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THOMAS the Tank engine was among the many attractions at the fun-filled Easter fair at Inverloch Primary School on Saturday.

The annual event is expected to raise a record sum for the school, which was transformed into a spectacular carnival as families and friends enjoyed rides, food and stalls galore.

Thomas casts his eyes over, from left, Billy Trotman, Gus Sadler and Lucas Trotman, all of Inverloch. Full story on page 6.

HEAD-ON HORROR

By Tayla Kershaw

A LEONGATHA woman was killed in Lang Lang on Monday (April 6) when police said an oncoming car allegedly crossed double white lines and caused a head-on collision.

The deceased was confirmed as Leongatha’s Rosemary Wood, 73.

Her husband Max suffered life threatening injuries and was airlifted to the Alfred Hospi-

tal, where he is in a stable condition.

The female driver of the other vehicle was also seriously injured and airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

The crash occurred at 9.30am.

The South Gippsland Highway was blocked in both directions by police from the Bass Coast Highway Patrol.

Police from the Major Collisions Unit are investigating the crash. The investigation is ongoing and neither driver has been spoken to by the unit.

Bass Coast Highway Patrol said conditions were fine at the time of the incident, with clear visibility.

Witnesses are urged to come forward with more information.

Continued on page 3.

Tragedy: Leongatha’s Rosemary Wood passed away after a head-on collision at Lang Lang on Monday (April 6).

Her husband Max Wood remains in the Alfred Hospital.

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Wake up call for drivers

By Tayla Kershaw WHAT better way to re-energise after a long drive than a cup of coffee and a biscuit?

The Leongatha State Emergency Service was stationed at Leongatha’s Rotary Park last Thursday and Friday, and offered just what drivers needed before getting back behind the wheel.

This 30 year tradition operates during most holidays as part of the Driver Reviver campaign.

“People driving in and out of Melbourne ought to have a break,” SES member Tony Lindhard said.

“There is a high risk of accidents during the holiday period and stopping for 10 minutes for a coffee break could mean a safe trip.”

The SES set up the stall at midday on Thursday and continued to offer coffee breaks for drivers for 24 hours.

“It was reasonably busy. We found there were more people coming through than usual,” Mr Lindhard said.

“We did have beautiful weather though.”

All food and drink was provided by sponsors and VicRoads gave out activity books to entertain children.

The Leongatha SES is looking for more recruits.

Members will be offering information for new recruits at a trailer in McCartin Street this Friday from 10am until 2pm.

“Come along and join. We are looking for male and female volunteers,” Mr Lindhard said.

“We’ll be able to answer any questions. We’d love to see as many people there as possible.”

All aboard: South Gippsland Tourist Railway volunteers, driver Ken Renshaw and line supervisor Step O’Rafferty, with passengers at Korumburra Railway Station last Wednesday, from left, Zoe and Zac Drake-Brock of Tarneit, Liam van Derventer of Box Hill and Ethan Brooker of Nyora.

Back on track Place to stop: from left, Leongatha State Emergency Service members Tony Lindhard and Neil Warren were keeping drivers safe and alert on the roads by encouraging them to stop for a cup of coffee and a biscuit over the Easter period.

THE members of the South Gippsland Tourist Railway remain dedicated to sharing their passion for the region’s rail heritage, despite

Leongatha mourns loss of much loved citizen Continued from page 1.

Mrs Wood was a beloved mother of five daughters, a loving wife and a renowned local in South Gippsland.

Her family moved to Port Welshpool when she was five and continued her life in South Gippsland from there.

She and Mr Wood were married in April 1963, and together they watched their daughters and grandchildren grow.

An avid golfer in her later years, Mrs Wood started her career in 1982 after a 10 year break, and continued to play right through to 2002 at Woorayl Golf Club in Leongatha. She received a life membership in 2011.

Mrs Wood was highly involved in Leongatha’s Daffodil Festival and was thrilled to be recognised for the photos she entered and won best daffodil in 2012. She had a knack for horticulture, which she showed in Leongatha’s Rose Show as well. Her roses brought much joy to her life.

She was dearly loved by her family.

The Bass Coast Highway Patrol was out on the roads during the four day weekend as part of Operation Crossroads.

Though the results have not been finalised, police were unhappy with the overall conduct of drivers.

More than 600 drivers were breathtested and random drug tests were also conducted. Police found 10 drivers who tested positive for drugs in their system while be-

hind the wheel.

Numerous fines were handed down due to excessive speeds between 15 and 25km/h over the speed limit.

Those who exceeded 25km/h over the speed limit suffered automatic loss of licence.

Seatbelt and mobile phone offences were also detected and tickets were issued for crossing the double white lines.

“We monitor drivers crossing the double white lines as closely as other offences,” Bass Coast Highway Patrol’s Senior Constable Alan Piening said.

“This Easter break has been the same as any other.

People tend to forget their manners on the road when they are on holiday.”

Senior Constable Piening said drivers are too impatient on the roads and urged motorists to drive responsibly.

“We need drivers to listen to our messages and drive carefully,” he said.

“What makes matters worse is locals getting into trouble who know our roads.”

fellow volunteers being assaulted in February.

Up to 50 passengers have been boarding trains showcasing the line from Leongatha to Nyora since the horrific attack on three members on February 28.

Richard Davies of Korumburra was most seriously injured. His daughter Sarah said her father had been recovering well.

“Everything seems to be healing well. There will still be quite a way to go and many appointments to attend in Melbourne, but everyday is a new day and he is still with us,” she said.

An appeal for funds to help with Mr Davies’ recovery has so far raised $2865.

“It was a great effort and we are so grateful for everyone’s contribution.

No words can describe how grateful we all are,” Ms Davies said.

Railway president Terry Franklin said while members remain shaken by the assaults, they are determined to ensure the railway continues to service the region.

“We have banded together and the experience has made us a lot stronger in our little group,” Mr Franklin said.

“It’s been extremely difficult times for a lot of people. We have said we are going to try hard and not let it stop us.”

Mr Franklin said the railway allows travellers to see the region from another perspective – a thought shared by line supervisor Step O’Rafferty.

“On the train, you can have a really good look at the countryside without having to worry about speeding or someone tooting you in the car,” he said.

“You are immersed in living history rather than looking at something static.”

The railway volunteers have resumed normal operating hours, with trains running between Korumburra and Leongatha on Wednesdays during the school holidays, in addition to the regular service on the second Sunday of the month.

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“We are not only old fellas that come from Melbourne. We are just enthusiastic people that try to keep the place alive,” Mr Franklin said.

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Leongatha building firm Considine and Johnston was engaged to address the church’s poor posture and after some treatment last week, the church now stands vertical again.

“We had props push it back into line, and reduced the angle it was on and lifted it up closer to its original levels,” Ross Considine of Considine and Johnston, Leongatha, said.

Another firm, Uretek Ground Engineering, injected an expandable material into the ground beneath the church to lift it up and restabilise the foundations.

“There are some cracking issues in the church that we will fix and that’s how the problem was noticed in the beginning,” Mr Considine said.

The church was stabilised in 1999 and in 2007 it began to move again.

“Between 2007 and 2014, it moved a considerable amount, around 1415mm towards the road,” Mr Considine said.

“We have now stabilised the footings to the angle the church was at in 1999.”

Job well done: Ross Considine of Considine and Johnston and Swee Tong of Uretek Ground Engineering proudly show off the straighter St Peter’s Anglican Church in Leongatha.

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Decision made: the final design of the Leongatha heavy vehicle alternate route.

Road worries Community concerned by route design THE final plan to remove trucks from a major Leongatha street has been met with mixed reaction.

VicRoads and South Gippsland Shire Council recently revealed the final design for the Leongatha heavy vehicle alternate route that will deviate trucks away from Bair Street, and down Roughead and Long streets to Koonwarra Road.

While some people have welcomed the traffic lights to be built at the intersection of Long and Ogilvy streets and Koonwarra Road, others remain concerned about the prospect of traffic banking up at the junction of Roughead and Long streets.

Many others still called for the route to run through the current railway land instead of Long Street, or for the route to follow Turner and then Hassett streets, before crossing into Long Street.

The final design sparked debate on The Star’s Facebook page last week, attracting nearly 3000 views and more than 30 comments.

Leongatha Progress Association president

Marg Denbrok was in two minds about the proposal.

She welcomed traffic lights at Ogilvy and Long streets, but was concerned about the impact on trucks.

“I just wonder whether the trucks can pull up in time,” she said.

But Mrs Denbrok shared the overwhelming view held by the community about the likelihood of traffic delays in Roughead

Street, due to traffic accumulating while waiting for vehicles to turn into Long Street.

“The school times worry me because the traffic could bank up there,” she said.

A right turning lane will be built in Roughead Street to accommodate turning traffic, but will only be long enough to accommodate a B-double truck and five cars.

Among the comments on Facebook were: Gerard Murphy: “Think I will buy a share in one of the smash repair places in Leongatha if this goes ahead! The two Roughhead Street intersections are going to be a nightmare! I think the solution to the current problem will cause even worse problems! Worse thing will be the extra noise of the trucks having to stop and

then start again. At least if there was a constant flow, ie straight through the rail yard, it would be better”; Barry Ferguson: “I think it should go through the railway land. There should be enough room, then back on to Koonwara Road”; Lisa Burge: “What a joke.. How much time and money has been spent on this brain wave? How is the traffic giving way at

Long Street going to improve flow? All I can see is even more congestion and a heap more accidents, not to mention how it merges with Koonwarra Road”; Trissy Morton-Pedersen: “If you can’t do it properly, don’t do it at all”; Kylie Parrish: “It will be hell at school time”; Jemma Cornell: “Turning into Long Street or out of it at Roughead end is always a ridiculous attempt. Not to even mention school times. Seems a bit crazy to me”; Emma Smith: “The plans are in the shire office and I think you can still submit a comment for VicRoads. This has been out for all people to comment on and make suggestions for a few years, plus have had public sittings for everyone to have their say.

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Huge crowd packs Easter fair CHILDREN played with snakes, climbed walls and drove go karts around the yard at Inverloch Primary School on Saturday – and it was the school holidays.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of children and their families filled the school grounds for the annual Easter fair, raising money for the school and its annexe, Kongwak Primary School.

Fair proceeds are expected to set a new record,

A helping hand: Dylan Anderson from Rockup Entertainment helps Maddy Shepherd of Inverloch on the climbing wall at the Inverloch Primary School fair.

raising funds for the extension of the bike shed and improved drainage at Inverloch primary.

“It was a like a mini Melbourne show. It was huge. We had more people than we have ever had,” fair coordinator Jessica Finlay said.

A new animal nursery featuring owls, dingoes and snakes was a highlight, as were the addition of go karts and the appearance of Commonwealth Games gold medallist Eleanor Patterson of Leongatha, who drew raffle winners and signed autographs.

Food sold like hotcakes, rides catered for the adventurous and young at heart, and visitors could buy all manner of goods, from clothes to craft.

Easter Bunny made an

appearance for the first time, handing out free eggs, and the inaugural plant stall was popular too.

The silent auction was

successful, with the popular Christian Fletcher photographic print in demand, as well as donations by Fish Creek author and illustrator Alison Lester,

and Kongwak artist Fiona Kennedy.

The fair was overseen by a committee of parents and many parents managed stalls on the day.

Let’s race: from left, Isaac Armstrong of Inverloch and Darcy Truin of Lysterfield enjoyed riding pacer carts provided by Agar Amusements of Bass.

Left, Happy kids: from left, Jenson Bremner of Inverloch with Zahlia Hogan Van Rooij of Korumburra wait in the long queue for the farm animal enclosure at the Inverloch Primary School Easter Fair.

Right, Colouring in: Nate Poletti with his aunt Laura Beauglehall from Inverloch loved the activities table at the Inverloch Primary School Fair.

Hundreds admire art BASS Coast Artists’ Society held its annual Easter Art and Photography Exhibition at The Goods Shed in Wonthaggi over the weekend.

The official opening was held on Good Friday.

“We had 13 categories plus a people’s choice section this year with 48 individual artists and photographers contributing 155 items, all of which are for sale,” society vice president Shelley Applebee said.

“The exhibition has been a huge success with more than 300 people visiting the exhibition over the Easter period and nine sales to date.

“There are many art shows and exhibitions around Bass Coast and South

Gippsland at this time of year, and we have been fortunate to have seen visitors from our local area and also outside the area, some of whom have taken artworks from our local artists to their homes and businesses away from here.

“This is a great result for our artists. To have their works being spread around the state is very pleasing”.

Judge Robert Knight from the Yarra Valley has been awarded many prizes and commendations in art competitions nationally.

One of Mr Knight’s incredible oil paintings of the Grampians is currently on display at The Goods Shed.

Joan Hales judged photography and is senior photography steward at the Bass Coast Summer Agriculture Show.

More than 70 people

filled The Goods Shed on Friday night to be a part of the exciting announcement of winners. While sipping on wine and enjoying light finger foods, they mingled with other artists and discussed the entries which a team of people from Artspace Wonthaggi had carefully and expertly hung the day before.

Society treasurer Wendy Saphin was MC for the evening and assisted Mr Knight in reading out the winning entries along with Hazel Zander, co-ordinator of the society’s camera club, standing in for Mrs Hale who was unable to attend the evening.

“More than 25 local businesses and individuals donated prizes for awards or contributed to the holding of the exhibition and we thank these people sincerely,” Ms Applebee said.

Major occasion: best acrylic winner Jill Rogers and judge Robert Knight enjoy the Bass Coast Artists Society’s Easter Show.

Results: Bass Coast Shire Council Acquisitive Art Award, Ken Griffiths; best oil, Adrian Johnson; highly commended, Julie LundgrenCoulter; best acrylic, Jill Rogers; highly commended, Marian Quigley; best watercolour, Dianna Edwards; highly commended, Margaret Lacey; best pastel, Judy Soerink; highly commended, Di Wilson; best drawing, Ian Adair; highly commended, Kerry Spokes; best contemporary work, Ken Griffiths; highly commended, Werner Theinert.

Best other medium, Susan Hall; highly commended, Kerry Spokes; best photograph un-enhanced, Shelley Applebee; highly commended, Trevor Allan; best photograph enhanced, Liz Glynn; highly commended, Shelley Applebee; Geoffrey and Rachel Saphin Memorial Youth Award (aged 15 to 21), Bailey Weston.

Judge’s encouragement award: Pam Pritchard, Rosemary Chan. Best body of work, Dianna Edwards; highly commended, Vasy Petros. People’s choice: to be announced.

Ms Applebee said the society was entering a new phase with renewed enthusiasm and increased involvement within the community.

More workshops, classes, demonstrations and events will be held.

To find out more about the society, see www.bassarts.org.au or contact Ms Applebee on 0417 590 881 or secretary Lynn Willox on 0417 121 703.

Loaves of goodness: from left, Elisa and Jacob Cheridan from Hawthorn with baker Roger Hyland (middle) at the Cannibal Creek Bakehouse stall at the Koonwarra Farmers’ Market.

Market delights Easter visitors PERFECT weather brought out the Easter holidaymakers who crowded the reserve and sampled the wide array of regional produce on offer at the Koonwarra Farmers’ Market on Saturday.

Hopping about: from left, Nevada Crimp from Leongatha and Daria Fleming from Korumburra were delighted to find the Easter Bunny out and about with a basket of chocolate eggs.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 7

TAFE hopes

By Laura Gibb SOUTH Gippsland looks likely to benefit from the State Government’s $50 million boost to TAFE institutes, despite TAFE enrolments across Gippsland dropping.

Enrolments in TAFEs across Gippsland dropped by eight per cent in 2014, even though 10 per cent of Gippsland youth are unemployed.

Victorian Training and Skills Minister Steve Herbert said TAFEs were damaged by the former government’s $1.2 billion cut to TAFEs and training funding, which had resulted in fewer teachers, fewer courses and fewer services for disadvantaged students.

He said TAFE looked after the most disadvantaged students, supported local communities and were often the only training providers in rural areas.

TAFE enrolment dropped by 33 per cent in 2014 Victoria wide.

“This is bad news for individuals, for our economy, and for employers who rely on skilled workers,” Mr Herbert said.

At the same time, there was a 29 per cent decline in young people aged 15 to 19 in government funded training.

The number of regional students in training fell by 19 per cent.

TAFEs’ share of the training market dropped from 44 to 25 per cent as private training institutions increased their enrolments.

Staff at the Leongatha campus of Federation Training indicated the institution would apply for a share of the $50 million.

The funding would be in addition to the $2.5 million Federation Training is receiving from the government’s TAFE rescue fund.

Federation Training CEO Wendy

Wood has said those funds would support the development of a student support and advisory team.

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The fund will offer one-off grants to TAFEs to develop and expand courses that align with the needs of local employers, including those eligible for the ‘back to work’ scheme.

“This is about creating new training courses to give unemployed Victorians the skills they need for the jobs they want,” Mr Andrews said.

“Victoria is home to high-growth industries that are crying out for skilled workers.”

Farmers eye cheaper rates

By Tayla Kershaw BASS Coast Shire Council is now considering the prospect of introducing a farm differential rate, meaning cheaper rates for primary producers.

Council CEO Paul Buckley said the farming differential rate would be included in the rate review, now open for public opinion.

Council has released five options under the rating strategy, with a few of the options offering a farm differential rate.

Former MP Alan Brown said council should stop dragging its feet on this issue.

“The council allocated over $2.3million to increase staff costs in Bass Coast this year, but allocated not one cent to introduce a differential farm rate which has been in place for decades in other rural councils across Victoria,” Mr Brown said.

“Just a portion of that money would have covered the cost of introducing a differential rate for farmers throughout Bass Coast. It is a disgrace that they are stringing farmers along on this issue with endless meetings and discussion papers.”

Cr Phil Wright favoured option five at a recent council meeting, as it offers a 90 per cent differential rate for farmers.

“The farmers punch way above their weight in their contribution to our tourism industry,” he said.

However, he also saw no harm in a rate rise.

Mr Brown said the rates in the Bass Coast Shire were unjustifiable.

Mayor Cr Kimberly Brown and CEO Paul Buckley recently issued a statement claiming Bass Coast was one of the lowest spending councils in Victoria.

Mr Brown said he was amazed by this statement, as ratepayers continue to be hurt financially.

“Cr Kimberley Brown’s attitude reminds me of a former prime minister 40 years ago who told farmers, when they were getting $1 per head for their cattle, they had never had it so good,” Mr Brown said.

“In my opinion, many people in Bass Coast will be very upset with the mayor indicating their rates are low.”

Mr Buckley said the draft for the financial management plan was released for public consultation recently.

Part of the discussion in the long

term financial plan is staff costs, which falls under the operations cost category.

However, Mr Brown said it defies belief the mayor could defend the staff costs.

“Employee costs went up by over $2.3 million in Bass Coast this year, with the average cost per employee being around $86,000 a year. In council’s own budget documents for this year, staff numbers rise by two from 326.1 to 328.1 and by calculation the average cost per employee increased from $73,322 to $80, 863,” he said.

“The council should start living within its means and ensure they do not hike up rates again this year by an excessive and unsustainable amount.”

Cr Wright said the financial plan indicates council’s intentions to the State Government, public and council staff.

“A key part is the transparency of staffing costs,” he said.

“If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. We have to pay good money to get good people.”

The public consultation regarding the long term financial plan and rate review recently kicked off.

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Less is more at Waratah Hills

By Sarah Vella THE team at Waratah Hills vineyard at Fish Creek finished picking the last of the 2015 grapes last Wednesday, ready to make sparkling, chardonnay and pinot noir wines.

Winery owners Judy and Neil Travers said this year has produced fewer grapes than other years, but what they do have is of exceptional quality.

“In our seven years here, it is probably one of our best pinot crops. We will get a fair idea of what it will look like after our first crush,” Mrs Travers said.

Mr Travers said lower yield but good quality grapes has been the result for wineries across Gippsland.

“It has been an unpredictable season,

but sometimes that does yield us a better crop and that happens to be the case for 2015, right across the region,” he said.

The grapes at Waratah Hills are picked across three weeks, starting with the crop for the sparkling wine.

“We need a lower sugar content and higher acid content for the sparkling,” Mrs Travers said.

Making a good sparkling is a long process, so the wine bottled from 2015 grapes will not be ready to drink until at least the end of 2018.

Chardonnay is picked next, followed by the pinot noir.

“This is about the time we would normally take off our crop. We thought it might have been a bit earlier this year,” Mrs Travers said.

The grapes from Waratah Hills are sent to Leongatha South winemaker, Marcus Satchell.

Rubbish disgrace

By Laura Gibb LEONGATHA Recreation Reserve has become a dumping place for people’s rubbish.

“It’s proving to be a real problem for us,” recreation reserve secretary Frank Dekker said.

“People are dumping rubbish. It’s a real nuisance.”

Mr Dekker said people have been dumping household waste, with bins overflowing and rubbish even placed around bins.

Animals also get into the rubbish and spread it around.

“It makes it very, very unpleasant for the community,” Mr Dekker said.

He said dumped rubbish adds to the cost of keeping the recreation reserve tidy.

“We have to get our rubbish contractor to come more often,” he said.

Mr Dekker said the committee was taking steps to stop people dumping rubbish.

“We have got a very well built rubbish contractor investigating and he has a few leads,” he said.

“We are monitoring the situation and hope for some improvement.

“If there’s none, further steps will be taken.”

POLICE BRIEFS Attempted murder

Rubbish dumping: Leongatha Recreation Reserve secretary Frank Dekker has discovered people are dumping household rubbish at Leongatha Recreation Reserve.

A CAPE Woolamai man has been charged with attempted murder.

He became involved in a dispute with a 56 year old man at the Cowes Pony Club on Monday night.

The 60 year old had armed himself with a large hunting knife and strapped a second knife to his leg.

The argument became heated and the attacker attempted to stab the victim, police said.

A group of people with the victim was able to subdue the attacker.

“Onlookers were able to wrestle the knife out of the man’s hands,” Wonthaggi’s Senior Sergeant Steve Gibson said.

“It was a very close call and the victim was very lucky. There were children around but they weren’t involved or hurt.”

The man is in custody and will appear before the Latrobe Magis-

trates Court at a later date.

Tree tragedy A MAN was killed after he was struck by a tree branch in Driffield.

The Yinnar man was selling trees when a branch dislodged from a nearby tree and struck his chest.

The incident occurred at 2.30pm on Kings Road on April 1.

Mirboo North Police were called to the scene.

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Cape path takes shape BASS Coast Shire Council has started building a new beach access pathway at First Surf Beach, Cape Paterson.

Hovell Ward Councillor Neil Rankine said, “The pathway is being constructed in order to improve the service provided by the Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club.

“It will allow easier access to the beach for life saving vehicles and equipment, including the club’s inflatable rescue boat. Currently the best option available to the club is to launch at the Cape Paterson Boat Ramp and then drive the rescue boat approximately 1.2 kilometres to the patrol site at First Surf Beach.

“This trip sometimes also involves negotiating rough surf. The new access track will reduce life saving response times during emer-

gency situations.”

The pathway project will be completed in two stages. The first stage, which has recently commenced, involves construction of a 190m pathway leading to the existing life saving club shed. Council expects this work will be done within a week.

The second stage will involve constructing a 50m elevated timber ramp connecting the pathway to the beach. These works are planned to start in June 2015.

“The project will require the removal of some coastal vegetation however this removal will be offset in accordance with relevant government policy and legislation. Other works will include stabilisation of nearby eroding sand dunes, planting over 500 indigenous plants and environmental weed control,” Cr Rankine said.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Council Chambers, Leongatha Bookings for speaking times essential Ph 5662 9222 Wed, 15 April 1.00pm Proposed Budget Community Q & A Session (*Questions to be lodged at time of booking) 2.00pm; 7.00pm* (*by noon 14/04)) Book speaking times by noon Tues,14 April Ph 5662 9222 Wed, 22 April 10.00am ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING Wed, 22 April – 2.00pm AQUATIC STRATEGY ON EXHIBITION The revised South Gippsland Aquatic Strategy is now on exhibition for community feedback. It can be viewed on www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au, at Council, local libraries, Tarwin Lower Community Health Centre, Venus Bay Community Centre and Foster, Leongatha & Milpara community houses. Written submissions will be received until COB 17 April, 2015 and can be posted to Council, hand delivered or emailed.

Enquiries Ph 5662 9200 PROPOSED BUDGET ON EXHIBITION The detailed document and a Summary are currently on display for community feedback at Council, local libraries and on the website until COB on 29 April, 2015. Written formal submissions can be submitted or informal comment can be made on the OurSay website (details on line and with hard copies).

BUDGET COMMUNITY Q & A FORUM A Community Question and Answer Forum will be held on Wed 15 April from 1-2pm in the Council Chamber. If you wish to present a question publicly, you are asked to book a speaking time and submit your question (on 5662 9222) so that we can streamline the session and ensure we have the appropriate information available to respond.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS SEASONAL POPULATION IMPACTS Many of you completed the survey on seasonal population impacts on our coastal towns. We now invite all community members and groups of coastal towns in South Gippsland to attend one of these meetings to discuss the key issues raised in the survey, look at possible solutions & help develop draft recommendations for Council to consider.

SURVEY RESULTS & DISCUSSIONS 2 Tues 7 April 1- 3pm.Sandy Pt, Waratah Bay, Yanakie @ Sandy Pt Community Centre 3 Tues 7 April 6-8pm Venus Bay Community Centre 4 Wed 8 April 10-12:00pm Toora, Port Welshpool, Port Franklin @Toora Hall 5. Thur 30 April 6:15-8:15pm Melbourne meeting: 397-405 Springvale Rd, Springvale Please RSVP to vicki.bradley@southgippsland.vic.gov.au If you can't attend the meeting and wish for survey results to be emailed or have any questions, please call Vicki on 5662 9200 or email her COUNCIL WORKS THIS WEEK Drainage Works: Ten Mile Ck Rd & Galvins Rd, Mirboo Nth/ Binginwarri Sth Rd, Woorarra East Road Maintenance: Hallston/ Mirboo Nth/ Leongatha Nth/ Walkerville/ Middle Tarwin/ Meeniyan 9 Smith St., Leongatha 3953 (Private Bag 4) Ph: 5662 9200 Fax: 5662 3754 council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

The cost for both stages of the pathway construction project is $130,000. Funding of $60,000 has been provided as part of the State Government’s 2013-14 Coastal Environments Program. Council has contributed $70,000.

Cr Rankine said that works will be completed well before the coming summer life saving patrol period.

For further information contact council’s infrastructure delivery department on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211.

Paving the way: from left, Tony O’Connell from Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club with Hovell Ward Councillor Neil Rankine of Bass Coast Shire Council, inspect construction of a new pathway at Cape Paterson.

Hunters find POLICE BRIEFS Drink driver 1200 eggs busted THE allure of chocolate drew 1400 visitors to Coal Creek Community Park and Museum at Korumburra on Easter Sunday.

Tickets for the annual egg hunt sold out by 2pm, and with 1200 eggs offered, there was much fun to be enjoyed.

The Coal Creek Church was in full use with live music and a non-dominational service, storytelling and family games.

The challenge of judging the colouring competition was difficult and the winners were: two to three year olds, Mylee Mathews; four to five year olds, Poppy Miles; six to seven year olds, Lincoln Mulley; eight to 11 year olds, Mikayla Cester; and 12 to 15 year olds, Rory Pattison.

The lucky ticket door prize was won by five year old Nianthri VijeKuraran from Narre Warren.

As always, the Easter bunny was a big hit with the crowds.

A DRINK driver was caught in Venus Bay on Saturday.

Information was provided to police by a member of the public who had seen the man drinking in his car.

Inverloch Police intercepted the vehicle in Jupiter Boulevard at 5.45pm.

He was taken back to the station for a breath test.

The breath test revealed a reading of 0.174.

He was released and pending summons to attend court at a later date.

His licence was automatically suspended.

Ashes still missing

WONTHAGGI’S grave robbery is still unsolved.

Ashes were removed from a gravesite in Cameron Street in January.

Family members noticed the grave had been disturbed and the site was exhumed.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report at www. crimestoppersvic.com.au.

Mad cow

A COW caused a disturbance in Berrys Creek on Thursday (April 2).

It had separated itself from its herd and became trapped in a neighbour’s yard.

Police said the cow had come down to the creek, slipped down the embankment and was unable to return to the herd.

The owner of the property tried to remove the cow from her yard but the cow charged her car, causing minor damage.

Leongatha and Korumburra police were called as well as a South Gippsland Shire Council ranger.

The cow charged the police and the ranger, and was unable to be controlled.

An on-call vet was contacted and the cow was destroyed with the owner’s consent.

The property owner did not request for charges to be followed up.

Hopping good time THE Wonthaggi Club held its annual Easter Egg Hunt and Family Fun Day on Sunday at the State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi.

With more than 300 children registered for the hunt and 200kg of

chocolate eggs given away, the event was a success.

The day started at 10am with the first hunt, and the kids had plenty of activities to keep themselves busy with a jumping castle, face painting, crafts and the

reptile show.

The day concluded with the open age hunt,

which made for plenty of laughs.

