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Murrindindi Council Crisis

Buck stops with Bonazzi

BONAZZI HITS OUT AT ‘THE LOCAL’

■ As Murrindindi Council enters a crisis year with Mayor John Walsh warning that all previous promises cannot be fulfilled, Chief Executive Officer Livia Bonazzi has lashed out at The Local Paper.

Ms Bonazzi wrote to Local Paper Editor Ash Long last Friday with the claim that The Local Paper was not reputable.

Ms Bonazzi criticised The Local Paper for publishing “private information” about Council employees. She said a reputable newspaper would not do that.

WRONG AGENDA ON COUNCIL SITE

● Local Paper editor

Ash Long purchased the Yea local newspaper from Tom Dignam, 39½ years ago.

■ Murrindindi Shire Chief Executive Officer Livia Bonazzi has hit out wildly at The Local Paper, saying that the newspaper is not reputable, and fails to meet standards of being ‘local’.

Ms Bonazzi is factually wrong on numerous accounts.

The Local Paper is published by Local Media Pty Ltd, and led by Ash Long, who has had a lifelong association with the area.

Mr Long started reporting on Kinglake activities for the Whittlesea Post (Leader) newspaper in 1972. His late mother-in-law Isobell Tunzi held a similar position from the 1950s onwards.

The family of Mr Long’s mother, the late Marjory Long , had Murrindindi (Kinglake) land holdings from the 1930s.

Mr Long was involved with Leader Newspapers in the 1970s and early 1980s, and was Manager of the Whittlesea Post and other newspapers, serving Kinglake

Mr Long purchased The Yea Chronicle business from Tom Dignam on April 2, 1984, some 39½ years ago.

Mr Long and family moved to the area in August 1985, living at locations in the Shire including Murrindindi, Flowerdale, Hill St in Yea, and Goulburn Valley Hwy in Yea.

His wife, Fleur, worked at the Yea and District Memorial Hospital/ Rosebank Extended Care Centre for 10 years.

Their children, Kristi and James, attended Yea Primary School. The family’s community involvements included the Yea Amateur Swimming Club (Water Tigers), Yea Girl Guides, Yea Junior Football Club, as well as sports activities including cricket, basketball and netball.

Mr Long was a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Yea from 1985, served in a number of key positions including President and Secretary, and was awarded its top award - Paul Harris Fellow.

In his newspaper role, Mr Long was named winner of the Westpac Award as Victoria’s Best Local Reporter, for his coverage of shortcomings at the then-Yea Shire Council.

Mr Long was a recipient of a service plaque from the Yea Police. he was a registered CFA volunteer.

In other community service, he has a 45-year association as a Freemason, currently serving in the honorary role as statewide Grand Superintendent of Communication.

He led the free Phoenix newspaper after the 2009 bushfires, donating $1.3 million of free advertising support to local businesses.

Ms Bonazzi appeared to be referring to the re-publication of details from the Personal Interests Register at the Council’s own website.

“If we use Ms Bonazzi’s logic, if The Local Paper is disreputable for publishing the register details, then so is the Council for doing the same thing first,” Mr Long said.

Ms Bonazzi also seemed to be critical that The Local Paper was to publish that the Council’s new executive, Andrew Paxton, did not live in the Murrindindi area, and in fact lived in the Melbourne suburb of Warrandyte.

Ms Bonazzi wrote: “A reputable media operator would not target individual Council employees and publish their personal information without permission, as your publication continues to do.”

Ms Bonazzi ignores the fact that it was our competitor, the Alexandra Standard and Yea Chronicle, that first published Mr Paxton’s home location, in their July 19 edition.

“Again using Ms Bonazzi’s twisted logic, if The Local Paper is disreputable for publishing that Mr Paxton travels to and from Warrandyte, so too must the Standard and Chronicle be disreputable. Ms Bonazzi’s logic fails to make any sense,” Mr Long said.

Ms Bonazzi also criticised The Local Paper with a claim that it does not have local employees.

Ms Bonazzi said: “Council has a preference to deal with reputable publications which are members of the Australian Press Council and which abide by its professional standards.

“Council also places priority on dealing with local media businesses which employ local people. We understand the Local Paper does not satisfy either of these requirements,” Ms Bonazzi said.

“Ms Bonazzi makes assumptions, which an executive in her position should never do,” said Mr Long.

“Ms Bonazzi has no idea who the employees and the contractors of The Local Paper are, and where they live. Under pressure, she is simply taking a wild guess.

The Local Paper has supported Australian Press Council standards for the past five years. The proof is has been at our website since 2018.

“Ms Bonazzi is relatively new to the Murrindindi area. This is her first attempt at being a Council CEO. Perhaps we can forgive her from not having first-hand local experience from 10-, 20-, 30-, 40- and even 50 years ago in this area,” said Mr Long.

“But nothing excuses her from erring on matters of fact. She is paid generously by Murrindindi ratepayers to be correct every time, not to make reckless assumptions.

“There is no room for wild guessing. There is no place for Ms Bonazzi’s offensive personal attacks.”

Out-of-towners take key positions

● ● ● ● Ms Bonazzi’s team published a three-month-old document where the July 26 agenda should have appeared

■ Murrindindi ratepayers pay $270,000-plus annually ($5192 weekly) to Shire CEO Livia Bonazzi to ensure the highest possible standards of governance.

The ratepayers are entitled to ask if that standard is being met after the wrong meeting agenda was published last Friday at the Council website.

Even after being notified by The Local Paper of the error on Saturday, all weekend the Council continued to publish the agenda for the April 26 meeting from three months ago, instead of the July 26 agenda.

NO TENDER FOR COUNCIL ADS

■ Ms Bonazzi’s statement on Friday indicates that Murrindindi Council prefers to deal with local media businesses, and that the Council has chosen to prefer to deal with the Alexandra Newspapers Pty Ltd publications: Alexandra Standard and Yea Chroncile.

There is no such ‘Council’ resolution, moved by Councillors, to remove The Local Paper from publishing the Council advertising.

■ The Local Paper submitted this draft to Murrindindi Shire officers on Friday: “Andrew Paxton is new Director of Community and Development for Murrindindi Shire Council, having commenced in his position last month.

“In an interview published in another media outlet last week, Mr Paxton revealed that he lives at Warrandyte in Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs, 23-km from the CBD. Warrandyte is largely in the City of Manningham. The media report indicated that Mr Paxton commutes daily from Warrandyte to Alexandra. His daily return journey would be 228km (1140km each week, 54,720km each 48-week year).

“Mr Paxton is one of a number of highly-paid Murrindindi Council executives who work at the Council's offices at Alexandra, but who select to live elsewhere. [Position and name redacted] resides at Healesville, which is in the Yarra Ranges Shire.”

Murrindindi Shire CEO Livia Bonazzi replied by email: “Murrindindi Shire Council is proud to have a very high proportion of its staff residing within the municipality, unlike many other councils. The few employees who do not live within Murrindindi Shire reside in an adjoining municipality, including Mr Paxton.

“Mr Paxton was invited by a media business based in the Murrindindi Shire to participate in an interview conducted by that business for its publication. Council has a preference to deal with reputable publications which are members of the Australian Press Council and which abide by its professional standards. Council also places priority on dealing with local media businesses which employ local people. We understand the Local Paper does not satisfy either of these requirements.

“A reputable media operator would not target individual Council employees and publish their personal information without permission, as your publication continues to do,” Ms Bonazzi said.

There has been no formal Council tender process. At no stage has membership of the Australian Press Council been listed as a key criteria, because no tender documents have been issued.

“The Australian Press Council argument is a big red herring. The APC provides a mechanism for reader disputes. There have been no complaints against The Local Paper since it began publication, so it is totally irrelevent,” said Local Paper publisher Ash Long.

“Ms Bonazzi seems to be making up Council policy on the run.

“According to latest Australian Securities and Investments Commission returns, Alexandra Newspapers Pty Ltd is registered to a post office box in Blackburn, and has been for the past 12 years.”

The shares in Alexandra Newspapers Pty Ltd are held by Celina Mott of Wallan, and Fiona Brown of Whittlesea. The company is part of the Mott Family’s multi-million dollar property development, quarrying, shopping centre, and media conglomerate.

Livia Bonazzi, the $270,000-a-year Murrindindi Shire CEO

● ● ● ● From Alexandra Standard-Yea Chronicle, July 19.

The Local

COUNCIL CRISIS LOOMS

Warning Signals

Unable to do it all

■ Murrindindi Council Mayor Cr John Walsh has made a written statement cautioning ratepayers that not all planned projects will be able to be completed: “Not everything within the Council Plan 2021-25 can be achieved,” said Cr Walsh.

Dip into reserves

■ Murrindindi Council will have to dip into “$6.7 million from reserve cash and investments, before any borrowings are considered” to meet its capital works program budget in 2023-24. The Reserves balance is tipped to fall from $15.54 million to $12.56 million.

Works not complete

■ Murrindindi Council is running late with a large number of projects, which were due to be completed in the previous 2022-23 year. Projects to be carried over total $7.6 million, according to the budget.

Wild cost increases

■ Murrindindi Council’s budget says it is subject to “major increases of 10 per cent-30 per cent in the provision of materials for roads and buildings and contractor costs”.

Cash dwindles

■ Murrindindi Council’s cash position looks set to fall by $4.285 million, year-toyear over the coming 12 months. The Shire’s cash balance at June 30, 2023, was set to be $33,212,000. The 2024 balance is predicted to be $28,297,000.

$20,000 on study

■ Murrindindi Council has flagged that it may spend $20,000 “to conduct a feasibility assessment for developing vacant Council owned land to support housing affordability and availability”.

Cash for carbon

■ Murrindindi Council plans to spend “$35,000 to progress Council's carbon offsetting project at Flat Lead Road, Yea.”

$50k on social media

■ Murrindindi Council has announced that it intends to spend $50,000 “to upgrade Council’s website as part of the Communications and Social Media Strategy”. And it wants to spend another $10,000 “towards the implementation of social media archiving software as part of the Communications and Social Media Strategy”.

$5.5m black hole

■ Murrindindi Council did not receive $5.5 million in expected grants funds from Government in the 2022-23 financial year, according to its Budget papers. “The expected operating result for the 2023/24 year is a surplus of $1.7 million, which is a decrease of $6 million from the forecast end of year results for 2022/23.”

■ Murrindindi Shire Council’s financial position is slipping fast, with its cash position predicted to be $4.285 million poorer by June 30 next year.

The Council’s own budget notes that the predicted June 30 balance will drop from $33,212,000 in 2023 to $28,297,000 in 2024.

The Budget reveals that the use of “$6.7 million from reserve cash and investments, before any borrowings are considered”.

The Reserves balance is tipped to fall from $15.54 million to $12.56 million.

The Council has made the admission that it is running behind schedule on a large number of projects, totalling $7.6 million.

Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr John Walsh has had to make the embarrassing announcement that “not everything within the Council Plan 2021-25 can be achieved.”

The Council apportions blame for the financial setbacks: “This is mainly due to the reduction in capital grants of $5.5 million.”

“Over the 12 months to the December 2022 quarter, the Consumer Price Index rose 7.8 per cent , resulting in higher inflation and cost pressures for households and businesses,” said Cr Walsh.

“Council is also subjected to the same cost pressures plus major increases of 10 per cent30 per cent in the provision of materials for roads and buildings and contractor costs.

“Even so, the Budget limits the overall increase in rates collected during the past year to 3.5 per cent in line with the Victorian Government’s Fair Go Rates System

“The cost for kerbside garbage and recycling collection has increased by $14.12 and $4.33 respectively for 2023-24.

“The October 2022 floods impacted the municipality greatly. Council is seeking funding to restore public assets damaged by the floods.

“Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements grants are generally only available to rebuild or replace to the former standard.

“Council will need to seek alternative sources of funds such as additional grants or borrowings to ensure these assets are reinstated to a higher level of resilience to future events.”

Murrindindi Council has reported that there has been an increase in employee expenditure: “Vacancies in 2022-23 being filled by external contracted personnel which is reported as materials and services”.

The Council admits in its Budget papers that “the underlying result will worsen by 0.6 per cent to a 8.6 per cent deficit due to the increase in operating expenditure compared to operating revenue”.

The Budget notes that the Council will borrow up to $1 million if it must: “Council has also budgeted for borrowings of $1m to be drawn down if required to fund any unplanned urgent capital works.”

Budget documents show that Murrindindi Council expects that its forecast $780,000 expenditure on ‘recreation, aquatic and youth’ in the 2022-23 year will be reduced to $667,000 in the 2023-24 financial year.

‘Environmental health’ forecast expenditure of $499,000 in 2022-23 ie expected to drop to $423,000 in 2023-24.

‘Economic Development Tourism’ expenditure looks set to fall from $919,000 to $897,000 in 2023-24.

The ‘Business Development’ budget plummets from $477,000 to $218,000. Yea Saleyards expenditure is planned to drop from $434,000 to $392,000.

Climate Change spending drops from $411,000 to $253,000 in the Council budget.

● Cr John Walsh, Murrindindi Mayor

● ● ● ● The dictionary definition of crisis is ‘a time when a difficult or important decision must be made’.

The Local Paper

TARGA not returning

■ After 13 years

TARGAHigh Country will not return to Mansfield this November.

This follows the final event held under the current agreement, which ran in February .The COVID pandemic severely impacted the event in recent years, with postponements required in 2020 and 2021.

Following multiple tragedies at TARGA Tasmania, a Motorsport Australia safety review of the sport led to a reduced High Country event earlier this year, with the removal of the Mansfield Street Stage.

Local Briefs

Sign at Marysville

2023 event, which was the final event under the current agreement.

“We sincerely thank the Mansfield Shire Council for their loyal support of TARGA for over a decade.

“Plans continue to be developed for TARGAHigh Country following the recommendations of the Motorsport Australia safety review and further announcements are scheduled to be made in the months ahead.”

Mansfield Shire Mayor Cr James Tehan said the past 10 years of TARGA have been fantastic.

■ Murrindindi Shire Council, at its meeting tonight (Wed.), intends to consider the proposal for a six-metre tall internally illuminated Ampol sign at 10 Murchison St, Marysville.

“The application is retrospective as the development has already been completed,” says a report to Councillors.

Two objections were received and relate to amenity impacts to neighbouring residence, illumination of signage, and excessive height. A Council Officer’s recommendation is that the planning permit application be refused.

Artbox at Euroa

■ A new exhibition will launch in Artbox –Strathbogie Council’s travelling exhibition space – featuring artist Ann Cremean’s ‘Open Space’.

She is the second artist to exhibit in the space after it was launched last month.

Strathbogie Shire Council Mayor Cr Laura Binks said that the Council was looking forward to welcoming Ann and her exhibition which will also be accompanied by an original nature inspired soundtrack by Sam Cremean.

Cartoonist

OUR TEAM

TARGACEOMark Perry expressed great sadness at the changes required to the February 2023 event, which saw a reduced benefit for the Mansfield community.

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TARGA High Country and Mansfield have worked hand-in-hand alongside Mt Buller and Mt Stirling Resort Management since first meeting in 2009 to deliver an international motorsport event in the region, including an iconic and unique street stage in the heart of Mansfield,” he said.

“We have made lifelong friends along the way but the reality of the post-safety review requirements, combined with increasing costs, means running the Mansfield Street Stage is no longer possible.”

“We also understand Council’s concerns around the street stage. The discussion between us was an easy and positive one with agreement that this stage would not be run in the February

Long Shots

“For the past decade Mansfield Shire has worked with TARGA to deliver this event for the benefit of our local businesses and community,” he said.

“Mansfield Shire very much appreciates all the work done by TARGA.”

Buxton petition

■ At its meeting tonight (Wed.), Murrindindi Council is due to receive a petition titled ‘ Road Sealing –Steavenson Road and Aroona Drive Buxton’ from Susan Maffei.

Open Space will show at Artbox in the Seven Creeks Park, Euroa, which can be viewed by the public 24/7 through the glass pane windows.

Planting Day

■ Mitchell Shire Council is holding a National Tree Day event on Sunday (July 30) at the Seymour Resource Recovery Centre.

The Council has been supporting National Tree Day since 2001, planting more than 94,000 native grasses, shrubs and trees on municipal land and at local schools.

Nature was identified as a key theme in the Mitchell 2050 Community Vision, with the community setting a goal that “our natural reserves will be home to a rich ecological system supporting our important native flora and fauna.”

19-lot subdivision

with Ash Long, Editor

Celebrating 54 years in local media

Winner, Best Local Reporting Award Victoria-wide Westpac Award

Direct: 0450 399 932

E: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Web: www.LocalPaper.com.au

Personal: www.AshLong.com.au

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

The petition is signed by 21 people with addresses in either Steavenson Rd or Aroona Drive. Buxton.

The petition is confirmed as meeting the requirements of Council’s Governance Rules.

It is likely to be referred tol the Director Assets & Environment for consideration

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Editor: Ash Long

Features Editor: Peter Mac

Columnists: Len Baker, Matt Bissett-Johnson, Rob Foenander, Mike McColl Jones, Peter Kemp, Aaron Rourke, Jim Sherlock, Ted Ryan, Cheryl Threadgold, Julie Houghton, Kevin Trask, Gavin Wood, John O’Keefe

Honorary Reviewers: Juliet Charles, Sherryn Danaher, Peter Green, Lyn Hurst, Kathryn Keeble, Beth Klein, David McLean, Graeme McCoubrie, Maggie Morrison, Peter Murphy, Jill Page, Elizabeth Semmel.

Logistics: Nicholas Caven, Tim Granvillani, Graeme Hawke, Erica Koldinsky

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■ Murrindindi Shire Councillors aree scheduled to tonight (Wed.) consider a planning permit application for a 19-lot subdivision by the Warne Family at 1 and 7 Peterkin St, Alexandra, in a General Residential Zone.

Strath Ck meeting

■ An Open Community Meeting will be held at the Strath Creek Hall from 5pm-7pm on Wednesday, August 30, for residents to talk directly with Murrindindi Shire Councillors about issues and ideas.

“You will have five minutes allocated to talk directly with Murrindindi Shire Councillors about issues or ideas that are important to you and your community, and you may be speaking in front of members of the public, as well as Council officers,” said a Shire representative.

