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Fired up at Koony K O O N WA R R A’ S hardworking CFA and the community celebrated the official opening of new facilities and a handover of keys to a new fire truck. Deputy Premier and Members for Gippsland South Peter Ryan, performed the opening on Sunday, October 12. See story on page 5.
Ready to go: Deputy Premier, Peter Ryan hands over the keys of the new $275,000 Hino fire truck to CFA Koonwarra captain, Peter Hanily to the great delight of a large gathering of the community’s youngsters.
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Need for watchful eye at Inverloch skate park By Tayla Kershaw DRUG activity is causing Inverloch parents to worry.
On watch: YMCA skate park supervisor Scott Johnstone keeps an eye on the children from 3.30pm until 6.30pm during daylight savings.
While police have said they are unaware of any drug increase, some members of the community claim the Inverloch skate park is a meeting point for drug dealers. Mother of two Caroline Allen said she has heard of it happening between adult dealers and the high school students who frequent the area. “It has to be monitored,” she said. “This place is usually teeming with
children and we can’t have this sort of thing happening around them.” YMCA skate park supervisor Scott Johnstone said the average age of people who use the skate park is between 10 and 20 years old – the prime age to be influenced. During the holidays and on weekends, up to 50 children go to the skate park. Scott is stationed at the skate park between 3.30pm and 6.30pm during daylight savings and only to 5.30pm during the rest of the year. He said he hasn’t had a problem with anyone in a while but after hours the supervision at
the skate park is limited. Scott’s role is to watch the children and call the police if it is necessary. He said he can’t make anyone who may be hovering around leave but the police come down instantly if things get out of hand. Scott said he hasn’t had to call the police in over a year, but would still feel safer if there was a stronger police presence. Ms Allen has a seven and a 10 year old who are not allowed to play at the skate park for several reasons, one of which being the stranger danger issue.
She suggests there should be signs put up around the cages surrounding the skate park with stranger danger information on them, especially who to call if there’s any trouble. Inspector Graeme Sprague from the Wonthaggi Police said they would be happy to add the skate park to their heavily patrolled areas but urge witnesses to contact the police or Crimestoppers when they see something suspicious in their area. “The drug issue has always been high and we have regular patrols at public gathering areas,” he said. Continued on page 10.
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Money flows for children’s hub By Stuart Biggins
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IN what was described as a “momentous day” for Korumburra last Friday, October 10, Deputy Premier Peter Ryan announced a State Government grant of $1.6 million dollars towards the new Integrated Children’s Centre planned for the town.
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Momentous day: South Gippsland Shire Council CEO, Tim Tamlin; vice president of Karmai Community Children’s Centre, Rebecca Marriott; Member for Eastern Victoria, Danny O’Brien; president of Karmai Community Children’s Centre, Bronwyn Beach; Deputy Premier, Peter Ryan; and mayor, Cr Jim Fawcett examine plans for the new Karmai Community Children’s Centre after Mr Ryan announced a State Government grant of $1.6 million towards the $5.3 million project. noted, “the planned centre is more than a just a building, it’s a place of opportunity. “Access to quality early childhood education and care will build resilience, social and economic capacity for Korumburra and the wider South Gippsland community.” The new centre is a community initiated project, driven by a dedicated group of representatives and planned to meet the critical need for children’s services in Korumburra and surrounds. It is an identified Priority Project for the South Gippsland Shire Council that has made a significant financial, property and time contribution to partner with the community and work in collaboration to achieve a shared vision. Council’s director community services, Ms Jan
Martin stated, “Council and representatives from the Karmai Community Children’s Centre have been determinedly advocating for this project at both a State and Federal level and this morning’s announcement confirms just how close we are to seeing this facility become a reality.” The total project cost is $5,345,000. Birralee Childcare Centre has raised $100,000 and the council is contributing $2,045,000 plus land at Mair Crescent. These sums together with the State Government’s $1,600,000 announced on Friday leave a shortfall of $1,600,000 which the Federal Government is being asked to find. Korumburra faces social challenges based on factors including low family income
and opportunity for education. Early detection and intervention of ‘at risk’ children through an integrated approach at the maternal child heath, early learning education, long day care and transition to primary schools level is imperative in addressing vulnerability and low education ratings. Currently 21 per cent of children under the age of four are on a waiting list for kindergarten in Korumburra. Provision of affordable and accessible childcare is fundamental to reducing barriers to parents wishing to return to the workforce. The centre is planned to provide 120 new places for child care, kindergarten, out of school hours care, maternal and childhood services and specialist children’s services.
It will co-locate current services that are unable to meet increasing demand and have no capacity to expand. Located within walking distance to schools the centre will provide families with access to a full range of children’s services in one location, reducing barriers for vulnerable families with multiple needs and transport issues. The economic benefits will include employment and procurement opportunities during the construction of the facility. When operational the centre will generate up to 10 new jobs for both child educators and ancillary staff. Comprehensive building and outdoor designs are complete and the centre is tender ready for construction.
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A NYORA man died after falling off his bicycle in Poowong on Sunday morning. The 67 year old was riding south along the LochPoowong Road. Police believe the man was riding down a steep incline when he lost control of his bike and fell about 11am. No other vehicle was involved. Korumburra Police and the Bass Coast Highway Patrol attended the scene. An air ambulance was called. He was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital but died upon arrival.
AN Inverloch man assaulted a woman on Sunday (October 5). The woman was walking alone when the 42 year old attacked her. Police believe the attack was unprovoked. The offender was located nearby and arrested by police. He will be charged on summons and will appear before the Korumburra Magistrates Court in the near future.
Risky driver A MAN was caught drink driving in Foster on Saturday.
The 56 year old was intercepted on the FosterPromontory Road. He was taken back to the Foster Police Station where he was given a breath test. He blew 0.258. The Walkerville man will appear at the Korumburra Magistrates Court and received summons for exceeding the prescribed blood alcohol concentration and driving whilst disqualified. His car will be impounded for 30 days and he received a $1306 fine.
Glen Alvie smash AN elderly couple was injured after a male driver
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“I have often thought about this day and wondered how it would feel and I can tell you it is a feeling of exhilaration,” Rebecca Marriott, vice president of newly named Karmai Community Children’s Centre told the gathering. Those present at the announcement included Mr Ryan, councillors and staff from the South Gippsland Shire Council and community members. The centre will be located in Mair Crescent behind Princes Street. Ms Marriott said a committee began working on the idea of a centre offering integrated and seamless childcare facilities in 2009 and has met monthly for the past six years. “What a journey,” she said. Mr Ryan said over the six years, hundreds of thousands of hours have gone into making the dream a reality. “It is all in the name of the children and their betterment,” he said. Minister Ryan said Ms Marriott had been fabulous and the new centre which is funded in the current State budget will be a magnificent addition to Korumburra. Thanking the Deputy Premier, South Gippsland Shire mayor Cr Jim Fawcett
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All systems go at Koonwarra KOONWARRA CFA was the latest in the district to open its new facilities with the formal unveiling of a spacious station and the official handing over of keys to its new truck, by the Deputy Premier Peter Ryan on Sunday, October 12. With a State Government Rural Fire Stations Upgrade program grant of $220,000 and $25,000 raised by the Koonwarra CFA, the new garage along with refurbished amenities has been provided for the state of the art $275,000 Japanese made Hino fire truck. The new 2,350L 4WD truck with its crew protection system replaces the 26 year old Isuzu vehicle. Mr Ryan said although bricks and mortar are important, in reality, the efficiency of
the CFA is about the commitment of a lot of people. He praised the local community and lauded the capabilities of its new fire truck, in particular the safety measures built in to ensure every fire fighter called out comes back.” Koonwarra CFA captain Peter Hanily thanked “all our wives and children for their support.” He described the new garage which replaces the 1984 tin shed as “easier on the eye” and praised the community for its $25000 contribution. Mr Hanily gave an overview of the busy past 12 months at the brigade which included the usual house and chimney fires, strike teams sent interstate and even the new hospital got a mention with the six, early morning false alarms caused by a teething problem in the security system earlier in the year.
In it together: from left, Narelle Hanily, Koonwarra CFA captain Peter Hanily, Holly Hanily, Leah and Tomei Dal Pozzo and Koonwarra CFA member Fabio Dal Pozzo at the offical opening of the new station on Sunday.
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After experiencing breast cancer and a mastectomy herself some 12 years ago, Julie first designed and made a lightweight, waterproof and comfortable breast form for herself. Julie and her partner and fellow Perfect Again director Franco Pierucci have since gone on to develop and offer a unique customised breast form measuring and manufacturing process to other women who have either had or are facing breast cancer surgery. “I am determined to restore hope and confidence to women with Perfect Again,” she said. Julie is the guest speaker at the Breast Friends peer support group’s October gathering to be held at the South Gippsland Hospital Community Health Centre in Station Road in Foster, starting at 10.30 am.
District McGrath Breast Care Nurse Catherine Enter said Breast Friends usually meet every third Friday of the month, however the members have decided to get together on the fourth Friday in October to coincide with Julie’s visit. “October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout Australia, and we are delighted to be able to welcome Julie and Franco to Foster during this month,” she said. “It’s wonderful women have another means of making informed choices after and even before breast cancer surgery.” Perfect Again is mobile and Julie and Franco are happy to arrange information sessions and scanning at designated centres. Catherine said other McGrath Breast Care Nurses from throughout Gippsland have also been invited to come along to Julie’s talk. “Everyone in the local community will also be made welcome, including those who have experienced breast cancer and all interested members of the medical and nursing professions,” she said. Morning tea will be served at the Breast Friends gathering when Perfect
Strength in numbers: from left, Koonwarra CFA members James Ellis, Rob Parfett, Richard Ellis, Bob Beilby, George Witherow, Peter Hanily (captain), Grant Bennett, Tim Stephens, Russell Bradley, David Weymouth, Ross Considine (group officer), Anthony Clemann, Col Stockdale, Bob Wylie, Fabio Dal Pozzo, Wayne Walker (brigade and group secretary), John Davison and Harry Forrester (president) gather outside their new facility.
September stayed dry SEPTEMBER brought relatively little rain compared to an average September.
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“Last year was well above average; this year was well below,” Neville Buckland of Fish Creek said. “August and September have been well below average.” Fish Creek had 77.5mm of rainfall over 14 days in September. The average is 106mm but last year brought an inundation of 138.5mm. To the end of September 2014, Fish Creek had received 625mm of rain. At the same time last year, the total was 856mm. “We’ve only had 15mm for October so far,” Mr Buckland said. “It’s ramping up to be a dry month, too.” David Shambrook of Leongatha recorded 59.25mm of rain over 16 days in September,
almost the same as for August. He said September was drier and probably a bit warmer than average. So far in October, Leongatha has already received 40mm in eight days. The yearly total was 560mm to the end of September. Lindsay Fromhold of Meeniyan recorded 46.3mm of rain over 12 days in September, bringing the yearly total up to 534mm. “It would be well down from the average,” he said. “Last September we had 140mm. “We were four inches different, but then the last few Septembers have been too wet.” He said Meeniyan had received 33mm of rain so far in October. “It’s been a nice start to October. “We’re getting good rains every week,” he said.
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Residents slam dog inaction By Tayla Kershaw INVERLOCH resident Joan Lucas believes the consultation sessions regarding dogs on beaches are absurd.
Perspectives: Inverloch’s Joan Lucas (right) discusses her views on dogs on beaches with independent consultant Keith Greaves at the informal drop in session on Thursday morning.
She is not alone in her view, with many other residents believing the process is a waste of money. Bass Coast Shire council in many people’s views, have gone a complete circle on the dog issue and, many thousands of dollars later, they are still talking and not acting decisively. “I feel someone from the (Bass Coast Shire) council should have been able to organise something like this and come up with a solution. Having independent consultants is a bit ridiculous,” she said. Ms Lucas appreciated the public forum held on September 22 as it was the first time councillors had addressed the community. “It was great to actually see the councillors,” she said. “But it seems the huge effort we made to be heard has led to nothing. We seem to be starting again, which is puzzling.” Ms Lucas believes during the five weeks of school holidays dogs must remain on leads at all times with off leash times before 8am when there is no one of the beach. “We also need rangers to police it better,” she said. “Half the problem is people not knowing the rules or simply not following them.” Ms Lucas has a small dog who loves the beach. The pair
go walking no matter what the weather is. Regardless, council’s consultation process will continue. Stage one of the process is ongoing with two drop in sessions last week and a public forum on September 22. The drop in sessions were for people who didn’t feel comfortable speaking at the forum or who couldn’t make it to the forum. The sessions were run by council members from the Local Laws department and independent consultant Keith Greaves. “Everyone likes the beach and appreciates the environment,” Mr Greaves said. “Finding a solution will require some compromise but we will try to come up with an equitable solution to present to council.” The community will collaborate a final decision by October 24 and present a recommendation to council on October 31. The recommendation will be reviewed in November and council will announce its final decision. “This has really upset the community,” Mr Greaves said. “However, I feel confident they are ready to have a conversation with each other to collaborate a solution.” Stage one of the consultation process will continue this week. A group session was held on Monday night (October 13) and another session will be held on Thursday from 6pm until 9pm at the Inverloch Community Hub.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the $211,000 funding will help plan further improvements to the highway,
ensuring its longevity as a major strategic link in Victoria’s rural road network. “The highway links important industries including dairy, timber, livestock, the oil and gas industries, as well as being a major tourist destination,” Mr Truss said. Federal Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent said records show accident rates for this section of the highway are significantly higher than the Victorian average. “Around 4,200 vehicles travel through Koonwarra each day, and
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History preserved: from left, representative of the Bair family Helen Bogdan, Nick Rivett, Thelma Arnup and Richard Lester are pleased to see the Illawarra flame tree still standing in Bruce Street.
PUBLIC SESSIONS Council Chambers, Leongatha PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Bookings for speaking times essential Ph 5662 9222 Wed, 22 Oct 10.00am ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING Wed, 22 Oct – 2.00pm (Details of agenda items on www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au)
1. NOM– Identifying items in 15 year budget 2. NOM– Coal seam gas and fracking in South Gippsland 3. NOM– Arts policy and strategy 4. Audit Committee report Sept 5. Report on assembly of councillors - Sept 6. Cr discretionary fund report 7. Documents sealed/contracts awarded under CEO delegation - Sept 8. PSA C52 (part 2) Jumbunna Rd Korumburra – 9. Annual Report 2013-2014 10. Community Satisfaction Survey 11. Capital Works Program procedure 12. Council delegation to staff 13. Approval of GSRT contracts under CEO delegation 14. Proposed discontinuance of government road 15. Award of tender SGC15/09 16. Award of tender SGC15/16 17. Appointment to Council audit committee 18. Answers to previous questions on notice 19. Closed item - contractual matter TENDER SGC15/21 CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAVEL RAIL TRAIL, VEGETATION REMOVAL AND DRAINAGE WORKS – GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL TRAIL – BLACK SPUR SECTION (STAGE 7) Council is seeking submissions from qualified companies / applicants for the above Tender. Tenders close 2pm AEDST on Thurs 30 October 2014.Documentation is available from www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au or 5662 9254. PROPOSED NEW ROAD NAME IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BENA & LOCH The following road names have been proposed to Council, to commence the process to consider naming the sections of roads which have been handed back to Council from Vic Roads as a result of the Township's by-pass. Road 1 - the unnamed Rd (Old South Gippsland Hwy) traversing in a easterly direction off Greens Road, in the Township of Bena as 'Suraces Road'. Road 2 - the unnamed Rd (Old South Gippsland Hwy) traversing in a easterly direction off Main Road, in the Township of Loch as 'Bingham Road'. A person may make a submission to the proposal no later than 9 November 2014 addressed to the South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or delivered to Council, 9 Smith St, Leongatha. All submissions will be considered and Council is required to make submissions available for public inspection for 12 months. If no submissions, the names will be forwarded to The Office of Geographic Names for consideration and approval. COUNCIL WORKS THIS WEEK Road Maintenance: Mardan/ Koonwarra /Nerrena/ Toora /Pt Franklin/ Mt Best Reseal Preparation: Kardella Rd, Korumburra 9 Smith St., Leongatha 3953 (Private Bag 4) Ph: 5662 9200 Fax: 5662 3754 council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au
Flame tree lives on
By Tayla Kershaw
REPRESENTATIVES who helped save Leongatha’s Illawarra flame tree gathered at the new Aldi site last Wednesday. “The save the tree campaigners were there to give the tree a personal story,” Leongatha’s Richard Lester said. The flame tree is now featured in the new
supermarket’s car park. It was moved 30 metres from where it was originally planted to give it the best chance of surviving during the development. Rose Bair planted the tree in Bruce Street in the early 1900s. Her granddaughter Helen Bogdan represented the family. “The tree was significant because it was so rare and beautiful,” Ms Bogdan said. “It was the centre piece of the garden.” The fight to keep the tree standing brought her back to the town. She has a brother, a son and five
grandchildren who are all eager to visit the tree. “I’m thrilled the tree looks so good,” she said. “It has started to leaf up so it mustn’t be that stressed.” Ms Bogdan and her grandmother share a love of trees. Ms Bogdan believes a lot of human history can be remembered by having a living thing to connect us to the past. “Aldi has done the right thing by the people of Leongatha,” she said.
Preschool teachers take action PRESCHOOL teachers and educators will take industrial action on October 22.
This will be a protected 24 hour stop work to protest significant issues with salaries. EBA negotiations between Australian Education Union Victoria (AEU) and major preschool employer representatives broke down on September 23 after 14 months of ongoing talks. AEU Victorian president Meredith Peace said it was clear the employer groups didn’t intend to put a reasonable offer on the table after 14 months. “Preschool teachers and educators across Victoria will
take part in a 24 hour stop work this month. It’s been 10 years since they last took action, but the refusal of the employer groups to negotiate in good faith on the issues of most importance has left the members no other choice,” she said. “Victoria’s preschool teachers are currently paid between 5-9 per cent less than their school colleagues respectively at the beginning and top of the salary scale. Offers of 2.25 per cent don’t come close to attracting and retaining staff to educate our children in preschool years.” Ms Peace said the community can’t have high quality preschool programs for children without a well
qualified, committed and energised workforce. “We want to ensure the people who work so tirelessly and selflessly to educate our kids are valued,” the AEU president said. “The state government must match their rhetoric of the importance of early childhood education with the funding required to resolve this dispute.” Ms Peace said the early childhood profession and preschool communities are not being taken seriously by the Victorian State Government. “With negotiations now running over 14 months, there has been no commitment to securing fair and reasonable employment con-
Toilet trouble at Fish Creek MEMBERS of the Fish Creek Country Women’s Association (CWA) are against the demolition of the old toilet block on the main road. The Fish Creek Development Association has been advising the South Gippsland Shire Council of the pending demolition for a number of years and has suggested the community want the toilet block rebuilt closer to Fish Creek’s CBD. However, CWA members said the new site is located on a gravel side road currently found to contain an excessive number of potholes, has no off road parking for cars and buses and is in a constant state of disrepair. Although the members believe there may be a need to open a new 24 hour toilet, the current block should not be demolished as it is in fairly good condition and located in a prime position for use. They also believe if a second toilet block is to be built it should be on a well maintained bitumen road with off road parking, suitable pathways and adequate lighting and signs to be accessed by school and VLine buses and through traffic. Current users of the existing toilet block include secondary school bus users, bus tour
operators, patrons visiting local attractions such as Wilsons Promontory National Park, VLine bus users and parents collecting children from state school. In a letter responding to CWA’s concerns, council CEO Tim Tamlin said plans to replace the toilet block have been in place for several years due to structure concerns and lack of access. Council’s building coordinator Alister Fixter said there is an issue with the septic as well. The new toilets will be modern and accessible to all. A minimum of three new toilets are proposed as well as a unisex facility and a potential for a family and baby room. “We will try to meet the number of existing toilets but it will come down to budget,” Mr Fixter said. The CWA members have noted council has given no official survey to the community on the matter and have put together a survey/ petition to identify the needs of the public. A copy of the survey can be found at Prom View Nursery, the office of Fish Creek Primary School and in the council office. Council will be holding a community meeting on Thursday to determine whether there is significant objection to the new location.
ditions for staff,” she said. “We need to be able to attract and retain a high quality workforce. Without this, children miss out on the crucial milestone of early childhood education.”
The AEU will provide the required notification to relevant employers of this protected action and ensure appropriate notice of the stop work will be given to parents.
Nominate a worthy citizen WITH nominations closing in less than three weeks, it’s time to get your skates on to recognise some of those fabulous community ‘salts of the earth’ in the South Gippsland Shire Australia Day Awards. You know the ones. They’re always at the club when you need a hand, they see what needs to be done and go the extra mile without a murmur of complaint. So, just how hard is it to nominate someone? Not hard at all… it costs nothing and just takes a little follow up to get the pieces together. • Ask your nominee for their permission to nominate them. (They might protest initially but usually they’re excited to be recognised.) • Download the nomination form/s for SG Citizen of the Year, SG Community Event of the Year or Youth Contribution Certificate from http://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/ Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=1174. The forms are interactive, so you can save them to your computer and just type straight into them or print them off and write in them…whatever suits you best. Alternatively, call us at Council on 5662 9200 and we can post or email a form or two out to you. • There are just four or five questions to answer (depending on category) and the easiest way to find out the information is to ask the nominee! Keep it short and simple- we don’t need a novel. • Ask two people (eg club representatives) to write letters of support for the nominee. If they are a little slow in responding, nudge them with your knowledge and your winning smile. • Seek out or take two digital pictures of the nominee – one a portrait and another involved in their club or hobbies if possible. • Complete the form, print it out and get the nominee or event representative to sign it. • Send the completed form with the pics and the two letters of support in to Council by Friday, October 31. It just takes a good heart, an hour or two of paperwork and you could really make someone’s day. And if you need a hand, simply call Council’s Jeannie Hicks on 5662 9221 and she’ll be happy to help you.
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Mass exodus predicted ANNUAL permit holders of the Long Jetty Caravan Park at Port Welshpool have 12 months to bring their caravans in line with current legislation.
The South Gippsland Shire Council is now the direct manager of both the Long Jetty and Yanakie caravan parks. At a recent community meeting, council CEO Tim Tamlin said it is council’s responsibility to ensure the parks comply with current regulations. “There are some major changes we need to work on together in the next 12 months,” he said. Stan Crossley and Graeme Stoll are permit holders affected by council’s push to get the Port Welshpool park up to scratch. “We are being belted about the head with selective pieces of legislation and guidelines, there is no common sense being used right now,” Mr Stoll said. “What we were told at the public meeting and what has come to us in information packs is chalk and cheese.” Mr Crossley said already, annual permit holders are starting to leave the park. “The 42 per cent increase in fees has already got rid of four annual members and nine more have indicated they will leave,” he said. “I would say at least 20 will end up leaving, which is a real worry.” Mr Stoll said the decision to increase annual fees by 42 per cent was made after the council checked rates of caravan parks between Rosebud and Lakes Entrance. “They have brought the fees up to be in line with those parks. They should have checked the prices of parks in similar locations
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Up to code: annual permit holders Stan Crossley (left) and Graeme Stoll are worried about South Gippsland Shire’s requirements for members of the Long Jetty Caravan Park at Port Welshpool. like Port Albert and Woodside,” he said. “I would say 95 per cent of the people who stay at this caravan park fish. It is a fisherman’s park, there is not a lot else to do here. “They shouldn’t have compared it to tourist areas.” A 12 month permit at Port Welshpool now costs $3200 plus $75 a quarter to read the meter, plus power. Water usage is included in the rate. Mr Crossley said they understand the legislation and don’t disagree with the plans to help make the park more attractive. “The problem is council didn’t give previous managers any assistance. It didn’t complete regular inspections to make sure the park was being run correctly,” he said. Mr Stoll said nobody wants to beat up on council; they just want to put forward a balanced argument. “We have got to be able to sit down with council and negotiate. There are very few compliance issues here compared to other parks in
Industrial Estate road upgrade COUNCIL road crews will conduct road rehabilitation works in the Leongatha Industrial Estate, commencing in late October and continuing throughout November. Further asphalt overlays will be added later in summer when the conditions are drier. Council’s engineering coordinator Paul Challis said Watson Road, Tilson Court and Ashenden Street will be targeted as part of this year’s Capital Works Program. “As would be expected in an Industrial Estate, these roads are continually accessed by heavy vehicles and it is imperative we act now to avoid total pavement failure in some areas of Watson Road and Tilson Court,” said Mr Challis. “Our site supervisor will discuss individual requirements with business operators who have direct abuttal to the proposed works to minimise the disruption. We will also do some of the work on the weekends to support this.” The works are expected to cost approximately $400,000. There will be some traffic disruption and motorists are asked to proceed with caution and adhere to directional and speed signs for the safety of all.
the shire,” he said. “Get the really bad ones and tell them what needs to happen. Anything that is a safety issue is fine, but there has got to be some give and take. “Even if people are told if they are close to compliant they can stay, but if they ever want to sell they need to bring it up to code and then sell.” The Long Jetty Caravan Park has 16 powered sites, seven permanent residents and around 76 annual permit holders. Fourteen of those permit holders, including Mr Crossley and his wife, own cabins which is not allowed under current legislation. “The caravans and annexes can be brought up to code, but the people with the cabins can never be compliant,” he said. The council’s newly appointed caravan parks coordinator Jock Wilson said he plans to visit each site holder individually in October. “It is going to be a difficult road, but we are here to help. We urge site hold-
ers to take as much time as is needed to understand the new regulations,” he said. Mr Stoll said the October inspections need to be booked and Mr Wilson will only provide information verbally during a half hour site visit. “It is not an official inspection, he will just be providing a guide as to what council expects. He won’t be giving us anything in writing, so basically it is a pointless exercise,” he said. Both Mr Stoll and Mr Crossley were positive about council’s decisions to improve lighting and power access at the park. “To its credit, it has reworked the budget to get temporary disabled access to the park, and it has hired a portable toilet for the disabled, which is really good,” Mr Crossley said. “Council is also bringing forward the building of a new amenities block because there are not enough showers and toilets for the capacity of the park.”
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CARERS Week celebrations continue in Inverloch. In recognition of the wonderful work local carers do throughout the year, Latrobe Community Health Service is extending its Carers Week celebrations with a free lunch at Inverloch as well as gold class movie tickets for a few lucky attendees. On Tuesday, October 21 carers from South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires are invited to attend lunch at Manna-Gum at Broadbeach, with opportunities to secure limited tickets to a movie on either side of lunch. Carers interested in attending the lunch and movie should RSVP by October 15 to Michelle Butler or Jo-Ann Brailey at Latrobe Community Health Service on 1800 242 696. This is a free event; transport and respite can be arranged upon request. THE students in the junior room at Welshpool and District Primary School have had a great time learning about dinosaurs this term. They have a keen interest in natural history and are avid learners. The latest schoolyard phenomenon has been the collecting of garden snails. The students have had ball de-snailing the vegetable garden and observing their new ‘pets’. Like all schoolyard ‘crazes’ it will fade away, but the school has been able to take advantage of this en-
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thusiasm to do some quality learning. ON Tuesday, August 12 well known locals, Gwen and Jim Cusack travelled to Melbourne to attend the Supreme Court of Victoria to watch the admission ceremony of their granddaughter Rachel, who was admitted to legal practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Medical Science and a Bachelor of Science as well as her Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. She is looking forward to taking a well earned break from study as she embarks on her legal career. GIPPSLAND Carers Association Carers Support Group will meet on October 22 at 10am at Gippsland Disability Advocacy, 8 Hopetoun Ave, Morwell. People who provide care for a loved one with a disability are invited to attend, to share a cuppa and chat with others like themselves in a welcoming and non-judgemental environment. For more information, please ring Dot Kitwood on 0402 457 241. CHRISTMAS should be a time of sharing and helping, and you can do that little bit extra by buying charity Christmas cards. When you do this card-sale profits go to help worthwhile charities. So where can you buy these charity Christmas cards? In Leongatha, at the
South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau, located in the Memorial Hall complex, Michael Place, Leongatha, opposite the Post Office. Just drop in and select the cards you like from our range of designs and charities. Charities represented include Arthritis Victoria, the Cancer Council, Anglicare, Children First, the Lort Smith Animal hospital, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.To get your cards you can drop in or you can call 5662 2111 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm). FAIRER World Bazaar is an alternative gift fair in the Leongatha Uniting Church Hall will have on sale handcrafted goods from Africa and Asia and display information on ways to explore changing the world one step at a time. The bazaar starts at 9.30am until 1.30am on Saturday, October 18 and entry is free and light refreshments will be available. WONTHAGGI Primary School is hosting a Mini Mudda on Saturday, November 1 and all are welcome to participate! This is a challenging course for children aged six to 13 years old and like the adult equivalent, Tough Mudda. Children will have to crawl through mud, commando crawl through sand, run and climb to make it to the end.The event will be held at the school during the family fun day starting at 9.30am. There’s still time
to register to participate. SANTA required! The Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry is looking for someone who would like to be Father Christmas this year. They only require Father Christmas for a number of times in the streets of the CBD and for some “Santa Photos” in the foyer of the hall. If you can assist call Peter Watchorn at the Leongatha Newsagency on 5662 2084. ALISON Lester has opened a standalone concept store in Fish Creek. It’s a gallery/bookshop that features all of Alison’s books, limited edition prints from the books, cards and gifts which span her 30 year career as one of Australia’s most loved and award winning author/illustrators. Since the store opened on September 20 the response has been amazing. The official store opening will be held this Saturday, October 18 at 2pm, which will also include a triple book launch. THE Leongatha Historical Society and its current president Lyn Skillern both had emails tampered with recently. The emails sent from both to quite a number of people claimed Lyn had been mugged in the Philippines and was requiring financial help to get home. In fact Lyn has never been to the Phillipines and was home all along. The Society has lost a number of
Email: col7@thestar.com.au Post: PO Box 84 Leongatha 3953 Fax: 03 5662 4350 important documents as a result and both the Society and Lyn have new email addresses. SOUTH Gippsland Carers is a group of carers and families of people with additional needs and frail aged. The group provides support for all carers, social get togethers, information sharing and regular meetings which are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month during school term from 10am until 12 noon at Memorial Hall Meeting Place, 2 Michael Place, Leongatha. The next meeting is on October 28. Call
Heather 5668 9243 CORRECTION There is a mistake on the advert for Wonthaggi Motorcycles on page 19 in today’s Star. The Bobcat King of the Jungle Zero Turns are meant to be priced from $6,400 (not $9,999) while the Walker For a Cut Above mowers are meant to be priced from $9,999 (not $6,400). The Razorbacks are correctly priced in the advert. For details on how you can Clean Up This Spring call Allister Scott at the store on 5672 3500.