Be sure to keep an eye

out for it next year, as this is an event not to be missed.

Water restrictions loom RESIDENTS of Loch, Poowong and Nyora have been asked to save water as the towns’ reservoir continues to drop.

The Little Bass reservoir was at 56 per cent of capacity yesterday (Tuesday), despite the catchment receiving 10mm of rain from March 28 to April 3.

South Gippsland Water managing director Philippe du Plessis said, “While the system will often refill quickly once winter rains arrive, the introduction of stage one water restrictions may be necessary in coming weeks.”

Rainfall recorded at South Gippsland Water’s other storages from March 28 to April 3 was Lance Creek 0mm, Ruby Creek 11mm, Coalition Creek 11mm, Deep Creek 3mm and Battery Creek 8mm.

Permanent water saving rules remain in force for all systems.

Leongatha’s Ruby Creek reservoir is 64 per cent full and Lance Creek, which services Wonthaggi, Inverloch and Cape Paterson, is at 72 per cent capacity.

Korumburra’s Coalition Creek system is 71 per cent full and Foster Dam is full. Fish Creek’s Battery Creek dam is at 73 per cent.

In the spirit: from left, Jac Durling, Jessie Louise and Dell Nolan, employees at the State Coal Mine cafe, meet the Easter Bunny at the Family Fun Day.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 9

Thousands cycle, walk for firefighters THIS year’s Tour de Tarwin was one of the most successful in the event’s nine year history.

Easter Saturday’s tour attracted more participants and raised more money.

The event was enjoyed by about 1500 participants 70 more than in 2014 – and raising $17,000 for the Tarwin Lower CFA. Tour committee spokesperson Craig Williams was overwhelmed by the result.

“Wow, what an awesome day,” he said.

Participants walked or cycled from Venus Bay to Tarwin Lower along the path meandering parallel to the Tarwin River.

“Hundreds more chose to view the walk and bike ride from the sidelines,” Mr Williams said.

“By the time tour participants reached Tarwin Lower, the crowd had swelled to an estimated 2000, with everyone heading straight to the food and refreshments stalls, and then relaxing and enjoying a family picnic atmosphere on a beautiful day.”

Mr Williams said many businesses supported the event with financial support or in kind support over the whole Easter holiday weekend.

“This year was a breakthrough year in terms of community group involvement, with about 12 community groups and sporting clubs across Venus Bay and Tarwin taking part in the tour in some form or another,” he said.

“Importantly the day itself was a fun filled day with incredible participation from families and individuals alike. Everyone was having a great time.

“Thanks to all our tour volunteers, Tarwin CFA, Venus Bay Community Emergency Response Team and Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club members. Their assistance and help over the course of the Easter weekend was really appreciated.”

Festivities began on Good Friday, with a You Beaut Raffle for the CFA and the start of the Tour De Tarwin Fishing Classic that continued until Sunday.

Family Bare Foot Bowls was held at Tarwin Lower Bowls Club on Sunday. More children than eggs took part in an egg hunt at the Venus Bay Community Centre in the morning and that evening, the centre hosted a trivia night organised by the Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower Men’s Shed.

A market next to the Tarwin Lower Hall on Monday was a success.

Up high: participants prepare to set off in the Tour de Tarwin. Photo: Rick Williams.

Left, Cycling about: from left, Kerry and Casey Thorrowgood from Venus Bay were two of a record number of entrants in the ninth Tour de Tarwin.

Running the tour: winning runners from left, Simon Hassell from Tarwin Lower and Susan Michelsson from Venus Bay.

Team work: from left, event officials Paul Griffiths, Colin O’Grady, Jamie O’Donohue, Barry Cusask and Craig Williams with in front, Wendy Williams were part of the large group of men and women who made the Tour de Tarwin possible.

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Tourist rush prompts meetings South Gippsland Shire Council will hold five community meetings in April to give people the chance to discuss the results of a recent survey by council to assess the seasonal population impacts on coastal communities.

“We’d really like to see community members engaged in discussions of key issues raised in the survey, to look at possible solutions with us and help develop draft recommendations for council to consider,” said Vicki Bradley, council’s social plan-

ning officer.

“It’s important we have input from those who bear the brunt of these impacts when the population swells dramatically and stretches the capacity of local infrastructure and services.”

Meetings were held at Walkerville on Saturday, and Sandy Point and Venus Bay yesterday (Tuesday).

Another meeting will be held at the Toora Hall today from 10am to noon.

A further meeting for Melbourne ratepayers will be held on Thursday, April 30 from 6.15-8.15pm at meeting rooms one and two, 397-405

Springvale Road, Springvale. RSVP to vicki.bradley@southgippsland. vic.gov.au for the Melbourne meeting only.

If you can’t attend any of these meetings and wish for survey results to be emailed, or have any questions, call Ms Bradley on 5662 9200 or email her at the above address.

“Many non-resident ratepayers and their families will be in the area over the Easter and school holiday period, so if you are talking to any of them, please let them know of the opportunity to participate either here or in Melbourne,” Ms Bradley added.

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Local Snippets MEMORABILIA is needed for displays at the Leongatha and District Netball Association’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Please contact Phil Smith or Maria Evison if you are able to help.

THE first grand piano

fundraising concert for the Wonthaggi Baptist Church recently was a great success, raising $2000.

Josh Hooke entertained and kept an audience of 100 people enthralled with his piano virtuosity, playing pieces

by Beethoven, Chopin,

Email: col7@thestar.com.au Post: PO Box 84 Leongatha 3953 Fax: 03 5662 4350 Schubert, Prokofiev and Liszt.

The church aims to give up and coming young musicians and singers an opportunity to gain concert experience.

THE winner of Leongatha Rotary’s first wood raffle for 2015 was

Marcella Brennan of Gardiner’s Road, Foster. Marcella is a widow who was thrilled to win this wood raffle, as she said it was the first thing she had ever won. Rotary will organise delivery of the wood to her home in Foster.

Loch celebrates Christ Wonderful effort: back, from left, Nola Sneddon, Tennielle, Val Pistrucci, and front, from left, Ellie, Heidi, Ayla, Jess and Hannah were in Leongatha on March 31, spreading Easter joy.

Easter tradition delights IN THEIR 34th year dressing up as a rabbit and a chick, Val Pistrucci from Leongatha and Nola Sneddon from Hoppers Crossing handed out Easter cheer in the form of chocolate last week.

The pair hand out Easter eggs around Leongatha in memory of their grandmother Eveline Smith who passed away in 1986.

Eveline was a resident at Woorayl Lodge.

Both Val and Nola (nee Hengstberger) were local girls born and raised in the Le-

LOST

THE base of three illuminated crosses in a paddock behind Loch’s St Vincent’s Catholic Church on Ash Wednesday was the venue for Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross service.

The three crosses placed in the paddock during Lent have been exposed to the thousands of vehicles that pass the township along the South

Gippsland Highway.

The highly illuminated crosses give night time travellers the surreal impression the crosses suspend from heaven.

Parishioners from Leongatha and Korumburra gathered with St Vincent’s congregation at the church at 10am on Good Friday.

The group walked along the road while singing Amazing Grace to the crosses where the Stations of the Cross began.

When reaching the

twelfth Station Jesus Dies on the Cross, a purple stole was draped over the central cross, commemorating the death of Jesus.

Hundreds of vehicles, which formed a procession of slow moving traffic along the highway at the start of the Easter holiday period, witnessed the ceremony from a distance.

Passers-by were reminded of the Christian message for Easter: preparing for the death and resurrection of Jesus.

This commemorative service acted as a forerunner to the celebration of Easter Mass at St Vincent’s on Sunday morning, followed by the purple stole being removed, symbolising the resurrection of Jesus.

Parishioners returned to the church again singing Amazing Grace to reflect and reminisce on the experience of such a unique occasion.

ongatha area.

This year, they would like to thank the Woorayl Lodge Ladies Auxiliary, Lions Club of Leongatha and the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry for their great support.

“We get great pleasure in distributing the eggs along with some cheer and fun around Leongatha, especially to the children, young at heart and the sick,” Nola said.

“A smile and a hug cost nothing, but they certainly bring a lot of joy to all.”

Val and Nola were willingly helped this year by Aylah, Tennielle, Hannah, Ellie, Jess and Heidi.

Moving moment: Leongatha, Korumburra and Loch parishioners gather for the Good Friday commemorative ceremony facing passing traffic along the South Gippsland Highway at Loch.

$11,000 raised for appeal SOME 500 people came from near and far to enjoy the Poowong, Loch, Nyora Good Friday Family Fun Day at the Loch Recreation Reserve on Friday.

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ganisers, the Poowong and District Apex Club, folding due to a lack of members, a committed group of locals, past Apexians and the Strzelecki Lions ensured the event was as successful as ever.

There were games for the kids, an interactive display by the Leongatha

Medieval Society, jumping castle, gladiator suits and other games, free Easter egg hunts, raffles, food and a small bar.

Money was raised via a spinning wheel with great prizes, many kindly donated by local businesses.

Starsearch Entertainment donated the use

of three blow up attractions for the children.

The day raised more than $11,000 for the Royal Children’s Hospital.

The Good Friday event has run in different formats for approximately the past 45 years at different venues around Loch.

Taking shape: a temporary art installation - aka yarn bombing - has hit Meeniyan in readiness for the Gippsland Hills Exhibition on April 10 and 11 Meeniyan CWA branch president Faye Bland attached a group of coloured squares to a support post.

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Good time: Layla Cecil and her rabbit had a ball at the Royal Children’s Hospital fundraiser at Loch.

Knock about types: Connor Avery and Tyler Jonathan have a go at the gladiator amusement at the Loch Good Friday fundraiser.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 11

Burglary victim serves resilience

By Brad Lester LUCY Mertens was shocked to find her Korumburra cafe had been burgled.

Now she wants to help other hardworking proprietors avoid becoming victims of crime.

Her Korumburra business, Lucy May’s Café and Bar, was robbed on Friday, March 27.

The offenders took about $300 in cash, including the proceeds of ticket sales for a charity event and a tip jar.

“We have a lot of technology so it was lucky they did not take any of that or break it,” she said.

“I always thought the coffee machine was the most valuable item but they were after cash.”

Still shaken by the incident, Ms Mertens said the café was forced to close for half a day while police attended to the scene.

“I never really thought that Korumburra would be the place,” she said.

“No one has vandalised the café in the four years that I have been here. It just hurts to know they have targeted me.

“It’s just really horrible that it has happened.”

The café uses electronic tablets to process orders and those remained intact. Bottles of wine were also untouched. Cash was clearly the target.

In light of her experience, Ms Mertens is now urging other businesspeople to take precautionary measures.

She said businesspeople can help deter burglars by leaving their till empty of cash and open overnight, in view of potential attackers.

She did not have an external security light on in a bid to save electricity costs, but in hindsight, said the light could have dissuaded the offenders from attempting entry.

“We are also now checking out prices for a security camera system,” she said.

Ms Mertens discovered the attack when she arrived at work at 6.30am.

At first, she thought Korumburra had experienced another of its famous earthquakes overnight.

“Then I realised someone had pulled everything out and that’s when that sick feeling in my stomach set in,” she said.

“I was too scared to walk all the way around the café. I called my friends to wait with me until the police arrived.”

The burglars smashed a rear door to enter the premises and searched through freezers. Ms Mertens said freezers were often a popular location for hospitality proprietors to store cash, so she believed the offenders were familiar with the industry.

“No food was spoiled because it had not defrosted at all,” she said.

Moving on: Lucy Mertens, proprietor of Lucy May’s Café, serves customer John Davies of Korumburra.

She is hoping other businesses can learn from her experience dealing with the aftermath of a burglary.

Council renews halls BASS Coast Shire Council is embarking on a community halls project after receiving almost $20,000 funding from Regional Development Victoria.

The project will identify issues and opportunities for each hall’s sustainability and growth, with each hall to have a plan developed and a clear priority of works identified.

Mayor Cr Kimberley Brown said the community will be invited to be a part of the project.

“The halls’ committees of management, user groups and other interested residents will all have the opportunity to make recommendations for the future maintenance and usage of their halls,” Cr Brown said.

“There is growing demand for

community facilities where residents can gather for meetings and events.

Council wants to ensure its facilities are well maintained and suit the long term needs of the community.”

The information collected will inform future council spending and support grant applications for hall upgrades.

Cr Brown said the project will also provide a long term plan to maintain and potentially improve important community infrastructure.

“It will also support a more financially viable approach to facility maintenance and development as it will create a priority listing for each facility, and ensure they meet the long term needs of the community,” she said.

Bass Coast has a low percentage of people living near public transport – 37 per cent compared to the state-

wide average of 74 per cent.

“We need to ensure local facilities are available for local activities,” Cr Brown said.

“Bass Coast has a higher than state average attendance at local community events and a higher rate of volunteering than the state average.

“Local community meeting and activity spaces are critical to maintaining this positive level of activity in our communities.”

Committees of management and user groups will be sent an invitation to participate in April.

Other interested people can call council’s community planner Kristen Yates-Matthews, on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or 5671 2211, or email k.yates@basscoast.vic.gov.au if you would like to be involved in the consultation about your local hall.

Dalyston Hall: from left, committee of management Pater and Lorna Dawson, Grant Davies, Dot Slade, Stephen Wilbourne and Gael Cresp will be working with Bass Coast Shire Council to develop a plan for their hall as part of the community halls project.

Gypsy cast wows director

By Tayla Kershaw REHEARSALS for Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s 50 year anniversary production Gypsy have director Colin Mitchell amazed.

Desal plant to stay idle THE Victorian Desalination Plant at Wonthaggi will remain idle throughout 2015-16.

The State Government last week announced Victoria’s water storages were secure at 71.4 per cent capacity.

Accordingly, the government will not be ordering water from the desalination plant.

However, if local communities face a lack of water over the next few years, if low stream flows continue, or if major bushfires in our catchments affect the quality of inflows to storages, desalinated water will likely be required.

The plant will remain in standby mode to serve as a reliable insurance policy against Melbourne running out of water.

Melbourne’s storages received just 420GL in 2014, the lowest annual inflow since the end of the Millennium Drought in 2009. Melbourne’s total water use in

2014 was 407 GL. Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, Lisa Neville said the desalination plant was an important part of Melbourne’s water supply and was capable of supplying up to 150GL of high quality drinking water a year if required.

“With storages currently at 71.4 per cent, we won’t be ordering water from the desalination plant this year, but the low inflows we received in 2014 and dry conditions in our catchments are a sobering reminder of the value of being well prepared for the challenges of adapting to climate change,” she said.

“Desalination is our insurance policy against drought and climate change and guarantees Melbourne’s water supply in times of low rainfall and emergencies such as floods and fires.

“Having a rainfall-independent, largescale water supply of up to 150GL a year is vital for our water security.”

The cast has been rehearsing for four weeks and Mr Mitchell said members are showing talent right across the board.

“I am positive our lead Elly Poletti will blow the audience away and even the children are showing excellent skills. I’m thrilled,” he said.

The performance will include a unique cast of 36 members with a huge age range from six to 76.

Lyric has decided to get a leg up on this performance with rehearsals well in advance of opening night on July 3.

“Gypsy is a challenge.

It’s a big show to perform,” Mr Mitchell said.

“We’ve been working three times a week and have given ourselves extra time to put it all together.”

Dedicated team: director Colin Mitchell showcases some of the costumes already prepared for Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s upcoming production Gypsy.

He has taken on the challenge alongside assistant director Bernadette Grainger, musical director Carmel Slater and choreographer Bronwyn Kalos.

Sets and costumes are well underway with a great team of people working on them.

“I think the community will be very excited about this performance,” Mr

Mitchell said.

“Elly sang at the concert at our 50 year anniversary celebration Curtain Up in February and those who were there really enjoyed watching her.”

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OPINIONS

Room for roundabout

I WAS disappointed to read about the ‘Claytons’ bypass for Leongatha in last week’s Star.

This bypass has been on the cards for 20 years or more and this is the best they can come up with?

Originally the route was to go along Hughes Street, with a roundabout over Roughead Street and continue along Long Street.

I understand a roundabout could not be built because it would mean the demolition of the listed brick building on the corner of Hughes and Roughead streets.

Many years ago I used to live in England which in my opinion is the roundabout capital of the world.

Most English towns and cities can only dream about having roads as wide as ours here in Leongatha, but the British seem to be able to put roundabouts just about everywhere.

When I arrived in Australia 40 years ago there were hundreds of unmarked intersections in Melbourne and the “give way to the

right” rule applied. I used to wonder why they didn’t make them into roundabouts, and 10 years later they did.

My old home town has a population of over 20,000 with nearby towns and villages easily exceeding the population of the whole of South Gippslnd Shire.

I have attached some photos of two roundabouts at opposite sides of a bridge on the main road.

This road carries more traffic a day than the roads here in Leongatha. One roundabout is no more than a painted dot in the middle of the road and the other is a small built roundabout with a larger area around it with rumble strips for larger vehicles to run over.

There is easily enough room in Roughead Street to build this type of roundabout.

No doubt there will be many reasons why this can’t be done or maybe I will just have to wait another 10 years to see something like it.

Andy Kay, Leongatha.

Here’s an idea: a roundabout in England, which could be applied to Leongatha according to Andy Kay.

E D I T O R I A L

Every drive a danger THE devastating crash in which Leongatha woman Rosemary Wood died on Monday is a reminder of how precious life is and the need to take ultimate care while driving.

Police alleged a driver crossed double lines and crashed into the car Mrs Wood was travelling in, en route to a family outing.

With the end of daylight saving and more people travelling in the dark, on the way home from work or bound for social and sporting events, the risk of an accident occurring is now greater.

Yesterday’s heavy rain, and the greater likelihood of rain as we head midway into autumn, also increases drivers’ risk levels.

Everyone travelling on our roads means the world to somebody. They could be a parent, grandparent, child, sibling, niece, nephew, partner or friend.

They woke up that morning thinking the day ahead of them was going to be like any other, or perhaps with something extra exciting to look forward to.

Never would they think this day could be their last – or the final day for someone close to them. That is the unique heartache traffic accidents create.

Please, take your time on the roads and remember that while you are warm and comfortable inside your car, you are in fact travelling at great speed, and a wrong decision or moment’s lapse of concentration results in lives being upended forever.

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Thanks South Gippsland

ON Saturday, March 21 to Sunday, March 22, South Gippsland Relay For Life was held overnight.

The relay united relayers from the community to take steps against cancer and show hope lives in South Gippsland for anyone with a cancer experience.

My sincere thanks to each member of the South Gippsland community who relayed, donated, volunteered or supported this moving community experience.

Thanks to this support, this year South Gippsland Relay for Life is expected to raise over $36,000, which will help ensure Cancer Council Victoria’s support, prevention and research programs continue.

Each year, over 140,000 Australians support Cancer Council’s Relay for Life. Around the world, people in 24 countries come together at relays.

I am constantly inspired by Relay for Life participants and volunteers, and their dedication to the cause.

The money raised at South Gippsland Relay For Life will help Cancer Council Victoria provide programs including: • funding some of Victoria’s brightest researchers and their cuttingedge projects each year to help detect, treat and beat cancer; • important prevention programs like PapScreen Victoria, Quit and SunSmart to make sure people have all the information they need to cut their risk of cancer; • support services including a probono legal assistance service to help those affected by cancer who may be struggling with issues such as wills, early access to superannuation, debt matters, or returning to work; • experienced cancer nurses who answer calls to our information and support line, Cancer Council 13 11 20, giving people advice, information and support. I would encourage South Gippsland residents to make use of this service to discuss their cancer-related questions by calling a registered nurse at Cancer Council, 13 11 20.

Thank you again to everyone who relayed and helped continue the fight against cancer. Hope lives in every step we take. Hope lives in Relay for Life.

Todd Harper, CEO, Cancer Council Victoria.

Time to act I REMAIN concerned at the ability of South Gippsland Shire Council to run commercial ventures and the impact on the council budget for 2015-16.

Coal Creek is a good illustration of what happens to a budget when council simply does not make a decision.

Over the past four years Coal Creek has lost $2.24 million. For 2014-15 the loss is budgeted at $701,000, including capital expenditure.

In the 2015-16 draft budget the loss is budgeted at $454,000 including capital expenditure.

So by June 2016 the cost burden to the ratepayers of Coal Creek is $3.4 million.

There have been two major consultancies: Pitcher Partners report in 2011 and Mawland Associates report in 2012. The costs of these are unknown and not included above.

Recommendations involved borrowing millions of dollars!

Council keeps putting forward the number of visitors at 65,000 per annum. However council has confirmed this figure includes all those who go to the monthly farmers market, men’s shed participants going in and out, ditto for playgroups, gardening groups etc and those who are using the conference and board rooms for meetings.

The true figure for visitors who actually come to just visit Coal Creek is about 12,000 per annum.

If we apply council’s logic on swimming pools – that it costs ratepayers $12 - $14 every time a swimmer uses the Foster pool, then in 2014-15 it cost ratepayers $58 every time a visitor came to Coal Creek.

The last time council actually discussed Coal Creek as a specific agenda item was May 2014. There was a proposal put forward by some councillors in budget discussions in March 2015 that the solution was to borrow $3.5 million, put up a school camp at Coal Creek, and lo and behold make $1.2 million income!

I would suggest council does not have the expertise to run successfully what is a very specialised area, let alone make a profit with such heavy borrowings.

My research has discovered that Warrnambool City Council which runs Flagstaff Hill maritime heritage centre at Warrnambool has grave concerns over declining patronage and the cost burden in providing about $500,000 annually to keep the 40-year-old man-made attraction operating as a tourism drawcard.

Plans for a $3 million upgrade turned into a stormy verbal stoush (see Warrnambool Standard October 10, 2014). That does sound familiar!

We ratepayers simply cannot afford Coal Creek!

I call on council to make a decision to stem the bleeding – either close it, or pass management responsibility to an incorporated volunteer community body and let them run the site.

Then in similar fashion to council’s decision on the swimming

pools, if the operation of the park is not successful then it has to close.

Council will not take it back.

All figures from council agendas, appendices and minutes of meetings.

Megan Knight, Foster.

Potatoes misunderstood POTATOES are our richest source of minerals and food products found in any one vegetable.

They have no cholesterol; are low in fat and low in calories, rich in carbohydrates which help feed brain power, rich in vitamin B1 and our richest source of vitamin C and B6, and contain iron, zinc, copper, folic acid and antioxidants.

Potatoes are a complete food with the addition of milk or honey.

Foods produced in the Gippsland hills such as potatoes, carrots, cabbages and cauliflowers contain more minerals than those grown in other areas, and they usually contain more solids.

When you cook the water out, the fat or oil goes in, so simmer your spuds and you’ll use less butter and keep more vitamins in.

The value of any vegetable is the amount of solids found in the product. The specific gravity in brushed potatoes averages from 1.75 to 1.00.

Most processing factories will not accept potatoes below 1.75. The best potatoes go for crisps and fries.

Leslie Horsfield, Thorpdale.

Reveal park costs FURTHER to the discussion relating to the changes being imposed on the Yanakie Park Committee, I would like to point out inconsistencies relating to the removal of the trees at the foreshore.

Regarding the removal of the wind break of trees from the Yanakie foreshore. About 30 years ago the local CWA and guides planted a row of cypress trees along the foreshore to protect the park from the ‘howling easterlies’ (as described by locals and annual park visitors alike).

South Gippsland Shire Council made it clear early on the trees would be going. Explanations driving this decision have changed on a number of occasions so it is important the background to the annuals’ resistance to this decision is made clear.

The dialogue has been as follows.

First position. When resistance became evident to the council they then said “the trees are diseased and need to be removed”. They claimed to have an arborist report that supported this position.

They were asked for a copy of

the report and also told there were in fact two qualified arborists in residence (as annuals) at the park, who had independently looked at the trees and announced they were healthy.

The council’s response was its arborist’s report stands final.

Many months later when ‘an’ arborist report was finally released by the council, it in fact identified the trees were healthy.

All the trees in the park that are currently ‘protected’ by the copse targeted to be removed will be at significant risk of ‘wind throw’, which means they are likely to be blown over.

The added safety risk to annuals and visitors alike will be substantial.

Second position. The council position is now the trees are not indigenous to the area and a fire danger, and therefore should be removed. Given the grass is not indigenous does that mean that it will also be removed?

The consequences to this decision are many and varied; undermining confidence and trust in the council due to what appears to be scrabbling to cover being caught out.

Removing the trees will incur significant cost to South Gippsland ratepayers. Removal of the trees will reduce income to the park (and South Gippsland ratepayers) of approximately $120,000 per annum based on the removal of 30 annual vans/income.

Occupancy of the existing cabins in the park is not high. There are times during the year, a few weeks over Christmas, the odd long weekend and Easter, when the occupancy is up, but for the most part the cabins are not occupied and the park is quiet, especially in the colder months.

So if the council did decide to put cabins along the foreshore, the South Gippsland ratepayers would not only lose the $120,000 income from annuals, plus the cost of cutting down the trees, they would also incur the expense of building cabins with little likelihood of any sort of reasonable return on that investment.

At a recent meeting of annuals at the Yanakie Caravan Park, it is evident that they are supporting moving forward with legal action to challenge the punitive approach by council in relation to changes being imposed.

Looking back after 18 months, perhaps it’s time for the ratepayers to start measuring council’s performance by having access to just how much this is all costing them and influencing the quality of decisions that are driving poor outcomes.

Dani Hendriks, Yanakie Caravan Park annual, Narre Warren South.

VOXPOP! VOX

How did you celebrate Easter?

Letters guidelines ALL letters should be kept to 400 words or less.

The Star reserves the right to edit all letters for length and style.

Writer’s details, including full name, address and phone number (not for publication), must be included.

“My family came down to visit and we had a picnic.”

Summer Ormsby, Foster.

“I ate chocolate and I saw my family.”

Morgan Ormsby, Foster.

“I went to the beach and saw Tex Perkins at Tarwin Lower.”

Craig Renton, Tarwin Lower.

“I had drinks with some friends on Good Friday.”

Mungo Trumble, Kongwak.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 13

Council thanks English Anzac

SOUTH Gippslanders’ service during World War One will be recognised in England this month.

Three servicemen are buried in the St Johns Churchyard in Sutton Veny in Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

Robert Cameron of Toora, Ernest Charles Henry of Poowong and Harold Alexander Plummer of Korumburra were among the 173 soldiers and nurses who died from a Spanish Flu epidemic while at a convalescent hospital camp there.

The Sutton Veny CE Primary School commemorates Anzac Day every year and place poppies on the graves of Australians interred there.

Centenary 2015

The parishioners of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Sutton Veny organise and hold the annual Anzac Day service.

This year, Michael Bennett, chairman of the Royal Naval Association and historian, is travelling to the United Kingdom to attend the Sutton Veny Anzac Day service.

He was recently presented with certificates of appreciation from South Gippsland Shire Council to recognise the efforts of the church and school to maintain the Anzac legend, and ensure future generations will understand and appreciate the special link the village has with South Gippsland.

Significant event: from left, Michael Bennett, chairman of the Royal Naval Association, receives certificates of appreciation from South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Jeanette Harding, director of community services Jan Martin and Cr Bob Newton to present to the church and school at Sutton Veny, England.

Cecil brave in face of danger

Seek wellness SOUTH Gippsland Therapy Centre in Peart Street, Leongatha, now has an expanded range of staff to meet your health needs, myotherapist and centre manager Marsha Livingstone said.

“We're expanding due to high demand,” Mrs Livingstone said.

Professionals based at the centre include pilates instructors, myotherapists, osteopaths, a chiropractor, an acupuncturist, a n u t r i t i o n i s t a n d a podiatrist/biomechanist.

Mrs Livingstone said staff work closely together as a team.

“We all take a wholistic approach to people's health and wellbeing,” she said.

“We aim to treat the cause of their problems.”

Mrs Livingstone said people are treated by one or more health professionals, depending on their needs.

“Sometimes it's a matter of what each individual responds to,” she said.

Pilates instructors offer both mat classes, with a maximum of eight participants, and studio classes, with a maximum of three participants.

“It's very personalised,” Mrs Livingstone said.

Each of the centre's five myotherapists has a different approach, and uses a variety of massage techniques and treatment approaches.

Chiropractic care is based around keeping spine function at its optimum and therefore helping the body as a whole.

“Karelien uses a wide range of chiropractic techniques,” Mrs Livingstone said.

Osteopathy treats both joints and soft tissues using a wide variety of techniques, including spinal

manipulation and other hands on approaches.

Acupuncture is about treating the body as a whole.

Nutritionist Tess Sweeney specialises in helping mums with weight loss, nutrition and hormonal issues.

Mrs Livingstone also runs a mums' core and strength class aimed at the common weaknesses of women such as core and postural muscles, where women can exercise under close supervision while their children play alongside.

Patients do not need a referral to attend South Gippsland Therapy Centre.

“In general we have appointments on the day available,” Mrs Livingstone said.

She said depending on the presenting condition, there is generally a great deal of relief achieved in the first consultation.