“Prior registration is not required, we'll greet you and collect your details on the evening,” said the Council official in a media statement.

Artists in residence

■ Nillumbik Council has announced the talented artists who have been selected for its Artist in Residence program.

The program is designed to support artists in progressing their current practice and/or project goals, providing time, space and resources to make the next steps in their artistic development.

The three successful applicants for the Nillumbik Artist in Residence program are:

■ Ale Prunotto, 26: Literary Artist (Writer) in Residence at Yarra Plenty Regional Library

■ Hana Zreikat, 32: Performing Artist in Residence at Living & Learning Nillumbik

■ Nicholas Currie, 21: Visual Artist in Residence at Edendale Community Environment Farm. Nick will create new work across several art forms for future exhibitions.

Hume and Hovell plaque opening at Strath Creek. 1927.

● ● Mark Perry, TARGA CEO

✖Police are appealing for public as sistance to help locate missing man Brett. The 44-year-old left his home address in Iona on July 17. Brett is described as being about 180cm tall, with a medium build, short brown and grey hair and a moustache and beard. Police and family have concerns for Brett’s welfare due to a medical condition. It is believed Brett might be travelling in a black Ford Ranger, registration 1KR8DA. The vehicle has a flare kit of the side and modified black wheels. It also has a canopy and an army sticker on the back. He is known to frequent the Lake Eildon and Bunyip State Forest areas. Anyone with information or anyone that may know of Brett’s whereabouts is urged to contact Pakenham Police Station on 5945 2500.

Hook, line, sinker for TV spot

■ Murrindindi Shire Council refuses to buy ads in The Local Paper to communicate with its ratepayers, but it has just splurged $5000 for an appearance on the Fishing Show on fringe digital station 7Mate.

Cr Sandice McAulay told the latest Council meeting that the funds were being paid by the Shire to the TV program, which is thought to have a viewing audience of less than 20,000 per episode.

Less than one-quarter of those estimated 20,000 viewers live in Victoria. The program goes to air at Sunday afternoons, when many enthusiasts are already out fishing.

“Council has contributed $5000 from its marketing budget toward filming an episode of the Fishing Show in the coming Spring on Lake Eildon by 7mate – I will endeavor to update you when I hear about screening times – I am so pleased we have taken this opportunity for showcasing our beautiful Lake Eildon,” Cr McAulay told the June 28 meeting of Councillors.

The total annual advertising budget in The Local Paper was less than $25,000.

Cr McAulay told the meeting that she is looking forward to newly redesigned region maps and visitor guides for: Marysville, Kinglake, Eildon , Yea, Alexandra and surrounds.

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Dozens sway policy

■ Murrindindi Council is basing its Climate Action Policy on 35 positive responses from the public.

“We received over 50 survey responses and over 70 per cent of respondents said they support the draft Plan,” said a media release.

Next step is to present the finalised Plan to Council for adoption the coming months “for a more sustainable future”.

Survey pleases at Mansfield

■ Some local Councils are delighted with the results from the Community Satisfaction Survey in which local residents rate how well their local government authority is doing its job.

At Mansfield Shire Council, Mayor Cr James Tehan was on the front foot, saying that his Council’s overall performance was rated at 59, higher than the average of like shires across the State (55) and higher than the state-wide average (56).

Meanwhile, at Murrindindi Shire Council, their communications team refused to release the survey, even after three requests from The Local Paper. “Council releases its Local Government Community Satisfaction Survey results as part of the publication of our Annual Report,” said Anna Cullen, Murrindindi Council’s Manager Customer Experience.

Local government watchers say this could only mean one thing:a bad result for Murrindindi Shire Council.

PAIN RELIEF MAGIC FROM EUROPE

Back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain. Leg, knee, ankle and foot conditions. Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand conditions Headaches including migraines. Cranial conditions including whiplash.

Mansfield Mayor Cr Tehan said that planning for the future remains a key focus for Mansfield Shire, which is supported by the feedback from the survey results this year.

“The survey provides us an opportunity to reflect on how we can improve on our delivery of services and to confirm that our focus areas match our community’s expectations,” said Cr Tehan

“Council’s top performing area continues to be appearance of public areas with an index score of 82.

“Art centres and libraries were our second highest rated service area, with this year’s index score of 73 reflecting an increase of two points on last year.”

Other service areas with improved results in 2023 include Tourism Development, Consultation and Engagement, and Parking Facilities.

One of the factors being played regarding the Ampol sign at Marysville - already installed but yet to have a planning permit - is that “the site is in an area of cultural sensitivity as defined by the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018”, according to a Murrindindi Shire Council report.

?Who was the media strategy genius who came up with the game plan of remove all Council advertising from the area’s biggest local newspaper, insult the Editor with a bit of indiscriminate name-calling, and get some important facts wrong on the way through. Then naively expect positive news coverage. What c ould possibly go wrong with that game plan?

A proposal will go before Murrindindi Councillors that they endorse contracts for the implementation of new business systems at Mansfield, Murrindindi, Strathbogie and Benalla Councils. with lump sum contract to Logicalis Pty Ltd ($280,402) for implementation of the Information Management module , and a lump sum contract to E-Vis Pty Ltd ($1.15 million) for the implementation of the Planning, Building and Regulatory Services module across the four partner Councils.

Flood scoping for Alex.

■ Murrindindi Shire Council is seeking information from local residents on past flood events and impacts in Alexandra

The Council is conducting the UT Creek (Alexandra) Flood Scoping Study in collaboration with the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and Engeny Australia

It is using community feedback, along with mapping, rainfall and streamflow data, to better understand flood behaviour within the township.

Residents are invited to complete a short questionnaire, either online or in person at Council’s Customer Service Centre or Alexandra Library.

Flooding issues and impacts can also be marked on an online map within the questionnaire, including damage to infrastructure, roads or water levels at different locations.

Consultants from Engeny Australia will be also available to speak with community members about their experiences in person at the Alexandra Council Chambers from, 2pm-4pm on Friday, August 11, and from 10am-12 Noon on Saturday, August 12.. Entry to the Council Chambers is via the laneway on Grant St, to the right-hand side of the Alexandra Shire Hall entrance.

This project supports the Goulburn Broken

how the Goulburn River affects adjoining land and will include the areas of Thornton, Whanregarwen and Molesworth The GBCMA will conduct community engagement later this year. Once complete, information from the study will be publicly available and will be used to evaluate mitigation options.

Brett: could be at Lake Eildon

● ● Cr Sandice McAulay

● ● ● ● Flooding in Alexandra. Supplied photo. Regional Floodplain Management Strategy. Concurrently, the GBCMA is leading a largescale study of the Goulburn River, below Lake Eildon. The Goulburn and Broken Rivers Flood Study will help the GBCMA and other agencies understand

● ● ● ● Cr James Tehan, Mansfield Mayor

SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES

■ Victorian Amateur Football Association. Premier Men’s. Old Scotch 14.11 (95) d Old Brighton 9.10 (64). Collegians 16.16 (112) d Old Xaverians 5.10 (40). University Blacks 13.21 (99) d Old Melburnians 5.4 (34).

Old Haileybury 14.12 (96) d Caulfield Grammarians 10.9 (69). University Blues 9.13 (67) d St Kevins 9.11 (65).

Premier Men’s Reserves. Old Scotch 11.4 (70) d Old Brighton 9.9 (63). Old Xaverians 21.10 (136) d Collegians 5.1 (31). University Blacks 8.5 (53) d Old Melburnians 5.6 (36). Old Haileybury 21.7 (133) d Caulfield Grammarians 7.7 (49). St Kevins 12.8 (80) d University Blues 5.5 (35).

Premier B Men’s. St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 12.10 (82) d Old Trinity 9.12 (66). Fitzroy

11.9 (75) d AJAX 10.8 (68). Williamstown

CYMS 15,15 (105) d De La Salle 10.14 (74). Beaumaris 19.16 (130) d Monash Blues 4.5 (29). St Bernards 15.20 (110) d Old Geelong

7.6 (48).

Premier B Men’s Reserves. Fitzroy 24.18 (162) d AJAX 1.3 (9). Williamstown

CYMS 13.7 (85) d De La Salle 8.5 (53). Beaumaris 21.18 (144) d Monash Blues 1.2 (8).

St Bernards 19.10 (124) d Old Geelong 4.1 (25). Old Trinity 12.8 (80) d St Bedes/Menton

e Tigers 9.4 (58).

Premier C Men’s. Parkdale Vultures 8.9 (57) d Old Carey 8.5 (53). PEGS 12.7 (79) d

Mazenod OC 9.17 (71). Old Ivanhoe Grammarians 20.17 (137) d Marcellin OC 5.9 (39).

Old Camberwell Grammarians 16.8 (104) d Ormond 10.8 (68). Hampton Rovers: Bye.

Premier C Men’s Reserves. Parkdale

Vultures 18.15 (123) d Old Carey 3.5 (23).

Mazenod OC v PEGS. Old Ivanhoe Grammarians 13.6 (84) d Marcellin OC 5.7 (37).

Ormond 11.11 (77) d Old Camberwell Grammarians 9.10 (64). Hampton Rovers: Bye.

Division 1 Men’s. Prahran 15.11 (101)

d Kew 9.7 (61). UHS-VU 16.9 (105) d Old

Peninsula 12.7 (79). Ivanmhoe 15.13 (103)

d Preston Bullants 13.7 (85). Therry Penola

14.9 (91) d Glen Eira 14.6 (90). Oakleigh

13.13 (91) d West Brunswick 10.6 (66).

Division 1 Men’s Reserves. APrahran

10.14 (74) d Kew 2.6 (18). UHS-VU 15.16 (106) d Old Peninsula 0.0 (0). Preston Bullants

11.4 (70) d Ivanhoe 8.12 (60). Glen Eira

18.11 (119) d Therry Penola 7.12 (54). West

Brunswick 9.7 (61) d Oakleigh 6.7 (43).

Division 2 Men’s. Brunswick 18.7 (115)

d Bulleen Templestowe 8.9 (57). Old Paradians

17.13 (115) d Aquinas 9.8 (62). Whitefriars

16.8 (104) d South Melbourne Districts 9.8 (62). Parkside 14.8 (92) d Old Yarra Cobras

10.7 (67). St Mary’s Salesian 11.11 (77) d

MHSOB 10.15 (75).

Division 2 Men’s Reserves. Brunswick

11.8 (75) d Bulleen-Templestowe 7.7 (49).

Aquinas 8.6 (54) d Old Paradians 8.5 (53).

South Melbourne Districts 6.5 (41) d Whitefriars 1.7 (13). Parkside 10.14 (74) d Old

Yarra Cobras 5.7 (37). MHSOB 24.19 (163)

d St Mary’s Salesian 8.6 (54).

Division 3 Men’s. Canterbury 16.12 (108)

d Richmond Central 8.10 (58). Elsternwick

16.20 (176) d Wattle Park 7.9 (51). Hawthorn 23.18 (156) d La Trobe University 9.9 (63). Power House 22.16 (148) d Swinburne University 8.4 (52).

Division 3 Men’s Reserves. Wattle Park

20.14 (134) d Elsternwick 4.5 (29). Hawthorn

24.21 (165) d La Trobe University 5.6 (36).

Power House 27.11 (173) d Swinburne University 4.6 (30). Richmond Central 13.12 (90)

d Canterbury 12.6 (78).

Division 4 Men’s. Albert Park 13.11 (89)

d Masala 10.13 (73). St Johns 15.4 (94) d Box Hill North 11.10 (76). North Brunswick 29.20 (194) d Eley Park 2.1 (13).

Division 4 Men’s Reserves. Masala d Albert Park, forfeit. Box Hill North 14.8 (92)

d St Johns 6.12 (48). North Brunswick 22.11 (143) d Eley Park 4.4 (28).

■ Eastern Football Netball League. Premier Division. Seniors. Rowville 14.12 (96)

d East Ringwood 8.13 (61). Park Orchards

13.8 (86) d Blackburn 8.11 (59). Balwyn

14.10 (94) d Norwood 8.10 (58). Berwick

9.8 (62) d Noble Park 6.12 (48). Vermont

33.14 (212) d Doncaster 5.5 (35). Doncaster

East 17.8 (110) d South Croydon 10.11 (71).

Division 1 Seniors. South Belgrave 12.10

(82) d Mitcham 11.7 (73). Croydon 12.7 (79)

d Bayswater 7.9 (51). Mooroolbark 15.12

(102) d Lilydale 0.8 (8). North Ringwood 7.14

(56) drew with Montrose 8.8 (56). Beaconsfield 12.14 (86) d Wantirna South 9.11 (65).

Division 2 Seniors. Knox 11.22 (88) d

East Burwood 8.12 (60). Waverley Blues 15.15

(105) d Heathmont 7.11 (53). The Basin 6.8

(44) d Upper Ferntree Gully 4.13 (37).

Mulgrave 12.10 (82) d Ringwood 9.15 (69).

Boronia 8.23 (70) d Templestowe 6.5 (41).

Division 3 Seniors. Fairpark 10.12 (72)

drew with Ferntree Gully 11.6 (72). Oakleigh District 14.8 (92) d Coldstream 4.6 (30). Silvan

21.18 (144) d Whitehorse Pioneers 9.15 (69).

Donvale 16.15 (111) d Warrandyte 4.14 (38).

Division 4 Seniors. Forest Hill 15.16

(106) d Nunawading 11.10 (76). Kilsyth 11.14

(80) d Croydon North MLOC 6.6 (42). Chirnside Park 15.12 (102) d Scoresby 10.12 (72).

Surrey Park: Bye.

■ Essendon District Football League.

Premier Division. Greenvale 13.5 (83) d

Aberfeldie 12.9 (81). Airport Werst 20.15

(135) d Avondale Heights 13.13 (91). Pascoe

Vale 17.9 (111) d Essendon Doutta Stars 9.2

(56). Keilor v Maribyrnong Park. East Keilor v Strathmore.

Division 1. West Coburg 16.19 (115) d

Tullamarine 7.9 (51). Deer Park 25.25 (175)

d Westmeadows 5.9 (39). Hillside 7.18 (60)

d Keilor Park 7.9 (51). Craigieburn 24.109

(154) d Roxburgh Park 9.8 (62). Rupertswood

16.14 (110) d Moonee Valley 12.8 (80). St

Albans 17.13 (115) d Glenroy 7.3 (45).

Division 2. Oak Park 13.11 (89) d Northern Saints 12.7 (79). Sunbury Kangaroos 19.13

(127) d East Sunbury 6.7 (43). Burnside Heights v Hadfield. Coburg Districts v Taylors

Lakes.

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

12.8 (80) d Bonbeach 9.5 (59). Dromana

13.11 (89) d Mt Eliza 10.6 (66). Frankston Bombers 12.14 (86) d Langwarrin 7.8 (50).

Frankston YCW 14.9 (93) d Pines 12.5 (77). Red Hill 10.13 (73) d Sorrento 8.8 (56).

Division 1 Reserves. Bonbeach 8.11 (59)

d Rosebud 4.6 (30). Mt Eliza 7.4 (46) d Dromana 7.2 (44). Langwarrin 15.16 (106) d Frankston Bombers 0.0 (0). Frankston YCW

9.4 (58) d Pines 5.4 (34). Red Hill 16.16 (112) d Sorrento 4.3 (27).

Division 2 Seniors. Chelsea 25.18 (168)

d Seaford 14.9 (93). Mornington 22.19 (151)

d Crib Point 9.3 (57). Edithvale-Aspendale

33.14 (212) d Rye 9.2 (56). Devon Meadows

15.5 (95) d Hastings 7.9 (51). Karingal 15.20

(110) d Somerville 14.8 (92). Pearcedale

15.14 (104) d Tyabb 14.11 (95).

Division 2 Reserves. Seaford 10.7 (67)

d Chelsea 8.2 (50). Mornington 10.16 (76) d

Crib Point 10.16 (76) d Crib Point 0.14 (14).

Edithvale-Aspendale 24.20 (164) d Rye 0.2

(2). Devon Meadows 12.12 (84) d Hastings

2.4 (16). Karingal 7.9 (51) d Somerville 2.,15

(27). Pearcedale 15.18 (108) d Tyabb 2.4 (16).

■ Northern Football Netball League. Division 1 Seniors. Banyule 12.10 982) d

Greensborough 12.7 (79). Montmorency 15.13

(103) d Hurstbridge 13.4 (82). North Heidel-

berg 20.11 (131) d West Preston-Lakeside 11.6 (72). Heidelberg 17.13 (115) d Bundoora 5.7 (37). Macleod 12.11 (83) d Whittlesea 4.10 (34).

Division 1 Reserves. Banyule 14.17

(101) d Greensborough 8.7 (55). Montmorency 25.13 (163) d Hurstbridge 8.9 (57).

North Heidelberg 13.11 (89) d West Preston Lakeside 6.6 (42). Heidelberg 28.21 (189) d Bundoora 0.2 (2). Whittlesea 12.7 (79) d Macleod 5.12 (42).

Division 1 Under 19.5. Eltham 11.15

(81) d Bundoora 3.7 (25). Greensborough 1

16.10 (106) d Banyule 6.4 (40). North Heidelberg 9.11 (65) d Montmorency 6.7 (43).

West Preston Lakeisde 8.8 (56) d Heidelberg

5.6 (36).

Division 2 Seniors. Diamond Creek 17.12

(114) d Panton Hill 8.11 (59). Watsonia 24.9

(153) d Epping 11.10 (76). Northcote Park

14.12 (96) d Thomastown 9.7 (61). Eltham

10.8 (68) d South Morang 5.5 (35). St Mary’s

24.11 (155) d Lower Plenty 7.9 (51).

Division 2 Reserves. Diamond Creek

13.18 (96) d Panton Hill 9.3 (57). Watsonia

17.20 (122) d Epping 5.4 (34). Thomastown

21.11 (137) d Northcote Park 2.2 (14). Eltham

17.12 (114) d South Morang 4.5 (29). St Mary’s 26.17 (173) d Lower Plenty 2.2 (14).