Memories of boyhood: Max Wood, past president of the Port Welshpool Maritime Museum, enjoyed showing his grandson, Aaron Duckworth, exhibits at the museum’s centenary of the Janet Iles on Saturday, October 11. See story page 13.
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Drug concerns at Inverloch Continued from page 1. Patrols have not increased in Inverloch since the holdup at the petrol station and the man who jumped onto the roof of the Community Hub in August. However, Senior Sergeant Scott Morison said increased resources have allowed the police to have an extra car for night patrols. “This gives us greater coverage to monitor high risk areas,” he said. A CCTV camera is directed at the skate park from the Foodworks supermarket in Inverloch. Senior Sergeant Morison said it has also been a great tool for coverage. “Obviously it can’t cover everything but we do use it,” he said.
Police have worked to educate children in the police service area (PSA) about stranger danger through its Youth Resource Officer Senior Constable Brendan Horrocks and Sergeant Glenn Birt. The police members attend schools to provide information on both drugs and alcohol and proactively teach them about stranger danger. Schools are always developing programs to broaden students’ knowledge of drug risks. These are run throughout the curriculum in health and wellbeing physical education classes. They also have special presentations and a range of workshops often run by the local police.
High risk: Inverloch parents are concerned drug deals are happening at the skate park where children as young as 10 years often play. Pictured from left is Lucas and Sash Allen.
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OPINIONS
Toilet response
I REFER to Mrs Paula Thomson’s letter to you last week in relation to the concerns held by the Fish Creek CWA regarding the replacement of the town’s public toilets. Council has been planning to replace this toilet block for several years, given its concerns about the septic system, the structural deterioration and lack of access for all. These issues have driven the decision to include the project in the current Capital Works Budget. The proposed new facility will not be a single cubicle selfcleaning unit as suggested by Mrs Thomson. The design and construction of the new facility will include fittings and fixtures to meet the needs of the community while minimising ongoing maintenance and operational costs for Council. These include (but are not limited to): • 2 (possibly 3) unisex bowls/cubicles; • 2 hand basins (1 external, 1 internal in accessible toilet); • 1 unisex accessible/family facility (including fold down baby change table); • Use of water saving products; • 2 hand dryers (1 external, 1 internal in accessible toilet); • Vandal proof lighting and interiors, on concrete slab; • Facility to be plumbed to new septic system and existing storm water system. Council officers have been discussing this issue with the Fish Creek community for some years now and the consensus recommendation was that the facility would be best relocated within the CBD Park where it is closer to the cur-
rent V/Line bus stop and better services the businesses in the shopping precinct which do not have any public toilets. It will also encourage travellers to stop in the CBD and explore the town’s interesting shops. We are confident the new facility will prove to be in the most appropriate location and will serve the vibrant Fish Creek community for many years to come. Tim Tamlin Chief Executive Officer
Park pain
Open letter to South Gippsland Shire Council AS a wife of a Vietnam veteran TPI pensioner, who has spent so much time in the Repat Hospital with PSTD (Post-traumatic stress disorder). Les was told of a place called Yanakie with a caravan park run by a council manager with a very good name, so he went to this park in 1983 where he bought a van through the manager. From the day Les owned this van and annex he slowly improved health wise. It was a refuge for him, two to three days at Yanakie and he slowly started to mix with people, especially the park manager who helped Les update his van in extending so his family could go to the park with him at times. Les was a real loner until he bought this van and slowly we became a real family again. Back then council wanted this park to be a real part of happy, helpful campers. I really feel for the wives for all the time and money their husbands have put into their vans - with permission from management. Now we are told all our work is worthless by your rules. Now we must demolish our vans and replace these with a registered one, when
E D I T O R I A L Election in the air FUNDING announcements appear to be coming in thick and fast at the moment, signaling the State election set down for Saturday, November 15 is just around the corner.
Whilst it is easy to become skeptical of politicians and their promises, we have to at least acknowledge and be grateful when that promise is fulfilled. Take the recent funding announcements for example; starting with the completion of the bike rail trail at Koonwarra and the money for Crighton’s Hill (will this be enough?), followed by this week’s good news of money for the Korumburra children’s hub and the opening of the Koonwarra CFA’s new station. All funding was provided through the current State Government and our local member Peter Ryan deserves a lot of the credit. There’s no doubt that if the sitting Member for Gippsland South holds a position of power and is in the government of the day, then it’s going to benefit our area. This is despite the fact that Gippsland South is a relatively safe seat. Would an elected Labor Government provide the same funding announcements in a safe National seat- I don’t think so. South Gippslanders must take funding announcements with open arms because if a change of Government occurs maybe this money will dry up. Our local member still has work to do though. The state of our roads and the Coal Seam Gas issue are likely to surface as major issues once the campaign begins proper.
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many of us cannot afford to meet your regulations. This ridiculous rule will see more than 90 per cent of annuals leave this park, then you can explain to your ratepayers of a bad decision which will reflect on you by council hiding real lost cost when this park ends in debt. Maureen Brown, Yanakie annual.
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A QUESTION for the management of the Bass Coast Shire Council. “The current round of community consultations occurring at Inverloch seeking opinions about dogs in the community is the fifth round of consultations/feedback that Bass Coast Shire Council (BCSC) and relevant stakeholders have sought since 2011. They are as follows: * 2011- Responsible Pet Owner Survey; * Phillip Island Nature Park (PINP) - Environment Plan Draft (2012-2017) community consultation. Dogs on beaches was the main topic of discussion for both the well attended day and evening sessions. Session attendees were not solely residents of Phillip Island. Bass Coast senior staff were also in attendance and would have been privy to any information gathered from these community sessions. * off leash survey, Inverloch, was hand delivered to all residents and ratepayers as part of DAMAC (1). This garnered 1298 responses. * 2013-2014 Inverloch trial and subsequent Review of the Trial of Dog Restrictions December 1, 2013 - April 30, 2014, consisting of a 129 page report. Cost of this trial was detailed at $44,549.00 In the past four years, council will have gathered enough information and data with regards to providing adequate off leash recreation areas for its residents shire-wide, but we have yet again another ‘consultative process’ in place. The cost of all these community based ‘consultations’, including but not limited, to: survey compilation, distribution, data collation and reporting;. third party engagement; cost of the Inverloch trail ($45,000); the many hundreds of voluntary hours the DAMAC members have expended; and the engagement of the new chit-chat consultants who are not urban planners (at an, as yet, unknown cost) amounts to a great deal of ratepayers money.
The total expenditure by council for these surveys and ‘consultations’ would have been better placed in engaging a company like Harlock Jackson to undertake the process.This company is a world leader in animal management policy and research. Primarily, this relates to the integration of dogs and cats as pets into the urban environment. The company is Melbourne based. (http://www.harlockjackson.com.au/animal.html) What I cannot fathom is why council continually undertakes such fruitless consultative processes (which deliberately creates divisiveness within communities) when there is a company that could settle this issue once and for all. Can council answer this question for me? Ann Grose, chair, Friends of Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay.
Mayor wrong
COMMENTS reported in last week’s media attributed to Bass Coast mayor Cr Neil Rankine and to a lesser extent Cr Clare Le Serve suggesting to readers councillors were unaware a review of Bass Coast Shire’s service provision, infrastructure and investment on Phillip Island would be undertaken, until they read it in the press, are misleading. Cr Rankine is reported to have claimed Minister Bull made a decision “without consulting us,” and that it was “unfortunate the Minister did not let council know before the media and community did.” We are reliably informed that Minister Bull contacted Bass Coast CEO Paul Buckley six days before the press release announcing the review was issued; and that the CEO briefed councillors on the decision on Wednesday, September 24, including the request from Minister Bull for council to fund one third of the cost of the review. Members of the Phillip Island Progress Association were informed of the decision for the first time via a press release at 5pm on September 29. Cr Rankine is reported to have estimated the cost of the review to ratepayers “could be around $150,000.” That estimate is wrong. The report to be presented to the October 15 meeting, at which council will decide whether to agree to the Minister’s request for one third funding of the review, states cost to ratepayers should be between $25,000 and $35,000. The State Government will bear
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the majority of the review cost which is not expected to exceed $100,000. Phillip Island ratepayers pay 43% of the total Bass Coast Shire rate revenue, so will bear almost half of this cost, should council agree to the Minister’s request, leaving mainland ratepayers to bear between $13,000 and $18,000. Cr Clare Le Serve is reported to have described the review announcement as a political manoeuvre which leaves council in a compromised position. How so, we ask. The Phillip Island Progress Association, supported by 8,000 signatories, presented a petition to the State Parliament in May requesting the conduct of an independent review of the Bass Coast Shire Council, to determine the feasibility (or otherwise) of Phillip Island de-amalgamating from the Bass Coast Shire. Eight thousand people exercised their democratic right to request a review, and a rally in June attended by 1200 people was held in support of this. With an election looming, the two candidates known at the time to be standing in November were asked to support Phillip Island’s request. Cr Le Serve, who attended the rally and whose candidature announcement as an Independent co-incided with the weekend on which it was held stated the following day: “I support the conduct of an independent municipal review, as requested by Phillip Island’s Stand Alone movement. Sunday’s community rally on Phillip Island was an example of people coming together, in order to be listened to and heard.I absolutely believe in the democratic process of supporting the request for the conduct of a municipal review.” Cr Le Serve and five of her fellow councillors subsequently voted for the conduct of the services review requested, on the basis of listening to the voice of 8,000 people. The other candidate, Liberal Brian Paynter committed to work to achieve a review, and stated he would work hard to get the state government to agree to a review. He did so! His work was acknowledged by the Minister in the press release issued. Cr Le Serve was reported in the local press to have stated that the Minister’s review announcement “is a political manoeuvre, which leaves council in a compromised position” and said she will be absent from the debate and vote at next week’s meeting to ensure council business is not sullied by
state politics?” We ask, what has changed? PIPA was not privy to the review details before the council was, which seems to be the major bone of contention of the two councillors. PIPA did not learn a review had been granted until six days after the council was told. If council did not know a press release had been issued, informing PIPA and the community, it must have been expecting one, having already been informed a review had been granted. The fact Brian Paynter was acknowledged by the Minister is in line with all press releases issued by both sides of politics when announcements are made, whether we as voters like this practise or not. Mr Paynter has featured in at least six press releases, sometimes with photos, alongside Ken Smith, on various announcements for the electorate by the Coalition government since April this year; and not a murmur has been raised about this until now. Has council business been sullied by state politics?As Cr Le Serve suggests. Councillors have debated at length at recent meetings the issues in the Bass electorate they want to see addressed during the current election campaign. Council has regularly written to the state government, advocating on behalf of ratepayers on issues such as coal seam gas, the desalination plant, and Port of Hastings. What is so different now about an issue of importance to Phillip Island voters. Is it not the role of those who seek to represent us at parliamentary level to listen to the voice of constituents, and for constituents in turn to know the views and responses on issues of concern to them, of candidates seeking their vote. The criticism from Cr Le Serve that: “If PIPA can pull that much political power maybe it could stop the expansion of the Port of Hastings from going ahead” also requires a response. PIPA used the democratic processes open to it and worked very hard to gain the voice of government, through the same means available to every other individual or group in Victoria with major concerns, to gain the result it did. We believe a review into the Bass Coast Shire is long overdue, and will be of benefit not just to Phillip Island, but to residents across the entire shire. Stephen Fullarton, President, Phillip Island Progress Association.
VOXPOP! VOX Do you think Phillip Island should be getting more for their rates?
“I don’t know. I do think that setting up all of its shire offices and infrastructure again would cost a bit to organise.”
Andrew Cargill, Wonthaggi.
“I don’t know. I really do think they need a hospital over there.”
Keith Stevens, Warragul.
“Yes. What Bass Coast residents get for their rates is appalling. I also think Inverloch residents should be getting more for their rates.”
Kylie Horton, Inverloch.
“Phillip Island deserves a fair shake. If I lived on established Phillip Island and I felt other areas were getting more funding just because they didn’t have a lot of services in place, I’d feel that was unfair.”
Barry Farrell, new to Inverloch.
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Fifty years of history HISTORY took centre stage at the Leongatha Historical Society on Sunday, October 12. Foundation president, John Murphy was invited to cut the cake at the Society’s 50th birthday celebrations. President Robert Sage welcomed members and friends to the lunchtime party set among historic
memorabilia at the society’s museum at the Mechanics Institute. Among the guests were South Gippsland Shire mayor, Cr Jim Fawcett, Mrs Joan Fawcett, and past society presidents including John Murphy (life members), Lola Bailey, Geoff Michael, Ian Lester, Jennifer Hamilton and John Hyett, and life members Audrey Hall and Marga-
ret Stokes. Cr Fawcett had attended the 100th anniversary of the ‘Janet Isles’ fishing boat at the Port Welshpool Maritime Museum on Saturday. He said he found the same enthusiasm and dedication there as historians demonstrated in Leongatha. “Here at the shire we’re always faced with rates, roads and rubbish discussions, but we
Members: from left, Joy Edney, Eulalie Brewster and Audrey Hall, historical society members, enjoy looking through an album of old photographs.
struggle more with the arts and culture. We must pay more attention to our history,” Cr Fawcett added. Mr Sage paid tribute to John Murphy for his part in getting the historical society off the ground 50 years ago. His knowledge, research and compiling books on local history made an invaluable contribution, especially writing the history of the shire “No Parallel” launched for the shire’s centenary in 1988. Mr Murphy told an intriguing story of his own career, starting work at the Leongatha Post Office before his 15th birthday, meeting the mail trains, delivering mail around the town, assisting with wartime communications and finally returning to the family farming property at Leongatha North. As historical representative for Gippsland, Mr Murphy said a highlight was attending the bicentennial celebrations with
his wife Kath at Government House, a formal black tie affair, in 1988. “It was a top show,” he remarked. Historical society member, Wal Cayzer thanked Mr Murphy. “He’s set an historical example for us all,” Wal said, describing John as having “no parallel” himself. Life member Mrs Margaret Stokes presented a life membership to the present secretary, Mrs Lyn Skillern, paying tribute for her outstanding work for history in the local area. “We basked in the reflected glory of Lyn’s award winning history on Leongatha’s high, tech and secondary schools and as secretary her coordination of the local society, her contact with members and ongoing research,” said Mrs Stokes. A very surprised Lyn thanked members for the award, joining the others who have received this prestigious recognition.
Above, Life member: life member, past president and member of the Leongatha Historical Society, Margaret Stokes had the honour of presenting society secretary, Lyn Skillern with her life membership. Below, Living history: from left, Ian Lester, historian, John Murphy (author of several books including “On the Ridge” and “No Parallel,”) and Geoff Michael. Mr Murphy holds the 1904 Title Deed for the Fairbank Mechanics Institute with the signatures including waxed thumb imprints of the five trustees on parchment paper.
Presidents: from left, John Murphy, Lola Bailey, Jennifer Hamilton, Robert Sage (current president), John Hyett, Geoff Michael and Ian Lester.
Fish Creek opens gardens ON Sunday October 19, garden enthusiasts will have the opportunity to visit four special gardens in Fish Creek.
The proceeds of these open gardens will go to the South Gippsland Hospital Auxiliary to enable these ladies to purchase much needed equipment for the hospital in Foster. The ladies will also be providing a delicious afternoon tea. The first garden is at the home of Cor and Nellie Van Dyke at 1965 Meeniyan–Promontory Road, just past White’s Timber yard. The second garden is across the road at 10 Byrnes Lane. This is the home of Allan and
Cheryl Howell. Allan’s sister Lyn has lovingly created this native bush haven in the last six years. If you love native gardens, this is not to be missed. Then back to the other side of Fish Creek for the third garden, belonging to Les and Beryl Jones, on the corner of Boys and Carnegies Roads, just over the rail trail. The final garden at the end of Carnegies Road is the home of Frank and Nadia Stefani, where we’ll take your money and offer you delicious refreshments all for the affordable sum of $10. Event organiser Nadia Stefani
has an abundance of plants for sale including yukkas, clivias, orchids, roses and many succulents. A representative from the South Gippsland Hospital will give a speech, providing attendees with an insight into hospital happenings. Let’s get behind this much loved hospital and make this a really successful day. The open gardens are available for viewing from 1pm onwards. For those who cannot attend but would still like to make a contribution and support the fundraiser, Nadia would love to hear from you. She can be contacted on 56832385.
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Diamond deb: the Blue Diamond Debutante Ball was held at the Wonthaggi Workmens Club on Friday, October 10 from left back row, Dean West, Patrick Bain, Weston Sparkes, Damian Justice, Darcy Barker, Tait McLean, Jacob Singleton, middle row: Brian Eldridge, Leah Manning, Sophie Hoogsluit, Nikita Zinko, Georgia Hocking, Jett Dalmau, David Tucker, front row, Jazmine Manning, flower girl, Brodie Sanderson, Maddison Sirianni, Bronwyn Williams, dance teacher, Jude Donahoo, special guest from You Are My Sunshine Foundation, Shane Gray, dance teacher, Mariah von Hart, dance teacher, Brenda Sanderson, event coordinator, Bethanie Pretty, Brittney Taylor and Ty Williams, page boy.
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The Janet Iles revolutionised commencial fishing when she was designed by W.BM Smith in 1914. Max Wood a past president of the museum, recalled how, “As a child there were lots of parties of fifty people on the Janet Iles on outings to Wilsons Promontory. “The men would fish from the boat while the wives and children would play on the beach at Sealers Cove or Refuge Cove. “It was a big trip by car to the prom in those days,” he said. As a past president of the museum and one who served on the committee for a long time, Mr Wood knew the Smith family well. The centenary included demonstrations of fish filleting, net making and children’s face painting and was attended by the South Gippsland Shire mayor Cr Jim Fawcett, his wife Joan,
and Member for Eastern Victoria Danny O’Brien and his family. Janet Taylor, the granddaughter of W.B.M Smith and the daughter of Arnie Smith who donated the Janet Iles and the house, the first in Port Welshpool, to the shire recalled how progressive her grandfather was and the work he did to help establish the port. “They were catching so many fish in those days, 30 ton in a net, and my grandfather was instrumental in building the tramway from the port to the railway line which was the key to getting the fish to Melbourne. “Getting the catch to Melbourne, he believed, would lower the price and everybody, including the poor, could enjoy fish.” Mrs Taylor spoke of how proud and emotional she was at continuing to keep alive the history of her father and grandfather. “It was so important to my father to keep the history of Port Welshpool alive.”
Three generations: from left, daughter, mother and granddaughter W.B.M Smith’s great granddaughter, Suzanne Taylor; granddaughter, Janet Taylor and great great granddaughter, Kiana Hadley; in front of the Janet Iles.
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Family day out: the Member for Eastern Victoria, Danny O’Brien, wife Vicki Miller and twins Milly and Harvey enjoying the atmosphere at the centenary celebrations of the Janet Iles in Port Welshpool on Saturday.
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Step into “The Family” VISITORS to the Leongatha Hospital won’t fail to notice The Family installation.
The Family by Fish Creek sculptor Andy McPherson has found a new home in a high profile setting at the entrance to the hospital and acts as the centre piece of the indigenous themed garden. The sculpture is the artist’s first piece of public art. Small segments of recycled railway sleepers, redgum and ironbark are bolted together to make up the three circular sections of the sculpture which represent father, mother and child. Originally earmarked for a meditative courtyard within the hospital complex, Mr McPherson hopes visitors to the hospital will touch and sit in the objects.
Stepping stones will be put in place to encourage people to interact. Mr McPherson works almost exclusively in recycled materials and said, “I hope touching a beautiful thing made of natural materials will be therapeutic, particular for the often stressed people visiting a hospital.” The extensive gardens at the hospital are the result of collaboration between a number of community groups, The Native Plant Society, Leongatha Horticultural Society, Woorayl CWA and the Lyrebird Auxiliary coordinated by the hospital’s health promotion officer Tim Howard. Much of the manual labour has been provided by a ‘work for the dole’ team. “All have made a fantastic contribution,” said Mr Howard.
Family unit: the three sections of The Family representing father, mother and child are calibrated to fit onto each other.
Gas concerns to be heard LOCAL group Coal and CSG free Mirboo North will be hosting a policy forum in Mirboo North on Sunday, October 26.
“The Family”: Andy McPherson helps bolt together the segments that make up the sculpture. Tim Howard, the hospital’s Health Promotion Officer, described the sculpture as having ‘impact.’
The forum is an opportunity for community members from across the Gippsland region to become better informed on where their candidates stand on three important issues - new coal development, unconventional gas and renewable energy. Attendance has been confirmed by Peter Ryan (Leader of the Nationals), Harriet Shing (Labor), Phil Piper (Independent), Andrea Milsom (The Greens) and Dave Snelling (Australian Country Alliance). The forum – which will be run as a free community event – will hear
from all the candidates on these important issues and include a question session to allow those in attendance to have their questions answered. “We wanted the community to have the opportunity to be better informed before the upcoming state election,” event organiser Marg Thomas said. “This is about allowing all of us to have a better understanding of each candidate’s policies and considering these positions before voting.” Event moderator Cam Walker said these issues have the potential to have huge impacts on those living and working in the Gippsland region. “The community has the right to hear how each candidate intends to act on the community’s behalf,” he
said. Mirboo North’s Peter Smith said locals would like to have a better understanding of what the future looks like for the Gippsland region depending on who is voted in. “These issues are very important to the community and we want to be better informed about where our candidates stand on these issues,” he said. The forum will take place at 1pm at the Walter J Tuck Reserve (the football clubrooms) in Mirboo North. For more details contact Marg Thomas on 0408 319 397 and coalandcsgfreemirboonorth@outlook. com or Ursula Alquier on 0499 991 324 and csgfreepoowong@hotmail. com.
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The books were laid on the tables and students chose a book to stand behind. On the count of three, each student picked up a book and flicked through the page to see if they had the lucky golden ticket. After two weeks the tickets were found and five lucky winners each selected a guest to bring with them to a marvellous surprise. On September 18 at
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Teen psychologist talks parenting MIRBOO North Secondary College will welcome well known psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg on Wednesday, October 29 at 7.30pm at the Mirboo North Shire Hall.
The event is open to members of the Mirboo North school community and other interested people. Raising teenagers can be a challenging and a rewarding time. Parents and carers have to find new ways to communicate, relate and understand what is happening to young
people with raging hormones and wills of their own and yet without the maturity and judgement to make sometimes life changing decisions for themselves. Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia’s most high profile psychologists and an internationally recognised authority on teenage behav-
Great result: Meeniyan’s Jess Wolf has again achieved a third placing at the Royal Melbourne Show for her boiled fruit cake.
Queen of cakes JESS Wolf has once again come away from the Royal Melbourne Show with a third place in the VAS Junior Boiled Fruit Cake section.
Man found dead A MAN was found dead in a unit in Allison Street, Leongatha last Monday, October 6. The 47 year old man, a resident in Leongatha for around two years, is believed to have died several days before being discovered. He was living on his own. According to Senior Constable Mick Thomas of the Leongatha police, the death is “not suspicious” but is believed to have been the result of an accident. Police wouldn’t elaborate on the nature of the accident. The Criminal Investigation Unit investigated and a report is being prepared for the coroner. His nearest of kin in New Zealand have been notified.
Parenting: well known psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg will speak at Mirboo North on Wednesday, October 29.
psychologist, Michael CarrGregg has noticed a worrying trend in our modern parenting style, which sees kids running riot and parents running for cover. “In our desire to give our kids the best, we may have given them way too much, and overlooked the importance of setting limits”. This activity has been funded by the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal. This is a free event for the Mirboo North school community but is also open to other interested people at a cost of $5 per ticket. Tickets may be purchased at the door from 7.00pm. Mirboo North school community members who would like to attend need to get a purple entry ticket from the school office. If you would like more information, please contact Denise Martin at Mirboo North Secondary College on 56679000 or at martin. denise.d@edumail.vic.gov. au.
Milpara - Korumburra’s Community House News MILPARA Community House has been successful recently in receiving a small grant through Australia Post to commence a project titled ‘Coming of Age – What I need to know about digital literacy without asking my grandchildren.’ The focus of this project is to build confidence, connections and self reliance for our community’s older citizens through a digital literacy education programme. If this is a project of interest to you, or you know of others who would benefit, please get in touch with us during the coming weeks. **** On October 15 the Term 4 Computer Basics course will commence between 1pm to 4pm and will cover an introduction to computers, email, the Internet and word processing. **** Also on Wednesday, October 15, commencing at 10am is a workshop on iPAD Basics. Do you want to learn more about the applications and options on your device? This is a class that is about answering the questions you need to have answered about getting the best from your iPAD. If you would like to secure your place in this session, please call us to let us know you will be attending. **** Returning to the House on Tuesday, October 21 is the Painting and Drawing Classes with local artist and tutor Bob Hickman. These classes run over a period of six weeks, from 1pm to 4pm. This class caters for both beginners and the more advanced students and will cover the use of oils, acrylic, pastels, water colour and many other media.
ALESSANDRA Tomei Western was born on October 3 at the Leongatha Hospital. Alessandra is another little girl for Beth and Phil of Tarwin Lower and a baby sister for Clara 4 years.
LYDIA Grace Maxwell is the first child for Ben Maxwell and Lauren Langenberg of Leongatha. Lydia was born on September 29 at Leongatha Hospital.
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This is the second year in a row Jess has had such great success. The journey started at the Foster Show in February when Jess won first place. She was then invited to compete in the regional competition at Korumburra in May. In this competition Jess competed against the other winners from shows in the Central and South Gippsland region, including Pakenham, Yarram and Wonthaggi. Jess’s mum, Sarah said the Korumburra show is a great experience for Jess because it is the only time she gets a chance to speak to the judges. “She can get some advice and actually talk to the judges.” This year, it took six tries at creating the perfect fruit cake before Jess had one she felt was worthy of the Melbourne show “I had five failures at home and then I cooked one in a friend’s oven, which cooked from the bottom instead of the top,” Jess said. “I usually start baking three days before the show with some test cakes.” It takes about three hours for Jess to whip up a royal quality fruit cake, and this year Jess had to cook her final cake on the same day as her grade five ballet exam. Jess also received top marks for her dancing. Each year, Jess wins enough prize money to cover her ingredients. At just 12 years old, Jess has another six years to perfect her fruit cake until she has to move into the adult section. “I will enter again next year, which will be my fifth year in the competition,” she said.
iour. Michael has recently been commenting on parenting and says one of the problems of teenagers today is their parents. Michael said children today have compliant parents who over indulge them. He says parents are reluctant to say “no”. They want to be best friends with their children instead of providing adult guidance and boundaries. To quote Michael CarrGregg, “We know what children need to help them grow into healthy and resilient adults… yet I’m seeing large numbers of Australian parents hesitate to set limits or boundaries.” He says that “sometimes children need to feel badly –it’s how they learn to cope. This doesn’t mean that we stand aside and tell them to get over it. We support them by acknowledging how they feel and letting them know we’re there to help if they need us. If you want to see your children in therapy, then by all means, give them everything under the sun.” In his work as a family
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THE GREAT SOUTHERN STAR
Significant and stunning Page 26
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Peter Dwyer 0428 855 244
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• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 toilets • 3.5m x 6.3m & 9.8m x 6m powered sheds • Close to schools & main street
• 3 bedroom, ensuite to master • 2 living areas, level 900m2 block • Double carport, 6m x 9m shed
• 4 bedrooms + study (or 5th bedroom) • 3 living areas, 2 bathrooms • Back deck, large yard
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
Town centre for sale By Tayla Kershaw
A UNIQUE opportunity is up for grabs in Inverloch.
To auction: LJ Hooker’s selling agents Allan Mann (left) and Scott Hughes say the upcoming auction in Inverloch’s CBD is most significant South Gippsland has seen in years.
Home choices tell story VICTORIANS live in a wide variety of homes and the specific choice of the home for them depends on a wide range of factors including income, location and the composition of the household.
According to the 2011 Census, 77 per cent of Victorian homes were detached houses, 13 per cent were flats, units and apartments and 10 per cent semi-detached, terraces or townhouses. Despite a small shift towards units, apartments and semi-detached
homes over the past five years, the overwhelming majority of Victorians choose to live in detached houses. This will be partly a personal choice but also strongly reflects predominate ‘Australian’ preferences for housing. Interestingly the composition of the household is a significant determinant with larger ones preferring detached houses. Families with children comprise 39 per cent of households in detached houses whereas they comprise 20 per cent of semi-detached homes and 10 per cent of apartments. In comparison lone person house-
holds comprise 19 per cent of households in detached houses where as they comprise on 35 per cent of semi-detached homes and a sizeable 48 per cent of apartments. A reasonably high proportion of flats or apartments – 23 per cent – house couples without children. Whilst these findings are in many ways unsurprising some interesting shifts occur when the price of home is included in the analysis. The more expensive the detached house the more likely it is to have a family with children in it and the less likely it is to have single people residing in it.
LJ Hooker is auctioning 2-4 Williams Street and 2 Hopetoun Street in what promises to be one of the most significant sales South Gippsland has seen in decades. “This has the potential to shape the face of the township,” real estate agent Scott Hughes said. “It’s all about what someone is willing to do with it.” The block has been actively on the market for four weeks and is set to be auctioned at 12pm on November 1, during the bustling Melbourne Cup weekend. It is situated in a prime position, straight down A’Beckett Street in the heart of the town. There has been strong interest in the coveted site with plenty of talk from locals and expressions of interest from Melbourne based companies. It’s made of four lots which will be sold together, giving the purchaser the ability to sell. The lots now hold the
Design Emporium and a florist. The vacant lot used to be a gift shop and there is an old three bedroom home out the back. It is on a huge 2500 square metre block and can have both residential and commercial uses. There are three access points from the street and no neighbours. Real estate agent Allan Mann said it is difficult to estimate a price. “It’s a public auction and the public will give the price,” he said.
LJ Hooker sold the former Twin View site four years ago at $1.8 million. Mr Hughes said this was the only auction they’ve had remotely in the ball park of this significant site. Half an hour later, LJ Hooker will hold a house auction at 4 Hopetoun Street. It is a two bedroom cottage style home on the decent size block of 580 square metres. “We are very excited and it has been great to be part of this massive auction,” Mr Hughes said.
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
Perfect first home or investment opportunity F
LEONGATHA 25 Koonwarra Road Landmark Harcourts Leongatha Glenys Foster 0477 622 298
$260,000 3
1
IRST home buyers and investors, this is the property for you.