South Gippsland Therapy: from left, South Gippsland Therapy Centre receptionist Julie Bloch, chiropractor Karelien Vermaak, osteopath Rose Wray-McCann, myotherapist Jim Hamilton, nutritionist Tess Sweeney, acupuncturist Simone Cicero, osteopath Lachlan Chisholm, myotherapist and pilates instructor Tegan Campbell, myotherapist Haydie-May Watson and myotherapist and centre manager Marsha Livingstone.

Absent: Leah Dal Pozzo - Pilates, Sarah Jordan - Myotherapy, Scott Pangrazio - podiatry, Christiane Seletto - yoga.

TONY Moon of Korumburra and his brother Andrew are writing a book that will identify the names on the cenotaph at Korumburra, spanning the First and Second world wars.

They are sharing the stories of soldiers on the cenotaph with Star readers in the lead-up to the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli.

CECIL Lousada was born in Warragul and was working as a clerk when he enlisted on May 4, 1915.

He appears to have grown up in the Korumburra area and lived there with his family.

His enlistment papers indicate he was in Rochester when he enlisted on May 14, 1915.

He left Melbourne on July 16, 1915 on HMAT Demosthenes and landed in Egypt in late August where he completed his training.

Initially Cecil was posted to 21st Battalion and he was at Anzac Cove by September 1915. Here he served with his battalion in the later stages of the Gallipoli campaign.

His father stated he was in the second last party to leave Anzac. Cecil disembarked at Alexandria from Mudros on January 10, 1916.

On February 6, 1916 he reported sick (paretitis) to 7th Field Ambulance. He was then sent to No 4 Hospital train to Ismasilia. He also had a case of mumps and was then sent to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital.

He remained there in hospital until he was discharged to duty and rejoined his unit at Moascar on March 8, 1916.

On March 20, 1916 he joined the British Expeditionary Forces and left Alexandria on March 20, 1916, arriving at Marseilles on March 27, 1916.

Cecil served with his battalion at the front and survived some of the fiercest fighting of 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on September 2, 1916 in Belgium.

For his actions of October 25, 1916 Cecil was awarded a

Distinguished Conduct Medal “for conspicuous gallantry and devotion in volunteering to carry water across open ground, and through an extremely heavy barrage of artillery fire, to severely wounded men. He later displayed great bravery as a stretcher bearer, exhibiting a fine example of endurance and soldierly spirit”.

On December 9, 1916 Cecil was transfered to 5th Division Artillary Head Quarter as a gunner. Then on January 5, 1917, he joined 53 Battery of 14th Field Artillery Brigade .

He returned to 5th Division on a temporary posting on April 2, 1917. Cecil was granted leave on April 23, 1917 and returned to the unit on May 8, 1917.

He served with the HQ at the front and between September 23 and November 12, 1917 he was responsible for the production of operational orders and clerical work for the entire 5th Austra-

lian Division Artillery HQ. This was a job that would normally required several men to achieve. Cecil was promoted to Corporal on September 11, 1917. He then reverted to the rank of General on April 1, 1918, as his posting to the 5 Div Arty HQ ceased. Cecil returned to 14 FAB , where he was wounded on April 10, 1918, dying later that day.

In November 1918 he was posthumously awarded a Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).

The recommendation for the award includes “This NCO devotion to duty and meritorious service, without previous experience, is worthy of special recognition”.

This was in recognition for his work when working with 5th Div Arty HQ from September to November 1917.

Cecil was a brother to Aubry and Barrow Lousada MM (killed in action, August 26, 1916).

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FACT BOX GENERAL CECIL ST LEGER LOUSDA Regimental Number: 1724A. Rank: gunner.

Unit: 14th Brigade Australian Field Artillery.

March in to unit: 21st Battalion.

From: Korumburra.

Calling: clerk.

Born at: Warragul.

Next of kin: Edward Charles Lousada (father of Korumburra).

Enlistment date: May 4, 1915.

Enlistment location: Rochester.

Embarked: July 16, 1915 on HMAT Demosthenes.

Cause of death: died of wounds.

Date of death: April 10, 1918.

Place of death: HQ 14 FAB was at Bonnay. He died at 11th Australian Field Ambulance.

Age at death: 21 years.

Illness/wound: April 10, 1918.

Place of burial: Querrieu British Cemetery, France.

Decorations: Distinguished Conduct Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, 14/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

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Anzac experience to be like no other

By Sarah Vella

key to witness history on Anzac Day.

LEONGATHA Secondary College Year 11 student Ash McDonald is one of 88 students from Victoria who will travel to Tur-

The Meeniyan girl will watch the dawn service at Gallipoli on April 25, commemorating the centenary of the Anzac landing.

The trip, from April 20 to April 26, is a Victorian Government initiative.

Ash was encouraged to apply by her grandparents and parents.

On her application, Ash provided details of her leadership roles, her commitment to hard work and sport, as well as her volunteer work and involvement in local clubs.

“My great grandfather

on my father’s side was at Gallipoli. He wasn’t involved in the landings, but he was there afterwards,” she said, “He got very sick with dysentery and scurvy and was sent home.”

Ash jumped and screamed with excitement when she learnt of her se-

lection.

“I was pretty proud of myself. To be one of 88 people chosen from more than 600 applications is a pretty big deal,” she said.

“I have already made some really good friends out of it. I got to meet the (former) Premier Denis Napthine and the Governor

Great experience: Leongatha Secondary College Year 11 student Ash McDonald will be taking part in this year’s Gallipoli dawn service, commemorating 100 years since the Anzac landing.

Anzac

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of Victoria Alex Chernov.”

Ash is looking forward to being part of one of the most important events in Australia’s history.

“It makes me happy that I get to commemorate the legacy of my great grandfather and see where so many people died to help make the world a better place,” she said.

“I have talked to some people who have been to the dawn service in Gallipoli and they said it was a very moving experience.

“I am probably going to cry at some point.”

In the lead up to her trip, Ash spoke at last year’s Remembrance Day service and has been doing plenty of research about World War One. “As a group, we visited the war memorial in Melbourne and as an individual I have been watching documentaries and movies, trying to look at different aspects of the war, for ex-

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ample the Turkish perspective,” she said.

“My pop has told me a few stories about his dad as well.”

For Ash, this will be the first overseas trip she has taken without the company of her parents or people well known to her.

“My dad and my pop will also be in Turkey for the dawn service and are staying around 100 metres down the road, so I will get to see them while over there,” she said.

“It also means there will be three generations of the McDonald family there to celebrate the centenary.”

It might be a cliché, but for Ash this is going to be the trip of a lifetime.

“I think it will definitely be something I tell my kids about. To help them understand the significance of the war and to make them think about the people that saved them,” she said.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 15

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Future in teens’ sights

By Tayla Kershaw STUDENTS at Leongatha Secondary College let their dreams come to life recently.

Colourful future: from left, Grace Allen and Hayleigh Bascaw dressed up as clowns for the Leongatha Secondary College I Want to Be Day.

The school was filled with doctors, ballerinas and sports personalities, as students dressed as someone they admired or what they want to be once they leave school.

The I Want to Be Day was an event organised

by the student representative council to encourage fellow students to start thinking about their futures and what life has in store after school.

In total, $400 was raised through gold coin donations, a bake sale and a sausage sizzle.

This money will go towards the Kids’ Cancer Project, a charity of the students’ choice.

“We wanted to donate to a nationally based charity. The Kids’ Cancer Project was a suggestion made by one the students, which we decided was the best option,” school leader Taylah Darmanin said.

An assembly was held in the school’s performing arts centre to showcase the costumes and give out best dressed awards.

“Our main message to convey to the school was to appreciate the lives

we all live now and the future we can all dream about, because there are children in this country who never even get to grow up,” Taylah said.

“Students who dressed up were showcased to the student body in a danceoff for those who aspire to work in the entertainment industry when they are older and a ‘making it rain’ challenge for those who plan to earn the big dollars when they enter the adult world.”

Students were then treated to a photo booth, where they were able to capture their costumes on the day.

“The student representative council hopes to print off the images and create some collages around the school of Leongatha Secondary College’s future career pathways, whether that be in medicine, entertainment or a trade,” Taylah said.

Setting goals: from left, Liam Harrington, Abby Bolge and Lachie Wright showcased what they want to be when they leave school during Leongatha Secondary College’s fundraiser.

Brilliant concert will captivate HOW often do you get the chance to listen to 50 voices offering a smorgasbord of gorgeous music from jazz to sacred music, from Rogers and Hammerstein to Verdi?

The soloist Dorothy Baker will complement the Maroondah Singers to present a special concert on Sunday, April 19 at 2pm at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre.

The program will include well loved pieces the big choir of male and female voices will polish.

Choir musical director Lyn Henshall said Maroondah Singers is distinguished from many other choirs by the extraordinary range of music it offers.

“I like to balance the works we study and per-

form. For example at the Wonthaggi concert we will be doing songs from Jerome Kern’s Showboat, and one by Duke Ellington, and also a new work by a Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo called The Ground, which is beautiful,” she said.

“Our scholarship winner soprano Jenna Roubos will sing a setting of the poem Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep, which will remind the audience of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli centenary a few days later.”

Ms Henshall is deputy

director of the Victoria Welsh Male voice choir, and conducts two choirs at St Catherine’s Girl’s School as well as the Maroondah Singers.

Ms Baker is an accomplished and experienced soloist, and has performed on radio and television,

Don’t miss this show: the Maroondah Singers will present a show to remember at Wonthaggi.

in cabarets and concert halls.

Accompanist Dr John Atwell has extensive experience in accompanying choirs on the piano and is also a theatre organist who has given concerts in Australia and abroad.

Tickets for this outstanding event are $25 for adults, concession $20, and children under 16 years $5.

Tickets can be bought at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club with cash or credit card, phone 5672 1083, or at the door (cash only).

Proceeds will aid Bass Coast Health Pastoral Care Program which trains and co-ordinates 20 volunteers to visit people in hospital and three Bass Coast aged care facilities.

For bookings and enquiries, phone 0409 416 246.

Jobs insight LEONGATHA Secondary College staged its annual Speed Careers event for Year 10 students recently.

Shedding light: Elise Castle from Murray Goulburn talks to Leongatha Secondary College students about her job in the dairy industry.

Held as part of the Beacon Foundation, the event allowed students to gain snippets from a variety of occupations including Victoria Police (represented by Sergeant Dale McCahon), Oakleys Law (Toni Thomas), National Australia Bank (Brian Gannon and Jade Clarke), Edneys (Sharyn Newton), Fawcett and Pickersgill (Kristian Gray), Murray Goulburn (Elise Castle), Dale Gilliate (Max

Employment), Sports First (Mark Lafferty), nursing (Judy Bright) and Morrison Jefferis and Associates (Tim Kemp and Kate Dean).

Students heard each speaker for up to 10 minutes, and were given the opportunity to ask questions and seek advice about potential careers.

The day was organised by the school’s Beacon student ambassadors Sarin Barnard, Sarah Bouquet, Georgia Edwards and Rory Harrington.

The student ambassadors particularly want to thank the speakers for giving their time on the day.

REID Douglas Kidwell was born on March 23 at Leongatha Hospital. He is a son for Tony and Cheryl Kidwell of Korumburra and a brother for Nathan Boyle, 18, Jarrod Boyle, 16, and Bethany Kidwell, 8.

Mayor’s message Cr Kimberley Brown

Get out and stay active WITH the cooler weather approaching and shorter daylight hours, there’s a temptation to scale back outdoor exercise. Fortunately we have many local winter sports starting up. Local clubs who need your membership or support can give you a great excuse to leave the warm indoors and stay active and socially connected.

In the interests of keeping our communities healthy, I encourage everyone to pursue an activity and not be put off by the change in season.

Even our local surfers are ‘dressing for the occasion’, wearing thicker wetsuits in water temperatures that will be below 14 degrees Celcius.

The Premier’s Active April program is also a great way to get the motivation to maintain your fitness heading into winter, with special offers and prizes. For more information, browse to www.activeapril.vic.gov.au.

Around Bass Coast National Youth Week runs from April 10-19, celebrating everything that young people contribute to our communities. Locally, the No Talent Required event returns this year on Saturday, April 18.

It will host a great line-up of locally-grown performers and facilitators. There’s everything from street art and circus skills to hip hop and drumming. So if you’re aged between 12 and 25, you’re invited to take part in No Talent Required.

As the finishing touches are made to the refurbished Cowes Cenotaph, the 100 years of Anzac on Phillip Island exhibition opens on April 17 and will showcase visual arts, poetry, photography, memorabilia, and displays. The exhibition will be held at Cowes Cultural Centre, 91-97 Thompson Avenue.

Mayor’s diary Southern Gippsland Sustainability Festival was a great success. Around 1500 people attended the event, which featured a huge range of sustainable living options and products, great food and entertainment.

Hosting this joint initiative is shared between Bass Coast Shire Council and South Gippsland Shire Council, with the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi being the perfect venue for this year’s great event. The weather was terrific too!

A networking evening for members of the Phillip Island Tourism and Business Association, and members of the San Remo and District Tourism and Business Association was held on March 26 at Kelly and Gemelli Art and Design Studio, San Remo. It was great night hosted by the gallery and a fantastic networking opportunity for local businesses.

Consultation sessions on our rating strategy and draft Long Term Financial Plan were recently held in Cowes and Wonthaggi. Thanks to everyone who made a submission, which will be considered before these documents go to the council meeting on April 15 in Cowes.

You can also find out what’s happening at council by liking my page, ‘Cr Kimberley Brown – Bass Coast Shire Council’ on Facebook, or by following @CouncillorBrown and @BassCoast on Twitter.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 17

Netball for everyone

By Laura Gibb ALL Abilities Netball in Leongatha had a special visitor at its last training session recently.

Elaine Osei-Safo of the Victorian Netball League (VNL) ran the last training session for the 23 participants.

Players worked on their skills then played a short game of netball.

On an adjoining court a game of boccia was played – an all abilities game similar to bocce or bowls.

The all abilities Saturday morning netball competition begins on April 25 coordinator Julia Lomas said.

“The intention of these sessions is to gather interest from people with the intention of running a Saturday competition,” she said.

“We’ve already got six people registered.”

Ms Lomas is the South Coast Primary Care Partnership health promotions coordinator.

The competition takes place from 10am to 11am on Saturdays and is part of the Leongatha and District Netball Asso-

ciation (LDNA).

LDNA president Julie Grant attended the All Abilities Netball training sessions and two people from LDNA clubs have volunteered to coach the all abilities teams.

LDNA club administrators attended an inclusion workshop delivered by Netball Victoria and GippSport.

“We want to include these players in our association,” Ms Grant said.

LDNA is also applying for grants to improve access to the courts and facilities.

GippSport’s access for all abilities program manager Dan Poynton was present, as well as South Gippsland Shire Council recreation coordinator Ian Murphy, who is on the board at GippSport.

“It’s great to hear they are looking at getting a side from this into the Saturday competition with the support of the LDNA,” Mr Murphy said while watching the game.

“I thought I’d come down and support Dan and the program.

“Dan does a great job.

“I stay on this side of the fence because the competition’s a bit hot.”

Competitive streak: taking part in All Abilities Netball were, from left, Nathan Gaston of Warragul, Mitch Price of Leongatha, Damian Midwinter of Foster, Elaine Osei-Safo of the Victorian Netball League, Paige MiddletonRoss of Drouin and Amber Betts of Korumburra.

Kids delight in Easter Mayor’s message Cr Jeanette Harding

Easter picnic: from left, Noah Cameron, Lacy McNorton and Immy Cruickshank of Hassett Street Preschool, Leongatha, attended a picnic in McIndoe Park followed by an Easter egg hunt.

By Laura Gibb CHILDREN from Hassett Street Preschool, Leongatha, walked to McIndoe Park for their Easter picnic recently.

“We combine the Easter celebration with the end of

term,” kindergarten teacher Jodie McGannon said.

“We enjoy a picnic, play on the playground, read a story and have an Easter egg hunt.”

The children are attending the four year old program at Leongatha Community Preschools.

They were accompanied on their picnic by kinder staff, parents and other adult helpers.

CONGRATULATIONS to Melina Bath who has been appointed as the new MLC for Eastern Victoria, filling the vacancy left by Danny O’Brien when he recently resigned the position to contest (and win) the Lower House representation for Gippsland South.

Melina is a South Gippslander to the bone, born and bred on a dairy farm at Fish Creek and more recently teaching at Mirboo North Secondary College.

She is a bright young woman and her intimate knowledge of local politics, our region and its needs will be an advantage as council seeks to strengthen its relationships with the State Government. We wish her well in her new role and look forward to working with her and Danny to get the very best outcomes for our shire.

Council has met on 18 separate occasions to form the budget and the Long Term Financial Plan. We have considered many factors, one of which is the ‘whole of life’ cycle for projects that demand consideration of needs more than five years ahead, so it is a complex process where not everyone holds the same view.

While it is acceptable not everyone agrees with each motion, the grace of conciliation is expected when a clear majority is evident by vote. This was absent, it was stressful for all and in the end, the proposed budget was adopted without change.

We now move forward to consolidate this achievement. The budget is on public exhibition until April 29 and you can view either the detailed budget or a brief summary on council’s website or in hard copy at local libraries and council reception.

We’d like to have your comment and formal written submissions should be received at council by Wednesday, April 29.

You can also make informal comment online at OurSay or attend a public budget question and answer period in the council chamber on Wednesday, April 15 at 1pm.

To streamline the process you will need to call 5662 9222 to book a speaking time and register your question so we can prepare an informed response for you.

The draft revised Aquatic Strategy is now on public exhibition for viewing and comment until April 17. Copies are in local libraries, community houses and online at the council website.

Details on how to make submissions by the closing date are outlined there. We are keen to have your comments and to work with our communities to find sustainable solutions to the pool issues.

It was wonderful to see so many visitors in the area over the Easter period, obviously enjoying all that is on offer. It’s a nice reminder of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the world.

Probus going strong

By Laura Gibb THE Combined Probus Club of Coal Creek held its annual general meeting at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum in Korumburra recently.

It was only its second meeting in the new venue.

The club had 86 members in March, of those, 55 attended the AGM. Thirteen new members joined in 201415, while the club regretted losing several members who passed away, became ill or moved away.

“I would like to thank my committee this year for all its support,” outgoing

president Margaret Issell said.

“I congratulate Peter Hosking as the new president, and wish him and the incoming committee all the best of luck for the coming year.”

Apart from the new president, many members of the executive are continuing in the roles they have filled for several years.

Assisting president Peter Hosking in 2015-16 will be vice president and secretary Cheryl Routley, minutes secretary Helen Taylor, treasurer Barb Hosking, assistant treasurer Ted Burley, tours director Chris O’Neill, carer Jude Watson, birthdays and anniversaries officer Lois Jackson and guest speaker organiser Shirley Reeves.

Probus AGM: Combined Probus Club of Coal Creek members, back from left, Barbara Hosking, Marie Balment, Lois Jackson, Jude Watson, Pat Fell, Shirley Reeves and Di Schellekens, and front, Christina O’Neill, Helen Taylor, Margaret Issell and Nicki Sonogan at Coal Creek, Korumburra.

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WOW WONTHAGGI New look Rigbys store It’s all happening in Wonthaggi

RIGBY Homemakers is undergoing a makeover.

The front of the store will be repainted and signs will be replaced to give the Wonthaggi store a new look.

“We are freshening up in preparation of our 10 year anniversary,” manager Glenn Rigby said.

“After 10 years of growth, it’s time to make the store nice and bright again.”

Stay tuned for more great offers in the lead up to the anniversary.

This is the perfect time to update your bedroom as well, with up to 50 per cent off mattresses and bed furniture.

All the big brands are available including Sealy, Therapedic, Sleepmaker and Slumber Care.

“These are quality Australian made mattresses retailed at fantastic prices,” Mr Rigby said.

If you buy a mattress valued at $500 or more, you will also receive a redeem code to get a Sleepmaker mattress protector pack in a queen size, valued at $89.

This is an exclusive Sleepmaker promotion deal, ending Saturday, April 18.

Single mattresses start at $149 and queen sized mattresses start at $249.

There is a huge range of up to 40 mattresses to choose from.

“Come in and try them out,” Mr Rigby said.

“Feel free to take your time.

It’s a big purchase and the chosen mattress will be used for at least 10 years. We are here to make sure you buy the one that’s best for you.”

Plush, firm or gel infused mattress, the staff at Rigby’s Homemakers can ensure you get the best night’s rest.

The gel infused mattresses have special covers to expel heat away instead of generating it.

There are three spring systems on offer. The pocket spring helps prevent partner disturbance. The continuous coil is a firm spring to offer extra support. The posturepedic coil is considered to be the best support system available.

“Our salesmen are always happy to explain the benefits of each support system,” Mr Rigby said.

“The posturepedic coil is produced by Sealy, which is the most popular brand worldwide.

We have a range of Seale posturepedics at great introductory prices.”

As always, there are also great deals to be had storewide.

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First established in Korumburra 30 years ago, South Gippsland Air Conditioning has been operating in Wonthaggi for the past few months.

With new land opening in Wonthaggi and the shopping hub expanding, directors at South Gippsland Air Conditioning decided it was the opportune time to make the move.

Sales representative Paul Whelan, who provides a wealth of

mecca and heaps of people have seen our signs and asked questions,” Mr Whelan said.

“The market on McBride Avenue also provides us with a lot of exposure.”

The business also reaches out to Yarram, Neerim South, Lang Lang and Warragul, selling Braemer and Brivis ducted gas heaters at all locations.

All units are backed by a five year parts and labour warranty.

Mr Whelan said the office provides free measure and quote and onsite inspection.

The Fijitsu and Mitsubishi reverse cycle air conditioners are promising to be popular this winter, as well as the ducted gas heating systems.

The ducted gas heating systems are a choice product to maintain a comfortable home as it heats the whole house, whereas a split system will only keep one room warm.

“Ducted gas heating can also be zoned, which means you can shut it off in different areas of the house,” Mr Whelan said.

“This is beneficial because it allows for cheaper running costs.”

Ducted vacuum systems are also on offer and can be installed in both new and existing homes.

Call in to arrange an installation and stay warm and toasty this winter.

Sharing a meal: from left, Jessica, Taimana and Connor enjoyed making fried rice together as part of their cultural diversity studies at Wonthaggi North Primary School.

Cultural fun at Wonthaggi North ACCEPTANCE is key at Wonthaggi North Primary School.

Students in Grades Prep, 3 and 4 celebrated cultural diversity recently.

Grades 3/4 students cooked fried rice and enjoyed a meal together.

Before preparing the meal, students were asked to use their maths skills to weigh and measure ingredients.

They discussed foods from around the world and the beautiful foods we can access in Australia because of cultural diversity in the community.

Prep students celebrated different cultures in their classroom and the contributions they have made to society.

As food was a theme for this year, the children sampled pappadums, and made and ate their own pizzas.

Prep student Jasleen, whose family comes from India, dressed in a traditional costume and shared her knowledge of India.

She also taught Grade 6 students Punjabi words.

School staff was impressed by how passionate and confident she was in sharing her information.

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The committee is working to improve the lives of people with a disability, including those living in and around Wonthaggi This committee provides advice and guidance to council on disability related issues and supports development and implementation of council’s disability action plan.

Nominations for the next two year term of the committee close on April 24.

Mayor Cr Kimberley Brown said committee members must have a good understanding of issues facing people with a disability across Bass Coast.

“Each day, people with a disability face a range of challenges and issues far different to those encountered by most people,” she said.

“If you are interested in issues affecting people with a disability and have direct experience that could provide useful insights and advice, you may like to nominate for a position on the Bass Coast access and inclusion advisory committee.”

The committee is made up of six community representatives and three representatives from organisations, as well as council officers and a councillor.

Community representatives volunteer their time but may be offered attendance at training or conferences to support them in their role.

Meetings are held every two months and include a light lunch.

There is also provision for support, including with transport, for people with disability on the committee.

Cr Brown said the committee recommended a range of improvements to ensure the pool at the Bass Coast Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Wonthaggi was accessible to students of Bass Coast Specialist School, as well as all the Bass Coast community and visitors.

“The committee also assessed the need for an accessible vehicle and recommended the inclusion of a Turney seat in the youth/accessible community vehicle,” Cr Brown said.

“This provides access to people with a range of disabilities and complements vehicles that are wheelchair accessible.

“The committee also provided input into the planning of the successful and accessible Ramp It Up event to celebrate Social Inclusion Week.”

For nomination forms or for more information please go to basscoast.vic.gov.au/accessibility or contact council’s community development team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or 5671 2211.

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Beauty clinic celebrates successful decade COMPLEXIONS on Billson beauty clinic is celebrating 10 years of quality service.

Business owner Tracey Diggerman said she has experienced great support over the years from loyal customers.

She opened her doors to her new business in May 2005. The clinic has gone through a few changes along the way and is now managed by Tracey on a one on one basis.

She has 24 years of experience in the beauty industry and is highly qualified.

To show her appreciation, Tracey will be offering 10 per cent off the new green peel treatment to the first 10 customers to make a booking, to keep up with the 10 year anniversary theme.

The green peel treatment is all organic and can treat scarring, acne vulgaris, sagging contours, sebaceous cysts, enlarged pores and stretch marks.

Tracey received her green peel certification on Tuesday, March 31.

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They’re off: runners start the 10km course during the 2014 Mother’s Day Classic at Wonthaggi.

New treatment: Complexions on Billson beauty clinic now offers an exclusive green peel treatment. The first 10 people to book will receive 10 per cent off in celebration of the clinic’s 10 year anniversary.

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The herbal peel intensely massages and plumps the skin underneath, which activates the peeling process. In five days the client has lovely fresh skin.

Tracey said she will continue to offer personal one on one treatment at her shop.

“The treatments are entirely confidential and all aspects of beauty are covered, including cosmetic

injectables,” she said.

“I’d like to say a big thank you to my clients for their loyalty and support. I hope to stay ahead in the beauty industry by providing up to date treatments in the future.”

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The event offers a five kilometre walk and run, and this year, will start and finish at the old railway station along the rail trail.

Event coordinator Caroline Donohue said this year’s event is the third at Wonthaggi.

“For the first one, we had 669 people and at the second one we got about 650 people, so we are really hoping to have 1000 people one day,” she said.

The event will raise funds for breast cancer research, with entry fees going directly to the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research programs.

“In the last 10 years, research has really found out a lot of useful things that have helped people with the disease live longer,” Ms Donohue said.

“It would be nice to eradicate it for our granddaughters.”

The classic is close to Ms Donohue as she has endured cancer in both breasts and has undergone extensive treatment, including a double mastectomy.

“But I’m not the only one out there

who has had it,” she said.

Ms Donohue said the event promises a great atmosphere, especially with the Rotary market and Make It and Bake It market also on that day.

The Bass Coast Artists Society, Wonthaggi Men’s Shed and Wonthaggi Historical Society will also be open.

Registrations will be taken at Mitchell House but participants are urged to register online beforehand.

Entry fees are $20 for adults, $10 for children and concession, families of one adult and up to four children $30, and families of two adults and up to four children are $50. Children aged under three are free.

Registrations on the day open at 8am, with the run starting at 9.15am and the walk at 9.30am.

The course starts from Apex Park and moves along the rail trail and returns to Apex Park.

A certificate of participation will be available on the Mother’s Day Classic website from Tuesday, May 12 for participants to download and print.

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Funding push for education precinct

By Tayla Kershaw BASS MLA Brian Paynter is determined to see a new education precinct developed in Wonthaggi.

During the 2014 election, the former Coalition Government promised $21 million would go towards the precinct.

Despite the Labor Government’s victory, Mr Paynter is determined to see education facilities improved.

He met with Deputy Premier and Minister of Education James Merlino last month to further press the importance of upgrading the senior campus of Wonthaggi Secondary College and adding other education services to a new site in McKenzie Street.

“I asked the minister to commit funds to build the new precinct in Wonthaggi in the upcoming budget,” Mr Paynter said.

Wonthaggi Secondary College is currently divided into two campuses on McBride Avenue and in South Dudley.

Both campuses are worn from years of use and no longer have the capacity to hold the growing population of students.

A new site would mean state of the art

facilities would be offered to students.

“In 2010, the school was included in cycle five, stage two of the Building Futures program under the Labor Government. With the change of government, this did not proceed. You can understand the school’s frustration when a further change in government again put the project in jeopardy,” Mr Paynter said.

“The development of the education precinct is not just about the construction of modern buildings to match the quality of education that is currently provided at the school.

“It is about lifting the hopes and aspirations of current and future students and those seeking post-compulsory education in the region.”

Mr Paynter said the education precinct will not only have the capacity to hold the secondary college, but will also potentially house a university and TAFE. “I ask the Minister of Education to deliver on the Labor Government’s promise to make Victoria the education state, starting with an immediate commitment to commence the Wonthaggi precinct,” Mr Paynter said.

Bright future: from left, college principal of Wonthaggi Secondary College Garry Dennis and Bass MLA Brian Paynter are working together to fight for a state of the art education precinct in Wonthaggi’s McKenzie Street.

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Still motoring - 25 years on TONY and Theresa Cuzzupi have run a trusted car dealership in Wonthaggi for 25 years.

