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tended Leongatha Primary School. However his health has deteriorated so much he is now home permanently with only months to live. YOUNG Harvey Robinson of LeonLouise Cruickshank, a nurse colleague of Hargatha is one of the bravest kids you’ll vey’s mum Sarah Robinson at Leongatha Hospital, decided to do something special for the family: ever meet. Harvey was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in mum Sarah, dad Mark and children Fletcher, 8, January 2017. He endured eight months of inten- Harvey, 5, and Macie, 2. The result of a massive community backyard sive treatment and the family spent most of last year staying or commuting to Monash Medical Centre blitz has given the family a brand new deck, completed just two weeks ago. or the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. As a massive thank you and to have an early 6th In December 2017, after Harvey had been in remission for just seven weeks, he was diagnosed birthday party for Harvey, the family is planning a big with a brain tumour and the family was placed in occasion on their new deck on Saturday, May 26. “Our broken hearts have been filled to the brim an unimaginable situation. Harvey is five years old and when well, he at- with the warmth, kindness, generosity and humani-

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Brave boy: Harvey Robinson had the job of securing the last screw in the new deck.

ty of the people in this awesome community. We’re so proud, so humble, so blessed,” mum Sarah said after the deck was completed. Here is the story behind the community’s effort to build the new deck. Louise Cruickshank told The Star, “When I was informed of this news, I took it to my nursing colleagues at the Leongatha Hospital and decided we would support the family by fundraising and build them a deck and an outdoor space that allows them time to relax and provides respite during this difficult time. “The backyard was full of red clay. I didn’t realise at the time the amount of work involved but it’s been the most rewarding experience. Continued on page 49.

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Arty parade: the mum’s on mowers are always a highlight of the Mirboo North Arty Gras street parade, and on Saturday their forest theme looked incredible once again. See page 6

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The Boy from Oz – dream role for Josh

Locals star: Rockettes, from left, Lauren Baudinette, Katelyn Adkins, Brianna Robb and Emily Carlson with lead Josh Gardiner, playing Peter Allen.

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Boy dives into pool fundraising By Jessica Anstice MIRBOO North’s seven year old legend Riley Nyhuis has raised more than $500 to go towards the Mirboo North Swimming Pool and has done it all by himself.

The dedicated youngster has created a campaign called Riley’s Mission: Fix the Mirboo North Swimming Pool. Last November, Mirboo North Primary School students participated in a five cent challenge where they collected as many as five cent coins as they could. The children raised more than $1000 in just over one month. Riley’s class collected the most coins. Now he has installed collection tins around town and created his own Facebook page, complete with his own t-shirt with a slogan that states, “#fixthemirboonorthpool”. Riley can be seen regularly pounding the pavement in Mirboo North, checking on the tins he has

left in local shops as well as taking every opportunity he can to spread the word. “I am raising as much money as I can because the pool is broken and it needs to be fixed,” Riley said. “I have placed tins all around town, including in the supermarket, and we have one at home where we put money in it and then take it to the bank.” Riley proved to have plenty of passion and drive to fundraise for the pool when The Star met with him last week. “Riley has had so much support from the community and even people who know of Mirboo North have been supportive,” his mother Katie Nyhuis said. “Everyone has just been really generous.” Mirboo North Pool events manager and committee member Mary Baker said Riley beat them to it and she was amazed by his efforts. “I have been on the pool committee for 15 years and I just can’t wait for this to be of standard. The pool is our hub and it is our home for Inspiring younster: Mirboo North’s Riley Nyhuis has started his own campaign to raise money to fix the Mirboo North Swimming Pool. the summer,” she said.

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Bass Coast Shire Council invites the community to come and have a sneak peek at the newly refurbished arts centre before it officially opens its doors for Wonthaggi Theatrical Group’s The Boy from Oz production. Mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield has been watching the project unfold over the past four months. “This Saturday marks a great moment in history for the arts centre,” she said. “We understand the important role the centre plays in offering arts, culture and entertainment for our community and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the outcome. “We would like to thank local builders, TS Constructions, the many wonderful trade services, and theatre consultant, Setting Line, for their input into this game-changing project.’ Cr Rothfield also acknowledged the contribution from the many community groups around Bass Coast who have helped guide and steer the direction of the refurbishment. “The input from the many loyal, skilled and experienced community groups who love and use this centre has helped get the project to this point,” she said. The $2.2 million project has been completed

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Funding win for community houses By Brad Lester