This three bedroom hardiplank home is located in walking distance to the town centre, medical facilities and is close to schools. The property has built in robes in all rooms, double glazed windows, beautiful wood panelling and feature timber ceiling. The living area is full of light, has both a split system and solid wood heater, and the kitchen is very functional, with electric cooking, good cupboard space and meals area The family bathroom has a shower over bath and toilet and also doubles as an ensuite to the main bedroom. There is a second toilet located just inside the back door. Outside you will find a good sized garden shed, private outdoor entertainment area, off street parking for three vehicles and very easy to maintain yard. A property like this isn’t going to be on the market for long, so contact us today to inspect this property and all of its potential.
PORT WELSHPOOL - FORESHORE
2 AUCTIONS
25 Lewis Street - on site Sat Oct 18 at 11am
FORESHORE FRONTAGE, 4 BR HOME & SEPARATE BUILDING On the popular Port Welshpool foreshore with views to Wilsons Promontory and bay. Set on 1305m2 block.
Cnr Albert and Stewart Sts. 2 vacant allotments with sundry shedding - on site Sat Oct 18 at 11.30am
SHORT WALK TO BEACH
Town water, sewerage and power available. Blocks measure 1615m2 and 1126m2. To be sold as a whole. Terms 10% deposit, balance 60 days. For further details, and terms & conditions contact selling agents:
5682 2100 | 0427 822 120 | 17 MAIN STREET, FOSTER foster@paragreen.com.au | www.paragreen.com.au
PAR1000034
NEW LISTING
LEONGATHA LOOK! SUPER VALUE, SUPER LOCATION
LEONGATHA BUILT TO PERFECTION
LEONGATHA TRANQUIL LIVING IN QUIET COURT
LEONGATHA YOUR SEARCH STOPS HERE-IDEAL FAMILY HOME
• Close to town centre, brick1-3 BR home. Ideal investment • 2 lge living rooms, renovated kitchen & bathroom, solar power • 2 r/c aircons & gas log fire. Large workshop & tool shed
• Under 4 years old, close to schools, 1,047m2 allotment • 3 BRs/en suite, light open indoor living & large alfresco deck • Gas ducted heating, side access to back yard, semi- rural views
• 4 BR tastefully renovated family home close to schools. Views • Lge. kitchen/ dining/family room, lounge, glass atrium/sunroom • Ducted heating/cooling, lock-up end on end garage. Very private
• 4 BR, private lifestyle, space to accommodate growing children • 3 living areas, large parent retreat (with bedroom, en suite & lounge) • Bungalow, pool, spa, extensive alfresco areas. Sure to impress.
NOW $260,000 neg Sole agent
$355,000
$378,000
NEW LISTING
$380,000
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
MEENIYAN IN A CLASS OF IT'S OWN - 1 ACRE APPROX
MEENIYAN 5 ACRES OF COUNTRY LIVING WITH HUGE SHEDDING
MOUNT ECCLES MAJESTIC 6 ACRE LIFESTYLE PROPERTY
MEENIYAN “GLEN BRAE” – 32 ACRE LIFESTYLE PROPERTY
• Classic home right in town. 2 living rooms, 3 BR & study. • Fully renovated with period features retained. Lovely gardens • Outdoor living areas, garage, double carport, garden sheds
• Updated brick home, 4 large BRs & study. Close to town • Renovated kitchen/dining, lg. lounge, 7sq veranda / BBQ area • Dble garage, separate tandem garage, 23m x 10m shed
• Contemporary quality home & improvements. 3 BRs, 2 living rooms • Machinery shed, stables, good fences &stockyards. Well watered • Spectacular views. Landscaped botanical setting. Not far out of town
• 4 BR, kitchen/meals, lounge & 5sq rumpus room. Parklike setting • In ground pool/ pool house. Machinery & hay sheds, old dairy • 32 acres & 8 acres river lease, 4 dams. Very fertile parcel of land
$470,000 Sole agent
Insight
$520,000 Sole agent
$530,00 Sole agent
$649,000
insightrealestate.com.au
Lindsay Powney 0428 515 103
Robyn Powney 0488 454 547
5 McCartin Street LEONGATHA
5662 2220
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
Callandamere – reflecting a timeless elegance C
ALLANDAMERE, one of the area’s significant historical properties is set amongst absolutely stunning gardens.
MARDAN 1435 Mardan Road Insight Real Estate 5662 2220
$595,000 3
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The c1900 homestead on approximately six acres is private and well sheltered. The rural views across the countryside are spectacular. A long daffodil and Silver Birch lined driveway sweeps up to the house, which sits majestically at the top of the rise. While having been tastefully renovated for comfortable present day living, many original features have been retained. These include 13 foot high timber ceilings, ceiling roses, polished floorboards throughout, original Baltic pine lining boards, ornate fireplace/ mantelpiece in several rooms and leadlight door surrounds. The updated kitchen features beautiful Tasmanian Oak cabinetry. The Outlook from the adjoining dining area through bay windows takes in colourful garden vistas and small birds darting here and there. A separate formal lounge provides an elegant sitting room, made cosy with both solid fuel heating and reverse cycle air conditioning.
The main and second bedrooms to the front of the home also enjoy garden views through large bay windows, the third currently used as a large home office. A walk through bathroom off the main is fully updated with shower, large spa bath and decorative tiling. A separate sleep-out with its own shower and toilet is handy for visitors or family members. The gardens surrounding the house have been designed for all year round colour, ranging from feature trees, old world plantings and understoreys of cottage plants. A long rose arbour, circular garden beds, stand of Silver Birch and vegie patch are sure to impress. Water is plentiful with a spring fed dam and smaller dam. Shedding includes a two bay garage, three bay machinery shed, covered four bay workshop/disused dairy, woodshed, dog kennels/enclosure and stockyards. The land (aprox 6.5 acres) is fenced into three paddocks, plus a separate fenced half acre with unique title and walkway access/ right of way to the dam. In a class all of its own, Callandamere is just 15 minutes from Leongatha.
INVERLOCH 4 Hopetoun Street ICONIC SITE • Quaint 2 bedroom homestead • Located in the heart of Inverloch • Adjoins massive redevelopment site (Auction same day) • 607m2 (approx) • Zoning - Residential
Terms: Contact:
Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 12.30pm onsite 10% deposit, balance 90 days Allan Mann 0409 855 753 Scott Hughes 0488 748 888
LJH8880022
Auction:
LJ Hooker Inverloch 6 Williams Street, Inverloch (03) 5674 2888
‘We get results’
leongatha.landmarkharcourts.com.au
PRICE ADJUSTMENT
NEW LISTING
LEONGATHA, CHARACTER & CHARM ? ? ?
On a corner allotment with tremendous scope 2 bdrm brick home high ornate ceilings & floorboards Perfectly positioned within very easy walk to the CBD.
$369,000
LEONGATHA, PERFECT FIRST HOME
? ? ?
3 bdrm hardiplank home in walking distance to schools Living room full of natural light & double glazed windows Easy to maintain native garden with private outside area
$260,000
LEONGATHA, PEACE AND TRANQUILITY ? ? ?
4 bdrm brick veneer home. All bdrms with BIRs. 2 living areas, open plan kitchen, sitting area with views Double garage, BBQ area & easy to maintain garden
LEONGATHA, THE IDEAL POSITION ? ? ?
1960's 1 bdrm unit, separate kitchen/lounge/study area. Huge scope for development (STCA) commercial zone Single garage & rear access, quick walk to the CBD
$305,000
$410,000
LEONGATHA,
8595 BASS HIGHWAY 167.8 ACRES GRAZING PROPERTY IDEAL INVESTMENT ? ?
MEENIYAN, PROGESS IS HAPPENING! ? ? ?
High quality spacious 4 x 2 bedroom Units All have unique features with great aspects Don't miss out on this great opportunity in Meeniyan
Call today to find out more!
LEONGATHA, DAIRY FARM
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227 acres + 9 acre River Lease with 3 b/r BV home. 12 S/O H/B dairy complete with feed system & 5000 ltr bulk vat & AI facilities.
$7,500 per acre
GLENYS FOSTER BARRY REDMOND 0477 622 298 0477 622 292
Outstanding location Two bitumen road frontages Town water Ideal building site Future rural development
POUND CREEK, BREATHTAKING VIEWS ? ? ?
$7,200 per acre
MEG EDWARDS SARAH PRICE 0429 841 555 0439 885 078
145 acres (58.6ha) with fantastic coastal & rural views Country style 3 bedroom home, loads of living space Rolling pastures, excellent shedding and stock yards
$980,000
47 BAIR STREET, LEONGATHA OFFICE 5662 2292
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
BOOLARRA 900 BoolarraMirboo North Road Elders Leongatha Jean O’Loughlin 0428 571 083 Don Olden 0417 805 312
$549,000 2
2
Views galore L
IFESTYLE living doesn’t get much better than this.
This excellent property combines lifestyle with hobby farming interests and offers a superb quality home and improvements. Centrally location to a number of surrounding towns it has all the attributes sought after in quality lifestyle living. The home offers buyers first class improvements including amazing 360 degree views and a near new home. This lovely white weathertex home with red roof offers three spacious bedrooms with built in robes (master with walk in robe) and two bathrooms. A well thought out kitchen has been added and features a butler’s pantry complete with plenty of storage space for all your kitchen appliances. The pull out drawers ensure you don’t have to climb into cupboards to find what is hidden in the back. The laundry is huge with an abundance of storage space and a nifty pull out / put away ironing board. The comfortable open plan living area opens out to a
covered deck area, perfect for entertaining while taking in the sensational views. There are 10 acres of productive land divided into three paddocks with fencing of good standard. The property includes a set of stockyards. Water is by dam or rainwater tanks with a secure high rainfall. Excellent shedding includes a hay shed, machinery shed including workshop, garage with extra storage and sundry shedding that is already establish for a small animal stud farm which is an added bonus. Owning a property of this size and set-up offers the opportunity to establish a poultry, cattle or alpaca stud farm which would make an ideal income opportunity. It’s also a great spot for someone looking for the perfect hobby farm. This delightful property is ideally situated in the picturesque Boolarra district. The property is approximately three minutes to the town centre of Boolarra, 10 minutes to Mirboo North, 25 minutes to Morwell and 35 minutes to Leongatha.
3 2 1 INVERLOCH 2-4 Williams Street UNPRECEDENTED RE-DEVELOPMENT SITE • Strategic corner site • 3 Street frontages • Tenanted Commercial buildings & 3 bedroom home • Zoning – Mixed Use • Land area: 2360m2 (approx) Auction: Terms: Contact:
Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 12.00pm on site 10% deposit, balance 90 days Allan Mann 0409 855 753 Scott Hughes 0488 748 888
LJH8880022
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LJ Hooker Inverloch 6 Williams Street, Inverloch (03) 5674 2888
‘We get results’
leongatha.landmarkharcourts.com.au
PREMIER SOUTH GIPPSLAND PROPERTIES
SEVEN NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES ON OFFER – TOTALLING OVER 608 ACRES. To be offered as a whole or in individual lots. These properties are rich in fertile soils and have an annual rainfall of 970mm. 11.6 ha (28.7 acres) – Gently undulating land with spring-fed dam, sealed road frontage, fully fenced and cattle yards 44 ha (108.7 acres) – The jewel in the crown, superb gently undulating land in two titles features spectacular views and is located on a sealed road. Offers large and small dams, two haysheds, fully fenced with power. 46.1 ha (114.1 acres) – Gently undulating, includes weatherboard house in need of repair, as new heavy duty stockyards, well watered and good fencing. 44.63 ha ( 110.2 acres) – Gently undulating with some areas of hill, six dams, cattle yards and ramp. All weather laneways. Panoramic views. 1.264 ha (3.12 acres) – Superb hobby farm with commanding views. Excellent home site. 33.71 ha (83.3 acres) – Gently undulating grazing land, three dams, with some new fencing 64.59 ha (159.6 acres) – Undulating with some hill, red and grey soils, established trees, good water supply and heavy duty stockyards. (not adjoining other land) All properties are in close proximity to the regional townships of Leongatha and Mirboo North. PRICE ON APPLICATION
GLENYS FOSTER 0477 622 298
BARRY REDMOND 0477 622 292
MEG EDWARDS 0429 841 555
SARAH PRICE 0439 885 078
47 BAIR STREET, LEONGATHA OFFICE 5662 2292
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
LEONGATHA 4 Burrows Way Alex Scott and Staff Leongatha 5662 0922
$415,000+ 4
eldersre.com.au BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HOME
LEONGATHA
• Immaculately presented solid brick home
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• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas • Huge backyard 997m2
Price:$265,000
Web ID: 6911923
AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOME/INVESTMENT
LEONGATHA
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• 3 bedroom w/b family home • New kitchen, freshly painted inside/out
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Be surprised HIS is a home whose facade gives little clue to what lies behind.
• Great for young families, 1st home buyers
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Step through the front door and you’ll be surprised and amazed by what’s offer. Built only a couple of years ago, there’s four bedrooms plus a study (or fifth bedroom), including master with ensuite and walk in robe. The formal lounge at the front of the house enjoys some of the best
views in the Leongatha township, across the town and out over the farms of Leongatha South. The gleaming galley kitchen is the centre of the house. Along with the butler’s pantry, it services the open dining/family area. Beyond that, and opening out onto the back deck and yard, is the rumpus/theatre room, providing a third family living space.
With lots of full height windows to the north and east, nearly the whole of the yard can be seen from inside the house...perfect for keeping an eye on the kids while they play outside. Double garage with access through to the back yard. On a large 931m2 elevated block in a quiet court, this is a house you have to see through...if you like surprises.
• Cosy sunroom or office/study • Opportunity to get into property market
AUCTION
• Excellent 20 s/o herringbone dairy • Highly productive flat to very gently undulating land
BEACH ACCESS & VIEWS
YANAKIE • Fully operational 300 acre dairy farm • Panoramic views of Bass Straight & Wilsons Prom • 5 bedroom weatherboard home • Calf rearing, hay, machinery & sundry sheds
Price: $6000 per acre or $1.8 million Elders KORUMBURRA - 5658 1894 11 Commercial Street
Don Olden - 0417 805 312
29860
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• 9,000lt self-cleaning vat & auto feed system
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• 9 dams including a 8.8 megalitre dam
Price: $2,650,000
Victoria
Alp St
? Industrial 3 zone
• 4 bedroom B/V home
Web ID: 6857626 Elders LEONGATHA - 5662 3523 16 McCartin Street
Jean O’Loughlin - 0428 571 083
5658 1007
73 Commercial Street Korumburra
www.auddinofn.com.au
AUD0070017
• Outstanding ease of management farm
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5m 2
QUALITY DAIRY PROPERTY - 311 ACRES
Friday October 31, 2014 11am on site 8220 Sth Gippsland Hwy, Korumburra
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Web ID: 6750156
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Price: REDUCED TO $195,000
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As part of a Coalition Government, I’m working hard to get a fair share of funding for our local communities. By working together with the community we’ve achieved a lot locally. Read inside to check out just some of our local achievements. I’ll continue to stand up for local issues and work hard every day to deliver real results for our region.
By working together with the community we’ve achieved a lot locally. Look inside to see just some of our local achievements.
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WE’VE ACHIEVED A LOT TOGETHER OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BUT THERE’S MORE TO BE DONE… Key local priorities
FUTURE SKILLS, INDUSTRIES & JOBS
Attracting innovative new industries to our regions and investing in growing established local businesses through the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund.
In uncertain global economic times, the Coalition Government is responsibly managing the economy and has strong plans to capitalise on the strengths of our country communities to build robust local industries that create new jobs.
Increase local access to skills and training in areas of industry skills shortage and new industry sectors.
We are working to help local businesses expand and innovate, and investing in local education and skills to increase opportunities for young people to secure a good local job.
Investing more funding into building and upgrading modern education buildings and facilities for country students.
Key local priorities
CONNECTED COMMUNITIES The Coalition Government has strong plans to invest in the future transport infrastructure the regions need to better connect communities to each other, workers to jobs, and products to market. We also plan to invest in increasing access for all communities to modern and reliable mobile phone, Wi-Fi and broadband services so that businesses and communities are connected to each other and the world.
Investing more into building and maintaining safer road networks to better connect our local communities.
Delivering modern, more convenient passenger rail and bus services and investing in building and upgrading country freight rail lines. Investing with private industry and the Commonwealth to improve access to mobile phone coverage and delivering modern, fast broadband and Wi-Fi services.
Key local priorities
STRONGER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES Nothing is more important than the health of your family and quality of life in our local communities. The Coalition Government has strong plans to invest in local facilities and services to increase delivery of modern and accessible health services and keep our communities safe. We are also investing in building and upgrading local recreation and community facilities to help people get involved, stay active, and provide activities for young people.
Investing more funding in building and upgrading country hospitals and improving health services for local communities. Making local communities safer through tackling emerging problems like the spread of the illicit drug ICE in partnership with parents, health officials and Victoria Police. Building better community, sporting, and cultural facilities and supporting local events to provide more activities for young people through the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund.
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X-Trail rarin’ to go BURNING red is a beautiful colour for an SUV and it helps the new Nissan X Trail stand out on the road. Perhaps your preferred colour is desert dusk, tempest blue or dia-
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Burning Red: the X Trail outshines other SUVs.
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The super efficient diesel train features idle stop/ start technology. New drivers of this technology which stops the engine when the vehicle is stationary, such as at traffic lights to improve fuel economy and reduce C02 emissions, will feel disconcerted; it is as if the vehicle has stalled. Put your foot on the accelerator and all systems instantly spring back to life. Once you have experienced it, you wouldn’t want it any other way. The rear view camera makes reversing a vehicle of this size easy and there are other ways this vehicle keeps its eyes open for you with blind spot warning, moving object detection and lane departure warning on some models. Across the range standard equipment includes six airbags, ABS and NissanConnect hands-free technology, a must for the modern motorist.
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It’s Knight’s for motorbikes KNIGHT’S Honda in Leongatha is pleased to introduce the Honda CB500X , an adventure style motorcycle begging you to take it out in search of new roads and undiscovered places. It is LAMS (Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme) approved and equipped with a load of features that give it an extra dose of versatility. Hayley Svenson from Knight’s said they have CB500X motorcycles in stock and ready to ride out the door. “We also have a full range of Honda Genuine Accessories that can be purchased for the bike as well,” she said. The CB500X has Honda’s ABS braking system as standard, to ensure enhanced braking characteristics in all conditions.
The motorcycle is powered by a lightweight parallel twin liquid cooled DOHC engine, which focuses on high RPM output characteristics while considering the low to mid RPM range that will be most frequently used by the entry level user. The bike also features a six speed transmission. It is a versatile ride which fulfils everyday needs and well as that once in a while adventure tour excitement. Ms Svenson said Knight’s Honda also has a complete range of children’s funbikes, available now to layby for Christmas. From the beginner through to the experienced junior, Honda has finely tuned its range so there is a bike to suit every budding young motorcyclist.
New Honda: Hayley Svenson from Knight’s Honda in Leongatha said the Honda CB500X is a learner approved motorcycle which are in store and ready to go.
Driver support shortage A SHORTAGE of mentors in the Corner Inlet area to support young people to gain driving practice means many teens don’t have the opportunity to achieve the vital 120 hours of practice required to obtain their driver’s licence.
Council’s coordinated L2P program has had great success in providing driving practice for 149 young people in South Gippsland since it began four years ago. Statistics also show a sig-
nificant local reduction in accidents in this age group that can be attributed to the skills learned in the program. “If you live in the area, have some free time and a driver’s licence, we urge you to consider supporting one or more of the young people in the Foster area waiting for a mentor,” said L2P Coordinator John Ernst.” We are very strict about whom we allow to work with our young people, with all applicants requiring a National Police Check and a Working with Children Check. We will happily help you to get these clearances and arrange some special Vic Roads
training free of charge so that you can be a confident mentor. Council also supplies the vehicle for you to use for the practice with the young person.” “Feedback from our other mentors highlights the activity as extremely rewarding,” added John. “It’s a delight to see the students gaining confidence and a pleasant bond usually develops that makes it an enjoyable experience – and great excitement when they get their licence!” Please contact John at South Gippsland Shire Council on 5662 9367 for program information.
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AS part of Safe Work Australia month, Transport Safety Victoria (TSV) is reminding bus operators to provide the safest possible workplace for their drivers.
According to the safety regulator, six bus drivers and a school bus supervisor suffered serious injuries in 2013-14, requiring admission to hospital for treatment. Five of the incidents occurred in regional Victoria. Stephen Turner, TSV Director, Bus Safety, said everyone deserves to be safe in their workplace and bus drivers are no different. “It is the responsibility of every bus operator to reduce the safety risks to their drivers and other employees so far as is reasonably practicable. “Every bus used to carry passengers should be safe and roadworthy. To this end, bus operators should have clearly defined and documented processes in relation to the operations, maintenance, servicing and inspection of buses. “Bus operators should also have clearly defined rules when it comes to ensuring their drivers are fit to drive, and the proper fatigue and drug and alcohol management
policies are in place. “An emergency management plan must also be made available to bus drivers so that they know what to do and who to contact in an emergency such as a fire, a collision or when a colleague or a passenger sustains a serious injury,” Mr Turner said. Assaults on bus drivers accounted for four of the seven serious injuries reported during the year. More recently, on October 8, a bus driver required medical attention after being attacked by a passenger in Frankston. “Bus drivers who know how to deal with difficult passengers are more likely to be able to prevent situations from escalating into more serious ones. “I urge all operators and drivers to familiarise themselves with the Managing difficult passengers guidance material developed by TSV. “It is critical that every driver understands the procedures and is given the opportunity to practise applying them in a variety of situations,” Mr Turner said. For more information about bus safety duties and to download TSV’s Managing difficult passengers guidance material visit www.transportsafety.vic.gov.au
Very successful: Hyundai’s Derek Milligan, left, who runs similar workshops throughout the state for the company, catches up with service manager at Edney’s Leongatha Hyundai Nick McRae at the Women in Motion workshop.
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Women’s work: women may yet prove they are more capable than the men when it comes to maintaining cars; well there’s always hope. Edney’s Leongatha Hyundai set the wheels in motion at its recent maintenance workshop day; pictured from left are Margaret Robson, Evelyn Paterson, mechanic Darren Betts, and Jennifer Blaauw.
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Beryl, 100, meets the Premier KORUMBURRA resident and centenarian Beryl Kelly had a day to remember when she met State Premier Denis Napthine last week. Mr Napthine and Minister for Ageing David Davis paid tribute to senior Victorians aged 100 years and over for their enduring contribution to the Victorian community. More than 60 centenarians from across Victoria joined the Premier, Mr Davis for a special Century Club afternoon tea at Parliament House, as part of the 2014 Victorian Seniors Festival. Amongst the guests was Beryl Kelly, 100, from Korumburra. “It’s a privilege to honour these special Victorians at Parliament House
today,” Dr Napthine said. “Our centenarians deserve recognition for weathering great social challenges by working hard and raising families through good and bad times – all for the enrichment of Victoria.” Minister for Ageing David Davis said the Victorian Seniors Festival has celebrated the contribution older Victorians make to society for 32 years. For more information about Victorian Seniors Festival events, pick up a free program from your local council, neighbourhood houses or libraries. The full festival calendar is available at www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au, or call the Festival hotline on 1300 135 090.
What a day: Beryl Kelly, 100 years old from Korumburra, was delighted to meet Victorian Premier Denis Napthine at the Century Club afternoon tea at Parliament House last Tuesday, October 7.
Conference covers palliative care GIPPSLAND Regional Palliative Care Consortium (GRPCC) is hosting its 7th Annual Gippsland Palliative Care Conference at the RACV Inverloch Resort on October 23 and 24. This year’s conference theme is “to treat or not to treat”. The theme is designed to be controversial and stimulate conversations about dying and death as well as explore some of the ethical considerations that impact on how clinicians, patients, family members and carers deal with a life-threatening illness. The GRPCC invites members of the public to attend a Q&A style moderated panel session on dementia from 3.30pm to 5pm and the conference dinner and keynote address from 6.30pm to 10pm. Both events take place on Thursday, October 23 at the RACV Inverloch Resort and there will be opportunities to ask questions at both events. Dr Ranjana Srivastava, medical oncologist, author and educator, will be delivering the conference dinner keynote address.
Dementia panel: Dr Craig Clarke, Gippsland’s consultant physician in geriatric medicine, will be a member of the dementia panel at the Gippsland Palliative Care Conference, Inverloch.
Dementia panel: Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks AM, Senior Australian of the Year 2013, will be a member of the dementia panel at the Gippsland Palliative Care Conference, Inverloch.
Palliative care: Dr Ranjana Srivastava, medical oncologist and author, will be the keynote speaker at the Gippsland Palliative Care Conference, Inverloch.
Ranjana’s topic, Dying for a chat: the communication breakdown between doctors and patients, is also the title of one of her three books that can be purchased on the night. Ranjana’s book won the 2013 Human Rights Commission Literature Award.
In her keynote address, she will advocate that good communication skills should be considered as important to healthcare as medical breakthroughs. Beth Wilson AM, former Victorian Health Services Commissioner, has been engaged as the master of
ceremonies and will moderate the dementia session with an expert panel including: Dr Craig Clarke, Gippsland’s consultant physician in geriatric medicine; Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks AM, palliative care specialist and Senior Australian of the Year 2013; Professor Paul Ko-
mesaroff AM, medical ethicist and Victorian finalist Australian of the Year 2014; Sondra Davoren, senior legal policy adviser, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer; Audra Fenton, clinical nurse consultant, Cognitive, Dementia and Memory Service (CDAMS); and Elizabeth Fenwick, registered nurse and former carer of her husband who was diagnosed with younger onset dementia. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask the panel questions about living with and caring for someone with dementia. Register for the conference at https://wired.ivvy.com/event/GRPCC/. Registration is essential and payment is required by cheque or credit card prior to the day. Tickets for the dementia panel cost $25 per person, including light refreshments. Tickets for the dinner and keynote address cost $80 per person, including pre-dinner canapés, two course meal and beverages. If you require assistance registering, contact the GRPCC on 03 5623 0684 or email melissa.spargo@ wghg.com.au.
Front line police ramped up
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L E O N G AT H A’ S Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College held an assembly on Friday on the topic of environmental and sustainability issues.
THE Police Association of Victoria’s communications manager Sandro Lofaro says that based on population growth the Bass Coast Police Service Area will need another seven first response police officers in the next five years to maintain parity with the rest of the state’s average ratio benchmark of 102 police to every 100,000 people. Bass Coast Police Service Area currently has 89 first response police officers. These are those police who are not detectives or in task forces or office jobs but working on the front line. The figure, reached by a specialist demographer hired by the police association to provide it with a growth forecast, are based on an eight percent population growth in the region between 2014 and 2019 from 59, 914 to 64,418. Statistically this compares favourably with many areas in the state. While the City of Melbourne with 355 first response police officers has no current shortfall, it will need 79 more frontline police by 2019. Casey on the rapidly growing
eastern fringe of Melbourne with Cranbourne at its heart has 165 first response offices but a current shortfall of 117. It will require 155 more by 2019. A similar situation exists on the western fringe of Melbourne which is also rapidly expanding. Wyndham has 88 first response officers but a shortfall of 111. By 2019 it will require a whopping 159 more. The Bass Coast Police Service Area is rated as having no current shortfall of first response police officers and yet the crime statistics show a quite alarming increase in crime in the area. Over the 12 month period ending June 30 2013 and June 30 2014 there was a 28.7 percent increase in Crime against the Person, a 19.1 percent increase in Drug Offences, a 3.3 percent increase in Crime against Property and a 19.1 percent increase in Other Crime. The average change over the period in Total Crime was 11.7 percent. Sergeant Dale McCahon at Leongatha Police is circumspect about the statistics when he says that sometimes police working harder and in greater numbers can actually make the crime rate seem to increase. “The more we go out and work the more crime we report that in turn affect the statistics.” As an example he cites the Chief
Commissioner of Police Ken Lay’s push in the media to encourage people to report domestic violence. Statistically this has resulted in an apparent increase in domestic violence. Leongatha has just received an extra two first response police officers and Wonthaggi three, to assist with the running of extra shifts. This will result in an increase from one to two divisional vans patrolling at all times in the Bass Coast Police Service area. The local area commander for the Bass Coast PSA Inspector Graeme Sprague said having the extra officers is a good news story for Bass Coast. “They allow us to roster an additional night patrol vehicle and give us more scope to have police available during night hours. Inspector Sprague said the allocation from the extra 1700 police pledged by the State Government puts Bass Coast in a good place at the moment. “It’s a boost.” On the subject of the drug ice he said rural areas are being as affected as metropolitan Melbourne. “I encourage anyone with information on suspicious activity to contact Crime Stoppers or the local police. Crime Stoppers: 1300 333 000
Students belonging to the college’s “green team” spoke to their teachers and fellow students about the plans they have devised for raising awareness about preserving the environment and implementing sustainability in daily life. The college was also addressed by guest speaker Dr Gavin Mudd, an environmental engineer and lecturer at Monash University who specialises in the effects of coal seam gas (CSG) mining. Another special feature of the assembly was the screening of a video produced by student and justice captain David McAlpine. The assembly built upon in class activities on environmental topics
Green team: college “green team” members, from left, Bryce Judd, David McAlpine and Jaxson Mabilia; guest speaker Dr Gavin Mudd of Monash University; college principal Mr Michael Delaney; and “green team” member Hudson Hicks at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College for the environment themed assembly. and was intended to encourage conversation and thought among the students and teachers. Making the school more sustainable and spreading awareness of environmen-
tal issues is one of the aims of the student mission team of student leaders. The mission team consists of school captains, justice captains and house captains.
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COLLOGRAPHY works by Gabrielle Woodhams will be shown at Gecko Studio Gallery Fish Creek starting this Sunday, October 19 and running through until November 15. In early 2000 Western Australian artist Woodhams saw a unique way to combine her clothes making skills with her love of printmaking, in the form of collography. She was soon producing iconic and individual pieces that were quite unlike most other art forms. Building a studio to accommodate a large manual
press gave her the opportunity to concentrate on all aspects of her work. This enabled her to improve the technique of her art and she was soon asked to hold an exhibition. Her work mainly concentrates on clothing, whether it be new, used or one off garments deliberately created for art. Her exhibitions of underwear are her signal piece. Although old pairs of jeans, socks and much loved t shirts have also made it on to gallery walls. The work that Gabrielle undertakes is quite labour
intensive, with every piece of the process done by hand. She is also very conscious of the glues, inks and dyes she uses, all of which are organically based. While art is her aim, Gabrielle has also created one off gifts by turning someone’s favourite shirt or blouse into a personal collector’s item. Her exhibitions initially in Geraldton and then in Perth were hailed as great successes. She has undertaken trips to Greece and the United States to further study collography.
Opens Sunday: collography works by Gabrielle Woodhams, pictured, will be shown at Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek.
Carers Week events across Victoria provide opportunities for carers to get together and support one another, exchange ideas and information, and spread awareness about caring.