They moved from Melbourne and purchased Wonthaggi Toyota, which was then located in Murray Street where the library now stands.

“We were there for three years before moving to our current site on the Bass Highway,” Tony said.

“We built the Toyota showroom and the service department, and we operated there from then on and bought JP Holden in 2000.”

JP Holden was located on today’s Aldi site and Tony moved Holden to the present highway site in 2005.

“We were at the Aldi site for five years before we built the showroom,” Tony said.

“We built a workshop out the back and remodelled the Toyota showroom so the whole complex was given a new look.”

Tony has watched it grow into a very success business over the years. The company started with just three staff members and now employs more than 30.

He has spent most of his life as a mechanic, starting as an apprentice motor mechanic at a Toyota dealership in Melbourne.

“I worked with Toyota 13 years prior to coming to Wonthaggi and I have been with Holden for 15 years,” he said.

“It has all been very good. The move to the highway location was excellent, as we are the first business people see as they come into town.

“It has given us good exposure and we have been able to grow our business through customer respect.”

Tony has also seen a change in the cars he has sold.

“We’ve gone from no airbags in cars to six or seven airbags,” he said.

“There have been lots of safety features and technical changes implemented, including braking systems and steer controls.”

Tony believes there are more safety features to come.

“There’s a new feature to prevent accidents because the car will sense looming emergencies,” he said.

“With continuous growth, the cars will become progressively safer to drive.”

Tony said despite changes in features, prices have stayed the same.

“Good deals are readily available,” he said.

“We are very proud to have achieved high ratings in customer satisfaction surveys run by the manufacturers, not only for price but for conducting the right test drives, looking after the customers and giving the right information.

“We are the highest in the state and we are very proud of that. It shows our staff members are doing the right thing.”

Tony would like to thank his customers for their ongoing support.

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Cade grew up in South Gippsland and is excited to be bringing his tax expertise closer to home.

“I have been working in the tax and accounting industry for 10 years now and we are living in Cape Paterson so it made sense to open an office in Wonthaggi, as it is such a growing area. We are proud to be in our new office and the interest we have received since October has been fantastic,” Cade said.

Zun and Associates is providing prompt, friendly and reliable services to Wonthaggi and surrounding areas.

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“We are really passionate about small, local business and the opportunities on offer for them in Wonthaggi and beyond. We take pride in developing small businesses, growing and evolving with them,” Cade said.

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Pippin is played by Corey Green, a 19 year old from Wonthaggi who made his stage debut alongside his brother Tom, who had the lead role of Jesus in last year’s production of Jesus Christ Super Star. Corey loves theatre because of the memories and friends he makes along the way.

Although he was not going to audition, he was convinced otherwise.

“Musical director Kirk Skinner convinced me to go for it because director Karen Milkins-Hendry thought I had it in me and well, I got it and that was very surprising!” he said.

“I’m hoping to get a life lesson out of this experience, that I grow as a person and that people love the show as much as I do”.

Local actor Will Hanley fills the shoes of The Leading Player. Will has been a member of Wonthaggi Theatrical Group since his late teenage years, appearing in Little Shop of Horrors and has starred in shows since with the group, including Cabaret, Anything Goes, and most recently playing the role of King

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With as much experience as he has, Will is set to own the role. The ensemble cast is composed of mostly 14 to 20 year olds with varied theatrical experience in both singing and dancing.

Together they mimic the actions of The Leading Player to collectively exaggerate the life story of Pippin.

Karen Milkins-Hendry and Kirk Skinner join choreographer Leasal Pirouet for what is set to be an award winning success.

Ms Milkins said the show was special to her.

“The story speaks strongly to youth and

adults alike. It’s the story of finding the ‘extraordinary’ in our day to day lives rather than striving for what we think we don’t have, and of course the great songs and fabulous visuals,” she said.

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Easter raffle success WONTHAGGI Primary School principal Leonie Anstey has praised the school’s Parents and Friends Club in the wake of a successful Easter raffle.

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The formal proceedings were conducted by Bass Coast Shire mayor Cr Kimberley Brown and council’s general manager infrastructure Felicity Sist as MC. Also in attendance were Harriet Shing MLC, Jeff Bourman MLC and Cr Clare Le Serve.

Cr Brown congratulated the new citizens on choosing Australia as their new home, and more specifically, Bass Coast.

The fundraiser was organised by the club raised $1391 for the school.

Forty prizes were drawn from a pool of about 3000 tickets.

“I would like to offer a huge thank you to all our community who sold tickets

for the raffle, donated eggs, helped with the wrapping and folding of tickets,” Ms Anstey said in the school newsletter.

“It was wonderful to observe the great sportsmanship from the children as they congratulated their friends who were lucky enough to have prizes drawn.

“They are developing their skills of resilience to manage the disappointment from not being chosen and it was great to hear many Prep children saying ‘well done’ to their classmates.”

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Position, prestige, privacy B

OASTING a substantial five bedroom homestead and nearly two kilometres of Tarwin River frontage, this prestigious property offers an ideal combination of lifestyle and productivity.

The property sits on 123 acres plus around 23 acres of river lease and two acres of road lease. Gently undulating down to river flats, the land is subdivided into six paddocks, with good water supply from dams.

Enormous living spaces make the homesstead ideal for entertaining on a llarge scale, or perfect living for eeven the largest of families.

The double sided fireplace ccreates both ambience and warmth, or if you prefer there’s w Scott and Staff dducted reverse cycle air condithroughout the house.

Leongatha ttioner A pool room, featuring a 5662 0922 bbar, is the spot to challenge your ffriends to a game, and also means yyour treasures can literally “go sstraight to the pool room”.

No more struggling for

bench or cupboard space in the enormous kitchen. Electric wall oven, 900mm gas hotplates and double draw dishwasher take care of the cooking and washing up.

The ensuite to the master bedroom offers a double vanity and walk in shower with feature pebble tiling.

For those who enjoy a game of tennis, the fully fenced court is the place to spend some quality time.

A double garage, plus a 14m x 7m colour-

bond garage/workshop completes the home.

Located only minutes from the Koonwarra village, and only six kilometres from Leongatha, this prestigious property is ideally located to all local attractions and amenities.

This is truly a property for those who don’t want to settle for second best.

The price is on application, and for all enquiries call Alex Scott and Staff Leongatha on 5662 0922.

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Tucked away in a quiet court this home offers a spacious open kitchen, dining and living area. The kitchen is all electric and has recently been updated, while the dining and living area has been freshly painted.

There are three bedrooms, all good size, with built in robes. The master bedroom includes an ensuite.

The family bathroom is central and both the ensuite and family bathrooms have also been renovated.

Outside, the backyard is flat and features a great barbecue and entertaining area, a good size lawn area for the children to play and vehicle access with space for a shed.

All in all, this home is ready for new owners to just move in and enjoy.

For more details or to arrange a personal inspection please call Peter Bellingham at SEJ Leongatha.

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10 acres on the edge of town F

OR those wanting a quiet lifestyle not too far from the town facilities, this beautiful property is the perfect choice.

The main bathroom offers dual basins and a spa bath.

Mature trees and natives in surrounding gardens command attention from all windows.

There are many choices for alfresco dining including a large undercover barbecue area with an open fire.

An abundance of different forms of shedding including workshops, chook house, garden shed, double garage plus carport add to the appeal of this property.

If you are looking for a property set up for horses or starting up a hobby farm this fabulous property is ready to go.

It has been well laid out, divided into three paddocks. One dam reticulates to troughs and there is easy access to the well cared for stockyards.

This property provides peace, quiet and wonderful views towards Leongatha.

An inspection is needed to appreciate how lovely this property is.

Sitting on 10 acres only 4.8 kilometres from the centre of town, this well built brick home has been repainted and renovated with a designer kitchen featuring Cesar stone benches, quality appliances, and walk in pantry.

Comfort is assured in the main living area with a solid wood heater and reverse cycle air conditioner included. This area opens out to a covered verandah, overlooking a low maintenance native garden.

A separate large rumpus room provides extra living space for a growing family.

The three bedrooms are very spacious and all have substantial built in robes. The master bedroom is complete with an ensuite.

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“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 29

The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Party in a spectacular garden ONE of South Gippsland’s standout gardens will be open to the public to raise funds for youth medical services.

The Rotary Club of Leongatha is holding a Garden Party at the Mardan property of David and Pauline John on Sunday, April 19.

The property, Springbark, spans five acres with large swathes of lawn and a woodland section with dozens of silver birches, poplars, maples and scarlet oaks the couple planted about 15 years ago.

Guests will be able to enjoy local wine, a cake stall, great coffee, jam and preserves, and a barbecue with sausages in bread and gourmet hamburgers cooked

by Rotarians for reasonable prices.

Jazz guitarist Michael Warner and

the Leongatha Secondary College flute trio will provide a relaxing musical backdrop.

Visitors will be able to partake in archery, courtesy of archery ranges overseen by members of the Leongatha Medieval Society.

Landcare representatives will offer advice for farmers, hobby farmers and the public.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to come and enjoy food, wine, entertainment and an exclusive viewing of one of South Gippsland’s premier gardens.

So come along and bring your family and friends, and have a great day out,” Rotarian John O’Connor said.

“The timing will be terrific with the autumn leaves.”

This is the second garden party the club has held at the Johns’ property,

with the inaugural event two years ago a success.

Visitors can even discover new ideas for their own gardens.

The event is being coordinated by the Rotary club, with all profits going to the Leongatha Youth Access Clinic run by Leongatha Healthcare.

The party will be held at 30 O’Malleys Road, Mardan, near the Mardan Hall, on April 19 from 11am to 4pm.

Entry is $5 adults and children are free.

Day out: Rotary Club of Leongatha members John O’Connor (left) and Harry Leggett are inviting the community to attend the club’s Garden Party on Sunday, April 19.

Delicious fun for everyone ARE you a sweettooth, a music lover, coffee connoisseur, fresh food hunter, gardener or sea-saw rider?

Well the place to be this Saturday morning is the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market at Korumburra.

You’ll find loads of tasty, entertaining and relaxing things for every tot, dad and gran to enjoy.

Some of the local lineup of stallholders include Hazel Valley hazelnuts with its new season nuts, Graham’s Homemade Gourmet Pesto are a must-try, and the Woorayl Lodge CWA cakes stall packed with slices, biscuits and cakes of course.

Weyhill Farm garlic will be there too with garlic seed stock to plant and they’ve written The Little Garlic

Guide to growing your own ripper garlic. Drop by and get some tips from Julie on the day.

Make sure you grab a snag in bread from the Korumburra Scouts barbecue or a coffee to get you started and make your way around the great mix of stalls.

There’s everything you need to stock up for the holidays.

The growers, makers and bakers will be happy to chat about their produce and share a sample or two.

Musician Norman Cottrell will be adding to the relaxing vibe with his beautiful tunes. So find a spot under the gums and enjoy a treat for all of your senses.

Who’s for a game of bocce? Head over the grass near the entrance to Grow Lightly for a little bit of healthy competition and lots of laughs.

For more to see and do, step inside Coal Creek Community Park and Museum and take a look around the new craft market. Local designers and talented folks will have interesting and unique things for you to

view and buy.

It’s shaping up to be wonderful day. See you at the farmers’ market from 8am-12.30pm, Silkstone Road Korumburra. Bring your bags, friends and appetite.

Many delights: there are always fascinating stalls for people to enjoy at the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market.

Talent to seize stage NEWHAVEN College will soon present its production How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre.

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Musician Norman Cottrell's relaxing tunes Hazelnut Valley hazelnuts are back with new season nuts.

Play bocce on the grass outside Grow Lightly.

Craft Market inside Coal Creek Heritage Park and Museum from 10am – 2pm.

Don't miss the Woorayl Lodge CWA cake stall & Korumburra Scouts BBQ. See you there! Silkstone Road Korumburra

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More than 70 students from years 7 to 12 are involved as members of the cast, crew and orchestra, and this event is a major feature of the college calendar.

A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook by the same title to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high powered executive.

Finch tackles such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant company man, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love.

It features songs including Brotherhood of Man, Paris Original, I Believe in You and The Company Way. Will Hanley, head of drama at Newhaven College and show producer, “was overwhelmed by the number of students who auditioned and the talent they brought along with them”.

“With close to 100 students auditioning it was extremely difficult to narrow it down to the final cast,” he said.

The main characters are: J. Pierrepont Finch - Tom Barker; Rosemary Pilkington - Jade Dalton; J.B. Biggley Mitchell Brusamarello; Bud Frump - Byron Scothern; Hedy La Rue - Emma Volard; Miss Smith (Smitty) - Tara Storey; Miss Jones - Paris Tzimos; Bratt - Noah Lugt-Cole; Mr Twimble - Alex Swan; and Gatch - Finn Donohue.

They will be supported by an ensemble of 34 dancers and singers.

The cast and musicians are already working hard and devoting long hours to rehearsals over the holidays.

They invite you to come along and enjoy an amazing event. Five performances will be held at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre: Thursday, April 30, 7.30pm; Friday, May 1, 7.30pm; Saturday, May 2,1.30pm and 7.30pm; and Sunday, May 3,1.30pm.

Tickets are adults $22 and concession $15, and can be purchased at www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au/events

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Big name, small band

By Finn Donohue, work experience IN 2013, a group of gifted musicians from Newhaven College shared an interest and passion for creating music.

Know how to rock: Drunken Ninja band members in concert. Photography by Simon Patterson.

Ninjas ready to rock

By Finn Donohue, work experience WHAT do you get when you combine a passion for music, wanting a good time and four rock musicians?

The answer is Drunken Ninja.

Formed four years ago, Drunken Ninja is a band made up of four guys ready to rock!

Having previously played in each other’s bands, band member Damien Noonan said, “We wanted to have a band that bought us all together, so we could all play”.

Noonan said the band was all about bringing a “party” atmosphere to the gigs and giving people a good

time.

Noonan, Kane Allan, Paul Foster and Brett Truin make up the band.

They hail from Leongatha, Korumburra, Wonthaggi and Phillip Island.

Drunken Ninja is primarily a rock band. The members add their own style to songs they write and also “Ninja up the songs and give covers a bit of kick”, Noonan said.

In June and July of last year, the Ninjas covered the song I Don’t like Mondays and managed to get number one spot on the Triple J’s unearthed charts for three weeks.

“That was a good thing to happen to us, to get our version of it out there,” Noonan said.

Band members have one intention: to get their music out there and

for people to know their name. They have been playing in local venues.

Although the band has had success recently, the musicians still strive for more.

“The dream is to get on Rage in the morning, to be on TV and have people listen to our music,” Noonan said.

“We have three of our originals in the works. We just need to fine-tune them and then we can hopefully release them and see how they go.”.

The Drunken Ninjas have a gig on April 11 in San Remo.

If you’re looking for a good time, call in and support the Drunken Ninjas!

They formed a band. This is their story.

Talented musicians, music lovers and close friends, Maddy Wilson, rhythm guitarist and vocalist and drummer Emma Volard teamed up with lead guitarist, Nic Huigsloot and bass guitarist, Lachlan Hally to create Orenda.

The group began in 2013 because, according to Maddy, “We were friends jamming, who wanted to make music with similarly minded people and decided to make something of it.”

The band, she said, does not have a specific genre but creatively experiments with, “Whatever we like the sound of. We do our own stuff with a mixture of covers as well”.

The band started off at the Kilcumda pub, run and owned by Emma’s parents.

Every weekend the musicians would ask

for a spot on the bill, just to have a go playing in front of an audience, to find their sound and establish themselves as a band.

As they rehearsed and performed the same songs, and became familiar with each other’s playing style, their nerves started to settle, their confidence grew and with it, the quality of their performances.

Since then, the band has started to broaden its horizons as it looks for bigger crowds, venues and success at a local level.

Orenda has played gigs around Phillip Island.

“We have played at Kilcunda since we started, as well as various Newhaven College events and fundraisers, a local Island restaurant in Cowes and also the opening of the Cowes IGA supermarket,” Maddy said.

With their combination of talent, motivation, creative taste and passion for music making, it’s fair to say the community thinks the band is unique and a group to watch.

In the future, these musicians are set to hit the jackpot as they leave school and have the time, talent and aspiration to pursue success in the music industry.

Playing the night away: from left, Orenda band members Nic Huigsloot, Emma Volard, Lachlan Hally and Maddy Wilson during a performance at Kilcunda.

Teens to live rough in Borneo

By Finn Donohue, work experience Quick learner: Newhaven College work experience student Finn Donohue (left) learns the ropes of journalism from The Star editor Brad Lester.

Working life a hit

By Finn Donohue, work experience YEAR 10 students from Newhaven College took part in work experience recently, as part of an annual program for students to experience life in the workforce.

Students chose placements across the region in varied work places from hair salons to motor repairs.

Students said the week was a great experience.

“I like mechanics so I went to

Belgrave Motors where I changed filters, shock absorbers, engine oil and much more on 12 different cars and that was on the first day,” Hayden Vincent said.

Paris Tzimos was at the Alfred Hospital.

“I wanted to get in to a field of medicine when I finish school. I was able to look at X-rays, sat in on appointments, filed papers and even got lost in a hospital,” she said.

I chose to spend the week at The Star. I had always been interested in people’s stories and wanted to know the process of how a newspaper is put together.

I also enjoyed feeling part of the team.

I liked the fact I was able to contribute to the production of making the paper and the independence to choose what I would write about.

Being able to write from the start was a highlight.

I sat down and was told “Here’s your desk, feel free to write and see how you go”. That was definitely exciting.

The week was an overall success for students as they had the opportunity to experience something out of the classroom and were given a chance to find a possible career path.

ON JUNE 11, 20 Newhaven College students will travel to Borneo, the largest island in Asia on a 28 day expedition.

They will be taking part in World Challenge, a program that takes students overseas for 28 days to enable them to experience a different culture.

They will be living rough in tents, hammocks and the occasional hotel, all to get a sense of a country that is not their own.

Students will climb the highest peak in Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, and help villagers restore basic necessities like clean water and housing.

While they are in country, students will be required to navigate as well as

book accommodation and organise food.

Students will raise the funds to take part as the program is about gaining independence and initiative in the outside world.

There have been fundraising efforts to reach the $7000 target, such as sausage sizzles and selling chocolate. To physically prepare for the trip and to get used to the packs of gear they will be carrying, students will take part in a training camp.

Students are also working or holding stalls to raise the funds.

As well as the thrill of going overseas, students are also looking forward to seeing the culture and people Borneo has to offer.

“I’m looking forward to the new experiences, the different culture and also the food,” challenger Erin Gin said.

Their anticipation is building as the teens prepare for what is set to be the biggest month of their lives.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - PAGE 33

Farming Insight

Fired up to help “It has had a negative impact at times.”

As CFA strike team leaders, both Janet and Rob regularly attend major fire incidents, taking them from the farm for days at a time to protect lives and communities hundreds of kilometres away.

Rob, who is also heavily involved at district level as a deputy group officer and peer support officer, spent weeks mopping up after Black Saturday and was recently flown to Western Australia as part of a Victorian contingent of firefighters helping to battle huge bushfires in the state’s south.

“Over many years there have been a lot of major fires that Janet and I have attended, more recently as strike team leaders,” Rob said.

“We’re both strike team leaders which means when Janet goes I’ll stay, and when she comes back I’ll go.”

Their son Doug, who is also a CFA volunteer, works on the farm, which allows Janet and Rob to attend more call-outs than would otherwise

FROM Ash Wednesday to Black Saturday, dairy farmers Janet and Rob Auchterlonie have always answered the cry for help.

As Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers, the Legendairy couple from Dumbalk have travelled across the state and Australia, assisting communities in their most desperate hours of need for more than 30 years.

While they are among thousands of Victorian volunteers who don the yellow overalls on a regular basis, the constant demands of twice a day milking make the sacrifice of the South Gippsland couple even more remarkable.

Both Rob and Janet, who is Dumbalk brigade captain, are all too familiar with the work that awaits them when they return exhausted from an emergency call-out.

“There’s been times when I’ve got home late from a call-out and had to go straight into the shed to milk,” Rob said.

be possible.

Once on the fire ground, they use their professional knowledge to protect the most important assets of farms that are under threat.

“I don’t think non-farmers appreciate the value of a dairy herd and dairy sheds,” Rob said.

“They tend to look at saving a house as being the most important thing, whereas farmers look at the herd and think: ‘that’s what has to be saved’.”

The only time Janet won’t leave the farm for an extended period is during calving and joining, when the health of her 240 strong herd is the number one priority.

“Because herd health is really important to me, that’s the one time of the year when the farm comes first,” she said.

“My aim is never to lose a cow in calving, which takes a fair bit of work. We have a moral obligation to do the best we can for our animals.”

It’s a labour of love for the Auchterlonies, both on the farm

Ready to roll: Dumbalk dairy farmers Janet and Rob Auchterlonie combine service with the Country Fire Authority and their passion for agriculture. and on the back of the fire truck.

“You couldn’t be a farmer unless you really like the job and you couldn’t put the time into the CFA unless you enjoyed not only the work, but the people you’re working with,” Rob said.

“I think the community certainly values us.”

Making the most of the autumn break

by John Bowman, DEDJTR livestock extension officer, Leongatha

IN SOME regions the autumn break has arrived or is very close.

One good rain event and the pastures are away.

On a recent drive through East Gippsland, it was a joy to see the pastures booming away with the moist soils and warm temperatures.

Temperature is important. You will grow more pasture while it is warm than once the cold weather sets in, therefore grow some grass while the sun shines.

Here are some tips for growing pastures in autumn which you can use in the early stages of winter: Firstly, try to empty some paddocks of stock to allow the new growth to get a start.

Ideally the newly sprouted

pasture should be at the three leaf stage before grazing.

Don’t let stock roam. Feed them some hay and allow them some pasture per day using an electric fence.

This will maintain their diet and give a slow transition from dry feed to green feed, but most importantly it will give the other paddocks on the farm a strong start to autumn.

An added advantage of diluting the pasture diet with hay is it helps to reduce the effects of ryegrass staggers in your cattle. Staggers have been reported in some weaner mobs in recent weeks.

Try to get the rotation out to 35 to 40 days before coming back to that paddock again. If you have a few sheep running with your beef cattle, the ewes should be joined by now and can also be locked up on a maintenance diet and either rationed pasture, fed grain or fed quality hay to restrict their grazing.

Sheep are notorious foragers.

The ewes will tramp all over the farm chasing the green pick and suppressing the new growth before it has a chance to get ahead. You need to be in charge.

If you have any marketable young stock which are destined for sale, either for store or prime sales, the opportunity has been ideal with the current prices.

Any cattle that are not in next year’s plan could go on the truck also.

Re-sow or over-sow historically weaker pastures with a perennial mix, or alternatively, try a reliable short rotation grass, sub clover or balansa clover blend.

These will give good results while the conditions are ideal. The mild, moist autumn weather conditions and warm soil temperatures between mid-March and late April are ideal for pasture seed germination.

If desired, sow, or direct drill the pasture seed into a well pre-

pared, dry seedbed. Therefore the seed is ready to germinate when rain arrives.

Plan your autumn fertiliser program now and spread PKS fertiliser on firm paddocks, giving better paddock access and less nutrient losses from runoff.

Time your nitrogen blends and urea applications for about four to six weeks after the autumn break to give the pastures a boost into early winter.

Finally, monitor the emergence of broadleaf weeds such as capeweed, erodium, Paterson’s curse and thistles.

If necessary, use a broadleaf herbicide and the spray graze method four weeks after germination. Read the label, follow the label directions and avoid clover damage.

Plan ahead: farmers can take several steps to make the most of the autumn break.

• VLE Leongatha

Easter reduces yarding THERE were approximately 200 export and 50 young cattle penned representing a decrease of 2750 head week on week as a result of the Easter holidays and asso-

ciated short working weeks.

Most of the usual buying group was present and competing in a dearer market as they attempted to secure a share of the limited offering.

There were too few

Store sale market Thursday, April 2 Total yarding: 406.

Steers: F. & K. Jonkers, Yinnar, 3 x $990; Friends of Wongungarra, Moe, 11 x $900; Festival Tower P/L, Korumburra, 19 x $880; B. & A. Watson, Denison, 2 x $880; L. & D. Fleming, Yanakie, 3 x $875; J. & H. Barlow, Binginwarri, 1 x $845; P. Scheerle, Wonga Wonga, 2 x $835.

Heifers: P. & L. Poulter, Heath Hill, 1 x $940; R. & R. Spratt, Nerrena, 5 x $725; Kingbuilt Homes, Willow Grove, 18 x $700; M. Cavill, Hazelwood North, 1 x $640; Westbury Downs, Westbury, 11 x $635; Andco P/L, Mardan, 7 x $615; J. & C. Taylor, Cape Paterson, 4 x $590.

Cows and calves: Mabu P/L, Mirboo, 1 x $1400; B. Pratt, Warragul, 2 x $1360; P. & L. Poulter, Heath Hill, 2 x $1240.

cattle to obtain accurate averages in all categories but the cows which sold 6c to 7c/kg dearer.

Vealers sold from 200c to 249c/kg. Yearling steers made between 210c and 227c/kg. Yearling heifers showing good finish sold between 214c and 236c/kg.

Grown steers and bullocks made from 214c to 242c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows sold from 130c to 175c/ kg.

Heavy weight cows made mostly between 158c and 196c/kg. Heavy weight bulls sold between 205c and 250c/kg.

The next sale draw April 8: 1. David Phelan, 2. Rodwells, 3. Elders, 4. SEJ, 5. Alex Scott & Staff, 6. Landmark. The next sheep sale is April 8 at 1pm.

Prime Sale - Wednesday, April 1

BULLOCKS 21 K. & M. Garrett, Rosedale 537kg 240.4 $1292.00 2 Gunyah Downs, Kardella South 645kg 238.6 $1442.00 1 G.W. Pratt, Bena 555kg 239.6 $1329.78 1 D.M. & L.S. Minogue, Nerrena 575kg 238.6 $1371.95 3 A. & J. Mackie, Nerrena 570kg 238.0 $1356.60 5 V.M. & E.J. White, Kilmany 695kg 230.0 $1598.50 STEERS 2 G.T. & C. Cummaudo, Mirboo North 407kg 248.6 $1013.05 1 D.M. & L.S. Minogue, Nerrena 365kg 243.6 $889.14 9 K. & M. Garrett, Rosedale 512kg 241.6 $1237.53 2 Mess Mate Lodge, Berrys Creek 430kg 227.2 $976.96 1 G.W. Pratt, Bena 525kg 213.6 $1121.40 COWS 1 R. & C. Turnbull, Allambee South 570kg 195.6 $1114.92 1 A. & J. Mackie, Nerrena 580kg 192.0 $1113.60 1 G.T. & C. Cummaudo, Mirboo North 565kg 189.6 $1061.76 1 Est J. & S. Park Tem, Wonthaggi 775kg 182.6 $1415.15 1 A., M. & D. Waters, Leongatha 630kg 180.0 $1134.00 HEIFERS 2 G.T. & C. Cummaudo, Mirboo North 360kg 246.0 $885.60 1 J. Zadnik, Mirboo North 340kg 244.6 $831.64 1 G. & R. Opray, Dumbalk 275kg 243.6 $669.90 1 D.M. & L.S. Minogue, Nerrena 390kg 234.6 $914.94 1 R.F. & R.E. Spratt, Nerrena 395kg 234.6 $926.67 BULLS 1 Moon & Grice, Mardan 1090kg 248.6 $2709.74 1 G.W. Pratt, Bena 605kg 230.6 $1395.13 1 Mess Mate Lodge, Berrys Creek 635kg 229.6 $1457.96 1 J. Hilliar, Mirboo 830kg 210.0 $1743.00 1 Mitchard Nominees, Nyora 705KG 204.6 $1442.43

Gippsland CFA District 9 operations manager Mark Jones paid tribute to the legendary efforts of the many dairy farmers who volunteer with the emergency service.

“We recognise the tremendous sacrifice of our self-employed volunteers, including dairy farmers, who put everything on hold, including their livelihood, to protect their com-

munity,” he said.

Australia’s Legendairy farmers and their communities will be celebrated at the Legendairy Farmer AFL Round between Collingwood and Adelaide on April 11 at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. The game will also be televised nationally via Foxtel.

To read our Legendairy stories, head to legendairy. com.au

CLEARING SALE A/C BM & EST GV MCRAE FRIDAY 10TH APRIL, 10:30 AM WISDOMS RD, POUND CREEK

Ford tractor with FEL, bucket & forks, 3568 hrs; Nissan Navara 3.2 diesel ute, 2001, 119,500km; 3pl slasher; 3pl Cone fert spreader; 3pl grader blade; 3pl stick rake; hay fork; jib; 3pl ram; stock crate for 2mt x 1.6mt trailer; Greenfield ride on mower; Mitsubishi 5 K.V.A generator; large & small air compressors; 4x4 Kawasaki quad bike (not working); Stihl & Echo chain saws; farm gates, 4x10ft & 1x12ft; cattle yard gates x5, various sizes; concrete trough 3' 6”; heavy endless chain; drag chain; heavy cable; hydraulic pipe bender; 4x10ft stays, 4x8ft cnr post; 10x6ft posts; coil 2.5 wire, coil barb wire; wire spinner; electric fence energiser; elec fence fittings; 6” post hole digger; new roll 2” poly pipe; poly pipe reel; ass pipe fittings; 2 x battery testers; 3”plastic ag pipe; old steel posts; garden mulcher; 2 x knapsacks; 2 fuel pumps; Toro wheel horse mower (not going); stock & die set; 4 steel jerry cans; oil & drums; new hills hoist; patio heater; pavers; sundry items too numerous to mention.

