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Above and top right: Archaeologists Dr Paul Kucera and Dr Michelle Negus Clear on site. (Pictures: Shawn Smits) Right: Crockery found at the site. (Supplied)

Here’s cheers to pub dig

By Laura Michell Remains of a mid-19th century pub, which is potentially one of the “oldest buildings outside of Melbourne”, have been uncovered at Mernda.

Archaeologists have been digging at Plenty Gorge Park in the hope of discovering the location of the Old Bridge Inn, which was built in the 1840s.

Heritage Victoria principal archaeologist Jeremy Smith said the team started the dig in mid-June in an open paddock near the bank of the Plenty River, south of Bridge Inn Road, that they suspected was the site of the inn.

But they weren’t certain they were digging in the right place.

They have since uncovered bluestone walls and hearth of the inn, as well as thousands of artefacts such as pottery, decorative figurines, jewellery, animal bones and glasses.

Mr Smith said this is the first time archaeologists have been able to conclusively say where the inn buildings stood and the discovery had local and state significance.

“It is significant because of it’s age. It was built well before the gold rush,” Mr Smith said.

“It is potentially one of the oldest buildings outside of Melbourne.”

The pub is considered to be the first European

site in the area, marking the beginning of the Mernda, Morang and Doreen areas.

“It was a little pub built on a crossing point on the Plenty River. Other than the Wurundjeri community, there was very little outside of the townships,” Mr Smith said.

“By the 1860s the pub had pretty much lived its life. Mernda has moved on and the focus is on Plenty Road, so the pub moved to a site on Plenty Road,” The dig stems from historical investigations carried out as part of the Mernda Rail Extension and was led by archaeology consultancy Dr Vincent Clark and Associates, with the support of the Wurundjeri Land and Compensation

Cultural Heritage Council, Heritage Victoria and Whittlesea council.

Community groups and students from local schools were also given the chance to take part in the dig.

Among the items uncovered during the four-week dig were Aboriginal tools. Historical records show that “mia-mia” or temporary shelters were built in the area. The artefacts will be preserved by Wurundjeri elders.

Mr Smith said he hoped Heritage Victoria can work with the council to display the artefacts and create a local heritage site where people can learn more about the history of the area.

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Slow going for drivers up north

By Laura Michell Motorists travelling from Melbourne’s north-east have the worst commute in Melbourne, according to new research from the Grattan Institute.

Transport program director Marion Terrill’s research found travel times from the north eastern suburbs to the city can take twice as long during the morning peak than it would in the middle of the night. Similarly, evening peak travel times are up to 75 per cent longer.

In comparison, travel times from the western

suburbs take about 60 per cent longer during peak times.

“The worst place to commute to Melbourne’s CBD is not from the rapidly growing suburbs, but from the north eastern suburbs,” she said.

The research is based on an analysis of Google map data, collected 25 times a day over 12 weeks between March and June this year.

The institute’s research backed Whittlesea council data which shows Whittlesea residents have longer commutes than their inner city counterparts. It also follows a warning from Infrastructure Victoria in December last year,

that the drive from Epping to Melbourne’s CBD is predicted to take one hour and 45 minutes by 2046 unless congestion is addressed.

The independent advisory body said the commute currently takes about 60 minutes, but within 30 years clogged roads will put Epping residents in traffic for an extra 45 minutes.

Mernda resident Anna Graham leaves home at 6.40 each morning to drive into work. The journey takes close to a hour.

“Plenty Road, even at that time of the morning, is banked up,” she said.

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Meet Hume’s most typical resident Meet Rashmi Samalad, a 33-year-old mum-of-two who lives in Craigieburn and is the typical Hume resident.

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics census completed in August last year, revealed that the average Hume resident is a 33-year-old woman, with two children.

She is likely to live in a three-bedroom house in Hume’s most populous suburb – Craigieburn – where the population has reached 50,347 people, up from 32,757 in the 2011 census.

While Ms Samalad and her family are currently renting, they are building a three-bedroom house in Craigieburn.

Ms Samalad said she felt “very much” like the average Hume resident, noting that most local women her age had two children.

Like 42 per cent of Hume’s population, Ms Samalad was born overseas. In fact, she is one of 8625 Hume residents born in India.

Overall, Hume’s population has increased 17 per cent since 2011, with 197,376 people calling the municipality home in August last year.