Rosie’s dancing shoes. People who care for a family member or a friend say there are many rewards. There are many positive's that range from; the satisfaction of knowing that they have helped someone in need and improving the quality of a person's life, to receiving acknowledgement from family and friends. Caring can be very demanding and often restricts the lives of individual carers and their families. This year to show our support and gratitude, South Gippsland Specialist School are holding a free lunch for the carers of our students. The students at South Gippsland Specialist School all get involved in this event, composing a delicious lunch for our carers with fresh herbs and vegetables from our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden.
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FAMDA’S latest opens this Friday FOSTER Amateur Music and Drama Association’s (FAMDA) next play, which opens this Friday night, October 17, at the Foster War Memorial Arts Centre is the delightful comedy ‘Quartet’. It certainly fits the bill as enjoyable and uplifting entertainment about art, the eccentricities of age and the celebratory power of the human spirit. It is set is a retirement home for musicians and begins with three former opera singers one quietly reading a serious book, another chuckling about sex while the third sits innocently listening to music through her headphones. The tranquility of their summer’s day is shattered by the surprise arrival of the fourth member of the quartet that had staged many an operatic triumph in days gone by and this sets up a challenge to recreate one of their former
masterpieces. ‘Quartet’ is a wonderful play by the prolific English writer, Sir Ronald Harwood, whose plays include ‘The Dresser’, a big hit on the West End stage, subsequently seen on Broadway and on film with Albert Finney and original stage star, Tom Courtenay. In 2003 Harwood won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with his script for ‘The Pianist’. Harwood himself adapted “Quartet” for the big screen. The film version was released in 2012 with Dustin Hoffman marking his directorial debut and Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Courteney, Pauline Collins and Billy Connolly as the quartet. FAMDA’s quartet consists of Beth Millar, Jack Millar, Margaret Rudge and Ron Cockrane, all of them experienced actors on various Gippsland stages. The play is being directed for FAMDA by Lloyd Morcom who, like
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St Laurence’s overrun with rats THERE’S entertainment about to hit a Leongatha school in plague proportions. One hundred rats will help make up the 220 strong cast performing in St Laurence’s production of The Pied Piper, the famous story set several hundred years ago in Germany. Although there are only 30 speaking parts, at some point all 220 of the school’s students will
appear on stage. Grade 5 student Holly Belsar plays the Pied Piper and the Mayor of Hamelin is played by Grade 4 student Liam Smart. The Preps, Grade 1 and 2 students star as rats in the production. Rehearsals for the musical production have been taking place for several weeks including in the school holidays. Production manager, Bronwyn Kent, said the
children really “deserve recognition” for their efforts in this production. A happy twist has been devised for the customary grim ending to this folk tale about revenge. The production will be staged in the auditorium at the school for one performance only on October 17, and admission is by gold coin donation. The show runs for around one hour from 7pm.
Play on: from left, Holly Belsar as the Pied Piper, Patrick Johnson as one of the councillors of Hamelin, Audrey Lamers as the mayor’s wife and baker, Jesseme Jarvis.
Tonne of help for the Rotary Club THE Rotary Club of Korumburra is holding its Annual Charity Dinner Auction this Saturday, October 18 at the Italian Social Club in Korumburra, commencing at 6.30pm. The Rotary Club is indebted to the many local businesses that have donated goods or services to help raise funds for the Robyn Holmes Foundation, to support people and organisations, particularly in the local community. The late Robyn Holmes was a tireless early childhood educator at Korumburra’s Birralee Child Care Centre for 25 years. A community focused person, she loved to see children develop in their area of speciality, whether that be on the sporting field or in the classroom. Robyn and Mark Holmes had three children of their own and the Holmes’ home was always full of their friends. In the future, as the
Robyn Holmes Foundation grows, it is planned to help South Gippsland families with young children that need help. This year, the Rotary Club of Korumburra has received a substantial donation from Burra Foods for the auction, consisting of a pallet of milk powder. This contains 40 X 25kg bags of high qual-
ity, powdered milk for feeding to calves. People interested in purchasing some or all of these bags can place a bid on the Facebook page known as ‘Buy and sell Korumburra’ or ‘Buy and sell Leongatha’. Alternatively, people can ring George Auddino on 0417311942 or Mark Holmes on 0418544127. If there are any bags
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Anti poverty: from left, Johanna Haasjes and Michael Warner, both of Leongatha, invite you to support some of the world’s poor at the Fairer World Bazaar.
Gifts support the poor THE third annual Fairer World Bazaar is a market where shoppers can support some of the world’s poor. This alternative gift fair will be held on Saturday, October 18 from 9.30am to 1.30pm at the Leongatha Uniting Church Hall.
It offers a great variety of handcrafted goods from Asia and Africa – the purchase of which supports self-help projects to overcome poverty. Around the world, more than a billion people are desperately poor. Did you know more people in the world have a
mobile phone than a safe, clean and private toilet? In Anti-Poverty Week, October 12 to 18, many events are organised to help fight poverty and hardship. Not many of us can personally go overseas to improve conditions for the world’s poor and needy, but we can all do something.
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Photography Show presented by the Rotary Club of Leongatha is almost here. To be held at the Leongatha Memorial Hall, the gala opening night is on this Friday, October 17 from 8pm. The art show gets underway from 1pm-5pm on the Friday, continuing on Saturday and Sunday. Look out for the works of feature artists this year, Peg Elliott, Elizabeth Dunlop and Naomi Zaghet. It will be a big weekend in Leongatha with the native flower show also on, so be sure to pop into both events. Tickets are still available for the gala opening of the art show so all are welcome to attend.
Water survey underway THE Gippsland Water Corporation annual telephone customer satisfaction survey is currently underway as part of a joint program with South Gippsland Water, East Gippsland Water, Gippsland Water and Westernport Water.
The corporation appreciates the effort of customers who take the time to take part in the survey, with results used to improve water and wastewater services across the region. Unfortunately at this time the corporation often receives reports from customers who have received calls from people alleging to be from South Gippsland Water. These callers are reportedly undertaking a water survey of recipient’s opinions regarding water quality. The callers then proceed to attempt to sell the customer a water filtration unit or tell the customer they have ‘won’ a filtration unit, but then need to pay $80 for the filters to go inside the unit. These calls are not being made by South Gippsland Water or on behalf of South Gippsland Water. Managing director, Philippe du Plessis said, “These third party telephone surveys are being conducted with the sole aim of convincing the customer
to purchase unnecessary water filters. This survey technique is not new, however the worrying practice of confusing customers while South Gippsland Water is genuinely seeking our customer’s opinions is disappointing”. South Gippsland Water would like to assure customer’s through-out its supply regions that the South Gippsland Water Customer Satisfaction Survey is undertaken by an independent research company - Fieldworks. At no point will any Fieldwork’s staff member attempt to sell customers any type of filtration unit; they will merely seek customer opinions. Customers do not need to purchase expensive water filters as all water supplied by the corporation meets strict public health regulations and guidelines. South Gippsland Water spends considerable time and money ensuring all water in its supply systems is treated and disinfected to meet Australian Drinking Water Requirements and those of the Department of Health, ensuring safe drinking water is supplied to all homes connected to our supply networks. Anyone who receives such a telephone call from someone trying sell filters is encouraged to take down the callers details and advise South Gippsland Water on 1300 851 636.
Emblem: Kerry Pritchard, a member of the Australian Native Plants Society with the Waratah “Emporer’s Torch” which is making an eye catching spring display in his extensive acre and a half of mostly native garden. The Waratah is the floral emblem of NSW.
Natives take centre stage THE local branch of the Australian Native Plants Society is holding its annual flower show at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve this Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19. For a three dollar entrance fee gardeners can marvel at a spectacular display of native flora. Club president Jim Lyons says this can also be a great help to gardeners in choosing plants and matching flowers to plant names. Several local native nurseries will have plants for sale and the Bunurong Environment Centre will
have books with a local and environment, fauna and fauna flavour for sale. The society invests its profits in the community and in the last 12 months has contributed $7000 worth of plants sourced from local nurseries to establish plantings at the Leongatha Hospital. The society has around 60 members from Sandy Point to Korumburra and all points in between. Many of them have wonderful native gardens which are currently putting on spectacular spring displays which guarantee that the flower show will have 100s of specimens including Waratahs, grevilleas and banksias.
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Rare whale discovered
A DECEASED adult pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) was found washed up at Sealers Cove on Wilsons Promontory recently.
A full life: real estate agent and family man Rolf Taylor of Leongatha contributed to South Gippsland life since he arrived in Dumbalk in 1948.
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Rolf Taylor lived a full life
ROLF Taylor was born in Berlin in 1930 and came to Australia in a group of 18 children in 1939.
He lived with these children in Balwyn, went to primary school there then did two years at Box Hill Technical School. At the age of 14, he went to Wangaratta to a technical school to do a farming course. After he left school he worked on a farm in the area. While he was there, the dairy inspector suggested he do a herd testing course, which he did. In 1948 he went to Dumbalk to start herd testing in the Dumbalk–Meeniyan area. He did this with a horse and cart, going from farm to farm, earning $6 a week plus food. Rolf also worked as a farm hand doing labouring jobs. He then got a job at Dumbalk Butter Factory making cheese. In the early 1950s he bought 69 acres of very steep land at Berrys Creek. He ran sheep on the property and borrowed a horse and plough so he could plant a crop to feed his sheep. It was there he met Tom Richardson from Richardson and Leeming Stock and Station Agents. While he was running his farm he worked at the Leongatha Butter Factory. In 1955 Rolf had a car
accident, and ended up in hospital for eight months. After he recovered, he was asked by Tom Richardson if he would like to sell the land. The next day was wet and he couldn’t go fencing so he decided to try his hand at selling his land. This was the start of a long and successful career. He worked for Richardson and Leeming for 20 years and in 1974 started his own business. It was known as Rolf Taylor Real Estate until he sold in 1994. In 1960 while on holiday in Sydney, he went to a dance and saw Ken Caithness, whom he knew, dancing with Ken’s sister Ruth. Rolf and Ruth were married in 1963 and had three daughters, Faye, Glenys and Janine. When Rolf retired he enjoyed being able to travel extensively both overseas and in Australia. He was always interested in what was happening in the community and was involved with the Citizens Advice Bureau and on committees of the bowls club and local church. He also enjoyed organising fundraising bus trips for these organisations. His last project was to establish a Men’s Shed in Leongatha, which he successfully managed to get started. This was a great interest for him. Rolf was very much a family man, always giving guidance to his children and grandchildren.
In a major step forward for marine science the rare specimen has been secured for Museum Victoria’s collection. Museum Victoria preparators have dissected the whale with data, including measurements, tissue samples and the skeleton, collected for research purposes. The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) and Museum Victoria worked closely to remove the whale. Dr Erich Fitzgerald senior curator vertebrate palaeontology at Museum Victoria said the pygmy right whale is the subject of intense research interest worldwide. “Pygmy right whales are only found in the Southern Ocean and are the smallest and least known of the baleen whales,” he said. “Thanks to the magnificent work of DEPI and our preparations department, this specimen will provide valuable data on the biology, evolution and conservation of the species which
will be used by scientists around the world.” The Sealers Cove specimen was an adult, measured five to six metres long and weighed up to three tonnes. Parks Victoria district manager Graeme Baxter said, “Parks Victoria rangers sighted the whale on Wednesday, October 1 which had washed up on the beach at Sealers Cove, re-
ported the sighting and have assisted with the retrieval of the body from the remote location within Wilsons Promontory National Park.” While Museum Victoria has juvenile skeletons in its collection, only one of those is complete with an intact skull. This is the first adult specimen to be collected in Victoria. Dr Mark Norman head
Sciences, said this was yet another example of the service Museum Victoria provides to Victoria. “This is the second whale we have collected in as many weeks. We act as a go to point for the state, providing critical information for current and upcoming issues,” he said. “Specimens like these enhance understanding
of the impact of environmental pressures on our wildlife, and inform management of these pressures moving forward.” In addition to the skeleton, tissue samples from the specimen will be taken for long term storage in the museum’s Ian Potter Australian Wildlife Biobank which is due to open in 2015.
Rare find: a pygmy right whale that washed up on the beach at Sealers Cove in early October was dissected last Tuesday, and secured for Museum Victoria’s collection. Photo courtesy of Stephen Dixon, Museum Victoria.
Young scientists on tour THE Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College Year 10 VET Laboratory Skills class travelled to Burra Foods which provided a very informative and interactive laboratory experience.
Busy schedule: from left, Aaron Lockhart, Luke Ollington, Niamh O’Hehir, Alex Braun, Kevin McGavin, Jennifer Donolan (Burra Foods) and teacher, Graham Walsh on tour at Burra Foods.
Burra Foods supervisor, demonstrator and tour guide, Jennifer Donolan, explained the products and processes involved at Burra Foods and the food safety requirements relevant to this. Donolan engaged the students in a safety induction relating to workplace safety and, in particular, laboratory and sampling safety. Discussions centered on close adherence to standard operating procedures, personal protective equipment, incident and near-miss documentation and evacuation procedures relating to fire and
ammonia leaks. Burra Foods collects and tests samples regularly throughout the day, every day. Students were provided the opportunity to learn and participate in the collection and testing of samples from the skim and cream silos. They explored how the centrifuge functions, preparing sample collection jars for use, conducting pH and acidity tests and using the FOSS FT120 tester to conduct multiple tests including pH, acidity, fat, protein, total solids and lactose content. Students worked carefully and accurately throughout the session and demonstrated their goal outcomes as well as many of the key competencies explored throughout the year including OHS and safety principles, sustainable practices and communication skills.
African refugee talks peace LAST week, k schools h l from f the h Corner Inlet Cluster had a visit from African refugee, David Vincent. David spent his early years living with his family in South Sudan. When the war broke out and soldiers were recruiting boys to fight, David’s father took him and tried to escape the danger. They walked for three months and took refuge in Ethiopia where he lived in a camp for four years. He then had to flee to Kenya where he stayed for 12 years in a similar camp.
IIn 2004 id was one off the h llucky k 2004, D David ones to come to Australia as a refugee. David travels the world telling his story and hopes to spread the word of peace throughout his talks. He is also the cofounder of the not for profit organisation, Peace Palette. Peace Palette is an Australian, Japanese and South Sudanese non-government community based organisation that endeavours to provide services to and advocate for a community free of conflict by sustaining stronger, resilient and harmonious society. “I was a child solider. Now, I’m fighting for peace,” David said.
Peace talks: from left, Bella McKenzie and Cody Palmer from Tarwin Lower Primary School, Amity Sand-Morris and Emma Barnes from Fish Creek Primary School with David Vincent.
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prospective doctors were examining calves of a different type and learning about farm-related health issues. The on-farm initiative is part of Monash University’s Rural Placement Program and is supported by Dairy Australia’s Legendary marketing and communications initiative.
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Back to roots: Tarwin Lower’s James O’Sullivan enjoyed getting back to the farm during a regional visit by Monash medical students.
For Boolarra farmer Matt Gleeson, hosting the young medical students was a great opportunity to impress on them that farmers – and dairy farmers in particular – can present at a doctor’s clinic with unique problems. “We talked about the repetitive part of the work, which is done seven days a week, maybe twice a day, maybe every day of the year,” he said. “Also the dangers and things that could potentially go wrong on the farm as well, including zoonotic diseases, which are diseases passed between animals and humans.” Matt said showing the trainee doctors around a working farm could one day help them to diagnose a particular ailment of a farmer. “One thing I pass on to these prospective GPs is that when a farmer presents to them and says there is not much wrong, they should ask lots of questions,” he said. “It’s about the health of the farmer and recognising what might be wrong when they consult a GP.” The 13 Monash students toured the dairy during afternoon milking as well as
inspecting paddocks and the calving pens. The gulf between the mostly city-raised students and the farm lifestyle was most evident when the opportunity to interact with some newborn calves was declined by some. Most, however, relished the chance to get a taste of life on a dairy farm. James O’Sullivan was the most comfortable with the calves, which could be explained by his upbringing on a Tarwin Lower beef farm in South Gippsland. The second-year student said the emphasis on rural placements meant that doctors would need to know how to deal with illness and injuries originating on the farm. “I think what they have done with this program is a great idea. It’s a twoweek program that shows you that, as a rural doctor, you are not on your own in country areas, just with a smaller team than you might have around you in the city,” James said. “They also get to see that the people are real people as opposed to a brute of a farmer who doesn’t want any help from anyone and just wants to mind his own business. It’s good to see
the real people who live in the country and connect with them.” For Ash Spittle, experiencing Gippsland life has been an eye-opener after being raised in suburban Melbourne. “I think it’s really important to understand what the problems are here, whether they are injuries or infections or the lifestyles of farmers,” she said. “Obviously people in these areas are often a fair way from any health clinic, which is quite different from Melbourne.” For the young students, taking away a knowledge of who farmers are and what they do is crucial to better treatment of patients working in primary industries. Matt reckons that improved understanding could result in better health outcomes for every dairy farmer. “We live where we work,” he said. “That empathy and attachment we have with our animals may mean we put them before ourselves. “If they come to a rural placement like this, it can only help their understanding of the bigger picture of where they are working and who they are treating.”
HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF DAIRY The dairy industry is already working in partnership with Chinese dairy producers and consumers, and fully supports the China FTA, which will expand that healthy relationship. Join the UDV at an Open Forum to discuss what a China FTA could mean for you. Have your say: the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) has been holding open forums across the state to assist dairy farmers’ understanding of the China FTA. Pictured is UDV Manager Vin Delahunty presenting at the Kyabram forum. Leongatha will host a meeting at the Leongatha RSL on Wednesday, October 29.
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The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) is holding forums across Victoria in an effort to help farmers understand the importance of a successful China FTA. “We are working hard to support Trade Minister Andrew Robb secure a good deal for dairy in the impending China FTA,” UDV President Tyran Jones said. “On April 23, Minister Robb stated that he had put ‘New Zealand plus’ on the table with China. “The industry believes this to mean an FTA that would see tariffs on Australian dairy exports immediately fall to the same level as NZ, which has had an FTA in place since 2008. Any products that are not already at zero tariff on entry will phase down to zero at the same rate as
New Zealand sourced product.” “Achieving this would provide unprecedented new opportunities for Victorian dairy as 86% of Australia’s dairy exports are sourced from Victoria. “A successful FTA will strengthen our place in the world market, renew confidence in the industry, enable more investment and provide more jobs. “It would mean a huge deal for Gippsland dairy farmers as they have a record of adapting to changing conditions and markets, making them well-placed to meet the particular demands of boosting exports to China.” Join the UDV at the Leongatha RSL for dinner at 7pm on Wednesday, October 29 to discuss what a successful China FTA could mean for your region. Bookings are essential. RSVP by 22nd October 22 to VFF Member Services 1300 882 833 or members@vff.org.au
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Run by Ilan Goldman, the property on Nicholls Road produces around 200 meat birds a month, raised from day old and processed at around eight weeks. The chickens are sent to the abbatoir in batches over a three week period, to coincide with the markets Mr Goldman attends. Each month he purchases a new batch of 200 day old chicks and starts the process all over again. Inspired by American farmer and author Joel Salatin, Mr Goldman aims to produce healthy and tasty chickens on his six hectare property. “I grow white, or commercial meat birds and a coloured meat bird developed from heritage lines by Sommerlad’s Poultry,” he said. “The chicks are purchased from northern New South Wales as day olds and spend their first two to three weeks inside in a brooder.” Depending on the weather, the chickens are transferred to the paddock in one of six movable bottomless shelters. “The shelters are moved daily, sometimes more which is the most important thing. This means the manure is spread evenly and the chickens get fresh grass every day,” Mr Goldman said. “This method brings the grass to the chickens; they are on it all the time.” When Mr Goldman first started growing chickens, he provided them with grain continuously. He also found he was losing a lot of birds. “I now mix my own feed, primarily wheat with seaweed, blood, meat and camelina meal added. I also make sure they are without grain at some stage throughout the day.” Once Mr Goldman reduced the feed intake slightly, he found he was losing far less chickens. The chickens always have access to shell grit which helps them to digest a whole grains diet. “The birds also eat a lot of insects, particularly in summer and autumn, though there are not as many about at this time of year,” he said. The pasture is cross grazed with cattle, which is an effective way of maintaining the grass at a height suitable for the chickens. The Sommerlad chickens are a new addition to Mr Goldman’s business, after buying his first batch to try in May. “The breed has only recently been released to growers like myself. They take a few extra weeks to grow to size, and don’t get as big as traditional meat birds,” he said. “But they really taste like chicken and are not tough or gamey.” The Sommerlad family developed the breed from a variety of heritage and meat chickens, based on desirable char-
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Farming Insight Luke’s grass is greener SOMETIMES it takes an outsider to show us just how good we have it at home.
Three years ago, Englishman Luke Cockman left behind a teaching career in Essex to start a new life in South Gippsland with his
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Australian partner Lucy. Looking for a career change, the 27 year old tried his hand at dairying and has never looked back. “I met Lucy in Scotland and within nine months had come over to Australia and it turned out I loved it,” he said. “I found a wanted advert in the paper, I rang, had an interview, told them I had no experience in dairy farming and a couple of weeks later they rang up and offered me the job.” “I worked for four months and, to be honest, it was probably four of the best working months I have ever had.” Having seen his highend furniture making career cut short by the global financial crisis before moving into the often stressful world of teaching in a large government school, Luke seems hardly able to believe his luck to have swapped 800 rowdy teenagers for 500 gentle dairy cows. “I feel very fortunate to have fallen into it, I love being on farm and really enjoy the farming lifestyle,” he said. “The long term plan for me is to be the best I can be work-
ing for someone on a farm and maybe part-time making my furniture and making a name for myself here.” Now living in Meeniyan, Luke has embraced farm work and the bigger picture of education and training. He joined the Young Dairy Development Program and has been working towards a Cert IV qualification with the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA). Having studied furniture design and craftsmanship and qualified as a teacher, Luke clearly sees education as a path to self improvement and career development. “There’s no substitute for a good education, when you move industries you need to be the best you can be at your job,” he said. “If that means going back to school to retrain, then you have to do it.” In a hands on industry, Luke combines his formal education with a hefty dose of on the job learning. “There’s only so much you can learn in a school and sitting behind a desk. It’s only when you get out on farm you see those
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things you have been learning about put into practice.” The YDDP, funded by GippsDairy and Dairy Australia using dairy service levy funds as well as Rural Finance, has been another key plank in building his burgeoning dairy career. Other support for YDDP comes from Fonterra Australia, Bonlac Supply Company, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co Ltd, Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Burra Foods Australia, United Dairyfarmers of Victoria, Irwin Stockfeeds, CSL and National Centre for Dairy Education Australia-GOTAFE. Joining the South Gippsland committee, Luke was quick to recognise that events organised by the local branch were of great benefit to the development of his dairy skills. “When I started, I knew nothing about dairy farming, nothing about cows or mastitis, I was completely green,” he said. “YDDP really helped me to get a good basic understanding of what I needed to know.” Luke said being able to tap into the YDDP resource is a major asset for the industry and farmers. “What is great about YDDP is that there something for everyone. It doesn’t matter what stage of farming you are at, you are never going to stop learning,” he said. “Whether you are a first year farmer or have been doing it for 50 years, there is always something you can learn.”
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The usual buying group was present and operating in a cheaper market. The young cattle were very mixed in quality with a handful of yearling heifers suited to the trade easing 3c/kg. The 650 steers and bullocks were plainer in quality overall, despite a few very good drafts at the better end, holding a larger proportion of heavy weights. Grown steers and bullocks eased 6c to 9c, while the heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers slipped 4c and the crossbreds 5c to 11c/kg. A limited selection of well finished heavy weight grown heifers held firm. Most weights and grades were represented in the 550 cows and the sale picked up momentum, to finish with averages from firm to 4c/kg cheaper. Heavy weight bulls were back 2c/kg. The yearling steers were mostly plainer drafts selling to feeders and restockers from 163c to 190c, with a single steer to the trade at 210c/kg. The handful of heifers to the trade made between 165c and 195c/kg. Grown steers sold between 187c and 206c, while the bullocks made from 189c to 217c/kg. Well finished heavy weight grown heifers sold from 175c to 194c/kg. Heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers made between 166c and 179c, with the crossbred portion between 172c and 194c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows ranged between 125c and 150c, while heavy weight cows made mostly from 148c to 174c, after a top of 179c/kg. Heavy weight C and B muscled bulls sold from 174c to 202c, with the D muscled dairy bulls from 160c to 178c/kg. The next sale draw - October 15 & 16: 1. Rodwells, 2. David Phelan, 3. Alex Scott, 4. SEJ, 5. Elders 6. Landmark.
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GORETEX JACKET WITH HOOD. Small-Medium size. Waterproof. Light maroon colour. $40. Ph. 0414 948 392. SAW BLADE. 70cm diameter with Tungsten tipped teeth. Saw bench or garden ornament. $50. Ph. 5672 2510. OLD GLASS CARBOY. 50cm high 30cm diameter. Great for lamp. $50. Ph. 5672 2510. SNOW PANTS. Girls size 10. Pink. In good condition. Plus pair of mittens. $25. Ph. 0423 763 906. ROCKING CHAIR. Easy Glide. Pine with green cushions and matching foot stool. $50. Ph. 0423 763 906. BATTERY CHARGER. OZITO 30 minute fast charger with 2 14.4 volt Li-on batteries. $20. Ph. 5662 4060. DRILL. Bench pedestal. 3 speed. PC. $50. Ph. 5672 2330. CRICKET GEAR. Country cricket bat and pads, Kookaburra thigh pad and Albion helmet. $30 the lot. ph. 0411 439 856. WALL PAPER. Mural of the Rocky Mountains in Autumn. 8 rolls at 4x3m. $50. Ph. 0411 439 856. PLAYSTATION 2. Plus 9 games. very Good condition.$50. Ph. 5668 1248 after hours. TELEFUNKEN VHS PLAYER. Hardly used. Make an offer. Ph. 5668 1248. EXERCISE BIKE. York brand. Platinum. C730 heart rate monitor. Good condition. $50. Ph. 5662 3085. BUNK BED. Timber frames. Includes mattresses. Can be two single beds. $50. Ph. 5662 3085. ANTIQUE WOODEN STOOL. 25cms high. Hinged lid. Shallow storage. $45. Ph. 5689 1224. TELESCOPE. Astronomical Refactor. Yosco brand. Model CA60. No offers. $50. Ph. 5674 5601. MYNA TRAP. Wooden framed. Good condition. $50. ph. 0408 105 355. KEFIR GRAINS. Make healthy soft drinks. $15. Ph. 5662 0266. HANDBAG. Black leather Capelle. 2 handles. large. Ideal work bags. Excellent condition. $20. Ph. 5662 3987. HANDBAG. Dark brown leather Cellini. 2 handles. medium size. Zip top. Excellent condition. $20. Ph. 5662 3987. STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Potted. $1 each. Ph. 0428 168 297. HERBS, PARSLEY, THYME, FEVERFEW, PEPPERMINT, LEMON BALM, MINT. potted. $1 each. Ph. 0428 168 297.
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PICKET FENCE. 6.7x90cm high. $50. Ph. 0406 460 363. TREE FERN. 120cm high with new fronds. $30. Ph. 0406 460 363. PLASTIC DRUM. 200L. Good condition. $10. Ph. 5662 4970. STORAGE CUPBOARD. Suitable for shed. 1.8x1.8. Shelves, cupboards, draws. $10. Good condition. Ph. 5662 4970. AB SWING. Excellent condition. $50. Ph. 5664 1222. EVAPORATIVE COOLER. Evantair air cooler. $50. Ph. 5664 1222. GARDEN CHIPPER. Viking brand. 2.2kW motor. Very good condtion. $50. ph. 5658 1515. GOLF CLUBS. Mens. Right hand. 9 sticks. $50. Ph. 0439 552 588. JUG AND BOWLS SET. Victorian style. 1975. Rose and apricot tones. $45. Ph. 0413 060 875. CERAMIC CLOWN. Old style sitting down. Tear drop and hearts under eyes. Apricot tones. $20. Ph. 0413 060 875. PRINTER. New canon Pixma MG2560. Only used once. Paid $59 and $8 for USB printer cable. Only $50. Ph. 0402 383 509. CONVECTION OVEN. Portable. twin Hotplates and rotisserie. Works well just not needed anymore. Great for camping and granny flat. $50. Ph. 0402 383 509. WATER COOLER. Refrigerated 240V with bottle. A1. $50. Ph. 5672 2330. SALLY SHED HEATER. $50 ono. Ph. 0428 622 996. TURNED OREGAN POSTS. 90cmx90cmx2m. 5 for $50. Ph. 0428 517 733. CAR SEAT. Britax Safe & Sound. Good condition. $40. Ph. 5672 4665. BABY CRIB. Wooden swinging. New in box. $50. ph. 5672 4665. NINTENDO WII CONSOLE. Plus 1 Controller with motion plus and nunchucks. 2 games: wii sports and wii sports resort. Excellent condition. Ph. $50 Ph. 5662 5141. NINTENDO WII GAMES. Woods PGA tour, virtua Tennis 4 & wii cricket. $15. Ph. 5662 5141. DINING TABLE. Round pine. 89cm (35”) diametre. Seats 4 comfortably. excellent condition. No chairs. $50. ph. 5658 1191. BREVILLE JUICE FOUNTAIN. Full working order. As new. $45. Ph. 0414 948 392.
