja between September25 and October ■ 5. Burrinja will not accept wet or damp artwork.

■ Attend the launch and award presentation ceremony 11am Saturday October 12 at the Upwey Village Green (near the playground).

■ Bring your friends and family to Upwey to see your artwork on display from October 12 to November 12.

■ Collect your artwork from Burrinja between November 15 - 23. No responsibility will be taken for works not collected by this date.

The Upwey Archies is an exhibition of portraits featured in windows of Upwey Traders until November 12.

For more information email Toni at cd@burrinja.org. au or phone Burrinja on 9754 8723.

Burrinja Gallery 351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey - Peter Kemp

Arts in Maroondah Out of Viewfinder - Public Assembly Out of Viewfinder is a playful way of scooping out how we see the many things we are yet to notice.

Context is everything. It informs our perspective and frames our reading of the world.

Optics allow us to focus our observations in order to examine and contemplate.

For six weeks in August and September, Artspace will be the site of production and a survey of reconfigured viewing devices, inviting us all to creatively engage with our environment.

Exhibition opens Thursday August 1 and closes Sunday September 15.

Ringwood Town Square 179 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood - Peter Kemp

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The Arts We Three

■ Directed by Eryn Kimberley and written

by Melbourne playwright/producer, Hayley Lawson-Smith, We Three is the Christmas story with a difference in a contemporary world. It is based on the journey of the three wise men.

In this version there is a senile grandfather, a younger man described as a drunken wretch and a heavily pregnant woman.

They represent the three ages of man in the characters Gaspar, played by Paul Wentford, Melchior (Mohan Lakshmipathy) and Balthasar (Andrea Mendez).

Berk Ozturk plays the roles of shepherd, Herod and host.

Guided by a bright star, the group travel the desert in a quest to find Bethlehem to see the King of Men who they venerate.

Through their personal stories of life experiences they philosophically question the tale of Christianity and how it relates to today.

The harsh, spare environment of the desert journey draws out debate on the relevance of the traditions, symbols and trappings of the season in modern day cross-cultural life and an age of globalisation.

They are mindful of the rising significance of spirituality as replacement to religion.

The simple but effective set design comprises a cluster of long ribbons centrally suspended and drawn out to form the shape of a tent.

When journeying, the actors each taking a ribbon, walk in a circle until weary and take rest and shelter under the tent once again.

Through the mix of age, culture and gender diversity of the characters, this play has us examine our attitudes to and make sense of the place of religion.

Produced by Dramatic Pause Theatre, this thought-provoking script is presented with humour which serves to moderate themes of great depth.

When: Wednesday July 31 and Thursday August 1 at 8pm Where: Gasworks Studio Theatre, 21 Graham St. Albert Park Running time: 60 minutes Warnings: Adult themes, haze effects Bookings: www.gasworks.org.au 8606 4200 - Review by Sherryn Danaher

Australian Realness

■ Malthouse Theatre presents Australian Realness from August 16 to September 8 at the Merlyn Theatre.

Aussie traditions are highlighted and unravelled in a suburban backyard in the world premiere of Zoey Dawson’s comedic satire.

The summery embrace of a family Christmas. Familiar characters pop the cork on midrange bubbly for a raucous celebration of festive traditions.

But, all is not well. As adult kids regress to the parental homestead, mum and dad’s apparent wealth is waning.

They’ve sold the Audi. There are fewer presents. They’re even renting out the back shed to supplement their income.

Following a Christmas dinner invitation, ocker antics start to infect the house.

First, it’s the tracky dacks. Then, it’s the durries. Before you know it, the working class are treading their unsophistication all over the polished floorboards ... or so it may seem.

Australian Realness fast-forwards from the dawn of the Howard era to revel in the shattering of expectations and artificial class divisions Directed by Janice Muller, each cast member plays two characters—one bourgeois, one bogan. Linda Cropper (Offspring) stars as the matriarch of both households alongside André De Vanny (The Rover), Emily Goddard (Angels in America), Chanella Macri and Greg Stone(Cloudstreet).

Performance Season: August 16 – September 8. Previews: 7.30pm, Friday August 16; 7.30pm, Saturday August 17; 6.30pm, Monday August 19; 6.30pm, Tuesday August 20. Opening Night: 7.30pm, Wednesday August 21 Bookings: boxoffice@malthousetheatre. com.au or 9685 5111 - Cheryl Threadgold

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Sunday in the Park with George ■ Sunday in the Park with George is to be presented at these three venues - Whitehorse Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre and Southbank Theatre - on dates below.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George is directed by Dean Drieberg and Sonya Suares, with musical direction by Ned Wright-Smith and choreography by Zoee Marsh. The cast features Nick Simpson-Deeks, Vidya Makan, Jackie Rees and Anton Berezin.

In Paris, 1884, George Seurat strives to transform the way we see. While he sketches in a park, preoccupied with composition, balance, light and harmony, his subjects are busy wrestling with life in a changing world – in particular, his muse and mistress, Dot, who feels both alive and invisible within his gaze.

A century on, another visual artist – also named George – faces a similar dilemma as he attempts to forge a new direction amidst the pressure of high-end commissions and the merciless glare of New York critics.

Sondheim and Lapine bring the past into the present tense, with poignant and painful truths about life, love, the creation of art and the struggle to be seen.

Performance Details: Whitehorse Centre, August 9 and 10, http:// www.whitehorsecentre.com.au/ Geelong Performing Arts Centre, August 15 - 17, http://gpac.org.au/ Lawler Theatre – Southbank Theatre, August 21 - 24, https://www.mtc.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

● Vidya Makan and Nick SimpsonDeeks in Sunday in the Park with George. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson

I Have A Song To Sing ■ Theatre Heritage Australia announces that the e-book version of Viola Tait’s memoirs, I Have a Song to Sing: some memories of Gilbert and Sullivan and J. C. Williamson is now available as a free download from the THA website, theatreheritage.org.au The successful launch at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre included special guests Charles Tegner, a nephew of Viola Tait, and Mary Murphy, honorary archivist at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

Viola Tait dedicated a large part of her life to researching and documenting Australia’s theatre history, publishing two important books on the subject – one of which, A Family of Brothers, remains to this day the definitive account of the Tait family’s involvement with the J. C. Williamson company.

Lady Tait began working on her memoirs in the late 1960s, but it was not until 2001, following the launch of her second book, Dames, Principal Boys … and All That: a history of pantomime in Australia, that the manuscript was revived.

Unfortunately she died before the work could be completed, leaving her editor Elisabeth Kumm and daughter Sally Bell to finish the task, including the preparation of an epilogue and the preliminary selection of images.

The effort of getting the book published remained out of reach at the time, and it was not until 15 years later, with the assistance of Viola’s daughters and the Tait Memorial

● Viola Tait’s I Have A Song To Sing THA was assembled to complete the project.

With more than 170 illustrations, some being published for the first time, the publication of this book represents the culmination of a year’s work by members of the committee.

Theatre Heritage Australia President Simon Piening explained at the launch that Viola’s knowledge of Australian theatre wasn’t just learnt from books or from digging through old newspapers.

“As a performer herself, and through her marriage to Frank Tait, Viola was at the very centre of Australian theatre during a most important period, which is precisely why her

memoirs are such a valuable record’.

The book’s Foreword is written by Richard Bonynge, and editor Elisabeth Kumm expresses her appreciation in the Preface to Viola’s daughters, Sally,Ann and Isla for their encouragement and support: “I hope that the final book is something of which they can be proud and will serve as a fitting tribute to the remarkable woman whose life, love and laughter touched so many.”

For more information on Theatre Heritage Australia and to download a free copy of Viola Tait’s memoirs, visit the THA website, theatre heritage.org.au

Local Theatre Shows

■ Frankston Theatre Group: Yes, Prime Minister (by Antony Jay and Jonathon Lynn) Until August 4 at the Mount Eliza Community Centre. Director: David McCall. Bookings: 1300 665 377.

■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Aladdin Junior August 2 - 11 at the Centenary Theatre, 71 Railway Place, Williamstown. Bookings: 1300 881 545 or wmtc.org.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: Baskerville: The Sherlock Holmes' Mystery (by Ken Ludwig) August 8 - 13 at The 1812 Theatre, Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Justin Stephens. Bookings: www.1812theatre. com.au ■ The Basin Theatre: Boeing Boeing (by Maro Camoletti) August 9 - 31 at The Basin Theatre, Cnr. Doongalla and Simpsons Rds., The Basin. Director: Pip LeBlond. Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au or 1300 784 668.

■ Peridot Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank August 9 - 24 at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Kellie Tweeddale.

Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group Inc (STAG): Children of the Wolf (by John Peacock) August 15 - 24 at the Strathmore Community Centre, Cnr Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Michele Haywood.

Tickets: $20 adult, $15 concession. Bookings: 9382 6284 or www.stagtheatre.org/reservations ■ PEP Productions: Assassins the Musical August 22 - 31 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Daragh Wills; Musical Director: Maddy Corbel. Bookings: www.pepproductions.org.au

Auditions

■ The Mount Players: The Graduate July 20 and 21 at 10.00am at Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: Robert Wallace. Enquiries: 0438 542 613.

■ Encore Theatre: Almost, Maine (by John Cariani) July 28 at 3.00pm, July 29 at 7.00pm at Fleigner Hall, 31-39 Highland Ave., Oakleigh East. Director: Laura Bradley. Enquiries: laurachaela@gmail.com ■ Peridot Theatre: Stage Kiss (by Sarah Ruhl) July 29, 30 at 7.00pm at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: George Werther. Enquiries: 0402 222 090.

■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: 1. Contractions (by Mike Bartlett) 2. Elegy for a Lady (by Arthur Miller) 24 July at 8.00pm, 28 July at 6.00pm at Warrandyte Mechanics' Institute Hall, Yarra St., Warrandyte. Directors: David Tynan and Adrian Rice. Enquiries: 0439311428 or 0431572511 ■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: Parramatta Girls (by Zina Carman) July 28 at 2.00pm at 16 Price St., Torquay. Director: Zina Carman.

Further details: zinacarman@gmail.com ■ Essendon Community Theatre: Jack the Ripper: The Musical (Book and lyrics by Ron Pember and Denis de Marne; Music by Ron Pember). August 24, 31 from 2.00pm 5.00pm at Bradshaw Street Community Theatre, Bradshaw Street, Essendon. Director: Robert Harsley. Audition bookings essential: 0414 917 381 or robertharsley47@gmail.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Media Flashes KB replaced

■ 1116 SEN has named former Western Bulldogs champion Bob Murphy, and Andy Maher, as the hosts of its new drive show.

The new program debuted this week , from 3-6pm on 1116 SEN and 1377 SEN+ and will be available at sen.com.au as well as via the SEN App. They replace Kevin Bartlett and Dr Turf.

Jon’s last program

■ Veteran ABC Melbourne broadcaster Jon Faine will sign-off for the final time on Friday, October 11.

Faine's last show will take the form of a public fundraiser to be broadcast live from Melbourne's Town Hall.

- Greg Newman

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Mudgee Festival’s ruby anniversary

Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

All in the family ■ Melbourne jazz royalty comes to Hawthorn at 8pm on Friday August 30 with a unique performance by the Sedergreen family. This show is a rare stage performance for the family collective. Father Bob and sons Steve and Mal will offer a unique Sedergreen style of music that brings a joyful energy to the stage, making every concert performed by the trio feel like a celebration says there media release.

HawthornArts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. Tickets: www.boroondara. vic.gov.au/events/three-sedergreens

Pseudo at Memo ■ Eightiess electro band Pseudo Echo will take a trip down memory lane with their fans on Saturday August 17 at Memo Music Hall St Kilda. All the iconic groups favourites including mega hit Funky Town are sure to be on the nights song list. Tickets at Memo.

Seekers in Nov. ■ Original Seekers members Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley will be joined by vocalist Mirusia for a concert of all their classic hits. Mirusia is one of Australia's favourite singers and has won hearts around the globe as the star soprano of André Rieu and the Johann Strauss orchestra.

Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt St, Southbank, Sat. Nov. 2 : 1.30pm - 3.30pm, 7.30pm - 9.15pm. Bookings: 9699 3333 or online - Rob Foenander

■ John Rozentals suggests heading to the NSW Central West for the ruby anniversary of Mudgee's wine festival.

Mudgee will celebrate one of the country's longest-running wineand-food festivals with the 2019 Mudgee Wine + Food Festival to be held from September 7 to October 7.

The festival was established in 1979 when a small band of visionary winemakers saw the opportunity in banding together to showcase the region's unique wine quality.

Since then, the festival has continued to grow and expand, and now encompasses the entire month of September and the October long weekend, bringing together not only the winegrowers but the region's best produce, chefs and cooks to share the Mudgee experience.

The 2019 Mudgee Wine + Food Festival will be officially launched on Saturday, September 7 with a 6pm Ruby event in the Craigmoor Pavilion.

This will be a cocktail-style event with a number of tasting 'stations' with current vintage and museum wines being presented by the region's winemakers.

Guests can also get up close and personal with Mudgee's winemakers at the Trophy Dinner to be held at 6.30pm at Putta Bucca House on Friday, September 13.

Mudgee's best wines will be announced and tasted with matching

● Mudgee comes alive for the town's annual wine festival.

Bremerton 2017 Special Redishes prepared by the region's re- nean style. nowned chefs.

Gartelmann 2015 Joey Merlot lease Malbec ($24): The red darVisit www.visitmudgeeregion. ($30): I like the way that the ling of the Argentinean wine induscom.au.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

One Small Step for Man, 50 Years Ago ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Out and About

What’s the Buzz?

$100 billion per month

■ I can't believe it is 50 years ago that we all huddled around the black-and-white Astor or Pye television set to see history unfold before our very eyes.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Eugene Aldrin Jr. were the first two humans to walk on the moon. The astronauts, along with Michael Collins, traversed 384,000 kilometers of space to land and walk on the moon. Michael Collins stayed orbiting above in the Apollo 11 command module.

NASA's tracking stations in Australia included Honeysuckle Creek in the high country south of Canberra which was purpose built to be a hub station for the Apollo program, and the nearby deep space tracking station at Tidbinbilla.

Eventually the radio dish at Parkes in New South Wales would play a major role in tracking the crew on the moon.

Park Minister busted ■ A National Park Service Facility Manager used a government charge card to buy approximately $2,297 in merchandise that he then pawned, according to a summary of the case released by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of the Interior.

The government employee was sentenced to one day in jail. "The OIG investigated allegations that a National Park Service Facility Manager stole NPS funds, abused his purchase card authority, misused a Government Owned Vehicle and concealed criminal convictions to gain NPS employment," said the summary.

"We confirmed the allegations," said the IG's summary.

"The employee spent approximately $2,975 on his Government purchase card to purchase items he later pawned," said the summary, which was posted on June 18.

"We also learned that the employee leased roll-away dumpsters with Federal funds, partially to discard personal items," it said.

"The employee also regularly used a Government owned vehicle for personal errands," it said.

"Finally, we found that prior to his employment, the employee falsified his application to the NPS by failing to disclose three criminal convictions.

"The employee pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanor theft in county court, was sentenced to one day in jail, and was ordered to pay full restitution," it said.

"He resigned from the NPS in lieu of termination."

● Pictured at another function in Beverly Hills to honour the second man on the moon is Buzz Aldrin with Ramada Boss Alan Johnson.

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I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper.

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Not getting enough ■ Actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson lamented the "snowflake" culture in an interview with the UK's Daily Star. Johnson, who has toyed with the idea of politics, told the publication that snowflakes' complaints do a disservice to the war heroes who fought for freedom of speech. "So many good people fought for freedom and equality but this generation is looking for a reason to be offended," he said. "If you are not agreeing with them then they are offended and that is not what so many great men and women fought for."

Sugar: cancer risk

■ Drinking large amounts of fruit juice may raise your risk of cancer, according to a big study which has found a link between the regular consumption of all kinds of sugary drinks and the likelihood of developing the disease.

The study, carried out in France, is the first substantial piece of research to find a specific association between sugar and cancer. Sugary drinks such as colas, lemonade and energy drinks have been linked to obesity, which is a cause of cancer, but the French researchers suggest there could also be other reasons sugar could trigger it.

The study finds the association with cancer is just as strong with fruit juices as it is with colas. "When the group of sugary drinks was split into 100 per cent fruit juices and other sugary drinks, the consumption of both beverage types was associated with a higher risk of overall cancer," it says.

Cutting down on the amount of sugary drinks we all consume, together with sugar taxes and restrictions on marketing, might help reduce the cancer burden, say the authors. That does not mean nobody should ever drink them. "As usual with nutrition, the idea is not to avoid foods, just to balance the intake," said Dr. Mathilde Touvier, who led the research, from Inserm, the French national institute of health and medical research.

■ For the first time in the nation's history, there is now a federal department spending an average of more than $100 billion per month.

No, it is not the Department of Defense, which is charged with the core federal responsibility of defending us from foreign enemies.

It is the Department of Health and Human Services, which, if Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has his way, will run the ‘Medicare for All’ program. As it now stands, HHS runs Medicare for many and Medicaid for more.

"In 2019, the program will cover an estimated 61 million persons (52 million aged and 9 million disabled)," the Congressional Research Service said of Medicare in a report published in May. "Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term services and supports an estimated 75 million people at a cost to states and the federal government of $616 billion in 2018," a report published in June.

Federal Medicare spending, after deduction of beneficiary premiums and other offsetting receipts, will be about $637 billion in 2019, accounting for about 14 per cent of total federal spending and 3 per centof GDP."

● Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

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■ They take your order, serve up food and drinks, and come back to clean up. But should you tip your flight attendant?

Frontier Airlines is encouraging it. Flight attendants on the Denver-based airline began accepting individual tips at the beginning of this year, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Frontier made tipping an option three years ago but, until this year, flight attendants were required to pool tips.

"We appreciate the great work of our flight attendants and know that our customers do as well, so the payment system gives passengers the option to tip," the Tribune quoted Frontier spokesman Jonathan Freed as stating.

Rates at 25-year low ■ It's a milestone in the fight against cancer:US cancer death rates have declined continuously for the last quarter of a century, according to a new report.

From 1991 to 2016, the US cancer death rate dropped steadily by about 1.5 per cent per year, resulting in an overall decline of 27 per cent during the 25-year-period, according to the report from the American Cancer Society.

That translates to an estimated 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths than would have been expected if death rates had remained at their peak level.

But despite this progress, there are growing disparities in cancer deaths according to socioeconomic status, with people living in poorer communities experiencing an increasingly larger burden of preventable cancers.

Although the continued decline in overall cancer death rates is good news, the "bad news that this report highlighted inequalities are widening, particularly among those of low socioeconomic status," said Dr. Darrell Gray II, deputy director of the Center for Cancer Health Equity at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, who was not involved in the study.

"It underscores the importance of health care providers, researchers and lay community members and advocates to continue to push toward health equity," Gray said.

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■ There is a scene in the 1941 Abbott and Costello film Buck Privates when The Andrews Sisters perform The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, I think it is absolutely brilliant.

The last time I played it on DVD I must have replayed that scene about six times - then again, I am a huge fan of the close harmony singing group who came to fame during the war years.

LaVerne, Patty and Maxine Andrews were all born in Minnesota. Their father was a Greek immigrant and their mother was of Norwegian descent.

They formed a singing group in the style of The Boswell Sisters in 1930 and won a major talent quest.

They were performing in vaudeville theatres during their teenage years. The Andrews Sisters developed a wonderful blending of their voices, La Verne (Contralto), Patty (Mezzo-Soprano) and Maxine (Soprano) - not only that, but they were very attractive and looked great.

By 1937 they were coming to national attention with their recordings and appearances on radio shows.

Their first major hit song, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen for Decca records, led to a series of hit songs.

In 1940 they were signed by Universal Studios to appear in a series of ‘B’ grade films.

They made their screen debut in Argentine Nights playing opposite The Ritz Brothers and George Reeves (who was later to become Su-

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perman on television) was also in the film.

Buck Privates was released just as America entered the war and it became a box office smash.

The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Song of 1941.

Universal immediately included The Andrews Sisters in two more Abbott and Costello films, In The Navy and Hold That Ghost.

The Andrews Sisters became tremendously popular and their films included, What's Cooking, Private Buckaroo, Give Out Sisters, Swingtime Johnny, Follow The Boys and The Road To Rio. Many hit songs were produced during the war years which included Don't Sit

● The Andrews Sisters Under The Apple Tree, Rum And Coca Cola, The Ferryboat Song and Beat Me Daddy Eight To the Bar. They backed Bing Crosby on 47 songs which included, Accentuate The Positive, Don't Fence Me In and South America Take it Away.

In 1948 they sang Little Toot in the Walt Disney film, Melody Time.

The group broke up in 1953 when Patty wanted to become a solo singer. There had been bitter fights between the sisters during their career.

In 1954, Patty and LaVerne reunited as a duo

and promoter Lee Gordon brought them to Australia for a tour with American singer Billy Daniels.

I'm sure some of our readers would have seen them performing at the West Melbourne Stadium. The three sisters did re-unite in 1956 and signed a contract with Capitol Records - but the times had changed and Rock and Roll was now the popular form of music.

The days of their number one hit songs were over. Sadly LaVerne died of cancer in 1967. In 1974 The Sherman Brothers produced a Broadway musical which starred Patty and Maxine titled Over There.

Composer Richard Sherman told me it was a wonderful time for him and his brother Bob working with the two remaining Andrews Sisters.

Unfortunately the fighting continued up to Maxine's death in 1995. Patty was the last link to a marvellous singing trio that entertained the world for many years and gave us such wonderful songs to remember.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens.

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Best year yet for M’dindi Beanie Festival

■ Organisers say the Murrindindi Beanie and Fibre Festival was this year the best yet. I've included a blurb for you.

There were a record number of entries. The week kicked off with banners going up and beanies adorned lamp posts along Perkins and Grant Sts, Alexandra.

Yea Primary School had a 'wear a beanie to school day' last Friday and raised $120.

St Mary's Primary School, Alexandra, raised nearly $300 for wear a beanie to work or school day'.

The Opening Night followed at 6pm on Friday evening in the Alexandra Shire Hall, attended by an enthusiastic crowd and opened by esteemed local artist Marian Rennie.