more is known about the funding, we will apply for the extra hours. These additional five hours would be used to provide additional local employNOT all neighbourhood houses in ment for a project worker to assist with the comSouth Gippsland will benefit from the munity development activities of the centre.” latest funding increase from the State Ms Skinner said the Neighbourhood House Government. Coordination Program must provide twice the That is despite a plea for more funded hours amount of coordination hours as is funded. to ease the burden on staff and volunteers to meet “For example if funding is for 20 hours, we demand for courses and services. need to provide 40 hours of activity hours which The State Government recently announced can be concurrent,” Ms Skinner said. $21.8 million for neighbourhood houses but only “Based on our annual reporting to DHHS smaller houses will benefit as the money will bring (Department of Health and Human Services), we houses’ total funded hours to 25 hours per week. provide 100 hours at the Venus Bay Community That means bigger houses like Leongatha Centre. Community House – that is already funded for 30 “Most neighbourhood houses punch well hours - will miss out. above their weight in terms of these coordination The funding will also allow mobile neighbourhours.” hood house networkers to spend more time at housJan Bourne, coordinator of Mitchell House at es to improve access to services and activities. Wonthaggi, said the house was yet to learn if it South Gippsland neighbourhood houses eliwould share in the funding, but she was “thrilled” gible for additional funding will be: Bass Valley with the money. Community Group, Corinella and District Com“Any extra funding is most welcome because of the tremendous amount of work that is done by neighbourhood houses and the amount of hours that go into it,” she said. Jennie Keerie, manager at Milpara Community House at Korumburra, said the house was already funded to provide 30 hours a week and so was unlikely to receive further funding. “We are very happy for those houses that will have access to increased funded hours and this will mean there are greater opportunities and more time to address issues of concern in the communities in which they are located,” she said. Manna Gum Community House will not receive any funding but community development coordinator Rebecca Matthews said the house would benefit from the additional funding to support the regional networker. “The statewide campaign over the last few months to increase our funding, coordinated by our peak body Neighbourhood House Victoria, has Looking to future: Leongatha Community House secretary Linda James (left) and volun- also significantly raised awareness of the role we teer Shahni Hance would have liked to see additional funding for their house in the recent play responding to local community needs,” she said. State Budget, to enable the house to meet the demand for more classes. munity Centre, Inverloch Community House, Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre at Mitchell House and Venus Bay Community Centre. Leongatha Community House coordinator Eunice Donovan said the house team was delighted the State Government had “recognised the vital role played by neighbourhood/community houses across the state”, even though Leongatha Community House would miss out this time. “I’m excited there are communities in our shire that will see the benefit of additional funding to their local houses,” she said. “The major benefit for Leongatha Community House in this announcement will be the enhancement to our Gippsland Neighbourhood Houses Network, allowing additional hours for assistance and support to the region’s neighbourhood/community houses around governance and sustainability.” House secretary Linda James said, “If we can have extra hours we can fit more people in.” Venus Bay Community Centre is currently funded for 20 hours per week. Centre coordinator Alyson Skinner said, “Once

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Mirboo North on parade fun,” she said. Many of the 17 entries were from young artists, including kindergarten and school children. The winner of the competition was decided by community votes. Nicole and Ryan Glenn with won the open secThe theme of this year’s street parade was on the tion, with their entry ‘Partners’, while Emily Bessellmap, off the grid, with several groups working in a Brown won the primary section with ‘The Sky is reference to the Mirboo North bush which is cur- Falling’ and Sienna Doig came in second with ‘Flying Unihorse Carousel’. rently under threat from logging. The Arty Bras exhibition has been running as Cute feathers: Mirboo North Primary School Prep students, from left Paisley Davies, Lily van Doorn, Liliana Vansittart, Jorge Chila and Charlotte Roberts were playing pretty birds in part of Arty Gras for nine years. This year’s theme was Good Golly Miss Brolly and featured decorated the Mirboo North Arty Gras street parade on Saturday. umbrellas. Arty Bras coordinator Kylie Cannizzo said she was thrilled with the 17 entries, which were on display in the Artspace Gallery throughout the weekend. “It is an exhibition open to anyone, whether they are creative or not. Most people just do it for a bit of

THE 11th annual Mirboo North Arty Gras was held in the town over the weekend, featuring the always spectacular street parade and Mirboo North Art Show, among plenty of other entertainment.

Great services: representing the 13th Gippsland Light Horse, these riders looked great as the joined in the Mirboo North Arty Gras street parade on Saturday.

Walking history: the local Country Women’s Association branch celebrated the 90th Birthday of the CWA in Victoria for the MirLittle group: from left, Mirboo North Playgroup students Arlo Turner, Billy Dowell, Kay- boo North Arty Gras street parade on Saturliah Bickerton, Marley Dowell, Aisling Couper, Amy Campbell and Maisy Cannizzo proud- day; each lady dressed in clothing suitable to ly took part in the Mirboo North Arty Gras street parade on Saturday. those nine decades.

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Mayor meets future doctors By Sarah Vella SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Lorraine Brunt last Wednesday met with fourth year medical students on placement in the region.

Based in Leongatha, 10 Monash University students will be working with Gippsland Southern Health Service, South Gippsland Hospital, Bass Coast Regional Health and local GP practices over the next 12 months, as part of their medical training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is that over the next year, they will live here and become a part of the community,â&#x20AC;? Monash Rural Health South Gippsland academic coordinator Jennie Casey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The students will get to experience what it is like to live and work in a rural community and hopefully it will encourage them to consider being based in the country later on.â&#x20AC;?

Ms Casey said Monash has been training students in rural communities for around 15 years, which had successfully led to many graduates returning to a regional area once their training was complete. She said there were several GPs currently working in Leongatha and Korumburra who came to the area as students first. Cr Brunt said the Monash Rural Health centre based at the Leongatha Hospital provided a fantastic opportunity for the students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the students I spoke to said they would consider coming back to the country now,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t undertake their training here, they may never have had that drive to return to a regional area.â&#x20AC;? The students will spend up to four days per week rotating through clinical placements, with one or two days per week involved in peer learning tutorials, skills sessions and case discussions at the Leongatha centre.