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We are currently seeking to employ a person to work in our sales office. Duties will include phone/counter sales and enquiries. Assisting in warehouse duties including deliveries will also be required. Experience in industrial equipment/supplies would be an advantage but not necessary. A current manual driver’s licence is essential. Only persons seeking genuine permanent employment will be considered. Apply in writing (hand written cover letter) marked confidential and addressed to: The Manager B.J. Bearings 38 Yarragon Road Leongatha Vic 3953
Confident Parents, Confident Children Parents can learn skills and strategies to manage the everyday demands of parenting their children, and to build positive relationships within their family. SIX WEEKLY SESSIONS STARTING 24th October to 28th November, 11.30am to 1.30pm at Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre, Mitchell House, 6 Murray Street. There is no cost to attend. If you require childcare, contact Parentzone to discuss options. For further details or to register contact: Parentzone Gippsland – 5133 9998
SOUTH GIPPSLAND WATER Customer Satisfaction Survey South Gippsland Water values customer feedback. The annual customer satisfaction survey will be held between 8th October 2014 and 21st October 2014. Customers will be randomly selected and contacted by phone, the survey will be carried out by an independent research company, Fieldworks and will be completely anonymous and confidential. Survey results will be used to help us improve water and wastewater services across the South Gippsland Region. Philippe du Plessis Managing Director Phone: 1300 861 636
TREASE RE-UNION DUMBALK HALL SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 11am onwards Charge at door to cover catering costs etc. EVERYONE WELCOME Phone Len 5662 5496
RETAIL SALES ASSISTANT (CASUAL) x 2 MG Trading is a wholly owned subsidiary of Murray Goulburn Co-operative operating 23 retail stores throughout Victoria servicing Australian farmer’s with their farming requirements; offering farm services including agronomic advice, feed and fodder solutions, animal nutrition, fertiliser, bulk fuel and milking machine services. We are currently seeking an enthusiastic individual with excellent interpersonal skills to join our Leongatha and Korumburra stores in the role of Retail Sales Assistant. The positions are casual; the hours will vary from week to week ranging from 15-28 hours. The primary focus of the role is to build strong partnerships with customers and deliver appropriate advice and services of a variety of agricultural products and supplies. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, demonstrate previous experience in a Retail Sales Assistant role desirable and strong customer service skills. This is a diverse and challenging opportunity to join an evolving business with vast amounts of ongoing growth and development potential. For further information about the roles please contact Barry Shepheard on 0408 550 772 or to apply for this exciting opportunity please send your resumé to barry.shepheard@mgc.com.au Applications close: 24th October 2014
meetings meetings STONY CREEK COMBINED COMMITTEE
AGM Wednesday, October 29 7.30pm at Stony Creek Rec dining room All welcome Any queries phone Kim Byrnes 0427 345 048
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MT ECCLES MECHANICS INSTITUTE RESERVE INC Notice is given of a
PUBLIC MEETING To be held at Mt Eccles Hall on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 commencing at 8pm The purpose of the meeting is to nominate no less than three (3) or more than nine (9) persons as the Committee of Management for the Mt Eccles Mechanics Institute Reserve Inc. for a term of three years. The current committee’s term will expire on 19/11/2014. All positions will be declared open and nominations will be accepted prior to or on the night. Nominations from women are encouraged. Further information, nomination forms and nominee declaration forms may be obtained by contacting your local Department of Environment and Primary Industries office or at the meeting. For further enquiries please contact Jenny Draper on 5668 9244.
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CLASSROOM TEACHING POSITION St Laurence O'Toole Primary School Leongatha require the services of a full time classroom teacher for the 2015 school year. This position may lead to an ongoing role within the school. Please visit http://www.seek.com.au/job/27432041 for more information.
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CASUAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE (& TRAINEESHIPS)
If you are an enthusiastic, well presented positive person who enjoys working with children, WE WANT YOU! A variety of positions available. A working with children check is essential. Send your resumé to: Peter Gould, 30 Gale St, Waratah Bay, 3959 pete@waratahbeachcamp.com.au Or phone: 5684 1435
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Wanted Experienced TRACTOR DRIVER FOR HAY SEASON Phone 5662 4096 0417 154 057
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER $23.24-$25.64 PER HOUR The YMCA is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the team as the part time (20hrs/wk) Community Development Officer. The successful applicant will community based, health focused person with a passion for helping people become healthier and happier. The role is based at both Phillip Island and Bass Coast Leisure Centres and will require the individual to work in the areas of research, advocacy, developing community partnerships and fundraising. Please provide a cover letter addressing the selection criteria in the position description.
Applications close 26 October 2014 To find out more check out www.victoria.ymca.org.au/careers
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South Gippsland Shire Council
Swimming Pools Liaison Officer • Temporary Part Time – till March 2015 • 3 days per week • $30.93 per hour Enquiries to: Ned Dennis, Manager Community Strengthening on (03) 5662 9200. Applications close Wednesday 29 October 2014.
Prom Country Aged Care is a community-based residential aged care service located at Prom Country House in Foster. We provide ageing in place residential care services as well as short-term respite care for our local community. Our 60 bed home is fully licensed and accredited to Government standards. We are searching for motivated, enthusiastic and caring individuals to join our care team in the role of Personal Carer.
All applicants must submit an Employment Application form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Please refer to our website www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au for further information and a position description.
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Personal Carer NIGHT SHIFT Permanent part time/Casual
Our Personal Carers work within the Care team reporting to the Registered Nurse in charge to ensure that the direct care needs of all residents are met. Key selection criteria: Essential • Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Must be a team player with the ability to multi task • The ability to demonstrate a professional and friendly manner at all times • Demonstrated initiative and the ability to work without supervision • All PCAC appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check with no disclosures • Certificate III Aged Care or equivalent • Current Victorian driver’s licence Desirable • Demonstrated excellent time management skills • Well-developed written skills that meet residents’ needs • Mature outlook with the ability to relate and converse with older people • Working knowledge of Aged Care Standards and legislation Applications close 5pm Monday 27 October 2014 All enquiries to: Carina Ross, Care Administration Coordinator T: 03 5682 0800 E: carina.ross@promcountryagedcare.com.au Please send your resumé and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria to: Lyn Williams, Administration Officer PO Box 81, Foster VIC 3960 E: lyn.williams@promcountryagedcare.com.au
Is searching for high quality educators with the ability to teach combinations of the following
Senior English (with the possibility of POL - Learning Area Leader)
LOTE - French (The College currently offers French as its preferred LOTE but would consider other modern languages for the right candidate) Can you demonstrate an active commitment to the ethos of a Catholic school? Then why not visit www.mackillopleongatha.catholic.edu.au for more information Written applications, including the names of three referees, should be included on the application form and emailed to the Principal’s Secretary (jdamon@mackillopleongatha.catholic.edu.au) as soon as possible but no later than Wednesday 22 October 2014
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used vehicles TOYOTA KLUGER Grande, black, 2010 model, all wheel drive, 103,000kms. One female owner. As new, well looked after, all services done at Toyota only. Leather seat, sunroof, GPS, reverse camera, bluetooth, electric seats, 7 seater, chrome side steps, 4 stack CD player. Rego until April 2015. $38,000j ONO. 0467-502772.
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for rent 1 BEDROOM granny flat, Mirboo North. Prefer working, non smoker. 0478214456.
livestock We stock the largest range of New push and ride-on mowers in South Gippsland, including - Honda,Victa, Greenfield, Deutscher, Cub Cadet, MTD, Masport, Toro, Yard Machines & Rover from $149. Professional repairs and service for ALL mower makes and models. Also stocking a large range of parts and accessories. We also have a large range of secondhand mowers available.
MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT Cnr Allison & South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha. L.M.C.T. 2714
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CARAVAN Evernew, 1995, 16’6” x 7’6’, island bed, front kitchen, lots of cupboards, full annex and rollout awning, fridge, microwave, cooktop. Always under cover, very clean, $13,000. Ph: 0428-922488. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175.
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HAY: Small squares, excellent quality, shedded. New season, $8 each. Secondhand treated pine posts 3-4 inch, approx 250 at $4 each. Mardan 56641320. IRRIGATOR Travelling Pope water winch and pipes, working order, best offer. Ph: 0437-510108. JAYCO Sterling, 2013, 21’6”. One trip, as new. Full ensuite, leather trim 2 door fridge, full annexe, rubber floor, $52,000. 5662-5334. LIQUID inoculant dispenser $1,100; 1 granular inoculant dispenser $600. Ph: 0417563033. 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.
BULLS FOR HIRE OR SALE FRIESIAN, ANGUS, HEREFORD, LIMO OR JERSEY All sound, young Hire or sale Phone 0447 331 762
PULLETS Wednesday, October 29 Commercial crossbreds. Fully vaccinated. Not debeaked.
12wk (Red, Isa Brown) $16 Available from Elders Past., Leongatha
11am Phone 5662 3523 to order now (Brian Larkin Poultry)
POULTRY / CAGE BIRD AUCTION Traralgon Showgrounds Poultry Pavilion, Sunday, October 19, 10.30am. Wide variety of poultry, hens, ducks, many breeds, fertile eggs. Open for sellers from 8am. Ph: 5197 7270, 0400-934202. EWES with lambs, Dorper “Roslynmead” bloodlines, Wiltshire Gracelyn bloodlines, from $200. Leongatha South, 56643281 or 0400-511554.
used vehicles MAZDA 3 2004, blue, rego end June 2015 (ZVY243), 5 speed manual, RWC, 178,000km, $5,900. Ph: 0427-870980.
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.
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Garage Sale SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 10 McCartins Lane, Mirboo North 8am to 2pm MOVING SALE Table tennis table, file cabinets, electric space heaters, good ladder, tools, leaf blower, router and table top saw, Rancher (Rover) ride-on mower, Simpson washing machine extra large, bookcase and books, booster seat, dolls, games, other house and shed goods.
Garage Sale 12 Lee Parade Leongatha SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 8am - 4pm No early callers Lots of great items MOVING SALE
MASSIVE MOVING CLEARING SALE 9 Young Street Leongatha SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 & 19 8.30am til 2pm Furniture, tools, bric-a-brac, kitchenware and instruments
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garage sales KORUMBURRA - 145 Shellcot Road, Saturday, October 18, 8am - 12. Plumbing materials, office supplies, and other household goods. LEONGATHA 3 McPherson Street, Saturday, October 18, 7.30am start. Tools, collectables, lots of junk.
lost VIEGA PRESS GUN 15mm - 30mm, in Leongatha area. Reward offered. 0418583464.
marriage celebrant CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191
PAM HERRALD 5662 2553 0438 097 181
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engagements McINDOE - BYRNES Craig and Wendy together with Jim and Di and families are thrilled to finally announce the engagement of Kayla and Jarrad. Congratulations and all the best with your future plans.
bereavement thanks DUFFUS - Margaret. Bryan, Julie, Narelle, David, Iain, Peter and their families wish to sincerely thank family and friends for the love and support received following the recent passing of my beloved wife, our Mum and Gran. Your expressions of sympathy, floral tributes, prayers, meals, phone calls and cards were a great comfort to us all. Our thanks to the medical and ambulance staff at both Foster Medical Centre and Jessie McPherson Private Hospital and to all who donated to Monash Heart. Special thanks to Paul and Margaret Beck for their compassion and assistance over the past few weeks. Please accept this as our personal thanks. TAYLOR - Rolf. Ruth, Faye and Steve, Glenys and Jamie, Janine and their families would like to sincerely thank everyone for their kindness and prayers on the passing of Rolf. Thank you for your cards, flowers, cooking and friendship, it was greatly appreciated. Also many thanks to Paul and Margaret Beck and staff for their professional caring support during this difficult time. Please accept this as our personal thanks.
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CORRY (nee Opray) Helen Maree. Passed away peacefully at Leongatha Hospital on October 9, 2014 aged 51 years. Late of Meeniyan. Dearly loved wife of Ray. Treasured mother of Melissa and Shaun, Luke and Chloe, Tom and Paige. Loving daughter of Hec and Elaine Opray. Sister of Gwenda and Dessie, Noel and Glenice, Anne and Neville, Marg and Rod, Graham and Ruth, Norma and Ronnie, Brian and Allyson. Forever in our hearts. A loving wife, my best friend, A wonderful mother to our children, Such a brave person, Thanks for being my wife. Love Ray. Dearest Mum, You’ll never be forgotten, that simply cannot be. As long as I am living, I’ll carry you with me. Safely tucked within my heart, your light will always shine; A glowing ember never stilled, throughout the end of time. No matter what the future brings, or what may lie ahead, I know that you will walk with mem along the path I tread. So rest my angel, be at peace, And let your soul fly free. One day I’ll join your glorious flight, for all eternity. Always and forever in our hearts. Love Melissa and Shaun. Dearest Mum, You fought long and hard with sheer strength and determination. Words cannot express how proud we are, nor how much we love you. Every moment spent together was cherished and will be held close to our hearts forever. You are a hero in our eyes, a true inspiration to all who knew you. The good ones are taken too soon. May you sleep peacefully now watching over us. Gone but not forgotten, forever in our hearts. All our love, now and always, Luke and Chloe. To my beloved Mum, May you forever stay in my heart and mind. Thank you for giving me life, for this I will always make you proud. Love forever Paige.
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CORRY - Helen Maree. Much loved sister and sister-in-law of Marg and Rod. Loved aunty of Shazy, Buzzy, Skinner, Stevie and their families. 51 years of fun and laughter Hels. Forever in our hearts. CORRY (Opray) - Helen. Dearly loved sister of Graham, sister-in-law of Ruth. Much loved aunty of Jake and Sam. We will never forget your lovely smile and contagious laughter. Forever in our hearts.
CORRY (nee Opray) Helen Maree. Passed away peacefully 9.10.14. Dearly loved sister of Brian (Bird) and Allyson. Adored Aunty Hels of Lauren, Scott, Georgie and Willow, Matt and Kim. Forever in our hearts. “Dance like nobody’s watching, sing like nobody’s listening.” CORRY - Helen. Fun, love, laughter, great holidays are the wonderful memories of an amazingly strong, determined and happy friend. Ray, Melissa, Shaun, Luke, Chloe, Tom, Paige and the Oprays, we are thinking of you. Love Fay, Daryl, Brent, Hayden, Joel and Kurt. xxxx CORRY - Helen. My beautiful and courageous friend, you fought so hard to stay with us.Your life may have faded, but your beautiful spirit will always shine through and warm my heart, with treasured memories of our precious friendship. Your smile will light the brightest star and remind me of the laughter we shared. Loved and remembered always. Belinda. Our most sincere sympathy to Ray, Melissa, Luke, Tom and extended families. Belinda, Alistair, Matthew and Bec. CORRY - Helen. All our love, thoughts and deepest sympathy to Ray, Melissa and Shaun, Luke and Chloe, Tom and Paige. From Lisa, Tony, Cassie and Matt. XXXX My dear friend Helsy, Our wonderful friendship started back in Dumbalk 46 years ago. What wonderful treasured memories we shared, special moments, singing, dancing, laughing, good times, my rock, my confidante, my beautiful friend. Love you, miss you. Forever in my heart. Lise XXXOOO CORRY - Helen. Tarwin Valley Primary School acknowledges and regrets the passing of a much respected and loved member of our school community. Helen was a great friend to many and much admired for her inspirational and talented work with students. Her friendship and positive approach to life were a gift to many. We extend our deepest sympathy to her family and friends. - Tarwin Valley Primary School staff, students, school council and parents. CORRY - Helen. MDU Football Netball Club extends heartfelt sympathy to Ray, Melissa and Shaun, Luke and Chloe, and Tom and Paige on the passing of their much loved wife and mum, Helen. Helen has been a loyal supporter, worker and more importantly friend to everyone at MDU for many years. Her caring and gentle soul will be lovingly remembered and missed by all. Our love and support is sent to the Corry and Opray families at this very difficult and sad time.
deaths CORRY - Helen. Work colleague and special friend remembered always. Deepest sympathy to Ray and family. Sue, Sam and family. CORRY - Helen (Hellsy). So much fun. So much laughter. So many memories shared. Leanne and Colleen. CORRY - Helen. 9.10.2014 This day we knew would come when we had to let you go. Your strength, your courage, your determination, your love for family, friends and all who came into your life is an inspiration to us all. You taught us/me so much. Will miss the sound of your laughter. Your loving smile, your gentle face. Those beautiful big eyes that would light up a room. Most of all you Hellsy, our dearest friend. All those memories are held close in my heart always and forever. I will keep my promise, your wish. Sleep now peacefully (with blanky). Love you to bits!! Sue, Wayne, Ash, Chris, Jordy and Edie. HOLT - Olive Hilda. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon on October 8, 2014. Aged 86 years, late of Mirboo North, formerly of Mordialloc. Loved sister and sisterin-law of Eileen and Bill Brewster, fondly remembered by their family. Resting peacefully.
funerals CORRY - The Funeral Service (Prayers) for the late Mrs Helen Maree Corry will be held at St Kevin’s Catholic Church, Geale Street, Meeniyan on Thursday, October 16, 2014 commencing at 1.30pm. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of Prayers for the Meeniyan Lawn Cemetery.
HOLT - The Funeral Service for the late Olive Hilda Holt will be held at the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 commencing at 10.30am.
Champion: the 2014 MotoGP World title was clinched by Marc Marquez in Japan on the weekend as he finished in second place behind race winner Jorge Lorenzo, with Phillip Island favourite Valentino Rossi also on the podium. The MotoGP action will roar into action this Friday at Phillip Island and thousands of fans will flock to the Island for the three day event.
Return of the world’s best THE 2014 motorcycle racing season moves into the final rounds at Phillip Island and the competition across all categories is fierce with just a few points separating the top competitors.
Spanish wonder Marc Marquez has conquered almost every circuit on the calendar this season, but victory at Phillip Island is one achievement he is yet to add to his impressive resume. Bass Coast Shire Council’s acting general manager healthy communities, Jamie Sutherland, said this together with a strong contingent of Australian riders in the support categories is creating plenty of interest for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event. Traffic is expected to be heavy throughout the weekend; however a significant traffic management plan has been developed to minimise the disruption to the community. Changes to normal traffic operations will be kept to a minimum. Traffic is expected to peak on Saturday and Sunday afternoon on Phillip Island Road and Back Beach Road from between 4pm.and 7pm and Sunday morning between 9am and midday. Road users are advised to avoid these locations during these times. “Traffic on Phillip Island Road is also usually very slow on Monday after the event until around 1pm. Traffic conditions will be monitored and controls implemented if required,” Mr Sutherland said. “All Phillip Island residents should have received an information brochure in their letter box. This brochure explains local traffic informa-
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tion as well as entertainment during the weekend.”
The Barry Sheene Tribute Ride Interest in the Barry Sheene Tribute Ride is strong and around 500 motorcycles are expected to take part. “The ride will leave Bairnsdale at 9.30am on Thursday, October 16. After a lunch stop in Morwell, it will depart from there at 12.50pm and travel to San Remo via Inverloch and Wonthaggi,”
Mr Sutherland said. “They will leave San Remo at 3.25pm and arrive at the Circuit at 3.45pm. “It is always a great spectacle watching the riders travel through the Shire, so we encourage everyone to get out and have a look.” The Cranbourne ride is expected to arrive in Cowes on Saturday from around 11.30am. Entertainment and other activities will greet the riders in Cowes.
Mayor’s message Cr Neil Rankine THROUGHOUT the year, Council makes numerous decisions on a wide variety of issues that impact our community right here in Bass Coast, but sometimes also have an impact on state and federal issues. Rather than waiting to read about Council’s decisions in the news, why not come along to the upcoming Council meeting and see how decisions are made for yourself? At the October meeting, Council will be discussing the following issues, to name a few. The Review of Council Service Provision – This issue has arisen following the State Government’s announcement it will contribute two-thirds of the cost of the review, subject to Council agreeing to fund the balance. Council will be making decisions on supporting the review and funding the remaining third. An Independent Report on Coal Seam Gas Potential within the Shire – Council has twice now declared its opposition to new mining of coal and to gas extraction associated with coal within the Shire. This independent report provides useful information and may be a tool Council can use in its continued advocacy with state and federal government on behalf of the community. 2014/15 Summer Strategy for Dogs in Public Places – Council will be reviewing its strategies in relation to the management of dogs in public places over the upcoming summer period. The issue of dogs in public places is one that generates considerable community interest, and we have heard many calls from community members for increased enforcement, especially on our beaches. Council must also decide whether to enforce restrictions on beaches that aren’t council managed beaches. We will also be looking at a number of issues involving other councils, both within Victoria and interstate. We are being asked to sign a Joint statement from Local Government Supporting Asylum Seekers Living in the Community – Here in Bass Coast, we have a relatively small number of refugees living as a part of our community, but other councils across Victoria provide everyday support for a large number of asylum seekers. It is becoming evident that without reinforcement of resources for programs delivered at a local level, Councils and their partner groups will no longer have the capacity to provide the considered and integrated responses required to meet asylum seekers’ complex needs. Council will consider signing an amended Joint Statement that reflects the outcomes of a forum regarding these issues recently held by City of Greater Dandenong. Support for Marriage Equality – An issue we often see in the media, but don’t often have a chance to comment on at a Local Government level; Byron Shire Council has written to all councils in Australia requesting they develop and adopt a proclamation supporting marriage equality. If approved, it will be sent to the Byron Shire Council for compilation and presentation to the Prime Minister. Our Annual Report 2013/14 gives a snapshot of all we do, and how it is achieved– Council will be considering this document for adoption, and if you’d like to find out more about Council, why not visit www.basscoast.vic.gov.au and have a look for yourself? The October Ordinary Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, 15 October at the Heritage Centre at 89 Thompson Avenue, Cowes and starts at 5.00pm. Everyone is welcome, and I look forward to seeing you there. Cr Neil Rankine, Mayor Bass Coast Shire Council
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A Grade Division 1 Won Workmens ......................24 Nerrena ...................................24 Inverloch .................................12 OMK........................................12 Town.........................................12 Won Miners ..............................12 Imperials ....................................0 Phillip Island ..............................0 A Grade Division 2 MDU ........................................24 Poowong-Loch ........................24 Kilcunda-Bass.........................12 Korumburra ...........................12 Glen Alvie ................................12 Koonwarra-L/RSL ...................12 Fish Creek-Tarwin......................0 Foster..........................................0 B Grade Division 1 OMK........................................24 Won Workmens ......................24 Nerrena ...................................24 Phillip Island...........................12 Inverloch ..................................12 MDU ..........................................0 Town...........................................0 Imperials ....................................0 B Grade Division 2 Poowong-Loch ........................24 Won Miners ............................24 Koonwarra-L/RSL .................12 Korumburra ...........................12 Glen Alvie ................................12 Kilcunda-Bass ............................0 C Grade Division 1 OMK........................................24 Nerrena ...................................24 Won Workmens ......................12 MDU ........................................12 Phillip Island ............................12 Inverloch ..................................12 Town...........................................0 Imperials ....................................0 C Grade Division 2 Won Miners ............................24 Won Workmens ......................24 Poowong-Loch ........................24 OMK........................................12 Koonwarra-L/RSL ...................12 Kilcunda-Bass ..........................12 Inverloch ..................................12 Korumburra ................................0 Glen Alvie ..................................0 Phillip Island ..............................0
High five: OMK hopes there will be plenty more to celebrate this season.
LDCA Under 16 season launched THE Leongatha and District Cricket Association launched the Under 16s season with a T10 carnival on Sunday, October 12.
Most LDCA clubs fielded teams which played multiple 10 over games throughout the day. The carnival was held at several locations: the association’s east zone teams in Leongatha at the East Campus oval and the velodrome, while in Wonthaggi the west zone teams played at the Wonthaggi Football Ground and McMahon’s Reserve. Based on the form shown around the ground, Nerrena and Kilcunda Bass will be the teams to watch this season. More photos from the pictured game can be found at www.mdphotos. net.
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
OCTOBER Time
height (metres)
Add one hour for daylight saving
15 WED
16 THUR
17 FRI
18 SAT
19 SUN
20 MON
21 TUE
0437 1002 1622 2222
1.60 0.50 1.44 0.27
0516 1042 1702 2301
0.52 0.53 1.37 0.35
0558 1122 1745 2341
1.44 0.58 1.30 0.43
0641 1204 1835
1.36 0.62 1.23
0023 0729 1252 1936
0.51 1.30 0.65 1.18
0112 0823 1350 2048
0.59 1.25 0.67 1.17
0213 0919 1504 2200
0.66 1.23 0.65 1.20
All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM
Rising star: Cam Olden playing for MDU. Cam is becoming a well known sporting identity in his age group.
Buffalo indoor bowls Wednesday, October 8
Four teams of triples this week saw Toni, Carolyn and Joe out to an early lead to hold off Charlie, Illene, and Bill nine shots to six (9-6) whilst Rod, Mary and Ian were leading eleven shots to seven on last end with Andrew Joyce and Peter T12 holding four shots for a draw but Rod’s last bowl snuck in for shot for a twelve-seven (127) win. Winners to mat 3 saw Rod continue his brillant form for a 13-2 win against Toni’s team and Charlie 12-4 against Andrew with a 4 on last end. The third game of the evening saw two close results with Joyce and Peter (Andrew sitting this one out) drawing level with Toni, Carolyn and Joe (6 all) Rod leading 7-4 on last end with Charlie holding 2 shots was encouraged to knock front bowl to advance kitty but alas she veered away and off mat for a win to Charlie 8-7. Results with two wins and a loss Rod (WWL) 16 ends was declared the winner of the night from Charlie (LWW) 12 ends. Next Toni (WLD) 10 ends and Andrew (LLD) 10 ends. Lucky ticket: Fruit/Vegies to Ian, eggs to Mary, Joyce and Joe, biscuits to Andrew and Bill took home the flower. Social bowls at the Buffalo hall, 7.30pm Wednesday - all welcome.
Shot: Brett Thorson is in good form for MDU.
GCL representative teams LDCA Senior GCL representative side for Round 1 match versus Bairnsdale at Lucknow Turf on Sunday, October 19. Tim Wightman - Nerrena, Chris Silkstone - Imps, Jason Wilson - OMK (Captain), Jesse Van Rooye - OMK, Shane Dole - Korumburra, Amila Ratnayake Town, Madura Weerasinghe Silva - Town, Ben Foon - Miners, Kit Rotthier - Inverloch, Lachie Cleeland - Phillip Island, Alan Jenkins - OMK. Meet at Leongatha Football Ground at 7.00 am. If unavailable, contact Gary Sauvarin 0407 343204, Steve Brann 0429 001396
or Kristian Gray 0439 825169. LDCA U/16 GCL representative side for Round One match versus Sale/Maffra at College Turf, Sale on Sunday, October 19. Tim Sauvarin - Imps (Captain), Tom Officer - Phillip Island (VC), Jack Keating - Phillip Island, Koby Brann - Workmens, Adam Busana - OMK, Liam Buckland Fish Creek/Tarwin, Ben Perry - Nerrena, Jye Celebrine - Korumburra, Damon Ginnane - Imps, Connor Epifano - Phillip Island, Sam Farrington - Workmens, Jack Hume - Town. Meet bus at the Leongatha Football Ground at 7.45 am sharp.
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On your marks, get set, go LEONGATHA Little Athletics took off with a bang on Saturday with the Come and Try and Bring a Friend Day.
On a perfect day, more than 150 children, parents/ guardians and siblings came to the velodrome to experience Little Athletics first hand. From the skills development On Track program for 5 to 7 year olds to the full competition program for 7 to 16 years olds it was an action packed day. It was fantastic to see the smiles on everyone’s faces and the joy as they crossed the finish line, did their jumps or achieved a perfect throw. If you would like to be a part of Little Athletics we run an 18 week program at 9.15am every Saturday morning between now and Christmas and then from the end of January until March. For more information, visit our website www.leongathalac.com.au, email: leongathalac@gmail.com or contact Linda Richards: 0417821482 or Sue Ritchie: 0413000877
Talent: Under 11 girls give it their all at the Leongatha Little Athletics ‘Come and Try’ day on Saturday.
Gippsland Umpires join RAC: AFL Gippsland commission chair Angus Hume, left, and Gippsland Umpires Association president Chris Behrendorff.
Gippsland Umpires Association joins AFL Gippsland RAC A hero to look up to: from left, Riley, Zack, Brooklyn, Jordan, Tom, Joshua, Eleanor Patterson, Summer and Lily at the opening of the Little Athletics season in Foster. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Eleanor Patterson was on hand to open the season and her autograph proved highly popular with the youngsters.
Award winners: from left, Most Valuable Player, Jacob Bright; and Best Club Person, Leah Svehla.
Premiers: back row from left, Bill Koetsveld, Matt Vanboven, John Pouw and Dean Bailey. Front row from left, Cath Gilbert, Tarrayn Anderson and Deb Simons.
Black Caviar loss MEENIYAN and District Volleyball concluded its competion with its grand final held on Tuesday, September 16 between Sharks and the Black Caviar. The top four teams this seasons were extremely close with any of them capable of reaching the grand final. Roughies was elimi-
nated in the first week by the Sharks in a very close five set match. Injuries to the Blues, who finished on top off the ladder, contributed to the team losing both of its finals which left the grand final to be played between the Sharks and Black Caviar. With a good all round team performance lead by captain J. Pouw, Sharks was too strong defeating
GIPPSLAND Umpires Association has become the first umpiring organisation to join
Black Caviar 25 – 21, 25 – 23 and 25 – 14. Following the game the club held its presentations. Thanks to everyone who helped out during the year and congratulations to the award winners: Jacob Bright, Most Valuable Player; Owen Straw, Best Junior; Jamie Robins, Best First Year Player; Zoe Wogan Browne, Most Improved; and Best Club Person, Leah Svehla.
Volleyball, Korumburra Round 11 A Grade: Giants defeated Golliwogs (2:0) 26:24, 25:14, 18:17. Warriors defeated Bugs (3:0) 25:23, 25:17, 21:18. B Grade: T.N.T.
drew HELP (1:1) 20:25, 27:25, 8:11. Shark Bait defeated Hopefuls (2:1) 25:23, 20:25, 25:22, 2:4. Panthers defeated Chargers (2:1) 17:25, 25:15, 21:17.
the AFL Gippsland Regional Administration Centre. GUA officially enters the RAC on November 1 on a two year agreement, joining Gippsland League, Alberton and North Gippsland football netball leagues and Traralgon and District Junior Football League in being administered from the AFL Gippsland football operations hub in Morwell. AFL Gippsland commission chair Angus Hume said GUA was a welcome addition to the RAC portfolio. “In the past 12 months the AFL Gippsland administration centre has grown considerably and that is in large part thanks to the work of region general manager Travis Switzer and his team,” Hume said. “As a commission, we’ve been working very hard to support football and netball leagues in Gippsland and it’s important to include and extend that support to our local umpires. “The Gippsland Umpires Association is a fantastic organisation and to have them on board is a huge boost for AFL Gippsland.”
GUA has 120 members and provides officials for three Gippsland football leagues. GUA president Chris Behrendorff said the move would greatly assist in the association’s day-to-day administration and take the association forward. “This is the next step in our structure and we’re looking forward to it,” Behrendorff said. “Some of the stuff we have to do as volunteers is so time-consuming and hopefully that will swing towards the team at AFL Gippsland a bit more. “We need the guidance and I’m sure we will learn from each other, which will make it easier for everyone.” AFL Gippsland region general manager Travis Switzer said GUA’s decision to join the RAC was a vote of confidence on the back of the RAC’s first season. “It’s a great endorsement for what we’ve been able to achieve in a relatively short space of time,” Switzer said. “Chris and the board do a terrific job and we thank them for coming on board and look forward to working with them to ensure the best possible outcomes for the GUA.”
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Bike team make regionals By Tayla Kershaw WONTHAGGI Primary School cyclists are off to Bike Ed regionals in Morwell on Wednesday.