Division 2 Under 19.5. Diamond Creek

6.10 (46) d Laurimar 6.7 (43). Lower Plenty

12.3 (75) d South Morang 7.17 (59). Watsonia

12.11 (83) d St Mary’s 8.14 (62).

Division 3 Seniors. Old Eltham Collegians

9.4 (58) d Laurimar 6.15 (51). Heidelberg

West 14.17 (101) d Kilmore 12.3 (75).

Kinglake 17.18 (120) d Fitzroy Stars 9.11 (65). Mernda 23.16 (154) d Reservoir 1.3 (9). Lalor: Bye.

Division 3 Reserves. Laurimar 11.8 (74)

d Old Eltham Collegians 6.7 (41). Kilmore 15.9 (99) d Heidelberg West 6.7 (43). Kinglake 7.8 (50) d Fitzroy Stars 6.13 (49). Mernda 25.24 (174) d Reservoir 0.0 (0). Lalor: Bye.

Division 3 Under 19.5. Kilmore v Panton Hill: Bye. Thomastown 10.8 968) d Macleod

9.12 (66). Hurstbridge 12.12 (84) d Greensborough 2 6.12 (48). Mernda 20.11 (131) d

Banyule-Heidelberg West 3.1 (19).

■ Outer East. Premier Division Seniors. Woori Yallock 15.13 (103) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 12.14 (86). Upwey-Tecoma 14.13 (97)

d Gembrook-Cockatoo 12.5 (77). Wandin

21.12 (138) d monbulk 17.7 (109). Pakenham

11.14 (80) d Mt Evelyn 9.4 (58). Narre Warren: Bye.

Premier Division Reserves. Olinda-Ferny

Creek 13.16 (94) d Woori Yallock 4.6 (30).

Gembrook-Cockatoo v Upwey-Tecoma. Monbulk

13.13 (91) d Wandin 4.5 (29). Pakenham

12.10 982) d Mt Evelyn 5.5 (35). Narre Warren: Bye.

Division 1 Seniors. Emerald 15.12 (102)

d Officer 11.10 (76). Seville 22.13 (145) d

Berwick Springs 4.13 (37). Healesville 18.7 (115) d Belgrave 5.5 (35). Hallam: Bye.

Division 1 Reserves. Officer 13.6 (84) d

Emerald 11.8 974). Se3ville 7.8 (50) d

Berwick Springs 6.3 (39). Belgrave 12.7 (79)

d Healesville 8.8 (56). Hallam: Bye.

Division 2 Seniors. Powelltown 27.15 (177) d Yarra Junction 5.10 (40). WarburtonMillgrove 17.21 (123) d Broadford 8.2 (50).

Alexandra 12.14 (86) d Yarra Glen 7.10 (52).

Division 2 Reserves. Powelltown 20.14 (134) d Yarra Junction 3.4 (22). WarburtonMillgrove 10.15 (75) d Broadford 2.4 (16).

Alexandra 8.8 (56) d Yarra Glen 4.4 (28).

■ Southern Football Netball League. Division 2. East Malvern 17.6 (108) d Caulfield Bears 12.12 (84). Keysborough 11.14 (80) d

Black Rock 8.13 (61). Highett 10.4 (64) d

Doveton Doves 6.7 (43). Murrumbeena 16.14 (110) d Hampton Park 9.3 (57). East Brighton 18.9 (117) d Skye 6.7 (43).

Division 3. Endeavour Hills 21.22 (148) d Clayton 3.10 (28). Frankston Dolphins 17.20 (122) d Ashwood 10.10 (70). Lyndhurst 11,.6 (72) d Heatherton 4.13 (27). Carrum Patterson Lakes 17.28 (130) d Narre South Saints 2.9 (21).

Division 4. ALyndale 19.19 (133) d Doveton Eagles 3.3 (21). Dandenong 16./10 (106) d Moorabbin Kangaroos 11.8 (74). South Mornington 15.13 (103) d Hampton 16.11 (107).

■ Western Region Football League. Division 1. Yarraville Seddon Eagles 15.6 (96) d Hoppers Crossing 9.14 (68). Altona 12.12 (84) d Point Cook Centrals 12.3 (75).

Spotswood 17.9 (111) d Point Cook 11.14 (80). Werribee Districts 12.14 (86) d Caroline Springs 10.5 (65).

Division 2. Sunshine 16.18 (114) d North Footscreay 10.7 (67). Parkside 9.11 (65) d Albion 6.12 (48). Newport 8.6 (54) d Wyndhamvale 7.11 (53). Braybrook: Bye.

Division 3. Albanvale 18.14 (122) d Laverton Magpies 1.10 (16). Sunshine Heights 8.14 (62) d Suns 15.5 (95). West Footscray 22.17 (149) d North Sunshine 6.10 (46). Tarneit: Bye.

Your Stars with

Kerry Kulkens

ARIES: (March 21- April 20)

Lucky Colour: Green

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.2.15.26.36.39.

Not a wise time to lend money or possessions and arguments with partners over finances is also indicated. Read anything carefully before you sign it. An unexpected encounter could brighten up your love life.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20)

Lucky Colour: Blue

Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.9.6.4.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.24.42.32.20.

There is happiness around the home or love for most. Something you started earlier this year should now pay off with interest. There could be some financial fringe benefits for the hard worker and for the singles, many wing dings coming up.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21)

Lucky Colour: Yellow

Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.32.20.24.33.

For the career-minded, a lucky development could improve the financial side of things. The lookers should find love. Socially an enjoyable and relaxed period, and it could be the right time to ask for favors.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1.9.6.4.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.40.20.39.8.

Big changes are likely and could affect you on all levels. Money spent in the home should be well worth the effort and for some the return of an old love is indicated, some good luck with the colour blue.

LEO: (July 23- August 22)

Lucky Colour: Silver

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 8.6.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.29.37.6.11.

Unexpected travel, for many love lives should be getting more interesting. Some discreet or even secret developments tend to bring unexpected financial rewards. Be nice to an elderly relative.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23)

Lucky Colour: Fawn

Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 4.2.3.6.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.29.6.33.30.

Luck is with you and should bring results soon. Don’t trust your first impressions over the next few weeks. Effort now should put you well ahead of any work obligations and favors could be repaid to you.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23)

Lucky Colour: Green

Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.26.34.40.33.

Opportunities to gain financially and new interests should present themselves. A long-term secret could surface, and someone could return to your life very suddenly.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22)

Lucky Colour: Violet

Lucky Day: Sunday

Racing Numbers: 4.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.35.5.11.

A good time to begin new ventures and push your plans, people who matter will be more co operative and a new you will begin to emerge. Be confident and sure. Love affairs could really hot up.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December 20)

Lucky Colour: Cream

Lucky Day: Saturday

Racing Numbers: 9.6.5.3.

Lotto Numbers: 9.15.26.34.45.40.

A very social period with plenty of invitations, many will be asked to become more involved in group activities and some will become leaders in their chosen field.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19)

Lucky Colour: Dark Blue

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 6.9.5.3.

Lotto Numbers: 9.15.23.30.1.6.

Many offers should come your way and financial returns could increase and an old friend or flame could re-enter your life with interesting side effects, many singles will double up.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19)

Lucky Colour: Blue

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 8.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 8.15.26.34.40.33.

A financial windfall is indicated, and luck can come in many ways. Many will change a thing or two in their lives and you will have more control over your emotions and problems will disappear.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20)

Lucky Colour: Pink

Lucky Day: Sunday

Racing Numbers: 9.6.3.2.

Lotto Numbers: 9.6.13.20.25.45.

You could expect to get a few home truths concerning your personal relationships. Major changes are indicated and moves, and travel are in the air for most Pisces.

HARD FOUGHT WIN FOR REBELS

Scoreboard

Women’s Football

■ Northern. Dvision 1. Eltham 7.7 (49) d Diamond Creek Womens 5.5 (35). Montmorency 1 11.10 976) d Darebin Womens 1 1.1 (7). Banyule 1.7 (13) d West Preston Lakeside 1.2 (8).

Division 2. Sr Mary’s 3.11 (29) d Heidelberg 1.4 (10). Greensborough 6.16 (52) d Hurstbridge 0.0 (0). Mernda 4.4 (28) d Whittlesea 2.1 (13). Fitzroy Stars: Bye.

Division 3. Diamond Creek Womens 2 7.14 (56) d Laurimar 0.1 (1). Darebin Womens 2 6.1 (37) d North Heidelberg 2.2 (14). Heidelberg West 1.2 (8) d Wallan 0.1 (1). West Preston Lakeside 2 d Montmorency 2.

■ Outer East. Division 1. Upwey-Tecoma

9.8 (62) d Monbulk 1.3 (9). Healesville

14.13 (97) d Pakenham 0.0 (0). Olinda-

Ferny Creek 9.3 (57) d Berwick Springs 4.5 (29).

Division 2. Seville 2.11 (23) d Yarra

Junction 1.10 (16). Belgrave 5.9 (39) d

Thornton-Eildon 0.2 (2). Wandin 8.3 (51) d Hallam 3.4 (22).

Country Leagues

■ Goulburn Valley Football League.

Seniors. Mansfield 15.12 (102) d Benalla

3.5 (23). Shepparton 8.10 (58) d Kyabram

4.14 (38). Seymour 12.10 (82) d Euroa

10.9 (69). Mooroopna 22.11 (143) d

Shepparton United 8.7 (55). Echuca 21.9 (135) d Shepparton Swans 11.7 (73). Tatura

6.8 (44) d Rochester 4.10 (34).

Reserves. Mansfield 13.11 (89) d

Benalla 8.4 (52). Kyabram 7.10 (52) d

Shepparton 5.9 (39). Seymour 12.10 (82)

d Euroa 5.2 (32). Shepparton United 12.7 (79) d Mooroopna 6.6 (42). Echuca 11.6 (72) d Shepparton Swans 4.9 (33). Tatura

11.15 (81) d Rochester 3.6 (24).

Under 18. Mansfield 8.8 (56) d Benalla

6.8 (44). Shepparton 4.6 (3) d Kyabram

3.7 (25). Seymour 10.18 (78) d Euroa 1.1 (7). Mooroopna 13.7 (85) d Shepparton

United 6.8 (44). Shepparton Swans 7.9 (51)

d Echuca 4.7 (31). Tatura v Rochester.

■ Kyabram Valley Football League. Seniors. Shepparton East 15.13 (103) d

Dookie United 7.4 (46). Stanhope 20.12 (132) d Merrigum 7.2 (44). Lancaster

24.14 (158) d Avenel 7.9 (51). Nagambie

15.20 (110) d Longwood 2.4 (16). Undera

v Rushworth. Girgarre 10.7 (67) d Tally-

garoopna 5.6 (36). Murchison-Toolamba

28.14 (182) d Violet Town 3.4 (22).

Reserves. Shepparton East 6.10 (46)

d Dookie United 6.7 (43). Stanhope 100 d

Merrigum 0, forfeit. Lancaster 27.12 (174)

d Avenel 1.0 (6). Nagambie 23.11 (149) d

Longwood 1.3 (9). Undera 9.9 (63) d Rush-

worth 5.11 (41). Tallygaroopna 10.6 (66) drew with Girgarre 10.5 (66). Violet Town, forfeit, v Murchison-Toolamba.

Under 18. Murchison-Toolamba 16.25 (121) d Stanhope 2.1 (13). Nagambie

24.18 (162) d Longwood 0.1 (1). Undera

21.19 9145) d Stanhope 1.5 (11).

Nagambie 32.10 (202) d Girgarre 4.2 (26).

Violet Town 11.9 (75) d Murchison-Toolamba 9.8 (62). Bye: Avenel, Dookie United, Lancaster, Merrigum, Rushworth, Shepparton East, Tallygaroopna. ■ Riddell District Football League. Seniors. Woodend-Hesket 8.7 (55) d Melton Central 6.8 (44). Diggers Rest 9.10 (64) d Wallan 5.10 (40). Macedon 11,6 (72) d Lancefield 6.8 (44). Romsey 26.17 (173) d Western Rams 1.1 (7). Riddell: Bye. Reserves. Woodend-Hesket 6.11 (47) d Melton Centrals 6.7 (43). Diggers Rest 8.12 (60) d Wallan 3.2 (20). Macedon 13.6 (84) d Lancefield 4.8 (32). Romsey 23.13 (151) d Western Rams 1.0 (6). Riddell: Bye. Under 19.5. Melton Centrals v Woodend-Hesket. Macedon 7.4 (46) d Wallan 5.5 (35). Romsey 11.13 (79) d Gisborne Giants 5.4 (34). Riddell: Bye.

■ The Outer East League 2023 season Round 12 saw the Rebels travel to Yarra Glen to play two games of football and three games of netball.

The Reserves had some late changes due to unavailability in the seniors, the Rebels and Yarra Glen kicking one goal each in the first quarter before the Rebels added two unanswered goals in the second quarter.

The two teams kicked two goals each in the third quarter in a good contest, the Rebels finishing the better with three goals to one in the last quarter of an entertaining game, Alexandra 8.8 (56) to Yarra Glen 4.4 (28).

Awards: Shepparton Volkswagen – Mitchell Coutts, Ampol fuel card – David Ray, Alex Sportspower – Sam Kidd, Buxton Hotel – Dylan Jack.

★ Seniors

The Seniors had three players doubling up from the reserves and more than six regular players unavailable but kicked the only goal of the first quarter, adding four goals to one in the second quarter.

The second half was a tough contest with several injuries on both sides, the Rebels kicking seven goals to six to take a hard-fought win, Alexandra 12.14 (86) to Yarra Glen 7.10 (52).

Awards: Incentives – Taylor Kleinschmidt, Tom Boots and Ryan Lucas, Buxton Hotel –Jordan Laurie-Rhodes. Volunteer award – Sam and Emma Kidd.

★

Netball Awards

A-Grade lost 42 – 75: Incentive – Katherine Quinsee , Corner Hotel / Grant St Grocer –LucyGrage-Perry.

B-Grade lost 23 – 40: Incentive – Brodie Wheelhouse, Corner Hotel / Grant St Grocer –Fiona Stephens.

C-Grade lost 13 – 52: Incentive – Kylie Cairns, Corner Hotel / Grant St Grocer – Emily Van Lierop.

★ Club Notes

Rebel Raffles continued last Thursday and we thank our sponsors Swenrick Constructions, Yarck Hotel, Reddrops Foodworks / Houseboat Sales Lake Eildon, Eildon Bakery / Yarck Meat and Produce, Alexandra Quality Meats / AFNC canteen, Yea Chinese Restaurant / Bailey Funerals with the winners Dylan Jack, Melissa Crane, Andy P, Mitchell Coutts, Steve Steiner and Todd Galloway

The Swenrick Constructions Joker Jackpot was not won and will be worth $1400 next Thursday so come along for your chance to win a prize.

This coming Saturday the senior Club football and netball teams return to Rebel Park and host Powelltown for two games of football and four games of netball.

Ladies Day is on for the afternoon so get a ticket from Kylie Cairns, everyone is invited into the social rooms after the games to enjoy some Club hospitality.

2023 Club memberships are available: $200 – Patron, $150 – Family and $100 –Members. $600 Rebel Raiser Sponsor together with Business, Corporate, Executive and Major Sponsor packages available, so if you would like to support the Club, please contact Ray Steyger on 5772 2627.

Do not forget to order your Club merchandise – polo shirts, warmup shirts @ $50, hoodies, vests @ $70, casual shorts, netball top @$40, Club stubby holders @$10, travel mugs @ $15, peaked caps and beanies @ $25, visors @$20, bumper stickers arefree.

Thursday night dinners are available after training with main course and sweets –adults$15 and kids $10, everyone is welcome.

- Ray Steyger

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023 Free

OE DIV. 2 SCOREBOARD

SENIORS

POWELLTOWN .... 3.5, 7.10, 16.14, 27.15 (177)

YARRA JUNC. .............. 0.2, 1.6, 3.7, 5.10 (40)

Best. Powelltown: Russell Cowan, Ben Wratten, James Ahby, Russell McCrimmon, Matthew McArthur, Sam Meadows. Yarra Junction: Sam Morton, Luke Spalding, Dylan Cawsey, Jake Cawsey, Hori Jury, Ewan Wadsworth.

WARB.-MILL. ..... 3.3, 8.9, 12.14, 17.21 (123)

BROADFORD ................. 4.0, 8.0, 8.0, 8.2 (50)

Best. Warburton-Millgrove: Jack Farrugias, Liam Westlake, Trent Elliott, Tyson Henry, Lachlan Marr, Josh Dobson. Broadford: Braydon Hardstaff, Angus Norris, James Simpson, Tom Knight, Jayme Ruedin, BenJamin Keyzer.

ALEXANDRA ........... 1.4, 5.9, 8.11, 12.14 (86)

YARRA GLEN .............. 0.2, 1.4, 4.7, 7.10 (52)

Best. Alexandra: Taylor Kleinschmidt, Tom Boote, Ryan Lucas, Jordy Laurie-Rhodes, Matthew Peric, William Stewart. Yarra Glen: Caleb Surplice, Thomas Sullivan, Ben Ashton, Chris Beattie, Josh Hawkins, Heath Chamberlain.

RESERVES

POWELLTOWN ....... 3.8, 7.9, 12.12, 20.14 (134)

YARRA JUNCTION ........ 0.1, 1.2, 1.2, 3.4 (22)

Best. Powelltown: Jayden Fowkes, Charlie Lee, Lochie Winter-Annette, Brendon Murphy, Jacob Neale, Jason Walker. Yarra Junction: Paul Young, Jordan Rice, Damien Thomson, Sean Jordan, Aaron Stewart.

WARB.-MILL. ......... 2.5, 4.9, 8.13, 10.15 (75)

BROADFORD ................. 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.4 (16)

Best. Warburton-Millgrove: David Bedggod, Zayden Crunden, Kobi Gay, Hudson Semple, Caelan Flynn, Tom Kelly. Broadford: Brodie Stray, Lachlan White, Nathan Aston, Sean Duggan, Declan Teohaere.