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AN attempted kidnapping allegedly occurred ondary College on Jumbunna Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The student handled the situation really well,â&#x20AC;? again in Korumburra recently. Korumburra Secondary College principal John Wilson said a student was approached while walking to school in a very public area on Wednesday. The incident occurred outside Korumburra Sec-

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store and stole a USB cable. He was asked to return the USB cable which he declined and then walked off into the shopping centre and out of sight. The suspect was described as approximately 17 years old and wearing black. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

CLOTHES off a clothesline and computer gaming equipment were stolen from a residential address in Gordon Street in Wonthaggi. The incident occurred between 8pm on Thursday and 6pm on Saturday. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

Business targeted A GLASS window at a business premise in Murray Street Wonthaggi was broken by unknown offender/s on Friday. The incident occurred at approximately 12.30pm. A window at the same business in Traralgon was also broken recently. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

Aggravated young thief A WONTHAGGI retail store manager was confronted with an aggressive young man who began kicking display boxes near registers at the front on the store on Wednesday. At approximately 11.49 the offender entered the

Pokies theft A PERSON playing on a poker machine at a venue in Wonthaggi was approached by a man who demanded money. At approximately 3pm on Tuesday, the victim was approached by a man wearing dark clothing. He refused the request and went to speak to the venue manager. While the victim was away from the machine the suspect grabbed two handfuls of coins from the hopper tray of the poker machine and began putting them into other machines. The manager approached the man and told him to leave the venue. The cash was unrecovered. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

Noticeboard PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Wednesday 30 May 2018, 11.00am Wednesday 16 May 2018, 2.00pm*; 5pm*, Business to be transacted: 7.00pm* That Council receives, considers and determines *Expressions of interest to present were made submissions to the proposed Annual Budget by accessing Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Presenting to Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; webpage (closed COB 11/5). Contact 5662 9222 2018/19 and Revised 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2021 Council Plan, and proposed Rating Strategy 2018/19, pursuant to for details. Section 223 of the Local Government Act 1989. A list of booked topics can be viewed the day prior on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Wednesday 30 May 2018, 2.00pm *Register your questions by accessing Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wednesday 23 May 2018, 10.45am â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Questions for Council Meetingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; webpage (by COB Business to be transacted: 25/5). That Council hear submissions as prescribed Contact 5662 9222 for details. under the Local Government Act 1989, Section 223 in respect of 2018/19 Annual Budget and the Please note that Council live streams and records revised 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2021 Council Plan. its Ordinary Council Meetings, refer to the Policy on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website for more details. SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Wednesday 23 May 2018, 2.15pm Business to be transacted: That Council hear of submissions as prescribed under the Local Government Act 1989, Section 223 in respect of the 2018/19 Rating Strategy. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Wednesday 30 May 2018, Council Chambers, Leongatha, 10.00am (Council Agenda Topics only). * Expressions of interest to present are made by accessing Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Presenting to Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; webpage (by COB 25/5). Contact 5662 9222 for details. A list of booked topics can be viewed the day prior on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

WORKS THIS WEEK Sealed roads maintenance: Whole Shire Tree requests: Whole Shire Roadside slashing: Nerrena Unsealed road maintenance: Leongatha South, Mount Eccles Unsealed road drainage &maintenance: Foster, Foster North Footpath renewal: Williams Street, Korumburra Road construction: Korumburra Show Grounds Bridge construction & road realignment: Bena Kongwak Road, Bena Road stabilising: Milford Road, Dumbalk North Carpark upgrade: Korumburra Recreation Centre Netball court construction: Leongatha Recreation Reserve Footpath extension: Ranceby Road, Poowong TENDER Road reseals: Nyora, Poowong

Undercover walkway construction: Foster companies/applicants for the following: Laneway, Foster RFT/183 CONSULTANCY SERVICES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FEASIBILITY Public toilet block construction: Franklin River ASSESSMENT AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR STONY Reserve, Toora CREEK EQUESTRIAN AND EXHIBITION CENTRE Bridge replacement: Powneys Road, Tarwin Tenders close 2.00pm AEST on Tuesday 5 June Renovation works: Old Korumburra Kindergarten 2018. Documentation is available from Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s COMMUNITY DROP-IN SESSION e-Tendering Portal: Loch Hall Wednesday 16 May www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/tenders EMPLOYMENT Council advertises all employment opportunities on its website. For details please visit: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/employment

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VCAT backs skate ramp accommodation The property is already home to a ACCOMMODATION will be built on the site of the biggest skating ramp of 100m long, nine metres high and 13m wide. skating ramp in the southern Mr Wilson said, “We are pretty hemisphere at Nyora. happy with the VCAT decision to apThe Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) recently upheld South Gippsland Shire Council’s decision to allow Peter Wilson to accommodation for skaters, and not general tourists, at his property at Restlee Drive. Neighbours appealed council’s decision at VCAT.

prove the accommodation component of the Megaranch Training Facility. We really didn’t think at all that it wouldn’t be approved on an 11 acre property. “My original permit I applied for back in 2014 had the accommodation permit in there for our desire to run kids’ training camps. Now with the

Holiday home burgled

Chainsaw runaway

A CAPE Paterson holiday home was entered by unknown offender/s and a quantity of household electrical items were stolen. Between 5pm on Sunday, May 6 and 7pm on Monday, May 7 the offender/s gained entry to the premises via the back sliding door of the address. Police are still investigating. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671

A MAN was watching television in his Wonthaggi home in Hunter Street when he became concerned about a noise outside. The man checked his CCTV footage and observed a man running from his garage carrying his chainsaw. The incident occurred between 8.20pm and 8.30pm on Saturday, May 5. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671

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Trolley porch thieves CCTV footage has captured images of three people stealing items from front porches in the Wonthaggi area. It is believed that two suspects waited on the footpath between 10.25pm and 10.30pm on Saturday, May 5 with a shopping trolley, whilst another walked onto private property and stole various items before returning and placing these items into the trolley. Police are still investigating. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

accommodation permit approved this is only going to generate more interest in the South Gippsland Shire and boost tourism in the area. “Now this has all been cleared, we can go back to doing what we love, providing a facility for athletes to train on that is one of the best in the world.” VCAT reduced the number of occupants permitted to stay at the accommodation at any one time from 10 to six.

pair was last seen. Anyone with information is to contact leading senior constable Swiggs at San Remo Police on 5678 5500.