The team trained every Monday afternoon during term three to get ready for the upcoming Bike Ed championships. The children are asked to show their skills in balance and control. They have to be able to weave through cones, before figure 8’s and balance on a plank on their bikes. They competed at a school and district level and are very excited to compete at the next regional level. The program offers both the skills to properly handle a bike and important road safety skills.
Bike champs: from left, Taylah, Jesse, Matt, Paul, Shay, Kyle, Braden and Maddy will represent Wonthaggi Primary School in the Bike Ed regionals in Morwell on Wednesday.
Ebony’s climb to the top THE race to the top of Melbourne’s tallest building is on again, with participants from all over Australia set to raise much needed funds for two charities and earn the ultimate view from the top of the Eureka Tower on Sunday, November 16.
Korumburra athlete Ebony Knox is participating in her first climb and said she is very much looking forward to the challenge. The day prior, Ebony is competing in the Bass Coast Cycle Challenge, so could experience some soreness but she runs a lot, has completed five Royal Children’s Hospital Run for the Kids and has been
Mirboo North & District junior tennis A BIG welcome to all our new and returning children and families, we hope you have a lot of fun and enjoy a great season of tennis. Results - Round 1 Saturday, October 11
A Grade: Leongatha Kyrgios 5 sets, 35 games d Leongatha Matosevic 1 set, 14 games. Leongatha Tomic 3 sets, 25 games d Baromi Red 3 sets, 20 games. Fish Creek 5 sets, 31 games d Leongatha Hewett 1 set, 20 games. Mardan 3 sets, 25 games d Baromi White 3 sets, 20 games. B Grade: Leongatha Saville 3 sets, 24 games d Leongatha Kokkinakis 3 sets, 21 games. Leongatha Ebdon 5 sets, 30 games d Mardan 1 set, 14 games. Leongatha North 4 sets, 31 games d Leongatha Groth 2 sets, 18 games. Baromi Purple 3 sets, 28 games d Leongatha Duckworth 3 sets, 21 games.
Fish Creek - bye. C Grade: Leongatha Gajdosova 3 sets, 23 games d Leongatha Dellaqua 1 set, 13 games. Baromi Yellow 4 sets, 24 games d Baromi Orange 0 sets, 12 games. Fish Creek 3 sets, 21 games d Mardan 1 set 12 games. Leongatha Stoser - bye.
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A Grade Leongatha Kyrgios ................6.0 Fish Creek ..............................6.0 Leongatha Tomic ...................4.0 Mardan...................................4.0 Baromi Red .............................3.0 Baromi White ..........................3.0 Leongatha Hewett ...................1.0 Leongatha Matosevic ..............1.0 B Grade Leongatha Ebdon ..................6.0 Leongatha North ...................5.0 Baromi Purple .......................4.0 Leongatha Saville ..................4/0 Fish Creek ...............................3.5 Leongatha Kokkinakis ............3.0 Leongatha Duckworth .............3.0 Leongatha Groth .....................2.0 Mardan ....................................1.0 C Grade Baromi Yellow........................5.0 Leongatha Gajdosova ...........4.0 Fish Creek ..............................4.0 Leongatha Stoser...................2.5 Mardan ....................................1.0 Leongatha Dellaqua ................1.0 Baromi Orange ........................0.0
practicing running up a flight of stairs at the Korumburra football ground. Prior to the climb she hopes to fit in the Shack Bay Stairs at Inverloch a few times and maybe the gruelling 1000 Stairs at Mount Dandenong. Looking forward to the challenge, Ebony said, “I enjoy running and participating in challenges like the Eureka Stairs with friends. “I also like to keep fit, promote living a healthy lifestyle in the community and combine my beliefs about healthy living with children who I work with at Loch Kinder and Kamai Community Children’s Centre. One of the highest vertical races in the world, the annual Eureka Climb, presented by OsteoEze, challenges participants with 88 levels and 300m of vertical elevation and is part of the global World Cup tower running series of races. The Eureka Climb will involve participants walking, running or climbing the 1,642 stairs to Skydeck on level 88, the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere. Participants can enter individually or create a team of four. Defending champion Mark Bourne, who has won the last three events in a row in the Men’s category, will be back to defend his title. Alice McNamara who won the Women’s category from 2010 to 2012 and still holds the record
for fastest woman up the tower will return to try and capture her fourth title. The crowd favourite, The Emergency Service Challenge, will be even more competitive this year with the Ambulance Services and Victoria Police teams even more committed to catching last year’s clear winners, Melbourne Fire Brigade. Open to everyone from 12 years and up and all fitness levels, the Eureka Climb starts at 7am with staggered start times available throughout the day. Last year’s event raised in excess of $250,000 and this year’s target is even higher. According to Eureka Climb event director, Ben King, the event seems to build in momentum year on year. “2013 was the biggest year yet for the Eureka Climb with over 2,500 participants and a crowd of hundreds watching the action. “By all indications, 2014 is set to be the best year yet with registrations coming in from all over the country and overseas,” said King. The unique fundraiser helps raise money for disadvantaged young people at home and abroad for charity partners Whitelion and Interplast Australia and New Zealand. Registration for the event is now open and climbers can register online at www.eurekaclimb. com.au.
Feet on the ground: Ebony Knox at Birralee Child Care Centre in Korumburra with, from left, Matilda and Alannah.
Stairway to heaven: a participant inside the stairwell of the Eureka Tower in the 2014 Eureka Climb.
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thestar.com.au Leongatha FIRST up congratulations to Alan Easterbrook winning the South Gippsland over 60s men’s title, well done Alan, you have done the club proud. October 7 saw Division 1 ladies travel to Foster but went down in a very tight finish to Foster by a shot, 77 to 78. Trish McCormack (s) lost 20 to 21, Rosa James (s) lost 29 to 31 and Glenda Trotman (s) won 28 to 26 shots. Division 3 travelled to Korumburra and came away with the spoils winning 56 to 33 shots. Carol Harry (s) won 22 to 15 and Marlene Rayson (s) won 34 to 18 shots. Tuesday, October 14 round three sees Division 1 at home to Wonthaggi (s) and Division 3 at home to Foster. Wednesday, October 8 saw 12 teams take to the greens, with the winners being Ollie Crouch (s) and Les Wilson on two wins plus 15. Runners-up were Fay Turner (s) and Tas Haywood on two wins plus 14. Friday, October 10 saw only four teams on the greens for the social bowls and the winners were Ron Symons (s) and Ellie McIntyre with two wins plus 12. Saturday, October 11 saw the start of the men’s pennant with Division 1 away to Inverloch, but went down to the Seagulls 50 to 81 shots. R. McGannon (s) lost 24 to 29, J. Turner (s) lost 9 to 34 shots and J. Hall (s) lost by one shot 17 to 18. Division 3 went to Inver-
Inverloch ON Tuesday, October 2 the Inverloch Ladies’ Pennant teams, Divisions One, Two and Three all had wins. Inverloch remains unbeaten in all three divisions at the end of round two. Well done, ladies. Thursday, October 4 the Men’s Pairs actually played as fours and triples this week to suit the rinks and turn up on the day. Twenty two players contested two by 12 end games. Winners with 30 points were Norm Hughes (S), Graeme Dunlop, Don Thomson and Rob Dowling. Runners-up with 28 points were Brian Hensley (S), Rob Howard, Paul Davis and Don Watt. Saturday, October 11 and the pennant season is upon us once again. After what seemed only a few short months since we last donned our ‘whites’, out we rolled for the start of the 2014/15 SGBD Pennant Season. Instead of High Altitude training camps that some other sporting clubs use to
loch and were also down to the Inverloch teams, 66 to 81 shots. L. Lancaster (s) lost 15 to 35, J. Pendergast (s) won 26 to 23 shots and B. Davidson (s) won 25 to 23 shots. Division 4 travelled to Wonthaggi and managed a draw against the Miners, 65 shots to 65. C. Richardson (s) won 27 to 20 shots, R. Symmons (s) won 22 to 19 shots and G. Witherow (s) lost 16 to 26 shots. Round 2, October 18 sees Division 1 at home to Korumburra, Division 3 at home to San Remo and Division 4 also at home to Korumburra. Reminders: The club’s championship singles rounds one and two will be played on Sunday, October 19. The next monthly triples will be held on Wednesday, October 22, with a 9.30am start and BYO lunch. Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.
Fish Creek
LAST Thursday some of us had the pleasure of watching Nics McKenzie in the Novice Singles competition and she certainly gave us a lesson in bowls. She was really exceptional winning both of her games very convincingly and now goes on to the semis on Thursday at Tarwin Lower. Very well done Nics. Not so successful were any of our pennant sides. The ladies were beaten by Tarwin Lower last Tuesday and the Division Two men’s team lost by two shots with one rink successful. Division Five also lost again with one rink successful. prepare for the season, we at Inverloch use the traditional pie night. This year we have entered five sides in the Saturday competition so for the first time the Ladies are playing together with the Men instead of being just ‘fill-ins’. The first round saw Divisions One and Three at home to Leongatha, and Division 5 at home to San Remo. Both Divisions Two and Four were away at Meeniyan. Division One opened the account with a comfortable 31 shot victory over the Leongatha winning across all three rinks. Ron Burge (Skip), G. Pope, W. Parks and D. Roberts won 18 - 17. M. Coram (Skip), K. Gardiner, R. Gabb and J. Pinneri 29 - 24 and new boy G. Scott (Skip), A. Pope, H. Rybalka and N. Hughes anchored the side home and won the drinks with a 25 shot victory, 34 - 9. With at least four players out of the Divisions One side from last year’s premiership side and their best performed skipper not playing this year, Division 2 had a tough day of it losing across all three rinks going down by a total of 36 shots,
Inverloch Division Three: from left, Jack Miller, Keith Cousens, John Turner and Nick Van Grunsen.
Inverloch Division One: back row from left, Glenn Scott, Adam Pope, Harry Rybalka, Dave Roberts, Ross Gabb and Ron Burge (president). Front row from left, Mick Coram, Joe Pinneri, Norm Hughes, Ciaran Gardiner, Graeme Pope and Wayne Parks.
The teams remain the same for this Saturday with Division Two home to Meeniyan and Division Five home to Phillip Island. The “Show and Tell” event hosted by our club on Thursday was a big success with 80 to 85 people present. The ladies as usual did an excellent job with the meal, with several people returning for seconds. Great to hear that Lindsay and Ferbie are home from hospital and we wish both of them continued improvement in their health.
Mardan Indoor THIS week we had the pleasure of club president Vito Serafino returning from his sabbatical to his homeland. It was good to see him back in the fold. Sadly he missed out on the final end of his second game to clinch a win. And so it was that the run of four teams having a win each came to an end, but only by the pure genius of the skip having a go at the head and taking shot away from his opponents and make a two shot turn around. There were 12 players and a 50/50 split of male to female players. Teams of three, all equally balanced in skill level, were able to enjoy a great night of bowling. Once again we played the two by10 ends format with six bowls. Runners-up with a win and 14 ends: Denyse Menzies, Margaret Campbell and Tony 50 – 86. Division Three defeated Leongatha by 15 shots, 81 – 66. The rink led by T. Scott (Skip), R. Brevitt, R. Kee and B. Phillipson won by 20 shots, 35 – 15. All of Trevor’s heroics could’ve been for nought if not for the great fight backs from Jack Miller’s rink when being 1 – 19 down he fought back to only lose by two shots. Brian Humphris’ rink was also 10 shots down with just a few ends to go but collected seven shots to end up only losing by three shots. Division Four at Meeniyan fared a lot better than their Division Two counterparts winning on two rinks and drawing the third to open their account with a 25 shot win, 84 - 59. M. Marshall (Skip), C. Hughes, M. Scott and B. Pritchard drew 27 all. R. Paynting (Skip), P. Sutcliffe, J. Scott and G. Dunlop won 25 – 15 but getting the drinks with a 32 – 17, 15 shot win was R. Howard (Skip), H. Nation, J. Parks and P. Davis. Division Five was outgunned after the break going down to San Remo by 22 shots, 56 – 78. Only S. Drew (Skip), B. Growse, D. Watt and T. Steer saluted by four shots 23 – 19. Sunday, October 12 was the SGBD State Triples held at the picturesque Fish Creek Bowling Club and it was won by a composite side from Tarwin Lower and Inverloch. Congratulations to Dave Roberts and Graeme Pope from Inverloch, and Mick Bowman from Tarwin Lower. Members are reminded to encourage non-bowlers to come along to our “Try Bowls Day” next Sunday, October 19 to try their hand at the noble art of lawn bowling. The Inverloch Bowls Club invites all interested non-bowlers to be its guests on Sunday when a set of club bowls, some gentle instruction and a barbecue lunch will be provided with compliments. All welcome.
Allen-Clay (S). Winners with two wins: Bev Greenwood, Nic Rutjens and Russell Grady (S). There are only a few weeks left of our playing season and next Thursday, October 16 we head down to Wonthaggi for the return leg of our annual get together so no bowls at Mardan this week.
Meeniyan
TUESDAY, October 7 was the second round of Pennant for our Division One team. Away to Wonthaggi Two the team had a good win with two rinks successful. This week they are away to San Remo. October 11 was the first round of Saturday Pennant with both teams at home to Inverloch. In a mixed bag Division Two got the full count with three rinks successful. Score 86 shots to 50. Division Four was soundly beaten by the opposition with one team salvaging a draw. Score 59 shots to 84. Next week Division Two is away to Fish Creek and Division Four is away to Phillip Island. Our usual Wednesday social bowls continues with a 10.30 am start. New bowlers are most welcome; flat shoes are all that is required. Our Invitation Triples was held on Monday 13 and on Thursday 30 Division Three, Four and Five Bankers Triples. Our tournament secretary Peter Hill is still looking for entries.
SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Round 2 - October 7
Division 1: Foster 14/78(1 shot) d Leongatha 2/77 (L.Wheeler 31 d. R. James 29, G. Facey 26 lt G. Trotman 28, J. Miles 21 d. T. McCormick 20). Wonthaggi (1) 12/65 (5 shots) d Phillip Island 60 (A. Green 19 lt D.Wagner 21, J. Burns 20 lt P. Francis 28, I. Thomson 26 d. J. Boyce 11). Inverloch 14/67 (10 shots) d San Remo 57 (C. Hughes 19 lt J. Brown 24, L. Luby 26 d. R. Dennis 17, A. Tschiderer 22 d J. Cohen 16). Meeniyan 14/63 (8 shots) d Wonthaggi (2) 55 (A. Van Wamel 29 d D. Jenson 14, A. Maruzza 12 lt S. O’Connell 27, M. Pearson 22 d. J. Kellow 14). Division 2: Phillip Island 14/72 (7 shots) d Korumburra 2/65 ( M. Rogers 27 d D. Williams 21, R. Eames 22 lt J. McVeigh 24, L. Waters 23 d M. Goad 20). Inverloch 14/78 (21 shots) d Lang Lang 2/57 (M. Flett 36 d J. Prowd 8, D. Patterson 15 lt V. Harris 24, J. Arnold 27 d R. Geyer 25). Toora v San Remo washed out - 8 points each. Tarwin Lower 14/79 d Fish Creek 2/63 (H. Marshall 20 lt N. Van Dyk 21, H. Twite 35 d McKenziie 23, R. Griffiths 24 d J. Cunningham 19). Corinella 14/65 (14 shots) d Port Welshpool 2/51 (M. Hoy 23 d M. McDonald 15, J. Carter 18 d A. Collins 16, P. Scammell 24 d L. McLean 20). Loch - bye - 16 points.
Leongatha Division One: back row from left, Mark Coulter, Peter Shaw, John Shaw, John Turner, Allan Easterbrook and Wayne Walker. Front row from left, Ian Todd, Rod Jackson, Ray McGannon, Bill Rahilly, Jack Kuiper and Harry Forrester.
Leongatha Division Three: from left, Les Wilson, Ollie Crouch, John O’Connor and Barry Davidson.
Inverloch Ladies OUR Social Wednesday bowls is starting to enjoy a stronger supporter base each week. Two games were played in a mix of Triples and Fours. On 35 points were the runners-up Carol Waters, Yvonne Kee and Cynthia Hensley. Congratulations to our winning team on 37 points Shirley Cook, Rita Everitt, Pam Sutcliffe and Diana Patterson. Raffles were won by Ivy Sheppard, Diana Patterson, Rita Everitt and Judy Parker. It was great to see Ivy back on the green. Wednesday, October 15
is the first game of Nominated Triples. Play starts at 10.00am. Let’s hope the weather cooperates this season. Diary notes for upcoming events are Melbourne Cup Day (please look at the noticeboard for further information), November 7 is Guest Day. If you would like to try a bowling arm, the club has some for you to use. Coaching is available if required. Please contact Bryan Hensley or Carol Waters. The Debenture Issue closes on October 31. Application forms can be found on the noticeboard.
Division 3: Inverloch 14/80 (57 shots) d Foster 0/23 (J. Moule 41 d J. Bohn 10, E. Perrett 39 d R. Raiti 13). Leongatha 14/56 (23 shots) d Korumburra 33 (C. Harry 22 d M. Wrench 15, M. Rayson 34 d J. Blogg 18). Mirboo North 14/70 d Tarwin Lower 0/36 (D. Stein 43 d P. O’Donohue 10, R. Spark 27 d V. Martin 26). Wonthaggi - bye - 14 points.
Ladders
Division 1 Foster ..................................+18 Wonthaggi (1) ....................+47 Inverloch ............................+15 Meeniyan ..............................+3 San Remo ..............................+5 Phillip Island ........................-20
29 26 26 18 16 6
4 3 30 28 24 24 18 18 16 16 14 2 2 28 26 16 14 14 12 2
Winners: of the South Gippsland Bowling Association Triples event held at Fish Creek on Sunday, October 12, from left, Dave Roberts (lead, Inverloch), Graham Pope (second, Inverloch) and Mick Bowman (skip, Tarwin Lower).
Tarwin
THE Tarwin Triples started off again last Wednesday with a very successful day. The winning team was Vic, Roy and Rod from Wonthaggi. Runners-up were Pud, Graham and Stan from Inverloch. It seems that some of the local teams need to lift their game! The Tuesday Pennant was played with both teams at home. Division 2 won against Fish Creek and Division 3 went down to Mirboo. The big challenge this week is for Division 2 at San Remo and Division 3 at Wonthaggi. Best of luck ladies. Saturday pennant saw some big smiles from the players of Division 3 with a win, a win and a draw. There was only one skip with a very stern attitude on returning to the club house. Bet you cannot guess who this was. Unfortunately Division 5 was not successful. Keep trying boys as it is a long way to the finals yet. The SGBA Novice Singles was played last Thursday and can you believe, our own Pat O’Donohue, who had her very first pennant game last Tuesday, has now won her way into the finals next Thursday. Even though Pat is saying she is overcome with both nerves and emotion, the members are sure she will acquit herself admirably on Thursday. Whatever the outcome, we are just so proud of Pat. We are sure she knows
how many will be riding her bowls so all will be fantastic. The SGBA competitions are well underway and again Tarwin is celebrating with Mick Bowman leading his team of Dave Roberts and Graham Pope winning the SGBA Triples played at Fish Creek last Sunday. Mick brings lots of success and positive culture to Tarwin. Once again Mick, well done; we are very proud to have you back with us. The members draw on Friday went to Rob Lawrie who, unfortunately, was not at the club so up goes the jackpot for next week. Mavis Cridge took home the meat tray; it seems she knows the lucky numbers. What a great night was had for Kerri’s 60th birthday. A few bowls were thrown down pre dinner but who knows who won. The Tarwin ladies did themselves proud with a spectacular meal and Kerri must have been more than happy. The surprise of the night was the unexpected arrival of Mick, The Wonder Boy. What a hilarious event and a very big shock for Kerri. Strange that Jan’s phone keeps ringing with ladies asking for a forward booking for their birthday or noodie night. Not happy Jan, or are you? Congratulations to Robyn and Paul on the arrival of their fourth grandchild, beautiful baby girl, Addison. The club competitions have commenced. Please check the draws on the boards now.
State pairs: from left, runners-up, Marilyn Forrest, Robyn Dennis, winners, Lois Luby and Anne Tschniderer.
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Strong support: from left, Pam Sutcliffe, Diana Patterson, Rita Everitt and Shirley Cook beat all others in the Wednesday Social Bowls match.
Leongatha .............................-43 Wonthaggi (2).......................-25 Division 2 Inverloch ............................+65 Corinella .............................+24 San Remo ...........................+47 Toora ...................................+20 Korumburra ............................-7 Loch ......................................-10 Port Welshpool ....................+14 Tarwin Lower .......................-12 Phillip Island ........................-37 Fish Creek ............................-36 Lang Lang ............................-68 Division 3 Inverloch ............................+70 Mirboo North ....................+35 Wonthaggi .............................-1 Leongatha............................-10 Tarwin Lower .......................-34 Foster ....................................-50 Korumburra ..........................-30
MORE than 60 state pairs (Ladies) commenced on Thursday, October 2 with sectional play at Foster. The ladies battled on to finish the day’s play through sleet, rain, mist and sun (no snow).
The final was played at San Remo on Wednesday, October 8 between the Inverloch pair of Anne Tschiderer and Lois Luby, and San Remo’s Robyn Dennis and Marilyn Forrest. A fine and pleasant day saw a good match finally won by Anne and Lois.
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SPORT | GOLF Korumburra ladies LAST Wednesday was a long round of golf for the 10 pairs of women who played in the 27-hole event. Fortunately, apart from some short light showers, the day was reasonably fine. Once again, due to rain on the Monday night, the conditions were quite heavy. Marg Clasby and Lee Clements were defending their title from last year, and won the 27-hole Foursomes Championship Scratch event with 140 gross. Runners up were Judy Webb and Moira Rogers who finished with 146 gross. Marg and Lee also took out the 27-hole Handicap event, with 116.75 nett. This was an extremely narrow margin of half a shot, from runners up Marg Harper and Barb Walker. The trophies for these events will be presented in December and are generously donated by Betty Yann and Norrie Little. The 18-hole Foursomes daily event was won by Marg Harper and Barb Walker 74.5 nett and runners up were Julie Brannaghan and Kath Welsh with 77.5 nett. A number of women have been playing nine holes and the winner, carried over from the last weeks, was Barb Twite, 16 points, on a countback from Janice Follett. Barb Walker and Jenny Blackmore were the raffle winners. Next Wednesday is the first round of the Gloria Bur-
gess trophy, which is decided by the best two scores out of three weeks of Stableford rounds. Betty Thomson and Jenny Blackmore will send the field out. For those wishing to improve their golf skills, Scott Adams will provide tips and assistance in the near future. There was a very small field of girls who played on Saturday, with Chris Rickard (23) winning with 34 points and Judy Webb nearest the pin on the 13th green. The weather was perfect and the course was in magnificent shape, well mown and looking pristine. Our gratitude is extended to the grounds staff and all the volunteers who put in so much
thestar.com.au time and work on the course. The winner of the nine hole competition last Monday afternoon was Geoff Measom, with 17 points. No one managed to be on the green on the first. Last Friday, six women played in the Brian Twite Bowl at Leongatha. Although there weren’t any team wins, Judy Webb, Norrie Little and Chris Rickard won Balls Down the Line. A large number of 12 women, played at Woorayl in the Girls’s Day Out last Friday. Unfortunately, there were no wins for the three teams, but well done to Lee Clements and Marg Young who had nearest the pins.
Korumburra ladies: from left, Marg Clasby and Lee Clements were winners of both the Scratch and Handicap 27-hole Foursomes Championships last Wednesday at Korumburra.
Leongatha A BIG field of 110 players contested the Westaway Two Person Ambrose event on Saturday. Best scratch score of 69 was carded by Anthony Sparkes and Craig Hams. Handicap and Super Comp winners, with a net score 62 ¾, were Chris Leaver and Peter Hartigan. NTP’s were Steve Gould on the fourth hole, Russell Williams on the seventh, Ray Burton on the 14th and Neale Gillin on the 16th. DTL Balls : Ray Burton, Geoff McDonald, Dave Vorwerg, Peter Welsh, Russell and Marilyn Williams, Ron Paice, David Barrack, Glenn Marsham, Rebecca Wilson, Trevor Rickard, C Fisher, Ken Wardle, D Prior, Bruce Clark, Jeff Brewer, Barry Hutton, Peter Cannon, R Hopcraft, Greg Welsford, Rebecca Thomas, Wendy Brown, Bob Cathie, Ian Murchie, S Clunny and S Gould. On Tuesday, Andrew Henley, playing off a handicap of 15, had an amazing score of +8 to easily win the Par competition from nearest rival Chris Leaver with a creditable score of +1. NTP’s were Norm Hughes on the fourth hole, Chris Leaver on the 14th and Trevor Steer on the 16th. DTL Balls: Chris Leaver, Andrew Smith, Geoff McDonald, Norm Hughes, Barry Stevens and Ron Paice. There was a modified Stableford event on Thursday with only three clubs and a putter permitted. A Grade was taken out by Dave Vorwerg (16) with 36
points in a countback from Chris Leaver. Bruce Cathie (32) took the B Grade honours with 32 points. NTP’s were Peter Cannon on the fourth hole, Andrew Smith on the seventh, Al Sperling on the 14th and Bruce Hutton on the 16th. DTL Balls : Chris Leaver, Doug Clemann, Andrew Smith, Dylan Clark, Ray Burton, John Renwick, Peter Brownlie, Peter Horman, Al Sperling, Merv Stubbs, Col Sperling, Peter Cannon and Nick Lafferty. The Top Gun Shootout, sponsored by BJS Insurance in Wonthaggi, had a new addition to the qualifiers this week in Andrew Henley. A score of 37 points or better is now needed to be assured of taking part in the exciting Shootout in November. There is still plenty of time to qualify and with the scores improving with the warmer weather no one is safe.
Korumburra THERE were 42 players on Saturday, October 11 for the foursome championships. A Grade: G. Bull (18 hcp), S. Rose (6 hcp), 66 net, P. Hornibrook and B. Pope 69½, B. Clasby and I. Gibson 74. B Grade: R. Spokes (10 hcp), K. Spokes (22 hcp) 74 net, L. Webster and S. Webster 74 net. Nearest the pin: 1st R. Spokes, 7th T. Marotti, 10th R. Blay, 13th R. Ludenia. Tuesday’s winner was G. Bull 37 pts on countback and Thursday’s winner was P. Johnson 40 pts. Notices: Scratch G. Bull and S. Rose 78 O.T.S., handicap G. Bull and S. Rose 66 net.
Foster THE golf course has continued to improve since the recent greens maintenance. Course works have continued also, in preparation for the busy sum-
Wonthaggi Ladies Winners: Brian Twite awarded the Brian Twite Bowl to Jay Bethell (far left), Julie Kirk and Lisa Parkinson (right) of the Metropolitan Golf Club.
Grade winners: Brian Twite commended Monday’s winners, from left, Julie Kirk (C Grade) Dot Christie (A Grade) and Julie Howard (B Grade).
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ners to women’s president Pam Christensen. A comprehensive victory by newcomer Colleen Touzel was a highlight of the day. Colleen commented it took her10 years to win a Medal at her previous club in Colac. Colleen won the Monthly Medal and B Grade with 95/20/75. Marg Berry won A Grade with 90/12/78 while Toni West won the scratch event with 90 on a count back from Marg. Portia Toussant had a score of 78 to win C Grade. As it was a large field, there was also a D Grade division which was won by Jan Brownlie with an 83 nett. Jan won on a count back from Karen Orford. Julie Howard, very handy with the putter, won the putting competition with 27 putts. Down the line balls were won by Julie Howard and Helen Mackenzie 77 nett, Anne Gibson 79, Dot Stubbs, Wendy Parker and Fran O’Brien 80, and Deb Miller, Loris Clark and Di Williams 81 nett. Trish Owen won the nearest the pin on the 16th. Twelve women competed in the nine hole event. Lianne Adamson won with 16 points on a count back from Noreen Webster and Hannah Martin.
IT was a busy week for golfers, beginning with the Brian Twite Bowl last Monday (October 6). Brian Twite, now well into his 80th year, made his annual pilgrimage to Leongatha Golf Club to make presentations to the winners of the event. Brian spent many years at Leongatha coaching juniors in the district, some of whom were amongst the winners. He is now based at Metropolitan Golf Club where he continues to coach and mentor players. For his contributions to the golfing fraternity, Brian has recently been awarded an OAM. Rod and Judi Spokes of Leongatha Fresh Meat and Fish Supplies generously sponsored this event. The winning team from Metropolitan Golf Club was delighted to be awarded the bowl by its very own PGA professional. Jay Bethell, Julie Kirk and Lisa Parkinson have won this event in previous years. They had an aggregate score of 92, well ahead of other competitors. In presenting the bowl, Brian acknowledged the bunker renovation and how it had enhanced the course. Meeniyan golfer Dot Christie won A Grade with 33 points on a count back from Toni West. Toni was the runner up. Julie Howard playing on her home ground won the B Grade event with 33 points. Carolyn Cripps, from Lang Lang Golf Club was the runner up with 32 points. Julie Kirk, also with a score of 33, won the C Grade event. Loris Clark was runner up with 31 points. Down the line balls were won by Trish Owen 32 points, Judy Webb (Korumburra Golf Club) 32, Marg Ryan (Wonthaggi), Veronica Park (Meeniyan) and Jay Bethell 30, Norrie Little (Korumburra), Lisa Parkinson, Marg Berry and Chris Hamilton (Wonthaggi) 29, Chris Rickard (Korumburra)and Wendy Parker 28 and Maxine Eabry and Coral Gray 27 points on a count back. Kaylene Morris from Foster Golf Club won the nearest the pin on the 14th, Irene Boyes on the 16th, Sue Hoskin from Meeniyan was closest on the fourth and Wendy Parker on the seventh. A very large field competed in the October Monthly Medal last week. This was the last chance for players to be eligible for the Star Medallist play off in November. Thanks were extended by win-
Leongatha ladies: from left, Marg Berry (A Grade) Toni West (Scratch) Colleen Touzel (Monthly Medal and B Grade) Jan Brownlie (D Grade) (Portia Toussant absent) shared a winning streak last week.