ALEXANDRA ................. 1.3, 3.5, 5.7, 8.8 (56)

YARRA GLEN ................... 1.2, 1.4, 3.4, 4.4 (28)

Best. Alexandra: Mitchell Coutts, David Ray, Sam Kidd, Dylan Jack, Charles Twitchett, Lachlan Collard. Yarra Glen: Jacob Reddaway, Luke Vanderstadt, Drew Brodie, Nathan Deringowski, Dayne Downward, Daniel Kelly.

NFNL Juniors

■ Under 16 Girls Blue. Darebin Womens 2.7 (19) d Mernda 0.1 (1). Montmorency 2.6 (18) drew with Diamond Creek Womens 2 2.6 (18). Wallan 1.3 (9) d Eltham 1.2 (8).

Under 16 Red. South Morang 9.13 (67) d Eltham Red 2.8 (20). Research v Laurimar. Epping 7.11 (53) d Kilmore White 7.8 (50).

Under 17.5 Blue. Diamond Creek Blue

9.7 (61) d Whittlesea 5.4 (34). West Preston Lakeside 9.8 (62) d Epping 4.9 (33). Laurimar

8.6 (54) d Montmorency 6.9 (45). Yarrambat

10.7 (67) d Eltham 9.9 (63).

Under 17.5 Red. South Morang 19.17 (131) d Diamond Creek Red 2.5 (17). Kilmore

13.5 (83) d Research 5.8 (38). Wallan v Greensborough.

Under 18 Girls Blue. Montmorency 4.6 (30) d Diamond Creek Womens 3.2 (20). Laurimar 2.13 (25) d Whittlesea 2.1 (13). Eltham v South Morang. Yarrambat:

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(8).

Under 12 Blue. Montmorency Black 2.4 (16) d Greensborough 0.2 (2). Wallan v Diamond Creek. Yarrambat 6.5 (41) d Mernda Blue 1.5 (11). Whittlesea 2.3 (15) d Eltham Black 2.1 (13).

Under 12 Girls Red. Research 5.2 (32) d Mernda 1.0 (6). Wallan 3.3 (21) d Kilmore 1.1 (7). Darebin Womens v Whittlesea. Under 12 Red. Eltham Red 2.8 (20) d West Preston Lakeside 2.6 (18). Epping 5.5 (35) d South Morang 4.4 (28). Research 8.3 (51)( d Kilmore 4.8 (32). Laurimar Black v Mernda Red.

Under 12 Green. Thomastown v Keon Park. Montmorency White 6.4 (40) d L:aurimar Teal 1.1 (7). West Ivanhoe v Hurstbridge. Mill Park 11.12 (78) d Kinglake 3.2 (20).

Under 13 Blue. Yarrambat 6.6 (42) d South Morang Blue 5.6 (36). Greensborough White v Mernda. Montmorency 7.3 (45) d Eltham Black 2.5 (17).

Under 13 Green. Wallan Black 8.11 (59) d Laurimar Teal 4.2 (26). Whittlesea

6.10 (46) d Panton Hill 5.2 (32). Epping

10.9 (69) d South Morang Gold 1.3 (9). Kilmore 8.9 (57) d Eltham Red 1.2 (8).

Under 14 Girls Blue. Yarrambat 12.11 (83) d Kilmore 1.0 (6). Diamond Creek Womens 5.7 (37) d Wallan 0.1 (1). Mernda v Research. Montmorency: Bye.

Under 14 Blue. Laurimar Black 13.6 (84) d Mernda Blue 4.1 (25). Eltham Black 8.9 (57) d Kilmore 2.5 (27). Yarrambat 15.9 (99) d Whittlesea 3.3 (21).

Under 14 Girls Red. South Morang 3.7 (25) d Laurimar 0.0 (0). Darebin Womens v Eltham. Whittlesea 10.9 (69) d Epping 2.1 (13).

Under 14 Red. South Morang 14.13 (97) d Epping 4.6 (30). Montmorency 3.6 (24) drew with Greensborough 3.6 (24). Diamond Creek 8.10 (58) d Research 1.1 (7).

Under 14 Green. Wallan 8.11 (59) d Hurstbridge 3.5 (23). West Ivanhoe 9.10 (64) d Laurimar Teal 1.1 (7). Mernda Red 8.2 (50) d Eltham Red 4.6 (30). West Preston Lakeside: Bye.

Under 15 Blue. Mill Park Blue 6.8 (44) d Diamond Creek 7.1 (43). Wallan v Yarrambat. Eltham Black 12.4 (76) d Montmorency Black 3.2 (20).

Under 15 Red. Eltham Red 7.8 (50) d Mill Park White 5.11 (41). South Morang 21.17 (143) d Montmorency White 2.2 (14). Whittlesea 10.12 (72) d Mernda 2.11 (23). Greensborough 12.22 (94) d Laurimar Teal 2.4 (16).

Under 16 Girls Blue. Research 4.4 (28) d Laurimar 0.1 (1). Yarrambat 2.10 (22) d Whittlesea 0.0 (0). Diamond Creek Women s: Bye.

Under 16 Blue. Eltham Black v Mernda. Montmorency 24.16 (160) d Kilmore Blue 3.6 (24). South Morang Blue 7.7 (49) d Whittlesea 6.8 (44). Yarrambat: Bye.

Bye.

PHOTO: REBELS/ FACEBOOK

NFNL Netball

■ Section 1. North Heidelberg 2 50 d

North Heidelberg 3 43. Bundoora 1 57 d Diamond Creek 1 55. North Heidelberg 1 58 d Heat 1 43.

Section 2. Hurstbridge 1 25 d bundoora

2 21. Heat 2 32 drew with Bundoora 3 32. Montmorency 1 39 d North Heidelberg 4 36.

Section 3. Lalor 1 35 d Watsonia 1

33. Hume 1 33 d Thomastown 1 27. Greensborough 1 38 d North Heidelberg 5 24. North Heidelberg 6: Bye.

Section 4. Hurstbridge 2 25 d Kinglake

1 23. Watsonia 2 28 d Heidelberg West 1

18. Greensborough 2 32 d Epping 1 27. Heat 3 34 d South Morang 1 15.

Section 5. Whittlesea ` 27 d Fitzroy

Stars 1 21. Hazel Glen 1 32 d Kilmore 1

22. Lalor 2 31 d Montmorency 2 26. Heat

5 31 d Thomastown 2 23. Heat 4 24 d Bundoora 4 21.

Section 6. Diamond Creek 2 23 d Panton Hill 1 21. Kilmore 2 22 d Epping 2

19. St Mary’s 1 37 d Bundoora 5 20. Hume 2 27 d Epping 4 21.

Section 7. Thomastown 4 31 d Hurstbridge 3 25. Heat 6 35 d Kilmore 5 17. La trobe 1 35 d Bundoora 6 16. Watsonia 3 23 d Montmorency 3 17.

Section 8. Kilmore 3 39 d Whittlesea

2 27. Northcote Park 1 29 d Greensborough 3 20. Diamond Creek 3 35 d Bundoora

7 22. Montmorency 4 23 d La Trobe 2. Thomastown 3 30 d South Morang 2 11.

Section 9. Lower Plenty 1 38 d Epping

5 13. Kilmore 4 33 d West Ivanhoe 1 20. Bundoora 9 29 d Hurstbridge 4 21. Heat 7 39 d Epping 3 13.

Section 10. Heat 8 19 drew with Bundoora 8 19. Lalor 3 36 d Heat 9 33. Heidelberg West 2 32 d Montmorency 5 16. Hurstbridge 5 36 d Kinglake 2 10. Watsonia 4 26 d South Morang 3 16.

Section 11. Epping 6 36 d Bundoora

10 15. Hazel Glen 2 34 d Fitzroy Stars 2

16. West Preston Lakeside 1 32 d Epping 7

16. La trobe 3 36 d Thomastown 5 20.

Watsonia 5 25 d Kilmore 6 21.

Section 12. Montmorency 6 27 d Epping

8 26. Hurstbridge 6 24 d Hazel Glen 3 14.

Whittlesea 3 32 d Bundoora 2 14. Kilmore 7 26 d Bundoora 11 17.

Section 13. South Morang 4 30 d

Epping 9 2. Hazel Glen 4 27 d Heat 10 22.

Bundoora 13 31 d Hazel Glen 5 19.

OE Netball

■ Division 1 A-Grade. Emerald 55 d ROC

51. Belgrave 54 d Healesville 30. Seville

71 d Berwick Springs 22. Yea: Bye.

Division 1 B-Grade. Belgrave 53 d

Healesville 18. Yea 40 d Hallam 31. ROC

73 d Emerald 18. Seville 78 d Berwick Springs 24.

Division 1 C-Grade. Belgrave 42 d

Healesville 13. Seville 59 d Berwick Springs

13. ROC 41 d Emerald 37. Yea: Bye.

Division 1 D-Grade. Belgrave 27 d

Healesville 16. Seville 32 d Berwick Springs

19. ROC 29 d Emerald 15. Hallam: Bye.

Division 2 A-Grade. Powelltown 52 d

Yarra Junction 45. Yarra glen 75 d Alexandra

42. Warburton-Millgrove 71 d Broadford 37.

Division 2 B-Grade. Powelltown 59 d

Yarra Junction 18. Yarra glen 40 d Alexandra

23. Broadford 43 d Warburton-Millgrove 39.

Division 2 C-Grade. Powelltown 46 d

Yarra junction 19. Yarra Glen 52 d Alexandra

13. Broadford 33 d Warburton-Millgrove 21.

Division 2 D-Grade. Powelltown 38 d

Yarra Junction 12. Warburton-Millgrove, Yarra Glen: Bye.

Premier Division A-Grade. OlindaFerny Creek 59 d Beaconsfield 41. UpweyTecoma 56 d Gembrook-Cockatoo 32. Wandin 68 d Monbulk 43. MKt Evelyn 47 d Pakenham 39. Narre Warren 59 d Berwick 34.

Premier Division B-Grade. OlindaFerny Creek 48 drew with Beaconsfield 48. Upwey-Tecoma 31 d Gembrook-Cockatoo 20. Wandin 65 d Monbulk 35. Mt Evelyn 45 d Pakenham 35. Narre Warren 62 d Berwick 27.

Local Sport Magpies critical triumph

■ A final quarter masterclass from Patrick Fitzgerald helped Montmorency return to the winner’s list in NFNL Division 1, defeating finals hopeful Hurstbridge by 21 points at Montmorency Park North Oval.

This highly anticipated clash was always set to result in a classic finish, following the two sides’ draw in Round 5, and it looked to produce a similar conclusion when the Bridges led by a point a three-quarter time.

But the Magpies were clinical in the final term, with four consecutive majors from the magnificent Fitzgerald securing a 15.13 (103) to 13.4 (82) triumph.

Fitzgerald finished with seven goals for the match, which incredibly is the third time he’s achieved the feat in a game in 2023. He now has 61 majors in 14 games this season.

The win was vital for Jonathan Manzoney’s men, as following Bundoora’s defeat to Heidelberg, they are now eight points clear of the Bulls and Bulldogs in second position.

Fortunately for Hurstbridge, they still remain in fifth after Greensborough’s shock loss to Banyule on the weekend.

Sam Binion continued his outstanding 2023 form, dominating in the midfield and finding lots of the footy, Marcus Lentini too was enormous around stoppages for the hosts.

William Cookson was enormous for the away side and was hard to stop in the first half, whilst Mitchell Hymus backed up his brilliant performance against the Magpies in Round 5 with another terrific game.

Joel Naylor managed to make things interesting at the other end of the ground with a sixgoal haul. He has now scored 26 majors in his last four matches, but his biggest highlight was a massive screamer that he clunked on the wing.

Inside 50, he was assisted well by Bailey Jordan who finished with four goals.

Fitzgerald got things going from the outset, with the first goal of the match within the opening minute after the home side streamed through the midfield, making an early statement on the visitors.

Despite the quick start from the Magpies, the Bridges responded by kicking the next three goals of the term, leaving Montmorency looking for answers.

Kicking accuracy helped the visitors lead into the break, as despite registering the same scoring shots, the visitors had 10 more points than their opposition.

The Bridges brought their momentum into the second term and kicked three goals within the first five minutes of the quarter to suddenly stretch the margin out to almost five goals.

Frustration started to get the better of the Magpies, who were giving away multiple free kicks to their opponents.

But just as Joel Cordwell’s men were on track to run away with the game, the Magpies started to compose themselves and soon flipped the switch.

Montmorency kicked six of the last eight majors in a high scoring second term. Corey Sleep was a standout, producing three of those six goals, to help the hosts wrestle back momentum and the lead heading into half time.

After a scintillating 11-goal second quarter, the third term only saw the four goals scored. Importantly for Hurstbridge, they kicked the first of the quarter thanks to Jordan.

Both sides defended exceptionally well with such a tight score, as it was clear that neither team wanted to drop four crucial points this late into the season.

Two goals were kicked by each team for the quarter, and it was the visitors who managed to sneak a one-point advantage into a huge final term.

The fourth term produced an electric atmosphere which found spectators from both sides finding their voice to encourage their teams to step up in the final term.

Bailey Jordan set the tone for Hurstbridge by kicking the first goal of the last term in just the second minute, giving his side a crucial sevenpoint lead.

But their momentum didn’t last long, as Fitzgerald took over for the Magpies, kicking four consecutive majors to break the game right open and help Montmorency solidify a 21-point victory.

- Matt Haug/NFNL

Rebels Sunday scores

■ In Round 11 of the season, the Alexandra Football Netball Club junior teams returned to Rebel Park for the first home game in two months, hosting Yea to play our games of football together with Alexandra Black to play three games of netball.

Alexandra Red had the bye and the Under 16 football team hosted Shepparton United at Rebel Park.

The Under 9s and 10s football had a game but theirs is noncompetitive and non-scoring so there is no win loss for that competition.

Under 12s Football

Alexandra 13.13 (91) defeated Yea 1.2 (8)

North Central Construction – Jayden Dimech; Essence Coffee Lounge – Billy Baker ; Foodworks – Chase Hilder; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Jet Olive; Coach – Max Kaiser.

Under 14s Football

Alexandra 8.8 (56) defeated Yea 6.8 (44)

North Central Construction – Lachlan Williams ; Essence Coffee Lounge – Heath Sutcliffe ; Foodworks – Aiden Campbell ; Alexandra Bakery and Café – TomClark; Coach – Toby Lucas.

Under 16s Football

Alexandra 6.6 (42) defeated Shepparton United 5.2 (32)

DMK Taxation – Casey Collett; Essence Coffee Lounge – Ashley Dean; Foodworks –Coen Miljkovic; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Brad Johnson; Coach – Shaun Sutcliffe.

Under 11s Netball

Alexandra Black 21 defeated Yea 10

Foodworks – Annie Barker; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Harper Williamson, Alex Sportspower – Havana Fereday

Under 13s Netball

Alexandra Black 17 defeated by Yea 19 Foodworks – Holly Williams; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Hannah Weeks , Alex Sportspower – Samantha Fraser.

Under 15s Netball

Alexandra Black 15 defeated by Yea 30 Foodworks – Talia Nash; Alexandra Bakery and Café – Brianna Golland.

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

Next Sunday, Alexandra junior football and netball teams travel to Kings Park to play St Marys in four games of football. Alexandra Black play two games of netball with the Under 15s having a bye.

Alexandra Red netball travels to Broadford for three games of netball, Under 16 football to play Moama at a venue to be confirmed.

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

Thank you to all the families that have paid their season 2023 junior football and netball player memberships and any families that have not done so yet, it would be appreciated if you could attend to this as soon as possible.

If you have any queries, please contact Club President Ray Steyger on 5772 2627.

● ● Montmorency 15.13 (103) d Hurstbridge 13.4 (82). Photo: NWM Studios.

● ● Alexandra Juniors on Sunday. Photo: Alexandra Rebels/Facebook

Cougars bounce back in Div. 2

■ Northcote Park have ended a two-game losing streak after defeating Thomastown by 37 points at Main Street Recreation Reserve, keeping their NFNL Division 2 finals chances alive.

A strong display of determination saw the Cougars defeat the Bears 14.14 (98) to 9.7 (61) as they kicked six goals to two in the final term to secure their seventh win of the season.

Northcote Park are still outside the top five on percentage, but importantly, now create a six-point gap from seventh placed Thomastown with four games remaining.

With a couple of essential names out for the Bears, the visitors were able to capitalise with 28 shots on goal, compared to 16 from their opponents.

Matthew D’Angelo led the way up forward with a season high six majors. His presence in the forward half was hard to ignore and was constantly a threat for the Bears defenders.

Janus Waldron was also a key player for the visitors, making it difficult for the Bears to move the ball smoothly through the middle.

Reigning club best and fairest Daniel Tallariti had some terrific moments as did Jordan Perry.

Goulburn Murray Junior Football

■ Under 12. Alexandra 13.14 (92) s Yea 1.1 (7). St Mary’s v Broadford. Tabilk v Seymour. Wandong: Bye.

Under 14. Alexandra 8.8 (56) d Yea 6.8 (44). St Mary’s saints 13.20 (98) d Broadfo0rd 0.2 (2). Tabilk v Seymour. Wan dong: Bye.

Under 16. Seymour 25.22 (172) d Leitchville-Gunbower 3.4 (22). Alexandra 6.6 (42) d Shepp. United 6.2 (32). Moama 7.9 (51) d Tatura 5.5 (35). Euroa: Bye.

Outer East Junior Football

■ Under 11 Mixed. Healesville 8.5 (53) d Wandin 3.1 (19). Wesburn 2.2 (14) d Woori Yallock 2.0 (12). Monbulk 4.1 (25) d Belgrave 2.2 (14). Olinda-Ferny Creek 3.2 (20) d Mt Evelyn 2.1 (13). Upwey-Tecoma 12.8 980) d Seville 0.0 (0). Emerald 8.9 (57) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 0.0 (0). Yarra Glen 12.16 (88) d Yarra Glen 0.0 (0).

NFNL

Turtles storm home

■ Old Eltham Collegians held their nerve in an entertaining contest with Laurimar at Eltham College, winning by seven points to boost their NFNL Division 3 finals aspirations.

Three unanswered goals either side of three quarter time by the hosts were crucial in the 9.4 (58) to 6.15 (51) victory.