Sky high: Keefer Wilson airborne while riding his family’s massive skating ramp at Nyora. A DRUM kit was stolen from the

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rear of the Cowes Civic Centre between 1.30pm and 2.15pm on Friday. The Gresch seven piece drum kit belongs to local drummer Youki, who had the kit strapped to a trailer he uses with his motorised scooter. He had unhitched the trailer to enter the library. The drum kit was valued at $2500. 4100. Any information can be given to Store clothes stolen leading senior constable Nick Carlson AN unidentified man and women at the Cowes Police Station on 5678 walked into a retail store in Cowes and 5500 stole a number of clothing items. Both parties lingered for a few minutes before being approached by the store manager at around 10am on Monday, April 23. The store manager observed a pair of Right, Missing kit: Youki from tracksuit pants on the floor pushed unPhillip Island had his drum kit stoder clothes rack and confronted them. The pair left and later that afternoon len on Friday. Anyone with infora hooded jumper belonging to the shop mation is asked to please contact was located in the vicinity where the police.

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Dinner and a show: Bron Kalos and Josh Gardiner of Wonthaggi Theatrical Group entertain diners at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club recently. They are part of the group’s The Boy from OZ show that opens on Saturday, May 26.

Diners enjoy surprise show The afternoon will include afternoon tea and The THE Wonthaggi Theatrical Group made a Boy from Oz show. surprise visit to the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Tickets are available from the Wonthaggi WorkClub Crib Bistro recently. men’s Club for $50. The ladies auxiliary is fundrais-

Josh Gardiner performed Tenterfield Saddler and Josh and Bron Kalos sang Only an Older Woman, from their upcoming show the The Boy from Oz. Members and guests were delighted with the free entertainment which was to promote the Wonthaggi Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. The auxiliary is holding a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at the club on Sunday, June 3 at 3pm which is sponsored by the club.

ing for a new bladder scanner and glucometer for use in the Wonthaggi Hospital in the Home Program. The Boy from Oz is directed by Brad Beach, choreographed by Rose Wray-McCann with musical direction by Kirk Skinner and artistic direction by Colin Mitchell. The show opens Saturday, May 26 and runs to June 10 at the newly refurbished Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre. LEONGATHA RSL will hold its Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday, May 24 at 10am. Raffles will be held, with prizes donated by Leongatha businesses, and Ruth Eddelston will be guest speaker.

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Yobbos, help beat MS DRESS up as a yobbo and have a ball while raising money for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Alisa Jack lives with MS and will hold a fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Australia at Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club on Saturday, May 26. “Yobbo Lotto is a professionally run fun filled night with a mixture of lotto/bingo rounds, music, singing and dancing with a little bit of trivia, all with an Aussie theme,” Alisa said. There will be amazing silent auction items, and raffles and giveaways on the night too. Prizes will be given for best dressed bogan. Doors to the Kirrak Room will open at 7pm. Nibbles are included and drinks will be at bar prices. Tickets are $25. A table of 10 is $200. Seats are limited. To book tickets, go to www.trybooking.com/VGRG. Phone Alisa on 0425 858 170 for more details. Alisa, of Coronet Bay, has Relapsing Remitting MS. She was 42 when diagnosed. MS is a lifelong disease and there is no known cure. The disease attacks the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord and optic nerves) and every working day, four Australians are diagnosed with MS. Symptoms to watch out for include extreme fatigue, blurred vision, loss of balance and muscle coordination, slurred speech, difficulty walking, balance issues, dizziness and altered sensation such as tingling, pins and needles, and numbness. “I was diagnosed with MS almost three years ago to the day. After suffering from headaches and blurred vision everyday, I was sent for an MRI and was then diagnosed by a neurologist with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis,” Alisa said. “I am in remission and currently have minimal symptoms but want to help other people suffering with more severe cases of MS. I really want people to know that although MS is a serious condition, there are different types of MS and not everyone will end up in a wheelchair. “To look at me you would not know that I have Multiple Sclerosis. Some days are worse than others but I live

You’re invited: Alisa Jack endures Multiple Sclerosis and is holding a fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Australia at Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club on Saturday, May 26. with hope for a cure.” Alisa praised the “wonderful people at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club” who have donated the Kirrak Room for the fundraiser. “I hope to raise more than $5000 and would encourage people to come along and have a few laughs,” she said. If you can’t attend the Yobbo Lotto evening but would like to donate, search for ‘MS Walk and Fun Run’ online and search for Alisa’s team name, ‘MS BE GONE’.

Refugees’ plight on show at Inverloch WRITER, musician and photographer Ali MC’s photography exhibition Rohingya: Refugee Crisis in Colour is on display at the Inverloch Community Hub during May.

“We are excited to host Ali MC’s artist presentation at the library. It will be a great opportunity to learn about his arts practice, which is informed by his passion for human rights,” she said. Bookings for Ali MC’s artist presentation are free, but essential and can be made by contacting In 2016, Ali MC visited Rohingya refugee and the Inverloch Library or online at wgrlc.eventbrite. internally displaced peoples’ camps in both Myan- com.au. mar and Bangladesh. His aim was to photograph Rohingya people, document their living conditions and better understand the events that forced them into this situation. Since August 2017, the Rohingya have also been subject to a brutal genocide, with over half a million people being forced to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh. Unlike the photojournalism of poverty and angst, Ali MC also wanted to portray Rohingya as a people with pride and determination. Rohingya: Refugee Crisis in Colour features Ali MC’s stunning medium format colour photography that captures both the adversity and the resilience of the Rohingya people. Ali MC will also share his journey behind the exhibition on Thursday, May 31 at the Inverloch Library from 6.30pm. Inverloch Library branch manager Anna Geb- On show: writer, musician and photographer hardt encouraged the community to take the time to Ali MC is now presenting a photography exview the exhibition and come along to the talk. hibition at Inverloch Community Hub.