Half of all residents speak a language other than English at home, with Arabic and Turkish the most common.

Weekly household incomes are up $166 from 2011, with the median income now $1379, while monthly mortgage repayments have fallen $56 to $1706.

In neighbouring Whittlesea, the population has reached 197,491 people.

The average resident is also a mother-of-two living in a three-bedroom house, but is likely to be 34 years old.

The census revealed Epping to be the municipality’s most populous suburb, with 32,395 people. It also revealed that 41 per cent of residents were born overseas.

Almost half of Whittlesea residents speak a language other than English at home, with Macedonian the most popular. Like Hume, weekly household incomes have increased since 2011, rising $171 to $1444, while monthly mortgage repayments have fallen $61 to $1798.

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take hours on a bad day because of the sheer number of people trying to get on the ring road at Plenty Road,” she said.

Roads Minister Luke Donnellan said the government is working to reduce congestion for the thousands of drivers who travel in Melbourne’s north each day.

He said that funding had been committed in the past two state budgets to upgrade Yan Yean and Plenty roads, and the 2016-17 budget also allocated funding for a feasibility study into extending the No. 86 tram to the Plenty Valley town centre.

Cruel roo death under scrutiny Concerns have been raised about the safety of wildlife, particularly kangaroos, in the Mernda area, after a kangaroo was found shot and tied to a chair.

The kangaroo was found on Plenty Road by a passerby.

It was wearing a leopard-print shawl and cap, with a bottle of ouzo in its arms.

Its death is being investigated by the Department of Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and has prompted the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group to offer a $5000 reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of the person or people responsible.

Department senior investigator Mike Sverns said the kangaroo had been shot at least three times before being set up in the chair.

“We are certain that someone would have seen something, given the public area and traffic flow of this main road,” he said.

Under the Wildlife Act, penalties for killing, destroying and being in control of unlawfully taken protected wildlife range from $7500 to $36,500 and/or six to 24 months’ jail.

Wildlife Victoria chief executive Karen Masson said the organisation and community were keeping an eye on kangaroos in the area.

“Thankfully, these sort of situations are few and far between, but it is extremely disturbing,” she said.

Ms Masson said people had come forward with information since the DELWP issued a public appeal last week.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Rashmi Samalad with daughter Sinchana and baby Om. (Joe Mastroianni)

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Help for problem gamblers Alex Haynes and Katie O’Brien pack up some donations for the mid-year drive. (Damjan Janevski)

Donations all add up Whittlesea Community Connections chief executive Alex Haynes is a strong believer that a little gesture goes a long way.

From next week, the support service will begin collecting donations of non-perishable items as part of the Whittlesea Emergency Relief Network’s mid-year drive.

The network of community groups and churches offers services to residents in need.

Through the mid-year drive, the network will be able to provide community lunches, breakfast programs and food hampers.

Ms Haynes said demand for relief services was growing, adding that many families found it difficult to ask for help.

“We are seeing across the board demand, but also places like Mernda or newer areas that

possibly people don’t associate with hardship,” she said.

“Utility bills are a big problem … sometimes it is unusual expenses. In Mernda, some people are not eating three meals a day.

“We encourage people to make a little contribution which does mean a lot.”

From July 18-August 15, people can donate non-perishable items such as pasta, canned fruit, long-life milk and rice as well as toiletries, nappies and baby wipes to WCC, Scullin MP Andrew Giles’ office and Doreen’s Appret Cafe.

Local schools, kindergartens and supermarkets will also have donation bins.

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A pilot program in libraries across the northern suburbs is aimed at reducing gambling-related harms. The program, delivered by Moreland council in partnership with Hume, Whittlesea and Darebin council and Yarra Plenty Regional Library, will provide people with after-hours programs and alternatives to gambling.

Dare to dance

Creative Victoria has provided Whittlesea council with $165,000 to deliver the Knowing you, Knowing me community dance project. It will be launched on July 28 at the Mernda Community Activity Centre, from 6-9pm.

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Community additions to budget

By Laura Michell Six community projects, valued at more than $240,000 have been added to Hume council’s 2017-18 budget.

The projects were added following community consultation and resident submissions about the council’s draft budget.

The added projects include funding for carpark lighting and asphalt surfacing at Dallas’ Laura Douglas Reserve, improvement to the club facilities at Progress Reserve,

Coolaroo and in-kind support for Hume Community Orchestra.