On Saturday morning the hall doors opened and the community turned out in droves to see and purchase the extensive array of beanies that lay before them.

Visitors stepped into the room with amazement, as clever creations of all shapes and sizes filled the hall.

Stall holders provided lots of choice with a election of fibre arts to purchase.

Buxton Primary School provided everyone with coffee and treats while visitors browsed from 10am-4pm over the weekend.

Judging by the comments, the bigger new venue proved to be very popular with Sasha Barrow running fibre art on behalf of the Embassy of Ideas on the stage, was a hit with young and old.

Mention must be made of the wonderful school entries this year. Buxton and Yea Primary Schools entered the upcycled category and new to the beanie family, Yea Primary School enthusiastically produced a large amount of entries.

The Murrindindi Beanie and Fibre Festival has grown to become the fibre arts festival of the North East and has cemented itself in the calendar on the fourth weekend in July every year.

The MBFFV Committee wanst to thank everyone for supporting from start to finish.

Traditional Beanie Open. 2nd Kat DuGuesclin, 3rd Carole Staley.

Anything Goes Open. 1st Sue Wynn, 2nd Margaret Legge, 3rd Lorraine Whitehead.

Anything Goes Beginner. 1st Jaclyn Tasker

OK. With John O’Keefe Josh Olek heads north

● Josh Olek ■ Popular on-air radio personality Josh Olek has decided to quit K-Rock Geelong and will relocate to the afternoon shift at Triple M, Brisbane.

KISS for breakfast

■ Just launched in the United States is a new breakfast food containing a mini collectible of Kiss Demon. Rumour is the brekkie munchies are available online priced at US $7.99 a packet.

KISS are due back in Australia mid-November.

Political football

■ Now that the Adam Goodes story The Last Quarter has been aired and reviewed, it is interesting of incidents behind the production .

Shock jock Alan Jones flatly refused to allow his voice to be used in the film. Producers forced to have a sound- alike actor pretending to be Jones.

Cost of the production was assisted by donation of $ 100,000 from Wilson Asset Management . ● Some the beanies on display at the Alexandra Shire Hall.

Teapot Beanie. 1st Carole Staley, Funky Fibre. 1st Maxine Murray.

2nd Marlins Ellis, 3rd Melanie Cousin 2nd Sally Waterman. Upcycled Beanie Open. Most Creative - Ros Ritchie.

Winter Warmers Open. 1st Hellen Humphries Best Use of Recycled Material Fisher, 2nd Maureen Rikihana, 3rd Lorraine Whitehead Sue Wynn.

Upcycled Beanie Junior. Most CreWinter Warmers Beginner. 1st ative - Louis Matheson, Emmy van Jaclyn Tasker.

Lierop, Daisy Sheehan, Caeley Murrindindi Madness Open. 1st Palmer Donna Merrilees. 2nd Lorraine est Use of Recycled Material Whitehead. 3rd Tilly Bessant.

Shaun Sutcliffe, Ben Geldart, Alyce Murrindindi Madness Under 12yrs. Olive, Cheyenne Birks 1st Holly Amos. 2nd Penelope Most ‘Up in the Air’ - Jewell Ware Waterman.

- Carolyn Weeks

TV for shopaholics

■ There’s a new national shopping channel on free to air TFV opening tomorrow (Thurs., Aug. 1). Called Openshop, the new channel is a product of Seven and can be seen on Channel 75.

Content is skewed towards women and will compete for audience against Spree TV and TVSN.

Countdown to Olympics

■ Channel Seven is going all out to bring the Tokyo Olympics to Australia in 2020. Exposure will be huge encompassing all sports with 7plus driving the coverage.

Updates are already going to air and Seven claiming the Games will reach a viewing audience of 20 million - John O’Keefe

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: GLORIA BELL: Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance Cast: Julianne Moore, Rita Wilson, Michael Cera, John Turturro, Brad Garrett.

Year: 2018.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 102 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Review: Julianne Moore is Gloria Bell, a free-spirited divorced woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs in search of companionship or relationship.

Co-writer, producer and director Sebastian Lelio, who's previous credits include the 2017) Best Foreign Language Film "A Fantastic Woman" and the acclaimed romantic-drama "Disobedience" with Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, has remade his 2013 Chilean film "Gloria" for English language territories, and the results are a journey of solid warmth, compassion and understanding, yet textured with solid and well balanced moments of unsentimental vulnerability that holds its grip firm.

Julianne Moore gives a beguiling performance as the seemingly outwardly happy, yet inwardly unsettled, confused and lonely divorcee Gloria Bell, trying desperately to stay connected with her grown up children while searching for new love, and a restrained yet commanding performance from an equally lonely and confused divorcee John Turturro, along with comedian Brad Garrett from "Everybody Loves Raymond" in a rare dramatic role.

A quietly subtle and bittersweet journey of lonely hearts, this character study on the reflection of life isn't a morose or sullen midlife crisis affair, it is totally devoid of melodrama, a simple, cliché free and engaging story that comes to life thanks to an intelligent screenplay, sensitive direction and by an exquisite and emotionally textured performance of an Oscar winning actress right at the top of her game.

Along with a killer soundtrack, the end result is a poignant, funny, moving film with a big heart filled with tremendous honesty, bursting to life with all the imperfections and deep rooted feelings, complexities and forces of unexplained nature that drive our lives.

FILM: SWIMMING WITH MEN: Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance Cast: Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves, Jim Carter, Jane Horrocks.

Year: 2018.

Rating: M. Length: 96 Minutes.

Stars: **½ Verdict: A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, motley crew of amateur synchronised swimming team, and this unlikely band of misfits may become a real team as they have a shot as the British selection in the European Unofficial Male Synch-Swimming World Championships.

The British are extremely well adept at making feel-good movies, those stories where a long-shot protagonist or protagonists are inspired to go up against the establishment or a more successful competitor, with his, her or their own physical or societal limitations, but this latest, inspired by true events, another "feel-good" British comedy-romantic-sports-drama" sadly falls short of other British feel-good movies such as "The Full Monty," "Billy Elliot," "Pride," "Calendar Girls" and "Brassed Off," to name a few.

Nonetheless, there's enough cheesy inspiration here to get you with our swimming team, primarily due to the superb cast that includes Rob Brydon (The Trip), Rupert Graves (A Room With A View), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), Daniel Mays (Mrs. Biggs, The Bank Job) and Jane Horrocks (Little Voice, Absolutely Fabulous), each rising to form and making it all the more an enjoyable experience despite any shortcomings or flaws in script or direction.

With its heart in the right place and feet firmly in the water, this may not have you running out to join the local swim team anytime soon, and even though it may not be at the very top of the list of British feel-good-movies, it's a well worthy addition to the list, and for the most part succeeds to do what it set out to do, and that is put a smile on your face. What more could you ask for?

FILM: ALITA - BATTLE ANGEL: Genre: Action/Fantasy/Adventure/Romance.

Cast: Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Rodriguez.

Year: 2019/.

Rating: M. Length: 122 Minutes.

Stars: *** Review: In the year 2563, a catastrophic war known as "The Fall" has left the Earth devastated, and while scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, cyborg scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. so he rebuilds her and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter, however, she doesn't have any recollections of her past, but it is soon revealed that she has special powers, and goes on a quest to find out who she is.

Rourke’s Reviews Melb. Int. Film Festival AUGUST 1-18 ■ Yes, it is that time again, where we get to indulge in sensory overload, as MIFF offers up hundreds of films over 18 jam-packed days.

Every type of film is in there somewhere, from foreign to documentary, arthouse to Hollywood blockbuster, so all movie fans should find something of interest.

Personally, movies I am looking forward to checking out are Takashi Miike's latest, First Love; Quentin Dupleux's acclaimed oddity, Deerskin, starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin; British filmmaker Peter Strickland's In Fabric; The Nightingale, Jennifer Kent's grim follow-up to her debut feature The Babadook; Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, from director Ben Wheatley; House Of Hummingbird, from South Korea; His Lost Name, from Nanako Hirose, who previously worked as an assistant director for Palme D'or winning director Hirokazu Kore'eda; We Are Little Zombies; Something Else; Come To Daddy; and the three animated films Funan, Okko's Inn, and Children Of The Sea. For more movie information, session details, and bookings, please go to the official website at miff.com.au.

The following list of films are those screening that I have seen. I hope you enjoy the MIFF experience.

Long Day's Journey Into Night (China). 139 minutes. ****½ Extraordinarily well-crafted journey through the mind of its main character, who searches for the woman he loved years before.

Mesmerising and hypnotic, writer/director Bi Gan beautifully melds memory and reality, filling every inch of the frame with connective symbols, colours, locations and faces.

Culminates in a jaw-dropping 59 minute take, exquisitely colourgraded to be seen in 3D, and has to be seen to be believed.

Will definitely be one of the festival highlights. Sold out, but will most surely get a general theatrical release later on.

Baby (China). 98 minutes. **** Low-key, quietly powerful story centring on an 18-year-old outcast, abandoned at birth because she had physical abnormalities, who doggedly tries to save a newborn who may be about to suffer the same fate. Directed without sentiment by Jie Liu, and anchored by a stunning performance from Yang Mi. Dying To Survive (China). 116 minutes. **** In the same vein as the Academy Award winning Dallas Buyers Club, this highly entertaining

drama/comedy is also based on a true story, one which lead to some incredible changes in the Chinese medical system. A struggling businessman, peddling cheap Indian products (and going through a messy divorce), is suddenly given the opportunity to make big money when he is approached by a patient suffering from Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia, wanting him to import an inexpensive Indian version of a drug which is way too dear to purchase in China. Surrounding himself with people who know the patient community who can't afford the local product, this con-artist soon sees how much these people need their help. A compelling story is deftly threaded with a disarming sense of humour, and the entire cast is terrific. I would have liked a little more character development with some of the supporting characters, especially Liu Sihui.

The Dead Don't Die (USA). 103 minutes. *** After dealing with vampires in Only Lovers Left Alive, writer/director Jim Jarmusch now enters the prolific zombie genre with this frustratingly uneven effort, which delivers a number of his signature deadpan highlights, but misses the mark whenever it attempts to be self-referential or eye-winkingly meta. A strong cast, including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, and Tilda Swinton (in what must be her strangest performance to date) help, but can't cover up Jarmusch's jarring descent into Joss Whedon/J.J. Abrams-type pop culture schtick.

The films of Peter Strickland.

With his new film In Fabric screening, MIFF are having a retrospective of Strickland's earlier work, which clearly show what a truly gifted film-maker he is. Included on the program is Strickland's debut feature Katalin Varga (****); his gorgeous love letter to Italian Giallo, Berberian Sound Studio (****½); and his intoxicating homage to 70'sEuropean cinema, The Duke Of Burgundy (****).

Pixote (R) (1980). (Brazil). 126 minutes. ***** Harrowing and confronting, Hector Babenco's uncompromising look at the lives of homeless children is sadly still relevant today. The film remains heartbreaking and completely believable, and is still the crowning achievement of director Babenco (Kiss Of The Spider Woman).

Satantango (1994) (Hungary).

432 minutes. ***** Fully restored to celebrate its 25th anniversary, this epic journey from film-maker extraordinaire Bela Tarr is an unforgettable movie experience. Even more potent when you see the false prophets put in charge in the US and now in the UK.

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5. MISSING LINK [Animated/Adventure/ Comedy/Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry].

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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens

“Would you believe it? Got an engagement at the theayter, with his father, to play the fife in a military piece.”

“Well done, my godson!” cries Mr. George, slapping his thigh.

“I believe you!” says Mrs. Bagnet. “He’s a Briton. That’s what Woolwich is. A Briton!”

“And Mat blows away at his bassoon, and you’re respectable civilians one and all,” says Mr. George. “Family people. Children growing up.

Mat’s old mother in Scotland, and your old father somewhere else, corresponded with, and helped a little, and — well, well! To be sure, I don’t know why I shouldn’t be wished a hundred mile away, for I have not much to do with all this!”

Mr. George is becoming thoughtful, sitting before the fire in the whitewashed room, which has a sanded floor and a barrack smell and contains nothing superfluous and has not a visible speck of dirt or dust in it, from the faces of Quebec and Malta to the bright tin pots and pannikins upon the dresser shelves — Mr. George is becoming thoughtful, sitting here while Mrs. Bagnet is busy, when Mr. Bagnet and young Woolwich opportunely come home. Mr. Bagnet is an exartilleryman, tall and upright, with shaggy eyebrows and whiskers like the fibres of a coconut, not a hair upon his head, and a torrid complexion. His voice, short, deep, and resonant, is not at all unlike the tones of the instrument to which he is devoted. Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass-bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra. Young Woolwich is the type and model of a young drummer.

Both father and son salute the trooper heartily.

He saying, in due season, that he has come to advise with Mr. Bagnet, Mr. Bagnet hospitably declares that he will hear of no business until after dinner and that his friend shall not partake of his counsel without first partaking of boiled pork and greens. The trooper yielding to this invitation, he and Mr. Bagnet, not to embarrass the domestic preparations, go forth to take a turn up and down the little street, which they promenade with measured tread and folded arms, as if it were a rampart.

“George,” says Mr. Bagnet. “You know me. It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained. Wait till the greens is off her mind.

Then we’ll consult. Whatever the old girl says, do — do it!”

“I intend to, Mat,” replies the other. “I would sooner take her opinion than that of a college.”

“College,” returns Mr. Bagnet in short sentences, bassoon-like. “What college could you leave — in another quarter of the world — with nothing but a grey cloak and an umbrella — to make its way home to Europe? The old girl would do it to-morrow. Did it once!”

“You are right,” says Mr. George.

“What college,” pursues Bagnet, “could you set up in life — with two penn’orth of white lime — a penn’orth of fuller’s earth — a ha’porth of sand — and the rest of the change out of sixpence in money? That’s what the old girl started on. In the present business.”

“I am rejoiced to hear it’s thriving, Mat.” “The old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet, acquiescing, “saves. Has a stocking somewhere. With money in it. I never saw it. But I know she’s got it. Wait till the greens is off her mind. Then she’ll set you up.”

“She is a treasure!” exclaims Mr. George.

“She’s more. But I never own to it before her.

Discipline must be maintained. It was the old girl that brought out my musical abilities. I should have been in the artillery now but for the old girl.

Six years I hammered at the fiddle. Ten at the flute. The old girl said it wouldn’t do; intention good, but want of flexibility; try the bassoon.

The old girl borrowed a bassoon from the bandmaster of the Rifle Regiment. I practised in the trenches. Got on, got another, get a living by it!”

George remarks that she looks as fresh as a rose and as sound as an apple.

“The old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet in reply, “is a thoroughly fine woman. Consequently she is like

Charles Dickens a thoroughly fine day. Gets finer as she gets on.

I never saw the old girl’s equal. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained!”

Proceeding to converse on indifferent matters, they walk up and down the little street, keeping step and time, until summoned by Quebec and Malta to do justice to the pork and greens, over which Mrs. Bagnet, like a military chaplain, says a short grace. In the distribution of these comestibles, as in every other household duty, Mrs. Bagnet developes an exact system, sitting with every dish before her, allotting to every portion of pork its own portion of pot-liquor, greens, potatoes, and even mustard, and serving it out complete. Having likewise served out the beer from a can and thus supplied the mess with all things necessary, Mrs. Bagnet proceeds to satisfy her own hunger, which is in a healthy state.

The kit of the mess, if the table furniture may be so denominated, is chiefly composed of utensils of horn and tin that have done duty in several parts of the world. Young Woolwich’s knife, in particular, which is of the oyster kind, with the additional feature of a strong shutting-up movement which frequently balks the appetite of that young musician, is mentioned as having gone in various hands the complete round of foreign service.

The dinner done, Mrs. Bagnet, assisted by the younger branches (who polish their own cups and platters, knives and forks), makes all the dinner garniture shine as brightly as before and puts it all away, first sweeping the hearth, to the end that Mr. Bagnet and the visitor may not be retarded in the smoking of their pipes. These household cares involve much pattening and counter-pattening in the backyard and consid-

to assist in the ablutions of Mrs. Bagnet herself.

That old girl reappearing by and by, quite fresh, and sitting down to her needlework, then and only then — the greens being only then to be considered as entirely off her mind — Mr. Bagnet requests the trooper to state his case.

This Mr. George does with great discretion, appearing to address himself to Mr. Bagnet, but having an eye solely on the old girl all the time, as Bagnet has himself. She, equally discreet, busies herself with her needlework. The case fully stated, Mr. Bagnet resorts to his standard artifice for the maintenance of discipline.

“That’s the whole of it, is it, George?” says he.

“That’s the whole of it.”

“You act according to my opinion?”

“I shall be guided,” replies George, “entirely by it.”

“Old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet, “give him my opinion. You know it. Tell him what it is.”

It is that he cannot have too little to do with people who are too deep for him and cannot be too careful of interference with matters he does not understand — that the plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground. This, in effect, is Mr. Bagnet’s opinion, as delivered through the old girl, and it so relieves Mr. George’s mind by confirming his own opinion and banishing his doubts that he composes himself to smoke another pipe on that exceptional occasion and to have a talk over old times with the whole Bagnet family, according to their various ranges of experience.

Through these means it comes to pass that Mr. George does not again rise to his full height in

the bassoon and fife are expected by a British public at the theatre; and as it takes time even then for Mr. George, in his domestic character of Bluffy, to take leave of Quebec and Malta and insinuate a sponsorial shilling into the pocket of his godson with felicitations on his success in life, it is dark when Mr. George again turns his face towards Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

“A family home,” he ruminates as he marches along, “however small it is, makes a man like me look lonely. But it’s well I never made that evolution of matrimony. I shouldn’t have been fit for it. I am such a vagabond still, even at my present time of life, that I couldn’t hold to the gallery a month together if it was a regular pursuit or if I didn’t camp there, gipsy fashion. Come!

I disgrace nobody and cumber nobody; that’s something. I have not done that for many a long year!”

So he whistles it off and marches on.

Arrived in Lincoln’s Inn Fields and mounting Mr. Tulkinghorn’s stair, he finds the outer door closed and the chambers shut, but the trooper not knowing much about outer doors, and the staircase being dark besides, he is yet fumbling and groping about, hoping to discover a bellhandle or to open the door for himself, when Mr. Tulkinghorn comes up the stairs (quietly, of course) and angrily asks, “Who is that? What are you doing there?”

“I ask your pardon, sir. It’s George. The sergeant.”

“And couldn’t George, the sergeant, see that my door was locked?”

“Why, no, sir, I couldn’t. At any rate, I didn’t,” says the trooper, rather nettled.

“Have you changed your mind? Or are you in the same mind?” Mr. Tulkinghorn demands. But he knows well enough at a glance.

“In the same mind, sir.”

“I thought so. That’s sufficient. You can go. So you are the man,” says Mr. Tulkinghorn, opening his door with the key, “in whose hiding-place Mr. Gridley was found?”

“Yes, I AM the man,” says the trooper, stopping two or three stairs down. “What then, sir?”

“What then? I don’t like your associates. You should not have seen the inside of my door this morning if I had thought of your being that man.

Gridley? A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow.”

With these words, spoken in an unusually high tone for him, the lawyer goes into his rooms and shuts the door with a thundering noise.

Mr. George takes his dismissal in great dudgeon, the greater because a clerk coming up the stairs has heard the last words of all and evidently applies them to him. “A pretty character to bear,” the trooper growls with a hasty oath as he strides downstairs. “A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow!” And looking up, he sees the clerk looking down at him and marking him as he passes a lamp. This so intensifies his dudgeon that for five minutes he is in an ill humour.

But he whistles that off like the rest of it and marches home to the shooting gallery.

Chapter XXVIII— The Ironmaster Sir Leicester Dedlock has got the better, for the time being, of the family gout and is once more, in a literal no less than in a figurative point of view, upon his legs. He is at his place in Lincolnshire; but the waters are out again on the low-lying grounds, and the cold and damp steal into Chesney Wold, though well defended, and eke into Sir Leicester’s bones. The blazing fires of faggot and coal — Dedlock timber and antediluvian forest — that blaze upon the broad wide hearths and wink in the twilight on the frowning woods, sullen to see how trees are sacrificed, do not exclude the enemy. The hot-water pipes that trail themselves all over the house, the cushioned doors and windows, and the screens and curtains fail to supply the fires’ deficiencies and to satisfy Sir Leicester’s need. Hence the fashionable intelligence proclaims one morning to the listening earth that Lady Dedlock is expected shortly to return to town for a few weeks.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. Indeed great men have often more than their fair share of poor relations,

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From Page 65 inasmuch as very red blood of the superior quality, like inferior blood unlawfully shed, WILL cry aloud and WILL be heard. Sir Leicester’s cousins, in the remotest degree, are so many murders in the respect that they “will out.”

Among whom there are cousins who are so poor that one might almost dare to think it would have been the happier for them never to have been plated links upon the Dedlock chain of gold, but to have been made of common iron at first and done base service.

Service, however (with a few limited reservations, genteel but not profitable), they may not do, being of the Dedlock dignity. So they visit their richer cousins, and get into debt when they can, and live but shabbily when they can’t, and find — the women no husbands, and the men no wives — and ride in borrowed carriages, and sit at feasts that are never of their own making, and so go through high life. The rich family sum has been divided by so many figures, and they are the something over that nobody knows what to do with.

Everybody on Sir Leicester Dedlock’s side of the question and of his way of thinking would appear to be his cousin more or less. From my Lord Boodle, through the Duke of Foodle, down to Noodle, Sir Leicester, like a glorious spider, stretches his threads of relationship. But while he is stately in the cousinship of the Everybodys, he is a kind and generous man, according to his dignified way, in the cousinship of the Nobodys; and at the present time, in despite of the damp, he stays out the visit of several such cousins at Chesney Wold with the constancy of a martyr.

Of these, foremost in the front rank stands Volumnia Dedlock, a young lady (of sixty) who is doubly highly related, having the honour to be a poor relation, by the mother’s side, to another great family. Miss Volumnia, displaying in early life a pretty talent for cutting ornaments out of coloured paper, and also for singing to the guitar in the Spanish tongue, and propounding French conundrums in country houses, passed the twenty years of her existence between twenty and forty in a sufficiently agreeable manner.