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OPINIONS Back Salvos

FOR more than 50 years, The Salvation Army and the Australian community have united to bring hope where it’s needed most through the annual Red Shield Appeal. The Red Shield Appeal is the lifeblood of The Salvation Army. It ensures we can continue to support the women and children who are fleeing domestic violence, the people trapped in drug and alcohol addiction, the youth who are sleeping on our streets, and so much more. It is the Salvos’ main fundraiser, helping keep the doors open to our

many support services. But with more and more people from all walks of life turning to us for assistance, this year we will need as much help as we can get. So we are calling on community groups, sporting clubs, workplaces, families and individuals to get on board and volunteer for the Red Shield Appeal during May. And we are asking people across the country to please donate to this year’s appeal. Even just a small contribution can make an immeasurable difference in someone’s life. Every day, the Salvos live, love and fight for the needs of our

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community. We can only do this because, year after year, Australians come together to give hope where it’s needed most. So please, get involved in this year’s Red Shield Appeal by calling 13 SALVOS (13 72 58) or by visiting salvos.org.au, because no one should have to go it alone.

Lieut- Colonel Neil Venables, The Salvation Army’s national secretary for communications.

Thanks Inverloch ON behalf of the Inverloch RSL Sub-Branch I would like to express my gratitude to the wider Inverloch community for their support of the 2018 Anzac Day services. The support from local businesses and support clubs in the planning and lead-up to the event was outstanding. Donations of product and services from all contributed to a great day, which we in the RSL appreciate so much.

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The attendance at both the dawn and commemorative services was beyond expectations. The Dawn Service was very well attended as was the gunfire breakfast for which I thank the Lions club for their outstanding support again. The Commemorative Service at The Hub was again a ‘standing room only’ event which is great to see. The performance of the various speakers from the schools and scouts and cubs is always

so encouraging. It is only with this engagement of our youth will these Anzac traditions continue for the benefit of our recent and current serving defence personnel. It is extremely heart-warming to see the fantastic community engagement from the people of Inverloch and across the region. Lest we forget. Bob Sutton, president, Inverloch RSL Sub-Branch.

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The Star asked Wonthaggi North Primary School students “Who is your favourite AFL footballer?” when two Essendon Football Club players visited the school last Tuesday, May 8.

Neighbourhood houses deserve all the funding they can get NEWS that neighbourhood houses in South Gippsland will share in $21.8 million from the State Government is welcome news, but still more funding would be appreciated.

The recent allocation announced in the State Budget will fund houses to provide 25 hours a week of services to the community. Only those not already providing so many hours will benefit, although other houses will share in extra funding provided to the regional neighbourhood houses network. Our houses are already providing far in excess of the contact hours they are funded for, adding to the workload of staff and the many volunteers who help keep neighbourhood houses open for the benefit of the community. These are people who are not only passionate about their work, but also passionate about their communities, which in turn makes them ideal for the roles they hold. On the other hand, they also do not like to see the community missing out on vital services and beneficial courses, and are only too willing to contribute more than they should. The government’s funding is welcome, especially on the back of a statewide campaign for more funding that was supported by South Gippsland Shire Council. It’s unfortunate it takes such campaigns to bring the need for additional funding to the fore, but let’s hope more funding is forthcoming in the future.

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Share your views on road safety SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is working on a new Road Safety Strategy and is seeking feedback from regular road users via an online survey.

The survey aims to identify problem areas, troublesome issues and to get a better appreciation of the conditions and circumstances encountered by road users locally. The survey will be the first stage in the development of the new strategy. Consultation with key user groups and community committees is planned for May and June. John Ernst, council’s road safety awareness officer, is keen to get as much feedback as possible from local road users to help identify, and address, road safety issues in South Gippsland. “In the last five years there have been 473 casualty crashes in the South Gippsland Shire, resulting in 154 serious injuries and 19 fatalities. It is important to bring those numbers down,” he said. “We can analyse crash data and tap the knowledge of our engineers and the police. However, to get a better understanding of why crashes occur, where the main problems are, and the opportunities to make improvements, we need feedback from the local community. We encourage everyone to have their say.” The survey can be completed on Council’s website via: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/roadsafetysurvey The survey only takes a few minutes to complete and will be used to write a strategy that works for the community. No personal information will be recorded or retained. The survey closes May 31.

“Probably Richmond player Dusty Martin because I really like him and he played in the last grand final. My dad also likes him.” Eliza Wintle, Wonthaggi.

“Essendon player David Zaharakis because I have liked him since I was little.” Vinnie Williamson, Wonthaggi.

“My favourite player is Dusty Martin because I barrack for Richmond.” Tayas Henderson, Wonthaggi.

“Jason Johannisen who plays for the Western Bulldogs probably because I have met him.” Sophie Carter, Wonthaggi.