The council will spend a record $79.8 million on capital works projects in the coming year.

Mayor Drew Jessop said the budget reflected the “biggest investment ever” in the future of the city.

“Council is motivated by a commitment to make the lives of our community better,” he said. “In 2017-18 we will do this by investing in integral community services, local roads for new and existing areas, community centres,

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leisure, parks and reserves. In all, this is the largest ever spend on infrastructure in Hume.”

Included in the capital works budget is $10.7 million to begin the redevelopment of Broadmeadows town hall. The $23.3 million project will redevelop the town hall into a

community space and business hub, with a large multi-purpose hall, meeting rooms and conference facilities.

The project is expected to be finished in 2019.

More than $2.2 million has been set aside to implement the masterplans for Willowbrook, Greenvale and D.S. Aitken recreation reserves.

The council will also spend $400,000 on its indented parking in narrow streets program, which is aimed at addressing parking problems in residential streets across the city.

Finding their way home Lost pets from Hume will be posted online by The Lost Dogs Home under an initiative aimed at reuniting more cats and dogs with their owners.

The Lost Dogs Home animal welfare general manager David Cunliffe said Strays Online was about increasing pets’ chances of returning home.

Hume’s inclusion in the initiative follows a successful trial with Hobsons Bay and Macedon Ranges councils.

Dr Cunliffe said the website allowed pet owners to view the dogs and cats who have arrived as strays and are being cared for by the home.

He said it would help people who have limited mobility or difficulty travelling to the shelter in their search for their missing pet.

“We understand the distress families face when their pet goes missing, and know they want to do everything possible to help their pet return home,” he said.

“Being able to see their lost pet on our website will give worried families peace of mind during this stressful time.”

Dr Cunliffe said the best way for owners to ensure they are quickly reunited with a lost pet is to have them identified and microchipped, ensuring the details are up-to-date with the microchip registry.

Last year, 1438 stray dogs and 509 stray cats from Hume were taken to the home.

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Sheds want to get ahead Volunteers are needed to help Northern Health’s Old Blokes Sheds at Broadmeadows and Bundoora to get back on track.

The sheds – at the Broadmeadows Health Service (BHS) and Bundoora Extended Care Centre – provide older men who are patients or clients of the health service with a place to meet and mingle.

BHS general manager Belinda Scott said the shed allowed the men to enjoy activities in an informal environment that is more like a home than a hospital, but in recent years the shed’s popularity has dwindled.

“The Old Blokes Shed at Broadmeadows Health Service has served the community well and we would love to see it restored to its former level of activity,” Ms Scott said.

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“We are looking for men that are interested in assisting patients in activities such as painting and woodwork.”

At Bundoora, the shed has been open for seven years and remains popular with patients looking to complete their rehab or take part in social activities.

Bundoora Extended Care Centre general manager Robina Bradley is keen to see the shed grow. She said sessions at the shed were designed to restore or maintain a patient’s ability to perform tasks used in daily living, as well as social activities.

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On a screen near you many said they had reservations about broadcasting meetings online.

Cr Mary Lalios said she was concerned by the risks associated with live streaming, such as defamation, infringement of copyright, breach of privacy and the publishing of offensive materials. She asked officers to ensure the risks were considered as part of the report.

Mayor Ricky Kirkham said that while he supported transparency, he too was concerned about the risks, adding that he felt it would open “Pandora’s box”.

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At their June 27 meeting, councillors asked officers to prepare a report detailing the effectiveness, costs and risks associated with broadcasting meetings. Thirteen of Victoria’s 79 councils already live stream their meetings.

Cr Emilia Lisa Sterjova, who is leading the push, said she believed live streaming would increase community participation and make the council’s decision-making process more transparent. “[Residents] will be able to see councillors debating motions live from home. They can be in their pyjamas if they like,” she said.

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Whittlesea roads – your say Whittlesea residents are being encouraged to have their say on the safety of six of the area’s key arterial roads.

The safety of the six roads is being reviewed

by VicRoads as part of the Towards Zero strategy, which aims to reduce road deaths in Victoria to 200 a year or below by 2020.

The roads under review are: Plenty Road between Masons, Mernda and Grants roads; Bridge Inn Road between Epping and Yan Yean roads; Edgars Road between Mahoneys Road and Cooper Street; Childs Road between Plenty and Dalton roads; Donnybrook Road between the Melbourne-Sydney rail line and Epping Road; and Merriang Road between Wollert CFA and Grants Road.