In a game of momentum swings, the Turtles were able to make better use of their chances and, despite not scoring at all in the second term, did enough to get over the line.

“The win keeps us in the hunt for the finals,” Old Eltham Collegians coach Matt Sleeman said.

“We look forward to the challenge of being the first side to win at Kinglake next week.”

Sleeman praised the work of Sebastian Francis-Perkins for his ability to hit targets as well as Matthew Williamson up forward and Timothy Ellis in defence.

Named best on ground, Ellis noted the work rate of the Turtles being good, particularly late in the game, and that shutting down the Laurimar talls had a major say in the contest.

Nathan Byatt and Daniel Hallett continued their good work in the back half for the hosts.

Noah Mooney was influential for the Power, and scored the first two goals of the match before the Turtles even troubled the scorers. But a highlights reel snap from the home team’s Francis-Perkins sparked his side into action.

In a high-scoring term, Old Eltham Collegians secured a handy lead of nine points at the quarter time break. A feature of the term was the booming kick-ins of Turtles defender Liam Rushton-McCoach which often turned into forward 50 entries for his side.

Laurimar then lifted and gained control of general play for much of the middle stages of the contest without converting their advantages on the scoreboard, as from quarter time until late in the third term, the Power scored 1.6.

They looked likely to head to the final break with a small lead as well as having a slight wind advantage in the final term. But the Turtles lifted towards the three quarter time siren, with Sebastian Francis-Perkins taking a fine contested mark and kicking truly to regain the lead.

Benjamin Cox had been busy on the wing and found Matthew Williamson who goaled on the siren. Every teammate rushed to him after the kick, as it sent the home side into the break with great momentum and an eight-point buffer.

Goals were at a premium and the fans had to wait until midway through the final term to see Williamson mark and convert for his fourth of the afternoon.

The Power then needed three majors to clinch

the win and eventually found the big sticks courtesy of Josh Leather. But it proved too little too late, as Laurimar lost the game as well as top spot on the ladder.

“We just didn’t make the most of our opportunities,” Laurimar coach Jimmy Atkins said.

The Power coach liked the work of Aidan Clarke in the ruck as well as young star Noah Mooney.

Ethan Bateman was a rock in defence for the Power, while Mitch Thompson pleased his coach with his inside work. William Jacovou was a solid contributor, while Ethan Frawley produced some outstanding clearance work.

After the result, the hunt for the double chance and fourth spot is full of interest.

Laurimar will need to win their remaining three games to have a crack at a top two finish while Old Eltham Collegians are level pegging with Heidelberg West and will play finals if they win their three remaining games, but they will need to rely on the Hawks dropping a game against at least one of the top three teams in the run home.

Lawrence Lopiccolo was predictably powerful for Thomastown in the middle and with no Tyrone Lenoardis, he stood up as best he could in stoppages.

Daniel Chadwick was the hosts top goal scorer with three while at the other end, Daniel Caruso was prolific.

The highly anticipated contest began with an unlikely first goalkicker as Matthew Morison, who has been a key defender all season for Thomastown, popped up to draw first blood.

Northcote Park moved the ball well through the middle of the ground from the outset, with Alexander Boyse getting involved early.

The Cougars first major came from D’Angelo but the Bears responded courtesy of Daniel Chadwick, whose fourth major of the season gave the hosts a six-point quarter time lead.

The second quarter was an arm wrestle with multiple lead changes and plenty of stoppages throughout the middle.

Northcote Park’s ball movement was a highlight for the quarter, with Janus Waldron and Matthew Perazzola standing out as dominant contributors for Stephen Saddington’s men.

A goal from D’Angelo put the visitors in front before a brilliant play from Lopiccolo and Todd Hughes saw the latter find the big sticks which again ensured Thomastown took the lead.

But it didn’t last long, with three further goals complimenting a boost of pressure from the away side, with their fluency in transition a key factor in wrestling back the advantage.

The third quarter began slowly, but after forcing a turnover inside their defensive half, Janus Waldron kicked truly to help Northcote Park extend their margin to 23 points.

The Bears got it back to within a couple of goals, but the momentum shifted towards the Cougars again when D’Angelo got going throughout the term, with his third and fourth goals of the match putting the visitors in complete control.

Thomastown’s answer to D’Angelo’s surge was Shannon Ball, who burst onto the scene to kick two quick goals, helping the Bears get back in the game and trail by just 10 points at three quarter time.

But despite looking to reduce the deficit heading into the final term, Northcote Park had all the answers, just as they had all afternoon.

Breaking the contest open, the Cougars kicked six majors to Thomastown’s two in the last quarter to solidify the triumph.

Matthew D’Angelo made a statement, adding two more goals to take his afternoon tally to six, while Jonathan Naddaaf and Benjamin Reddick were also important contributors to the side’s final term dominance.

Under 12 Girls. Upwey-Ferny Creek 5.4 (34) d Mt Evelyn 1.2 (8). Wandin v Healesville. Wesburn 6.6 (42) d Monbulk 1.0 (6). Upwey-Tecoma: Bye. Under 13 Mixed Ranges. Wesburn 18.14 (122) d Woori Yallock Yellow 0.0 (0). Wandin 8.8 (56) d Yarra Glen 2.5 (17). Gembrook-Cockatoo 4.6 (30) d UpweyTecoma 1.3 (9). Seville 5.3 (33) d Mt Evelyn White 2.1 (13). Belgrave 7.16 (58) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 2.0 (12). Healesville: Bye.

Under 13 Mixed Yarra. Olinda-Ferny Creek 6.6 (42) d Mt Evelyn 3.2 (20). Monbulk 6.12 (48) d Upwey-Tecoma 2.1 (13). Healesville 7.3 (45) d Woori Yallock 4.4 (28). Emerald: Bye.

Under 14 Girls. Belgrave 12.14 (86) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 0.0 (0). Healesville 7.9 (51) d Mt Evelyn 1.1 (7). Mt Evelyn 7.8 (50) d Emerald 2.1 (13). Upwey-Tecoma 1.7 (13) d Seville-Yarra Glen 1.1 (7). Wesburn: Bye.

Under 15 Boys Ranges. Wandin 11.16 (82) d Emerald 4.2 (26). Yarra Glen 6.11 (47) d Upwey-Tecoma 3,6 (24). Healesville 22.16 (148) d Mt Evelyn 0.2 (2).

Under 15 Boys Yarra. Emerald 7.19 (81) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 4.4 (28). Healesville 14.16 (100) d Woori Yallock 8.7 (55). Upwey-Tecoma 8.13 (61) d Monbulk

2.6 (18). Wandin 11.10 (76) d Wesburn

3.5 (23). Mt Evelyn 8.5 (53) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 2.5 (17).

Under 16 Girls. Mt Evelyn 6.10 (46) d Mobulk 0.0 (0). Belgrave 6.4 (40) d Wesburn 1.1 (7). Healesville 2.7 (19) d Yarra Glen 0.5 (5).

Under 17 Boys. Upwqey-Tecoma 8.11 (59) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 5.5 (35). WandinYarra glen 6.8 (44) d Gembrook-Cockatoo

5.10 (40). Healesville 8.8 (56) d Woori Yallock 4.9 (33). Mt Evelyn 15.18 (108) d Monbulk 1.2 (8). Seville: Bye.

Outer East Junior Netball

■ 17 and Under Blue. Powelltown 24 d Yarra Junction 10. Warburton-Millgrove 23 d Broadford 19. Alexandra: Bye.

17 and Under White. Pakenham 27 d ROC 15. Narre Warren 53 d Berwick 15. Beaconsfield: Bye.

15 and Under Blue. ROC 33 d Pakenham 13. Narre Warren 44 d Berwick

13. Beaconsfield: Bye.

15 and Under White. ROC 34 d

Pakenham 12. Narre Warren 40 d Berwick

13. Hampton Park 24 v Beaconsfield 24.

13 and Under Blue. ROC 30 d

Pakenham 14. Narre Warren 24 d Berwick

17. Beaconsfield: Bye.

13 and Under White. ROC 32 d Pakenham 18. Narre Warren 28 d Berwick 20.

- Sheridan van Gelderen/NFNL

Northcote Park 14.14 (98) d Thomastown 9.7 (61). Photo: NWM Studios.

- Doug Long/NFNL

● ● Old Eltham Collegians 9.4 (58) d Laurimar 6.15 (51)

Photo: NWM Studios

MAN DIES AFTER POLICE ARREST

■ A 46-year-old man has died in hospital following an incident in Frankston North.

Police attended a property on Hickory Crescent on Thursday afternoon (July 20) as part of an active investigation.

The Frankston North man subsequently barricaded himself inside the house about 4.40pm.

Members of the Critical Incident Response Team then attended and attempted to negotiate with the man.

Shortly before 8pm Police attempted to enter the property and were confronted by the man armed with knives and in an agitated state.

Police continued to attempt to negotiate with him however were unsuccessful.

The man was confrontational and as a result, he was tasered multiple times to no avail and subsequently flexible baton rounds were used.

The man was then provided with immediate medical care when he appeared to become unresponsive during his arrest.

He was taken to hospital where he died on Saturday morning (July 22).

No one else was in the property at the time of the incident and no one else was injured.

Homicide Squad detectives will prepare a report for the coroner, which is standard procedure following a death in custody.

The investigation will be oversighted by Professional Standards Command.

Reunited with dogs

■ A 79-year-old woman has been reunited with her pet dogs after her vehicle was stolen from a carpark in Narre Warren.

The two shelties, five-year-old Lucy and two-year-old Darcy, were left in the distinctive lime-green Hyundai Kona while their owner was swimming at a leisure centre at Westfield Fountain Gate between 5.30pm7.30pm Friday.

It is believed that sometime during the two-hour window, thieves have entered the changerooms of the swimming complex and made off with the victim’s car keys and phone.

On Friday night a member of the public located the dogs on the street nearby and looked after them overnight until they could be collected by a ranger on Saturday.

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Diana Trask: Memories Are Made Of This

A great CD by one of Australia’s popular singers $20 including postage

Diana Trask was one of the first popular Australian singers to be successful in the USA but soon after many others followed: Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and in recent times Keith Urban. Diana's success began on the Sing Along with Mitch TV Show from New York. Coming back to Australia she had a national hit TV show The Di Trask Show.

Dear Friends, I am so happy and excited to have my CD “Memories Are Made of This” made available to you through The Local Paper. I trust you will enjoy hearing this great selection of wonderful songs I sang on “The Di Trask Show” all those years ago. With love, Diana

1. Memories Are Made of This

2. Unforgettable

3. Alley Cat

4. Que Sera Sera

5. Heather on the Hill

6. Half as Much

7. All or Nothing at All

8. Auf Wiedershen

9. Green Eyes

10. Blues in the Night

11. Hello Young Lovers

12. To the Ends of the Earth

13. Days of Wine and Roses

14. Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer

15. Goodnight Irene

16. Comes Love

Simply

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Yes! Please send me the CD “Memories Are Made of This” I enclose my Cheque/Money Order for $20.00

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Shows

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

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

■ Aspect Inc: Stage Door (Edna Ferber and George S Kaufman) Until July 29 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Candice Mitrousis. Bookings: www.aspecttheatre.org.au

■ Frankston Theatre Group: Fast Food (by Morgan Rose) July 28 to August 6 at Mount Eliza Community Centre, 90-100 Canadian Bay Rd., Mt Eliza. Director: Elli Haskett. ,www.frankstontheatregrou.org.au

■ Essendon Theatre Company: We Wrote Some Plays (by Audrey Farthing, Melissa Forge and Angelo Snell) August 3 – 12 at the Bradshaw St. Community Hall, Bradshaw St., West Essendon. Directors: Audrey Farthing, Shobana Sebastian and Casey Bohan. www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au

■ MLOC Productions: Fiddler on the Roof, August 2 – 13 at The Alex Theatre, St Kilda. Directors: Adrian and Sarah Glaubert; Musical Director: Kent Ross; Choreographer: Bridie Clark. Further Information: www.mloc.org.au

■ The 1812 Theatre: Picnic at Hanging Rock (by Tom Wright) August 3 – 26 at The 1812 Theatre, Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Bookingds: www.1812theatre.com.au or 97583964

■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Frozen Jr August 11 – 20 at Centenary Hall, Williamstown. www.wmtc.org

■ Peridot Theatre Company: Things I know to be True (by Andrew Bovell) August 10 –20 at the Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director; Kellie Tweeddale. Bookings: www.peridot.com.au

■ Cardinia Performing Arts Company (CPAC): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory August 19 – September 2 at the Cranbourne Community Theatre, Brunt St., Cranbourne. Bookings: www.cpacmusicaltheatre.com

■ Melbourne French Theatre: Flagrant Délire (by Jean-Pierre Martinez) August 22 –26 at The Stables, Meat Market, 2 Wreckyn St. (Cnr. Courtney St.), North Melbourne. Director: Luca Romani. Producer: Michael Bula. www. melbournefrenchtheatre.org.au

■ South Gippsland One Act Play Festival: August 26-27 at the Foster War Memorial Arts Centre, Main St., Foster. www.famda.org.au

■ Gemco Players: Stepping Out (Richard Harris) September 8 – 23 at The Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Director; Annette O’Shea. www.gemcoplayers.org.

Auditions

■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Ladies in Black (Music and lyrics Tim Finn, Book, Carolyn Burns) July 25 at 7pm at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Audition bookings: timascott56@gmail.com

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder July 23 at 10am, July 24 at 7pm at Williamstown Theatre, 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director:Brbara Hughes. Audition Enquiries: 0417 589 015 or email bhughes@wlt.org.au.

■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: A Hit or Miss Christmas (Written and Directed by Emma Wood) August 5 at 1.00pm and August 9 at 8.00pm at the Warrandyte Mechanics Hall, 180 – 186 Yarra St., Warrandyte. Audition enquiries: wood.emma.e@gmail. com

■ Essendon Community Theatre: The Odd Couple (Female Version)(by Neil Simon) August 15, 17, 7-9.30pm;August 20, 10am2pm at the Bradshaw Community Thetre, Bradshaw St., West Essendon. Director:Angelo Snell. Audition bookings: www.essendontheatrecommpany.com.au

■ Wyndham Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens) August 25 from 2.00pm; August 28 from 7.00pm at WTC’s Crossroads Theatre, Cnr Duncan’s Rd and Synott St., Werribee. Director: Alaine Beek. Audition bookings and enquiries: 0439 690 091 or email hello@essencetheatre.

productions - Cheryl Threadgold

Flinders Quartet Observations

2:22 A GHOST STORY

■ 2:22 A Ghost Story has its Australian premiere when opening in Melbourne at Her Majesty's Theatre this week, running for a fourweek season.

Starring Ruby Rose, Daniel MacPherson, Gemma Ward and Remy Hii, the hit play is written by Danny Robins and directed by Matthew Dunster.

Since opening in the West End in 2022 and winning multiple awards, the supernatural thriller is said to have since become highly popular in London.

Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam won't have any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again?

Belief and scepticism clash, but something strange and frightening is getting closer. So, they are going to stay up until 2.22, and then they'll know.

Performance Details: July 27 for four weeks.

Venue: Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne.

Bookings: Ticketek

- Cheryl Threadgold

Surviving Sunset

■ The Australian premiere of Surviving Sunset: An Actor's Hollywood Journey will be screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival at 4.40pm on Sunday (July 30).

Surviving Sunset tells the story of the challenging and often unglamorous life through the lens of writer/ director Shaun-Anthony Robinson. The documentary follows Robinson on a six-week trek through the trials and tribulations of trying to make it in Hollywood.

Surviving Sunset presents the gritty reality of the actor’s journey where making it is as likely as winning the lottery.

Robinson’s own story is supported by interviews with other Australian actors including George Kapiniaris (Acropolis Now), Shane Connor (Wentworth) and Roger Ward (Mad Max). Even Channel 10's entertainment reporter Craig Bennett makes an appearance.

“I’m so excited to be presenting my film at the festival,” said Shaun-Anthony Robinson, writer / director “This exciting milestone signifies the culmination of five years of relentless dedication and hard work to bring my story to life.”

The film features behind-the-scenes footage taking the audience right to the coal face of the industry.

Robinson in this film gives voice to the thousands of hopefuls not just from Australia but all over the world who arrive in Hollywood hoping to ‘make it’.

The documentary is raw and taps into Robinson's own traumatic childhood which led him to the stage. Having worked as a truck driver for most of his adult life, it was in his 30s that Robinson decided to focus on his first love –acting.

Robinson quickly carved a name for himself as the tough guy and appeared in TV shows including Frayed, Home and Away, The Secret Daughter , and Blue Murder and the feature films Event Zero, Dumb Criminals and The System.

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will run until July 30 at Cinema Nova, Carlton. Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Tickets are available from Cinema Nova. For more information about the film visit www.survivingsunset.com

- Cheryl Threadgold

Gershwin and Me

■ Virtuosic pianist and Gershwin aficionado Simon Tedeschi performs George Gershwin's masterpieces on Tuesday, August 1 in the Toorak Synagogue, which will be opened to the public for this exclusive event.

With three albums of Gershwin’s music and countless acclaimed performances of Rhapsody in Blue under his fingers, Tedeschi will

● ● Simon Tedeschi present a suite of favourites including Rhapsody, Summertime, I Got Rhythm and more. The program will also feature works from composers within Gershwin’s world including Rachmaninov, Chopin and Debussy. Trumpeter Matt Jodrel will also make a guest appearance.

As he explains, Tedeschi’s affinity with Gershwin is multifaceted.

“I performed Gershwin with Larry Adler, who performed with Gershwin himself at a party. I was Larry’s last pianist - there were about seven decades between us.

“Rhapsody in Blue also connects me to another wonderful musician, the conductor, impresario, arranger and survivor Tommy Tycho, with whom I first performed Rhapsody in Blue.”

He describes Gershwin’s music as a clashing of ideals, a syzygy of styles, from Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Klezmer and the Viennese School to the blues, jazz and Latin music.

“Gershwin is the exemplar of an American composer, and I can’t wait to come to Melbourne to share with audiences a musical icon who has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’m particularly looking forward to experiencing the acoustics of the Toorak Synagogue and the beautiful space that will certainly enhance the experience.”