Permit conditions watered down By Sarah Vella DEVELOPMENT at the Crystalbrook Estate in Kilcunda is being slammed as inappropriate by adjoining landowners, due to flooding concerns. Kilcunda Residents Against Inappropriate Development member Bruce Fergie told the Bass Coast Shire Council last Wednesday planning permit conditions put in place for the estate were not always being met. He said houses built as part of the subdivision were required to install watertanks, to help mitigate flash flooding in the area, which was prone to inundation. “Watertanks are not being installed so we suggest planning permit conditions are not being met,” he said. “Either the houses are being occupied without a Certificate of Occupancy, which I doubt very much, so therefore the conditions of the permits

aren’t being met. “There are about eight houses on the development at the moment and I would suggest three may have tanks.” KRAID member Sarah Myhill said since the development was initially approved, stormwater requirements have been “basically reversed”. “The result is there is now environmental damage at the bottom of the site and flash flooding across the Ridgeway Road to an extent that there never was before,” she said. Ms Myhill said before development, the site had two dams at the top, which regulated the flow of water down the hill into Bourne Creek. “That is now gone, there are not two dams. The water goes from the top to the bottom directly and it is altering how the flow works with Bourne Creek,” she said. “All the water off the development site is reaching Bourne Creek at the bottom before Bourne Creek itself is activated.” Cr Les Larke asked what the practical impli-

cations were if the planning conditions were not being met. “The practical aspect of having the water tank set up it was designed originally, with a 10,000 litre tank with 5000 litres released slowly, was it helped to mitigate a flash flood,” Mr Fergie said. “If the systems aren’t there, you increase the potential for flash flooding and that site is a classic for flash flooding.” Mr Fergie and Ms Myhill are adjoining residents to the estate. “In our 30 odd years of being there, we have seen two thirds of that land under water at various stages. The main reason we started our group was we were concerned with flooding and inundation into proposed residences,” Mr Fergie said. Mr Fergie said this was a long running issue. “We have gone through three councils since this took off. As a ratepaying group, when you ask questions you think you might get answers, but we aren’t getting answers,” he said.

Bear hugs at Mossvale LEONGATHA Primary School Prep children travelled to Mossvale Park for their annual teddy bear’s picnic on Monday, May 7. Children have been learning about autumn and different types of leaves. Mossvale provided them with the perfect location for exploring deciduous and evergreen leaves, hunting for teddy bears and enjoying a picnic Big cuddles: from left, Leongatha Primary School Prep students Callum, Eva and Oliver brought their lunch with their families. huge teddies to the teddy bears’ picnic held at Mossvale Park, Berrys Creek on Monday, May 7.

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Teddies galore: from left, Leongatha Primary School prep students Hamish, Arky, Lakyn and Nyah had a great time together during the teddy bears’ picnic at Mossvale Park recently. Education Week 2018 Celebrating the Arts takes place next week, May 20-26; turn over for the Star’s 10-page feature.

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Engaging Curious Minds Across South Gippsland

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Tarwin Valley leads the way TARWIN Valley Primary School is one of the top performing primary schools in South Gippsland. And with $500,000 worth of new buildings promised by the State Government recently, the school at Meeniyan will only get better. Acting principal Gene VanderZalm was thrilled Tarwin Valley was one of just 16 schools around Victoria to receive the state funding. He will meet with education department officials on May 17 to discuss how the money will be spent. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for our school. Our buildings are pretty good but this just takes us to another level and supports that higher performance we have been achieving so far,” Mr VanderZalm said. He expects the new buildings will add to the positive morale among students and bring the school into the twenty-first century. The school’s superb performance is based on NAPLAN results, sound financial management and the leadership qualities displayed by former students at secondary school. “Most of our students go to Leongatha Secondary College and this year a significant portion of the students in leadership positions at the college are from here, so we are really proud of how our students go on to succeed,” Mr VanderZalm said. “We partially attribute that to our size. We are not too small but we are not too big and every child has a place.” Small classes cater for all learners, with some classes having just 15 students and the biggest class comprising 22 students. The school has 110 students across six classes and integration aides working with teachers to bring out the best in children. Students’ welfare is well catered for, with a chaplain working two days per week and a primary welfare office working one a day week. The school’s Side By Side program sees parents work alongside children to further nurture their growth by building relationships with adults other than their own parents and teachers. “It’s that old saying that it takes a village to raise a child,” Mr VanderZalm said. Children volunteer at Meeniyan Area Community Shop to develop a sense of service and belonging within the community, which is enhanced by the school having access to the town stadium and recreation reserve. The school’s vegetable garden and chickens are popular, and extend learning beyond subjects typically taught

in class. Specialist classes are offered in library, physical education, art, French and science; an extensive variety for a school the size of Meeniyan, and expose children to different teachers and teaching styles. “We provide a well rounded education to students and see the benefits of that when they go off to high school. Our students are great all rounders,” Mr VanderZalm said. Children take part in the Junior Action Team to run extra events such as fundraising days and the school’s chook shed, to further increase their satisfaction with school life and self-confidence. “When the children are happy and feel safe, it is the first step in learning and with our size, we are really fortunate that we can keep tabs on that sort of thing, as well as give them strategies to be resilient,” Mr VanderZalm said. Tarwin Valley Primary School offers a settled and mature staff, with business manager Allison Opray being the longest serving staff member, having been with the school for 32 years since joining at the former Dumbalk Primary School, which merged with Meeniyan Primary School to become Tarwin Valley. Most other staff have been at the school for 10 to 20 years. “That consistency allows teachers to set goals each year and achieve them, rather than people having to learn the ropes,” Mr VanderZalm said.

Leading by example: Tarwin Valley Primary School captains Burke and Sophie with the school’s popular chickens that extend students’ education.

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Fundamental focus: Korumburra Primary School literacy specialist teacher Brenda Jones with students during reading club.