The six roads have been the site of 117 crashes

in the past five years, including five fatalities – two of which were on Edgars Road.

To help with the review, VicRoads has launched an online survey.

North-west metro regional director Vince Punaro said Whittlesea’s population was expected to grow beyond 300,000 by 2031, making it important to balance safety and mobility on the arterial road network.

“Whittlesea’s population is growing at such a rapid rate which means the city’s roads are under increasing pressure,” he said.

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Share songs and craft with your child during a special storytime at Newbury Child and Community Centre on Wednesday, July 19, 11.30am-12.15pm. At 440 Grand Boulevard, Craigieburn.

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Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter with a family-friendly trivia night at Craigieburn library on Thursday, July 13, 6.30-7.30pm.

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Learn the ins and outs of beekeeping at Whittlesea library on Saturday, July 29, 10.30am-12.30pm. Sue Zuber from Buzz of the Bees will be on hand to answer questions about the legal requirements and practical aspects of keeping bees.

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Join 5000 Poppies co-founder Lynn Berry at Thomastown library on Wednesday, July 26, 10.30am-2.30pm and help crochet poppies to be included in a display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra from November, 2018. Bring your own ball of red yarn and 3mm crochet hook or knitting needles. Patterns will be supplied.

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By Ewen McRae Calder Cannons missed a golden opportunity to take a big scalp in the TAC Cup on Saturday, going down to Dandenong after leading in the last quarter.

The Cannons managed just one behind in the final term as the Stingrays banged home 5.5 to steal the win 10.18 (78) - 8.7 (55).

Calder coach Andrew Johnston said it was a performance symptomatic of their season to date.

“We were competitive to a point, but just not there in the last which is a bit par for the course this year,” Johnston said. “We were really good in the first, good to a point in the next two, but then fell away badly in the last and Dandenong were able to get on top.

“The reality is you can’t just be good for one quarter, you have to do it for four, and against quality opposition they will make you pay.”

With the aid of a strong breeze, Calder shot out of the blocks early with four of the first five goals to open up a 20-point lead at the first change, but Dandenong was equally as good when its turn with the wind came.

The Stingrays were inaccurate, scoring 2.8 in the second, but kept the home side to just one behind to draw within a point at the long break.

The wind died down after half-time as the two sides traded blows, Calder holding onto the lead until midway through the final quarter before Dandenong started to assert their authority.

Four goals in 10 minutes to Dandenong after the 13-minute mark of the final quarter finally broke the resistance of Calder, which slipped to its ninth loss of the season and sit just percentage off the bottom of the ladder.

Despite the drop off, Johnston said fitness wasn’t an issue.

“I don’t think the result had anything to do with fitness, it was just a want to maintain that level that we had earlier in the game,” he said.

“We had a young backline that got some good experience and hopefully they’ll be better for it going into the next two months of footy and into 2018.”

Calder will face another stern test this week against Murray Bushrangers, and Johnston said his side was ready for the challenge.

“It just doesn’t stop, and that’s the beauty of this competition,” Johnston said.

“When you’re down the bottom you’re always playing teams above you, so you either learn from it or you shut up shop, and we’re certainly not going to do that.

“You can’t hide away from it … if you’re not learning from it then you’re in trouble and you go back to local footy until you can.

“We know we’re heading in the right direction and it’s just going to take some more work to get there.”

Bulls ruthless in stampede Bundoora grabbed a percentage-boosting win against Hurstbridge on Saturday, sending the Bulls to third on the Northern Football League division one ladder.

Bundoora was ruthless and clinical from the opening bounce, kicking six first-quarter goals from seven shots to set the game up. It didn’t relent all day, leaving with a 22.15 (147) - 11.8 (74) triumph.

Hurstbridge was able to match it with the visitors for a short while in the first quarter, but Bundoora’s dominant forward line of Gary Moorcroft (six goals), Josh Grabowski (three goals) and Isaac Muller (four goals) proved too much across the day.

Bundoora kicked five goals in the second quarter, six in the third, and five in the last to stretch its advantage at every change.

The win sets up a tantalising clash with top of the table Northcote Park this weekend, with Bundoora looking to close the gap on the top two sides.