Outside vendors: 1998 Toyota Prado; Spectra 550 spreader; M/F post driver; Honda generator; super spreader; offset slasher; grader blades; Silvan ute rack 12v sprayer on wheels; round bale hay feeder; car pull round bale feeder; welder; concrete mixer; bike spray unit ;1000lt mobile diesel tanker with elec pump, 12 volt; trailer calf crate, suit 10'x5'; M/F 14 plate offset discs; Howard 72” rotary hoe; 2100ltr split overhead fuel tank; 36 panel portable sheep yards; heavy cut walk behind slasher; Berends 10' S Tyne cultivator; lamb marking cradle; round wool table; narrow hand piece; Sunbeam overhead shearing plant; sheep ear tags; mineral pellets; Suzuki LTA 500 4 wheel m/bike; Honda 50 mini bike; 2 Yamaha Ag bike (not going); 1ton endless chain; Suzuki 80 m/bike; Stihl 085 chainsaw; 12v hydraulic pump; water pump, hydro flo pump; 4 w/d m/bike 6x4 trailer; hay bale rings; Dawn vice (as new); log chain; tool box; calf puller; crow bar; hand wood splitter; axe; railway iron smudger; tank stand; lengths garden fence; plastic calf trough 20ft; steel calf trough; plastic drums & containers; 20lt petrol drum; 3pl carry all; 3pl tiller; assorted wood & steel posts, fencing materials, including wire, insulators etc; numerous gates (assorted sizes); various wire netting; ass coils new & used 17 line deer wire; ass deer gates; assorted plumbing fittings & accessories, sinks & bath; gal & steel pipe; concrete garden edging; old motors (petrol & electric); tow cable; steering wheel lock; ass tools; Honda mower; chain saw; mag rims (BMW) tyres; doors, door handles; mail box; 1400x300x700 black metal shelves; glass door video cabinet; 3 & 4 draw bedside cupboards; glass round outdoor tables; gas plug in heater, Rinnai Convector 404; fishing rods; yabbie pump; reels; stools; record player; video recorder; exercise bike; Samsung monitor.

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Are you community minded, want to be counted on, Then we want you!

Call for membership info.

0427 343 199 0429 343 199 Come and talk to SES members about membership on Friday April 10 from 10am to 3pm outside McCartins Hotel.

All questions relating to SES membership can be answered there.

STAR OFFICE - 36 McCARTIN STREET, LEONGATHA EMAIL : bagabargain@thestar.com.au

OR PHONE :

5662 5555

17-19 Roughead Street, Leongatha, Has a new trading name As we transfer into our new name we will be called

McLAREN MOTORBODY Still the same Location Still the same Owners Still the same Staff Still the same Professional service We look forward to your continued business with our expansion.

PHONE: 5662 4173

MARINE LICENCE COURSE Vic. Boat Licence with Jetski endorsement

WONTHAGGI Thursday, April 16 6pm - 10pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Phone Bob: 0417 524 005 Approved TSV course www.abcboating.com ABN 43080057923

SOUTH GIPPSLAND/BASS COAST Notice to Members

The 13th Annual General Meeting of the South Gippsland Bass Coast Local Learning and Employment Network will be held on

Tuesday 21st April, 2015 at The Old Post Office (Former Library) Cnr Watt and McBride Streets, Wonthaggi 11am - 1pm Guest speaker: Claire McEwan Maximising Impact Through Design Thinking For nomination and membership application forms Phone or email 5662 5500 or wendy@sgbcllen.org.au RSVP: ESSENTIAL and NO LATER THAN Friday 17th April

ROTARY GARDEN PARTY Sunday, April 19, 11am to 4pm, entry just $5, children free. Location 30 O’Malley’s Road, Mardan (near the Mardan Hall).

Come and enjoy food, wine, entertainment from flute trio and jazz guitarist and an exclusive viewing of one of South Gippsland’s premier gardens. Rotary BBQ will provide great food at reasonable prices.

Enquiries Harry Leggett 0418-363299.

situations vacant

CONCERT

Maroondah Singers and Dorothy Baker 2pm Sunday April 19 Wonthaggi Arts Centre, Graham Street Tickets: $25 or $20 conc.

From Workmen’s Club 5672 1083

meetings Leongatha Horticultural Society Inc. A3569

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday, April 23 at 8pm Leongatha Memorial Hall Election of office bearers for 2015 - 2016 S. Thompson (president)

situations vacant

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

ART SHOW ‘THE COLOURS OF AUTUMN’ DI & JOHN KOENDERS ON NOW UNTIL APRIL 19

A permanent part time position exists in our medical practice.

We require someone from Monday to Wednesday, inclusive, 9 to 5 pm.

The successful applicant will need: • to have extensive computer skills • be good at working in a team environment • must have a caring, compassionate nature as working mostly with elderly patients • Be punctual, reliable, motivated and well presented.

On the job training will be provided , however previous medical reception and knowledge of medical director and blue chip would be an advantage.

Application by email to: Basscoasteyecentre@iinet.net.au

Including open ALL Public Holidays & Easter weekend

Associate Midwife Unit Managers / Registered Midwives Permanent fulltime and part time positions available Commencing April 2015

Advertisements must be received at The Star by Friday 12 noon *The Star reserves the right to refuse any advertisement PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS ONLY - NO BUSINESSES Max. 2 advs. per week - Single phone number for contact NOTE: No advertisements for animals, birds or fish accepted

MAXIMUM 15 WORDS

public notices

655 FAIRBANK RD. ARAWATA

Ph: 5659 8262

35565

OPEN DAILY 11AM- 5PM Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

Come and join our new and innovative Maternity Services Department.

Our Maternity Services has undergone a model of care review and we are now seeking experienced Midwives who enjoy working across the pregnancy continuum in collaboration with visiting GP/Obstetricians.

We provide maternity care for over 200 healthy women with a normal/low risk pregnancy.

For further information or to obtain a Position Description, please contact Denise Lawlor, Acting Acute & Midwifery Unit Manager on 5671 3354 or email to Denise.Lawlor.basscoasthealth.org.au Applications, including a Cover Letter and 2 professional referees should be addressed to Denise Lawlor, Acting Acute & Midwifery Unit Manager and forwarded to Justine Margetts in Nursing & Midwifery Administration via email: Justine.Margetts@basscoasthealth.org.au Applications close on Friday 17 April 2015

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PROPERTY MANAGER / SALES SUPPORT OFFICER

QUALIFIED CHEF

Leongatha

PERMANENT PART TIME POSITION 30 HOURS PER WEEK

Elders have a great opportunity for a Property Manager/ Sales Support Officer to join their team at Leongatha.

Duties would include property management, reception duties, banking, and daily administration tasks.

The successful applicant would need to have: • Strong organisation, communication & time management skills • Competent with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook • Agents Rep certificate (desirable, but not essential) • Year 12 or equivalent experience • FSRA Tier 2 accreditation (not essential) • REST Trust Management System experience (desirable but not essential) Applications by post or email to: Rohan McRae Branch Manager 16 McCartin St Leongatha Vic 3950 leongatha@elders.com.au Applications close Friday 17th April 2015

Work with a great Chef in a dynamic club bistro Applications to: The Manager 322-340 Commercial Road Yarram VIC 3971 Or Email: manager@yarramcountryclub.com.au

Most photos that appear in The Star can be purchased by calling 5662 2294.

An exciting opportunity exists for two experienced Nurse Leaders in Aged Care. Bass Coast Health has 89 Residential Aged care beds located in three homes – two in Wonthaggi and one home in San Remo.

We are seeking 2 full time Nurse Unit Managers for our residential aged care facilities located in Wonthaggi.

If you are dynamic and innovative with strong clinical skills and a passion for aged care, please call Debbie Rogers, Director of Nursing & Midwifery on (03) 5671 3222 for a confidential discussion.

For further information or to obtain a Position Description, please contact Justine Margetts, Executive Assistant to Director of Nursing & Midwifery on 5671 3222 or via email to Justine.Margetts@basscoasthealth.org.au Applications, including a Cover Letter and 2 professional referees should be addressed to: Debbie Rogers, Director of Nursing & Midwifery and forwarded to Justine.Margetts@basscoasthealth.org.au (Executive Assistant to DoN&M).

Applications close on COB Friday 17th April 2015

Position Vacant

QUALIFIED BUTCHER Would you like to join a dynamic team and have the opportunity to grow with the company and move your career to a higher level? Michael’s SUPA IGA are looking to expand and require a qualified butcher to fill existing positions with a capacity to move into more senior roles as they become available.

Location: Michael’s SUPA IGA South Gippsland Reporting to: Meat Manager, Store Manager Availability: Full time position with possible alternating rosters (every second Saturday and some public holidays) The successful applicant will have a proven track record of: • Fully Qualified Butcher with current training history • Ability to be able to work across the 7 days of the week which may include evening work and may also include some public holidays (as directed by management) • Communicate effectively with customers and staff • Work in a fast-paced team environment • Portray a positive attitude and show initiative • Be well groomed and well presented at all times • Complete duties as directed by your manager/ supervisor • Abide by company policies and procedures at all times, including company dress standards.

Award wages.

Michael’s SUPA IGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you meet the above criteria – Please apply in writing to: Dom D’Agostino PO Box 200 Moorabbin, Victoria 3189 domd@michaelsiga.com.au

DAIRY FARMHAND POSITION AVAILABLE PART TIME ON 340 COW FARM AT FISH CREEK Four milkings per week, general farm work, flexible hours, $22 per hour.

For further information phone Daniel 0429 856 292

Registrar and Bus Co-ordinator (0.8)

Secondary School Nurse Department of Education and Training NG4A – Part Time – 0.5, Ongoing Salary range: $79,769-$82,744 (+ Super) An exciting opportunity exists for a highly self-motivated Division 1 Registered Nurse to join the Secondary School Nursing Program in rural South Eastern Victoria Region.

The successful candidate will be allocated to work in the South Gippsland School Nurse Team, servicing Leongatha SC; Mirboo North SC; South Gippsland SC; Korumburra SC and Wonthaggi SC.

Nurse Unit Managers

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The Secondary School Nurse delivers holistic primary care to young people in Secondary Schools as part of the School Wellbeing Team. The role includes health promotion and primary prevention, health education including classroom team teaching and small group education, individual student health counselling and assessment, school community development activities and providing a resource and referral service to assist young people in making healthy life style choices.

Newhaven College, is an independent co-educational school on Phillip Island, offering quality education for students from Prep to Year 12.

We seek an experienced, part-time professional to be responsible for all operational aspects of student enrolment and bus allocation management at the College.

For a full job description visit: www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au Email applications to: amanda.bill@newhavencol.vic.edu.au Applications Close Friday 17 April 2015

To be successful in this role you will work in a multidisciplinary team, establish and maintain good working relationships with teachers in the school setting and network effectively with health and allied health professionals and youth services in the community.

This position is ongoing.

Candidates are advised that applications need to address the 5 Key Selection Criteria in the advertised position description.

For further information on the position description and selection criteria visit

www.careers.vic.gov.au If this opportunity appeals to you, you may wish to discuss this position further with Kylie Pollard on 0438 805 425.

Refer to the position number 22992.

Closing date for applications is Friday 17 April 2015.

ZO520430

Library Technician (full-time) Newhaven College, is an independent co-educational school on Phillip Island, offering quality education for students from Prep to Year 12.

The role of the Library Technician focuses on the operational and technical aspects of the Library. This position bears responsibility for library services to the College and may involve working across both sites.

For a full job description visit: www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au Email applications to: amanda.bill@newhavencol.vic.edu.au Applications Close Friday 17 April 2015

Be a business leader developing long term partnerships in your community.

people for sale

Business Banking Manager Attractive salary package and benefits Located in Leongatha, VIC As a top 100 ASX Company Bendigo Bank’s success has been built on our Retail operations. As a Business Banking Manager you’ll play a key leadership role in servicing and developing the needs of the local business community.

Based on a detailed knowledge of the commercial and SME markets you will implement strategies to achieve growth for your portfolio of customers by establishing and maintaining quality referral networks.

To be successful you will need proven communication and relationship building skills and an interest in the development of support staff. In return you’ll receive support to advance a long-term career with our growing organisation.

CATTLE DOG PUPS Kelpie / Collie / Heeler cross.

Both parents work, $150 each. 95600004462457, 95600004463028, 95600004465863, 95600004471935.

Ph: 0438-522999.

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175.

FIREWOOD messmate / stringy. Cut, split and dry.

Min. 2 metres, bulk loads available, $100 per metre.

Ph: 0437-176187.

for sale HAY: Small squares, excellent quality, shedded.

New season, $8 each.

Secondhand treated pine posts 3-4 inch, approx 250 at $3 each. Mardan 56641320, 0428-999691.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each, 200x75x3.0 $ 20.90 each.

Free delivery for pack lots.

Phone Joe 0417-530662.

TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 56812261.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes to be part of the Bendigo team, we want to hear from you. Visit careers.bendigobank.com.au to find out more or to submit your application, quoting reference number VIC906439. Or write to Mark Hoffman, Retail Operation Officer, PO Box 698, Warragul 3820. Applications close on Tuesday, 14 April 2015.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, ABN 11 068 049 178. AFSL 237879. (248380_v1) (1/04/2015)

careers.bendigobank.com.au

WIDE AND HIGH 18m x 27m x 5.7m (60’ x 90’ x 19’)

Suitable for Industrial or Rural use, can be fully enclosed later.

In Stock Must Clear $38,900 inc GST 1300 559 668 Now Buildings

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garage sales

FARM GARAGE SALE Includes many farm items

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 8am - 2pm 120 Reilly & Allens Road, Nerrena Household goods, camping gear, FARM HARDWARE, tractor, post driver, slasher DUMBALK 22 Farmers Road, Saturday 11.4.15, 8.30am.

Mowers and household goods.

LEONGATHA 11 Blackmore Avenue, .

Moving house sale, everything must go, owner moving interstate. Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, 8am onwards both days.

GARAGE SALE The “STAR” can help you promote your event with our

$27.50 GARAGE SALE KIT KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $33.00) • 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

Total package valued at $41 ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classifieds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

livestock BULLS for hire or for sale.

Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All sound young bulls. Hire or sale.

Phone 0447-331762.

used vehicles

FREE CAR REMOVAL Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal All machinery Bins provided

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593

Affordable cars at drive away prices

SG CHEAPEST CARS Geary Road Leongatha LMCT 10804

Phone Judy or Geoff 0428 920 095 for full range of vehicles Or visit: www.sgcheapestcars.com NOTE: drive away means no more to pay.

All on road costs paid.

used vehicles NISSAN PATROL 1991, petrol/gas, 3LT, 235,000kms, RWC, Reg. ERY837, $8,000 ONO. 0418-330676, a/h 56623073.

wanted DUAL AXLE CARAVANS wanted for wrecking. Ph: 5664-4423.

message of hope GOD’s free gift to you. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8.

marriage celebrant CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

Jenny Milkins All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

in memoriam FRASSENEI Maria Caterina.

April 5, 1996.

Our Dear Mum and Nonna Your love, inspiration and courage live with us and guide us every day.

We love you and miss you mum, always in our hearts.

Tiz, John and Josh; Carla, Jarrod and Mikaela.

deaths BENNETT-WOOD (nee Skan) - Rosemary.

You may have left this world behind, But you will never leave our hearts and mind.

Always so loving, thoughtful and kind, What beautiful memories you leave behind.

Tragically taken on April 6, 2015, aged 73.

Loved wife of Max and Mum and Gran to Linda, Kristin, Casey and Tayla; Vicki, David, Alice and Hannah; Debbie, Gavin, Jay, Elana, Rye and Abe; Jodie, Bill, Tori and Aaron; Leonie, Anthony, Alisha, Cooper and Eden.

BENNETT-WOOD Rosemary.

A lovely lady who will be greatly missed.

Rest in peace.

Linda, Casey and Tayla and all families.

Our thoughts are with you on this very sad time.

Love always, McDonald family.

BOURKE (nee Jamieson) - Carolyn.

Passed away peacefully at home (Wonthaggi) in the arms of her loving husband of 51 years, on April 2, 2015 with all her children and youngest brother by her side.

Loving wife of Barry.

Devoted and prayerful mum of Mark and Amanda, Kerrin, Andrew and Lana, Dannielle and Michael.

Fun loving Nana of John and Justin, Emily and Steven, and Tim; Kaity-Lee, Jaacob, Abbi’Rose and Eli; Jayde and Tyler; Tayla, Billy, Meg and Angus. Adopted Nana of Emily and Amelia.

“The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want” Rest in peace Mum (Nana).

Now in Jesus’s care.

Nobody knows how much I loved her.

- Your loving husband Barry.

deaths BRACECAMP - Stephen Holmes.

23.09.1928 - 2.04.2015.

Aged 86.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Grandridge Lodge, Mirboo North.

Husband of Olive (dec).

Much loved Dad to Michael, Chris and Mercy, Sarah, Nigel and Wendy.

An adored Granddad to Stuart, Jenna and Tom, Neil, Joshua, TJ and Renee, Jessica and Brett, Ji, Andrew and Jess and Amber.

You were someone special, Someone good and true, You will never be forgotten, We thought the world of you.

DAVIES (nee Anthony) Dorothy (Dot).

Passed away on April 1, 2015 at McGregor Gardens, Pakenham, formerly of Lakes Entrance and Meeniyan.

Loved wife of Charlie (dec).

Loving mother of Colin, Graeme, Barry and Margaret. Mother-in-law to Jenny and Faye.

Much treasured Nana of Megan, Geoffrey, Nicole; Travis, Natasha; Andrew, Stewart, Jonathan; Peter (dec), Leigh and Brent.

Second mother to Catharina.

Great Nana to all her great grandchildren.

Thank you for the years we shared The love you gave, the way you cared.

In our hearts you will always stay Loved and remembered every day.

Dearly loved mum to Marg, loved Nana to Peter (dec), Kellie, Leigh, Brent and Lisa. Great Nana to Paige, Sophie and Lana.

With tears we watched you fade away, Our hearts were broken as you fought so hard to stay.

You are gone but never forgotten.

Sleep peacefully Mum. Dorothy Davies passed away peacefully April 1, 2015.

In loving memory of our special mum and grandmother to Graeme and Faye, Travis, Prue and Natasha, great nan to Jye and Ace. A spirited life and wonderful stories with memories never forgotten. We will love and miss you forever, you will always be in our hearts.

Dearly loved mother to Barry and Jen and Nana to Andrew, Stewart and Jonathan, and great grandmother to Zac and Tyson.

We knew the time was coming And soon we would have to part, Your weary days are over And troubled nights have passed.

We watched you as you faded away And God knew you’d had enough.

He gently took you from us And gave you peace at last.

Will always love you Mum, you are now united with your Charlie.

deaths DAVIES (nee Anthony) Dorothy (Dot).

Passed away April 1, 2015 at McGregor Gardens, Pakenham, formerly of Lakes Entrance and Meeniyan.

Loved sister of Dave (dec), Hilda, Bab (dec), Eva (dec), Don (dec) and Lloyd (dec), and their families.

Loved by all.

DAVIES (nee Anthony) Dot. Sister of Lloyd (dec) and Lorna, Hilda and Jack (dec).

Auntie to Shirley, Fay, Gary, and families.

Thinking of you.

Now at peace.

GRAY - Frank.

Loved brother of Stella, brother-in-law of Ted (dec).

Uncle Frank to their family.

The tide of life ebbs and flows, But the gates of memory never close.

GREEN - William Alfred (Bill).

Passed away at Seahaven, Inverloch on Good Friday, April 3.

A long life well lived. Thanks for the memories.

Deepest gratitude to those nurses who cared for him so well, especially Mary and Rhonda.

Thanks also to Sue and Marg.

Remembering the good times - Noelle.

Gone but never forgotten.

We were so fortunate to have you in our lives.

A true gentleman.

Rest in peace Bill.

Love always - Phillip, Lisa and Mitchell.

A wonderful and loving stepfather to Warren.

A caring and gentle friend to Therese, Tom and Ben. Will be sadly missed.

HYDE - Alan.

21.11.1921 - 01.04.2015.

Second son of William and Myrtle (both dec).

Husband of 65¾ years of Margaret.

Proud father of Geoff and Lynne, Sue, Stella and Sam, Joanne and Colin.

Grandad to Katherine, Lauren, Jennifer, Scott and Tamara, Andrew and Mariam, Kate and Hilco, David and Kelly, Amy, Emma and Gerard, and Teegan.

Great Grandad of Ryan, Toby, Mitchell, Amalia, Taj and Lexi.

Gone to visit friends.

JANS - Arnold.

Passed away peacefully at home (Leongatha) on March 30, 2015 aged 76 years.

Father of Travis, Terri, Teresa, Cathy (dec),Timothy and Pauline. Grandpa of 14 grandchildren.

McMILLAN Jessie Kathleen.

Passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015.

Aged 91 years.

Late of Tweed Heads, formerly of Inverloch and Leongatha.

Wife of the late Albert.

Loving mother of Lynette, Robert (dec), Maxwell (dec) and their families.

“Memories are ours to keep” Easton Funeral Services Tweed Heads (07)5599-1500 Wes and Ashley Heritage

funerals

deaths

BRACECAMP - The funeral of Mr Stephen Holmes Bracecamp will be held at the Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium Chapel, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon on Monday, April 13, 2015 commencing at 1pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Guide Dogs Victoria would be appreciated, envelopes available at the service.

At the conclusion of the service the family warmly invite you to a wake to be held at the Mirboo North Golf Club.

Latrobe Valley Funeral Services MOE MORWELL TRARALGON TRARALGON 5174-2258 latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au DAVIES - The Funeral Service for the late Mrs Dorothy (Dot) Davies will be held at the Uniting Church, Meeniyan on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 10.30am.

The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Meeniyan Lawn Cemetery.

deaths

Paul & Margaret Beck proprietors Caring for our Community, personal dignified service to all areas 5662 2717 Pre-need Funeral Plans available Office and Chapel: 24 Anderson Street, Leongatha hfs1@vic.australis.com.au MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

GREEN - The Funeral Service for Mr William Alfred (Bill) Green of Inverloch will be held at the Anglican Church of Ascension, The Crescent, Inverloch on Friday, April 10, 2015 commencing at 11am.

A private cremation will follow.

Lightning’s Under 16 team: back from left, Jodie McGannon (team manager), Sam Mc Gannon, Jai Stefani, Brett Thorson, Anne Olden (coach); middle, Mason McGannon, Nathan Van Dyk, Jayden Battersby; front, Zayn Clark and Cam Olden.

Servicing South Gippsland & Phillip Island 5672-1074

Lightning runners-up at Country Championships

HYDE - A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Mr Alan William Hyde will be held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Peart Street, Leongatha on Friday, April 10, 2015 commencing at 2pm.

A private family interment will precede the above service.

JANS - A Graveside Funeral Service for the late Arnold Jans will be held at the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 11am.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Korumburra Men’s Shed.

Envelopes will be available at the service.

BASKETBALL Victoria Country played host to more than 700 players, coaches, team managers and their families from regional Victoria for a weekend of fierce basketball competition on March 14 and 15 at Bendigo.

The event featured associations from all over Country Victoria vying for Division 3 and Division 4 titles in both Under 16 and Under 18 age groups for both male and females.

The Under 16s boys Leongatha Lightning team had a very successful weekend at Bendigo, playing off in the semi final against rival Korumburra.

Leongatha faced a bigger bodied side in Bellarine in the final and the

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boys played a well polished game.

They were, however, unable to compete with the bigger bodies under the ring and around the court and went down by 26 points.

Coach Anne Olden and the players would like to thank all the parents who helped out and travelled to Bendigo and Jodie McGannon, team manager for the fantastic job she did on the weekend, and prior to the tournament.

“As the boys coach I am so proud of them and way they played over the weekend,” Anne said.

Lightning Under 18 boys The Under 18 boys team recently competed in the Labour day tournament in Traralgon where they won one game with some terrific passages of play.

Lightning played six games with two wins, and a narrow loss in the semi final to Swan Hill by five points.

Lightning Under 12 boys Leongatha Under 12s Lightning team competed in the Traralgon tournament last month where the boys really picked up their games.

The Under 12s were involved in some awesome games and while they did not win the silverware they did themselves very proud.

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New life member for Red Caps THE Nerrena Cricket Club concluded its season recently with a presentation dinner at the Leongatha RSL. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of a life membership to popular player Josh Trease, for his many years of service both on and off the field.

Josh had a stellar season on the field this year, taking 40 wickets to win the A Grade bowling average.

Young captain Mitchell Clark compiled over 570 runs to take out the batting average and allrounder Tim Wightman won his eighth Jack Clark Memorial Club Champion award.

One of the team’s senior players Dave Baldi was presented with the A Grade captain’s award.

In B Grade the evergreen Wayne Telfer won the batting average, youngster Charlie Dougherty won the bowling average and Tom Davison received the captain’s award.

C Grade captain Ben Croatto was the highest run scorer in C1 which saw him take out the batting average, after finishing a close second last season.

Popular clubman Daniel Grigg collected the bowling average and young wicket keeper Hayden Funnell received the captain’s award.

The clubs U16’s Pre-

miership winning team who went through the season undefeated were all presented with a team photograph.

Individual awards were won by Ben Perry batting, Nathan Trotto bowling, Nicholas Battersby coach’s award and James Kelly was the team’s most

improved.

The Brian ‘Ernie’ Salmon Club best and fairest was won by Ben Croatto.

Paul Matheson was presented with the Rex Trease Memorial Most Determined award and Brendan Hayes won the President’s award.

The final award for the night was the Best Club person, won by Andrea Funnell.

In her first year on the club’s committee as treasurer, Andrea did an amazing amount of work in many areas of the club and was a very deserving winner.

Under 16 awards: from left, Ben Perry, Nathan Trotto, Nicholas Battersby and James Kelly.

Life member: the Trease family, Jane, Sally, new life member Josh, and Peter.

Special awards: from left, Brendan Hayes, Ben Croatto, Paul Matheson and Andrea Funnell.

A Grade awards: Mitchell Clark, Josh Trease, Dave Baldi and Tim Wightman.

B and C Grade awards: back row from left, Ben Croatto, Daniel Grigg and Charlie Dougherty. Front, Hayden Funnell.

Koonwarra awards SATURDAY, March 28 at the Koonwarra Hall saw the Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL Cricket Club hold its presentation evening.

C Grade: from left, the fielding award went to Jake Rockall while Lachie Hughes won the batting award.

Cricketer of the Year, Sam Wentworth, and the bowling trophy winner, Steve Anderson were both absent.

The 16s Cricketer of the Year was Jake Rockall while Jordi Geary took out the batting award.

Adam Drury won the bowling award, Mitch Scrimshaw the fielding and Hamish Mellor was most improved.

The Coach’s Award went jointly to Jordi Geary and Alex Stanley.

Right, Milestone: Shane Paterson has notched up an incredible 400 games.

A Grade: fielding award, Dan Baker; Cricketer of the Year, Sam Sperling; and bowling, Jason Kennedy.

Left, Best Club Person: Jodie and Nick Arnup won the prize jointly.

Right, A golden bat: best individual performance for the season was Daniel Pearce’s 203 not out versus Glen Alvie.

B Grade: batting award, Daniel Pearce; Nick Arnup, bowling award; Brett Moore, Cricketer of the Year; and fielding, Nick Moore.

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Local surf clubs strong INVERLOCH and Woolamai Beach SLSC members have returned home with a host of medals from competing at the 2015 Victorian Lifesaving Championships They were held at Ocean Grove SLSC over the weekend, March 28 and 29.

Just two points proved the difference between the 2015 Victorian Lifesaving Champions and Runners-up, with Anglesea SLSC finishing first on 446 points, ahead of rivals and 2014 champions Mordialloc LSC on 444 points.

Competitors from Inverloch, Waratah and Woolamai embraced the chance to battle with the best from across the state to put their lifesaving skills to the test.

Stand out results from Gippsland athletes included the defending Victorian and Australian champion Nick Lehman again winning the Open Men’s Beach 2km Run. Nick’s Inverloch teammates Samuel Cresswell and Luke Foster took bronze and fourth place respectively.

Inverloch’s Corrie Argus-Smith also proved his strength, taking home silver in the Open Men’s Beach Sprint and U19

Men’s Beach Flags and bronze in U19 Men’s Beach Sprint.