Lapsing then out of date and being considered to bore mankind by her vocal performances in the Spanish language, she retired to Bath, where she lives slenderly on an annual present from Sir Leicester and whence she makes occasional resurrections in the country houses of her cousins. She has an extensive acquaintance at Bath among appalling old gentlemen with thin legs and nankeen trousers, and is of high standing in that dreary city. But she is a little dreaded elsewhere in consequence of an indiscreet profusion in the article of rouge and persistency in an obsolete pearl necklace like a rosary of little bird’s-eggs.

In any country in a wholesome state, Volumnia would be a clear case for the pension list. Efforts have been made to get her on it, and when William Buffy came in, it was fully expected that her name would be put down for a couple of hundred a year. But William Buffy somehow discovered, contrary to all expectation, that these were not the times when it could be done, and this was the first clear indication Sir Leicester Dedlock had conveyed to him that the country was going to pieces.

There is likewise the Honourable Bob Stables, who can make warm mashes with the skill of a ‘veterinary surgeon and is a better shot than most gamekeepers. He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. In a well– regulated body politic this natural desire on the part of a spirited young gentleman so highly connected would be speedily recognized, but somehow William Buffy found when he came in that these were not times in which he could manage that little matter either, and this was the second indication Sir Leicester Dedlock had conveyed to him that the country was going to pieces.

The rest of the cousins are ladies and gentlemen of various ages and capacities, the major part amiable and sensible and likely to have done well enough in life if they could have overcome their cousinship; as it is, they are almost all a little worsted by it, and lounge in purposeless and listless paths, and seem to be quite as much at a loss how to dispose of themselves as anybody else can be how to dispose of them.

In this society, and where not, my Lady Dedlock reigns supreme. Beautiful, elegant, accomplished, and powerful in her little world (for the

Magazine world of fashion does not stretch ALL the way from pole to pole), her influence in Sir Leicester’s house, however haughty and indifferent her manner, is greatly to improve it and refine it. The cousins, even those older cousins who were paralysed when Sir Leicester married her, do her feudal homage; and the Honourable Bob Stables daily repeats to some chosen person between breakfast and lunch his favourite original remark, that she is the bestgroomed woman in the whole stud.

Such the guests in the long drawing-room at Chesney Wold this dismal night when the step on the Ghost’s Walk (inaudible here, however) might be the step of a deceased cousin shut out in the cold. It is near bed-time. Bedroom fires blaze brightly all over the house, raising ghosts of grim furniture on wall and ceiling. Bedroom candlesticks bristle on the distant table by the door, and cousins yawn on ottomans. Cousins at the piano, cousins at the soda-water tray, cousins rising from the card-table, cousins gathered round the fire. Standing on one side of his own peculiar fire (for there are two), Sir Leicester.

On the opposite side of the broad hearth, my Lady at her table. Volumnia, as one of the more privileged cousins, in a luxurious chair between them. Sir Leicester glancing, with magnificent displeasure, at the rouge and the pearl necklace.

“I occasionally meet on my staircase here,” drawls Volumnia, whose thoughts perhaps are already hopping up it to bed, after a long evening of very desultory talk, “one of the prettiest girls, I think, that I ever saw in my life.”

“A PROTEGEE of my Lady’s,” observes Sir Leicester.

“I thought so. I felt sure that some uncommon eye must have picked that girl out. She really is a marvel. A dolly sort of beauty perhaps,” says Miss Volumnia, reserving her own sort, “but in its way, perfect; such bloom I never saw!”

Sir Leicester, with his magnificent glance of displeasure at the rouge, appears to say so too.

“Indeed,” remarks my Lady languidly, “if there is any uncommon eye in the case, it is Mrs. Rouncewell’s, and not mine. Rosa is her discovery.”

“Your maid, I suppose?”

“No. My anything; pet — secretary — messenger — I don’t know what.”

“You like to have her about you, as you would like to have a flower, or a bird, or a picture, or a poodle — no, not a poodle, though — or anything else that was equally pretty?” says Volumnia, sympathizing. “Yes, how charming now! And how well that delightful old soul Mrs. Rouncewell is looking. She must be an immense age, and yet she is as active and handsome! She is the dearest friend I have, positively!”

Sir Leicester feels it to be right and fitting that the housekeeper of Chesney Wold should be a remarkable person. Apart from that, he has a real regard for Mrs. Rouncewell and likes to hear her praised. So he says, “You are right, Volumnia,” which Volumnia is extremely glad to hear.

“She has no daughter of her own, has she?”

“Mrs. Rouncewell? No, Volumnia. She has a son. Indeed, she had two.”

My Lady, whose chronic malady of boredom has been sadly aggravated by Volumnia this evening, glances wearily towards the candlesticks and heaves a noiseless sigh.

“And it is a remarkable example of the confusion into which the present age has fallen; of the obliteration of landmarks, the opening of floodgates, and the uprooting of distinctions,” says Sir Leicester with stately gloom, “that I have been informed by Mr. Tulkinghorn that Mrs. Rouncewell’s son has been invited to go into Parliament.”

Miss Volumnia utters a little sharp scream.

“Yes, indeed,” repeats Sir Leicester. “Into Parliament.”

“I never heard of such a thing! Good gracious, what is the man?” exclaims Volumnia.

“He is called, I believe — an — ironmaster.”

Sir Leicester says it slowly and with gravity and doubt, as not being sure but that he is called a lead-mistress or that the right word may be some other word expressive of some other relationship to some other metal.

Volumnia utters another little scream.

“He has declined the proposal, if my information from Mr. Tulkinghorn be correct, as I have no doubt it is. Mr. Tulkinghorn being always correct and exact; still that does not,” says Sir Leicester, “that does not lessen the anomaly,

which is fraught with strange considerations — startling considerations, as it appears to me.”

Miss Volumnia rising with a look candlestickwards, Sir Leicester politely performs the grand tour of the drawing-room, brings one, and lights it at my Lady’s shaded lamp.

“I must beg you, my Lady,” he says while doing so, “to remain a few moments, for this individual of whom I speak arrived this evening shortly before dinner and requested in a very becoming note” — Sir Leicester, with his habitual regard to truth, dwells upon it — “I am bound to say, in a very becoming and well-expressed note, the favour of a short interview with yourself and MYself on the subject of this young girl. As it appeared that he wished to depart tonight, I replied that we would see him before retiring.”

Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts — O Lud! — well rid of the — what is it? — ironmaster!

The other cousins soon disperse, to the last cousin there. Sir Leicester rings the bell, “Make my compliments to Mr. Rouncewell, in the housekeeper’s apartments, and say I can receive him now.”

My Lady, who has beard all this with slight attention outwardly, looks towards Mr. Rouncewell as he comes in. He is a little over fifty perhaps, of a good figure, like his mother, and has a clear voice, a broad forehead from which his dark hair has retired, and a shrewd though open face.

He is a responsible-looking gentleman dressed in black, portly enough, but strong and active.

Has a perfectly natural and easy air and is not in the least embarrassed by the great presence into which he comes.

“Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock, as I have already apologized for intruding on you, I cannot do better than be very brief. I thank you, Sir Leicester.”

The head of the Dedlocks has motioned towards a sofa between himself and my Lady. Mr. Rouncewell quietly takes his seat there.

“In these busy times, when so many great undertakings are in progress, people like myself have so many workmen in so many places that we are always on the flight.”

Sir Leicester is content enough that the ironmaster should feel that there is no hurry there; there, in that ancient house, rooted in that quiet park, where the ivy and the moss have had time to mature, and the gnarled and warted elms and the umbrageous oaks stand deep in the fern and leaves of a hundred years; and where the sundial on the terrace has dumbly recorded for centuries that time which was as much the property of every Dedlock — while he lasted — as the house and lands. Sir Leicester sits down in an easy-chair, opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flights of ironmasters.

“Lady Dedlock has been so kind,” proceeds Mr. Rouncewell with a respectful glance and a bow that way, “as to place near her a young beauty of the name of Rosa. Now, my son has fallen in love with Rosa and has asked my consent to his proposing marriage to her and to their becoming engaged if she will take him — which I suppose she will. I have never seen Rosa until to-day, but I have some confidence in my son’s good sense — even in love. I find her what he represents her, to the best of my judgment; and my mother speaks of her with great commendation.”

“She in all respects deserves it,” says my Lady.

“I am happy, Lady Dedlock, that you say so, and I need not comment on the value to me of your kind opinion of her.”

“That,” observes Sir Leicester with unspeakable grandeur, for he thinks the ironmaster a little too glib, “must be quite unnecessary.”

“Quite unnecessary, Sir Leicester. Now, my son is a very young man, and Rosa is a very young woman. As I made my way, so my son must make his; and his being married at present is out of the question. But supposing I gave my consent to his engaging himself to this pretty girl, if this pretty girl will engage herself to him, I think it a piece of candour to say at once — I am sure, Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock, you will understand and excuse me — I should make it a condition that she did not remain at Chesney Wold. Therefore, before communicating further with my son, I take the liberty of saying that if her removal would be in any way inconvenient or objectionable, I will hold the matter over with him for any reasonable time and leave it precisely where it is.”

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Not remain at Chesney Wold! Make it a condition! All Sir Leicester’s old misgivings relative to Wat Tyler and the people in the iron districts who do nothing but turn out by torchlight come in a shower upon his head, the fine grey hair of which, as well as of his whiskers, actually stirs with indignation.

“Am I to understand, sir,” says Sir Leicester, “and is my Lady to understand” — he brings her in thus specially, first as a point of gallantry, and next as a point of prudence, having great reliance on her sense — “am I to understand, Mr. Rouncewell, and is my Lady to understand, sir, that you consider this young woman too good for Chesney Wold or likely to be injured by remaining here?”

“Certainly not, Sir Leicester,” “I am glad to hear it.” Sir Leicester very lofty indeed.

“Pray, Mr. Rouncewell,” says my Lady, warning Sir Leicester off with the slightest gesture of her pretty hand, as if he were a fly, “explain to me what you mean.”

“Willingly, Lady Dedlock. There is nothing I could desire more.”

Addressing her composed face, whose intelligence, however, is too quick and active to be concealed by any studied impassiveness, however habitual, to the strong Saxon face of the visitor, a picture of resolution and perseverance, my Lady listens with attention, occasionally slightly bending her head.

“I am the son of your housekeeper, Lady Dedlock, and passed my childhood about this house. My mother has lived here half a century and will die here I have no doubt. She is one of those examples — perhaps as good a one as there is — of love, and attachment, and fidelity in such a nation, which England may well be proud of, but of which no order can appropriate the whole pride or the whole merit, because such an instance bespeaks high worth on two sides — on the great side assuredly, on the small one no less assuredly.”

Sir Leicester snorts a little to hear the law laid down in this way, but in his honour and his love of truth, he freely, though silently, admits the justice of the ironmaster’s proposition.

“Pardon me for saying what is so obvious, but I wouldn’t have it hastily supposed,” with the least turn of his eyes towards Sir Leicester, “that I am ashamed of my mother’s position here, or wanting in all just respect for Chesney Wold and the family. I certainly may have desired — I certainly have desired, Lady Dedlock — that my mother should retire after so many years and end her days with me. But as I have found that to sever this strong bond would be to break her heart, I have long abandoned that idea.”

Sir Leicester very magnificent again at the notion of Mrs. Rouncewell being spirited off from her natural home to end her days with an ironmaster.

“I have been,” proceeds the visitor in a modest, clear way, “an apprentice and a workman. I have lived on workman’s wages, years and years, and beyond a certain point have had to educate myself. My wife was a foreman’s daughter, and plainly brought up. We have three daughters besides this son of whom I have spoken, and being fortunately able to give them greater advantages than we have had ourselves, we have educated them well, very well. It has been one of our great cares and pleasures to make them worthy of any station.”

A little boastfulness in his fatherly tone here, as if he added in his heart, “even of the Chesney Wold station.” Not a little more magnificence, therefore, on the part of Sir Leicester.

“All this is so frequent, Lady Dedlock, where I live, and among the class to which I belong, that what would be generally called unequal marriages are not of such rare occurrence with us as elsewhere. A son will sometimes make it known to his father that he has fallen in love, say, with a young woman in the factory. The father, who once worked in a factory himself, will be a little disappointed at first very possibly.

It may be that he had other views for his son.

However, the chances are that having ascertained the young woman to be of unblemished character, he will say to his son, ‘I must be quite sure you are in earnest here. This is a serious matter for both of you. Therefore I shall have this girl educated for two years,’ or it may be, ‘I shall place this girl at the same school with your sisters for such a time, during which you will give me your word and honour to see her only so often. To Be Continued Next Issue

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Balance Bikes from Ivanhoe Cycles Balance Bikes (also called training bikes) are pedalless bikes designed to provide fun and exercise and to teach the basic skills of steering, balance and co-ordination.

They are suited to a child from 2 to 5 years of age.

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Balance bikes are becoming increasingly popular, as it is so much easier to learn to ride. Learning to ride can be achieved at their own pace. A less confident child can “walk� it around for as long as they like, then

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PHONE ORDERS: 9438 5284

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sand • screenings • reinforcing steel • plastic

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M: 0412 169 035 E: nicole@buyers choice.com.au Home Loans, Personal loans, Investment loans, Business & Commercial finance, Lease / Equipment finances Nicole Sevenich is Credit Representative No. 479851 of BLSSA Pty Ltd ACN 117 651 760, Australian Credit Licence No. 391237

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Call Will Mob: 0432 991 992 EXCAVATIONS Ph: 03 5797 2235

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• Couples Therapist • Family Therapist • Counsellor • Business Mentor • Men’s Issues • Work related stress • Addictions (smoking, weight) • Anxiety • Depression Face to face consultations or online sessions offered

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GLASS AND GLAZING

All general earthworks and excavations. Free quotes dams, houseand shed sites, farm tracks driveways, trees, fence lines and scrub clearing.

Wide range of machines available.

Give us a go we won't disappoint.

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KITCHENS

Laminate Caesar Stone Granite

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Call Ernie 0429 931 127 or AH 5774 7429

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• HAY & SILAGE large round and small square bales • SLASHING & MULCHING reach mower and rock picker • PLOUGHING & SEEDING Duncan drill • FENCING • DAMS, ROADS & FENCE LINES D5m dozer, 6.5 tonne truck • EXCAVATOR 17 tonne with mulching head • GRADER. 12H • TIPPER. Bogie drive, tipper.

All general farm fencing, cattle yards, sheep yards, vineyards, on site welding and oxy work.

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SPECIALISING IN ALL FACETS OF CABINETRY • Kitchens Latest range of fittings, • Vanities finishes and design for all • Laundries domestic and commercial • Wardrobes projects • Office fitouts Visit our showroom to view a wide range of samples and trial our display kitchen 42 Aitken St, Alexandra Ph: 5772 1000 Fax: 5772 1088 awcabinets@bigpond.com

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All aspects of Special: Cut and Colours hairdressing from $80

44 The Parade, Yea Contact: Joelle 0432 676 292

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TERMITE CONTROL

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PLUMBING

TREE SERVICES

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TILING

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FULLY INSURED - WILL BEAT ANY REASONABLE WRITTEN QUOTES

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Trades and Services Directory • 1800 231 311 UNDERGROUND LOCATING

TREE REMOVALS

WATER

WINDOW CLEANING

WATER CARTAGE

WINDSCREENS

UNDERGROUND SERVICE LOCATING

TREE & STUMP REMOVALS

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There’s a new destination in Yea for locally-made gifts and craft Looking for a gift for a friend - or yourself?

Take a look at the expanded range of gifts and craft, now on view at Yea Newsagency.

Lyn Bailey has opened up her store, and added an extra room at the back of the shop. It’s packed with plenty of NEW items.

Plus there’s a whole lot of stock from local people including Lee Lambert (Arashel), Peter McLeish (art), Marnie Muir (crochet), Christine Priest (knitting) and Jodi’s Soy Candles.

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It’s easy to shop at Yea Newsagency. Park right outside. There are no steps. And you can take all the time you like to make your selection.

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Local Sports History

Footballers in main street brawl ■ A brawl between Yea and Yarck footballers in Alexandra’s main streeet captured space in the June 26, 1903 edition of the Standard local newspaper: “Last Saturday evening our main street presented an animated appearance owing to the presence of two football teams, viz., Yea and Yarck.

“It is alleged that the conduct was unbecoming a civilised community and that a direct insult was offered the Yea players.

“We have taken the trouble to make inquiries and from what we are able to glean from several sources there was nothing said or done that the Yea team could take umbrage.

“The whole of the fun was indulged in by tihe local barrackers and certainly not by the players.

“This, we .believe, members of the visiting team will accept.

“We do not wish to shield those who were responsible for the brawl, but must express surprise that there was not one manly person present who had the courage to interfere.

“Mr. W. J. Leckie, President of the Alexandra Football Club, has forwarded the following letter to our Yea contemporary, on behalf of the Alexandra club, as a public apology:" I trust you will allow me, through your columns, to tender an apology to the members of the Yea Football Club for the treatment they received ,on Saturday night in Alexandra, when passing through after their match with Thornton.

“Unfortunately, I was not in Alexandra at the time, otherwise I may have been able to prevent it to some extent, or, at any rate, I may have apologised for it.

“I can only say that I heard of it to-day. with the deepest feelings of disgust and disappointment, and cannot express in words sufficiently strong my condemnation of the thoughtless lads and boys who extended such unmannerly treatment to a visiting team.

“As President of the Alexandra Football Club, I mast ask the members of the Yea club to accept the assurance that the members of tie Alexandra Football Club did not in any way participate in, or countenance the discourtesy.

“Did I think that the members had been guilty of such misconduct I should certainly not continue my connection with the club one day longer.

“In conclusion, while again expressing my regret at the occurrence, I may assure the members of the Yea club that there are in Alexandra enough admirers of a manly game, played in a manly way, to give them a cordial welcome on their next visit, and so, in part, make up for the discourteous treatment accorded them on Saturday night last.

“Thanking you in anticipation."

The Standard said: “We hope our boys will rally round the Yea team on the 1I th July, and thus show that they in no way countenanced the unpleasant proceedings of Saturday last.” ★ Mr Leckie’s was published in the Yea newspaper, accompanied by the Chronicle Editor’s comment: “Wa are pleased to publish Mr. Leckie's manly apology for the disgraceful reception accorded the Yea team in Alexandra as they paused through that town last Saturday night on their, way home from Thornton.

“No matter. what excitement may

Fight after Thornton v Yea

● William John Leckie, President of Alexandra Football Club arise during the progress of the game and Tolstrup are a smart quintette or immedi.ately after. the termina- forward. tion of a football match when enthuB. Johnson kicked two goals siasm is hot and tempers keen, all against Yea, Hall and Stillman the that should be forgotten with that other two. night’s sleep.

Yea had a bad time of it last “But if malice, for which there is Saturday;and should have been no shadow of an excuse, be perpetu beaten out of sight. ated inold blood and exhibited on an The locals sadly missed Semple out.side occcasin of this nature, only and McIntosh. one result will be attained - the comOur boys say that they had Yea in plete annihilation ot football. hand nicely until the 19th man came “Anyone who know Mr. Leckie on. They. are satisfied with. the draw. will be well aware how repulsive One of the players.offered the umsuch conduct must appear to him, pire his. jersey and told him to go in and we learn with considerable grati- and play. fication that no member of the The battle between Yea and Alexandra team was implicated in Alexandra the last few minutes was a scene so disgustingly disorderly the most doter.mined seen this seaand so cowardly unfair. son.

“The behaviour of irre.sponsible Alexandra's forwards were a youths is often temporarily beyond marked success on Saturday last. all check, and it would not be just to Our lads are learning the very deblame the players or the majority of sirable art of playing together. the townspeople for ihat was preAfter last Saturday's play the assumedly impossible of control, and pirants for premiership honors must to them no bitterness is extended. be regarded as, laboring hopelessly “The culpability lies else where. behind.

There :may be several factors at Wakeham, W Wood. Tolstrup, work, but undoubtedly one of the pre- Docking, Todd and McKenzie (on disposing causes is the feeding of wings) did fine work on Saturday hot-headed youngsters with inflam- against Yea. matory, incorrect, and spiteful paraYea were out.classed in every degraphs as has appeared under the partment of the game by Alexardra. heading of "Notes" in the columns Alexandra's fine play last quarter of the Alexandra paper last week was shattered by an unfair umpire. about the recent match.

Alexandra fairly out-played their “Mischievious jottings of this na- oppon.ents and are improving wonture and calibre are only calculated derfully. to foster a spirit of injustice, which; Yea supporters were disgusted at if permitted to exist, can only injure the conduct of certain individuals. the town in which it finds root in the There is no doubting the fact that eyes of the outside public, and is a good, round sunm of money was certain to destroy all neighbourly on the Alexandra Yea match. A desporting intercourse with its fellows.” testable thing if allowed o creep in ★ among those taking part.

The offending column in the A well-known resident was busyAlexandra and Yea Standard (June ing himself rushing round, the ground 19, 1903) read: raving at the central the last few minOur ruck beat Yea out of sight. utes of the game.

McKenzie is a hard worker. His "What are youi doing, Charlie?' judgement stands him in good stead. he was yelling out. He "nearly got Hubbard, Wood, Hanning, Hall what he wanted.”

■ ‘Nemo’ of The Yea Chronicle filed this match description for the edition of June 25, 1903: “On Saturday last the local eighteen journeyed to Thornton to play their return match. The weather was dull and threatening, but the ground, which is the best within the radius of the Association, was in excellent condition despite the quantity of rain that had fallen throughout the week.

“There was a fair sprinkling of ladies amongst the spectators who seemed elated at their own boys' success.

“The game, which was played in excellent spirit, resulted in a decided victory for the Thornton players. In the first and last quarters the Thornton team asserted their superiority in a marked degree; in the second and third quarters the game was more even and slightly in favor of the red legs.

“Mr. Tom Mensforth gave the utmost satisfaction as central umpire.

He was strict and impartial, and Captain Drysdale complimented him at the conclusion of the match.

“A pleasant innovaticn was initiated by the captain of the Yea team lining his men up and giving three hearty cheers for their opponents before the game started.