Elsewhere, Whittlesea was unable to recover from a poor opening quarter as it fell to Heidelberg to remain rooted to the bottom of the ladder.

Heidelberg flew out of the blocks with eight straight goals in the first term, with Whittlesea struggling to keep pace as it managed just two majors in reply.

It was always going to be hard to come back from there, and while the Eagles managed to narrowly win the second quarter, another five goals to two in the third put the result out of their reach.

Justin Sherman (four goals) and Clancy Bland (three) kicked more than half the Eagles score as they fell to their ninth loss of the season.

With six rounds to go, the Eagles are a game behind Eltham and in a battle to avoid relegation. They return to their home base to face Hurstbridge this week.

In division two, Thomastown fell agonizingly short of Fitzroy Stars, with a valiant comeback falling four points shy of the home side.

After trailing by 21 points at three-quarter time, Thomastown kicked 4.7 to 2.2 in the final term to fall just short of victory and slip out of the top four. The final score, 12.12 (84) - 11.14 (80).

Lalor conceded ten goals to two after half-time of its match with Lower Plenty to fall to a 42-point loss.

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Mohammed Moustafa shows strength in the contest on Saturday. (Marco De Luca)

Young gun living out her football dream Madeline Barton is living her dream.

The Calder Cannons footballer will jet off to Perth later this month as part of the Victorian under-15 girls side, ready to take on the country’s best in the National Championships.

It’s an opportunity she is still pinching herself about.

“I screamed a bit when I heard,” Barton said.

“I was feeling pretty good, and my brother asked if I was an emergency and I said ‘no, I’m in the team’ so that was pretty cool.

“We’ve had a few training sessions as a squad and the girls are really nice and I think we’ll have a really good team.

“I can’t wait to just play footy for a week, and playing against the best girls in Australia is a huge opportunity.”

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Woodend where she did Auskick with her brothers, but has been playing for the past three seasons at Keilor.

She made the interleague side this season and from there earned a spot in the Calder Cannons’ under-15 girls development squad.

It was making the Cannons’ squad which first put the thought of state trials in her mind.

“I started to take it a bit more seriously after that and thought I’d try out for the state team, and I got it,” she said.

“I play mainly in the ruck with a bit of time forward, but I prefer going forward and kicking a goal.”

She said playing her first couple of years of matches in a mixed side helped toughen her up and accelerate her development before moving into an all girls team three years ago.

“I quite liked playing with the boys,” she said. “It was a lot tougher and I like that. When I started playing in a girls side there were less sides so you played the same sides a bit, and a lot of the girls hadn’t played before so the skill level dropped a bit.

“That was a few years ago, now there’s more sides, more players and the standard is much higher.”

The success of the inaugural AFLW season earlier this year has further encouraged Barton to continue her football journey and aim for the national stage.

“I’m a Bombers supporter and they’ve put in a bid to join the competition … hopefully they’re in there by the time I’m ready to be drafted.”

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Madeline Barton is off to Perth to compete in the national championships. (Joe Mastroianni)

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Coach confident Broncos can continue winning run Hume City solidified its spot in the Big V state championship womens top six at the weekend, picking up two crucial wins.

With just a few weeks to go before finals, the Broncos faced fellow finals hopefuls Southern Peninsula and Eltham in their final double header weekend of the season and achieved a perfect result.

Coach Glen Milner said he was proud of the team’s performances.

“It was two monster results going our way, which was great,” Milner said.

“We played our starters for a bit longer than we would have liked in the first game, but it was important to get that win first. And the way everyone backed it up on Sunday was fantastic, they really left it all out there.”

Saturday’s clash with the Sharks saw the side having to adjust to their opponent’s smaller line-up, but adapting well to come away with a 76-68 win.

The Broncos starters all logged big minutes, with Mua Laloifi (39 minutes) and Colleen

Planeta (37 minutes) both spending little time on the pine, but their contributions were telling as they added 39 points between them.

The Eltham game on Sunday presented another huge challenge, with the Wildcats welcoming back Australian representative Alice Kunek.

The Broncos started the better of the two sides, but Eltham came back hard to trim the margin to just three points at half-time. Milner said he had confidence his side could get the job done.

“We made some small adjustments, and resolved to get inside a bit more than we did in the second,” he said.

“Once we started to assert ourselves the game turned our way and key players for us stood tall when we needed them.”