Inverloch’s Koda Blizzard finished third in the U15 Men’s Beach Sprint, sixth in the U15 Men’s Beach Flags and sixth in the two kilometre U15 Men’s Beach Run. Louise Smith from Woolamai proved to be a fierce competitor, finishing fourth in both the Under 15 Women’s Beach Flags and Sprints Woolamai’s Under 23 Women’s Surf Boat crew also finished in fourth place Over 800 athletes from 35 clubs across Victoria registered to compete in LSV’s pinnacle event of the year, the final state carnival for the 2014/2015 summer season.

Of the 27 clubs competing Inverloch finished 11th, Waratah Beach 28th, and Woolamai Beach 21.

The weekend’s champions will now set their sights on gold at the Australian Lifesaving Championships to be held in Queensland at North Kirra Beach, Gold Coast, April 11 to 19.

Full results from the Victorian Lifesaving Championship are available http:// sportlsv.carnival.sls.com.au/eventmgr/ results/report/public/184/1

Soaking it up: from left, Inverloch competitors who placed in the two kilometre beach run, Henry Rushford (receiving the award on behalf of Sam Cresswell) Ben Turner, Nick Leman and Celine Moody.

TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area.

To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below.

Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

At Point Lonsdale

APRIL Time

8 WED

9 THUR

10 FRI

11 SAT

12 SUN

13 MON

14 TUE

height (metres)

0215 0817 1456 2040

1.48 0.32 1.61 0.55

0251 0852 1531 2115

1.49 0.30 1.63 0.55

0328 0925 1609 2150

1.48 0.29 1.62 0.57

0404 0958 1647 2226

1.46 0.29 1.60 0.59

0442 1032 1728 2302

1.43 0.30 1.55 0.61

0522 1110 1813 2343

1.40 0.33 1.50 0.63

0609 1153 1904

1.36 0.38 1.45

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

Competition: Inverloch’s Koda Blizzard competing in the Under 15 Men beach flags.

Koda finished sixth in the event.

South Gippsland Yacht Club

Wonthaggi Little Athletics

THE Debenham Australia Easter Series held over Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and culminating on Easter Monday was again dominated by exciting and close competitive sailing.

WONTHAGGI Little Athletics was well represented at the state level last weekend with fourteen club members attending the State Track and Field Competition at Albert Park.

Higher tides than normal were experienced on Anderson’s Inlet with maximum tides being present around mid-afternoon on each day due to the full moon.

Consequently race officers were posed many challenges in order to set appropriate courses to challenge the 25 sailors over the weekend.

On each day the wind was variable

ranging from gentle breezes to stronger westerlies.

The strong tides on some days forced some sailors to create innovative and novel sailing solutions to complete the races.

The winners of A Division were, first, Tim Wilson, International Canoe; second, Rob McNair, Windrush Catamaran; and third, Shaun Freeman, Windrush Catamaran The winners for B Division were, first, John Honeybone, Sabre; equal second, Ivan Abbott, Impulse and David Barker, Taser; and fourth, Toby Leppin, Taser.

The winners for C Division were, first, Aaron Lopez-Freeman, Minnow; and second, Alanna Lopez-Freeman, Minnow.

Innovative sailing solutions: fickle winds challenged race organisers to set appropriate courses for the Easter Series racing on Anderson’s Inlet.

While the competition was difficult the Wonthaggi athletes did well with many recording personal bests in their pet events.

Brodie Anderson broke the club record in the Under 15 Boys 800m and brought home a bronze medal for his time of 2:09.82.

He also qualified for the 400m final and finished eighth with a time of 56.01.

Tyler Butcher jumped well to reach the finals in the Under 11 High Jump competition.

He finished fifth and broke the club record with a height of 1.35m.

Abigail McCullock broke the club record for the Under 10 Girls 1100m walk with a time of 6:52.38 and finished just outside the top eight.

Jarrod Anderson broke the Under 13Boys 300m hurdle record with a time of 48.65, finishing tenth overall.

Cooper Smith broke the Under 13Boys 200m record with a time of 13.23.

A reminder to all competitors that the club’s presentation night will be held this Friday night, April 10 at 5.30 pm at Wonthaggi Primary School.

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Back to Charlie Brown’s THE annual Back to Charlie Brown’s Day just keeps getting bigger and better.

The eighth annual event, put on by dedicated members of the Waratah Bay community, was widely supported by the whole township and the caravan park community on Easter Saturday.

Officially it is a contest between the Waratah Bay Caravan Park, the “Parkers”, and the Waratah Bay township, known as the “Waratites”.

The day started with the beach sand sculpting competition. Following some great music and the tradi-

tional strawberries and cream it was on to competition proper on the village green with generally fine conditions prevailing.

Games such as egg and spoon, hoola hoop, sprints and sack racing were all fiercely contested while the fitting finale was the respective tug of war for men and women and the Easter egg scramble for the children.

The “rolling pin” relay race was an absolute nail biter in both men and women with the “Waratites” teams winning both by slim margins.

The “Waratites” bounced back this year to have a big win over the “Parkers”, reversing last year’s re-

sult as they claimed the annual shield with a big win, winning both tug of wars in the process. The “Parkers” have now won five Charlie Brown days to the “Waratites” two, the shock narrow winners last year.

The day was once again good, old fashioned fun, showing plenty of community spirit.

Great day: enjoying a fun day at the old fashioned sports were, from left, Larissa Parkyn, Patrick Parkyn, Chris Melges, and Julia Melges.

Red Go faster!

RED House, McHaffie, proved that red really does go faster when the house was declared the winner of Newhaven College’s Junior School House Athletics Carnival on Friday, March 20.

Prep and Year 1 students enthusiastically participated in a half day

program of fun events including sprinting, frisbee throwing, a sack race relay, mini-hurdles and rainbow tail throwing.

Year 2 to 4 students had a go at every running event from 100m right through to 1500m (they completed the longer distances in the weeks leading up to the carnival) as well as hurdles, long jump, high jump, discus and shot put.

The cool, windy and sometimes wet conditions didn’t affect the students’ performances and 12 new school records were set.

Willamina Donohue and Jamie Liatos were stand out athletes on the day with Willamina claiming four new records and Jamie bagging three.

The new school record holders are: U8 Boys 100m William Peppard, 17.24; U8 Girls 100m So-

McHaffie wins: from left, Sarah Hawking and Faith Stewart-Walters accept the Newhaven College Junior School House Athletics Carnival Shield on behalf of McHaffie House from their PE teacher, Ms Marcelle Krieg.

Hot contest: Hunter van der Zwet just beat Henry Peppard to claim a relay win for Sambell House with Head of Junior School, Ralph Arceo, cheering them both on to the finish line.

phia Hungerford, 17.80; U9 Girls 100m Jaelina Kiley, 17.60; U10 Boys 100m Jamie Liatos, 15.30; U10 Girls 100m Willamina Donohue, 16.68; U10 Boys 200m Jamie Liatos, 33.10; U10 Girls 200m Willamina Donohue, 37.16; U9 Girls 1500m Isla Cousins, 7.35; U10 Girls1500m Willamina Donohue, 7.18; U10 Girls Longjump Willamina Donohue, 2.73m; U10

Boys Longjump Jamie Liatos, 3.30m; and U10 Boys Shotput William Kliszewski, 6.96m.

McHaffie House was the clear winner at the end of the day followed by Sambell in second, Clarke in third and Bass in fourth place.

McHaffie House captains Faith Stewart-Walters and Sarah Hawking accepted the winning shield on behalf of their

team mates.

The girls congratulated all of the students for trying their best, and thanked their PE teacher Ms Marcelle Krieg, Mr Arceo, the Year 9 leaders and all of the parents for contributing to a fun day.

Mr Arceo praised all students for their positive attitudes and team spirit saying, “The Athletics Carnival was another great success despite the

inclement weather at the start of the day. Students participated, cheered and supported their House groups with passion and enthusiasm. The effort and sportsmanship of all students was outstanding and congratulations to McHaffie House for winning the Carnival.

Thank you to all the staff and parent volunteers who ran events on the day.”

LDCA presentation night LEONGATHA and District Cricket Association held its presentation night last Tuesday with Town’s Amila Ratnaike taking out the A1 Cricketer of the Year award.

Trophy winners

A Grade Division 1: Batting Amila Ratnaike, Town, 796 runs, 88.44.

Bowling Josh Trease, Nerrena, 30 wkts at 13.83. Cricketer of the Year Amila Ratnaike, Town, 1166 pts. Club captain award Phillip Island. Premiers Inverloch.

A Grade Division 2: Batting Ashley Oats, Kilcunda-Bass, 450 runs at 56.25.

Bowling Adam Eddy, MDU, 52 wkts at 8.08. Cricketer of the Year Andrew Donohue, Kilcunda-Bass, 953 pts. Club captain award Glen Alvie. Premiers Korumburra.

B Grade Division 1: Batting David Dutchman, Workmens, 398 runs at 49.75. Bowling Anton Thomas, Phillip Island, 30 wkts at 9.70. Cricketer of the Year Russell White, OMK, 626 pts.

Club captain award Wonthaggi Work-

mens. Premiers OMK. B Grade Division 2: Batting Jeremy Oxlee, Korumburra, 431 runs at 53.88.

Bowling Clint Honeysett, Miners, 28 wkts at 9.21. Cricketer of the Year Clint Honeysett, Miners, 702 pts. Club captain award Glen Alvie. Premiers KoonwarraLRSL. C Grade Division 1: Batting Ben Croatto, Nerrena, 422 runs at 66.40.

Bowling Matt Cadwallender, Workmens, 23 wkts at 9.96. Cricketer of the Year Ben Croatto, Nerrena, 607 pts. Premiers OMK. C Grade Division 2: Batting Ian Thorn, Glen Alvie, 308 runs at 51.33.

Bowling Adam Hall, Miners, 24 wkts at 7.67. Cricketer of the Year Mark Dobbie, Workmens, 606 pts. Premiers Korumburra.

Under 16s: Batting Koby Brann, Workmens, 415 runs at 83.00. Bowling Darcy Brosnan, Miners, 17 wkts at 8.59.

Cricketer of the Year Jack Keating, Phillip Island, 606 pts. Premiers Nerrena.

Other awards Fred Zeuschner Best U/18 Cricketer

- Ben Perry, Koonwarra-LRSL. Clark - Wyatt U/18 GCL Medal Tom Officer, Phillip Island.

Anderson - Bolding Melbourne Country Week Medal - Tim Wightman, Nerrena.

Semkin - Wood U/16 GCL Medal Pierre Dunlevie, Korumburra.

Gray - Moore Senior GCL Medal Jason Wilson, OMK. Charltonian Best Run Club - Koonwarra-LRSL. A1 one day champions - Nerrena.

A2 one day champions - MDU. 20/20 Knockout A Grade premiers Wonthaggi Workmens.

Team of the year

A Grade Division 1: Batsmen Amila Ratnaike, Town; Gavin Britt, Workmens; Mitchell Clark, Nerrena; Jason Wilson, OMK; Christian Silkstone, Imps; Ryan Thomas, Workmens.

Wicketkeeper Walter Taberner, Inverloch.

Bowlers Madura Weerasinghe, Town; Josh Trease, Nerrena; Ryan Birkett, Miners; Kit Rotthier, Inverloch.

A Grade Division 2: Batsmen Andrew Donohue, Killy-Bass; Graeme Watkins, FCT; Nick Eddy, MDU; Daniel Hales, Glen Alvie; Ashley Oats, Kilcunda-Bass; Sam Hughes, K-LRSL. Wicketkeeper Dylan Hateley, Glen Alvie.

Bowlers Adam Eddy, MDU; Kyle Dorman, Korumburra; Shane Dole, Korumburra; Jason Kennedy, K-LRSL. B Grade Division 1: Batsmen Russell White, OMK; David Dutchman, Workmens; Wayne Telfer, Nerrena; James Paterson, OMK; Tim Clark, Nerrena; Liam Keating, Phillip Island.

Wicketkeeper Tom Knox, OMK. Bowlers Anton Thomas, Phillip Island; Jason Riley, MDU; Peter Dell, OMK; Zane Macdermid, WWC. B Grade Division 2: Batsmen Brett Moore, K-LRSL; Jeremy Oxlee, Korumburra; Ray Gardiner, Kilcunda-Bass; Paul Hammer, Miners; Trevor Allen, Poowong-Loch; Brett Joseph, Kilcunda-Bass.

Wicketkeeper Nick Leppin, Korumburra.

Bowlers Rohan Duff, KilcundaBass; Clint Honeysett, Miners; Ricky Knox, Poowong-Loch; Phil Owen, Miners.

C Grade Division 1: Batsmen Ben Croatto, Nerrena; Ian Barnes, Workmens; Paul Robinson, MDU; Shane Osborne, Workmens; Mark Christopher, Phillip Island; Ian Fowler, Inverloch.

Wicketkeeper Hayden Funnell, Nerrena.

Bowlers Matt Cadwallender, WWC; Joshua Williams, Inverloch; David Jeffries, OMK; Daniel Grigg, Nerrena.

C Grade Division 2: Batsmen Ian Thorn, Glen Alvie; Tony Latham, Miners; Mitchell Davey, Workmens; Geoff Peters, Miners; Joe Reilly, KilcundaBass; Donald Wylie, OMK. Wicketkeeper Reece Attenborough, Poowong-Loch.

Bowlers Mark Dobbie, Workmens; Adam Hall, Miners; Simon Blake, Killy-Bass; Neil Hancock, PoowongLoch.

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SPORT | GOLF thrash Guy and Dolls, 136 – 113. Josh Hall, Peter Hartigan and Dot Stubbs performed best for the winners, with Loris Clark again performing best for Guys and Dolls.

Tom Titts were equally convincing in defeating Ace Eight, 132 - 115.

Doc Howson, Will Norden and Trevor Steer all had solid rounds, with Dave Vorweg and Jon Smith putting up the best scores for Ace Eight.

Royal Blues moved into the top four with a convincing 132-126 win over Pitch Perfect, thanks largely to the fine rounds of Gordon Morrison and Graeme Burt. Fred de Bondt starred for the losing team.

Tigers Wood are finding form as we get to the business end of the season and were too strong for Hot Shots, 135-118.

The hot scores from Sue Bowler and Maxine Eabry ensured victory for Tigers Wood, with Barry Attwood in fine form for the winless Hot Shots.

Leongatha ladies THIRTY-SIX women competed in the first Monthly Medal for the year.

Loris Clark had a day out, winning the Monthly Medal and B Grade with an excellent 97/28/69 net.

Loris attributed some of her success to the pennant coaching clinics conducted by USPGA professional John Payne.

Sharyn Rayson won the A Grade section and the scratch event with 85/13/72.

Sharyn also won the nearest the pin on the 14th.

C Grade was won by Louise Schache with 114/40/74.

There has been a notable and steady decline in Louise’s handicap recently.

Wendy Parker managed the slightly sandy greens to win the putting competition with 28 points, on a count back from Jocelyn Howson.

Down the line balls were won by Julie Howard and Coral Gray 74 net, Marianne Leaver 75, Jocelyn Howson, Debbie Miller, Colleen Touzel, Wendy Parker 76, Dot Stubbs 77 and Marea Maher 78 on a count back.

Twelve women competed in the nine hole competition.

Gwen Chapman won with 17 points on a count back. Kit Boag and Noreen Williams won balls down the line with 17 and 16 points respectively.

The winners of the Wonthaggi Bowl last week were congratulated by our women’s captain.

Shirley Welsford, Marea Maher (women’s captain) and Wendy Parker amassed 102 points.

Saturday, March 28: 4BBB - winners: Lyn Hart 34 and Marea Maher 23 with 43 points.

Down the line: Dot Stubbs and Di Williams 37 points.

Nearest the pin: Wendy Parker.

Woorayl A TWO man stableford pairs competition was played which was also the qualifier for a board event.

Danny Dwyer and Ash Turner survived a countback to defeat the father and son combination of Mick and Steve Herrald with 73 points.

The down the line balls went to T. Walters, D. Symmons, B. Stubbs, C. Hall, I. Atcheson, J. Hassett, G. Fennell, I. McLennan, W. Turner, and M. Grist.

The nearest the pins went to Brett Stubbs and Michael Grist.

The qualifiers were D. Dwyer, A. Turner; T. Walters, D. Symmons; B. Stubbs, C. Hall; I. Atcheson, J. Hassett.

The ladies’ event went to Janet Thompson with 37 points and we gave a ball to Sue Herrald. The ball raffle going to ‘Symmo’.

Next week sees a two man ambrose sponsored by Ross Winkler and John Bolge.

Korumburra THERE were 53 players on Saturday, April 4 for a stroke monthly medal competition, with trophies by David Gow and Marty Deleeuw.

A Grade: M. Webb (7 hcp) 67 net, S. Rose 70 net, P. Johnson 71 countback, P. Hopkins 71, B. Hessels 71, P. Hornibrook 70, T. Herbert 72, T. Marotti 72.

B Grade: T. Marotti (2 hcp) 74, M. Webb (16 hcp) 68 net, M. Belvedere 70, B. Pope 71, L. Webster 71.

C Grade: G. Wilson (19 hcp) 71 net, A. Worthy 72, R. Beilby 72, R. Blay 72.

Visitors are always welcome

Wonthaggi ON Saturday we played our April monthly medal with a great field of 101 players.

The A Grade winner was P. Hanley 66 net, B Grade and monthly medal S. Tiziani 64 net and C Grade K. Loughran 67 net.

Balls down the line: S. Kane 66, T. Salmon, C. Andrew, J. Drew 67; I. McDonald 68, L. Sawyer, G. Ryan, K. Ridout 69; P. Young, M. Tiziani, A. Briggs 70; P. Fairborough, L. Strosser 71; J. Richardson, S. Haag, W. Fennell, J. Burke, J. McEachern, J. Redman, R. Golding 72.

Nearest the pins: 2nd A. Hopkins, 8th B. Vanagtmaal, 13th A. Briggs, 17th S. Kane.

Eagle: C. Jeeves 7th hole.

Putting: C. Andrew 24 putts.

Pennant this Sunday Division 1 will need to keep winning at Meeniyan. Division 2 have a bye, Division 3 and 4 must have wins to keep in touch with the top two teams.

Good luck to all players.

With Easter now done and dusted a big thank you to Robyn Williamson in the pro shop, with heaps of green fee players coming through, our takings were fantastic.

I am sure you will all agree our course is coming on with the greens being great, fairways absolutely pure and I can’t wait to tee up on our new 17th hole, it looks awesome.

Have a great week and let’s get together and win some pennant flags.

Meeniyan ON Saturday, April 4, 21 members played medal day in brilliant conditions.

Woorayl Ladies ON Wednesday, April 1 the winner of the Monthly Medal and B Grade was Carol Johnson with 72 net.

The winner of A Grade was Marg Tuckett with 74 net.

DTL: Heather Sullivan, 74 net and Anne Grist, 76 net.

NTP: eighth, Heather Sullivan; 11th, Anne Grist.

The putting was won by Heather Sullivan with 27 putts.

Next week, April 8, choose your partners for the Doris Chambers Foursomes.

TWENTY TWO pairs played in the Royal Women’s Hospital 4BBB fundraiser event last week.

Marg Berry provided trophies for winners and runners up on the day.

Loris Clark, and daughter Sue Bowler, combined extremely well to win with a score of 46.

Loris is on a winning spree, taking out the monthly medal last week.

Runners up, Toni West and Alison Strong, were hard on their heels with 46 points.

Down the line balls were won by Maxine Eabry and

A Grade winner was Bob McGeary 68 net (13 hcp), runner-up Chris Buckland 73 net (6 hcp).

B Grade winner was Peter Riddle 72 net (25 hcp), runnerup Lloyd Redpath 73 net (24 hcp).

Bob was also April’s medal winner, he couldn’t let wife Marilyn have the glory of winning the medal on Wednesday all to herself.

Putts went to Chris Buckland. Pro pin to Elia Carter.

Down the line: Allen Shatten, Paul Robinson, Graeme Revell and Dave Thomson.

Will Bullock took home the members’ draw.

Thanks to the day’s sponsors David Thomson and Denise Poletti.

On Tuesday, March 31 the winner was Dave McIntyre on countback from Bob McGeary with a nice stableford 39 points.

Best nine Bruce Betts 21 pts and nearest the pin Lloyd Hemphill.

On Thursday, April 2 the single stableford winner was ever stable Col Stewart with 39 pts on countback from the ‘I’m retired but ever busy’ Bob McGeary. Best nine was Chris Buckland and nearest the pin Col Stewart.

On Friday, April 10 we are having Glo Golf, lots of fun, this is take two due to being

Korumburra ladies EIGHTEEN members played in Wednesday’s Stroke event with fine weather prevailing throughout the day.

Div 1 (0-22) was won by Barb Walker, who had a great score of 91(20)71.

Runner up was Lee Clements 86(12)74 on a countback from Norrie Little 95(21)74.

Lee was also the Scratch Score winner.

Barb Twite had a fantastic result of 94(25)69 to win Div 2 (23-45), the April Monthly Medal and the third round of the Silver Spoon.

Marg Young was Div 2 runner up with 97(25)72.

NTPs went to Barb Walker on the first and Judy Webb on the 10th and 13th greens.

Balls Down the Line winners were Norrie Little, 74 net, Judy Webb, 77 net and Janice Follett, on a countback from three others, with 78 net.

A big welcome to Betty Yann, who, although she has

Wonthaggi Ladies

Well done: winner of the Monthly Medal was Carol Johnson with 72 net.

Leongatha ladies

Winning pair: from left, Sue Bowler and Loris Clark were the unbeatable mother daughter duo at the Leongatha Golf Club on Wednesday.

Nearest the pin: 1st T. Herbert, 7th M. Garnham, 10th A. Worthy, 13th R. Ludenia.

Tuesday’s winner was D. Enbom 44 pts and Thursday’s winner was E. Poole 35 pts.

Wendy Parker with 43 points, Sharyn Rayson and Gwen Chapman and Ana Gibson and Marea Maher 41, Nan Meagher and Portia Toussant, Deb Miller and Jan Brownlie and Shirley Welsford and Sue Woods 40 points.

Toni West was closest to the flag on the 14th and Maxine Eabry on the 16th.

Saturday, April 4: A Grade winner: Wendy Parker 85/14/71.

B Grade winner: Ann Gibson 100/25/75.

Down the line: Dot Stubbs 74 net, Sharyn Rayson 74, Rebecca Wilson 76 and Marg Berry 77 net.

IT was with heavy hearts that the Wonthaggi golf ladies gathered to play our April Monthly Medal as we were missing a loved member of our golfing sisterhood.

Vale for Denise Miller, a wonderful friend who passed away suddenly last week.

There comes a round in your golfing adventures that you will not forget and the game seems very easy indeed.

Marion Walker 95 (31) 64 net blew away the field to earn the accolades and the Monthly Medal on the day.

There were some great rounds in but there was never going to be a better one than Marion’s.

A Grade and Scratch were won by Marg Johnson with 80 (11) 69 net.

B Grade winner Marg

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Thursday, April 2 stableford competition: Day winner Joe Taylor 38 points countback.

DTLs: Dave Evans 38 countback, Ron Funnell 38 countback. NTP: Simon Duff.

Saturday April 4, monthly medal - stroke: Medal winner Ron Funnell (20) 66 net.

DTLs: Gary Renwick 67, Joe Taylor 71, Simon Duff 72 and Keith Clerks 72.

Second shot NTP first hole: Gary Renwick.

NTP: 4th Mal Payne, 6th Gary Renwick, 13th Ray Matthews, 16th Terry Donnison.

The winner of the Easter raffle was Christine Ross and second prize was won by Judy Kinshaw.

South Gippsland womens Results

Section 1: Leongatha 12 points / 11.5 games, Meeniyan 4 points / 8.5 games Foster 4 points / 5.5 games, Phillip Island 4 points / 4.5 games.

Section 2: Leongatha 8 points / 7.5 games, Wonthaggi 6 points / 7.5 games, Korumburra 6 points / 7.5 games, Woorayl played nine holes on a few occasions recently, completed 18 holes on Wednesday.

You are an inspiration to all of us Bet, and it is wonderful to have you back on the course.

Thanks to Betty for baking the Yo Yo’s for the raffle and the winners were Barb Walker and Kath Welsh.

Next Wednesday is a par competition, with Lee Clements and Corrie George putting the field out.

Friday, April 10, is the Moulton Bowl, and we look forward to a large field, with teams from many clubs visiting Korumburra on the day.

Well done to Section 2 pennant on the win of 3½ / 1½ against Meeniyan at Meeniyan.

Unfortunately, Section 2 had a 4-0 loss to Phillip Island, at Wonthaggi.

The next matches are on April 13.

Six women played in the RB Stroke event on Saturday, with Deb Wrigley winning

O’Halloran with 91 (23) 68 would normally romp in a stroke medal round, however, she did win both NTP’s on the eighth and the 17th.

The putting was won by Dot Garry (on c/b) with 29 putts.

Birdies were scored

4 points 3 games, Lang Lang 0 points / 3.5 games, Meeniyan 0 points / 2.5 games.

Section 3: Foster 8 points / 10 games, Phillip Island 8 points / 7 games, Leongatha 4 points / 6.5 games, Wonthaggi 4 points / 4.5 games, Woorayl 0 points 1 game, Korumburra 0 points, 1 game.

Section 4: Leongatha 12 points / 13 games, Foster 8 points / 6 games, Welshpool 4 points / 7 games, Lang Lang 0 points / 4 games.

Ladders

(after completion of Round 2 for Section 2 and 3 and Round 3 for Section 1 and 4) Section 1 Leongatha.......................... 11.5 12 Meeniyan ............................. 8.5 4 Foster ................................... 5.5 4 Phillip Island..................... ..4.5 4 Section 2 Leongatha............................ 7.5 8 Wonthaggi ........................... 7.5 6 Korumburra ....................... 6.0 6 Woorayl ............................... 3.9 4 Lang Lang ........................... 3.5 0 Meeniyan .............................. 2.5 0 Section 3 Foster ................................. 10.0 8 Phillip Island....................... 7.0 8 Leongatha............................ 6.5 4 Wonthaggi ........................... 4.5 4 Woorayl ................................ 1.0 0 Korumburra .......................... 1.0 0 Section 4 Leongatha..........................13.0 12 Foster ................................... 6.0 8 Welshpool ............................ 7.0 4 Lang Lang ........................... 4.0 0

103(27)76.

Lee Clements was runner up, 89(12)77.

Deb was NTP on the first and Sharon Adams was closest on the 13th green.

Champion: Barb Twite was the April Monthly Medallist, as well as the winner of Division 2 and the third round of the Silver Spoon, at Korumburra last Wednesday.

by Marion Walker, Marg O’Halloran, Sara Beale and Geraldine Prentice.

BDL: M. Walker 64, M. O’Halloran 68, Marg Johnson 69, S. Beale 70, B. Dobson 70, D. Grimmond 71, M. Masterman 71, P. Hanley 71, D. Harvey 71.

Easy indeed: from left, A Grade winner, Marg Johnson; C Grade and Monthly Medal, Marion Walker; and B Grade, Marg O’Halloran.

We have a great course in a natural bushland setting, listed in the Top 100 Public Access Course by Golf Australia magazine.

We also have a well stocked Golf Shop, hire of clubs/carts/buggies are also available, 4 competitions each week, practice driving range, putting green and bunker. Our Santa Anna Fairways, Bent grass Greens and refurbished / designed Bunkers make for a great game. Coaching lessons are also available for all including our juniors programs.

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Leongatha ON Saturday Peter Jaspers (16) had a great day, taking out the B Grade competition, the Monthly Medal and the Super Comp with a very good score of net 65.

Brian Vella (6) had a net 71 to win in A Grade.

C Grade was taken out by Frank Gill (21) with net 73 in a countback whilst Colin Moyle (26) had a net 66 to win D Grade.

NTP’s were Brian Hutton on the fourth hole, Russ Williams on the seventh, Con Carydias on the 14th and Peter Waters on the 16th.

DTL Balls : Ted Bruinewood, Marcus Drummond, Dale Comrie, Fred de Bondt, Peter Waters, Graeme Burt, Neale Gillin, Nick Fraser, Geoff McDonald, Darrell Prior, Jon Smith, Barry Attwood, Geoff Morrison, Peter Hart, Rod Hopcraft, Pat Mitchell, Nick Savino, Peter Hartigan, Merv Stubbs, Will Norden and Andy Bassett.

A Strabrose Competition was contested on Tuesday with the team of Bec, Lachie and Ryan Thomas and John Payne successful with 61 points.

NTP’s were John Payne on the 14th hole and Joe Lowell on the 16th.

DTL balls went to Bob Smith, Ian Barlow, Bruce Gibson, Dennis Hanna, Ian Craig, Peter Waters, Bill Warren and Kevin Scott.

It was a very successful day for the Thomas family with young Ryan Thomas emulating the feat of his father of a couple of weeks ago by having an eagle two on the par four third hole.

Thursday saw club manager Josh Hall (4) successful in A Grade with 36 points.

Rob McCann also had 36 points to take out B Grade.

NTP’s were Barry Stevens on the fourth hole, Ian Murchie on the seventh, Josh Hall on the 14th and Jon Smith on the 16th.