Non-stop learning at Korumburra KORUMBURRA Primary School will be alive with activity for Education Week from Monday, May 21. Across the week, students will be celebrating family history, participating in lunchtime clubs, running cross country, getting together with their families for reading club and walking to school. Prep students have invited their grandparents to attend Monday’s assembly, followed by time in the classroom and morning tea. On Tuesday, students and their families are invited to join in on the lunchtime club program. Clubs include gardening, Lego, puzzle, KPS Singers and human powered vehicle. On Wednesday, the school will be running its cross country in the morning. It is also National Simultaneous Story Telling Day. This year, the book is Hickory Dickory Dash written by Tony Wilson and illustrated by Laura Wood. Children from Karmai Community Children’s Centre will be invited to the school to participate in a retelling of the story in the afternoon.

“This supports our ongoing involvement with Karmai where we often host reciprocal visits between our sites,” Korumburra primary acting principal Sharon Mitchell said. On Thursday, the school invites families and the community to join in with reading club, action stations and the perceptual motor skills program. “Action stations are led by grades 5 and 6 students and involve our whole school in physical activity for 15 minutes at the beginning of each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,” Ms Mitchell said. “This promotes interaction between all our students as the groups are multi age.” Reading club is open to all students before school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On Friday morning, teachers will be running walking school buses, which students and families are encouraged to join, with breakfast provided at school. Classes will open to families and the community until 10am to see students’ learning.

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Work placement empowers students “It is about building relationships with commuSOUTH Gippsland Specialist School stunity organisations and finding tasks the students are dents are getting a taste of working life capable of. It may not be the standard workload to through the school’s expanding work ex- begin with,” she said. perience program. Students are placed with Browns Stockfeed, the Senior students aged 15 onwards are taking on work experience in organisations. Work experience coordinator Nicole Glenn said the work placement is important for the students, because it gives them the opportunity to gain the skills needed to enter the workforce once they leave school. “It gives them an insight into the workforce and it helps them to see if they want to do further study in a particular field as well,” she said. Ms Glenn said the work placement involves support from the school and allows students to become independent.

St Vincent de Paul and Salvos opportunity shops, Michael’s IGA in Leongatha and My Leongatha Beauty Care. Ms Glenn welcomed the involvement of more businesses. “The businesses receive support from the school and it provides a really great opportunity for them to give back to the community,” she said. “It is about recognising people for their ability, not their disabilities. We want them to have the same opportunities as students in mainstream schools. The program just needs to be tailored to the students’ needs.”

Wonthaggi Primary School

Life skills: South Gippsland Specialist School student Maddison, left with supervisor Geoff Hoghton at Leongatha’s St Vincent De Paul opportunity shop, as part of her work placement.

We offer a comprehensive, engaging curriculum meeting individual student needs.

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WONTHAGGI North Primary School this space.” Students’ opinions are a priority at Wonthaggi strives to provide a safe and secure learnNorth Primary School, not just via formal leadering environment for all students. ship roles but also across the school with the ju“Our staff work collaboratively to ensure the individual learning needs of all our students are addressed,” principal Andrew Strickland said. “We’ve recently refurbished our junior learning area with interactive TVs being installed in

nior school council and the sustainability group. To find out more about the school, contact the school at any time or come to the pre-Prep information evening at the school on Wednesday, May 23 at 6.30pm.

Phone: 5672 1600 Email: wonthaggi.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.wonthaggips.vic.edu.au

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Contact Wendy Bradley (Principal) or Vin Hally (Assistant Principal) for a school tour.

Good job: from left, Wonthaggi North Primary School Prep students Angel, Lincoln and Tyler have advanced their reading.

South Gippsland Specialist School foster the involvement of the wider school community in its programs and activities so students become empowered members of their communities

WONTHAGGI NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL We value l Positive relationships l High expectations l Excellent behaviour

Purpose built with fantastic resources for teaching and learning Hydrotherapy pool | Multi purpose hall Extensive fruit & vegetable gardens Chicken coop | Multimedia room | Café style kitchen

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Curriculum: Core teaching and learning including specialists in Science, Music and Physical Education Student Welfare: Providing a safe and happy school environment Student Participation & Leadership: Allowing children to develop a sense of community responsibility and take on leadership roles Co Curricula Programs: These are the activities that are fun, making memories and make school special School visits welcome. Please contact Principal Andrew Strickland or arrange an appointment on 5672 4697 wonthaggi.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Educating the whole child STUDENTS at Tarwin Lower Primary School have been busy in the garden.

The junior classes got their hands dirty as they learnt about worms – what their features are and why they are important in gardens. Other students have been honing their skills with the wheelbarrow by pushing and pulling it through an obstacle course. The chickens always need extra care and the students love finding the eggs. Through participating in weekly lessons in the garden, students learn skills and building a sense of respect and appreciation for their local environment. They learn valuable life skills about healthy eating, as well as cooperation, teamwork and problem solving. By delivering a balanced approach to education, Tarwin Lower primary is better preparing its students Natural experience: Georgie makes a new friend at Tarwin Lower Primary School. for their future.

Promising a quality education AT St Joseph’s Primary School in Wonthaggi, the team provides great learning opportunities within a supportive and caring environment that values the involvement of parents.

“St Joseph’s is not only a school of learning committed to providing a quality education; it is also a community of faith that shares with parents the challenging responsibility of nurturing a child in the context of a complex and fast changing world,” principal Ronan O’Mahony said. He believes the Catholic ethos taught in the school assists in fostering a sense of unity among students. “It gives students a basic knowledge and understanding of Catholic education as well as teaching core values and adopting Christian values into everyday life,” he said, noting these values help students grow as responsible and effective citizens. With the finalisation of the school’s new master plan, St Joseph’s has commenced construction of new classroom interiors to compliment the multipurpose sports field. Newly refurbished and extended classrooms in the

Improving work: Leongatha Primary School learning specialist Jenni Turner and teacher Marie Gestrin assist students Thomas and Gracie with literacy skills last week.