Performance Date: Tuesday, August 1 at 7pm

Venue: Toorak Synagogue, Cnr Toorak and St Kilda Rds., South Yarra

Tickets: From $38

Bookings: gershwinandme.eventbrite. com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

Theatre Works

■ Fabricated Rooms and Theatre Works present June from July 26 to August 5 at Theatre Works, St Kilda.

Written by Patrick McCarthy and directed by Emily Tomlins, this solo work will be performed by Caroline Lee.

After spending a year in silence, June invites an audience into her world. At times charming, at others shimmering with rage, she arrives fully formed but alters at will.

A gentle and challenging play about moving through the world and finding a voice that fits who you have become.

Performance Details: July 26 - August 5

Venue: Theatre Works, 14 Acland St., St Kilda

Bookings: www.theatreworks.org.au

Duration: 70 minutes

■ For classical music lovers, Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations are always a delight. While they were originally composed for keyboard, Australian composer Julian Yu has written a new arrangement for Australia’s much-loved Flinders Quartet, commissioned by the Myer Foundation.

And it is an arrangement with a difference, as it includes the traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument called an erhu, played by virtuoso Dong Ma.

Also on the program for the Flinders Quartet latest tour, is a work commissioned by the quartet called Dissipate, by Brenda Gifford

The idea behind the tour was to combine a range of cultural backgrounds and styles, all brought together through music.

“Our life’s work is centred around blending different sounds and different musical ideas into a cohesive artistic statement,” Flinders Quartet’s Zoe Knighton explains.

“This concert program has been incredibly rewarding and satisfying to create, with the end result serving to facilitate musical conversations across time, geography and language.”

There are regional performances by the Flinders Quartet at Shepparton Art Museum on August 5 and a sold out concert at Macedon Music on August 6.

Melbourne music lovers can make a diary note of November 10 at the Monash David Li Sound Gallery, while Yarra Valley audiences can enjoy the concert on November 11 at Warburton Arts Centre.

For more information and bookings, visit www.flindersquartet.com

Julie Houghton

Untitled Three Hander

■ A new, self-funded, independent theatre company has arrived in town. Limelight Department Theatre Company will present their inaugural production Untitled Three-Hander from July 26 to August 6 at the MC Showroom, Prahran.

Written by Hayden Hayes and directed by Tony Rive, this new Australian drama is described as 'all style with no substance'.

The story tells of a young woman (Rillo) stepping in and before too long being unwittingly immersed into the lives of two dependent men. 'Think Pinter and LaBute, it's as close to a sitcom as you'll find on stage.'

Emphasising the show will entertain audiences, Untitled Three-Hander is promoted as 'There’ll be no lessons learnt, politics unravelled, or faith questioned - just two guys, a girl, and another girl.'

- Cheryl Threadgold

People Pars

■ Ashlea Hansen has left Channel Seven after a decade of crime reporting at the network and has joined Sky News Australia as a Freelance News Anchor.

■ Michaela Carr has been appointed Network Producer for ARN, where she will be responsible for PM news coverage across ARN’s extensive network of stations. Most recently, she was a Presenter at 6PR and before that, held a similar network position at the ABC. Michaela begins on Monday (July 31).

For mature audiences.

Performance Details: July 26 - August 6

Venue: MC Showroom, L1/50 Clifton St, Prahran

Bookings: www.themcshowroom.com

- Cheryl Threadgold

Media Flashes

■ Brianna Travers has joined 9 News Melbourne as Chief of Staff. She was previously a Crime Reporter at the Herald Sun and before that, a Producer at 3AW Radio.

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MSO SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

■ There is a fascinating backstory to Hector Berlioz’s dream-inspired composition Symphonie Fantastique (1830) that adds another dimension to this dramatic and impassioned work.

The French composer is said to have been in an opium haze and state of “infernal passion” for English actress Harriet Smithson (who he did later marry) when he composed the piece.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor Jaime Martin, a former elite flautist and Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, expertly leads the performance with vibrancy and precision.

Sticking to the dream theme the bill began with an ethereal work by Michael Atherton Shall We Dream. The Gondwana Voices children’s choir entered the auditorium from the back, humming and creating eerie sounds by running their fingers around the rim of a half-full glass – that old party trick.

Accompanying the choir and MSO was soprano Alexandra Oomens whose voice was haunting and pitchperfect.

Excerpts from Mendelssohn’s a Midsummer Nights’ Dream: incidental music (1842) followed with a glorious and uplifting performance of the Wedding March.

Oomens and the Gondwana Voices appeared again with mezzosoprano Stephanie Dillon in a beautifully blended vocal piece, Ye Spotted Snakes.

While the first two works delighted, Symphonie Fantastique was certainly the highlight with its intensity and dramatic emotional expression.

The symphony has been labelled “programmatic” meaning each movement portrays specific events, but it also uses recurring themes throughout to add cohesiveness.

It is a work that transfixes the audience and while the precision of the strings, in moments of frenzied energy, enthralled, the woodwind, brass and percussion sections got their moment in the limelight.

The woodwind solos were exquisite and the deep rumbling of percussions in contrast to the thunderous explosions excited and delighted.

Congratulations to the MSO on an absolutely wonderful program, superbly performed.

- Review by Beth Klein

Christian Hull

■ Comedian and author Christian Hull returns to Melbourne with new stories to tell as part of a four-state tour, presenting his new live comedy show on September 8 - 9 at The Comic's Lounge in North Melbourne.

Perhaps best recognised for his enthusiasm over a T-shirt folder, excitement over guessing paint colours, reactions to content like five-minute craft hacks and trying to find the soy

auce Coles mini, Christian has earned over 66M likes and 1.7M followers on TikTok, 1.2M on Facebook and 265K+ Instagram followers –with a total of 3.3M+ followers across social media.

Performance Details: September 8 and September 9 at 7pm

Venue: The Comic's Lounge, 1/26 Errol St., North Melbourne Bookings: www.thecomicslounge. com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

La Cage Aux Folles

■ The hit Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles will open in Melbourne for a limited season at Arts Centre Melbourne from November 9.

The musical will star Paul Capsis in the lead role of Albin and internationally renowned singer and actor Michael Cormick (Beauty and The Beast, The Phantom Of The Opera) as his husband Georges.

he original 1983 Broadway production ran for more than four years and won six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book.

The success of the musical spawned a West End production and several international tours as well as the box-office smash-hit film The Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

Subsequent revivals have garnered considerable success, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in both 2004 and 2010, as well as the Olivier Award in London for Best Musical Revival in 2008.

“I am overjoyed to be bringing our production of La Cage aux Folles to Arts Centre Melbourne, it’s such a beautiful story with a timeless message of acceptance and love of who you are,” said producer David M. Hawkins.

“Paul Capsis is one of our greatest artists, he is a scream as Albin, hearing him act those lyrics of ‘I Am What I Am’ makes one realise how far we have come as a community, but also how much further we still need to go. Couple that with the rich luscious voice of Michael Cormick and it’s a match made in showbiz heaven,”

“La Cage Aux Folles is a fully Australian created production, led by exciting young Melbourne director Riley Spadaro with inspired choreography by Veronica Beattie George. I have adored bringing this to the stage and can’t wait for it to play our beloved theatre capital Melbourne,” he added.

A traditional Broadway musical with big, brassy dance numbers, La Cage Aux Folles was considered revolutionary in many ways when opening on Broadway in 1983, breaking down barriers for gay representation by becoming the first hit Broadway musical centred on a homosexual relationship. The show’s act one finale, I Am What I Am, received praise as a "gay

anthem" and has been widely recorded, most notably by Gloria Gaynor.

Based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, La Cage aux Folles boasts infectious melodies by Jerry Herman (Hello Dolly, Mame) and a book by Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots, Torch Song Trilogy).

The show tells the story of a gay couple who run a St Tropez drag club and when their (heterosexual) son brings his fiancée’s ultraconservative parents for dinner, chaos and hilarity ensues.

This production, by Showtune Productions, opened to rave reviews at the State Theatre in Sydney earlier this year with direction by Riley Spadaro (The Italians, This Bitter Earth), and choreography by Veronica Beattie George (The Boy From Oz, Guys and Dolls).

Further casting announcements will be made in the coming months.

Showtune Productions in association with Arts Centre Melbourne presents La Cage Aux Folles

November 9-19

Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse

Directed By Riley Spadaro

Choreography by Veronica Beattie George

Musical Direction by Craig Renshaw

Set Design by Grace Deacon

Lighting Design by Phoebe Pilcher

Design Associate and Costumes by Jozef Zoda

Wigs and Make-up Design by Drew-Elizabeth Johnstone.

- Contributed

SEN’s team

■ Sports Entertainment Network has been awarded the Suncorp Super Netball League’s newest team. SEN was granted the licence after a competitive tender process run by Netball Australia, overseen by a subcommittee including consultants Colin Smith and David Gallop.

In granting the licence, Netball Australia will operate the team throughout 2023, before fully transitioning to SEN in 2024.

The team will be based in Melbourne’s south-east, with a name to be unveiled ahead of the upcoming season.

The group already owns four sports teams, all in basketball.

Chief Executive Craig Hutchison said acquiring this team was the first of many steps into netball, a sport the business believes in.

“We see an opportunity here to step up and ensure the Victorian netball community gets the second team it deserves,” Mr Hutchison said.

“We believe firmly in the direction of the Netball Australia Board, its Chief Executive Kelly Ryan and the leadership team.”

- Contributed

Sisu

■ (MA). 92 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas July 27.

A tremendously entertaining blend of graphic 80’s style action, and a not-so-subtle treatise on the Nazi plague that is again raising its ugly head, the new film from writer/ director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, and who hasn’t helmed a feature film since the fun Big Game in 2014) swings for the fences in a confident manner, and thankfully scores a large bullseye.

Set in Finland during 1944, the story focuses on grim, local prospector Aatami (Jorma Tommila), who has been crossing the scarred Finnish landscape on horseback looking for gold.

After much effort, Aatami succeeds spectacularly, but as he starts to journey back home, he encounters a group of German soldiers, who look all but defeated, as Germany is now clearly losing the war.

What these troopers don’t know however, is that Aatami is a former special forces soldier, who has killed so many Russians he has been seen by the enemy as an unstoppable ghost.

These soldiers, led by the cruel Bruno (Aksel Hennie) , begin to realise in growingly fatal fashion, that the legend is a brutal reality.

To put it mildly, Sisu is not for the squeamish (it is quite surprising that the film has managed to obtain an MA rating).

Every kill is presented in all its gory glory, and the whole endeavour is seeped in a vicious atmosphere, but Helander balances the material cleverly, making sure the expertly staged action doesn’t overwhelm the sombre nature of the story playing out around it.

Tommila is excellent as Aatami, convincing us that he can endure whatever punishment the enemy can throw at him, a major plus when the film does frequently ask us to suspend disbelief.

Hennie makes for an appropriately risible villain, and also leaves a strong impression.

It is disquieting that we are needing a growing number of films at this time to denounce Nazism (the recent sequel, The Wrath Of Becky, is another example), which has been scarily on the rise over recent years, with supporters becoming more and more public.

Sisu is the perfect film to warn us of these toxic horrors, while also offering top shelf entertainment.

RATING - ****

Alcarras

■ (M). 120 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas July 27.

Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at last year’s Berlin Film Festival, the latest film from Carla

Simon (Summer 1993) is a beautifully realised and crafted drama looking at family and generational change. The film gives us a large gallery of characters, as a family of peach farmers, who have harvested on the same land since the 1940s, discover with shock that Rogelio (Josep Abad), the clan’s quiet patriarch, has never had a formal contract with the Pinyols, who are the actual landowners. Only a handshake promise was made that the Pinyols would never sell the land, but with solar technology becoming a hugely profitable industry, that promise is broken, and the family have until the end of the harvesting period to vacate the property. Rogelio’s son Quimet (Jordi Pujol Dolcet) becomes obsessed with the harvest, and his behaviour starts to take a toll on those around him, who react in various ways, whether it be his wife, their three children, Quimet’s siblings, or the elder members of the family.

Simon is delicate in the creation of both the people and the world they inhabit, but doesn’t resort to cheap sentimentality or melodramatics, and gets remarkably natural performances from her non-professional cast, all of which have been chosen to perfection.

Those looking for a strong story with a propulsive pace will be disappointed and impatient with Alcarras, but for those who want a film where the time is taken to genuinely bring its characters to living, breathing life, while immersing them in a totally believable environment, then this will deliver a richly rewarding cinema experience.

RATING - ****

Quicksand

■ (M). 86 minutes. Now streaming on Shudder.

The Shudder streaming channel has provided viewers with some good-to-marvellous films (Brooklyn 45, Huesera : The Bone Woman, A Wounded Fawn, La Llorona and Hatching to name a few), but there have also been some misfires, and Quicksand definitely falls into that category.

The central premise of a couple ( Carolina Gaitan and Allan Hawco), whose marriage is breaking down, being stuck in quicksand while hiking in a Columbian rainforest, sets up an intriguing, character based chamber piece, but bad writing and direction flatten the material’s potential, making it almost impossible to become involved with the couple’s predicament and personal problems.

Even at 86 minutes, Quicksand feels long, indicating that nothing is working from an early stage.

RATING - *½

- Aaron Rourke

■ Don Cherry holds the unique distinction of being both a professional singer and a professional golfer.

In 1956 Don Cherry had his biggest selling popular song Band Of Gold which sold over a million recordings and went Gold.

Donald Ross Cherry was born January 11, 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas and was the youngest of three children.

At the age of 15 he was working as a singing telegram boy.

Don began singing with the big bands before landing a recording contract with Decca Records in 1951.

Don had a smooth singing style and recorded songs such as Thinking Of You and Belle My Belle My Liberty Belle

In 1952 the great American composer Irving Berlin wrote a country song for Don. It wasn't a great song and unfortunately it was lost.

Don Cherry played golf on three Walker Cup teams winning the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1953 and the Sunnehanna Amateur Title in 1954.

During the day he was playing with the golfing stars such as Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.

In his night time singing appearances he was working with his showbusiness friends Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Perry Como.

As an amateur he competed in the Masters nine times, the Walker Cup three times, the

Whatever Happened To ... Don Cherry

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

America Cup twice and eight times in the US Open

Don managed his dual career very nicely and in 1963 he became a professional golfer. Don lost his hair at an early age and wore a hairpiece.

During a golf exhibition match at the Bay Hill Golf Club a wind gust blew his hairpiece off as Don hit the ball causing him to hit the fairway creating a huge divot - instead of replacing the divot Don threw the hairpiece into the hole, put the ball on top and then hit a great shot.

Don Cherry was a headliner in Las Vegas He did a concert in Cleveland with Elvis in 1956 and later Don was thrilled to learn that he was

one of Elvis Presley's favourite singers. He appeared on many variety television shows and worked with Dean Martin for 11 years.

Whilst appearing on The Dean Martin Show, Dean was not happy with Don's hairpiece and sent him over to the make up department for a new wig.

When Don came back Dean was pleased and rang the make up people to say they were keeping it.

"You can't do that - that is John Wayne's hairpiece!" Dean replied, "Don't worry about that, we're keeping it anyway."

During his life time Don has never smoked or drank alcohol. He met his wife Francine whilst jogging one morning in Las Vegas and they were married in 1993. Francine is also a singer and appeared in 28 Broadway shows.

Sadly tragedy struck when Don's son Stephen was killed during the World Trade Centre attack in 2001.

Check out www.doncherry.us

Kevin Trask

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

BENEATH THE SURFACE, BEHIND THE SCENES

Jacinta steps away

■ ABC Radio Melbourne’s Afternoons presenter, Jacinta Parsons, has announced that she will be stepping back from the show from tomorrow (Thurs.).

Jacinta told her audience that she had decided to step away so she could focus on other responsibilities outside the ABC She will, however, continue to co-host The Friday Revue with Brian Nankervis, each Friday from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Her last Afternoons will be next Thursday, July 27.

“Like so many, my life has gone through some changes over the past couple of months, which has meant I’ve had to make some changes to the way I can work,” Jacinta said in a media statement.

“I’m desperately sad to say I’m needing to scale back from the Afternoons show so I can keep up with my other responsibilities.

“I’m grateful to the ABC for their support and very excited to say that I’m not leaving entirely –and will continue to join Brian Nankervis every single Friday for the Friday Revue.”

ABC Radio Melbourne Content Director Shelley Hadfield said Jacinta would continue to be a much-loved member of the radio team.

Jacinta will pursue some parttime professional opportunities outside the ABC.

■ The Heide Museum of Modern Art will bring into dialogue a delection of significent worlks by contemporary Latin American and Australian artists.

The exhibition Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes explores the ways that art can take our imaginations beyond the limitatiuoins of the known world and the veil of visual appearnces.

Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes considers art as a generative force and complex form of language, investigation, and theatre.

Artists in the exhibition embrace instability, and recognise forms of erasure and new realms of oossibility, critically engaging with unacknowledged or difficult historiesm as well as impacts on our changing society and natural environments.

Exhibion opens July 29 and closes October 22.

Heide Museum of Modern Art 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen.

- Peter Kemp

Tissu Tissue

Tissu tissue – Lara Merrett

A manifstation of the wyay she observes the world around her, Melbourne-born Merret’s stuning works on canvas are a visual language through which she expresses a world view, charged with a conceptual exploration of materiality and mystical thinking.

One of Australia’s most highly regareded abstract colourists, Lara Merrett has for some time been of the forefront of painters evolving and posing important challenges to the tradition of abstraction, creeating gallery installations un whuch her brightly painted surfaces are intended to be tangibly experienced – touched, walked among, intersecteed, and even at times, cut thrpugh and removed.

Exhibition closes August 12, Sullivan + Strumpf 197/108 Rupert St, Collingwood.

- Peter Kemp

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Ronnie Chang’s live performance

stallations for everyone to enjoy free.

For 10 nights from July 27 – August 6, audiences will be invited to experience a confluence of projections by 11 of the Festival’s artists-inresidence, alongside community and collabporative projects, events, parties, talks and screenings.

Presented by The Centre fo Projection Art Festival will again illuminate street facing windows of public and private spaces in Melbourne’s inner-north.