DTL Balls : Trevor Steer, Peter Hartigan, Geoff McDonald, Dave Vorwerg, Frank Smedley, Jon Smith, Barry Stevens, Col Sperling, Merv Stubbs, David Forbes, Kevin Castwood, and Brian Fennessy.

Round four of Super League saw the leaders consolidate their positions at the top of the ladder.

Tom Titts and Condors are now two wins clear of their nearest rivals and their round six clash is shaping up as a blockbuster.

Hot Shots and Ace Eight need to get their seasons moving quickly if they are to gain a finals berth.

This week saw Condors

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The winners being Annie Maruzza and Keith Pocklington with Max Brown and Neville Meikle runners up.

Thursday, April 2 was our last Monthly Triples for the summer season.

The winning team of Keith Marsh, Col Underwood and Roger Balment was from Korumburra while the runners up were Alan Easterbrook, Ollie Crouch and Mike Parnell.

Rod Jackson and Peter Shaw were unlucky third and fourth.

The best last game went to Albert Bentley’s Foster team.

Our weekly Winter Triples program begins on Monday, May 4.

This Wednesday is combined President’s Day with Wes Logan and Leonie Hanks organising the day.

Tuesday, April 14 is our two bowl triples day the final calendar event for the season with the club drawn Mixed Pairs on Monday April 27 (names still needed).

Nominations are now open for the general committee with our AGM on Wednesday, May 6.

Winniers: from left, Laurel Lee, Rhonda Davies and Pam Lawson claimed the top prize at Wednesday Social Bowls at Inverloch.

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WEDNESDAY Social Bowls brought a few ladies to the greens.

Two games of 10 ends were played with a mix of triples and fours.

There was no two game winner.

Just missing out by one shot was the team of Veronica Muir, Joy Brown, Jill Bateman and Kathy Heaphy.

Congratulations to our winners, Rhonda Davies, Pam Lawson and Laurel Lee. Raffles were won by Ivy Sheppard, Rhonda Davies and Marg Griffin.

Our Bowl Over Cancer Day will be held today Wednesday, April 8 starting at 12.30pm. It is a Mixed Fours event. There will be a trading table so items for this table would be appreciated. Since Inverloch Bowling Club was the featured club in the Cancer Council flyer advertising this event, let’s make it a great day and fundraiser for this worthy cause. Put your name on the

Mardan Indoor BACK home to Mardan this week and we had a turnout of 13 players as a result of some members heading off for an early Easter break.

We hope they had fun and look forward to hearing about their adventures next week.

So we had four teams (three by three and one by four) knuckling down to play two games of ten ends which left the super fast mat on the trolley this week.

Sighs of relief echoed around the hall when that happened.

The balance of teams was done well and selectors are to be thanked for that, especially Denyse who is still getting her head around it.

The night was played with the usual gusto with all teams having a win under their belts at the final whistle.

sheet in the club house or call on the day by 11.30am.

The last day of Social Bowls will be held on (Wednesday, April 29) and is the day our Very Special Ladies join us for afternoon tea.

Start time is at 12.30pm.

The Ladies Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday, May 1 at 10am.

The nominations for match, catering, Pennant and tournament secretary are now open and will close on Wednesday, April 22 at 5pm.

If voting is required it will be held during the week of April 27 with exact dates and times to be confirmed.

Our Wine and Dine event has returned this season.

It will be held on Tuesday, May 5 with the theme of Butterflies and Bees.

It starts with sherries at 11.30am.

Why not get a table organised?

Mens

Thursday, April 2 24 men formed 12 pairs to play two by 14 end games in windy I must add at this point that Garry Shandley, Bev and Peter Ellison all played very well and I believe they will prove to be stiff competition if they continue to improve at this rate.

Well done all three.

The results came down to shots up and as tight as it was three teams had negative shots with one having positive shots.

Results: runners-up with one win and one loss, Peter Ellison, John McColl and Ann Plowman (s); winners with one win plus six positive shots, Bev Ellison, Bev Greenwood and Tony Allen-Clay (s).

Well done to all players and hopefully the turnout will continue to grow as the months pass. Let’s face it there is nothing worth watching on the TV on Wednesday nights.

Those who were away this week please note: next week it was decided that we would go

conditions, but no rain.

Winners with 39 points were John Thornton (s) and Gavin Blew.

Runners-up on 38 points were Harry Rybalka (s) and Graeme Dunlop.

Mens’ Thursday Social Bowls again next Thursday, April 9 with sign-on by 11.30 for a 12.30 start.

Inverloch now has an International Technical Official (umpire) an accreditation which permits that person to officiate at bowls tournaments at any level, in any part of the world.

It is a rare distinction and one which is only given (by World Bowls Ltd, in Edinburgh, Scotland) to experienced umpires who have undertaken additional training and passed a demanding series of practical, oral and written examinations.

Inverloch Bowling Club congratulates ladies’ member Lorraine Dowson on achieving her ITO accreditation in March 2015, for the five year period to March 2020.

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over to Buffalo to support them on their open night so there will be no bowls at Mardan until April 15.

Meeniyan TUESDAY, March 30 was the Meeniyan Ladies Tournament.

In perfect conditions teams from all parts of the division plus a team from Moe played three games.

The day’s winners were Rena Sparks, Ann Plowman, Dot Stein and Marg Briscoe (Mirboo North) with Foster’s N. Parry, B.Tyers, J. Bohn and L. Park runners up.

Margaret Goad’s Korumburra team also won three games.

Tuesday April 21 is Ladies Gala Day, the last event for the season.

Wednesday, April 1 was our Memorial Day when we remember past players.

Pairs played two games of

WEDNESDAY, March 25 saw 26 teams take to the greens for the monthly triples.

The winners on the day were the Phillip Island team of K. Lawson (s), B. Hensley and Joan Paterno with four wins plus 26. Runners-up also a Phillip Island team of J. Newcombe (s), P. Forrest and G. Caraon with three wins plus 44.

The best last game went to the Leongatha team of W. Walker (s), A. Easterbrook and O. Crouch.

Sponsor for the day was Leongatha Fresh Meats and the club thanks them for their valued support.

Friday night, March 27 saw some 50 plus attend the club’s presentation night where I have been reliably informed that our catering ladies led by Trish McCormack provided what has been described as an excellent savouries plus two course meal that set the night off to a flyer, with the presentations also taking pride of place.

As readers will be aware I listed in my last report all the various winners and the only winners I was unable to report, because this is decided in a final count on the night, was the club’s ladies pennant player of the year who was Rosa James, and the men’s pennant player of the year who was Wayne Walker. Congratulations to Rosa and Wayne.

Saturday, March 28 saw only six teams on the greens

Tarwin OUR club championships are well and truly down to the last competitors.

Best of luck to all competing.

Results will be known shortly.

This Wednesday, April 8 is the second last game of Tarwin Triples with the final day listed for April 22.

Please call Gordon Burke if you are interested in either days’ play.

He can be contacted on 5663 7745.

These days have been a huge success for the club any many thanks must go to Gordon and is helpers.

The ladies are holding their Ladies Guest Day on Thursday, April 16.

If you have any queries please contact Marion Emmet on 5663 7087.

Names of players and guests on the lists at the club.

Be in it for a really good fun day of bowls.

Thursday, April 23 is the club’s A.G.M. This will be held at the club rooms from 7pm.

We ask that all members come along and have a say in relation to the progress of the club, as this past year we have enjoyed some wonderful and satisfying achievements.

It would be appropriate to thank the present committee for all the hard work that it has contributed.

On Tuesday, April 28 the Ladies are holding their sectional meeting to nominate and elect new committee members.

This will commence at 10am at the club rooms.

Once again it would be appreciated if all lady memand the winners were Wayne Walker (s) and John Richards with three wins plus 14.

Wednesday, April 1 saw 12 teams on the greens and the winners were R. Trotman (s) and R. Soderland, runners-up were J. Kuiper (s) and D. Bee, however no scores were entered on the report sheet.

Good Friday, April 3 saw eight teams take part in a social bowls children’s hospital appeal day. Winners on the day were the team of Alan Rayson (s), Sue Symmons and Marlene Rayson with two wins plus 19, runners-up were C. Harry (s), G. Emmerson and E. Coulter with two wins plus three.

Altogether the club raised $700 for the appeal made up of the following: $358.10 auction, takings for the day $120 and collected during the year $221.90 wrong bias. Well done

bers are able to attend.

Saturday, May 2 is our Presentation Dinner.

Please list names on the forms at the club if you will be attending.

We need to finalize numbers for the caterers so please be quick.

Cost is $28 per head and the night will commence at 6.30pm.

Any further queries can be directed to Mary Massier, our social director on 5663 7830.

Eric Gallop is once again managing Tuesday Classic Pairs and if you would like to play please put your names down on the list one again at the club.

If you cannot attend on the Tuesday you can look forward to the clubs Wednesday Wizz. Yes it will be held again this year.

Just turn up at the club at 10.30 for an 11am start.

Stick draw start with one game before our delicious barbecue lunch, and one game

after, weather permitting.

All are welcome to this event and new bowlers especially.

There are sure to be some local experts on hand to encourage and enlighten you to the fantastic game of bowls.

On Sunday, April 5 the club opened its doors to the Tour de Tarwin group for two sessions of bowls.

This proved to be a very happy and successful day which rounded up the Tour’s three days of fund raising.

The winners of the morning’s round went to a team from Carnegie: Luke Craig, David Housden and Sam Chauhean.

Winners of the afternoon session was a team from the Hawthorn Bowling Club, consisting of Campbell Dickinson, Marie O’Keefe, Jill Matty and Andrew Schockman.

This is a wonderful way to meet friends and neighbours around the area and give support to the local CFA.

Open day winners: from the Hawthorn Bowling Club from left, Marie, Jill, Andrew and Campbell with their sun lounge winners’ trophy. Tarwin’s Pat O’Donohue joined in too help this team along to victory.

Leongatha Bowls Club.

Saturday, April 4 saw only six teams take to the greens in a social bowls event and the winners were F. Filomeno (s) and G. Washfold with two wins plus 16.

Reminders: The next Kitty Club tea night will be held on Friday, April 17 at 6pm. If you will be attending please ensure you have put your name on the list near the match committee room door.

Don’t forget members that the club’s annual general meeting will be held on April 15 at 7.30pm. Nominations for the board and various committee positions will close on April 8, 2015. Nomination forms are still available in the board room.

Good bowling to all club members who will next weekend take part in the RSL Edin-

burgh Shield to be held north of our state.

Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

Buffalo indoor

ON Wednesday, April 1 we had eight players on a nice night to bowl which saw four teams of two.

We played three games of eight ends with six bowls.

In fourth (LLL), skipper Bill Wolswinkle and Mary Tumino; third (LLW), skipper Charlie Tumino and Sebastian Terranova; second (WWL), skipper Rod McConchie and Joyce Occhipinti; first (WWW), skipper Toni Heldens and Joe Occhipinti.

The best first game Rod 13-4, second Toni 12-7, third Charlie 13-2.

Hope to see you all next Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Alberton netball

Results - Round 1 April 4

A Grade: InverlochKongwak 19 lt KorumburraBena 53; Kilcunda-Bass 16 lt Dalyston 57; Phillip Island 29 lt Stony Creek 48; Tarwin 19 lt MDU 32; Foster 35 d Fish Creek 31.

B Grade: InverlochKongwak 45 lt KorumburraBena 57; Kilcunda-Bass 24 lt Dalyston 51; Phillip Island 30 d Stony Creek 29; Tarwin 25 lt MDU 32; Foster 43 d Fish Creek 39.

C Grade: InverlochKongwak 24 lt KorumburraBena 44; Kilcunda-Bass 19 lt Dalyston 46; Phillip Island 26 lt Stony Creek 30; Tarwin 17 d MDU 8; Foster 18 lt Fish Creek 23.

17 & Under: InverlochKongwak 40 d KorumburraBena 28; Kilcunda-Bass 13 lt Dalyston 56; Phillip Island 55 d Stony Creek 14; Tarwin

11 lt MDU 15; Foster 18 drew Fish Creek 18.

15 & Under: InverlochKongwak 20 d KorumburraBena 16; Kilcunda-Bass 14 lt Dalyston 32; Phillip Island 59 d Stony Creek 4; Tarwin 3 lt MDU 16; Foster 22 d Fish Creek 15.

13 & Under: InverlochKongwak 30 d KorumburraBena 16; Phillip Island 38 d Stony Creek 3; Foster 11 lt Fish Creek 19.

Ladders

A Grade Dalyston .......................356.25 Kor-Bena ......................278.95 MDU .............................168.42 Stony Creek .................165.52 Foster............................ 112.90 Fish Creek ......................88.57 Phillip Island ...................60.42 Tarwin .............................59.38 Inv-Kongwak ..................35.85 Kil-Bass...........................28.07 DWWWW.........................0.00 Toora .................................0.00 B Grade Dalyston .......................212.50

4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

MDU .............................128.00 Kor-Bena ......................126.67 Foster............................ 110.26 Phillip Island................103.45 Stony Creek ...................96.67 Fish Creek .......................90.70 Inv-Kongwak ..................78.95 Tarwin .............................78.13 Kil-Bass...........................47.06 DWWWW.........................0.00 Toora .................................0.00 C Grade Dalyston ....................... 242.11 Tarwin ..........................212.50 Kor-Bena ......................183.33 Fish Creek ....................127.78 Stony Creek ................. 115.38 Phillip Island..................86.67 Foster...............................78.26 Inv-Kongwak ..................54.55 MDU ...............................47.06 Kil-Bass...........................41.30 DWWWW.........................0.00 Toora .................................0.00 17 & Under Dalyston .......................430.77 Phillip Island................392.86 Inv-Kongwak ...............142.86 MDU .............................136.36 Fish Creek ....................100.00 Foster............................100.00 Tarwin .............................73.33

4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 2 2 0

Kor-Bena .........................70.00 Stony Creek.....................25.45 Kil-Bass...........................23.21 DWWWW.........................0.00 Toora .................................0.00 15 & Under Phillip Island..............1475.00 MDU .............................533.33 Dalyston .......................228.57 Foster............................146.67 Inv-Kongwak ...............125.00 Kor-Bena ........................80.00 Fish Creek .......................68.18 Kil-Bass...........................43.75 Tarwin .............................18.75 Stony Creek.......................6.78 DWWWW.........................0.00 Toora .................................0.00 13 & Under Phillip Island..............1266.67 Inv-Kongwak ...............187.50 Fish Creek ....................172.73 Dalyston ...........................0.00 Tarwin ..............................0.00 Foster..............................57.89 Kor-Bena .........................53.33 Stony Creek.......................7.89 DWWWW.........................0.00 Kil-Bass.............................0.00 MDU .................................0.00 Toora .................................0.00

0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Contest: Kelsie Schelling and Ebony Maier drive for the ball. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www.fourcornersframing.biz

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Leongatha Little Athletics ON March 28 and 29, 14 athletes from Leongatha Little Athletics competed with the best in the state at the State Track and Field Championships at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park.

Two silvers: Meghan Stothart with her silver medals.

For many of them this was their first experience at the State Track and Field and all walked away with a wealth of experience and a collection of personal bests.

Meghan Stothart won double silver in the 60 and 80 metre hurdles. Congratulations to Meghan for an exceptional achievement.

Congratulations to all the athletes, and individual results are below: Under 9 girls: Mia Burt 800m (16th).

Sienna Cruickshank triple jump (19th).

Under 10 girls: Ella Snell 70 metres (5th), 60 hurdles (4th), triple jump (18th).

Under 10 boys: Mitchell Bath 1100m walk (11th).

Big leap: Tyler Butcher in the Boys’ U11 high jump in which he came fifth.

Under 11 girls: Meghan Stothart 60m hurdles (2nd), 80 metre hurdles (2nd).

Georgia Burns high jump (8th), 800m (10th), 1500m (5th), 400m (17th).

Rebecca McKeown

triple jump (17th).

Under 12 girls: Jasmine Woods 70m (7th), high jump (16th), long jump (17th).

Under 12 boys: Ryan Gilliam 80m hurdles (21st), 70m (19th).

Under 13 girls: Kiara

McJames-Court 80m hurdles (21st).

Under 14 girls: Cassidy Ronalds triple jump (18th), 80m hurdles (20th).

Under 15 girls: Ebony Burns triple jump (14th), 100m (13th).

Aliesha Wrigley 800m (6th), 1500m (6th), 400m (6th), Under 15 boys: Ethan Bath 800m (11th), 1500m (12th), 300m hurdles (7th), triple jump (11th).

United: the Leongatha Little Athletics team join in the athlete march.

Bronze: Brodie Anderson came third in the Boys’ U15 800m.

Leongatha Town Cricket Club award winners: from left, Jordan Bolge (most improved), Mick Trotto (C Grade bowling), Rob Shields (coach’s award), Warren Turner (B Grade batting, bowling and cricketer of the year), Michael Warren (C Grade cricketer of the year and batting) and Luke Smith (Geoff Cashin Memorial Award - best club person). Absent, Amila Ratnaike (A Grade cricketer of the year, batting and bowling).

Amila Ratnaike cleans up trophies THERE were few surprises at Leongatha Town Cricket Club’s presentation night when the LDCA’s top cricketer Amila Ratnaike made a clean sweep of the club’s A Grade awards.

Up and over: Jarrod Anderson in the Boys’ Under 13, 300 hurdles.

After winning the association batting and cricketer of the year awards on Tuesday night, Ratnaike won the batting and COTY trophies as well as the bowling award after snaring 28 wickets for the season at a slightly better average than team-mate Madura Weerasinghe who claimed 38 wickets for the season.

Warren Turner also did the triple, in B Grade, when he was presented with

the batting, bowling and COTY trophies.

Michael Warren won the batting and COTY awards in C Grade, while Michael Trotto won C Grade bowling.

Young opening batsman and off spin bowler Jordan Bolge was judged to be the most improved player at he club, while Rob Shields won the coach’s award.

Luke Smith, who, along with Matt Davies, put in countless hours preparing the turf wicket area, was a worthy winner of the Geoff Cashin Memorial Award for best club person.

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Leongatha Fun Run takes off LEONGATHA’S first charity Good Friday Fun Run proved a big hit with 420 people turning out for the run or walk.

The event raised $7400 for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal an unbelievable result for the inaugural event.

Competitors could choose from a 5km Run/Walk, a 10km Run/Walk or 15.5km run on the Great Southern Rail Trail towards Koonwarra.

Lots of local families signed up as an opportunity to participate in a local event whilst promoting community spirit and awareness.

The Rail Trail committee did a great deal of work to make sure the Rail Trail was ready for the day including the removal of a number of wasp nests.

The South Gippsland Shire provided a grant through the Discretionary Funds Program which allowed organisers to provide a jumping castle, balloons and face painting to make the day extra special for the children that attended. The Lions Club of Leongatha paid for the wristbands and postage which allowed organisers to keep the entry costs down.

The day was staffed by some amazing volunteers who worked tirelessly through the day to ensure the day ran smoothly. Students from Leongatha Secondary College manned the water stations and were amazing, they not only put the water out for all of the competitors but cleaned up as they went.

Local businesses provided raffle prizes which increased the fundraising efforts dramatically.

Nicole Salmon from Body First Fitness supplied a training plan which allowed people to train for the event.

The event was organised

by Leongatha’s Kate Lafferty and has been six months in the planning and a lot of work.

Kate said she couldn’t have done it without great support from many people volunteering their time to the great cause.

She hoped to form a committee to get another successful event ready for next year.

Results: 5km:Girls 1st Place:Aliesha Wrigley 22.27 2nd Place:Georgia Burns 24:55 5km:Boys 1st Place:Stephen Edmanson 22:48 2nd Place:Cambell Riseley 24:50 5km:Womens 1st Place: Chelsea Scoble 27:40 2nd Place:Heather Sullivan 28:25

5km:Mens 1st Place: Ethan Bath 19:41 2nd Place:Jack Barry 20:14 10km:Boys 1st Place:Angus McGillivray 51:34 10km:Mens 1st Place: Jon Elliott 41:54 2nd Place:Jason Gurney 43:03 10km:Women 1st Place:Sarah Lewis 42:07 2nd Place:Angela Clapperton 48:37 15.5 Womens 1st Place: Michelle Harris 1:05:15 2nd Place:Cathy Wilson 1:11:08 15.5 Men 1st Place: Carl Kennedy 59:45 2nd Place:Bill Barry 1:01:50

Winners: Jon Elliott, left, was first in the 10 km run whilst second was Jason Gurney

Leading women: Angela Clepperton, left, was the women’s 10km runner-up with Sarah Lewis taking out this section.

High achievers: Jack Barry, left, was placed second and Ethan Bath first in the men’s 5km run.

Warming up: from left, Will Croatto, Mitch Croatto, Will Whiteside and Bodhi Abernethy collect some balloons before starting the fun run.

Parrot power: the Leongatha footballers support a good cause, from left, Zak Vernon, Kristian Gray, Cade Maskell, Jake Mackie, Dale Houghton, Rhett Kelly and Sean Westaway get ready for the run.

Boy’s winner: first place in the 10km boy’s event was Angus McGillivray of Inverloch.

Just having fun: enjoying the activities after the fun run were Anna, Rose, Georgia and Alice Hutchinson, Phoebe Collins, Bella Luciardello and Katreena Poletti.

Stephen Edmanson: first in the boy’s 5km run.

Plenty of water: volunteers from Leongatha Secondary College’s SRC help keep runners hydrated, from left, Rhys Lindsay, Matt Moss, Olivia Mason, and Ben Martin.

Leongatha & District Netball Association

50th Year Celebrations 1966-2015

Inaugural year 1966: Inaugural Meeting 21:2:1966 Chairperson, Anne George, held at Berrys Creek Hall.

Present: J.Bair, B.Trotman, M. Eygenraam, T. Winkler, Mrs Morrissey , M. Harris, P. Bowtell, J. Kennedy, R. Hester, Mrs Mansfield, Mrs Amos, Mrs Neal, F. Laing, M. Clifton, M. Guy, Mrs Christensen, Mr J. Boag, J. Roughead, D. Densley, Mrs F. Johnson, V. Vardy, A. Greenwood, M. Carter. Apology: Tarwin Lower delegate L. Coghlan.

Elected Office Bearers: President Joan Bair; Vice President Topsy Winkler; Secretary Pat Bowtell; Treasurer Rosemary Hester.

Inaugural Clubs (8): Berrys Creek ( A Grade, B Grade, Junior B= 3); Leongatha (A Grade x 2, B Grade x 2, C Grade x 1, Junior A x 2, Junior B x 1, Junior C x 4 = 12); Mardan (Senior C Grade, Junior B, Junior C = 3); Mount Eccles (A Grade x 1 , C Grade x 1, Junior A x 1, Junior B x 2=5); Nichols Road (A Grade x 1, Junior A x 1 = 2); St Mary’s (B Grade x 1, Junior A x 1, Junior B x 2, Junior C x 1 = 5); Tarwin Lower (Senior C x 2 =2)=38 teams.

Affiliation Fees: £2.10.00 (Seniors), £1.5.00 (Juniors).

Played at Leongatha High School on four courts from 10am to 4pm.

Uniforms: Tunics must be no shorter than 8 inches from the ground when kneeling.

No shelter. Five minutes walk to use school toilets.

Used a large cow bell from Bairs Hotel to signal time. Later attached a siren to someone’s car battery. Hired the loud hailer from the ambulance. Collected and returned every Saturday. Paid £5 a year hire cost.

Meetings held in the cookery block at Leongatha High School and meeting rooms in the Memorial Hall.

Mary Carter organised country week teams of C. Aldridge, P. Anderson, S. Arnold, P. Bowtell, M. Carter, J. Howard, Y. O’Keefe and R. Trotman.

End of year wind-up dance at Berrys Creek hall on Grand Final night.

Oranges to be sold at courts. Mannequin Parade to raise funds.

Shields donated by Mrs Welsford, Mrs Trotman, Mr Martin, Leongatha Town Basketball Club.

A grade premiers were Leongatha Tangerines. A Grade Best and Fairest was P. Bowtell.

Building Committee: P. Bowtell and F. Johnson.

A Grade premiers of the 1966 season: The victorious Leongatha Town Tangerines were all smiles as they posed for the camera after their great win. The members of the team were, back, Dina Drury, Roslyn Trotman, Margaret Christmas, Carol Aldridge, front, Lynette Stamper, Yvonne O’Keefe and Pam Anderson.

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OPENER Mid Gippsland Football League SEASON Saturday April 11

Mirboo North comes in strong

By Laura Gibb

previous two years.

MIRBOO North Football Netball Club enters the 2015 season strongly after winning premierships in both sports for the

“Everybody’s going to be watching Mirboo North because we’ve won the last two seasons,” captain and assistant coach Damien Turner said.

Mr Turner said the side is aiming high again in 2015.

“We’ll look at the top three for starters,” he said.

Clancy Bennett, captain of the 2006 and 2007 premiers, has returned to the team while Jonathan Burge is a new addition.

“We’ve had two or three players return who are local but just didn’t play last sea-

son,” Mr Turner said.

Club president Paul Pratt said player numbers are looking good for Seniors, Reserves and Thirds, but numbers are a bit tight in Fourths.

Mr Pratt is assisted by secretary Angie Rogers, vice president Paul Peluso, trea-

surer Janine Alexander and vice president of the junior football club Tim Hosie.

Troy Hamilton is coaching the Seniors, while Dale Banks coaches the Reserves, Josh Taylor the Thirds and Jack Oddy the Fourths.

Unlike Mirboo North Netball Courts, the footy ground is not changing a lot.

“Hopefully we’ll have a new electronic scoreboard in place before the start of the season,” Mr Pratt said.

The netball courts, however, are getting a major overhaul, coaches’ coordinator Ebony Best said.

“We’re getting a new court upgrade this year,” she said.

“By the end of the year we will have a brand new surface and coaching boxes.

“We already have the

best change rooms, toilets and club rooms in the league and now the courts will match them.”

Miss Best is joint coach of A Grade with netball president Jess Holland.

Steph Mueller coaches B Grade, while Stacey Holland and Lexi Andrews coach C Grade and Haley Anderson coaches D Grade.

Tahlia Irwin coaches 17s and Under while Steph Mueller coaches 15s and Under.

“Last year we won A Grade and B Grade premierships so hopefully we can back that up,” Miss Best said.

“We have lost players due to injury and uni but we’ve got some back and we’ve got a few new players as well.”

Jess Gordon is one of

the new players, while Jasmin Friend is returning to the side.

A number of players are also rising from juniors to seniors, including up and coming star Charlie Chila from 15s and Under.

Mirboo North recently Football Netball Club recently had its debutante ball.

A fundraising goods and services auction will take place in the second round; and later in the year the club will hold a hay drive with hay donated by Paul Peluso.

Mid year, the focus of the social calendar is the annual Tiger Ball.

Mirboo North will begin its 2015 campaign and unfurl its premiership flag this Saturday, April 11 at home when it takes on Hill End.

Reigning premiers: from left, Mirboo North footy seniors captain and assistant coach Damien Turner, Clancy Bennett and seconds coach Dale Banks.

Outlook rosy at Mirboo North

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IN Mid Gippsland’s 80th year of competition, Mirboo North opens its 2015 footy and netball campaigns, when it hosts Hill End at Tigerland this Saturday.

Happy memories still abound for MNFNC’s supporters and 2014 grand final heroes, who won the seniors and thirds football premierships, plus the A and B grade netball flags.

It will be an exciting day for the mighty Tigers’ players, coaches, club officials, members and supporters to see all four 2014 Mirboo North pennants unfurled on home turf.

Although the pundits favor Mirboo North in most of the contests, the visitors will be keen to put some wins on the board to kick-start their season.

Recent history indicates Hill End is in for a real battle in its seniors footy encounter against the Tigers.

In the corresponding match last year, Mirboo North was untroubled to win by 132 points, with champion full-forward, Tim Traill, booting 12 goals in front of the Tiger army.

Having not reached the finals in a decade, and facing the back-to-back premiers on their dunghill first-up, is a daunting task for the Hillmen.

A comparison between the two clubs shows Mirboo North is aiming for its 13th consecutive finals series, that has seen it add the 2006, 07, 13 and 14 MGFL pre-

miership cups to its trophy cabinet.

However, with football sometimes being stranger than fiction, Hill End could cause an upset, if it catches Mirboo North off guard, takes lots of screamers, tackles feverishly, eliminates fumbles and makes every disposal count.

Hands-on project manager, Joe Piper and his talented team of volunteers, have spent many hours erecting and wiring Mirboo North’s new electronic scoreboard and digital time clock.

Not only will it light up the skies, it removes the need for the scoreboard to be manned on match days.

The scoreboard will now be operated by the timekeepers, high up in the timekeepers’ box on the members’ wing.

To all the youngsters who kept the manually operated scoreboard ticking over for nearly a century, we say, well done.

MNFNC extends its deepest sympathy to the families of two former players and a Yinnar stalwart, who died recently.

Pat Green, 1957 MGFL and 1958 SGL premiership wingman.