“The Thornton captain, G. Kent, and his team, responded, and intimated that Mr. Redpath, the President of the Yea Club, who was present, of course, had invited both teams to tea at Buckley's Rubicon Hotel after the match, -which evoked a further round of cheers for Mr. Redpath's generosity and sportsmanlike spirit..

Messrs. Robinson and Bacon acted as goal umpires, and Messrs.

Downie and McCann as timekeepers.

Thornton won the toss and elected to kick with the wind.

At the bounce Thornton prevailed, and A. Kent taking a mark put up first goal within a few minutes of stat ting. A good mark by "Gaggin" Davis resulted at in a behind, followed by another most immediately.

The Yeaites worked the ball out of danger; Williamson marking well played to Clark, who tried to pass it in front, but Barbour and Davis carried it away and Keane marking cleverly forwarded to A. Kent who registered second goal for Thornton.

Free kicks were freely dispensed, and G. Kent got another goal for Thornton. Devlin in the centre was marking and playing well having a good man in Carew to watch. Williamson and Drysdale were working strongly, but the Thornton ruck were overwhelming and their syste.matic play was a treat.

Barbour hit the post, and Robinson just at the call of time had a try which was resultless. Thornton had 3 goals 5 behinds to nil.

The second quarter Yea started well, and Simple and Devlin forwarded to Thornton's goal, but Buckley marked and relieved.

Begg had a shot and with a nice, place kick got first blood for Yea. Ball, Simple, Forbes were most conspicuous for Yea, and from a free kick Simple got a minor.

Simple, who was playing cleverly but getting more than his fair share of the bumps, snapped a goal with a nice running kick.

The Thornton backs were kept busy, and a free kick to Hughie Clark against Buckley was resultless.

A fine rush by Thornton culminated in a magnificent sky scraping mark by Davis right in front. Baker marked his kick and put up a goal easily.

A. Smith, Devlin, Borrie, and G. Forbes were playing well, but Barbour again hit the post with a snap shot.

At half-time Thornton were 4 goals 6 behinds; Yea, 2 goals 1 behind.

M. Monaghan had got a bad knock on the leg in a collision with Davis that took most of the steam out of him, whilst Rennie had aufortunately received a severe gash under the chin in a collision.

Third Quarter: Keane marking well forwarded Baker, who raised one flag. Kent was very conspicuous, - but Borrie and Forbes defended gallantly. Ball marked to M. Monaghan who kicked well up, where Simple and Begg tried hard to score without result.

Carew was playing stylish and effective football. A. Devlin was keeping them well in check- considering the odds. A' good run and kick by S. Robinson was marked by H. Clark to Ball, to H. Clark, and a try was stolpped by Davis.

Drysdale picked it up smartly and kicked to Begg close up, but he kicked across the goal, and Hansen marking from a difficult angle kicked Yea's third goal.

A. Smith to Simple, who was playing clever football, passed to Anthony, who was also playing in good form, but Keane with a long kick annulled their efforts, and Davis secured a behind. Smith and Drysdale with nice hand-ball carried away the kick-off, but Davis and Kent brought it back, and Baker marking beautifully put up another goal for Thornton.

Scores: Thornton; 5 goals 8 behinds; Yea, 3 goals 1 behind.

The last quarter was all in favor of the Thornton team who scored 5 behinds. It was fast and rough and, as seems the orthodox custom, nearly all the men were on the ball which always poils the game from a spectators' point of view. The final scores were Thornton, 5 goals 13 behinds; Yea, 3 goals 1 behind.

The better team won, and none showed to greater advantage than and Robinson. Davis Bros., Barboar, Kent, Robinson Bros., Carew, Rennie, and Baker were always conspicuousand played good solid football. Val. Simple played the game for Yea, if not of the thirty-six. Being small he gets considerably bumped, but he is persistent, clever, and brilliant. Captain Dryadale put up his best game this year, as did G. Forbes and J. Borrie. This trio worked hard and played solidly throughout. Williamson and Ball as usual played their strong useful game and bore the hrunt of the work. Alf. Devlin, in the centre, and A. Smith, on the wing, are rapidly improving and played clever football all through.

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The Yea Race Club of 1891 ■ Yea Racing Club met in 1891, eliminating old debts “which could not recur again”.

The January 15, 1891 local newspaper carried a report of the meeting: Ameeting of the Yea Racing Club was held on Thursday night, at the Caledonian Hotel, for the purpose of electing officers, &c.

There were present:- Messrs. E. McCristal (President), A. F. Cameron (Hon Secretary), G. Scott, J. C. Sanders, T. C. Waddell, J. D. Webster, jun., M. J. Kelly, A. McKenzie, J. Downie, Daniel McLeish, jun., P. W. Conlan, R. Coles, jun., S. Dessour, J. Entricken, E. Smith, jun., A. Morris, W. B. Steuart, W. Purcell, M. Dunn, Sergeant-major Blake.

FINANCFS OF TiHE CLUB. The President stated that the receipts from all sources had beer. £170 4s., and the expenditure £170 12s. 4d.; but included in the expenditure was £25, old debts, for improvements made in former years, which would not recur again.

Mr. Waddell: Several old debts are still left over.

Mr. Downie: No; everything has been settled.

MINUTES. The minutes of several previous meetings were read over, and adopted, on the motion of Mr. Sanders, seconded by Mr. Webster.

TIlE TRUSTEES AND TIIE LANDS DEPARTIENT. Mr. Cameron stated that he had been asked by the Trustees to forward an account of the receipts and expenditure to the Lands Department.

He had done so, and had received a reply approving of what had been done.

STEWARDS. The President said he did not believe in appointing so many Stewards. The majority of them did not attend the meetings, and they were too expensive.

They should, in his opinion, appoint a strong Commnittee of about seven.

He, as an old Steward of the club, intended to resign in favor of another gentleman.

Mr. Kelly: You have been a very good man, and have attended all meetings. We can't afford to lose you.

COUNTRYRACINGCLUBS CONFERENCE. DEFAULTERS. A letter was read from Mr. Harold H. Turnley, Secretary to the Country Racing Clubs Conference, stating that a levy of a guinea had heen made on each club for expenses incurred in connection with the conference.

Mr. Sanders did not see what the money was wanted for, if all the clubs paid their own expenses.

Mr. Downie: For salary of Secretary and printing.

Another letter was read from the Secretary of the Conference, forward ing copy of circular which a deputation from the Conference had been advised to send to defaulters.

Mr. Sanders: There would be no difficulty in adopting the suggestions in the circular.

Mr. Cameron: No, but a good many might be prevented from running. (" Quite right.")

Mr. Sanders understood at the Conference that bygones should be bygones, but that in future the rule should lie strictly enforced.

● Malvolio was winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1891.

Mr. Purcell proposed the re-elecMr. McCristal, in resuming We had better adopt the suggesthanks, said he was very glad to see tion of Mr. Alex. McIntosh as Clerk tions and pay the guinea. of Course.

Mr. Downie: Lsuppose we shall Mr. Downie again elected.

The President remarked that Mr. Mr. Kelly had much pleasure in be compelled to, but where is the proposing tile election of Mr. McIntosh had never been a memguinea to come from 1 ber of the club, and though a better Mr. Kelly: There are 20 guineas Cameron as Secretary.

Mr. Kelly had much pleasure in man could not be found for the posiin room now, if they are wanted.

On the motion of Mr. Purcell, sec- proposing the election of Mr. tion, and he liked Mr McIntosh as well as anybody, he thought a memonded by Mr. Downie, it was decided Cameron as Secretary.

It was a great deal owing to his ber of the club should be appointed. to pay the guinea. popularity that last year's meeting had (Hear, hear.)

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr. Dessour proposed Seigeant The President said the next busi- proved such a success.

Mr. Purcell seconded the motion, major Blake, who declined. ness was the appointment of a PresiMr. Waddell proposed Mr. Edwhich was carried unanimously, dent and Committee.

Mr. Cameron thanked them for ward Smith, jun., whose father had Mr. Sanders said he had great pleasure in proposing Mr. Daniel the honor. He hoped to do better next always taken an active interest in the McLeish as President. He was an year, as last year he believed he was club. (Hear, hear.)

Sergeant-major Blake seconded old racing man, and not alone him, near involving the club in a lawsuit.

Mr. McCristal: It was the Stew- the motion. but his father bfore him. lie always Mr. McCristal proposed Mr. had a horse, sometimes a bad one, ards, not Mr. Cameron, who did it.

Mr. Purcell proposed that Mr. McIntosh, saying there had never sometimes a good one, but at all events he always spent a little money Waddell, who had been a long time been an accident whilst he had been member of the club, should be Clerk of the Course, and he was a in training and nominations. splendid man for the position.

Mr. McLeish: I decline.. I pro- elected Vice-president.

Mr. Webster urged Mr. Mr. M'Kenzie seconded the mopose Mr. Sanders.

Mr. Sanders said he had been tion, which was carried unanimously. McCristal to withdraw his amendMr. Waddell: I accept it with plea- ment, stating that Mr. Smith's father hesitating bIetween Mr. Downie and.

Mr. McLeish. As Mr. McLeish had sure, knowing that my troubles will had been an active member of the declined,he would propose Mr. be very few while Mr. Downie is club for 30 years.

The motion having been put to the Downie, who had formerly been President.

Mr. Downie: Don't make too sure meeting, Mr. Smith was elected by President, and had been very enera arge majority. getic, and a regular attendant at all of that. (Laughter.)

Mr. Waddell thereupon threw out Mr. Waddell proposed, and Sermeetings, and took great interest in the affairs of the club. Mr. Waddell geant major Blakeseconded, that Mr. a suggestion that Mr. McIntosh Daniel McLeish be re-elected Trea- should continue to act as Clerk of seconded the motion.

Course, with Mr. Smith as assistant, If Mr. Downie was President ev- surer.

The motion having been carried but the suggestion was not adopted. ery year, he would deserve it.

On the motion of Mr. Dessour, Mr. Downie was glad to hear what unanimously, Mr. McLeish said he had been said by the proposer and hoped they would do as well or bet- seconded by Mr. Purcell, it was decided to send a letter to Mr. McInseconder, but he would like to see ter than last year.

Mr. Purcell proposed that Mr. tosh, thanking him for his past sersome of the younger men coming Sanders, who was President of the vices to the club. forward.

Mr. Dessour was unanimously Still, if they desired it, and the Shire, should be elected Judge.

Mr. McCristal seconded the mo- elected Clerk of Scales, on the momeeting was unanimous, he would tion of Mr. Purcell, seconided by Mr. tion. accept it.

Mr. Sanders had acted as Judge Waddell; and Sergeant-major Blake The motion having been put and carried unanimously, Mr. McCristal last year, and gave general satisfac- was unanimously elected Timekeeper, on the motion of Mr. left the chair, and Mr. Downie, after tion.

The motion was carried unani- McCristal, seconded by Mr. Sandtaking his seat, thanked them for the mously, and Mr. Sanders, in return- ers. honor.

On the motion of Mr. Dessour, it Mr. Purcell proposed a vote of ing thanks, said that if any of them thanks to the retiring President, who wanted their horses to come in first was decided that all in the room should form themselves into a Comhad worked very hard for the club, they knew what to do. (Laughter.)

Mr. McKenzie proposed, and Mr. mittee, with power to add to their and was an old member.

Mr. McCristal: I don't know that I Coles seconded, that Mr. Webster, number.

Some discussion then took place who had acted as Starter last year, have done anything extra.

Mr. Sanders: You have been a be re elected.-Carried unanimously. as to the number of Stewards to be Mr. Webster begged to thank ap pointed, Mr. McCristal proposvery good man.

Mr. Kelly: Yes, and a splendid them. If any of them wanted a good ing seven, and the President twelve, the latter being agreed to, but it was start - (Laughter.) man with subscription lists.

eventually decided (the President, by consent, withdrawing his motion) to have fifteen, as follows:- E. McCristal, W. Purcell, G. Scott, J. Quinlan, C. Anderson, E. Smith, sen., D. McLeish, jun., P. W. Conlan, C. Davey, M. Dunn, P. Galvin, R. Coles, jun.,W. B. Steuart, F. Martin, and A. McKenzie.

MONEYFOR IMIPROVING TIE COURSE The President said that the money borrowed was now due, but if they continued spending it for a few years more in improving the course, it would well repay itself, for the more money they spent, the more they would get for it.

As some of the guarantors, such as Mr. Lang, were away from the district, he thought they might now be released.

It was generally thought that it was a matter for the guarantors to decide amongst themselves, and the President promised to convene a meeting the following week..

PROGhRAMME It was decided, on the motion of Sergeant-major Blake, seconded by Mr. Purcell, that the meeting should adjourn till Tuesday night, and then drawup a programme. ★ The annual meeting of the ‘Yea Race Club’ for 1891 was reported in the March 19 edition of the local newspaper.

PRESIDENT.-Mr. John Downie.

VICE-PRESIDENT-Mr. T. C. Waddell STEWARDS -Messrs. E. M'Cristal, W. Purcell, P. Galvin, D. McLeish, jun., P. W. Conlan, G. Scott, H. Dunn, C. Davey, R. Coles, jun., W. B. Steuart, F. Martin, A. McKenzie, J. Quinlan, C.Anderson, E. Smith.

JUDGE- Mr. J. C. Sanders.

STARTER-Mr. J. D. Webster, jun.

CLERK OF SCALES- Mr. Dessour.

CLERK OF COURSE-Mr. E. Smith, jun.

TREASURER-Mr. Daniel McLeish.

TIMEKEEPER.-Mr. J. Blake.

HANDICAPPER - Mr. Dakin.

SECRETARY- Mr. Purcell.

The annual meeting of the Yea Race Club, which took place on Thursday last, was not so well attended as in former years; but this may be set down to the fact that a large number of farmers were too much concerned with the prospect of bush fires, and preferred watching and waiting for possible contingencies to a day's fun on the race. course.

The turf was not, to say the least of it, velvetty, but as one looked at the course from the hill at the back of where the stand will be on some future occasion, it was quite easy for the mind's eye to [form] a picture of one of the prettiest courses in Victoria.

The day was rather hot, and the want of a little refreshing rain was felt by nearly everybody.

The "bookies" were well represented, but there was an entire absence of roulette-tables, venerable aunt sallies, doodle-'em-bucks, shooting galleries, and other games generally associated with, and which give a zest to, race meetings.

The racing was fairly good, and the Stewards and other officers of the club stuck well to their posts.

Mr. Conlan. who leased the refreshment booth, provided an excellent luncheon, at which Mr. T. Hunt, M.LA., was present, and Mr. J. Downie, the President, presided.

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Early market for Cox Plate ■ Brilliant Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey, who turns four in August, is the early favourite for the ultra-rich Cox Plate to be run at Moonee Valley on October 26.

The daughter of Need's Further so far has taken all before her, having won 10 of her 13 starts, including great wins in the Australian Guineas and the All Star Mile.

Prepared by leading Tasmanian trainer, Adam Trinder, she looks the one to beat in the early market for the Plate, just on her record.

TheTrinder family won the Melbourne Cup back in 1972, when Piping Lane, ridden by Johnny Letts, got home in great style.

At present Mystic Journey's stake winnings tally over $3¼-million.

On the second line of early markets is the top New South Wales stayer, Avilius, prepared by James Cummings for the Godolphin team.

On his day he is always hard to beat as proven with a recent outing winning the Tancred Stakes in March.

From his 18 starts, he has won 10 of them, and has collected over $4.2 million for the Godolphin camp.

The big tip floating around for the Cox Plate is the Chris Waller-trained, Verry Eleegant, who he picked up from Darren Weir, and is a big rap for her.

She hasn't put a foot wrong since joining the Waller stable, and Waller has ironed out a few little traits that she had, and is pleased with her condition.

From her first 11 starts she has put together six wins and three placings.

That was after her dominant win in the Australian Oaks over 2400 metres on April 13.

Prior to that, she won the 2000 metre Vinery Stud Classic in good style.

Before that, Verry Eleegant won the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes over 1500 metres.

Waller feels if he can get everything right with the filly she could be the next best thing in his stables.

They are hoping she will follow in the footsteps of Winx and The Autumn Sun. Winx has gone to stud to be mated with I Am Invincible, and The Autumn Sun is standing at John Messara's Arrowfield Stud, after being retired as a three-year-old.

Verry Eleegant will be hard to beat if she goes around.

Back for another crack at the Cox Plate is the highly performed United Arabs entrant, Benbatl, who ran second to Winx in the Plate last year, and comes here again with strong form.

Ridden by Irish jockey Oisin Murphy last year, she got within two lengths of Winx, but was never going to trouble her.

Before the Cox Plate last year he had won seven of his 15 starts with three minors Five of his seven wins have been Group races, so you have to give him a chance again, especially with no Winx.

In August he will turn six, and not without a chance.

The New Zealander, Te Akau Shark, if he is nominated, has good form back in New Zealand, having won a Group Three open sprint at

● Champion Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey. Racing Photos race, the Queen Elizabeth, coming along the rails and although under the whip, showed a ton of courage, and while he couldn't beat her it was a big run.

The rising four horse, Brutal, could race very well being a winner of the Doncaster Handicap over 1600 metres and in the strong Hawkes camp.

In my book, he is one of the chances, if he can continue his recent good form, and they accept.

Ted Ryan

Likley Derby type

■ The Hayes-Dabernig camp has unearthed a Victoria Derby hope with the win of their promising two-year-old, Huntly Castle.

The son of Golden Slipper winner, Sebring, showed his class in winning the Byerley Handi-

cap over 1800 metres at Flemington, thus gaining an entry into the Victoria Derby to be run in Cup Week in November.

David Hayes was buoyant about the chances of Huntly Castle prior to the Byerley, after he came from a long way back at Bendigo over 1600 metres, to get up in the last stride to win his maiden.

That was his third run after finishing to The Astrologist at Caulfield, after getting too far back.

He then had a crack at Flemington, taking on a good field over 1400 metres, with the top filly Rubisaki, winning, while he came from 10th at the turn for the long run in, but tired to run seventh.

The stable freshened him up, working him up to a longer trip in training, and it did the trick, when he saluted at Flemington, after a strong push by the stable.

Part-owner Jeff Gordon said he named the horse after a castle his family had in Scotland, where the river Gordon started.

In the Byerley he was ridden by one of the jockeys of the moment in Jye Mc Neil, who rode his 20th city winner this season on Huntly Castle.

Huntly Castle is a strong type who stretches out nicely as proved in the Byerley, when he came away to win in good style.

As Ben Hayes said after the race, I liked the way he ran the 1800 metres right out, and appears to be a good Derby chance, which is run over 2500 metres at Flemington on the first day of the Spring Carnival at Flemington in the first week of November.

The stable will now go back to the drawing board and map out his itinerary, leading up to the Victoria Derby, hopefully everything going to plan.

I was impressed with the run in the Byerley, especially the way he finished over the final 200 metres.

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Hastings over 1400 metres. At that stage he had won five of his six starts.

An interesting one is the Japanese horse, Kluger, a rising eight year-old, if he goes around.

He ran a great second to Winx in her last

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Maestro Bellini wins big at Kilmore

■ At Kilmore on Wednesday, Bolinda trainer Kari Males’ 5Y0 Bettors Delight-Santuzza gelding Maestro Bellini was a big winner of the 1690 metre J aned A Mazzetti Pace in 1-56.5.

Driven by Lancefield freelance Rod Petroff, Maestro Bellini exploded away from outside the front line to lead and rated to perfection, kicked clear on straightening to greet the judge 2.7 metres in advance of Blissful Stride (three back the markers) and Mach Hu which trailed the winner before moving to the outside on turning, finishing 1.7 metres away.

Harness Racing

Full of running

Left out on a limb

■ Maryborough raced on Thursday and as a lead up to the Victoria Trotters Derby, Andy and Kate Gath’s Majestic Son-Rosemaryz Luck gelding Majestuoso was superb in winning the Brian & Patricia Hughes 3Y0 Trotters Mobile over 2690 metres.

Starting from the extreme draw, Majestuoso commenced a forward move three wide solo from well back at the bell and despite being left on a limb for the remainder of the journey, ran to the wire impressively to account for Just Believe (three back the markers) and The Penny Drops (one/one – three wide home turn) in a rate of 2-05.4. The margins a half neck X 7.1 metres.

Phil Williamson’s exceptionally bred Love You-One Over Kenny colt Ultimate Stride first up in Oz was also impressive in taking the Worlds Best Hoof Oil 2Y0 Trotters Handicap as a prelude to “The Redwood”.

Driven by Anthony Butt, Ultimate Stride coming from 30 metres stepped slowly but safely, spending most of the race at the rear apart from a couple of breakers.

Racing rough at the bell, Ultimate Stride appeared to have a task ahead of him as second elect Powderkeg ahead of him after coming from the same mark went forward.

Asked for a special effort approaching the final bend, Ultimate Stride stretched out beautifully on turning to record a runaway 6.5 metre margin over Powderkeg, with the leader Gun Slinger 2.1 metres away after galloping just prior to the finish. The mile rate 2-05.5.

Both The Redwood and Trotters Derby will be held next Sunday at Maryborough’s all trotting program.

Gained cover

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with Len Baker on Monday July 22 and it was great to see Longlea trainer Matty Gath in the winners stall following the victory of his talented 6Y0 Armbro Variable-Lucytwo gelding Ball Park in the Niota Bloodstock Trotters Mobile over 2240 metres.

Taking a concession for Tarneit reinsman Luke Tabone, Ball Park (gate four) had little trouble heading off Kyvalley Frank (gate 2) shorly after the start and rated to perfection, had too much quality on his rivals, scoring easily by 11 metres from a game Classy Lola which moved from last to race parked from the bell, with Kyvalley Frank a half head away in third place. The mile rate 2-02.8.

Two in a row

■ Mernda trainer/driver Ian Dornauf's 4Y0 Sportswriter-Cracker Three gelding Royal Obsession brought up two wins in succession by taking the 2240 metre Renown Silverware Pace in a rate of 1-59.4.

One of the state's finest front running reinsmen, Dornauf rated Royal Obsession a treat at the head of affairs from gate three, kicking clear at the straight entrance to record a 12.2 metre margin in 1-59.4 (last half 57.1 - quarter 28) over Blue Chipped which trailed. Sun Rainbow (one/one last lap) finished third a metre back.