- Peter Kemp

Inner Essence

■ As part of the Inner Essence series artist Brett Ashby has painted paint the portrait of John Foreman.

Since moving to Docklands as part pf the Review Shopfront Activation Program Ashby has held regular performance art exhibitions where he has painted subject portraits whilst riding his skateboard supported by a live musician.

An artist with a difference, this painting of John Foreman was done by the artist while riding a skateboard and completed in a few minutes.

To visit his gallery go to www.brettashby.com

Brett Ashby Institute of Fine Art. 381 Docklands Drive, Docklands.

- Peter Kemp

■ Multi-talented comedian Ronnie Chang is returning to Australia for a short national tour pre-Christmas, including a pit-stop in Melbourne, September 16.

Ronnie is just as popular in Hollywood as Oz, where he made his name a few years ago in the ABC series 'International Student'. A graduate of Melbourne Uni, his comedic patter relates to time spent at the 'shop'. Highly recommended.

Beach Boys Book

■ The Beach Boys juggernaut continues to roll on with the release of a limited-edition biography 'The Beach Boys by the Beach Boys' on December 23. It is an elaborate production, the cost is A$2000. Only 415 books available, all personally signed by four of the Beach Boys including Brian Wilson.

Honour for Aussie actress

■ The much loved and highly talented actress Sigrid Thornton has been awarded a Australian Film Walk of Honour Award. The prestigious award was awarded in a ceremony prior to screening of 'Slant ', a dark, comic thriller starring Sigrid.

Costumes on display

■ At the Melbourne Arts Gallery you will find many costumes all belonging to Barry Humphries and his alter egos in Sandy Stone, Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna. The exhibition is free and runs through until end August.

New Blues Train Station Master

■ For 29 years the popular Blues Train has travelled between Queenscliff to Geelong, carrying top blues bands. Founder Hugo Armstrong is putting the train on the market. The train operates eight months of the year serving dinner and drinks for 7000 guests a year.

Gertrude Street Projection Festival

The iconic Gertrude Street Projection Festival returns or its 15th year, weaving together community art public spaces, night and sublime light in-

with Peter Kemp

- John O’Keefe

OK. With John O’Keefe

● ● Don Cherry

● ● Jacinta Parsons ● ● ● ● Ronnie Chang

Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

LOCAL BOY CONQUERS THE WORLD

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

Bob Prfitchard hits home

■ Bob Pritchard is known as ‘Mr Marketer’, and is an internationally renowned businessman, marketer, speaker and radio host.

His clients include many of the world's leading companies including the Coca-Cola Company, Citibank, Anheuser-Busch, Mercedes-Benz, and Frito-Lay.

Bob has more than 30 years of experience as a business, marketing trouble shooter and consultant.

This Los Angeles based businessman is about to get married for the seventh time and he is planning a rock and roll wedding underneath the legendary Hollywood sign in October.

Bob was guest speaker at the entertainment industry’s Marquee Club at the Emerald Hotel in South Melbourne.

Bob Pritchard grew up around South Melbourne and sang on Kommotion and Uptight, television shows back in the sixties, and he also sang at teenage dances back then.

Not one to stand still, he moved to America to find his way into international business speaking. Bob is one of the best.

Whole Foods shuts down

■ The popular grocery store chain shuttered its San Francisco flagship location a little more than a year after it opened, citing worker safety concerns.

“We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being,” a Whole Foods spokesperson told the local outlet in a statement.

“If we feel we can ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location.”

The company said rampant drug use and growing crime led to its decision, a city hall source said. The Whole Foods store had already reduced its hours after experiencing “high theft” and hostile patrons, a store manager said.

Dahl books ‘updated’

■ The publisher of Roald Dahl, the famed children’s author who wrote ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’,’Matilda’, ‘James and the Giant Peach’, and ‘The BFG’, among other works, has collaborated with the Roald Dahl Story Co., which manages the works’ copyrights and trademarks, to make hundreds of alterations in order not to offend anyone with Dahl’s original works. The Roald Dahl Story Co. admitted they had worked with Inclusive Minds, which monitors children’s literature for inclusion, diversity, and accessibility.

Asian population problem

■ Asia faces a problem: Its population is aging faster than any other continent’s. A growing percentage of people in Japan, South Korea and China are over 65, and those countries’ economies are suffering because of a lack of available workers. Governments are struggling to find the money to support retirees.

Biden drops George

■ Every president since Nixon had hung a portrait of George Washington above the fireplace in the Oval Office, but not Biden. That spot has instead gone to Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Biden looks up from his desk, he sees the portrait. He tells people that F.D.R. is the president who never forgot about the working class.

Suspect Drinking Water

■ Nearly half of the tap water in the United States is estimated to have at least one type of polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, a new national study from the US Geological Survey released recently shows. The group of chemicals, commonly used in consumer products like non-stick cookware and linings of fast food boxes, have been linked to human illnesses like cancer, low birth weight, and thyroid disease. The agency claims it’s the first comprehensive study of its kind on unregulated private wells giving average consumers information about the risks of PFAS when they grab a glass of water from their kitchen sink, said Kelly Smalling, the study’s lead author and research hydrologist.

Out and About

Decade-Old Drugs

■ For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study.

These drugs are called direct-acting antivirals because they block proteins the virus needs to copy itself. Sold as pills, these drugs are easy to take with almost no side effects and they cure an astonishing 95 per cent of the patients who take them. American patients pay more than twice as much for prescription drugs as patients in 32 other wealthy countries they are often unable to afford them. Using testing data from Quest Diagnostics, a large commercial laboratory, researchers were able to track the fates of 1 million Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C infections in the decade since the most effective drugs were introduced. Overall, just one in tree were cured over that time period. “Today nearly 15,000 Americans die annually from hepatitis C,” said Dr Jonathan Mermin, director of the National Centre for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC. “These deaths could have been prevented. Thousands of people are dying every year in our country and many more are suffering from an infection that has been curable for over 10 years.”

Masks NOT healthy

■ A new study out of Germany details the elevated CO2 levels in the air a masked person breathes, levels that are actually harmful if you’re pregnant. Citing CO2 safety standards set by the Navy, the scientists find that while masked, someone is breathing extremely toxic levels of CO2. And in fact, the authors postulate: this might be why some maskmandate countries saw an increase in stillbirths and a drop-in childhood test scores during the pandemic, while COVIDchillaxed Sweden did not.

San Francisco is safe

■ Since becoming one of city’s highest-profile employers, the Twitter owner has had a lot to say about the state of things in the City by the Bay, raising questions about whether the social media company’s headquarters would remain there. The billionaire has described it as “post-apocalyptic,” claimed many Twitter employees “feel unsafe” coming to work in the city’s downtown and suggested “you could literally film a Walking Dead episode in downtown SF.” City leaders say critics are unfairly portraying San Francisco as unsafe, citing statistics that show a violent crime rate lower than many large cities.

Infections on the rise

■ The risk of getting sick from E. coli, salmonella, listeria and other foodborne germs rose to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, says the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. “Progress in reducing (intestinal) infection incidence was not observed during 2022, as influences of the COVID-19 pandemic subsided,” the CDC said in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Collaboration among food growers, processors, retail stores, restaurants, and regulators is needed to reduce pathogen contamination during poultry slaughter and to prevent contamination of leafy greens.” Each year, approximately 9 million Americans are sickened by pathogens in food, according to the CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. Also known as Food Net, it monitors diagnosed infections caused by eight common foodborne pathogens at 10 sites in the United States. Among the millions of illnesses, about 56,000 people are admitted to hospitals and 1,350 die every year. Thoroughly washing and drying your hands is the most important factor in preventing the spread of gastrointestinal infections, experts say. Other key tips include not leaving your food out at room temperature for hours at a time, washing your hands when handling raw meat, avoiding contamination of surfaces with raw meat and thoroughly washing your leafy greens and other fruit and vegetables.

■ If you are considering coming over to California for a holiday, then I have got a special deal for you. We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper. Please mention ‘Melbourne Observer’ when you book to receive the ‘Special Rate of the Day’ for your advance bookings. Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood.

Military recruiting down

■ Most new recruits are children of military families, but that pipeline is now under threat with bad news for the Pentagon, given already acute recruitment problems, and for US military readiness. Since 9/11 gave recruiting a patriotic boost, the military has endured 20 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan with no decisive victories, scandals over shoddy military housing and healthcare, poor pay for lower ranks and rising rates of post-traumatic stress and suicide. And in a tight labour market, young people have plenty of options.

Transgender suicide

■ A new Danish landmark study finds that suicide rates and psychiatric conditions are much higher among trans-identifying people. Trans-identifying people in Denmark had a suicide death rate 3.5 times higher and a suicide attempt rate 7.7 times higher than people who did not identify as transgender, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

There were 92 suicide attempts and 12 suicide deaths among the study’s 3759 trans-identifying people between 1980 and 2021.

The study analysed the medical and legal gender change records of nearly seven million people in Denmark, including almost 3800 transgender people, over the last four decades. Trans-identifying people also tended to die younger overall, whether, by suicide or something else, the study found.

Gavin Wood From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

● Pictured at the Marquee lunch, Bob Pritchard with West Hollywood’s Ramada Plaza Hotel Managing Director Alan Johnson.

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Across Across Down Down

149. Dinners or lunches

150. Crocodile Dundee star, Paul ...

152. Brahma follower

154. Sends (money)

157. East Timor's capital

158. Foot arches

162. Part of eye

163. Exotic flower 166. Loop 167. Missile-launch pit

169. Nevada divorce city 171. Taj Mahal site

172. Fleet 173. Takes a break

175. Indigenous New Zealander

176. Acute remorse

179. Burnt brightly

180. Mountain chain

182. Relaxation art, ... chi (1'2)

183. Food additive (1,1,1)

184. Regal

186. Oval

189. Communications industry

190. Not anybody (2-3)

191. Of sound system

192. Freshness

196. Sacred ritual

197. Pig in a ...

198. Dummy pill

199. Paralysed

201. Tennis ace, Gabriela ...

202. Men's neck scarves

203. Capital of South Korea

204. Shameful secret, ... in the cupboard

205. Away from home, far ...

208. Movie theatre 210. News footage 211. Petticoat 212. Understand 213. Personal identity 215. Indigestion 219. Striped equine

221. Hospital worker

223. Supervisors

227. Prefabricated (concrete)

228. Unlock 230. Depart

231. Lace frill

232. Percussion instruments

233. Earth's environment, Mother ... 234. Temporary relief 238. Gaps

239. Design-tracing device

240. Rots

243. Group loyalty, ... de corps

246. Car repair set (4,3)

247. Desist

250. Swindle

251. NZ PM, ... Clark

253. Resupplies with weapons

256. Duplicate

257. Hoisting anchor cry (5-2)

258. Cruelty

262. West African country

263. Glue

266. Madam (2'2)

268. Writer, James ...

269. Nervous disorder

270. Aggravate 271. Many

272. Rascal

273. Surplus 274. LA suburb, ... Air 275. Spouse's boys

276. Holstered pistols (4,4)

277. Alberta's capital

278. Tooth doctors

1. Nightclub

2. Belonging to whom?

3. Golfing strokes

4. Unattractive

5. Scrape together (4,2)

7. Tidiest

8. Between

9. Investigate

10. Venison animal

11. Open-air pool

12. January 1st, New ... (4'1,3)

13. Strong painkiller

14. Accustoming

15. Hooded snakes

16. Infuriate

132. Propeller sound

133. Mode of expression

134. Octagon number

137. Sits idly

138. Uttered

141. Raise objections

142. Unwilling

143. Gave medicine to

151. Academy Awards

153. Achievable

155. Register

156. From Baghdad

159. Appointees

160. Employed (4,2)

161. Ancient

164. Length of metal links

165. Notions

168. Formerly Constantinople

170. City devastated by A-bomb

173. Curative

174. Hit with glancing blow

177. Faintness

178. Equatorial

181. Spray cans

185. Humorous account

186. Unveiled

187. Layabouts

188. Go in front

193. Stoat-like animals

194. Issue (from)

195. Procedures

200. Skilled arguers

201. Japanese meat dish

206. Died away, ... out

207. Curtains, cloth, etc

208. Middles

209. Most submissive

211. Tastes

214. Debarred

216. Longest Asian river

217. Simpler

218. Outdoor meals

220. French peak, Mont ...

222. Happen repeatedly

224. Motives

225. Allowed

226. Travelling stagehands

229. ... & hearty

232. Distribute, ... out

235. Tendency to fantasise

236. Iron

237. Tied

241. Explain in detail

242. Grand Canyon state

244. Tenor, ... Domingo

245. Imprecise

248. Panics

249. Ireland (poetic)

251. Residence

252. Lent to

253. Frisks

254. Paris landmark, ... Triomphe (3,2)

255. Fulfils (demand)

259. Delegate

260. Religious statues

261. Veils

262. Hitler's ... Kampf

264. Serpents

265. Grow weary

267. Donkey/horse cross

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Bette’s story

■ Melbourne singer songwriter Bette Ford is on a mission to make a difference.

Her mother Trish Simpson, who is also a singer and popular entertainer, had a double mastectomy in 2020 and is now back singing up a storm thanks to her medical team who acted quickly and decisively during Victoria’s lockdown in 2020.

Described as a melodramatic Melburnian with a uke and some stories to tell, Bette’s passion to raise awareness and money is unstoppable.

Proceeds from the sale of her music and shows are donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation. Her song Come Home Soon was written about her mum’s experience and reached number 1 on the charts.

More info on Bette https:// www.instagram.com/bette_foord_music/

Ron and Mario

■ TV and stage star Ron Lees will present the Mario Lanza Show along with special guests Peter Sullivan, Andrea Lees and Sandra Lees

Hosted by Issi Dye, the show commences 2pm on Sunday, August 6, at the Dorset Gardens Hotel. Tickets $25 and booking can be made on 9725 6211.

- Rob Foenander

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2024

■ In 2024 the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrates music’s ability to tell stories that move and inspire, from evocative soundscapes and epic film scores to the majestic works of the great composers.

The 2024 program features 12 world premieres, 11 by Australian composers, two premieres of international composers, 17 MSO debuts and 14 artists performing exclusively with the MSO in 2024 Program highlights include the Baroque and Beethoven Festivals, Chief Conductor Jaime Martín conducting Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Holst’s The Planets, the spectacular Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Beethoven’s Ninth

Lawrence Renes conducts Faure´’s Requiem with Siobhan Stagg, while Principal Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey conducts Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed and a powerful Holocaust Memorial Concert - Kaddish, presented with the Australian War Memorial.

The MSO will perform a moving tribute concert Hopelessly Devoted in memory of the late Olivia Newton John, and the Australian premiere screening of original film The Lion King with a live score.

The 2024 line-up features the Australian premieres of MSO Commissions from international artists Tan Dun and James MacMillan, and the world pre-

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mieres of new work from Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, 2024 Composer in Residence Katy Abbott and Cybec Young Composer in Residence Naomi Dodd. A new work from Elena Kats-Chernin and William Barton will also have its world premiere.

Making their Australian debuts are American conductor and cellist Jonathon Heyward , striking mezzo-soprano Raehann BryceDavies, charismatic German conductor Anja Bihlmaier, and internationally acclaimed Chinese soprano Hui He.

Across the year, Jaime Martín leads the MSO for three breath-taking galas. The Ryman Healthcare Season Opening Gala Jamie Conducts The Planets, features two of the most emotionally stirring works of all time. Alban Gerhardt brings intense musicality to perform Elgar’s ravishing Cello Concerto, and Gustav Holst’s magnificent The Planets , which famously doesn't include our own planet, acquires a new celestial addition in the world premiere of Earth ; an MSO commission from Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon.

The Ryman Healthcare Winter Gala brings together a stellar ensemble of vocal soloists and the extraordinary voices of the MSO Chorus for Carl Orff’s thundering Carmina Burana. The program also features world-renowned yidaki player William Barton per-

forming Peter Sculthorpe’s evocative Earth Cry.

Martín leads the MSO through the astonishing range of all nine Beethoven symphonies for the Beethoven Festival, culminating in the Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala Beethoven’s Ninth. This spectacular concert will feature some of Australia’s best opera singers and the MSO Chorus, with a program that also includes the Australian premiere of James MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by the MSO in partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Baroque expert and 2024 MSO Artist in Residence Erin Helyard will direct the Baroque Festival, exploring the concertos of Bach and Vivaldi and the arias of Handel and Vivaldi, featuring superstar soprano Samantha Clarke. The week culminates with one of the most indemand choral conductors of our time, Stephen Layton (UK) making his MSO debut leading a 300th anniversary performance of Bach’s St John Passion.

Continuing his exploration of the complete symphonies of Gustav Mahler and Antonin Dvorák, Martín’s year begins with Mahler’s epic third symphony featuring the Young Voices of Melbourne, the MSO Chorus, and Raehann Bryce-Davis. Hailed by The New York Times as a “striking mezzo-soprano” and by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “elec-

trifying sense of fearlessness”, Bryce-Davis is making her Australian debut.

Jaime Conducts Romeo and Juliet will take the orchestra and audiences into the world of love and passion telling the story of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers through Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture , as well as Martín’s own suite of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. For the first time with the MSO, in the same program, Martín will conduct prodigious violinist Christian Li for Pagnini’s Violin Concerto No.1. In a unique collaboration, the Australian War Memorial and the MSO mark 80 years since the liberation of the first extermination camps in 1944 with a special performance of mourning and remembrance, Kaddish: A Holocaust Memorial Concert. AWM’s first musical Artist in Residence, Christopher Latham, curates a program that includes Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony, a new work by Elena Kats-Chernin and William Barton, and works by Jewish composers, musicians and artists, led by Benjamin Northey. Northey conducts seminal works from American composers Bernstein and Gershwin, which are brought to life in two programs of American Stories. Australian composer Joe Chindamo’s Ligeia Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra features trombone soloist Jonathon Ramsay.

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Crossroads

Bette Ford

■ The Moonee Valley Racing Club has struck gold again with the announcement that they have offered a run in their big event come October 28, for the winner of a big American race.