THE Lorna Jeeves Bowl was decided on the second stroke round and Di Grimmond was the recipient with the two best nett scores over two weeks. When combined, her first round of 76 with a fine second round effort of 70 nett for a total 146, she was the runaway winner and was awarded the bowl by the Jeeves family at the daily presentations. Di’s score of 83 (13) 70 net was matched by B Grade winner Jacqueline Loughran 97 (27) 70 net. Both were great rounds in heavy windy conditions. NTP: second, Anne Walker; 17th Ivy Ruby; and Pro Pin eighth, Marion Walker.
mer period. Tuesday, September 7 men’s stableford: No golf. Thursday, October 9 men’s par: Dave Hutchinson posted the winning score with square. Down the line - Athol McGrath. Nearest the pins Robert Fulton, Dave Hutchinson. Friday, October 10 - stableford: The winner of the chook was Bernd Amsreiter with 20 pts. Down the line Geoff Nott and Gary Phelan. Nearest the pin - Kevin Flett. Saturday, October 11 stroke, Lefties v Righties: Kevin and Marilyn Flett Trophy The annual Lefties v Righties was taken out by the Lefties this year, with a combined net score average of 75.50. The Righties had to settle for runners-up with 76.28. The individual winners on the day were Lloyd McKenzie with 80 - 10 - 70 for the righties. Dave Hutchinson 81 - 11 70 for the lefties. Down the line - Noel Black, Andrew Naylor and Dean Walker all with net 72. Nearest the pins - Kevin Flett, Dave Hutchinson, Noel Black, Rhys Ireland and Dave Hutchinson. Members and golfers’ draws: The winner of the draw was Mark Bowden, who unfortunately was not present to collect the $650. The draw will jackpot to $700 this coming Friday. The Saturday golfers’ draw was Tim Gash who was not here to collect the $200. Draw jackpots to $220 for next week. Don Cripps was the winner of the card draw for the second week in a row to collect the six pack of beer.
Mirboo North golf
Thursday October 9 Competition: Stablefod. Day Winner: Raqy Thompson (23) 41 points. Down the line’s: John Blunsden 40 points and Ian Evison 38 points. BDL: D Grimmond 70, J Loughran 70, M Johnson 73, P Russell 74, V Milner 75, M Ryan 75, S Piasente 75, I Ruby 75. Remember the upcoming Mixed Championships on
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Saturday October 11 Competition: Stableford. Winner A Grade: Tom Traill (11) 40 points. Winner B Grade: Ian Blencoe (26) 39 points. Down the line’s: Nigel Bracecamp 39 points, John Blunsden 37 points, Phil Garlick 36 points, Gary Renwick 36 points and Joe Kus 36 points Second shot NTP first hole: Tom Traill. Nearest the pin: 4th Terry Bradshaw, 6th Terry Bradshaw, 13th Stan Evison and 16th Stu Henning.
Mirboo North Stableford winner: Chris Gunn 32 points. DTL: Lia Brent 31 points, Rhonda Evans 29 points. NTP: 13TH Sue Traill, 16TH Chris Gunn.
Wonthaggi ON Saturday, October 11 we played a stableford event and had a great field of 104 players. A Grade winner was C. Jeeves 40 points, B Grade P. Davies 38 points and C Grade G. Moresco 41 points. Balls down the line: I. Sullivan, D. Tiley 40; M. Foster, J. Richardson 39; L. Strosser, R. Yann, G. Hewlett, G. Linguey, R. Furborough 38; I. Baker, D. Brown 37; G. Arnott, S. Laing, J. Sartori, M. Scott, N. Burne 36. Nearest the pin: 2nd G. Crawford, 8th J. Wintle, 13th D. Cr5ellin, 17th L. Strosser. Eagle: 1st B. Vanagtmaal, 10th D. Birt, 18th D. Crellin. Next Saturday is a stableford event, and yes I have made the decision that from now on we play the ball as it lies, meaning no more preferred lies. I will be very interested to see the scores this Saturday. Have a great week and with the championships approaching quickly, good golfing to you all. Sunday, October 26. Names in the golf shop. If you need a partner we will find one for you. Clinics for new players are being held each Sunday for the month of October.
A Grade: winner of the Lorna Jeeves Bowl and A Grade, Dianne Grimmond and B Grade winner, Jacqueline Loughran. Presentation: Di Grimmond is presented the Lorna Jeeves Bowl by Jeeves family members, Jan, Sherie and Aiden Jeeves.
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Dress Ups: Woorayl Golf Club president, Dianne O’Connor; Inge Giliam; Melinda Martin; Thel Scoble; Chris Perrett; and Woorayl Golf Club captain, Marg Tuckett enjoyed the Girls Day Out on Friday. Girls’ Day Out (in pink) at Woorayl pre-dates the Glen McGrath Foundation’s iconic events in pink by many years. The day was known as Housewive’s Day until 15 years ago when the women at the club decided the day needed a more appropriate title. Proceeds from the day’s raffle go to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Golf drive at Meeniyan TWO groups of nine golfers tried out at the Meeniyan Golf Club on Sunday, October 12.
With expert tuition from professional coach Trevor Hollingsworth and under the watchful eye of the several club coaches, there was plenty of new talent on show. Natasha Metherall said she had never swung a club before in her life and has also had back problems. Watching the way Natasha struck the ball it was hard to believe she wasn’t on the course at every opportunity perfecting her drive. Sue Hoskins who coordinated the club’s Give Golf a Go day was very pleased with the turn out and thankful for the weather which did every sport a favour this weekend.
Pretty in pink: from left, Jocelyn Howson, Glenyce McRobert, Coral Gray and Pam Christensen after teeing off on the 15th at Woorayl during the annual Girls’ Day Out on Friday.
Expert: professional coach Trevor Hollingsworth gives a tip on gripping the wood to Gillian Carpenter
Woorayl golf ON stableford event was sponsored by Bank of Melbourne. The A Grade winner was Ash Turner with 39 points from Graeme Calder. B Grade went to Gary Young, his 42 points way best of the day, he won from Rod Goodwin, and John Hassett beat John Diaper with 40 points to win C Grade. Balls went to T. Burgess, G. Johnson, B. Hogan, G. McKinnon, D. Dwyer, C. Hall, A. Peters, J. Newton, B. Wilson and R. Davern. Nearest the pins went to Rod Goodwin and Dale Burge. The ladies event to Sue Wakefield with 37 points from Shirley Wakefield, with a ball going to Marg Tuckett. The ladies’ nearest the pins went to Thel Scoble and Shirley Thomas. The ball raffle was won by
Jack Howard syndicate. Next week sees a par event sponsored by Gendore, and Thursday will see our meal and raffle night.
Woorayl Ladies golf LAST Wednesday we played Stableford with the event sponsored by Marg Tuckett. The lucky winner for the singles event was Pauline Lancaster (21) 32 points; a very nice score. The winners of the Secret Partners event were Joan Smith and Jo Fennell with 54 points. Down the Line ball winners were Sue Wakefield 29 points, and Anne Grist and Jenny Riseley with 26 points. Nearest the Pins on eighth to Pauline Lancaster, 11th Carol Johnson and 17th Jenny Rise-
Twilight Beginners Golf Clinics
Teacher: Sue Hoskin, coordinator of Give Golf a Go with learner Matt Hardidge. ley. Next week is once again a Stableford event and the following week is round one of our club championships. Also, Tuesday (October 14) is the ladies AGM which will begin at 10am. Please show your support and attend. On Friday we held our Girls Day Out Day which was a great success with a maximum field of players all decked out in pink. The club house was a picture of pink with part proceeds of the day going to Cancer Research. It was an extremely successful day. The winners of the event, which was an Irish 4BBB, were the team from Meeniyan consisting of Heather Poletti, Nerida Scholte, Maralyn McGeary and Linda Brown with a score of 101 points. The runners up were Jo
Fennell, Sue Hoskin, Tania Thorson and Fay Le Page with 95 points. Down the Line balls went to Sue Wakefield, Maxine Eabry, Trish Owen, Colleen Touzel 94 points, Ann Walker, Leonie Bentick, Jan Jeeves, Jan Beaumont 91 points, Marlene Rayson, Pauline Lancaster, Dot Stubbs, Dianne Williams 86 points and Fay Maynard, Wendy Parker, Carolyn Cripps, Bev Kitchin 83 points. Nearest the Pins on eighth Lee Clements, 11th Wendy Parker and 17th Marg Young. Our thanks go to all the players who supported this fantastic day and to all the ladies who worked to make it such a success. Special thanks go to our generous sponsors Kelvin Johns Bi-Rite, L. and P. Lancaster and Perrett and Associates.
Dab hand: from left, first timers Kiara McJames-Court, Betty Strong, Helen Zuidema and Terry Shandley received coaching tips from club president, Thelma Arnup who is a champion with the mallet.
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Oceania Championships medals for McFarlane LEONGATHA Cycling Club member Thomas McFarlane has been busy on the track at the Adelaide Super Drome this past week competing in the Oceania Track games.
Thomas returned from the championships with two bronze medals. Thursday saw Thomas grab third in the Junior U19 scratch race whilst on Friday he was part of the four rider Victorian team to take third in the Team’s Pursuit. On Saturday he rode in the Points Score race and after his team mate grabbed a lap on the field very early in the race, the rest of the race was spent helping defend that lead. As a first year rider in this age bracket the performances have been excellent. This week culminates around four weeks of weekend training camps in Melbourne so well done to David and Maree for getting Thomas to all these events. Following last weekend’s working bee at the velodrome things are all set for the start of the track season. An introductory night is scheduled for Thursday 16 at the netball rooms from
7.00pm to 9.00pm. This is open to riders wishing to come and try track racing as well as our regular track riders. Club coaches and officials will help get riders fitted out on bikes. There has been a good turnout of riders with bunches of weekend riders at Leongatha, Inverloch and Phillip Island. Enjoy the riding by joining in with a bunch. At Leongatha riders leave from the Post Office corner at 8am and 9am both on Saturday and Sunday. New riders are always welcome to join a bunch. Club members will make sure you get back to the Post Office corner. Track season training will start with training on Wednesday, October 22 and 29 (6.00pm) with the first racing night scheduled for Friday, October 31. Racing starts at 7.45pm. This is a great time and place to check out cycling. Racing caters for boys and girls plus men and women. 2 bronzes in the scratch and teams pursuit.
Bronze: Thomas McFarlane returned from the Oceania Championships in Adelaide with two bronze medals. Here he leads the team pursuit team.
• Wonthaggi table tennis
Tables turn with Spitfires on top EVERY team in A Grade has changed places on the ladder since last week. Spitfires (Dirk Holwerda, Trish Denier) have hit the top spot and Inverloch (Case deBondt, Glenn Bolam) are now four points behind in second spot. Daffodils (Luke Anstey, Sebastian Vethanayagam) have made a jump from fifth to third and the remaining three teams have all had their spots moved around. It is certainly an interesting season. A Reserve players continue to surprise. Paul Dwyer has maintained his top spot on the players ladder. Sam Watson is hanging on to second place on percentage from Sean Michael. Daniel Chetland is coming in fourth but had a bye last week which affected his points. Chetties Team (Daniel and Sam Chetland, Rory Gow) have a clear four point lead in the top spot and it will be difficult for any team to knock them off. Junior coaching and B Grade are having their best seasons for a long time un-
der the direction of juniors coach, Bruce Harmer. The standard of play is going up and the future of the Club is looking very secure. Wonthaggi Table Tennis has a long standing reputation of support for junior players and it is good to see these young players enjoying a healthy sport and keeping active. The B Grade match last week between Darcy Allamby and Blake Richards, both thirteen years of age, was one of the best seen in B Grade for some time. Darcy eventually won in three. Social table tennis continues to be a fun program on Thursdays with numbers still increasing. Six community groups are participating. Other adult social players turning up on Mondays at 6pm have gone on to competition play. One (Jonathon Yang) is now playing in A Grade and another (Jen Xiao) won her first set in A Reserve last week after agreeing to take the place of an injured player for the rest of the season.
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A Grade Spitfires ................... 28 24 (114)
South Gippsland Bridge Club Meeniyan 1. Doris and Steve Klein. 2. Kathryn Smith and David Baggallay. 3. June Metcalf and Colin Cameron. 4. Susan Ruffin and Clive Hope. Inverloch North South 1. Anne and Bruce Gibson 2. Kathy Geyer and
Leila Bell 3. Phillip and Neville Chapman 4. Hannah Martin and Margaret Munro East West 1. Anne Ros and Robert Kain 2. John Sullivan and Jack Kuiper 3. Kaye Douglas and John Sutton 4. Ian and Julie Macphee
Inverloch ................. 24 24 (112) Daffodils ...................16 24 (111) Hit it On .................. 16 23 (113) Combi’s .................... 16 20 (110) Number One ............. 12 19 (108) Sevens ........................ 8 19 (99) A Reserve Chettie’s Team ........ 24 31 (115) Ramp it Up.............. 20 32 (123) The Terrors ............. 16 34 (119) Tripper Snippers .....16 30 (111) Juicy Legends........... 12 27 (101) First Timers Rock....... 4 20 (89) Smashers .................... 4 19 (79) B Grade Reptiles ..................... 28 26 (54) B.A.M. ...................... 20 22 (50) Bandicoots................ 12 17 (40) Vipers ......................... 8 15 (33) Premier Players ........... 8 14 (35)
The The Dominators ... 8 11 (26)
Leading players
A Grade Justin Licis ....................... 17 (70) Michael Ede ..................... 16 (63) Bruce Harmer ................... 15 (60) Dick Holwerda ................. 11 (50) Case de Bondt .................. 11 (48) A Reserve Paul Dwyer....................... 12 (40) Sam Watson...................... 11 (35) Sean Michael.................... 11 (34) Daniel Chetland ............... 10 (33) B Grade Archie Paxton................... 11 (23) Rory Gow ......................... 10 (22) James Britt ....................... 10 (22) Max Duff .......................... 10 (21) Darcy Allamby ................... 9 (19)
Section One Men: from left, Inverloch’s Travis McNamara and Justin Krohn played Leongatha’s Michael Grist and Frank Dekker.
Leongatha table tennis WELL over half way and close to the pointy end of the season results are again tight.
That’s a testament to the team selectors. If you scan the A Grade ladder it may not look so tight with team Guinea Pigs still to win a night and team JAM slightly ahead of the pack with a two game advantage. However the nightly winner has commonly been decided on in the last set, and dido in A Reserve and B Grade. Typically at this time of the year you could here predictions on the team to beat in the grand finals. Not this year, not on a Tuesday night nor on a Wednesday. Surely the secret squirrel business will start soon. Don’t forget to put this into your diary: Tuesday, November 25, end of year get together at the RSL Leongatha, 7pm. All players and their family are invited. Come and enjoy a meal together. You will need to reserve your seat by calling Michael or Tammy Holwerda 5664 0178 or text your name and number of seats required to 0427 681 480. Results A Grade: Aliens 8-25 d sdraWkcaB 3-14, T Birds 8-27 d Holy Grail 3-14, Hopefuls 7-23 d Guinea Pigs 4-18, MMK
6-23 d JAM 5-17, Dodgers 6-20 d 4wards 5-16. A Reserve: Uchiha 8-24 d SKJ 3-14, CEM 7-22 d Titans 2-7, No Name 6-18 d JBJ 2-6. B Grade: Stingers 4-12 d AJ’s 1-4, Hogs 5-15 d Dragon Balls 0-0, Smarties 3-11 d Batters 2-6, Vic Champs 3-9 d Jaffa’s 1-3. Ladders A Grade JAM ............................ 22-84-291 MMK .......................... 18-77-288 Dodgers ...................... 16-80-287 Hopefuls ..................... 16-75-263 T Birds......................... 14-87-273 Aliens .......................... 14-75-267 Holy Grail ................... 14-67-255 4wards ......................... 12-69-249 sdraW kcaB ................... 4-55-220 Guinea Pigs ................... 0-50-204
Aggregate top 5: Allan R. 35, Michael G. 32, Phil M. 31, Neil C. 31, Mark D. 29.
A Reserve CEM ........................... 19-71-253 Uchiha ........................ 14-66-227 No Names ................... 12-63-224 SKJ ............................. 10-64-227 JBJ ............................... 10-58-215 Titans ............................. 8-45-169
Aggregate top 4 only: Chiran M. 31, Jordan D. 31, Mathew O. 28, Justin A. 27. B Grade Hogs ............................ 16-34-110 Stingers......................... 14-27-89 Vic Champs .................. 14-24-76 AJs .................................. 6-19-66 Batters ............................. 6-19-59 Jaffas ............................... 6-17-54 Dragon Balls ................... 6-13-45 Smarties........................... 4-16-62
Aggregate top 5 only: Alfie H. 15, Aidan P. 13, Christian P. 12, Tim H. 11, James R. 10.
Section One Ladies: from left, Inverloch’s Michelle Krohn and Giulia Joyce played Wendy Wyhoon and Sue Coglin.
Allambee Mirboo and District tennis THE weather was perfect again and the Mardan derby was played on Saturday, with the clubhouse looking tops. Hallston was a no wind zone. These country clubs are great venues and the atmosphere was as good as the weather. Leongatha North and Inverloch were big winners against Mardan and Leongatha respectively. Koony had a win over Burra-PI. In Section 2 Hallston enjoyed a win, with lots of good tennis from all players. Berrys Creek won over Inverloch. Inverloch is a new team but some of the players have played for other clubs along the way. Koony won well over Young Ones. Leongatha North had a win against Baromi. A couple of fillins with youth and experience, teams are hard to
beat. Well done. Longshots were winners over Outtrim, sisters enjoy a friendly hit out. In Section 3, Outtrim, the young team will only be better for the experience, Baromi Gold were winners. Baromi Black won by four games against Leongatha Green. Mardan played the derby, Red won by six games and there were two tie-breakers. Section 3, with the new format being played, may not be as everyone wishes, but it will be looked into at the end of the season and maybe there is a better way, but a lot of thought was put into it incorporating singles etc. Scoring for the score secretary is also different. An experience for all.
Results
Section 1: Koonwarra 7.63 d Burra-PI 2.46, Leongatha North 9.72 d Mardan 0.19, Inverloch 9.72 d Leongatha 0.29. Section 2: Longshots
7.63 d Outtrim 2.49, Berrys Creek 7.67 d Inverloch 2.44, Hallston 8.69 d Leongatha 1.40, Koonwarra 8.68 d Young Ones 1.31, Leongatha North 6.64 d Baromi 3.50. Section 3: Baromi Black 4.39 d Leongatha Green 3.35, Mardan Red 4.40 d Mardan Blue 3.34, Leongatha Yellow - bye.
Ladders
Section 1 Inverloch ..............................21.0 Leongatha North .................18.0 Burra-P/I..............................10.0 Koonwarra ...........................10.0 Leongatha................................4.0 Mardan ....................................1.0 Section 2 Longshots .............................18.0 Hallston ................................18.0 Koonwarra ...........................14.0 Berrys Creek........................ 11.0 Leongatha North ................... 11.0 Outtrim ..................................10.0 Leongatha..............................10.0 Baromi...................................10.0 Inverloch .................................5.0 Young Ones .............................3.0 Section 3 Baromi Gold ........................14.0 Leongatha Green ................. 11.0 Mardan Red.........................10.0 Baromi Black .........................9.0 Mardan Blue............................7.0 Leongatha Yellow ...................5.5 Outtrim ....................................4.5
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LDCA C Grade Division 1 and 2 results Division 1 MDU def by WON WORKMENS 1st innings MDU P. Robinson b. M. Cadwallender ..............28 T. Bright c. S. Webster b. A. Ray ................................4 B. Davey b. S. Roche ............... 11 B. Thorson b. M. Cadwallender ....................3 D. Sinclair c. R. Geyer b. S. Roche .............................1 W. Collins b. R. Geyer ...............1 K. Brown b. S. Jeffries .............16 J. Brown c. A. Ray b. S. Jeffries............................0 J. Bright r.o.................................0 H. Collins n.o. ............................1 C. Brown n.o. .............................2 Extras ......................................15 Total ...............................9/82 (cc) Bowling: A. Ray 1/14, S. Liddle 0/20, M. Cadwallender 2/9, S. Roche 2/14, R. Geyer 1/4, S. Jeffries 2/17. 1st innings Won Workmens
R. Geyer c. B. Thorson b. K. Brown ............................0 S. Roche c. T. Bright b. K. Brown ............................8 S. Coldebella b. K. Brown .........7 S. Webster c. J. Bright b. H. Collins .........................32 I. Barnes n.o. ............................57 J. Licis n.o. .................................9 Extras ......................................14 Total .............................4/127 (cc) Bowling: K. Brown 3/17, P. Robinson 0/4, W. Collins 0/15, J. Brown 0/17, B. Thorson 0/15, H. Collins 1/18, J. Bright 0/28, C. Brown 0/7. OMK d IMPERIALS 1st innings OMK J. Greenwood c. B. Casbolt b. T. Barker...........................65 P. Harper n.o.............................36 D. Jeffries b. T. Pedlow ............37 G. Lomagno n.o. ......................14 R. Quaife b. T. Pedlow ...............8 L. Van Rooye b. J. Bourke .......23 A. McKinnon c. T. Brew b. T. Barker.............................8 Extras ......................................20
Total .............................5/211 (cc) Bowling: S. McLennan 0/17, T. Brew 0/35, J. Dunn 1/31, T. Pedlow 2/23, T. Barker 0/53, T. Shanahan 0/31, J. Bourke 1/10. 1st innings Imperials T. Pedlow n.o. ..........................56 B. Casbolt r.o............................21 T. Shanahan b. A. Busana ..........0 S. McLennan b. D. Jeffries ...... 11 L. Bourke c. L. Van Rooye b. D. Jeffries ...........................0 J. Bourke stp. P. Harper b. N. Audino ...........................1 J. Dunn b. D. Jeffries..................7 T. Brew b. D. Jeffries .................1 T. Barker lbw. b. G. Lomagno....9 B. O’Loughlin n.o. .....................1 Extras ........................................5 Total .............................8/112 (cc) Bowling: P. Green 0/16, J. Greenwood 0/10, C. O’Brien 0/8, A. Busana 1/12, N. Audino 1/33, D. Jeffries 4/21, G. Lomagno 1/9. NERRENA d TOWN 1st innings Nerrena B. Gannon c. R. Shields b. N. Lovie ...........................16
V. Kumar c. G. Goss b. J. Hume ............................27 J. Hoy b. J. Hume .......................3 B. Croatto n.o. ..........................85 T. Hawksworth c. J. Hume b. L. O’Brien ........................ 11 H. Funnell b. R. Shields .............4 J. Kelly b. M. Kreutzberger......24 C. Marinoy r.o. ...........................3 M. Wardle b. M. Luscombe .......2 Extras ......................................12 Total .............................8/187 (cc) Bowling: M. Luscombe 1/33, N. Lovie 1/35, J. Hume 2/28, R. Shields 1/29, L. O’Brien 1/33, M. Kreutzberger 1/23. 1st innings Town G. Goss c. H. Funnell b. D. Grigg ...........................13 D. Pell c. H. Funnell b. C. Marinoy .........................7 L. O’Brien b. V. Kumar............30 N. Lovie c. C. Marinoy b. B. Croatto ......................... 11 M. Kreutzberger n.o. ................60 M. Luscombe b. V. Kumar .........6 R. Shields b. C. Marinoy............7 J. Hume c. H. Funnell
b. C. Marinoy .........................0 W. Barker b. T. ZHawksworth ...0 D. Hume n.o. ..............................3 Extras ......................................23 Total ....................................8/160 Bowling: D. Grigg 1/19, C. Marinoy 3/27, B. Croatto 1/21, J. Hoy 0/43, V. Kumar 2/18, J. Callender 0/10, T. Hawksworth 1/12. PHILLIP ISLAND def by INVERLOCH 1st innings Phillip Island R. Purcell b. W. Williams .........12 W. Paterson c. b. Z. Fowler ......34 S. Niven b. J. Womer ...............37 G. Odgers n.o. ..........................50 M. Haringsma b. D. Clarkley ...25 J. Asbury n.o. .............................1 M. Christopher b. D. Clarkley ...7 C. Epifano r.o. ............................0 Extras ........................................8 Total .............................6/174 (cc) Bowling: W. Williams 1/6, J. Womer 1/40, Z. Fowler 1/25, I. Fowler 0/52, D. Clarkley 2/47. 1st innings Inverloch D. Clarkley b. ...........................17
Little kangas assure the future of cricket AGAINST the backdrop of news that the Leongatha and District Cricket Association is losing two teams in B Grade Division Two, the gathering of five primary schools to play cricket in Leongatha on Friday predicts a bright future for the sport. Grade 3 and 4 students from Leongatha, Loch, Inverloch Kongwak, St Laurence O’Toole and Fish Creek primary schools got together at Leongatha Primary School for a Kanga 8 cricket carnival. Leongatha’s Rob Wood
from Cricket Victoria, organised the event, run by parents, teachers and student helpers from Leongatha Primary School and Leongatha Secondary College. Special guests included Leongatha Town Cricket Club players Amalia Ratnaike and Madura Weerasinghe, who helped teach the students the rules of the game and some of the cricketing skills they would need. The students enjoyed their matches, which were a particular form of cricket called Kanga 8 or T20 Blast.
I. Fowler c. ...............................48 C. Butler b. .................................0 B. Phillips c. .............................60 W. Williams c. ............................4 M. Goldsmith c. .......................10 Z. Fowler n.o. ...........................16 D. Furneaux b.............................2 Extras ........................................1 Total .........................................23 Bowling: S. Niven 2/22, M. Haringsma 0/23, C. Epifano 0/15, S. Cox 0/33, G. Odgers 2/44, W. Paterson 2/22, S. Furniss 0/6, T. Niven 1/2.
Division 2 KOONWARRA-L/RSL def by WON MINERS 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL C. Mondal c. A. Honeysett b. A. Johnson ........................17 A. Clark c. A. Honeysett b. J. Rumbold .........................2 S. Wentworth c. D. Perryman b. A. Johnson ........................13 A. Piksons r.o. ............................0 S. Hills b. P. Loos .......................2 D. Clark b. A. Johnson ...............0 J. Rockall stp. A. Honeysett b. H. Singh .............................4 P. Kennedy n.o. ........................13 J. Pearce n.o. ............................12 Extras ......................................16 Total ...............................7/79 (cc) Bowling: J. Rumbold 1/12, T. nelson 0/4, G. Peters 0/16, A. Johnson 3/12, H. Singh 1/18, P. Loos 1/14. 1st innings Won Miners G. Peters n.o. ............................58 D. Perryman n.o. ........................9 Extras ......................................24 Total ......................................0/91 Bowling: S. Wentworth 0/11, L. O’Connor 0/20, A. Clark 0/10. KORUMBURRA def by OMK 1st innings OMK D. Wylie c. T. Morrison
b. A. Brinksma .......................8 C. Walker c. S. Hall b. G. Barrett...........................24 B. Maguire b. S. Hall ...............20 G. Adams c. S. Hall b. G. Barrett............................0 M. Gow b. P. Pattinson...............5 M. Blackburn c. T. Sorrell b. S. Hall ................................3 N. Wylie n.o. ............................34 W. Hayes c. B. Condolucci b. M. Cozzio......................... 11 J. Whiteside c. S. Hall b. A. Brinksma .......................1 Extras ........................................6 Total .............................8/112 (cc) Bowling: M. Cozzio 1/14, S. Hall 2/13, G. Barrett 2/24, A. Brinksma 2/34, P. Pattinson 1/26. 1st innings Korumburra R. Francis c. D. Wylie b. D. Wylie .............................7 B. Condolucci c. b. D. Wylie .....1 P. Pattinson c. ...........................19 G. Barrett c. M. Blackburn b. M. Gow ............................ 11 T. Morrison c. C. Walker b. B. Maguire .......................29 M. Cozzio b. D. Wylie ...............0 T. Sorrell b. M. Blackburn .........9 S. Hall r.o. ..................................7 A. Brinksma b. B. Maguire ........2 J. Petrie b. B. Maguire ...............0 J. Terry n.o. ................................0 Extras ........................................6 Total .........................................91 Bowling: B. Maguire 3/12, D. Wylie 3/13, D. Wylie 1/26, G. Adams 0/16, M. Gow 1/10, M. Blackburn 1/14. INVERLOCH def by WON MINERS Inverloch lost on forfeit. KILCUNDA-BASS d GLEN ALVIE Kilcunda-Bass won on forfeit. POOWONG-LOCH d PHILLIP ISLAND Poowong-Loch won on forfeit.
LDCA Under 18 team LEONGATHA and district Under 18 team will play Sale-Maffra on Sunday, October 19 at Cameron Complex, Sale. Cricket carnival: from left, Jasmine Sullivan of Inverloch Kongwak Primary School and Acaisha Battersby of Leongatha Primary School enjoyed playing Kanga 8 cricket at Leongatha Primary School last Friday.
The bus will leave the Leongatha football ground at 7.30am. The team includes Lachie Wright (captain), Kevin McGavin, Jack Ginnane, Imperials; Michael Olden, MDU; Daniel Turton, Jakeb Thomas, Zane McDermid, Mitch Davies, Wonthaggi Workmens; Pierre Dunlevie, Tom Jenkins, Korumburra; Liam Miller, Poowong-Loch; Nathan Brayley, Inverloch. Coaches are Phil Miller, Poowong-Loch and Tom Lucas, Korumburra. Any player unavailable please contact Geoff Wyatt email wyatt@waterfront.net.au or Phil Miller email tttcrash@aapt.net. au as early as possible.
Leongatha District Cricket Association Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 3 - October 18 Home team Grade A1 Town Inverloch Phillip Island Nerrena Grade A2 Fish Crk-Tarwin Glen Alvie Kilcunda-Bass Koon-L/RSL Grade B1 OMK Won Miners MDU Imperials Grade B2 Korumburra Poowong-Loch Won Miners Grade C1 Town Inverloch Nerrena Phillip Island Grade C2 OMK Won Miners Glen Alvie Korumburra Won Workmens
Interschool cricket: from left, Reinhard Otto, Leongatha Primary School, Rob Wood, Cricket Victoria, Kayla Redpath, Leongatha Secondary College, and Alex Battersby and Robert Reardon, St Laurence O’Toole Catholic Primary School at the Kanga 8 cricket carnival at Leongatha Primary School on Friday.
Away Team
Ground
Umpire
v v v v
Won Workmens Imperials OMK Won Miners
McM Res Inv Rec Cowes Nerr
L. White T. Grace J. Curry A. Stride
v v v v
Foster Poowong-Loch MDU Korumburra
Tarw Rec Butch W Bass 1 L Turf
C. Salmon G. Laird V. Baskerville T. Rogers
v v v v
Phillip Island Town Nerrena Inverloch
Outt Rec Won Rec Meen EC
B. Bek A. Jordan G. Stabb M. Heenan
v Glen Alvie v Koon-L/RSL v Kilcunda-Bass
Kor Rec 1 I. Thomas Poow TBA Won Rec A. Roberts
v v v v
Won Workmens Imperials MDU OMK
Scorp 2 M McK L Velo Newh Yr9
TBA TBA TBA TBA
v v v v v
Koon-L/RSL Kilcunda-Bass Inverloch Poowong-Loch Phillip Island
KSC Won Nth GA Kor Rec WSC
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Any person interested in umpiring contact Graham Laird 0408 454 741. Please note all games start at 1pm.