Sparkling run

■ Monegeetta's David Miles produced a smart ex-Kiwi by the name of Zoeys Gift to land the Aldebaran Park Trotters Mobile over 2240 metres.

Trained and driven by David, Zoeys Gift a 5Y0 daughter of Muscles Yankee and Jasmins Gift racing under the banner of E & M Stride was first up on Australian soil, having last raced a month back in her homeland. Not bustled from the pole, Zoeys Gift settled three back along the markers as Chevals Racer (gate 4) exploded away from gate four, with Argyle Melody (gate 5) having plenty of room to trail him.

Angling away from the markers approaching the home straight on the first occasion, Zoeys Gift showed a sparkling turn of speed to assume control and that was the end of the race.

Given full rein on turning, Zoeys Gift careered away to score by 17 metres in a 2-04 mile rate to account for Argyle Melody and Black Valley ■ Friday’s fixture was Ballarat and youthful who was 1.2 metres away third.

Terang trainer Paddy Lee’s lightly raced potential top liner 5Y0 Sundon-La Tonneralia gelding Jilliby Babavska easily landed the Grease Mon- ■ Three year old Muscle Hill-Jasmyns Gem key Trotters Handicap over 2200 metres in a filly Liberty Stride produced a victory that had rate of 2-02.2. to be seen to be believed when successful in the Driven by cousin Glen Craven, Jilliby Equine After Care Trotters Handicap over 2190 Babavska stepped safely from 10 metres, but metres at Shepparton on Tuesday. wasn’t bustled before tacking on to the main Trained in New Zealand's South Island at body of the field as last start Geelong winner Oamaru

by Phil Williamson a regular visitor to Sonny Brooke led. Setting off three wide solo at Oz, Liberty racing against her older rithe bell to park in the open for the final circuit, vals stepped Stride cleanly for Chris Alford, but went Glen controlled the race to a nicety. Driven off stride shortly after, wildly to tail with extreme confidence on straightening, Jilliby out and by the time shegalloping had regained her gait Babavska coasted to the wire 8.7 metres in ad- was giving the leader Beta Hanoverdakash vance of Bullion Lady which trailed him home. which had moved around Majestic Time around Sonny Brooke held down third a nose away.

50 metres appearing to have an impossible task not only to win, but be placed.

Gradually making ground, Liberty Stride was ■ Tabcorp Park Melton commenced the week still last hitting the back straight on the final oc ■ Terang also raced on Thursday and Riddell trainer/driver Xavier O’Connor was rewarded for a wonderful training feat when 4Y0 Modern Art-Shenfields Lane gelding Too The Max greeted the judge in the 1680 metre Maddens Lawyers Green Jug. First up since December 2017, Too The Max began very fast from gate six, but was unable to head off Tothemoonandback (gate 2), leaving him in the open.

Gaining cover at the bell when the favourite Jilliby Gizmo sprinted from last to race exposed, Too The Max when eased three wide on straightening, ran home best to prevail by 1.6 metres in a rate of 1-59.3 to blouse the hot pot, with Our Supreme Girl 13.7 metres away in third place after always being handy.

Three wide solo

Hard to believe

In winners’ stall

casion before going forward three wide, only to be pushed four wide when Forestspider came out under her.

Making the final bend five wide, Liberty Stride rounded up her rivals with ease to prevail by an untouched 7.1 metres over Beta Hanoverdakash and Levina (one/one) who was 1.6 metres away in third place. The mile rate 206.1.

■ Former South Australian Greg Norman now based at Charlton in Central Victoria, snared a stable double at Shepparton with a pair of four year olds -Edwin Bromac taking the Hunter Rural Pace over 1690 metres and Gozo the Saddleworld Shepparton Vicbred Pace over 2190 metres, both driven by Greg Sugars.

Edwin Bromac a gelded son of Mister Big and Elly Bromac settled four back in the moving line after starting inside the second row as Roslyn Gaye (gate 2) led.

Commencing a forward move racing for the bell, Edwin Bromac was able to momentarily drop into the one/one spot prior to the home turn before being eased three wide on turning.

Finishing full of running, Edwin Bromac recorded a 8 metre margin over a death-seating Elegant Jewel in a rate of 1-56.4.

Hayjoshandco was third 1.7 metres back after using the sprint lane off the back of weakening leader. Shadow Play-Gigglybits mare Gozo had a comfortable all the way 1.2 metre victory from the pole, accounting for Jang Pel which trailed, easing to the outside on turning to go down by 1.7 metres, with Reputational 9 metres away in third place after a one/one passage.

The mile rate 2-03. Both winners are raced by Adelaide's Cormack Family.

Proved too strong

■ Long time participant Geoff Walker based at Longwarry in Gippsland, landed the 1690 metre Alabar 3Y0 Pace at Shepparton with Rock N Roll Heaven-Pacific Playgirl gelding Rock On Playboy.

Given the run of the race by Chris Alford one/one, Rock On Playboy joined the pacemaker American Tiger on the home turn, proving too strong for the favourite Arggghhh which faced the open by 1.1 metres in 1-56.1. Fletchers Boy ran home late from the rear for third a half head away.

On a night of multiples, Alford drove three, with Sugars chalking up five wins during the evening.

Outside leader

■ The feature event at Mildura on Wednesday was the $7,000 2019 Robinvale Pacing Cup over 1790 metres, the victor being Always A VirginRegards 4Y0 gelding Always On. Trained at Horsham by Barry Dunn and

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday – Geelong, Thursday – Horsham/Echuca, Friday – Maryborough/ Mildura, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Maryborough, Monday – Warragul, Tuesday – Bendigo.

Horses to follow

■ Monsieur Delacour, Jessies Girl, Blackntan, Fletchas Boy, Gone Too Far, Deal Breaker, Sobomba, Small Town.

driven by in-form Hamilton reinswoman Jackie Barker, Always On went forward from gate five to park outside the leader and favourite Fire Safe (gate 3) after being trapped wide in the early stages.

Surging clear approaching the home turn, Always On coasted to the wire 4.3 metres in advance of Artistic Claire from well back recording a mile rate of 1-58.1. Good Onya ran on late from a mile back for third 7.3 metres away.

Finished best

■ Local Irymple trainer/driver Luke Watson snared a double at the meeting after 5Y0 Stonebridge Regal-Be All Dilinger gelding Stonebridge Star scored in the 2190 metre Tasco Petroleum Pace Final and Wanted Lady the Mildura Working Man's Club Pace over 1790 metres.

Stonebridge Star finished best from just off the speed to register a 3.2 metre victory over Safari Rose and Tunza Tenacity in 2-02.5, while Wanted Lady led throughout from gate four, defeating The Verginian which trailed and Tell Us We Dream in 1-59.7.

Success after fall

■ Champion South Australian reinswoman Dani Hill returned to the sulky as a winner after an horrific fall at Globe Derby Park back in January, when Betterthancheddar-Atlark filly Arakbell trained in Adelaide by Ryan Hryhorec greeted the judge in the Tankard Dental Pace over 2190 metres.

Given a charmed trip from inside the second line trailing the polemark leader Livinontheedge, Arakbell when taken to the outside on the final bend finished best to prevail by 1.8 metres over Trent From Punchy and Piratesof Zanzibar in a rate of 2-00.9.

Extra “This much needed helpline is staffed by Wellbeing helpline qualified clinicians who have an understand-

■ Arts Centre Melbourne’s Arts Wellbeing Collective is announcing the launch of a new pilot program, the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline, as part of its suite of mental health and wellbeing initiatives, tailored for those who work in the performing arts.

Partnering with Support Act to provide a free and confidential Wellbeing phone service, the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline is particularly targeted at those who may not have access to professional support such as independent theatre makers, and those working in small to medium arts organisations.

It is especially for those for whom an Employee Assistance Program is cost prohibitive, though the Wellbeing Helpline does not replace an organisational EAP or ongoing professional clinical support.

Arts Centre Melbourne Chief Executive Claire Spencer says she is absolutely thrilled that this vital service will be made available to those who work in the performing arts industry.

ing of the performing arts sector.

“We recognise that our community faces particular challenges and stresses from the unique nature of our work, which can include being curtain ready under pressure and the demands of touring and its effect on mental health and wellbeing when away from routine, family and friends.”

“Whether a person is in production, performance, or arts management, a life working in the performing arts can be challenging and at times stressful.

“The Support Act Wellbeing Helpline will offer a free and confidential phone service to any person who would not ordinarily be able to access this type of service – particularly those who work in our thriving independent and small to medium sector.

We’re immensely grateful to our partners, Support Act and WorkSafe Victoria through the WorkWell program, for making this available to the wider performing arts community.” artswellbeingcollective.com.au

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Rebs display courage in Seville games ■ The AFL Outer East League Round 15 of the 2019 season saw the Rebels return to Rebel Park for the second of three home games in a row.

The Club's Under 18s looked to travel to Narre Warren but with low player numbers, injuries and unavailability the coaching group was unable to get a team together and gave a forfeit, the rest of the Club hosting Seville in two games of football and four games of netball.

RESERVES The Reserves ladder sees the top three teams clear of Kinglake, Seville and Alexandra who are all level on points and looking for the remaining two finals places.

Seville started with three unanswered goals in the first quarter and both teams kicked the one goal in the second quarter but it was all oneway traffic after half-time as the scoreboard was only operating on the visitors' side, Seville winning 19.5 - 110 to 1.2 - 8.

Awards: Caltex fuel card - Corey Jack, Alex Sportspower - David Ray, JAMMM Catering Chase Pearce, Buxton Hotel - Daniel Roper, Grant St Grocer - Jordan Laurie-Rhodes.

SENIORS The Seniors had another couple of changes as they took on the ladder leaders but the Rebels needed a win to keep their finals hopes alive.

The Rebels matched the visitors in the first quarter with four goals each and with two goals each in the second quarter there was only seven points in it at half-time in a good game of football.

Seville edged ahead in the third quarter with three goals to one but the Rebels were still in touch at the last break but the visitors' class and experience came through in the last quarter as they kicked eight unanswered goals to take the win, 7.9 (51) to 17.14 (116).

Awards: Endeavour Petroleum award Mikaela Smith, Alex Standard award - Conor Heaslip, JAMMM Catering - Jake Steyger, Buxton Hotel - Patrick Ferguson, Vibe Hotel Marysville - Brayden Norris, Grant St Grocer Jye Aldous. ★ NETBALLAWARDS Caltex $25 fuel card award - Taite Ritchie; Vibe Hotel Marysville $20 meal - Sasha Mason; Christy's Beauty Therapy $15 voucher - Jorja Gesler; A-Grade lost 21 - 69: JAMMM Catering $20 meal - Kirby Welch, Grant St Grocer $10 meal - Monique Mann; B-Grade lost 42 - 80: JAMMM Catering $20 meal - Brooke Pearce, Grant St Grocer $10 meal - Jayde Cairns; C-Grade won 33 - 27: JAMMM Catering $20 meal - Kylie Cairns, Essence Coffee Lounge $10 meal - Kelsey Purcell; D-Grade won 36 - 21: JAMMM Catering $20 meal - Eliza Gesler, Essence Coffee Lounge $10 meal - Kim Webber-Lally. ★ Do not forget to order your Club merchan-

● Michelle Jack will play her 400th netball game for Alexandra this Saturday. Photo: Ross Malcolm

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● Seville's Jayden Noble competes with Alexandra's Andrew Reddan. dise - polo shirts, warm up shirts @ $50, hoodies, Harry Bossonnet; Coach's award Clayton vests @ $70, Club stubby holders @ $7, travel Hibberd. mugs @ $15, peaked caps and beanies @ $25, Thank you to Scott Ferrier and Jake Steyger bumper stickers are free. The Alexandra His- for umpiring. Congratulations to the team of playtory Book is also in stock, available at the ers, coaches, support staff and family members Alexandra Newsagents @ $30. on competing each week and thank you to the Gate raffle was won by Mandie Westwood, Under 12 players that assisted each week. meat tray by Michael Coombs, wine by Scott Under 16s Football Ferrier and the points margin of 65 was won by Alexandra 17.15 (117) Michelle Jack. defeated Euroa 7.6 (48) Last Thursday's Rebel Raffles saw Scott Essence Coffee Lounge award Ben Jack; Whitehead unsuccessful at finding the Reddrops Foodworks award Liam Sproles; Holmesglen @ Eildon Joker Jackpot, other win- Alexandra Bakery and Café award Brodie ners were Reddrops Foodworks / Houseboat Humphries; Provender Country Bakehouse Sales Lake Eildon - Luke Heard, Eildon Bak- award Beau Scott; Bundalaguah Engineering ery / Outdoor Education Group - Alan Webb, award Billy Miller; Alan and Betty Parsons award Alexandra Quality Meats / AFNC canteen - Toby Gristwood; Coach's award Ethan Russell.

Blake Azzopardi, Yea Chinese Restaurant / Thank you to Nick Waugh and Trevor Biffin Bailey Funerals - Elizabeth Kidd. for umpiring. Congratulations to the team of The Holmesglen @ Eildon Jackpot will be players, coaches, support staff and family memworth $900 this week so come along and buy bers on a great season and good luck in the Fisome tickets at $1 each but you need to be at the nals.

Club rooms at 8pm for the draw.

UNDER11s NETBALL Next Saturday the Rebels are at Rebel Park Alexandra 11 defeated Yea 4 and host Kinglake for two games of football and Reddrops Foodworks award Ava Krijt; four games of netball, with the Under 18s host- Alexandra Bakery and Café award Reagan ing Gembrook Cockatoo so get in early for your O'Toole; HG Turf award Milly Wales. Congratuegg and bacon roll. lations to all the players, coaches, support staff Everyone is invited in to the social rooms and family members on a great season. after the games for the awards, everyone is welUNDER13sNETBALL come.

Alexandra 30 defeated Yea 6 SUNDAY Reddrops Foodworks award Ava Lowry; The Alexandra Football-Netball Club junior Alexandra Bakery and Café award Mikaela teams returned to Rebel Park last Sunday for Lyttle; Alex Physiotherapy award Lilly round 14 of the 2019 season and hosted Yea for Bossonnet. Congratulations to all the players, three games of football and three games of coaches, support staff and family members on netball with the Under 16 football hosting Euroa, a great season. the facilities in terrific condition despite rain UNDER15sNETBALL during the week on a warm, sunny day.

Alexandra 55 defeated Yea 20 UNDER12sFOOTBALL Reddrops Foodworks award Taylah Dean; Alexandra 11.13 (79) defeated Yea 0.0 (0) Alexandra Bakery and Café award Charlotte Essence Coffee Lounge award Luke Wal; Millard; Alex Quality Meats award Annie Reddrops Foodworks award Shaun Sutcliffe; Howell. Congratulations to all the players, Alexandra Bakery and Café award Ashley Dean; coaches, support staff and family members on Provender Country Bakehouse award Dylan a great season and good luck in the Finals.

Woehl; Coach's award Callum Bourke.

A very big thank you to the above award sponThank you to Brayden Norris and Jake sors for their continued support of our junior Steyger for umpiring. Congratulations to the team footballers and netballers in 2019. of players, coaches, support staff and family This concludes the home and away rounds members on finishing the season undefeated and of the junior season and next Sunday is the first good luck in the Finals. week of Finals with the First and Second Semi UNDER14sFOOTBALL Finals being hosted at Alexandra and Yea. Good Alexandra 2.1 (13) defeated by Yea 12.10 (82) luck to all teams competing in the Finals.

Essence Coffee Lounge award Bradley If anyone can assist with the canteen please Irvine; Reddrops Foodworks award Harry speak to Melissa Crane, Christina Irvine or Correa; Alexandra Bakery and Café award Shona Miljkovic to go on the roster.

Dylan Jack; Provender Country Bakehouse The Club Junior Presentation function deaward Charlie Hill; Hadfield Contractors award tails will be announced later this week.

Banjo Fitzpatrick;Armstrong Family award - Ray Steyger

Local Sport Yea Football SENIORS Yea 7.1(43) defeated by Gembrook Cockatoo 24.13 (157) Yea was comprehensively beaten by Gembrook Cockatoo to the tune of 114 points on the back of poor lapses throughout an otherwise well-fought contest.

The match was effectively over at quarter-time as the visitors went on an eight-goalto-one rampage before a far more even battle in the second term.

The second half began in the same fashion as the opening quarter as the Brookers applied severe scoreboard pressure before Yea managed to tighten up as the game wore on.

Riley Aldous was typically bullish through the midfield, Daniel Evans found plenty of the footy in defence and Sam Bowler kept ex-Kangaroo Michael Firrito to one goal and limited impact.

Darcy Pell was strong in the ruck for a second week in a row and Dylan Jannke battled hard, while Xavier O'Dwyer and Cameron Evans booted two goals apiece.

The Tigers have the bye before hosting Powelltown in Saturday week (Aug. 10).

Yea. Goalkickers: C. Evans 2, X. O''Dwyer 2, R. Aldous, B. Clements, A. Walsh. Best Players: R. Aldous, S. Bowler, P. Evans, D. Evans, D. Pell, D. Jannke. ★ RESERVES Yea 4.3 (27) defeated by Gembrook Cockatoo 15.11 (101) A heavily undermanned Yea outfit fought hard against Gembrook Cockatoo, with the end result being a 74-point defeat.

A blistering five-goal-to-zip burst in the first quarter from the Brookers set the tone for a long day at the office but the Tigers worked their way into the contest.

Goalless at half time, the home side booted their first major in the third term before both sides added three goals in the final quarter, easily the most competitive of the game.

Luke Gregory did a power of work all over the ground, Sof Vlamis was strong in the clinches and Mark Steiner controlled the ruck.

Ben Broadway,Tom O'Dwyer andHayden Jannke were also notable contributors.

The Tigers have the bye before taking on Powelltown at home.

Yea. Goalkickers: L. Gregory, S. Vlamis, B. O'’Brien, P. Clue. Best Players: L. Gregory, S. Vlamis , M. Steiner, T. O''Dwyer, B. Broadway, H. Jannke.

- Patrick Evans

Yea Golf

■ Wednesday saw five pairs contest a 4 Ball Stableford Event at Royal Yea. The team of Russell Wealands (20) and Jeff Aurisch (15) took the chocolates with 43 points.

It was Russell’s first game back from his fishing trip up North.

He remarkedly still remembered what a golf stick can do, scoring 36 points himself, taking out individual honours as well.

Runners-Up in the 4 Ball were Gary Pollard (11) and Michael Spagnolo (6) with 40 points.

There was no NTP on the 18th.

Gary Pollard was second in the individual scores on CB from Peter Johnston (16) with 33 points.

The Club Award was achieved by Martin Lowe and Alan Pell with 34 team points. ★ Saturday was a Stableford Event with 12 men contesting.

Winner was Alan Pell (12) with 35 points from Carl Maffei (20) with 34 second. Third was Trevor Connell (18) with 32 points.

There was no NTP on the 18th and Jeff Aurisch took out the Club Award.

Doreen Lehmann$30, TrevorConnell$20 and Vicky Butler $19 took out the prizes in Chooklotto.

- Alan Pell

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Local Sport Robert re-elected ■ The break in the showery weather on Saturday was welcome for the annual meeting of the East Central District Rifle Association and working bee.

Robert Chaffe was re-elected President after his report for the 2018-2019 season and the annual financial report had been received.

Robert’s report of the 2018 - 2019 season highlighted a year of change.

The club was runner-up in both the Avenel Shield and the McAuliffe Shieldpennant competitions yet individuals had been successful in local and State competitions including the State F class Standard and F Class Open team championship.

Although some members have moved from the club to pursue other elements of their shooting sports there has been a number of he new members join the Club.

These new members have quickly learned the ropes and listening to the advice of the experienced shooters soon had their equipment working to the best standard.

The mystery of the impact of the conditions, including the wind, on our sport still proving to be just that, a mystery.

Thanks to the 60-plus years of experience of Geoff James, slowly and surely the mystery is being unravelLed. The evidence is in the tighter and tighter groups being shot each week.

Graeme Kerr (Vice-Captain) reminded members that it was not only Geoff who had extensive experience as both he and Rob Chaffe have been shooting targets over long and extreme ranges for well over 50 years.

Neal Hambridge has done a great job as Captain and he was rewarded by being re elected as Captain along with Graeme Kerr as his Vice-Captain.

Rosco Davis was re-elected as Treasurer and the club adopted his suggestions that executive positions be changed regularly to give members the experience of the tasks involved in running a small sporting club.

Rosco reported that the $60 membership fee and the $10 range fee had covered the running costs ofor the year so the decision was made to leave these as the same for the next year.

Rosco reminded those who pay an annual $200 range fee that this is due on January 1 each year.

The Euroa Clay Target Club members joined the ECDRA for a soup and hotdog lunch during which there was a structured discussed the future needs of the Violet Town Shooting Complex, the area that each club shares at Violet Town.

After lunch the ECDRA members got stuck in and used the mild weather to complete a series of small maintenance jobs. Special thanks to all who participated as it is greatly appreciated.

Also a big thanks to Richie Timms who joined the working bee early with a supply of artificial turf for the shooting mounds. Thanks Richie.

Next week there may be a midweek shoot but the Saturday shoot will take members to Karramomus to contest the annual GVDRA prize shoot on Saturday and the Karramomus Picnic shoot on Sunday. Shooters are reminded to check the calendar on the web site www.ecdra.com.au for the latest details of club activities. New shooters are welcome and should also consult the calendar before making the trip to the range.

- Robert Chaffe (pictured)

Sport

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Final Yea junior footy games ● Yea Under 12 Awards: A. Antrobus, S. Charles, S. Gregory

● U12: J. Porter handballing.

● Coach Papa and the Under 12s.

● U12: S. Charles kicks the ball.

● Yea U10 Awards: M. Papadopoulus, D. Fisher, J. Johnston

● U12: J. Purvis.

● U10: S. Butterworth UNDER10 The last game for the season saw the Tiger cubs travel to Alexandra. The weather was fantastic and the Cubs were ready to play.

Both teams had amazing games showing all the skills they have learnt over the season.