While Kunek scored 37 points in a dominant game, Broncos Erika Livermore (25 points, 10 rebounds) and Planeta (22 points, 12 rebounds) both managed double-doubles in the 92-76 result.

“How the girls backed it up on Sunday is a testament to both their physical and mental fortitude,” Milner said.

“In the first game it was just everyone stepping up and doing a little bit, and then against Eltham we had four players reach double figures which was the difference when Kunek had a good game for them.”

The wins have Hume City now firmly in the top six, two games clear of seventh-placed Southern Peninsula with three weeks to go.

“The way the girls are playing they’re pretty confident in their systems and their understanding,” Milner said.

“I’ve got no reason to believe we can’t finish with a strong winning run.”

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Hume’s Erika Livermore gets through traffic on Sunday. (Shawn Smits)

Kids get sporting chance

NPL

Hume City and Avondale were unable to break the deadlock in their NPL clash on Saturday, with the sides forced to share the points. While both sides had chances, strong defence and some missed shots meant both keepers enjoyed a clean sheet in the 0-0 result. In NPL2, Whittlesea Ranges travelled to play Murray United and left without the points after going down 3-1 in Wodonga.

United opened the scoring in the 37th minute before Whittlesea hit back before half-time. Scores remained tight until late in the game, with United restoring the lead after a 74th minute goal, and making sure of it deep into time-on with a 94th minute penalty.

By Ewen McRae Sporting Whittlesea has hit the midpoint of its state league 2 season with one eye on the present and another firmly on the future.

Getting to the bye in seventh on the table with five wins from the first 14 rounds, Sporting Whittlesea interim president Dean Lockwood said he was starting to see improvement within the group after an off season of big change.

“With the exception of one or two players who played with us last year, most of the players are new, so it’s not surprising it’s taken a while to get that cohesiveness,” Lockwood said.

“It’s taken a few weeks to get their mojo and find a groove as a team, and a number of players are from overseas with different systems, different structures, and also a language barrier.

“It’s been great to see that improvement come over time, and the results have followed.”

Sporting Whittlesea’s loss to Cairnlea in the last game before the bye was its first in six games, a run that included 16 goals in five games.

Off the field has also been a busy time for the club, with the introduction of a new two-tiered football program: community football and performance football.

Lockwood said it was a partnership between the club, Football Federation Victoria and Whittlesea council that was aimed at getting more local kids involved in playing soccer and keeping fit.

“The club wants to broaden the base of participation of players and parents at the club, and it all coincides with the opening of our new pavilion,” Lockwood said.

“The best way to do this is with our community football program, which is open to boys and girls aged eight and above, and with volunteer coaches overseen by our experienced technical directors.”

The boys program will be run by Jungho Kim, who has played professionally in Korea and Croatia, while the girls program will be run by Canadian Olympian Christina Julien.

Lockwood said the performance football program would be aimed at more developed juniors and those seeking to take their game to the next level.

“That’s a much more intensive and holistic program,” he said.

“More trainings each week, access to nutrition workshops, yoga, it really is about offering these kids a whole view of what more serious football looks like.

“The club is very serious about this, and since we announced that this program was coming in 2018 we’ve already had a number of players come forward to trial, which is really exciting.”

Sporting Whittlesea will resume its state league two season this Saturday with a home clash against top of the table Altona City.

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EDFL

Greenvale piled on the misery against West Coburg on Saturday scoring a thumping 131-point win in EDFL Premier division action. Addam and Nicholas Maric were the stars all day with 14 goals between them as the Jets never gave the visitors a sniff in the 29.11 (185) - 8.6 (54) win.

Elsewhere, Craigieburn continues to search for its first win of the season, going down to Essendon Doutta Stars by 104 points. The 21.16 (142) - 6.10 (46) loss was especially disappointing for the Eagles after they trailed by just seven points at half-time.

TAC Cup

Northern Knights outlasted a stoic Bendigo Pioneers on Sunday, getting away from the visitors after half-time to register a 15-point TAC Cup win.

The two sides traded blows across the first half, with the Pioneers holding a three-point lead at the end of each of the first two quarters.

However, the game changed after half-time with the Knights keeping the visitors goalless in the third quarter to open up what would prove to be a match-winning lead. The 9.10 (64) - 6.13 (49) win has the Knights in sixth on the table ahead of this week’s clash with Dandenong.

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