The New York Racing Association and Moonee Valley have announced the Grade1 USD $ 600,000 Saratoga Derby International, slated for Saturday August 5 at the Saratoga Racecourse , will offer an automatic berth into Ladbrokes Cox Plate, for the winner.

The new lucrative race will provide the winner of the Saratoga Derby , a test over 1900 metres for three-year-olds, a place in this year’s Cox Plate.

Winning connections will also be afforded generous subsidies for transportation and accommodation.

The Saratoga Derby, contested over 1900 metres, is the second leg of an important threerace turf invitational series for three-year-olds on the NYRA circuit, that includes the grade 1 Belmont Derby, and the Grade 3 Jockey Club Derby.

The first leg of the series, the Grade 1 Belmont Derby over 2000 metres, was run on July 8, with the winner invited to run in the Saratoga Derby.

In 2021, well-known young Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien’s colt State of Rest won the Saratoga Derby before winning the Cox Plate defeating Anamoe, who won the Plate last year.

ANOTHER COUP FOR THE COX PLATE Ted Ryan

Fund. The remainder will from the CTC Victoria’s Racing Minister, Anthony Carbines, said it was a significant help and is going to make a big difference to trainers and the technology that is going to be available. The facilities will cater for their horses and their animals at the Cranbourne Complex.

That technology includes X-Ray and ultrasound machinery, a bone scanner, and standing CT equine imaging to be housed at the everexpanding training centre.

It’s going to the largest training centre available in Victoria.

The Club in recent times has seen an influx of a number of trainers, certainly the majority of those probably occurred when Caulfield was closed down.

The Hospital will form part of a new major entrance to the Cranbourne Training Centre near the current-tie-up stalls and hopes that the construction of it, can begin as soon as possible.

Vale Rom Hughes

State of Rest later returned to Europe and won the Group One Ganay in France, and the Group One Prince of Wales at Royal Ascot.

He achieved the incredible feat of winning four Group One races in four different countries.

State of Rest is now a resident stallion at Newgate. The great Irish trainer, Aidan O’Brien, followed a similar pathway in 2014, when training the first ever international winner of the Cox Plate, Adelaide.

Adelaide finished second in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby, and won the Grade1 Secretariat Stakes in the US, before famously winning the Cox Plate, with champion jockey Ryan Moore on Adelaide.

The final field for the 2023 Group One Saratoga Derby will be drawn on August 2.

Cup hits NZ

■ The iconic Melbourne Cup Trophy has ventured across the Tasman Sea to visit Auckland and Cambridge in New Zealand, as part of the 21st Annual Lexis Melbourne Cup Tour.

New Zealand has a proud history with the Lexis Melbourne Cup with 44 New Zealand bred horses having won the iconic race.

Horses of the calibre of the mighty Rising Fast, who won the coveted event back in 1954.

Silver Knight won it for Bruce Marsh in 1971, and who will ever forget tone of the wettest Cups on record, with Van Der Hum, ridden by Bobby Skelton ploughing up the straight, on a very heavy track.

Then we had the good stayer Kiwi scoring with a young rider named Jimmy Cassidy, booting him home.

The big mare Rose won it for the “enzedders” back in 1988.

Leading New Zealand trainer, Graeme Rogerson, when in Victoria, prepared Efficient for leading owner, Lloyd Williams to in 2007.

Over the years the New Zealanders haven’t been able to produce like they did in the earlier years.

The Cup was taken by the time-honored Stud Trelawney, the home to seven Melbourne Cup winners, and Rich Hill Stud,where the Cup got up close and personal with 2009 Cup winner, Shocking.

There were several New Zealand trainers on the list with Cup week on the agenda. They included Roger James with his top filly, Prowess, as well as Ken and Bev Kelso, with the winner of the 2023 Australian Guineas at Flemington in Legarto.

Graeme Rogerson has his eyes firmly on the Melbourne Cup with his smart galloper, Sharp’N’Sharp, who is a talented horse.

Boost for racing

■ Great news for the racing industry with news that the Victorian State Government will back a new $44.6 million Equine Veterinary Clinic and Hospital to be built at the Cranbourne Racing Centre.

The Victorian Government will put up $2 million to the cost from the Victorian Racing

■ I was saddened to learn of the death of one of the best trainers to grace the turf.

Not only one of the best rrainers, he was a great man, who helped many a trainer, and plenty of others in his racing life.

He was always offering words of wisdom, whether you were a trainer, or anything to do with the Sport of Kings.

When I joined Channel 9 as a young man, Tom was always on hand to answer our questions about the equine side of things. His record as a trainer stood out at a time when there many a great trainer around, and he was up right there with the best of them.

Over the years I got to know his son Tom Junior, who raced some smart horses too, so the polish rubbed off.

Our sympathy to Tom Hughes and his family, he will be missed.

- Ted Ryan

● ● Graeme Rogerson. Racing Photos.

■ Yarra Valley commenced the week with an interesting even eight event card – the highlight being a double to the Kilmore based Ben Yole stable and ace Lexton reinsman James Herbertson.

VALLEY DOUBLE TO BEN’S KILMORE STABLE Harness

Racing

Ten-year-old Bettors Delight-Girl In A Million gelding Guys Bettor Bet a winner of 27 from 274 outings with 70 placings was first to arrive taking the restricted class United Petroleum Pace over 2150 metres.

Despite racing uncovered from gate five as Hear The Call inside him led, Guys Bettor Bet after looking to be struggling on the final bend rallied in the straight to record a 1.4 metre margin over the pacemaker returning a mile rate of 2-01.9. Speculator came from the tail for third 6.8 metres away.

■ Stablemate 7Y0 Four Starzzz Shark-Illustrator stallion Image Of Starzzz was victorious in the Yarra Valley Toyota Pace again over 2150 metres for restricted class, leading throughout from the pole to account for Pinnacle Hope (one/ two) which flashed late, with Our True Colours (three wide last lap from the rear to be outside the winner home turn) third. The margins a head by a half head in a thrilling finish with the mile rate 1-59.5.

■ Kilmore trainer Alannah Logie combined with Ellen Tormey to land the 1650 metre Eastern Generator Hire Vicbred Pace with much travelled 11Y0 Bettors Delight-Barogue Pearl gelding Friends in a mile rate of 2-00.3.

Settling at the tail from an inside second line draw, Friends in a daring move was sent three wide racing for the bell to sit parked for the final circuit outside Goodtime Halo (gate three).

Although tackled strongly by The Falcon Prince on turning after following him, Friends defied the challenge to record a nose victory. Williebillie (one/two last lap – three wide home turn) was third 3.9 metres away. The mile rate 2-00.3.

■ Cranbourne based reinsman Kyle Marshall is having a ball in Victoria and chalked up another winner when successful aboard fellow Cranbourne trainer Scott Ewen’s 4Y0 Hes Watching-Cracklin Rosie gelding Hes Olly in the Blonde & Co. Pace over 2150 metres.

Beginning fast from gate five, Hes Olly was able to stride past Best Back Bruce shortly after the start and rated to perfection defied all challengers to greet the judge a half neck clear of Norms Lady (one/two – three wide home turn) in a 1-59.8 mile rate. Helansen (one/one) was third 3 metres away.

Rough night

■ It was a rough night for punters at Shepparton’s Tuesday fixture and very honest 8Y0 Artistic Fella-Madam Narryna mare Roslyn Gaye didn’t help the cause when chalking up her 18th success in 191 outings by taking the 1690 metre Saddleworld Shepparton Pace – first leg of the quaddie at odds of $61.

Bred raced and trained by Tongala’s Gary Merkel who snared all the spoils, Roslyn Gaye with Laura Crossland in the sulky enjoyed a sweet passage from inside the second line following the poleline leader Always Be Chloe another Goulburn Valley trained runner.

Using the sprint lane on turning, Roslyn Gaye dashed home in a 28.2 final quarter to blouse the pacemaker by 1.3 metres, with Tooram Cee Cee off a three wide trail from near last in the final circuit for third 2.2 metres away. The mile rate 1-57.2.

■ Another long priced winner was Echuca trainer Peter Lindberg’s 7Y0 Down Under Muscles-Reba Supreme gelding Star Down Under ($23.00) in the 2190 metre Jims Diggers Trotters Handicap.

Bred and raced by Peter under the banner of Echuca Sulkies Pty Ltd, Star Down Under was bad away from outside the front line as were some of his rivals, but made ground quickly with reinsman James Herbertson lobbing one/one mid-field trailing the hot favourite Van Doren (10m) which raced outside the leader Firengrace (barrier two).

When Van Doren strode to the front on the final bend, the effort of racing exposed told and Star Down Under out wide finished best to prevail by 6.2 metres (his 7th in 53 outings) over Berriesandcherries (barrier three) which trailed

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the pilot. Yankee Lover (10m – five pegs – one/ three at bell) was third a half head away. The mile rate 2-02.8.

■ Four year old Bettors Delight-Carolsideal gelding Carolsdiamond first up for Strathfieldsaye trainer Julie Douglas landed the rich $10,000 Alabar Vicbred Platinum Maiden Pace on debut.

Driven by brother-in-law Daryl Douglas, Carols Diamond after a failed bid from gate two to cross Roam inside him was left stranded until another first starter Ariarne after a slow beginning from gate five went forward to park outside Roam at the bell.

Moving to join the leader on the final bend, Carolsdiamond showed great intestinal fortitude to gain a last stride nose victory in a rate of 159.2. Aliza Hill after trailing the leader was third 7.7 metres away.

■ 2015 Inter Dominion and 2016 Ballarat Cup winner Lennytheshark sired filly Lennys Angel a daughter of Earth Angel to snare a dramatic Neatline Homes 3Y0 Pace over 2190 metres.

Trained and driven by David Aiken (Lennys trainer), the filly settled three back in the moving line from gate three as Kialla Kid led from inside her. Going forward in the last lap to join Kialla Kid on the home turn as Son Of The Shark, Island Feenix and Eye Dee Philtra all came to grief on the final bend, Lennys Angel easily accounted for Royal Appointment (three pegs) by 10 metres returning a mile rate of 1-59.3. Kialla Kid battled on gamely for third a half neck back.

Caught wide

■ At Bendigo on Wednesday, Kyneton duo Greg and Steve Leight were victorious with their 4Y0 Peak-Van Perfect gelding Perfect Peak ($34.00) in the Racing Education Centre Trotters Mobile over 2150 metres.

Given a lovely trip from gate four most of the way after Jack Sullivan aboard Major Max which had been caught wide from outside the front line went forward to race exposed outside the poleline leader Mumstheword.

When Major Max strode past Mumstheword on the home turn, Perfect Peak was poised to pounce and that he did, scoring by 3.3 metres from Lindy Grace which trailed the leader and finished fast. Major Max was gallant in defeat 1.9 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.4.

■ The Haeuslers Echuca Trotters Mobile went to 6Y0 Love You-Focus On Me gelding Kyvalley Surfrider to the deafening roar of Ross Creek part-owner/trainer Katrina Fitzpatrick.

Driven by Michael Bellman, Kyvalley Surfrider was away safely from gate six to enjoy the run of the race on the back of the pacemaker Dances (gate three), before running home late along the sprint lane to blouse the leader by a neck returning a mile rate of 2-01.4. Tetra (four pegs) was third 11.1 metres away.

■ Heathcote owner/trainer Terry French combined with in-form eighteen year old Liam Older to snare the Gold Central Victoria Pace over 1650 metres aboard 4Y0 Well Said-Fun On The Run mare Interpretation. Coming out running from gate four, Interpretation was restrained to allow Community Art to cross him in what was the ‘drive of the night’ from Tayla French who had weaved in-between runners from the extreme draw.

Using the sprint lane, Interpretation gained

the judges nod by a head, with American Hammer (one/two – three wide last lap) third 5.3 metres back in third place. The mile rate 1-55.9. Liam Older has only recently joined the Alex Ashwood/Taylah French stable.

■ Cardigan trainer Anton Golino’s Love YouTop Of The Anvils 4Y0 entire Iron Love has returned to racing in dynamic fashion for Pat Driscolls Yabby Dam Farms Pty. Ltd, making it two from two this time in when successful in the 2150 metre Sheahan Plumbing Trotters Mobile.

Allowed to find his rhythm from gate four as pole marker Hold That Gold led before taking a trail on Everybodylovesme . Iron Love (three wide) sprinted brilliantly to assume control racing for the bell and coasted for the rest of the journey, winning as he pleased by 13.6 metres in advance of Kyvalley Picasso along the sprint lane from four pegs. Everybodylovesme after looking beaten approaching the home turn rallied in the straight to finish third a metre back. The mile rate 1-58.8.

4 trots events

■ Ballarat raced on Thursday with an even program featuring four trotting events, the first being the VHRC /Aldebaran Park Benefiting Our Members Maiden Trotters Mobile over 2200 metres, the victor being Havelock (Maryborough) breeder/owner/trainer/driver

Tina Ridis’ 6Y0 Danny Bouchea-Town Player mare Chantilly Dee.

Despite racing uncovered for most of the trip, Chantilly Dee outstayed her rivals to score by 14.7 metres from the leader Heza Gunslinger in a rate of 2-04.3. Roll With Roscoe was third 2.3 metres away.

■ The Australasian Premium Trotting Sale Heat for 3Y0 Colts & Geldings over 2200 metres went the way of Kialla trainer Wayne Potter’s Aldebaran Eagle-Naked Majesty gelding Avenel Eagle with daughter Tamsyn in the sulky.

Settling four pegs from gate six and one/ one for the last lap, Avenel Eagle ran home strongly to account for Darcys Fireball (one/two last lap from the rear) by 2 metres, with Aldebaran Jensen third 1.8 metres back after racing exposed for the final circuit. The mile rate 203.5.

■ The Fillies heat saw an easy victory to the Jess Tubbs trained and Greg Sugars driven Cognati, a daughter of Majestic Son and Elusive Charm which led throughout from the pole to greet the judge by a neck from a death-seating last lap Aldebaran Miley in 2-03.4. The Sky Is The Limit after following the winner was third 11.1 metres back.

■ The 2200 metre Aldebaran Park Benefiting Our Members Trotters Mobile was taken out by A.J & Beau Tindale’s Used To Me-Elle Galleon 5Y0 mare She Sailz giving Greg Sugars another winner on the card.

Tackled at the start from gate three by both Acool Investment and Silent Reverie (three wide), She Sailz defied all challengers to defeat Eagles Nest (one/two) and Countess Chiron (one/ four) in a rate of 2-03.5. The margins 14.2 by a half head.

■ Speedy 5Y0 Somebeachsomewhere-Our Narissa Franco gelding Telemachus raced and trained by Smythes Creek’s Nathan Cahir led throughout from gate four in the VHRC/ Heywoods Shepparton Motor Panels Pace over 1710 metres giving youthful Heathcote concessional reinsman Sean O’Sullivan his seventeenth winner.

Kicking clear on the final bend, Telemachus scored by 1.4 metres over Tallaras Shadow (one/ one at bell) and Metro Memory from near last returning a mile rate of 1-58.2.

Double day

■ Two meetings Friday running in conjunction with each other – Melton and Mildura.

At Melton, Cranbourne trainer/driver Kyle Marshall’s high quality American Ideal-Rusty Mac colt Son Of Mac (gate four) at the unbackable odds of $1-06 was another easy winner of the 2240 Swift Signs Pace, leading for the last half of the journey in defeating Melanion (one/one) and Jilliby Nitro which was left exposed after trailing the winner, but has bigger fish to fry in upcoming races. The mile rate 1-56.2.

Sulky Snippets Sulky Snippets

This Week

■ Wednesday – Bendigo, Thursday –Charlton and Kilmore, Friday – Mildura/ Geelong, Saturday – Melton, Monday –Maryborough, Tuesday – Shepparton.

■ At Mildura local reinsman Luke Watson chalked up a treble scoring aboard Stylish Gem for Frank Cavallaro in the McDonalds Irymple & Mildura Pace, Powerofpersuasion for Sandra O’Connor in the Gary Ridings Thermo Imaging Pace and Headbanger trained by himself in the Hero Retirement Planning Pace, while Ellen Tormey and Ryan Sanderson each drove a double – Son Of Zodiac (Andrew Vozlic) and Wiltshire Boulevard (Scott Garraway) for Ryan and while Neds Beach and Itsallaboutned also gave Reece Moore the Tormey double.

Life of luxury

■ Handy trotter Carnera has been retired to a life of luxury – with a record of 19 wins and 47 placings from 187 outings, the horse earned stakes in excess of $165,000 from wins in both Victoria and Queensland.

Entertainment Indie Symphony

■ ‘Indie Symphony’, presented by Orchestra Victoria at Hamer Hall on Friday, September 8, offers a spectacular and rare Australian opportunity to experience a selection of independently developed video games and live performance of their scores like never before, extending orchestral music beyond its genre boundaries.

In this special event which celebrates the vital role of music in enlivening video games, Indie Symphony will showcase beloved soundtracks from bestselling, independently developed, video games.

This is the first time that Australian video game fans will be able to experience these soundtracks performed live by a full orchestra with guest soloists, accompanied by striking visuals from feature games and bespoke lighting designs.

The soundtracks featured in this special event have transcended gaming, inspiring millions with their captivating melodies. Composed by Christopher Larkin, the epic score for breakout game Hollow Knight is the central work of the concert and its epic finale. Hollow Knight is one of Australia’s top-selling games, with a soundtrack that has amassed over eight million listens and is available on vinyl, five years post-release.

Indie Symphony’s program will also feature Stray Gods, a groundbreaking roleplaying musical, and acclaimed games Celeste, Necrobarista, Journey, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Hades. These soundtracks have transcended gaming, inspiring millions with their captivating melodies, and this is an opportunity to connect with them in a unique experience.

Each of the showcased games are a testament to the incredible talent of Australian game developers, composers, musicians, orchestrators, and fans. Indie Symphony champions the creativity and diversity found in the games and music industries. With a strong emphasis on representation, the concert highlights women and gender-diverse creatives who have often been underrepresented in these fields.

‘Indie Symphony’ will play at Hamer Hall in Melbourne Friday, September 8 at 8pm Running time is approx. 140 min (including 20 min interval).

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