Harry took many marks which helped send the ball to the goals, Ivy was a strong presence in the forward line kicking a point for the team.

Dustin was a strong presence in the back line as well as Jorja taking a few marks on her chest.

Jack Johnston was persistent on the field winning a few tackles that allowed him to kick a goal on the siren. Tander was quick on the ground chasing down the Alexandra Rebels to gain possession of the ball.

Both games were exciting to watch and thanks to the parents for all the encouragement from the sidelines.

A massive thanks to Tim and John for taking the time to coach the kids and guide them through thier season of Under 10s. Good luck to those moving on to Under 12s next season Awards: M. Papadopoulus, D. Fisher, J. Johnston. Last but not least a huge applause to Julie who took on the role as team manager.

– Belinda Johnston ★ UNDER12s It is always a tough game playing the undefeated ladder leaders but the Tigers Under 12s took it on like every other match this season, with enthusiasm.

Throughout the season Coach Papa had to rest players so he could have a manageable bench however as this was the last game all the U12s who were available played and was a perfect way to finish what was a great season for this group.

Although the Tigers were unable to get on the scoreboard they followed their coaches’ in -

● U10: I. Leatham. structions and there were some good passages of play.

The determination of the Yea players was evident throughout the game and considering the circumstances was beyond their youthful years.

Well done to all the players and good luck to the Rebels for the finals. Yea 0.0 (0) defeated

by Alexandra 11.13 (79).

Awards: A. Antrobus, S. Charles, S. Gregory – Deb Schickerling ★ UNDER 14s Yea Tigers played against the Alexandra Rebels in Alexandra. The pre-match talk was full of inspiration and for the last time Dominik led his team out to play.

From the first toss the game play was fantastic to watch from the sidelines. With three girls from the U16s girls team they played like an oiled machine.

Everyone had there moment of glory Jack had some fancy footwork which scored him a few goals, Seth was unstoppable reading the play and kicked three goals, Cooper held his own and launched another goal through, vicecaptain Lucas Zipsin kicked two goals aswell.

Well done to the team for the great win over the Rebels. A massive thanks to Clint and Gary for your dedication over the season coaching the boys, also an enormous thanks to team manager Nicole who kept the wheels from falling off an amazing job thank you.

To all the parents, thanks for your dedication to your children and the support to the team.

Mark and Kathryn Kelderman, a huge thanks for you assistance throughout the year aswell Good luck to the top age players with your endeavours next year.

Awards: J. Buchannan, S. CrumpenDolheguy and C. Klinge – Belinda Johnston

AFL OUTER EAST NETBALL DIVISION 2

■ A-Grade. Seville 69 d Alexandra 21.

Kinglake 62 d Powelltown 32. Yarra glen 57 d Yarra Junction 49. Yeav 80 d GembrookCockatoo 16.

■ Ladder. 1. Yea, 176.47, 56. 2. Seville, 186.41, 52. 3. Kinglake, 143.90, 44. 4. Yarra Glen, 93.77, 40. 5. Alexandra, 80.62, 32. 6.

Powelltown, 93.10, 28. 7. Yarra junction, 85.44, 28. 8. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 33.37, 12.

■ B-Grade. Seville 80 d Alexandra 42.

Powelltown 35 d Kinglake 30. Yarra Glen 51 d Yarra Junction 41. Yea 85 d GembrookCockatoo 20. Thornton-Eildon: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Seville, 223.65, 60. 2. Yarra Glen, 1240.53, 44. 3. Kinglake, 127.91, 40. 4.

Powelltown, 107.84, 40. 5. Alexandra, 115.28, 32. 6. Yea, 106.93, 32. 7. Yarra Junction, 87.83, 28. 8. Thornton-Eildon, 56.80, 16. 9.

Gembrook-Cockatoo, 32.58, 8.

■ C-Grade. Alexandra 33 d Seville 27.

Powelltown 39 d Kinglake 14. Yarra Glen 33 d Yarra Junction 19. Yea 52 d GembrookCockatoo 13. Thornton-Eildon: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Seville, 319.81, 56. 2.

Alexandra, 201.37, 56. 3. Powelltown, 159.56, 44. 4. Yarra Glen, 129.82, 40. 5. Yea, 134.45, 32. 6. Yarra junction, 77.93, 24. 7. Kinglake, 68.35, 24. 8. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 32.08, 12.

9. Thornton-Eildon, 23.93, 12.

■ D-Grade. Alexandra 36 d Seville 21.

Kingl;ake 20 d Powelltown 19. Yarra Glen 35 d Yarra Junction 6. Yea 24 d GembrookCockatoo 23.

■ Ladder. 1. Seville, 178.54, 56. 2. Yea, 138.21, 50. 3. Alexandra, 130.80, 44. 4. Yarra Glen, 105.30, 38. 5. Powelltown, 122.76, 32.

6. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 93.91, 30. 7.

Kinglake, 78.49, 30. 8. Yarra Junction, 19.38, 12.

COUNTRY FOOTBALL GOULBURN VALLEY

■ Seniors. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Shepparton 20.14 (134) d Shepparton Sweans 9.8 (62). Seymouer 14.9 (93) d Euroa 11.8 (72). Benalla 14.12 (96) d Mansfield 10.12 (72). Rochester 16.13 (109) d Tatura 13.5 (83).

Mooroopna 9.12 (66) d Shepparton United 5.13 (43). Kyabram 14.6 (90) d Echuca 6.13 (49).

■ Reserves. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Shepparton Swans 10.15 (75) d Shepparton 2.5 (17). Seymour 10.6 (66) d Euroa 10.4 (66). Benalla 12.14 (86) d Mansfield 6.6 (42). Rochester 10.8 (68) d Tatura 5.10 (40). Shepparton United 16.13 (109) d Mooroopna 4.3 (27). Echuca 15.11 (101) d Kyabram 16.13 (109).

■ Under 19. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Shepparton 19.24 (138) d Shepparton Swans 5.7 (37). Seymour 18.3 (111) d Euroa 4.3 (27). Benalla 16.5 (101) d Mansfield 7.7 (49). Rochester 15.15 (105) d Tatura 4.9 (33).

Moo-roopna 15.6 (96) ed Shepparton United 5.10 (40). Echuca 8.15 (63) d Kyabram 4.2 (26).

KYABRAM DISTRICT

■ Seniors. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Shepparton East 11.10 (76) ed Girgarre 7.9 (51). Nagambie 9.14 (68) d Lancaster 7.11 (53). Avenel 14.10 (94) d Merrigum 11.5 (71). Rushworth 44.21 (285) d Ardmona 2.5 (17). Murchison-Toolamba 12.5 (77) d Stanhope 9.8 (62). Undera 42.36 (288) d Longwood 0.0 (0). Tallygaroopna 37.22 (244) d Violet Town 3.2 (20). Dookie United: Bye. ■ Reserves. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Girgarre 18.10 (118) d Shepparton East 2.4 (16). Lancaster 13.13 (91) d Nagambie 4.5 (29). Avenel 16.9 (105) d Merrigum 7.4 (46). Rushworth 21.11 (137) d Ardmona 11.3 (69). Stanhope 15.17 (107) d Murchison-Toolamba 4.3 (27). Undera 34.17 (221) d Longwood 1.1 (7). Tallygaroopna 13.11 (89) d Violet Town 3.6 (24). Dookie United: Bye. ■ Under 19. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Shepparton East 16.18 (114) d Girgarre 0.1 (1). Lancaster 16.8 (104) d Nagambie 2.6 (18). Merrigum 23.15 (153) d Avenel 0.1 (1). Ardmona 9.7 (61) d Rushworth 5.5 (35). Stanhope 15.10 (100) d MurchisonToolamba 5.4 (34). Dookie United 16.23 (119) sd Undera 0.0 (0). Tallygaroopna: Bye.

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Sport

Photos: Georgie Wells

Season ends for Yea Junior netballers ● Lila McKay and Marley Leatham

● Bridie Klinge

● Millie Charles

● Bonnie Aldous

● Bridie Hayes

● Chelci Fitzgerald

Junior Sport Football

■ Under 10. Ladder. 1. Seymour, 24. 2.

Tabilk, 22. 3. Wandong, 22. 4. Alexandra, 18.

5. Yea, 16. 6. Broadford, 16. 7. St Mary’s, 16.

8. Euroa, 14.

■ Under 12. Alexandra 11.13 (79) d Yea 0.0 (0). Euroa 11.9 (75) d Tabilk 3.2 (20). Seymour 8.8 (56) d Broadford 4.2 (26). St Mary’s 24.12 (156) d Wandong 0.0 (0).

■ Ladder. 1. Alexandra, 760.37, 56. 2.

Euroa, 323.61, 48. 3. Tabilk, 245.93, 36. 4.

Seymour, 162.35, 36. 5. Yea, 89.94, 24. 6.

Broadford, 75.86, 14. 7. St Mary’s, 56.72, 10.

8. Wandong, 1.40, 0.

■ Under 14. Yea 12.10 (82) d Alexandra 2.1 (13). Euroa 7.4 (46) d Tabilk 4.4 (28).

Broadford 15.14 (104) d Seymour 4.1 (25). St Mary’s 27.25 (187) d Wandong 0.0 (0).

■ Ladder. 1. St Mary’s, 818.67, 52. 2. Euroa, 458.44, 52. 3. Tabilk, 265.54, 36. 4. Broadford, 226.30, 36. 5. Yea, 65.57, 24. 6. Alexandra, 50.22, 16. 7. Seymour, 23.13, 8. 8. Wandong, 11.68, 0.

■ Under 16. Alexandra 17.15 (117) d Euroa 7.6 (48). Broadford v Seymour. St Mary’s: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Broadford, 376.16, 56. 2. St Mary’s, 169.74, 40. 3. Alexandra, 72.30, 32.

4. Euroa, 70.38, 24. 5. Seymour, 23.96, 12.

Scoreboard ● Mia Wojcik UNDER 11s The sun was shining and spirits were high for the final game of the season, Yea v. Alex.

Yea started defending strongly. Our girls covered their players well, passing the ball back down through Nina, Ada and Lila into the midcourt.

Micayla and Marley worked together to pass to Ella N and Bridie to score a goal.

The Tigers contained Alex 2 goals to 1 at the end of the first.

Sienna and Sophie entered the game and Yea began the quarter with a goal to draw level.

The ball see-sawed up and down the court with the Tigers running hard and working well together. Both teams added another goal to be 32 at the end of the half.

Lila and Ella N came back into the game after a break. Again the girls all worked together.

Mic and Bridie combined with Sophie and Ella N to score Yea's third goal. Lila, Ada and Sienna were a solid defending unit.

Yea started the last quarter strongly. Liz moved Bridie and Nina into GD and GK. Ella N went into WD with Ada in C, Mic in WA, Marley in GA and Lila in GS. These changes worked well with players working well together and resulted in another goal. While Alex was too strong on the day all of the Tigers should be proud of their efforts.

This game clearly showed the hard work that Liz and the girls have put in this season. Thank you Liz for your dedication, kindness and encouraging words throughout the season.

The Under 11 Tigers are so lucky to have begun their competitive netball journey with you as their coach.

Final Score: Yea 4 def by Alex 11 Awards: Country Chicken- Ada Hayes, Your Wardrobe- Nina Callander, Encouragement Bridie Klinge - Lauren Cronk ★ UNDER 13's Captain: Lauren Baker 1st Quarter - Last game, sun was shining.

Ashlee opened the game, with a strong pass to Chloe. Hesitant but definite goal by Mia. Determination by (C) Ashlee got the ball to where Chloe could throw a goal, Second easy goal by Chloe. In and out of the goal ring, goal by Chloe, girls fought hard for possession. Drive by Ashlee, straight to Chloe, intercept by Annie and ball at the Yea end. Strong defence tactics by Lauren. Throw in from sideline by Bridie, resulted in a goal. Yea made it very hard for the Alex girls to get ball to their goals. Yea 5, Alex 6.

2nd Quarter. Chloe playing centre for the first time this season, sent a strong pass to Lauren then onto Millie. Alex appeared to be more hesitant with their passing and play this quarter.

● Ashlee Frankcombe

● Lila McKay

UNDER 12 ALEXANDRA........ 4.3, 8.5, 10.10, 11.13 (79) YEA ............................... 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 (0) Alexandra. Goalkickers: C. Collett 2, R. Sproles 2, N. Campbell 2, C. Howell, C. Miljkovic, B. Bedggood, A. Dean, D. Coller.

UNDER 14 YEA ......................... 1.2, 4.7, 5.7, 12.10 (82) ALEXANDRA ................ 1.0, 1.0, 2.1, 2.1 (13) Yea. Goalkickers: S. Crumpen-Dolheguy 4, J. Harrison 2, C. Holdsworth-Rose 2, L. Zipsin 2, C. Klinge.

Alexandra. Goalkickers: D. Jack, C. Hibberd.

UNDER 16 ALEXANDRA....... 3.2, 6.8, 13.11, 17.15 (117) EUROA ....................... 1.1, 4.3, 5.5, 7.6 (48) Alexandra. Goalkickers: R. Lucas 6, E. Russell 4, C. Scott 2, B. Humphries 2, B. Goschnick, B. Scott, B. Jack.

Euroa. Goalkickers: N. Hill 3, F. paul 2, K. Jager, B. Ramsden.

Footy Fixtures

■ Under 12. Semi-Final 1. 11am, Sunday (Aug. 4). Tabilk v Seymour. Semi-Final 2.

Alexandra v Euroa.

■ Under 14. Semi-Final 1. 12.15pm, Sunday (Aug. 4). Tabilk v Broadford. Semi-Final 2. St Mary’s v Euroa.

■ Under 16. Sunday (Aug. 4). TBA.

Netball

● Millie Charles in the Yea-Alexandra junior netball on Sunday.

Millie and Bridie lookedfor each other to - Amanda Hard move the ball Yea's end. Concentration was seen ★

by Bonnie, keeping up with her opponent. The UNDER 15s girls were able to keep the ball away from the Captain: Grace Cunningham Alex end majority of play. They were strong in Vice-Captain: Bridie Hayes their attacking and defending, with some wonLast game for the year for the Tiger girls as derful presenting for the ball. Yea 5, Alex 15 3rd Quarter. We sawHaylee back into her finals were out of reach, but that was not going usual GS position this quarter, Annie just missed to dampen their enthusiasm.

Cindy(coach) had her chargers pumped up some great intercepts also. Some strong direct passes were seen by the Yea girls, moving the and it was smiles all round. Alex brought their A ball throughout the court. Haylee was to be the game but Yea were not going to let this dampen only scorer for Yea this quarter, such an exciting their day. goal for her and Yea. Yea 6, Alex 24.

Grace, Bridie, Madeline, Zoe, Tilly, Olivia 4th Quarter. Millie in centre delivered the and Chelsi gave it their best and did not disapball to Mia playing in WD. Lauren was strong point their devoted fans. Alex were a fantastic in her defensive role GK, often able to pre-empt team and we wish them well in the finals after Alex's play resulting in turnovers for Yea. Bridie winning 55-20. playing the GA role and finding it rather difficult Cindy gave her devoted girls an inspiring due to the size of her opponent, having two shots thank-you and encouragement after the match for goal completely blocked as soon as the ball that brought a tear to many of the parents. left her hands.

The girls responded with a resounding ‘hip Yea played with determination for the game, hip hooray’ and all left the court proud Tigers. the win was in their hearts but it wasn't to be Well done to all. their day for winning.

Awards: Olivia Johnson - Tiger bucks; Final Score: Yea 6 def by Alex 30 Awards: Your wardrobe - Mia Wojick; Coun- Bridie Hayes - Country Chicken, Grace try Fried Chicken - Bridie McSpeerin; Tiger Cunningham - Your Wardrobe Bucks - Millie Charles.

- Kay Granter

■ 11 and Under. Alexandra 11 d Yea 4.

Braodford 11 d Seymour 8. St Mary's: Bye. Euroa: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Euroa, 270.49, 52. 2. St Mary’s, 156.84, 48. 3. Broadford, 170.51, 40. 4.

Seymour, 104.17, 32. 5. Alexandra, 69.70, 28. 6. Yea, 11.37, 16.

■ 13 and Under. Alexandra 30 d Yea 6.

Seymour 28 d Broadford 22. St Mary's: Bye. Euroa 58 d Tabilk 1.

■ Ladder. 1. Euroa, 646.15, 56. 2.

Broadford, 116.99,. 38. 3. St Mary’s, 112./02, 36. 4. Seymour, 96.81, 36. 5. Alexandra, 114./ 49, 30. 6. Yea, 27.04, 18. 7. Tabilk, 22.57, 10.

■ 15 and Under. Alexandra 55 d Yea 20/ Broadford 35 d Seymour 28. St Mary's: Bye. Tabilk 42 d Euroa 18.

■ Ladder. 1. Tabilk, 180.51, 56. 2. Euroa, 112.47, 38. 3. Alexandra, 123.16, 36. 4. Broadford, 115.05, 36. 5. Seymour, 100.31, 32. 6.

Yea, 52.31, 14. 7. St Mary’s, 55.67, 12.

Scoreboard 11ANDUNDER ALEXANDRA ............................. 2, 3, 10, 11 YEA ............................................... 1, 2, 3, 4 13AND UNDER ALEXANDRA ............................ 9, 15, 24, 30 YEA ................................................ 5, 5, 6, 6 15AND UNDER ALEXANDRA .......................... 8, 22, 38, 55 YEA ............................................ 3, 12, 15, 20

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Netball Scores Section 1 ■ Diamond Creek 1 46 d Ivanhoe 1 43.

Fitzroy Stars 1 60 d Greensborough 1 40.

Heidelberg 1 50 d Diamond Creek 2 49. North Heidelberg 1 61 d Bundoora 1 42.

Section 2 ■ Heidelberg 2 23 d Laurimar 1 22.

Craigieburn 1 40 d St Mary’s 1 31. Ivanhoe 2 41 d Heat 1 26. Northcote Park 1 33 d Greensborough 2 27.

Section 3 ■ Watsonia 1 39 d Old Eltham Collegians 1 23. Ivanhoe 3 36 d North Heidelberg 2 31.

Thomastown 1 37 d Heidelberg 3 22. Diamond Creek 3: Bye.

Section 4 ■ Hurstbridge 1 29 d Ivanhoe 4 22. Craigieburn 2 35 d Kilmore 1 13. North Heidelberg 3 33 d Diamond Creek 4 32.

Section 5 ■ Greensborough 3 v Northcote Park 2. Heat 2 26 d Montmorency 1 24. Bundoora 3 36 d Macleod 1 33. Watsonia 2 29 d Ivanhoe 5 11.

Section 6 ■ Fitzroy Stars 2 33 d Laurimar 2 31. Heidelberg West 1 41 d Thomastown 2 17. North Heidelberg 4 29 d Diamond Creek 5 28. Heidelberg 4 v Kilmore 2.

Section 7 ■ South Morang 1 39 d Craigieburn 3 23.

Epping 1 31 d Mernda 1 27. Hurstbridge 2 v Whittlesea 1. Bundoora 4 33 d St Mary’s 3 24.

Section 8 ■ Macleod 2 d Heat 3 26. La Trobe 2 47 d Fitzroy Stars 3 23. Mernda 2 35 d South Morang 2 13. Montmorency 2 26 d Reservoir 2 24. Watsonia 3: Bye.

Section 9 ■ Epping 2 v West Ivanhoe 1. Northcote Park 3 34 d Whittlesea 2 15. Lower Plenty 1 v Reservoir 1.

Section 10 ■ Bundoora 5 37 d Thomastown 4 20.

Watsonia 4 29 d Mernda 3 25. Hurstbridge 3 v South Morang 3. Kilmore 4 v Montmorency 3.

Section 11 ■ Fitzroy Stars 4 43 d Mernda 4 13.

Laurimar 3 33 d hurstbridge 4 23. Bundoora 6 33 d Montmorency 4 28.

Section 12 ■ Laurimar 4 27 d North Heidelberg 5 20.

Heidelberg West 2 28 d Bundoora 7 18. Heat 4 v kilmore 5. West Preston 1 31 d Mernda 5 7.

RIDDELL DISTRICT

■ Seniors. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Rupertswood 17.12 (114) d Melton Centrals 2.4 (16). Diggers Rest 17.7 (109) d Macedon 7.9 (51). Woodend-Hesket 26.14 (170) d Lancefield 7.7 (49). Romsey 30.19 (199) d Broadford 3.5 (23). Riddell: Bye. Wallan: Bye. Rockbank: Bye. ■ Reserves. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Rupertswood 8.7 (55) d Melton Centrals 6.7 (43). Diggers Rest 26.11 (167) d Maceon 2.2 (14). Woodend-Hesket 16.10 9106) d Lancefield 5.6 (36). Romsey 22.22 (154) d Broadford 1.1 (7). Riddell: Bye. Wallan: Bye. Rockbank: Bye. ■ Under 19.5. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Rupertswood 10.9 (69) d Melton Centrals 6.4 (40). Woodend-Hesket 17.13 (115) d Lancefield 3.4 (22). Riddell: Bye. Diggers Rest: Bye. Wallan: Bye.

Sport

W’sea Firsts, Seconds win ■ Eagles supporters were pleased with the seniors and Reserves wins against Fitzroy Stars, at home, in NFNL Division 2 matches on Saturday (July 27).

The Under 18s were not strong enough for Eltham 1, in the Division 1 fixture.

SENIORS

WHITTLESEA ........ 4.5, 10.7, 16.11, 17.20 (122) FITZROY STARS ............ 0.1, 2.3, 4.5, 4.9 (33) Whittlesea. Goalkickers: S. Indian 5, M. Andrews 3, C. Bland 2, S. McAuliffe 2, X. Dimasi, J. Murphy, P. Higgins, C. Taplin, M. Pupillo. Best Players: M. Andrews, S. Indian, Z. Molloy, C. Bland, P. Higgins, J. Eid. Fitzroy Stars. Goalkickers: H. Heta 2, C. Groth, R. Lovegrove-Hutton. Best Players: C. Groth, A. Norris, J. Firebrace, C. Hall, D. Thorpe-Morgan, H. Smith.