Pat was a brother-in-law of Mirboo North’s famous Snell brothers, Dave, Charlie, Alan (Pud), Bill and George.

Lyle Bright: a big hearted defender in the 1980s.

Tom Keogh: a 1950s Yinnar player and longtime Magpie clubman who will be greatly missed at MN versus Yinnar games.

Bank with the Bendigo and your club wins. For more information contact the team at Mirboo North on 5668 1231 to find out more.

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SEASON OPENER - Saturday April 11

South Gippsland Game and Field Club THE April shoot was held on Sunday, April 5 at the South Gippsland Field and Game ground at Hallston.

The weather was warm but overcast and was attended by sixty eight shooters.

The event was a 75 Tgts

Sim Grd and was won by K. Jacobs with a High Gun score of 73 which included a 25 break.

Results AA: K. Jacobs 73, J. Smith 72, J. Woods 66.

A: B. Morrison 62, J. Hardman 60, P. Johnson 60.

B: T. Hardman 61, M. Goulden 60, B. Fisher 57.

C: B. Knowles 59, J. Ward 52, T. Stockdale 50.

Vets: G. Hart 62, L. Box 57, T. Barrett 55.

Ladies: M. Hogan 50, B. Hart 47, T. Jacobs 44.

Juniors: J. Stockdale 52.

The next shoot will be a 50 Tgts Sim Grd and will be on Sunday, May 3 with an 11am start.

Leongatha Small Bore Rifle Club Results for the 2015 TRV 50m Prone Pennant Section B

Top team: from left, Seniors players Kyle Sleep, Chris Risely, coach Tony Giardina, Jack Battersby and Daryl Mayman are keen for their first game against Yarragon on Saturday.

Demons hold premiership hopes

By Tayla Kershaw BOOLARRA Football Club is fielding a young side in 2015, with many of the younger players stepping up to the plate.

The Seniors will be looking to improve on their skills this year to go one step further, having lost in the preliminary final last season.

Leading the team to victory is coach Tony Giardina and assistant coach Scott Body.

Simon Buglisi will be coaching Reserves and Thirds will be coached by James Holmes. There will be no Fourths team this year.

Mr Giardina said the players to look out for on the field are Sam Mazou, Jack Battersby, Tim Dowe and Jesse Giardina.

The netball side is looking particularly promising after an exciting 2014 season.

A Grade’s grand final clash was down to the wire with a nail biting ending.

Unfortunately, they fell short by one goal in overtime.

The C Grade girls claimed victory in the premiership and will now step up to B Grade this year.

Abbey Taylor will return to the court in B Grade after winning C Grade’s club and league best and fairest.

Former Morwell player Emily Chapman will be starring in B Grade’s defence.

D Grade is almost a completely new side and is showing promise this season.

This year’s coaches include Rebecca Quick in A Grade, Heather Notting in B Grade, Gabrielle Francis in C Grade, netball club president in Ann Re-

iske in D Grade, Monique Beamish in 17 and Under and Cassie Hill and Jessica Middlemiss in 15 and Under.

Gabrielle and Heather were C Grade premiership players.

“The girls have been working very hard during training and we have good coaches across the board,” Ms Reiske said.

“We should go well in our first game against Yarragon. Go girls.”

There is also plenty of excitement going on away from the game action.

New solar panels have been installed at the club and footballers are looking to have nets put in behind the goals.

The club has welcomed new canteen staff with Faye Taylor as the new kitchen manager.

A midyear ball and meals after every game have already been scheduled to keep the club entertained off the field.

Boolarra Football Netball Club is keen to open its season this Saturday in an away game against Yarragon.

Warm up: from left, Woodside captain Ryan Foat shakes hands with Boolarra vice captain James Holmes before their practice match on March 21.

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The best shooter for Round 5 was Daniel Croatto, scoring 196.006.

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Korumburra Volleyball Results for Thursday, March 26.

A Grade: Bugs defeated Warriors (2:1) 25:18, 25:21, 13:18; Giants defeated Champions (2:1) 25:1, 20:25, 24:17.

B Grade: Chargers defeated Shark Bait (3:0) 25:7, 25:11, 25:9; HELP defeated Odds on Black (2:1) 25:18, 31:29, 2:17; Panthers defeated Dodges (3:0) 25:7,25:15, 25:9.

Crowd enthusiastic A SMALL but otherwise enthusiastic school holiday crowd

enjoyed the final meeting for the season at Stony Creek races

Top ride: jockey Jake Noonan salutes the judge after winning the first race on Been Scene.

yesterday (Tuesday).

The rain made the track a “soft seven” with quite a number of scratchings in the first race although subsequent races had fewer scratching.

Stewards had earlier inspected the track and gave the club the go-ahead to run the meeting with an eye to the skies as the day progressed.

Punters got away to a good start with Been Scene scoring a solid victory with the well backed Grand Liberty winning the second and setting up a top day for the punters.

There were some revellers there too with Billy Jones from Venus Bay celebrating his 18th after a huge weekend working as an apprentice chef at The Cavity in Venus Bay. The popular chef was joined by many of his workmates at the races, enjoying the under cover seating out of the rain.

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Round 3: Leongatha 580.025 d Stawell 565.012.

Golden City 576.021 def

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Glenelg Region A 579.017 d Geelong 577.021.

The best shooter for Round 3 was David Coupe, scoring 197.007.

Round 4: Golden City

579.022 def by Geelong 580.024.

Glenelg Region A 580.022 d Stawell 572.016.

Leongatha 577.023 d Launceston VDC 567.015.

The best shooter for Round 4 was Gregory Tomorad, scoring 199.014.

Round 5: Launceston VDC 579.025 def by Geelong 580.028.

Leongatha 572.015 def by Glenelg Region A 582.033.

Golden City 581.026 d Stawell 556.012.

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• Phillip Island v. Stony Creek

Stony Creek knock off premiers STONY Creek has had an incredible start to its season, on Easter Saturday knocking off the reigning premiers Phillip Island on the Island’s own ground.

The Lions are buoyed by the return of quite a few players of real talent and has a depth in the squad which will see them a lot stronger in 2015.

The Stone brothers, Julian, Cameron and Tom, combined for the very first time and held down the complete centreline. Cameron and Julian played on the wings and Tom in the middle. Julian has returned to the club from the Leongatha Parrots while all boys are fit and raring to go this season after knee injuries in the past.

Both Julian and Cameron figured in the best players with a bit of “waxing” going on between the trio; Tom in-

dicating he was the key supplier of the pill!

New assistant coach Andrew Logan held down centre half back and he proved a worthwhile asset to the team on Saturday.

Kane Wille on the back flank was too pacey for the Island and dashed off the backline in style, setting up play.

Luke Bowman, a regular key player at the club, was in everything in the midfield while Adam Myhal, also back with Stony Creek, performed

well. Clint Mackie showed his value on the backline.

Up forward Stony Creek didn’t rely on any one player with multiple goal scorers meaning Stony Creek will be more potent with plenty of players becoming key targets.

Kicking for goal was another factor in Stony Creek’s favour. Not always known for its straight kicking, the Maroons booted 11.4 to the Island’s 6.11 to run out 23 point victors.

Stony Creek opened its account well with three goals to nil for the Island in the first

Stony Creek 11.4.70 Phillip Island 6.11.47 Stony Creek Goals: L. Bowman 2, A. Myhal 2, D. Zuidema 2, W. Stewart 1, A. Logan 1, J. Stone 1, C. Stone 1, J. Schelling 1 Phillip Island Goals: B. Runnalls 3, A. Duyker 1, T. Cole 1, B. Van Brummelen 1 Stony Creek Best: K. Wille, L. Bowman, A. Myhal, J. Stone, C. Stone, C. Mackie Phillip Island Best: J. Taylor, M. Griffin, M. Jackson, S. Taylor, D. Harders, B. Kimber

RESERVES Phillip Island 12.13.85 Stony Creek 7.3.45

Heat of battle: from left, Adam Myhal, Marcus Wright, Josh Schelling, Luke Bowman and Dan Harders contest the ball but the game at Phillip Island was marred by scrappy play. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www.fourcornersframing.biz

Leading Goalkicker: K. Taylor 4 (P) Phillip Island Best: J. Henzen, B. Johnston, K. Taylor, T. Cleeland, C. Porter, M. Riky Stony Creek Best: S. Cope, E. Taylor, D. Meehan, D. Potter, A.

term. In quarter two scores were tight but the kicking for goal was disappointing for the Island. The premiership quarter proved to be Stony Creeks with the Lions booting three goals to the Island’s one to go out to a 25 point lead at the last change.

Despite another close last quarter Stony Creek held its ground to go on and record a great win.

The Creek host Foster this Saturday at the racecourse while it doesn’t get any easier for the Island as they journey to Fish Creek.

Scholte, C. Savage

THIRDS Phillip Island 13.15.93 Stony Creek 2.2.14 Leading Goalkicker: J. Spencer 4 (P) Phillip Island Best: B. Insall, R. Marshall, J. Piera, J. Spencer, E. Hines, J. Marks Stony Creek Best: J. Tiziani, T. Sinclair, J. Hemming, L. Harrington, J. Miller

FOURTHS Phillip Island 13.7.85 Stony Creek 0.0.0 Leading Goalkicker: M. Freeman 4 (P) Phillip Island Best: M. Mattock, B. Anderson, B. Taylor, N. Anderson, M. Freeman, Z. Mattock Stony Creek Best: J. Bright, H. Collins, J. Phillips, B. Martin, T. O’Connor, A. Wright

Spoiler: from left, J Van ZAnen is about to have his attempt to mark spoiled by a much stronger Ash Zuidema. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@www. fourcornersframing.biz

• Fish Creek versus Foster

Kangaroos run away from the Tigers ROUND 1, 2015 got underway for old rivals Fish Creek and Foster on Saturday night with a game under lights at the Foster Showgrounds.

The ground still recovering from the recent Foster show looked good under lights and a big crowd was packed in anticipating a tough game.

Both sides introducing their new recruits looked quite a bit different to last year and both were keen to get off to a good start.

An even start is what the big crowd was treated to, both sides hard at the ball and making their opponent earn every disposal.

It wasn’t until the 6½ minute mark that the Kangaroos got the first score on the board, a goal to Buckland after a strong mark.

The Tigers were on the scoreboard with a quick re-

ply and it was game on.

Both sides continued to attack hard and when Fishy recruit Weatherson nailed Foster recruit Bowden with a perfect bump the crowd was also involved with sighs going all-round the ground.

It was a fairly even first quarter with only one further goal to Callan Park at the 21 minute mark and at quarter time it was the Kangaroos by six points.

The second quarter continued with both sides eager to get on the scoreboard early.

It was Foster through Granger with a couple at the five and 11 minute marks that gave his side the lead and Fishy, although getting plenty of the ball, were letting themselves down with poor conversation.

Jake Buckland got his second 18 minutes in and then Byers followed for Fishy and Fish Creek had the lead back.

Jarrod Freeman got one back for the Tigers late in the quarter and at the main break it was Fishy up by six points.

Both sides gave plenty in the second half and it wasn’t long before Foster’s Donovan had opened the goal scoring for the half.

Although Fish Creek’s Cooper was in everything, racking up possessions at will, he was unable to answer but shortly after teammate Callan Park who was also very lively did when he received a 50m penalty against Foster’s Williams.

Fishy youngster Jake Buckland was giving the Tigers some headaches down back and he had his third goal to give the Fishy side a mini break.

Misses to Buckland, Pratt and C.Park could have provided a real break on the scoreboard and when Foster received an off the ball free kick, big man

Connellan converted a long kick from 50 plus to again reduce the margin to single digits and at three quarter time the margin was only eight points and the game was still anyone’s.

The final quarter was an absolute cracker for Fish Creek with a 10 goal quarter, crushing the Tigers in what was a by far the best

Fish Creek 17.16.118 Foster 8.5.53 Fish Creek Goals: K. Byers 5, T. Manne 3, J. Buckland 3, C. Park 2, S. Sperling 1, T. Fusinato 1, B. Cooper 1 Foster Goals: D. Granger 3, J. Freeman 1, N. Connellan 1, B. Bowden 1, B. Darcy 1, G. Donovan 1 Fish Creek Best: B. Cooper, A. Snooks, G. Park, R. Staley, R. McGannon, T. Fusinato Foster Best: T. Holman, N. Connellan, J. Williams, B. Bowden, D. Granger, M. Brown RESERVES

Fish Creek 15.11.101 Foster 5.2.32 Leading Goalkicker: D. Britton 4 (FC) Fish Creek Best: T. Davis, C. Batten, A. Ireland, S. Buckland, A. Bright

Blow out: Gus Staley evades his Foster opponent in a game that turned into a huge first round win for the Fish Creek Kangaroos.

quarter of the day.

The Tigers just couldn’t go with the Kangaroos with Fishy on top in the middle; McGrath, Manne and Brooks were standing tall and Cooper, Snooks, Fusinato and the Parks boys were winning the ball consistently.

Foster’s Holman and Williams fought on val-

iantly but the size of the Fish Creek forward line was telling and four last quarter goals to youngster Byers and three to Manne were decisive.

The final margin was

59 points in what was a very impressive final quarter by the Kangaroos and a disappointing finish for the Tigers who had been good staying in touch up until the final period.

Foster Best: M. Eales, J. Chaseling, T. Cocksedge THIRDS

Foster 9.11.65 Fish Creek 6.9.45 Leading Goalkickers: T. Van Dyke 2, X. Duursma 2 (Fo), J. Macri 2 (FC) Foster Best: not submitted Fish Creek Best: O. Straw, J. Walker, T. Price, R. Pridham, J. Macri, B. Rogers FOURTHS

Fish Creek 9.14.68 Foster 1.4.10 Leading Goalkicker: S. Flanders 3 (FC) Fish Creek Best: L. Howard, S. Flanders, J. Stefani, A. Denbrok, B. Hams, A. Harding Foster Best: X. Duursma, T. Taylor, N. Van Dyke, J. Smith, L. Bradbury, T. Dale

On top: Ryan McGannon marks strongly with his opponent too late on the scene.

Spoiler: Cooper flies with the pack to spoil a mark.

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thestar.com.au • Inverloch-Kongwak V Korumburra-Bena

Sea Eagles take flight IT was a great round for Inverloch Kongwak against the Giants on Easter Saturday.

Korumburra Bena was looking fantastic in its new strip as the Giants got a cold hard look at the reality of what it means to have lost so many from the playing list over the summer months.

They were no match for

the might and power of IK who thoroughly trounced them.

The Sea Eagles went into the game itself far from full strength.

Four of the Sea Eagles key players were unavailable to play this weekend.

Indeed the Sea Eagles will go into next weekend’s match against Dalyston still missing the same clutch of players.

Dalyston thumped

SENIORS LADDER W L D

Dalyston ...... 1 Inv-K’wak..... 1 Fish Creek.... 1 Stony Creek .. 1 MDU........... 1 Tarwin ........ 0 Phillip Is ......... 0 Foster ............. 0 Kor-Bena ........ 0 Kil-Bass.......... 0 DWWWW ....... 0 Toora... ........... 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

664.00 624.00 222.64 148.94 110.71 90.32 67.14 44.92 16.03 15.06 0.00 0.00

4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Fish Creek.... 1 Inv-K’wak..... 1 Dalyston ...... 1 Phillip Is...... 1 Tarwin ........ 1 MDU........... 0 Stony Creek .. 0 Kil-Bass.......... 0 Kor-Bena ........ 0 Foster ............. 0 Toora ... .......... 0 DWWWW ....... 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

315.62 256.00 229.27 188.89 146.30 68.35 52.94 43.62 39.06 31.68 0.00 0.00

4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 18

Take me on: Inverloch forward Lucas McMillan and Korumburra backs Fowles (left) and James are ready to contest the ball. McMillan dominated the forward zone with his strength and marking to get the Sea Eagles away to an early lead and set up a runaway win.

Giant task: the Giant’s backman James had his work cut out with the Sea Eagles forwards on fire.

SENIORS Inverloch-Kongwak 24.12.156 Korumburra-Bena 4.1.25 I/K Goals: L. McMillan 8, D. Lawton 3, T. Wyatt 2, A. Seccull 2, M. Miller 2, J. Brosnan 1, B. Petersen 1, C. Casey 1, J. Teakle 1, M. Billows 1, D. Houston 1, L. Rankin 1 K/B Goals: C. Martin 1, J. Harris 1, B. Dorling 1, Z. Walker 1 I/K Best: D. Lawton, L. McMillan, A. Seccull, J. Teakle, T. Wyatt, R. Clark K/B Best: J. Hopkins, J. Harris, J. Fowles, J. Kilpatrick, N. Wylie, C. Trewin

RESERVES Inverloch-Kongwak 10.4.64 Korumburra-Bena 2.13.25 Leading Goalkicker: J. Jesson 4 (I) I/K Best: D. Kilpatrick, B. Hayes, C. Buxton, J. Jesson, T. Whelan, S. Fisher

Kilcunda Bass by a similar margin in its opening round match.

The match up makes for an interesting contest to gauge the evenness of the two teams.

In something of an understatement IK’s coach Ben Somalis called it, “A good start to the season.”

Playing at half back Dale Lawton was one of the best on the ground.

With precision kicking and hand balling from stoppages Lawton re-

bounded the Giants attack repeatedly and set up new opportunities on his own team’s goal.

Lucas McMillan had a day out with eight goals against his name.

Playing on a young and inexperienced Giants player he dominated the one on one contests and would have more, maybe 12 goals for the match if his team mates had kicked to his advantage more.

Andrew Seccull was another strength of the IK

side.

His experience and ability to read the play told in the middle where he marked cleanly and was first to the ball.

Tom Wyatt also did everything right and loves to play on the outside to become the ball carrier.

At centre half back as with Dale Lawton, Rowan Clark had a big influence on the game.

KB didn’t make it into its forward line all that often but when it did it was

Lawton and Clark who repelled the Giants’ attempts.

Chris Terlick was another Sea Eagle whose experience shone through.

With Dalyston the favourite to win this year’s flag, Ben Somalis said his team was happy to go in as the under dog.

“We will get a good look at them.

“Meanwhile it is nice to have started the year with a comfortable win.”

K/B Best: R. Kyle, J. Kyle, J. Celebrine, B. Patterson, P. Whelan, R. Muir

THIRDS Inverloch-Kongwak 8.8.56 Korumburra-Bena 7.3.45 Leading Goalkicker: J. Henderson 3 (K) I/K Best: O. Collett, O. Hutton, L. Nunn, T. Taylor, N. Anderson, L. Cairnduff K/B Best: K. Cosson, H. Anthony, M. Kennewell, J. Celebrine, J. Ellams, J. Hill

FOURTHS Inverloch-Kongwak 10.10.70 Korumburra-Bena 3.2.20 Leading Goalkicker: K. Reid 4 (I) I/K Best: J. Pryor, J. Bates, K. Reid, J. Benson, C. McLean, W. Clarkson K/B Best: J. Hill, B. Patterson, T. Halliday, J. Stewart, T. Whiteside, T. Kelly

Pace: from left, Inverloch forward Tom Wyatt keeps pace with the play as team mate Matt Miller gets his kick away with Korumburra’s Trewin closing in.

Both teams were keen to start the season on a high note but Dalyston took control of the game from the first siren.

Kilcunda Bass were yet to score by half time whilst the Magpies had already cracked triple digits.

Star of the show was Dalyston’s Michael Kraska, who contributed 12 of the 25 goals scored.

Brad Fisher and Bret Thornton played along

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

%

Pts

1942.86 664.29 144.44 126.92 124.44 80.36 78.79 69.23 15.05 5.15 0.00 0.00

4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 15 LADDER W L D

Phillip Is...... 1 Fish Creek.... 1 Inv-K’wak..... 1 Dalyston ...... 1 Tarwin ........ 1 MDU........... 0 Kil-Bass.......... 0 Kor-Bena ........ 0 Foster ............. 0 Stony Creek.... 0 Toora... ........... 0 DWWWW ....... 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

%

Pts

1000.00 680.00 350.00 333.33 243.33 41.10 30.00 28.57 14.71 0.00 0.00 0.00

THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 2: April 11 Dalyston v I-K Kor-Bena v Kilcunda-Bass Fish Creek v Phillip Island Stony Creek v Foster Toora v DWWWW Tarwin - bye MDU - bye

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Dalyston dominate season opener the backline for Dalyston and kept defence strong against the Panthers. Only four goals slipped through during the course of the game.

Three of these goals were scored in the third quarter, with Panther’s Chris Endres, Jacob Dakin and Alex Nooy sharing the leading goal kicker’s title.

Dalyston welcomed three first gamers to the field on the day. Joe Magro and Logan West showed skill in the backline while Jack Legione played on the wing and was recognised as one of the best players of the game.

The midfield was cov-

W L D

MDU........... 1 Phillip Is...... 1 Foster ......... 1 Kil-Bass ...... 1 Inv-K’wak..... 1 Kor-Bena ..... 0 Dalyston ......... 0 Fish Creek ...... 0 Stony Creek.... 0 Tarwin ............ 0 DWWWW ....... 0 Toora .............. 0

FOOTY DRAWS

• Dalyston V Kilcunda Bass

DALYSTON proved to be a force to be reckoned with in a season opening clash against Kilcunda Bass on Saturday.

LADDER

ered well by new Dalyston players Glen Parker and Kristian Butler. Blake Carew was cheered on for providing excellent run in the wing and half forward.

The Dalyston boys kept an open forward line throughout the game to allow leading goal kickers Michael Kraska, Glen Parker and Kyle Kirk to tip the score up to 166 points.

Panthers kept fighting until the end, culminating in a final score of 25 points. Best players on the field for KB were Chris Endres, Jacob Dakin, Benjamin Law, Ordell Bun-

tine, Dale Crawford and John Macintyre.

Dalyston was happy with the result and is pleased to be off to a good start in the 2015 season.

“We have some things to work on this week but we are happy with the win,” Dalyston secretary Noel McRae said.

“The weather on Saturday was perfect and the boys did well. We have a few players to come in who were not able to play on the weekend, including coach Paul Brosnan. That will give us a bit of extra strength.”

Dalyston will be coming up against Inverloch Kong-

wak next week, who have proven to be equally strong.

Kilcunda Bass will

SENIORS Dalyston 25.16.166 Kilcunda-Bass 4.1.25 Dalyston Goals: M. Kraska 12, G. Parker 3, K. Kirk 3, J. Brooker 2, B. Fisher 1, K. Schrape 1, M. Schreck 1, S. Sibly 1, B. Thornton 1 Kilcunda-Bass Goals: C. Endres 2, J. Dakin 1, A. Nooy 1 Dalyston Best: M. Kraska, B. Fisher, K. Kirk, B. Carew, K. Schrape, J. Legione Kilcunda-Bass Best: C. Endres, J. Dakin, B. Law, O. Buntine, D. Crawford, J. MacIntyre

RESERVES Dalyston 14.10.94 Kilcunda-Bass 6.5.41 Leading Goalkicker: P. Dunlop 4 (D) Dalyston Best: D. Brown, A. Gennaccaro, C. Tait, P. Dunlop, A. Wallis, S. Coldebella Kilcunda-Bass Best: D. Clay, S.

face Korumburra Bena in a night game to showcase the Giants’ new lights.

Crawford, B. McNamara, B. Wallace, G. Wallace, B. Jones

THIRDS Kilcunda-Bass 9.12.66 Dalyston 7.10.52 Leading Goalkicker: M. Homer 4 (K) Kilcunda-Bass Best: R. Scapin, J. Burgess, M. Homer, N. Tamburo, T. Smith, M. Whitham Dalyston Best: J. Honeysett, M. Davey, L. Legione, J. Legione, C. O’Halloran, D. Dight

FOURTHS Dalyston 8.2.50 Kilcunda-Bass 2.3.15 Leading Goalkicker: L. Gheller 4 (D) Dalyston Best: J. Loughridge, K. Wright, J. Vuyst, D. Burnell, L. Gheller, A. Geyer Kilcunda-Bass Best: A. Honeysett, J. Rosenow, L. Alford, B. Adwell, N. Bradley, P. Booth

Round 1: April 11 Mirboo North v Hill End Yarragon v Boolarra Trafalgar v Newborough Yinnar v Yallourn-Yall North Morwell East v Thorpdale

GIPPSLAND Round 1: April 11 Morwell v Wonthaggi Maffra v Sale (Sunday) Leongatha v Traralgon Warragul v Moe (Sunday) Drouin v Bairnsdale

ELLINBANK Round 1: April 11 Dusties v Neerim South Buln Buln v Longwarry Garfield v Lang Lang Catani v Koo Wee Rup Poowong v Ellinbank Nar Nar Goon v Bunyip Nyora v Nilma Darnum Cora Lynn - bye

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McLean draws big crowd to Tarwin FORMER Carlton footballer, Brock McLean took to the field with Tarwin in something if a celebrity coup for the club which attracted a great deal of interest.

McLean has a connection to a family member of the club and Mr Hullick said, “He jumped at the chance to play his ever game of country football.”

McLean went on to score a goal in the low scoring match which saw Tarwin lose to MDU.

Drawcard: with family connections to the club, Brock McLean could play up to six games for the Sharks in 2015. He certainly caused great interest in the game.

Although he only scored one goal, McLean was very impressive on the day.

Breaking away: Tarwin wins the ball on this occasion, fending off his MDU opponent.

Co president of the Tarwin Football Netball

Club, Anthony Hullick, says it’s time for clubs at the eastern end of the league to stop worrying about what is going on at the western end, stand up for themselves and get the job done.

Speaking before the first round match at home against MDU, Mr Hullick said, “Our plan is to work on what we achieved last year.

“We will expose our younger players to pressure football.”

Tarwin committee member, Anthony Hill, was upbeat after the Fourths had a 10 goal win earlier.

“Our numbers are up this year,” he said.

M.D.U. 8.9.57 Tarwin 7.11.53 M.D.U. Goals: S. Pickett 3, C. Ampt 1, T. McDermott 1, J. Sinclair 1, J. McMillan 1, C. Hutcheson 1 Tarwin Goals: T. Keily 4, B. McLean 1, B. Byrnes 1, J. Cann 1 M.D.U. Best: R. Olden, T. Corry, C. Ampt, J. Sinclair, H. Curtis Tarwin Best: S. Kilsby, H. Browne, W. Nye, T. Keily, J. Cann, C. Hay

RESERVES Tarwin 11.13.79 M.D.U.8.6.54 Leading Goalkickers: A. Cardy 2, M. Cooke 2, R. Cann 2 (T), T. Wightman 2, Y. Zorzos 2 (M) Tarwin Best: W. Lomax, B. Williamson, N. McRae, R. Cann, M. Garnham, N. Giles M.D.U. Best: B. Arnup, C. Harris, M. Harris, J. Forrester, S. Horvath, D. Campbell

THIRDS

M.D.U. 21.10.136 Tarwin 1.1.7 Leading Goalkicker: M. Olden 5 (M) M.D.U. Best: A. Campbell, D. Thorson, M. Darmanin, E. Stephenson, M. Olden, B. Schulz Tarwin Best: B. Smith, J. Norton, J. Smith, J. Dunn , J. Carmody

FOURTHS Tarwin 11.7.73 M.D.U. 4.6.30 Leading Goalkicker: D. Garnham 4 (T) Tarwin Best: T. Murray, J. Hill, A. Draper, M. Dyball, M. Driscoll, D. Mancarella M.D.U. Best: B. Hastings, C. Olden, B. Thorson, M. Hoober, J. Hastings, B. Cantwell

Promise: looking fresh and rearing to go the Sharks warm up prior to ball up on the weekend.

A win and loss to Tarwin A GREAT sense of occasion and expectation brought out a good crowd to the Tarwin Recreation Reserve for its Round One match against MDU. With an ex AFL star, Brock McLean, in the Sharks line up interest in the game was high and MDU’s experience of playing Chris Tarrant and Anthony Didak last year proved that big names provide a big boost for the gate.

Club committee man Anthony Hill said, “It was a cracker of a day with a carnival atmosphere.

“The gate was great.

“We did not get the win but it was a great day for the club.”

It was not a match that lived up to its billing, however, and can only be described as a scrappy match.

Skill levels were low and the kicking was inaccurate.

Given that conditions were so perfect with warm sunshine and hardly a breathe of wind it is hard to understand why the brand of football on display wasn’t of a higher standard.

Round 1 encounters are now played by teams which have put a great deal of pre season work into their plans for the season.

Tarwin is devastated by the loss. Neverthless, it was hard fought game played in good spirits.

At centre half back Stuart Kilsby was fantastic in the first half and repelled attack after attack by MDU into its forward line where he was a lone soldier.

On baller Tom Keily was also praised at the club.

He was busy around the ground and kick a lovely long goal at the beginning of the last quarter to keep Tarwin in the match.

For MDU Joel Sinclair playing on ball and half back was hard to ignore as a player who ran hard all day.

Great expectations: high flying such as this spectacular leap was a rarity on a day cut out for it at Tarwin in Saturday.

Drop punt: MDU’s McDermott takes a kick. McDermott finished with one goal.