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• B Grade, Division 1
Shaky starts and innings crumble INVERLOCH hosted Phillip Island at the recreation reserve and winning the toss chose to bat first.
A lacklustre innings followed with middle order batsman Terlich the hitting the highest score of two. All out for a total of 80 runs Inverloch could thanks Phillip Island for contributing 14 extras. B.J. Young took three of the islander’s wickets in a tight spell conceding only 21 runs and A. Thomas bowled five overs and took two wickets for four runs. With only 80 to chase Phillip Island made a shaky start and the first three at the crease managed only 16 runs between them. It was left up to L. Keating to anchor the team with a knock of 45 which was enough, with meagre support from the other crease, to sail home at 5/91 in the thirty fifth over. Town hosted Nerrena at Scorpion Park (West Campus oval) and winning the toss Nerrena chose to bat. In a fitful innings it built a score of 159 with Telfer’s top score of 42 and decent contributions from Baudinette and Croatto, 23 each. S. Clark bagged three wickets at a cost of 38 runs and while Fixter too was good with the ball, he capped his day out with three field catches. Town made a good start with the first partnership holding up for 39 runs but thereafter the innings fell apart. First out in the middle, Willcocks stayed the course for 36 runs but in the 38th over it was all for 104.
The Imperials match against OMK at the East Campus oval was a similar story with the Imps only posting a modest 136 and on a perfect day for batting it probably regrets not getting on the front foot enough and setting OMK a greater challenge. OMK went for the jugular and sent numbers three and five, Eustace and Rose to the middle first. Russell White, third to the crease, was the star of the show to notch up a century (109); and there weren’t too many of those around, surprisingly, this weekend. In reply to Town’s 7/136 OMK cruised to a 3/246 victory. At McMahon Reserve, Wonthaggi Workmens put together the innings of the round against MDU with what can only be called a solid team appearance at the crease. Dutchman with 82, McLean with 75, Brann and C.M. Harvey with 32 apiece Workmen set the bar high with an innings total of 265. When its turn came MDU weren’t that shy but its top order failed to fire in the same way as Workers. Its top score was way down the list with Kewming making 87. It almost made it to 200 runs on a day on which innings totals elsewhere make the figure look very reasonable indeed. For the Workers, C. Harvey was tireless and took three wickets in his seven overs for 47 runs, and L. Sawyer bowled six and took 2/29.
Results
INVERLOCH def by PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Inverloch T. Luckhurst c. ...........................2 B. Debono c. ..............................9 D. Ruffin b. ................................0 C. Terlich b. ..............................20 L. Sharrock b..............................3 J. Belli c. ....................................8 A. Brayley r.o. ..........................12 J. Muir b. ..................................17 S. Hayes b. .................................0 E. Cousins c. ..............................1 M. Woods n.o. ............................1 Extras ......................................14 Total .........................................87 Bowling: M. Young 1/18, A. Thomas 2/4, P. Cleary 2/24, B. Young 3/21, J. Johnston 1/9. 1st innings Phillip Island A. Finlayson c. T. Luckhurst b. J. Muir ................................2 B. Insall c. L. Sharrock b. S. Hayes .............................7 J. Keating b. S. Hayes ................7 L. Keating n.o. .........................45 J. Manning stp. L. Sharrock b. J. Muir ................................3 P. Cleary c&b. C. Terlich ...........9
J. Johnston n.o. ...........................9 Extras ........................................9 Total ...............................5/91 (cc) Bowling: D. Ruffin 0/0, J. Belli 0/2, J. Muir 2/13, S. Hayes 2/17, C. Terlich 1/16, B. Debono 0/24, E. Cousins 0/13, M. Woods 0/2. TOWN def by NERRENA 1st innings Nerrena T. Clark b. S. Clark ....................2 W. Telfer stp. T. Willcocks b. S. Fixter ............................42 A. Joboy c. S. Fixter b. W. Turner............................1 C. Viljoen c. L. Ashton b. S. Fixter ..............................7 C. Baudinette b. M. Trotto .......23 A. Harrison c. S. Fixter b. J. Bolge ..............................8 J. Hoy c&b. S. Fixter .................6 M. Croatto b. S. Clark ..............23 T. Davison c. T. Willcocks b. S. Clark ............................14 D. Campbell b. W. Turner ..........3 C. Dougherty n.o. .......................7 Extras ......................................12 Total .......................................149 Bowling: S. Clark 3/38, W. Turner 2/12, S. Fixter 3/18, J. Bolge 1/24, M. Trotto 1/42, L.
Ashton 0/11. 1st innings Town T. Willcocks c. b. C. Viljoen ....36 J. Bolge b. C. Viljoen ............... 11 W. Turner lbw. b. C. Viljoen ......0 S. Clark b. D. Campbell .............2 S. Fixter lbw. b. C. Viljoen ........0 M. Warren b. J. Hoy ...................7 D. Goss b. C. Viljoen .................4 C. Dowling c. J. Hoy b. D. Campbell .......................9 L. Ashton b. J. Hoy ....................3 R. Edwards r.o. ...........................6 M. Trotto n.o. ...........................10 Extras ......................................16 Total .......................................104 Bowling: T. Davison 0/28, C. Dougherty 0/13, C. Viljoen 5/33, D. Campbell 2/11, J. Hoy 2/13. IMPERIALS def by OMK 1st innings Imperials A. Meyer c. K. Kerr b. D. McMeekin ...................33 N. Hodges c. T. Knox b. N. Cant ...............................3 K. Gray r.o................................50 J. Forrester b. T. Eustace ..........36 B. Davidson c. T. Knox b. T. Eustace ...........................0 D. Ginnane r.o. ...........................0
J. Ballagh r.o. .............................1 T. Evans n.o................................2 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .............................7/136 (cc) Bowling: N. Cant 1/11, R. Greaves 0/1, D. McMeekin 1/41, P. Dell 0/15, R. White 0/44, T. Eustace 2/16. 1st innings OMK T. Eustace c. N. Hodges b. A. Meyer ..........................44 A. Rose c. N. Hodges b. J. Forrester........................23 R. White n.o. ..........................109 J. Paterson n.o. .........................42 K. Kerr c. J. Ballagh b. J. Forrester........................ 11 Extras ......................................17 Total .............................3/246 (cc) Bowling: B. Davidson 0/42, J. Forrester 2/26, D. Ginnane 0/34, K. Gray 0/44, H. McGannon 0/21, T. Evans 0/33, A. Meyer 1/41. WON WORKMENS d MDU 1st innings Won Workmens D. Dutchman c. J. Sinclair b. J. Riley .............................82 S. Brann c. S. Riley b. C. Harris ...........................32 L. McLean b. M. Patching .......75
C. Harvey b. M. Patching.........20 C. Harvey n.o. ..........................32 S. Osborne n.o. .........................14 Extras ......................................10 Total .............................4/265 (cc) Bowling: M. Patching 2/43, J. Riley 1/43, P. Vine 0/55, C. Harris 1/20, S. Riley 0/38, S. Arnup 0/64. 1st innings MDU C. Harris b. C. Harvey .............26 J. Sinclair c. S. Osborne b. L. McGuirk ........................5 T. Sinclair c. L. McGuirk b. L. Sawyer ...........................9 D. Thomas c. C. Harvey b. L. Sawyer .........................13 S. Arnup c. D. Turton b. C. Harvey .........................28 M. Kewming c. D. Turton b. C. Harvey .........................87 P. Vine stp. K. Brann b. C. Harvey ...........................6 C. Dyke n.o. ...............................3 Extras ......................................21 Total .............................7/198 (cc) Bowling: L. McGuirk 1/33, M. McCall 0/23, C. Harvey 1/9, L. Sawyer 2/29, L. McLean 0/38, C. Harvey 3/47, D. Turton 0/6.
Go Scorpions: from left, Adam, Samara and Heidi Johnston of Leongatha enjoy the beautiful surroundings and a perfect day for watching cricket at Nerrena.
• B Grade, Division 2
Four wickets for seven a highlight AT the Korumburra Recreation Reserve Korumburra and the Wonthaggi Miners went head to head.
The Burra got away to a reasonable start with the two openers providing a decent foundation on which to build a healthy innings total. Unfortunately, once the first wicket fell a mini collapse was set in motion and only Edwards, batting at number six, was able to arrest it. His 34 helped the total along to 130. Clint Honeysett was on fire with the ball and inspirational. He bowled six overs and finished with four wickets for seven runs. The Miners held its order together and did
not suffer the collapse which stopped Korumburra in its track. Emboldened, it closed on its target with increasing confidence and declared at 4/158 in the 32nd over. Poowong Loch hosted Kilcunda Bass at Loch and the visitors chose to bat first. With its bowlers firing and enjoying the cooler hours before the sun developed quite a bit, Poowong Loch restricted its opponents to 74 runs in an innings in which only one batsman made it to double figure and even then, he was out for 19. Poowong Loch reached the target without too much trouble particularly given opener Fort was in form.
He built an innings of 63 runs and the team ran out winners at 4/119. In a competition that has been reduced from eight to six sides with the withdrawal of Fish Creek Tarwin and Foster, the round was completed with Koonwarra L/RSL playing Glen Alvie. Glen Alvie suffered a batting collapse with a highest score (21) coming from the bat of A. Simpson and several compatriots departing the centre with ducks. Buckley and Anderson, three apiece, did the damage with the ball. Glen Alvie was all out for 99. Moscript, Koony L/ RSL’s star batsman left the crease with only eight runs but that was the only glitch in an oth-
erwise easy cruise to victory. The batting line-up held up well and after 40 overs Koony L/RSL was 4/202.
Results
KORUMBURRA def by WON MINERS 1st innings Korumburra J. Meade c. R. Todd b. P. Owen ............................34 C. Smith c. J. O’Reilly b. D. Jones ............................22 J. Richards c. P. Hammer b. R. Todd ...............................2 D. Scott c. P. Owen b. D. Jones ..............................1 J. Oxlee c. R. Todd b. J. Ritchie ............................6 P. Edwards c. N. Williams b. C. Honeysett.....................34 T. Gray c. R. Jones b. P. Owen ..............................9 C. Mileto b. C. Honeysett ..........0 N. Leppin c. P. Hammer b. C. Honeysett.......................4 J. Celebrine n.o. .........................0 D. Bailey c. N. Williams b. C. Honeysett.......................2 Extras ......................................15 Total .......................................130 Bowling: M. Greenway 0/21,
R. Jones 0/24, D. Jones 2/21, R. Todd 1/9, P. Owen 2/27, J. Ritchie 1/18, C. Honeysett 4/7. 1st innings Won Miners P. Hammer c. T. Gray b. J. Celebrine ......................34 P. Owen c. P. Edwards b. J. Celebrine ........................5 N. Williams c. C. Mileto b. T. Gray .............................10 J. O’Reilly n.o. .........................45 C. Honeysett lbw. b. D. Scott ...24 R. Todd n.o. ..............................33 Extras ........................................7 Total .............................4/158 (cc) Bowling: J. Oxlee 0/14, D. Bailey 0/8, J. Meade 0/28, J. Celebring 2/50, T. Gray 1/17, D. Scott 1/39. POOWONG-LOCH d KILCUNDA-BASS 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass R. Gardiner c. P. Fort b. N. Hancock ........................3 B. Joseph c. P. Fort b. T. Hancock .........................5 J. Bastwrous c. L. Miller b. T. Hancock .........................0 S. Tapscott c. P. Fort b. R. Knox ..............................5 S. Blake c. M. Adderley b. S. Head ...............................3 R. Duff c&b. N. Hancock ..........6 T. Whitham c. N. Hancock b. S. Head ...............................1
D. Bettles c&b. M. Adderley ...19 D. Ferguson b. S. Head ..............0 L. May c. N. Hancock b. M. Adderley .......................9 J. McGrath n.o............................8 Extras ......................................15 Total .........................................74 Bowling: T. Hancock 2/12, R. Knox 1/15, N. Hancock 2/8, S. Head 0/7, J. Hamilton 0/6, B. Hall 3/9, L. Miller 0/5, M. Adderley 2/8. 1st innings Poowong-Loch P. Fort n.o. ................................63 M. Adderley b. S. Blake .............5 T. Allen lbw. b. T. Whitham ..... 11 N. Hancock c. R. Duff b. D. Bettles............................0 B. Hall lbw. b. R. Duff .............12 L. Miller n.o. ............................12 Extras ......................................16 Total ....................................4/119 Bowling: S. Blake 1/13, R. Duff 1/7, S. Tapscott 0/0, T. Whitham 1/21, D. Bettles 1/23, D. Ferguson 0/12, J. Bastwrous 0/33, L. May 0/10. KOONWARRA-L/RSL d GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie S. Smith c. C. Moscript b. S. Paterson........................10 G. Chisholm c. S. Moore b. B. Perry ..............................0 A. Simpson c. S. Paterson
b. P. Buckley ........................21 J. Tiziani b. S. Anderson ..........17 I. Thorn b. P. Buckley ................2 T. Tack b. P. Buckley..................0 D. Gilbert c. b. N. Arnup............8 B. Davidson n.o..........................9 K. Simpson b. S. Anderson ........0 T. Piasente c. S. Anderson b. H. Langenburg ...................9 J. Hull c. N. Grimes b. S. Anderson ........................0 Extras ......................................23 Total .........................................99 Bowling: S. Paterson 1/12, B. Perry 1/25, P. Buckley 3/22, N. Arnup 1/17, S. Anderson 3/7, H. Langenburg 1/9. 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL C. Moscript lbw. b. A. Simpson .........................8 B. Perry c. T. Tack b. T. Piasente ........................46 S. Moore stp. J. Tiziani b. K. Simpson.........................4 B. Moore c. B. Davidson b. T. Tack ..............................15 B. Anderson n.o........................47 N. Grimes n.o. ..........................32 Extras ......................................50 Total ....................................4/202 Bowling: D. Gilbert 0/32, A. Simpson 1/17, T. Tack 1/23, K. Simpson 1/24, T. Piasente 1/21, B. Davidson 0/48, J. Hull 0/14.
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thestar.com.au • A Grade, Division 1
Workmen premiers in winning form IT was like a perfect high summer’s day at an English green only better; it was spring in Nerrena and one could not imagine a more pleasant setting than the recreation reserve for a cricket match.
Nerrena made the most of its home ground advantage and being sent in to bat by the visiting Town before the sun developed the kick it had by mid afternoon. For Nerrena Wightman (42) and Symmons (35) batting at three and four found form and got the winning score on the board after the failure of the openers, Clark and Trotman out for two and 11. The Sri Lankans, Weerasinghe Silva and Ratnayake starred with the ball for the Scorpions taking five wickets for 58 and restricted the home team innings to a gettable 8/163. Opening for Town, Davies made a respectable 33 but found little support at the other end of the pitch and with Trease, Clark and Wightman finding good pace with the ball were all out for 111. At the Wonthaggi Football Ground it was Derby day with the Miners meeting Workmen. Miners won the toss and batted. Kent was bowled by Thomas for a duck with the score on three and his replacement Nelson fell the same way shortly afterwards. Coming in at four at four, Honeysett was the only
Miner to fire with the bat and built an innings of 85, trapped lbw by Hooper. Thomas finished with four for 16 and was instrumental in Miners finishing 8/158. The cause was assisted by Macdermid with 2/28. For Workmen, Hooper showed opener’s form with a tidy knock of 41, 32 runs coming from boundaries, and Huitema (32) and Thomas (38) helped the team to a winning score of 166 in the 32nd over. Against OMK the Imperials batted first and posted a good but gettable score of 160. Silkstone (44) and O’Loughlin (34) top scored and Wilson did the most damage with the ball 3/24. For OMK Gorrod went the way of most openers this round, cheaply, but the other opener, Rooye with 50 and number four, Wilson, not out 69 had the winning score on the board with seven bats to spare. Phillip Island hosted Inverloch and winning the toss, batted first. It was all out for 124 with all the hard work being left to Boyack batting way down the order at number eight, not out on 44, the only Phillip Island batsman to exceed 20 runs. Matthews was damaging with 3/18 as was Rankin with 2/23. Inverloch made it home with four bats to spare and got away to a solid start with both openers Taberner and Brayley channeling each other with 27 runs including four boundaries each. The only difference: Taberner was bowled while
Brayley was run out. Clark at number six posted the top score of 33. For the Island Evans, Brown and Manteit took two wickets each, Evans conceding only 14 runs.
Results
WON MINERS def by WON WORKMENS 1st innings Won Miners G. Kent b J. Thomas...................0 C. Thomas c S. Huitema b M. Thomas. .......................14 P. Nelson b. J. Thomas ...............0 J. Honeysett lbw b T. Hooper ...85 J. Andrighetto c M. Thomas b Z. Macdermid....................18 D. Loos lbw b Z. Macdermid .....0 L. Earl c J. Sheerin b J. Thomas ............................0 D. Beesey n.o ...........................19 R. Birkett b J. Thomas ...............8 J. Loos n.o ..................................2 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .............................8/158 (cc) Bowling: J. Thomas 4/16, Z. Macdermid 2/28, RG. Thomas 0/19, M. Thomas 1/51, J. Sheerin 0/21, T. Hooper 1/23. 1st innings Won Workmens T. Hooper c L. Earl b P. Nelson ...........................41 D. Britt c D. Loos b J. Loos. ................................8 S. Huitema lbw b R. Birkett .....32
M. Thomas c G. Kent b A. Hall ...............................16 RG. Thomas r.o P. Nelson ........38 B. Osborne n.o .........................19 J. Thomas n.o .............................4 Extras ........................................8 Total ....................................5/166 Bowling: R. Birkett 1/35, J. Loos 1/17, D. Beesey 0/48, P. Nelson 1/33, A. Hall 1/33. OMK def IMPERIALS 1st innings OMK A. Gorrod c J. Ginnane b L. Wright .............................2 J. Van Rooye r.o. ......................50 D. Lloyd c RA. Higgins b Z. Price ................................8 JM. Wilson n.o .........................69 T. Wyatt c Z. Price b T. Sauvarin ........................20 A. Miller n.o...............................0 Extras ......................................31 Total .............................4/180 (cc) Bowling: L. Wright 1/36, Z. Price 1/16, K. McGavin 0/26, J. Ginnane 0/12, T. Sauvarin 1/44, C. Silkstone 0/43. 1st innings Imperials GA. Sauvarin c P. Dyer b JM. Wilson ..........................2 RK. McLennan lbw b JM. Wilson. .......................18 C. Silkstone c P. Dyer b B. Wyatt ............................44 T. Williams c J. Cochrane b JM. Wilson ........................17 J. O’Loughlin n.o .....................34
RA. Higgins c JM. Wilson b A. Millers ............................8 J. Ginnane c J. Van Rooye b S. Jenkins ............................0 K. McGavin c T. Wyatt b S. Jenkins ............................2 T. Sauvarin c S. Jenkins b B. Wyatt ..............................1 Z. Price n.o .................................1 Extras ......................................33 Total .............................8/160 (cc) Bowling: A. Jenkins 0/36, JM. Wilson 3/24, J. Cochrane 0/22, S. Jenkins 2/26, B. Wyatt 2/35, J. Van Rooye 0/4, A. Miller 1/8. NERRENA def TOWN 1st innings Nerrena M. Clark c L. Smith b A. Ratnayake ......................2 D. Trotman lbw b M. Davies. ......................... 11 T. Wightman b MP. Weerasinghe Silva.........42 D. Symmons b Z. Trease ..........35 R. Clark c. A. Ratnayke b A. Hickey ............................0 D. Baldi lbw b MP. Weerasinghe Silva.........16 C. Salmon c A Fixter b MP. Weerasinghe Silva........9 P. Matheson b A. Ratnayake .... 11 R. Joy n.o ................................. 11 J. Trease n.o................................9 Extras ......................................17 Total ....................................8/163 Bowling: A. Ratnayake 2/35,
Quickie: Town pace bowler Ashley Hickey finished the day with 1/32 bowling Nerrena’s Ryan Clark for a duck.
M. Davies 1/28, A. Hickey 1/32, MP. Weerasinghe Silva 3/23, Z. Trease 1/40. 1st innings Town M. Davies c P. Matheson b R. Joy ................................33 N. Johnston lbw b J. Trease.............................14 M. Borschman b J. Trease ..........0 MP. Weerasinghe Silva c C. Salmon b R. Clark .............3 A. Ratnayake c D. Symmons b WF. Lowry ........................17 M. Smith b T. Wightman ............8 A. Hickey c P. Matheson b R. Clark ...............................3 Z. Trease c P. Matheson b T. Wightman ......................12 A. Fixter n.o .............................14 S. Browne b J. Trease.................0 L. Smith r.o ................................1 Extras ........................................7 Total ....................................... 111 Bowling: R. Joy 1/21, WF. Lowry 1/25, R. Clark 2/20, J. Trease 3/25, T. Wightman 2/16. PHILLIP ISLAND def by INVERLOCH 1st innings Phillip Island EM. Richards c & b K. Rotthier.................. 11 L. Cleeland c ? b DA. Mathews...............15 R. Evans c DA. Mathews b L. Rankin.............................0 AK. Manteit r.o ..........................4 T. Hornsby c ? b L. Rankin ........4
M. Kinghorn r.o..........................0 J. Black c D. Clark b DA. Mathews ......................4 SA. Boyack n.o ........................43 J. Cox b DA. Mathews .............17 ZR. Brown n.o............................8 Extras ......................................18 Total .............................8/124 (cc) Bowling: RB. Thomas 0/29, L. Rankin 2/23, K. Rotthier 1/20, DA. Mathews 3/18, D. Clark 0/7, L. Anderson 0/12, B. Thomas 0/13. 1st innings Inverloch W. Tabermer c T. Hornsby b ZR. Brown.........................27 N. Brayley r.o L. Cleeland. ......27 C. Tait c J. Black b R. Evans ..............................0 K. Rotthier c AK. Manteit b ZR. Brown...........................8 J. Smith c SA. Boyack b AK. Manteit.........................2 D. Clark c J. Black b AK. Manteit.......................33 B. Thomas c EM. Richards b R. Evans ..............................1 DA. Mathews n.o .....................10 L. Rankin n.o..............................7 Extras ......................................12 Total ....................................7/127 Bowling: T. Officer 0/26, SA. Boyack 0/13, R. Evans 2/14, ZR. Brown 2/25, J. Cox 0/26, AK. Manteit 2/22.
Striking: Nerrena middle order batsman, Dave Baldi, made 16 before being trapped lbw by Weerasinghe Silva.
• A Grade, Division 2
Meeniyan belts out top score THE stand out team in round two was MDU with a huge knock of 325. It turned into a glorious afternoon for watching ‘the sport of kings.’ At Meeniyan though, it was a day Foster would no doubt prefer to forget. In reply to MDU’s 325, Foster was all out for 16 runs in the eighth over. Foster team captain, F. Griggs was the only batsman to get runs on the board with six. His team mates were all out for ducks. Nick Eddy starred for MDU with the bat making 127 runs. Adam Eddy and Mark Cantwell inflicted the damage with the ball finishing with 4/6 apiece. In other matches, Poowong Loch hosted Korumburra whose chose to bat first. It might not have been a good decision because the innings collapsed early and the only stayer, batting at number five, was Osman
and he didn’t find any support until Lucas came in at number nine. Lucas found the sweet spot with nine boundaries to build his inning’s best score of 56. Korumburra finished with a mere 120 runs, all out after 34 overs. Cutler posted the amazing figures off eight overs of four wickets for 13 runs. Foster wasn’t far behind with 3/22. Poowong Loch didn’t exactly cruise to victory but built their score steadily from fairly meagres totals with no one batsman standing out. In the end, it was in the 37th over with the loss of seven, that Korumburra prevailed. Kilcunda/Bass batted first at home hosting Fish Creek Tarwin. Opening with Larcombe, Aplin posted 66, number three Donohue 28 and and Oats at four, 61, Killy built the foundations of an impressive innings total of 234 with the loss of seven.
It dominated the Poowong Loch bowlers. Except that its top order failed early, Poowong Loch was on a similar course. The difference between the two teams was Pipicelli who had Killy Bass in his sights and took four wickets. Dakin and Donohue each took two. Off only seven overs, Donohue conceded only 13 runs and bowled three maidens. To make the figures even more impressive, both his wickets were field catches. Killy Bass sealed its victory in the 39th over with Poowong Loch all out for 183. Koonwarra L/RSL visited Glen Alvie which, choosing to bat first, constructed a cautious if painfully slow innings total of only 5/132. Hales at number three top scored with a healthy 57. Bowling for Koony L/ RSL, Kennedy kept the ball up with three maidens off his eight overs, took two
wickets and conceded only 13 runs. A very good day with the ball. Koony L/RSL got under way quickly and took charge in the centre. Whilst Glen Alvie did not find the boundary once in its entire innings, Koony L/RSL hit 17 fours. Opener, Hughes, retired not out, with 66 and his team cruised to a 3/154 victory after only 32 overs.
Results
MDU d FOSTER 1st innings MDU M. Olden b. F. Griggs ................3 W. Prosser c. G. Collis b. S. Lanyon .........................33 C. Hoober lbw. b. J. Chaseling ......................56 N. Eddy n.o. ...........................127 S. McRae b. J. Prain .................37 T. Zukovskis n.o. ........................7 Extras ......................................62 Total .............................4/325 (cc) Bowling: B. Cripps 0/11, F. Cripps 1/56, J. Prain 1/64, G. Collis 0/41, T. Smith 0/70, A. Starret 0/40, S. Lanyon 1/12, J. Chaseling 1/28. 1st innings Foster G. Collis lbw. b. A. Eddy ...........0 S. Lanyon b. M. Cantwell ..........0 J. Prain lbw. b. A. Eddy ..............0 F. Griggs b. A. Eddy...................6 A. Starret r.o. ..............................0 D. Lacasa c. M. Martin b. A. Eddy ..............................0
J. Chaseling b. M. Cantwell .......0 G. Prain n.o. ...............................0 S. Griggs b. M. Cantwell ...........0 B. Cripps c. J. Burge b. M. Cantwell........................0 Extras ......................................10 Total .........................................16 Bowling: A. Eddy 4/6, M. Cantwell 4/6. POOWONG-LOCH d KORUMBURRA 1st innings Korumburra J. Cook b. C. Cutler....................3 K. Dorman b. J. Foster ...............2 S. Dole c. W. Pollock b. C. Cutler .............................2 D. Salmon c. K. Miller b. J. Foster ..............................5 I. Osman c. W. Pollock b. J. Foster ............................24 A. Tagliaferro c. W. Pollock b. C. Cutler .............................1 P. Dunlevie b. C. Cutler .............2 T. Jenkin c. C. Knox b. M. Loader...........................4 T. Lucas b. N. Findlay ..............56 S. Hayes c. W. Pollock b. C. Knox ..............................6 A. Meade n.o. .............................0 Extras ......................................14 Total .......................................120 Bowling: C. Cutler 4/13, M. Loader 1/28, C. Knox 1/1, N. Allen 0/17, A. Sheedy 0/21, N. Findlay 1/18, J. Foster 3/22. 1st innings Poowong-Loch K. Miller c&b. K. Dorman .......26 C. Knox lbw. b. A. Meade ..........2 W. Pollock c. S. Hayes b. I. Osman ...........................14 N. Findlay c. A. Tagliaferro b. K. Dorman..........................0 A. Fisher b. S. Cole ..................15 A. Sheedy c. I. Osman b. S. Dole.............................. 11
N. Allen n.o. .............................10 C. Cutler c. T. Jenkin b. A. Meade ............................1 M. Hancock n.o. .......................13 Extras ......................................30 Total ....................................7/122 Bowling: A. Meade 2/21, I. Osman 1/37, S. Dole 2/15, S. Hayes 0/13, A. Tagliaferro 0/19, K. Dorman 2/14. KILCUNDA-BASS d FISH CREEK-TARWIN 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass A. Larcombe c. O. Brennan b. L. Buckland ........................5 T. Aplin c. O. Straw b. S. Tatt ...............................66 A. Donohue stp. W. Cocksedge b. O. Brennan .......................28 A. Oats c. W. Cocksedge b. L. Buckland ......................61 J. Dakin lbw. b. J. Danckert .....24 P. Palmer c. L. Buckland b. A. Straw............................13 J. Tregear n.o. ...........................17 D. McMahon b. A. Straw ...........0 T. Smith n.o. ...............................1 Extras ......................................19 Total .............................7/234 (cc) Bowling: A. Straw 2/30, J. Danckert 1/49, L. Buckland 2/32, O. Straw 0/26, S. Tatt 1/17, C. Fisher 0/38, O. Brennan 1/35. 1st innings Fish Creek-Tarwin J. Danckert c. A. Donohue b. J. Dakin ..............................0 G. Webster b. T. Smith ...............3 S. Tatt b. A. Donohue ...............36 O. Straw b. J. Mahood .............29 G. Watkins c. J. Tregear b. A. Donohue ......................52 O. Brennan b. J. Dakin .............14 N. Wilkins c. A. Oats b. D. Pipicelli .........................0 W. Cocksedge b. D. Pipicelli ... 11
C. Fisher n.o. ..............................3 A. Straw c. A. Donohue b. D. Pipicelli .........................0 L. Buckland b. D. Pipicelli.........0 Extras ......................................20 Total .......................................183 Bowling: J. Dakin 2/44, T. Smith 1/29, A. Donohue 2/13, D. Pipicelli 4/43, J. Mahood 1/49. GLEN ALVIE def by KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings Glen Alvie A. Hamilton c. C. Sherriff b. B. Pedlow .........................15 R. Slade c. S. Hughes b. J. Moore ...........................21 D. Hales b. J. Kennedy.............57 J. Burke c. N. Toms b. J. Kennedy........................15 D. Tiziani c. J. Moore b. D. O’Connor ......................5 D. Hateley n.o. ...........................3 D. Williams n.o. .........................0 Extras ......................................16 Total .............................5/132 (cc) Bowling: J. Kennedy 2/13, S. Turner 0/24, S. Sperling 0/27, J. Moore 1/18, B. Pedlow 1/27, N. Toms 0/11, D. O’Connor 1/10. 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL S. Hughes ret. n.o. ....................63 N. Toms b. D. Williams............ 11 J. Nichols c. J. Wheeler b. L. McRae..........................36 B. Pedlow b. D. Hales ..............13 S. Sperling n.o. .........................14 J. Kennedy n.o............................4 Extras ......................................13 Total ....................................3/154 Bowling: D. Hales 1/29, D. Williams 1/32, J. Wheeler 0/23, L. McRae 1/24, A. McBride 0/18, A. Hamilton 0/23, R. Slade 0/1.
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