RESERVES

WHITTLESEA ................................. 13.11 (89) FITZROY STARS .............................. 10.8 (68) Whittlesea. Goalkickers: J. Adamson 3, B. Lang 3, C. Rowe 2, H. Jarvie 2, M. Langford, R. Lock, N. Byatt. Best Players: J. Adamson, M. Langford, B. Lang, C. Sloan, C. Rowe, C. Fitzgerald.

Fitzroy Stars. Goalkickers: J. Karpany 2, M. Graham 2, E. Edwards 2, H. Akram, R. Karpany, D. Demtschyna, T. Hood. Best Players: A. Gibson, N. Ellis, G. Bamblett, J. Ellis, T. Hood, R. Karpany.

UNDER 19

ELTHAM 1 ................ 4.2, 7.4, 13.7, 16.13 (109) WHITTLESEA .................. 0.1, 1.3, 7.5, 8.6 (54) Whittlesea. Goalkickers: T. Bland 2, L. Coco, J. Hayton, B. Fitzgerald, K. Green, L. Quine, L. Tuyrell. Best Players: K. Green, B. Rowan, R. Johnson, B. Caldow, K. McMillan, E. Kynaston.

SCOREBOARD DIVISION 1

■ Seniors. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Heidelberg 13.14 (92) d Hurstbridge 12.10 (82). Greensborough 12.15 (87) d Northcote Park 5.4 (34). West Preston-Lakeside 19.9 (123) d North Heidelberg 9.9 ^3). Macleod 9.9 (63) d Lower Plenty 7.11 (53). Montmorency 9.12 (66) d Bundoora 9.9 (63).

■ Ladder. 1. Greensborough, 205.97, 52. 2.

Heidelberg, 153.79, 44. 3. North Heidelberg, 114.48, 34.4. West Prfeston-Lakeside, 103.27, 28. 5. Macleod, 94.57, 26. 6. Montmorency, 86.95, 24. 7. Northcote Park, 76.42, 24. 8.

Bundoora, 88.52, 20. 9. Hurstbridge, 81.65, 20.

10. Lower Plenty, 61.66, 8.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Heidelberg 15.15 (105() d Hurstbridge 5.7 (37). Greensborough 42.18 (270) d Northcote Park 0.1 (1). West Preston-Lakeside 20.13 (133) d North Heidelberg 4.11 (35). Macleod 15.7 (97) d Lower Plenty 2.9 (21). Bundoora 11.8 (74) d Montmorency 9.4 (58).

■ Ladder. 1. Greensborough, 488.99, 56. 2.

Bundoora, 207.56, 48. 3. West Preston-Lakeside, 144.56, 36. 4. Montmorency, 126.76, 36. 5.5.

Heidelberg, 103.20, 32. 6. North Heidelberg, 84.17, 32. 7. Macleod, 107.13, 20. 8. Lower Plenty, 63.71, 16. 9. Hurstbridge, 51.75, 4. 10.

Northc ote Park, 20.59, 0.

■ Under 19. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Banyule 5.6 (36) d Bundoora 4.10 (340.

Heidelberg 15.17 (107) d Macleod 2.3 (15). St Mary’s 13.11 (89) d Greensborough 1 9.5 (59).

Montmorency 13.13 (91) d Diamond Creek 5.8 (38). Eltham 1 16.13 (109) d Whittlesea 8.6 (54).

■ Ladder. 1. Eltham 1, 199.50, 52. 2. St Mary’s, 139.20, 40. 3. Montmorency, 119.89, 38. 4. 4.

Bundoora, 156.10, 36. 5. Heidelberg, 139.30, 36.

6. Whittlesea, 107.72, 32. 7. Greensborough 1, 105.98, 24. 8. Banyule, 52.47, 20. 9. Diamond Creek, 80.15, 18. 10. Macleod, 25.89 ,4.

DIVISION 2

■ Seniors. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Diamond Creek 19.23 (117) d Epping 8.8 (56). Thomastown 17.20 (122) d Watsonia 9.11 (65). Whittlesea 17.20 (122) d Fitzroy Stars 4.9 (33). Banyule 16.10 (106) d Eltham 11.7 973).

St Mary’s: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Banyule, 192.54, 40. 2.

Whittlesea, 146.99, 40. 3. Thomastown, 126.26, 32. 4. 4. Eltham, 124.02, 32. 5. Diamond Creek, 108.50, 30. 6. Fitzroy Stars, 78.14, 18. 7. St Mary’s, 76.63, 16. 8. Watsonia, 68.40, 12. 9.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Diamond Creek 19.19 (133) d Epping 4.2 (26). Thomastown 9.12 (66) d Watsonia 7.4 (46).

Whittlesea 13.11 (89) d Fitzroy Stars 10.8 (68).

Eltham 16.1 (97) d Banyule 7.8 (50). St Mary’s: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Eltham, 210.09, 44. 2. Whittlesea, 208.93, 40. 3. Fitzroy Stars, 147.34, 36. 4.

Banyule, 129.54, 28. 5. St Mary’s, 129.22, 28. 6.

Thomastown, 101.80, 24. 7. Watsonia, 80.44, 12. 8. Diamond Creek, 72.81, 12. 9. Epping, 10.59, 0.

■ Under 19. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. Mill Park24.13 (157) d Hurstbridge 7.2 (44). Bulldog Bloods 14.12 (96) d Greensborough 2 6.6 (42). Eltham 2 13.6 (84) d Laurimar 6.5 (41). South Morang 8.9 (57) d West PrestonLakeside 6.8 (44). Mernda 9.11 (65) d Lower Plenty 6.8 (44).

■ Ladder. 1. South Morang, 181.75, 52. 2. Mill Park,. 226.50, 44. 3. Mernda, 131.53, 40. 4.

Lower Plenty, 270.51, 32. 5. Laurimar, 122.29, 32. 6. West Preston-Lakeside, 138.21, 24. 7.

Eltham 2, 66.32, 24. 8. Greensborough 2, 43.64, 16. 9. Bulldog Bloods, 56.15, 8. 10. Hurstbridge, 20.37, 8.

DIVISION 3

■ Seniors. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. South Morang 22.14 (146) d Reservoir 10.6 (66). Panton Hill 17.6 (108) d Heidelberg West 8.5 (53). Kilmore 120.8 (68) d Mernda 12.4 (76).

Old Eltham Collegians 14.8 (92) d Lalor 7.8 (50).

Laurimar: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Laurimar, 169.77, 52. 2. Panton Hill, 233.69, 44. 3. South Morang, 116.49, 34. 4.

4. Kilmore, 140.29, 32. 5. Mernda, 107.91, 28.

6. Heidelberg West, 107.16, 24. 7. Old Eltham Collegians, 77.57, 18. 8. Lalor, 51.47, 8. 9. Reservoir, 36.75, 0.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 14. Saturday, July 27. South Morang 26.20 (176) d Reservoir 0.3 (3). Heidelberg West 11.8 (74) d Panton Hill 6.6 (42). Kilmore 7.6 (48) d Mernda 4.6 (30). Lalor 8.7 (55) d Old Eltham Collegians 6.13 (49).

Laurimar: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Heidelberg West, 394.97, 52. 2.

Kilmore, 199.58, 44. 3. Old Eltham Collegians, 107.11, 32. 4. Mernda, 115.38, 28. 5. Panton Hill, 122.64, 24. 6. South Morang, 110.40, 24. 7.

Lalor, 82.25, 24. 8. Laurimar, 51.59, 8. 9. Reservoir, 19.17, 4.

SUNDAY SCOREBOARD

■ Division 1 Women’s. VU Western Spurs 1 13.7 (85) d Darebin Falcons 1 0.2 (2). West Preston-Lakeside 6.4 (40) d Bendigo Thunder 5.4 (34). Montmorency 1 12.13 (85) d Bundoora 0.0 (0).

■ Division 2 Women’s. Heidelberg 4.7 (31) d El;tham 3.5 (17). Diamond Creek Women’s 3.10 (28) d Laurimar 3.1 (19).Montmorency 13.8 (86) d Northcote 1.3 (9). Research 8.6 (54) d Eltham 1.1 (7). Darebin Falcons 16.17 (113) d Whittlesea Panton Hill 0.1 (1).

■ Division 3 Women’s. VU Western Spurs 3 14.8 (92) d Wallan 0.1 (1).Hurstbridge 8.9 (57) d Reservoir 0.1 (1). Greensborough 8.5 (53) d Laurimar 2.1 (13). Montmorency 4.6 (30) d Mernda 0.1 (1).

■ Under 17. Yarrambat 13.12 (90) d Greensborough 9.9 (63). Diamond Creek 8.6 (54) d Kilmore 8.3 (51). West Preston-Lakeside 13.17 (95) d South Morang 6.2 (38). Research 13.8 (86) d Montmorency 8.5 (53). Eltham: Bye. ■ Under 16 Blue. Greensborough 17.12 (114) d West Preston-Lakeside 8.9 (57). Montmorency 15.15 (105) d Mernda 5.11 (41). Yarrambat v Laurimar.

■ Under 16 Red. Hurstbridge 13.6 (84) d Mill Park 8.7 (55). Research 12.10 (82) d Kilmore 8.6 (54). Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 14.13 (97) d Wallan 6.7 (43). Eltham 8.3 (51) d Diamond Creek 3.4 (22). Whittlesea: Bye. ■ Under 16 Girls Blue. Diamond Creek Womens Red 5.5 (35) d Greensborough 4.1 (25).

Yarrambat 10.7 (67) d Wallan 4.5 (29). Montmorency 4.16 (49) d Kilmore 2.3 (15). Research 10.8 (68) d Northcote 2.4 (16).

■ Under 16 Girls Red. Whittlesea 4.11 (35) d South Morang 0.0 (0). Mill Park 4.3 (27) d Darebin Falcons 3.2 (20). Eltham 4.4 (28) d Diamond Creek Womens Blue 3.5 (23).

■ Under 15 Bl;ue. Eltham 11.10 (76) d Laurimar 8.8 (56). Yarrambat 15.9 (9) d Montmorency 8.9 (57). West Preston-Lakeside

18.8 (116) d Wallan 5.10 (40). South Morang Blue 10.10 (70) d Research 6.9 (45).

■ Under 15 Red. Diamond creek 18.12 (120) d Mill Park 9.3 (57). Mernda 11.6 (72) d Whittlesea 7.5 (47). South Morang Gold 8.14 (62) d Keon Park 6.10 (46).

■ Under 14 Blue. Greensborough 4.7 (31) d Yarrambat 0.0 (0). South Morang 24.10 (154) d Mill Park 1.5 (11). Whittlesea 4.4 (28) d Laurimar Black 3.9 (27). Kilmore 8.5 (53) d Eltham Black 9.3 (57).

■ Under 14 Red. Research 9.15 (69) d Montmorency 0.4 (4). Epping 11.6 (72) d Mernda 4.2 (26). Diamond Creek 9.12 (66) d Northcote 3.8 (26).

■ Under 14 Green. West Preston Lakeside 11.3 (69) d Reservoir-Thomastown 5.7 (37). Wallan 8.3 (51) d Panton Hill 4.6 (30). Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 13.6 (64) d Laurimar Teal 6.7 (43).

■ Under 14 Girls Blue. Diamond Creek Womens Blue 4.8 (32) d Whittlesea 3.3 (21).

South Morang 4.4 (28) d Laurimar 1.4 (10).

Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 4.8 (32) d Research 2.2 (14).

■ Under 14 Girls Red. Northcote 1.8 (14) d Mernda 1.0 (6). Wallan 3.4 (22 d Yarrambat 0.1 (1). West Preston Darebin 15.7 (97) d Mill Park 2.4 (16). Montmorency White 4.4 (28) d Diamond Creek Womens Red 1.4 (10).

■ Under 13 Blue. west Preston-Lakeside 4.7 (31) d Yarrambat 4.4 (28). Montmorency 13.10 (88) d Northcote 5.1 (31). Laurimar Black 22.17 (149) d Diamond Creek 1.2 (8). Eltham Black 9.5 (59) d Epping 5.5 (35).

■ Under 13 Red. Whittlesea 12.11 (83) d Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 3.1 (19). Research 8.9 (57) sd Greensborough 6.8 (42). Kilmore v Hurstbridge.

■ Under 13 Green. Eltham Red 8.12 (60) d South Morang 4.7 (31). Wallan 14.19 (103) d Keon Park 0.1 (1). Mernda 10.10 (70) d Laurimar Teal 7.5 (47).

■ Under 12 Blue. South Morang 14.8 (92) d Wallan 2.2 (14). Montmorency Black 14.8 (92) d Eltham Panthers 0.2 (2). Eltham Red 6.6 (42) d Whittlesea 4.6 (30).

■ Under 12 Red. Eltham Black 7.16 (58) d Kilmore 4.5 (29). Yarrambat 8.5 (53) d Mernda Blue 5.5 (35). Mill Park 6.7 (43) d Laurimar 5.6 (36). Northcote: Bye. ■ Under 12 Green. Research 5.7 (37) d Reservoir 5.3 (33). Diamond Creek 7.2 (44) d Montmorency White 3.7 (25). Epping 8.6 (54) d Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 0.5 (5). Mernda Red 19.13 (127) d Thomastown 2.1 (13).

■ Under 12 Blue. Green Searchers 5.7 (37) d Eltham 1.1 (7). South Morang 7.8 (50) d Montmorency Black 1.3 (9). Wallan 7.14 (56) d Darebin Falcons 0.0 (0). Diamond Creek Womens 8.9 (57) d Laurimar 0.1 (1).

■ Under 12 Girls Blue. Green Searchers 5.7 (37) d Eltham 1.1 (7). South Morang 7.8 (50) d Montmorency Black 1.3 (9). Wallan 7.14 (56) d Darebin Falconsd 0.0 (0). Diamond Creek Womens 8.9 (57) d Laurimar 0.1 (1).

■ Under 12 Girls Red. Yarrambat 7.5 (47) d Whittlesea 1.3 (9). Mernda 0.1 (1) d Hurstbridge 0.0 (0). Montmorency White 5.3 (33) d Northcote 2.7 (19).

■ Under 11 Blue. Research 8.8 (56) d South Morang 6.3 (39). Eltham Black 11.6 972) d Yarrambat 2.4 (16). Montmorency Black 12.11 (83) d West Preston-Lakesiode 5.5 (35).

Laurimar Teal 8.11 (59) d Laurimar Black 0.1 (1).

■ Under 11 Red. Eltham Panthers 16.6 (102) d Mernda blue 3.7 (25). Wallan 8.1 (49) d Whittlesea Blue 4.3 (27). Eltham Red 120.6 (66) d Diamond Creek 3.2 (20).

■ Under 11 Green. Bundoora Park Thunderbolts 7.11 (53) d Montmorency White 3.1 (19).

Kilmore 6.3 (39) d Greensborough 1.2 (8). West Ivanhoe 2.6 (18) d Mill Park 2.3 (15).

■ Under 11 Silver. Whittlesea Gold 3.9 (27) d Keon Park 1.5 (11). Northcote Yellow 14.6 (90) d Reservoir 5.3 (33). Mernda Red 4.4 (28) d Epping 3.6 (24). Northcote Blue 10.7 (67) d Hurstbridge 6.5 (41).

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4 much-needed wins for Yea netballers ■ After the previous week’s shock one-point loss to Yarra Glen, Yea A-Grade netballers returned to the winners’ list on Saturday (July 27).

All four Yea netball sides registered muchneeded victories. . Roper, J. Laurie-Rhodes, J. Williamson.

PHOTO: ASH LONG

ALEXANDRA V SEVILLE

A-GRADE SEVILLE .................................... 19, 36, 56, 69 ALEXANDRA ................................. 6, 16, 20, 21 Seville. Goals: Cailery Nolan 26, Jackie Cullimore 37.

B-GRADE SEVILLE ................................... 18, 39, 62, 80 ALEXANDRA ............................... 9, 25, 31, 42 Seville. Goals: Christie Booth 36, Tarsha Collette 34, Taylah Milne 10. Best Players: Erin Baker, Tarsha Collette, Paige Stanley.

Alexandra. Goals: Emma Kidd 22, Brooke Pearce 20. Best Players: Beth Cairns, Sasha Mason, Brooke Pearce.

C-GRADE ALEXANDRA............................... 11, 16, 26, 33 SEVILLE ....................................... 8, 15, 23, 27 Alexandra. Goals: Mandy Gesler 10. Best Players: Sally Krijt.

Seville. Goals: Corine Tesselaar 1, Rebecca Groen 26. Best Players: Brooke Shute, Corine Tesselaar.

D-GRADE ALEXANDRA ................................ 8, 16, 26, 36 SEVILLE ......................................... 6, 9, 17, 21 Seville. Goals: Suzane Tucker 6, Caitlin Ford 13, Joane Owen 2. BestPlayers: Nancy Stanley, Joanne Owen.

POWELLTOWN V KINGLAKE A-GRADE KINGLAKE ................................ 16, 33, 52, 62 POWELLTOWN ............................ 8, 16, 9, 32 Kingake. Goals: Billie Cvijetic 50, Danielle Howe 12. Best Players: Alice Waack, Bridget Wack, Caitlin Ryan.

Powelltown. Goals: Nicole Hajder 12, Samantha hansen 20. Best Players: demi Baerber, Maddalyn Beet, Marissa Haynes.

B-GRADE POWELLTOWN .......................... 9, 20, 24, 35 KINGLAKE ................................. 11, 15, 24, 30 Powelltown. Goals: Tayla Maton 17, Jodie M. Stenhouse 1, Samatha Murray 17. Best Players: Jacqueline Darwall, Sonja Traynor, Jodie Stenhouse.

Kinglake. Goals: Danielle How 17, Latoya Wards 13. Best Players: Lauren Watson, Taryn Jenings, Taisha Agnew.

C-GRADE POWELLTOWN ......................... 12, 23, 32, 39 KINGLAKE ...................................... 2, 3, 9, 14 Powelltown. Goals: Shelley Gray 16, Simone Traynor 20. Best Players: Kelly Peers, Simone Traynor, Glenda Crofts.

Kinglake. Goals: Hayley Bawden 5, Stacey Chalmers 4. Best Players: Hayley Bawden, Stacey Chalmers, Brooke Yates.

D-GRADE KINGLAKE ..................................... 6, 7, 13, 20 POWELLTOWN ........................... 7, 10, 16, 19 Kinglake. Goals: Melanie Gibson 7, Olivia Turner-Dickason 13. Best Players: Olivia Turner-Dickason, Melanie Gibson, Jazmine Pearson.

Powelltown. Goals: Holly Cole 8, Jessica Morris 2, Kristy Sumner. Best Players: Hope McIntosh-Forrer, Caitlyn Parker.

YARRA JUNCTION V YARRA GLEN

A-GRADE YARRA GLEN ............................ 18, 28, 44, 57 YARRA JUNCTION .................... 12, 25, 36, 49 Yarra Glen. Goals: Alicia Hughes 28, Chloe Gray 29. Best Players: Chloe Gray, Kali Fraser.

Yarra Junction. Goals: Amanda Fin 26, Amelia Rose Michelle 23. Best Players: Catherine Vermeltfoort, Mia Motteram.

B-GRADE YARRA GLEN ............................. 14, 26, 40, 51 YARRA JUNCTION .................... 14, 24, 31, 41 Yarra Glen. Goals: Stephanie gibbs 28, Ellen Brown 23. Best Players: Caitlin Harris, Pruye Purdey, Stephanie Gibs.

● Shona Gesler (Alexandra A-Grade) shoots for goal against Seville.

Yarra Junction. Goals: Indiya bosen 16, Layra even got on the scoreboard. The two teams Versluis 19. Best Players: rebecca Gysberts, were unevenly matched all over the court and this was evident at the first quarter break. Yea Laura Versluis, Molly Kellar.

19 to Gembrook 4.

C-GRADE The score line was getting to the Gembrook YARRAGLEN ............................... 6, 14, 23, 33 YARRAJUNCTION ...................... 7, 11, 16, 19 players and they took their frustrations out on Yarra Glen. Goals: Jodie Wilson 4, Ruth Corry the umpires and one player was removed from 9. Best Players: Madelaine Dale, Morgan the court for a period of time. Yea 36 to Gembrook 9.

Bazzocco, Tammie Milbourne.

With the longer break at half-time the Tigers Yarra Junction. Goals: Caitlin Conway 13, refreshed themselves and took it up another Natalie Boxell 6. Best Players: Natalie Boxell, notch. The Tigers’ defensive end was impenStephanie Young, Caitlin Conway. etrable and their work rate considering the score D-GRADE impressive.

YARRAGLEN ............................... 7, 16, 22, 35 wasThe Yea mid court moved the ball effortlessly YARRAJUNCTION ............................ 1, 4, 4, 6 up and down the court and the goals were dropYarra Glen. Goals: Katherine James 12, Molly ping and on the odd occasion they didn’t, the Duncan 19. Best Players: Molly Duncan, goalers snapped up the rebounds, and went Katherine James, Zoe binks. again.

Yarra Junction. Goals: Jessica McDonaldWith 44 goals scored in the second half by Johnson 4, Charlie Kliska 1, Belinda Conway 1. Yea and 7 by Gembrook, Yea were the victors Best Players: Gemma Cole, Jessica Louise with a percentage boosting 80 to 16.

Dixon.

Goals: M. Martinov 55, Nikki Watts 25 Best: B. O’Dwyer, R. O’Dwyer, N. Watts YEA V - Deb Schickerling GEMBROOK-COCKATOO B-GRADE A-GRADE B-Grade’s fight for a finals position got one YEA .............................................. 19, 36, 59, 80 step further with a thumping win over Gembrook GEMBROOK-COCK. ..................... 4, 9, 14, 16 that will hopefully pay dividends in a few weeks Yea. Goals: Nikki Watts 25, Melissa martinov time.

55. Best Players: Nikki Watts.

Yea was able to extend its lead at each break Gembrook-Cockatoo. Goals: Heah Gill 5. Best with four quarters of scoring that improved each Players: Lainey Williams, Michelle Skilton. time. 17, 18, 23 and then a big 27 goal last B-GRADE quarter rammed home a 65-goal victory that YEA ............................................. 17, 35, 58, 85 boosted the Tigers’ percentage immensely.

It was a strong team performance led down GEMBOOK-COCK. ...................... 6, 14, 18, 20 Yea. Goals: Meg Sundblom 59, Cindy Hayes 3, back by the ever reliable Lauren who was once Brydee Bond 23. Best Players: Brydee Bond. again outsized but she still beat her opponent Gembrook-Cockatoo. Goals: Brylee O’N eil with front position and attack on the ball. Elly 18, Abey Williams 2. Best Players: Brylee had another great game, with her closing speed picking off many balls.

O’Neil,Ashleigh Forst, Michaela Mahony.

Jordan was a defensive machine at WD and C-GRADE then at C, pressuring every ball her opponent led YEA ............................................ 14, 25, 28, 52 GEMBROOK-COCK. ...................... 1, 5, 8, 13 for, forcing many balls out of court to Yea's adYea. Goals: Fiona purvis 32, Kathleen Alldrick vantage. Nikki once again ran the centre posi20. Best Players: Molly Jarvie, Emily Watts, tion with a tenacity that can't be matched, her link in the transition play second to none.

Chelsea Helder. was terrific at WA, driving onto every Gembrook-Cockatoo. Goals: Georgia Pike 1, ballMags and creating much play in the goal third Jacqueline McCann 1, Danielle Granieri 2, for the Yea team.soBrydee was on fire at GA, Mikayla Scott 4, Emily Kee 4. Best Players: working her way into a really comfortable shootMiklayla Scott, Anastasia Bytschkow. ing rhythm, and using her great defensive presD-GRADE sure to create Yea turnover.

YEA ............................................... 7, 12, 17, 24 As always Meg was just a massive target for GEMBROOK-COCK. ................... 8, 12, 17, 23 the team and her body strength and positioning Yea. Goals: Hanah Broderick 11. Best Players: is just superb. She posted 59 of the team’s 85 Jillian Hargreaves. goals.

Gembrook-Cockatoo. Goals: Georgia Pike 10, Big thanks to Chels Helder who sat on the Emily Kee 13. Best Players: Emily Kee, Susan bench for the team and entered the game at WD Knowles. in the last quarter, making three or four excellent intercepts.

YEA REPORTS Yea 85 def Gembrook 20 A-GRADE Goals: M. Sundblom 59, B. Bond 23, C. The A-Graders came into this game with a Hayes 3. Best: spring in their step and the memory of last Hendry, J. Watts B. Bond, M. McSpeerin, E. week’s loss was well and truly behind them.

- Cindy Hayes The game got underway at lightning speed C-GRADE and it took Gembrook a long time before the

four consistent and enjoyable quarters of netball.

Jude played the first quarter for us in WA and like always, was a great driver to the ball and delivered the ball in with precision to Fi and Kath who both shot and rebounded well.

The back trio of Deb, Chels and Em patrolled the back half, pouncing on any loose passes to propel Yea continually into attack and keeping Gembrook to just one goal for the quarter.

Kate and Molly combined well in the next quarter to control the ball throughout the goal third, maintaining possession with great movement until the pass to Fi and Kath opened up.

Both goalers made some great base line drives and protected each other by great positioning in the ring.

Yea led by 20 goals at half-time and wanted to continue to play the game out strongly and consistently. Gembrook made a lot of improvement in the second half but had to work hard for their goals with Deb and Chels making the entries almost impossible at times through their good footwork and reading of the play. Em continued to have her best game of the season with countless intercepts.

Yea reached their goal in the last quarter by two and importantly worked hard on restricting their infringements, only being stood out of play once for the quarter. Great work girls.

Yea 52 def Gembrook 13 Goals: F. Purvis 32, K. Alldrick 20 Best: M. Jarvie, E. Sundblom, C. Helder - Cindy Hayes D-GRADE After a commanding win the week before the Yea D-Graders should have gone into this game with confidence however with an early injury to Jaq Dalton the already depleted defensive end took another blow.

The quarter was the highest scoring for the game however neither team really looked dominant with lots of basic errors and no drive to the ball from the Tigers. Yea 7 to Gembrook 8 With a swap of positions for Jilly Hargreaves and Kim Slavin in the second quarter, the defensive combination gelled and some of the typical intercepts we are used to seeing from these two became present.

Kelly Petering in WD was dogged in keeping her player off the ring and Yea had the majority of the ball in the last part of the quarter and were even at the half-time siren. Yea 12 to Gembrook 12.

Caity Broderick, who had run a solid Centre for the first half ,came off for a break and Judy McGill came on for the third to team up with Grace Cunningham in WA to offer some fresh legs and drive.

The lead changed throughout the quarter which didn’t throw the Yea gaolers, Abbey Christie and Hannah Broderick, who continued to put up their shots when the ball did make it into the ring.

Again at the break the scores were tied. Yea 15 to Gembrook 15.

Susie Bennett returned to WA for the last quarter and her drives ring and feeding was much improved and created lots of scoring opportunities, Having already cemented second place on the ladder for the season the four points weren’t critical however to the D-Graders credit they didn’t drop their heads and just soldiered through for a one-point victory. Yea 24 defeated Gembrook 23 Goals: H. Broderick 11, A. Christie 13 Best: J. Hargreaves, A. Christie, J. McGill - Deb Schickerling

Sport Stop Press Update on Dave

■ Chantelle Dundas from the ThorntonEildon District Football Club provides this update about President Dave Stirling: “As some of you are aware at the Kinglake vs Thornton game at Kinglake, Dave got taken off to hospital after he put his hand up to stop the football from hitting him; unfortunately it broke his arm. After surgery to put pins in, they did further tests to see what may have caused the arm to break so easy. Unfortunately the results aren't positive. Dave has been told they have found a tumour. Dave is still in hospital and will be in and out over the next few weeks.”

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AFL OUTER EAST FOOTBALL SCORES AT A GLANCE DIVISION 2

■ Seniors. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Seville 17.14 (116) d Alexandra 7.9 (51). Powelltown 17.16 (118) d Kinglake 4.6 (40). Yarra Junction 16.8 (104) d Yarra Glen 11.10 (76). Gembrook-Cockatoo 24.13 (157) d Yea 7.1 (43). Thornton-Eildon: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Seville, 233.99, 52. 2. Yarra Junction, 183.09, 52. 3. Kinglake, 136.61, 48.

4. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 126.95, 36. 5. Yarra Glen, 125.72, 36. 6. Powelltown, 123.30, 32.

7. Alexandra, 85.57, 28. 8. Thornton-Eildon, 29.28, 12. 9. Yea, 30.50, 4.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 15. Saturday, July 27. Seville 19.5 (119) d Alexandra 1.2 (8). Kinglake 18.7 (115) d Powelltown 6.1 (37).

Yarra Junction 12.3 (75) d Yarra Glen 7.9 (51).

Gembrook-Cockatoo 15.11 (101) d Yea 4.3 (27). Thornton-Eildon: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Yarra Junction, 178.85, 52. 2.

Yarra glen, 243.92, 48. 3. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 164.94, 48. 4. Kinglake, 207.44, 40. 5.

Seville, 196.85, 40. 6. Alexandra, 124.66, 36.

7. Powelltown, 55.43, 16. 8. Thornton-Eildon, 18.62, 12. 9. Yea, 23.04, 8.

DIVISION 1

■ Seniors. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Monbulk 11.22 (88) d WarburtonMillgrove 5.2 (32). Pakenham 16.24 (120) d Belgrave 3.4 (22). Saturday, August 3. Emerald v Doveton. Mt Evelyn v Officer.

■ Ladder. 1. Monbulk, 179.41, 48. 2.

Pakenham, 179.30, 44. 3. Doveton, 123.38, 32. 4. Officer, 130.93, 24. 5. Mt Evelyn, 122.21, 24. 6. Emerald, 73.05, 12. 7. Belgrave, 57.22, 8. 8. Warburton-Millgrove, 46.21, 8.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Monbulk 16.17 (113) d WarburtonMillghrove 5.0 (30). Pakenham 25.0 (150) d Belgrave 1.0 (0). Saturday, August 3. Emerald v Doveton. Mt Evelyn v Officer.

■ Ladder. 1. Mt Evelyn, 357.89, 44. 2.

Pakenham, 337.95, 44. 3. Officer, 169.26, 32.

4. Doveton, 145.27, 28. 5. Monbulk, 112.41, 24. 6. Emerald, 60.40, 20. 7. Belgrave, 26.99, 4. 8. Warburton-Millgrove, 24.82, 4.

■ Under 18. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Monbulk 14.12 (96) d WarburtonMillgrove 6.3 (39). Pakenham: Bye. Saturday, August 3. Emerald v Doveton. Mt Evelyn v Officer.

■ Ladder. 1. Pakenham, 232.41, 90.91. 2.

Officer, 324.12, 77.78. 3. Monbulk, 92.72, 54.55. 4. Doveton, 113.15, 50.00. 5. Emerald, 110.06, 40.00. 6. Mt Evelyn, 47.54, 22.73. 7.

Warburton-Millgrove, 32.53, 15.00.

PREMIER LEAGUE

■ Seniors. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Berwick 11.8 (74) d Beaconsfield 5.10 (40). Narre Warren 31.22 (208) d Healesville 8.6 (54). Wandin 12.20 (92) d Cranbourne 13.11 (89). Woori Yallock 12.12 (84) d OlindaFerny Creek 9.8 (62). Upwey-Tecoma: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Berwick, 239.60, 48. 2. Narre Warren, 215.87, 44. 3. Woori Yallock, 10.38, 38. 4. Beaconsfield, 149.43, 32. 5. Wandin, 76.54, 28. 6.. Cranbourne, 128.23, 26. 7.

Olinda-Ferny Creek, 81.80, 20. 8. UpweyTecoma, 53.92, 16. 9. Healesville, 36.87, 8.

■ Reserves. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Beaconsfield 8.6 (54) d berwick 7.10 (52). Narre Warren v Healesville. Cranbourne 10.6 (66) d Wandin 5.5 (35). Olinda-Ferny Creek 12.20 (92) d Woori Yallock 3.8 (26).

Upwey-Tecoma: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Narre Warren, 472.55, 46. 2.

Berwick, 492.77, 44. 3. Beaconsfield, 353.22, 44. 4. Cranbourne, 130.19, 36. 5. UpweyTecoma, 110.29, 28. 6. Wandin, 54.73, 24. 7.

Olinda-Ferny Creek, 62.85, 22. 8. Healesville, 19.12, 8. 9. Woori Yallock, 14.48, 8.

■ Under 18. Results. Round 13. Saturday, July 27. Beaconsfield 5.11 (41) d Berwick 3.9 (27). Narre Warren v Alexandra. UpweyTecoma 15.12 (102) d Berwick Soprings 2.5 (17). Gembrook-Cockatoo 15.18 (108) d Wandin 0.7 (7).Woori Yallock 21.17 (143) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 2.5 (17).

■ Ladder. 1. Narre Warren, 422.41, 48. 2.

Berwick, 426.76, 44. 3. Beaconsfield, 318.29, 40. 4. Upwey-Tecoma, 198.10, 36. 5.

Gembrook-Cockatoo, 103.29, 32. 6. Woori Yallock, 110.98, 28. 7. Berwick Springs, 42.18, 14. 8. Alexandra, 31.38, 8. 9. OlindaFerny Creek, 23.50, 6. 10. Wandin, 19.07, 4.

Sport

Yea shows passion against Gembrook ■ Whilst there were no victories for any of the three Murrindindi senior football sides playing on Saturday, each showed passion and courage in their Division 2 matches.

The Yea team, particularly, showed passion in their encounter against Gembrook-Cockatoo at the Rec. So too did Alexandra in their battle against Seville at Rebel Park. Kinglake showed grit in their games against Powelltown.

Thornton-Eildon had the bye, and resume play this saturday (Aug. 3) with a trip to Puffing Billy country, for a competition with the Brookers.

PHOTOS: ASH LONG

ALEXANDRA V SEVILLE

SENIORS SEVILLE ................. 4.6, 6.10, 9.12, 17.14 (116) ALEXANDRA ................. 4.1, 6.3, 7.5, 7.9 (51) Seville. Goalkickers: P. ERattray 7, D. Broadway 2, J. Soshutt 2, N. O’Keefe 2, J. Uslar 2, B. Penwill, S. McDonnell. Best Players: B. Penwill, P. Rattray, L. O’Keefe, J. Myers, J. Uslar, D. Iacuone.

Alexandra. Goalkickers: B. Norris 3, B. Woollard, S. Heveren, R. Norris, C. McKay. Best Players: C. Haslip, J. Steyger, P. Ferguson, B. Norris, J. Aldous, B. Azzopardi.

RESERVES SEVILLE ...................... 3.0, 4.1, 11.3, 19.5 (119) ALEXANDRA ..................... 0.1, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2 (8) Seville. Goalkickers: J. Zotos 5, M. CFecere 4, D. Wallace 2, J. Wight 2, M. Hassan 2, J. Ackland, A. Prfescott, S. Saniga, J. Wathen. Best Players: J. Zotos, S. Saniga, C. Van Dreumel, J. Strachan, D. Wathen.

Alexandra. Goalkicker: C. Phillips. Best Players: C. Jack, D. Ray, C. Pearce, D. Roper, J. Laurie-Rhodes, J. Williamson.

POWELLTOWN V KINGLAKE SENIORS POWELLTOWN .... 2.5, 3.9, 11.13, 17.16 (118) KINGLAKE ................. 1.4, 3.11, 4.13, 4.16 (40) Powelltown. Goalkickers: J. Rohan 5, J. Ashby 3, T. Stokes 2, D. Fraser 2, D. Roy 2, B. Traynor, N. Moody, D. Fraser. Best Players: D. Hajdjer, J. Ashby, B. Wratten, J. Rohan, S. Sanders, J. Garthwaite.

Kinglake. Goalkickers: A. Fairchild 2, W. Graf, B. Howlett. Best Players: M. McAllister, L. Adams, J. Crowe, J. McDonald, J. Butterworth, T. McDonald.

RESERVES KINGLAKE ................. 4.2, 9.3, 12.5, 18.7 (115) POWELLTOWN ............ 2.0, 4.0, 4.1, 6.1 (37) Kinglake. Goalkickers: B. Gallichio 7,. C. Booker 4, J. Chalmers 2, L. Hendrie, L. Young, J. Poecher, R. Pratt, J. Heal. Best Players: B. Gallichio, C. Booker, J. Orchard, D. Mercuri, A. Young, D. Simmons.

Powelltown. Goalkickers: C. Osborne 3, T. Walker, J. Njeale, D. Sanderson. Best Players: D. Saunderson, K. Dune, E. Cranmar, J. Dobson, C. Robinson, M. Wood.

YARRA JUNCTION V YARRA GLEN SENIORS YARRA JUNCTION .... 2.4, 8.5, 13.7, 16.8 (104) YARRA GLEN .............. 12.3, 7.4, 9.7, 11.10 (76) Yarra Junction. Goalkickers: D. Johnson 5, T. Wheeler 4, J. Holmes 2, J. Gilbert 2, S. Canon, C. Paulding, E. Wadsworth. Best Players: A. Chandler, J. Hammen, D. Johnson, D. Brooker, T. Armstrong, J. Holmes.

Yarra Glen. Goalkickers: L. Telford 4, B. Gardner 2, R. Gurney, N. McCulloch, T. Ekers, A. Moate, B. Ashton. Best Players: B. Gardiner, A. Smith, L. Telford, D. Hurley, B. Ashton, J. Symes.

RESERVES YARRA JUNCTION ..... 3.0, 7.1, 10.2, 12.3 (75) YARRAGLEN ................... 2.0, 4.1, 5.3, 7.9 (51) Yarra Junction. Goalkickers: H. Tindley-Roe 4, C. Collins 3, B. Concer, D. Chapman, D. Bebarfald, M. Tarr, S. Kearney. Best Players: T. Peters, J. Taylor, M. Tindley-Roe, C. Collins, M. Tarr, B. Conder.

Yarra Glen. Goalkickers: M. Kikidopoulos 3, D. Case 3, L. Coulson. Best Players: M. Kikidopoulos, C. Moste, D. Fenench, S. Duncan, C. Orren.

● Riley Aldous (Yea) takes care of business with Darcy Williams (Gembrook-Cockatoo) in the Seniors at the Yea Rec. on Saturday.

YEA V GEMBROOK-COCKATOO SENIORS G’BROOK-COCK. ... 8.2, 11.6, 18.9, 24.13 (157) YEA ................................... 1.1, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1 (43) Gembrook-Cockatoo. Goalkickers: T. Lockyer 6, M. Brown 5, M. Wareham 3, L. Scott 2, M. Templeton 2, B. Jones, M. Firrito, B. O’Toole, L. Henzen, C. Sweeney, J. Tilly. Best Players: C. Briostow, J. Tilly, T. Lockyer, M. Brown, D. Welsh, L. Henzen.

Yea. Goalkickers: C. Evans 2, X. O’Dwyer 2, R. Aldous, B. Clements, A. Walsh. Best Players: R. Aldous, S. Bowler, P. Evans, D. Evans, D. Pell, D. Jannke.

RESERVES G’BROOK-COCK. ... 5.2, 7.4, 12.9, 15.11 (101) YWEA .............................. 0.0, 0.2, 1.3, 4.3 (27) Gembropok-Cockatoo. Goalkcikers: S. ZStrohbeck 3, B. Chapamn 2,. M. Frzzetto 2, L. Ramage 2, D. Smith, A. Mitchell, E. Appleby, T. Bastow, D. McKinley, D. Wilkie. Best Players: J. Van Zer Zwart, M. Frazzetto, J. Mansell, J. Sherar, S. Webster, D. Smith.

Yea. Goalkickers: L. Gregory, S. Vlamis, B. O’Brien, P. Clue. Best Players: L. Gregory, S. Vlamis, M. Steiner, T. O’Dwyer, B. Broadway, H. Jannke.

Yea has the bye

■ Yea football and netball teams have the bye this Saturday (Aug. 3) for Round 16.

Round 17 on Saturday, August 10 sees a home match against Powelltown.

The final round (18) of the home-and-away season will see the much-awaited trip to Thornton-Eildon.

● Xavier O'Dwyer (Yea) exchanges compliments with Dylan Scott (upside down, Gembrook-Cockatoo).

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This Month’s Sale Item is a ready-to-hang Limited Edition Art Print of Melbourne in 1882.

This is a stunning Melbourne aerial view showing the historical development of the 1880's era. It is a beautiful reminder of our wonderful past and development.

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Alexandra

UNDER CONTRACT

Neat as a Pin:• Well maintained 3 bedroom home on approx.

690sqm • Central bathroom & separate shower room • Large Kitchen with electric cooking • Single car garage & separate store room. $275,000

Alexandra

Eildon

Taylor Bay

SOLD

NEW

Ideal Lake Getaway:• Elevated 1.2 Acre block of land with direct water access • Deep water frontage and licensed Jetty • Power available at the top of the driveway • Ideal weekend retreat $450,000

Alexandra

Lifestyle with the Location:• Ideal for the first home builder or those who are just seeking a tree change.

• Just over 3 ½ Acres of land backing onto Creek Reserve • Power, Telecommunications and town water Available $210,000

Alexandra

UNDER CONTRACT

Build Your Dream Home!

• Large flat block measuring just under 3 Acres with a dam.

• Situated at the entrance to 'Pellerin Estate' • Rural fencing and timber post and rail entrance • Power, town water and telecommunications available, sealed road and private court location. $195,000

A blank canvas for your new home! :• Slightly elevated 1064m2 block in the exclusive ‘Manser Rise’ • Located at the end of a no-through road • Views of surrounding hills and black range • All services available for connection $125,000

Immaculate country Living:• 3 bed, 2 bath & home office situated on 1.5Ac apprx • Open plan living with rumpus and French doors to undercover deck • 3 KW Solar System & Solar hot water • Lock-up remote control colorbond shed and carport. $520,000

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UNDER CONTRACT

Build a bush hideaway on 200acres:• Views of Lake Eildon • Hill country, mostly treed, lovely valley • All weather track around property • Very private location, power/ph available $349,000

UNDER CONTRACT

Immaculate Stylish Family Home:• Well designed home with 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas & home office • Wood heater and split system for heating & cooling • Large bathroom & Master with ensuite & walk through robe • Undercover outdoor entertaining deck & rear lane access $520,000

Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 56 Grant Street, Alexandra I 5772 3444

Sales Specialist I Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Property Management I Sarah Brockhus 0457 537 222 123 High St, Yea

Yarck

$320 per week

51 Raglan St, Yea

$350 per week

RENT AL W ANTED RENTAL WANTED Long term tenant with excellent rental history is requiring a rental in Glenburn or Strath Creek area. This tenant is looking for a house with property views that gives privacy and serenity.

CONTACT: SHARON BUTCHER – LANDMARK YEA BRANCH – 5797 2799

3 bedroom, 1 bathroom with good sized kitchen/dining. Split system and electric heating. Large laundry and enclosed backyard

51 Raglan St, Yea

$350 per week

Newly renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom with separate toilet. Large separate kitchen/dining. New split system and a cosy wood heater. New carpet and flooring in most of the house. Single car garage. Fernery and an area to set up a BBQ. This property will not last.

Newly renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom with separate toilet. Large separate kitchen/dining. New split system and a cosy wood heater. New carpet and flooring in most of the house. Single car garage. Fernery and an area to set up a BBQ. This property will not last.

26 Baynes Rd, Molesxworth

$280 per week

Plenty of room to move in this large 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house with fresh rainwater tank. Situated in a quiet street, surrounded by farms and a creek out the back. Only a few minutes from Molesworth township and 15 minutes to Yea and Alexandra.

Real Estate Estate Sales Sales Professional Professional –– Kerryn Kerryn Rishworth Rishworth 0412 0412 346 346 169.

169. kerryn.r@landmarkharcourts.com.au kerryn.r@landmarkharcourts.com.au Real Property Management Management –– Sharon Butcher Butcher 0402 0402 113 113 927 927 Property Sharon Contact Landmark Landmark Yea Yea for for all all of of your your Stock, Stock, Merchandise, Merchandise, Insurance Insurance && Financial Financial Services Services 5979 5797 2799 2799 Contact

Landmark Harcourts Yea 52 High Street, Yea I 5797 2799