Leongatha PS focuses on literacy LEONGATHA Primary School introduced learning specialists three years ago and the current team includes Szilvia Smith, Janelle Rathjen and Jenni Turner. They improve students’ outcomes throughout the

Smart thinkers: St Joseph’s Primary School school by focusing on literacy. Wonthaggi students Dylan and Jarrah have “We have undergone lots of professional develbeen learning about recycling and waste. opment and our goal is to improve reading and writing across the school,” Ms Smith said. “Our focus this year is on coaching individual teachers and focusing on areas they wish to develop relating to literacy. “We are here to support them on moving forward

senior area will provide students with stimulating learning environments that reflect the school’s contemporary and vibrant approaches to teaching. Classrooms will be equipped with the latest technology to provide new ways for students to learn.

in their teaching of literacy and to improve their skills in teaching practice.” The three learning specialists have been modelling lessons in reading and writing, and observing lessons before giving teachers feedback. Each teacher undergoes a coaching cycle. “We’re also further developing our own skills,” Ms Turner said. As for performing arts at the school, all lead roles have been cast and rehearsals are well underway for the school production Seussical Junior, to be performed on August 20 to 24. Tickets will be on sale through trybooking.com in July.

Learning for life.

Leongatha Primary School proudly offers the Leongatha and district community a quality, comprehensive program featuring a strong core of literacy and numeracy. Our inquiry-based developmental curriculum fully engages students and allows them to achieve their full potential.

A globally recognized school through relationships and programs with China

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Exciting times at Chairo Autumn fascinates children LEONGATHA Hassett Street Community Preschool Centre children were busy last week Principal Anthony Collier said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been are currently being accepted and conversion of preparing and planning experiencing steady growth and this year we have existing classrooms into purpose built kindergar- for Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, on our highest student numbers since 2013. Sunday. ten spaces has begun.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a real sense of optimism and exCHAIRO Christian Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus on pectation within the school community and a lot Horn Street in Leongatha is growing: of excitement about starting a kindergarten next in enrolments, facilities, programs and year.â&#x20AC;? more. Kindergarten enrolment applications for 2019

ing numeracy while figuring This week, the kindergarten out how many things they can will be visiting Mossvale Park purchase with the money they to learn about the trees and how have.â&#x20AC;? they change with the seasons.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chairo Kinder will provide a fantastic pathway into schooling for young children, with access to our other facilities such as the library, music room and gymnasium,â&#x20AC;? Mr Collier said. This year, the campus is also celebrating 40 years of Christian education in the area, having started as Leongatha Christian School in 1978. A special event with historical displays is planned to coincide with an information expo on Saturday, August 4. Mr Collier said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important that we appreciate our history, understand our heritage, honour those who have gone before and thank God for his many blessings to us over the years.â&#x20AC;? Families interested in finding out more about Chairo Leongatha are invited to visit during open week, which commences on Monday, May 21, or to book a campus tour at another time.

The children made their mothers a special afternoon tea on Thursday and Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They planned the menu all by themselves which is gorgeous,â&#x20AC;? teacher Jodie McGannon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They decided to bake slices and biscuits and put together fruit platters.â&#x20AC;? The children provided entertainment for their mothers by singing songs of their choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day gift stall to allow the children to experience buying something with Ready to play: from left, Leongatha Hassett Street Community Preschool Centre children Beau, Ada and Rhys enjoy actual money,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will also be learn- spending time outdoors on the play equipment at kinder.

St Laurenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prepares for NAPLAN

Good growth: Chairo Christian School Grade 3 student Izabella and Year 9 student Hannah enjoy being able to interact at the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leongatha campus, which will cater for students from kindergarten to Year 12, from 2019.

ST LAURENCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Primary School in Leongatha is dedicated to providing quality teaching of important foundational skills in a caring environment that educates not only the intellect of children, but also their emotional and social selves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do this through a rigorous learning progression for teaching English and mathematics, using the Catholic worldview as a lens through which to view history, current events and citizenship,â&#x20AC;? principal Kate Dourley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Underpinning all of this is our belief in the

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message of Jesus asking us to love one another and live in ways that support and promote the other.â&#x20AC;? The NAPLAN testing this week for grades 3 and 5 students is a test to see how the school is performing in educating students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The work we have done on improving student outcomes will hopefully be reflected in the NAPLAN,â&#x20AC;? Ms Dourley said. She said the school staff would look at the data they collect from Fountas and Pinnell reading levels and the Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT) reading and mathematics, and assess how children are progressing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This data will inform our teachers, will let us reflect and review about the coverage of teaching to this point in time and assist in planning,â&#x20AC;? she said. If you would like information about the educational plans, contact Ms Dourley anytime at kdourley@ Productive week: from left, St Laurenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Primary stlleongatha.catholic.edu.au or come School Grade 3 and 4 students Eamon, Clara and Lotte have been preparing for NAPLAN. and chat.

Open Day Wednesday May 30 Allora 1.30pm-2:30pm (3 & 4 years old) & Hassett St 1.30pm-2:30pm (4 years old) You are invited to visit our services to see our excellent facilities and meet our dedicated and experienced educators.

Kinder Readiness & Information Night Wednesday June 6 at 7.30pm

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Working hard: Mary MacKillop College students Renee Hardacre and Cooper Simcock have been working hard in design technology class.

Creative learning: St Joseph’s Primary School Korumburra Grade 5 and 6 students Taylen, Cecily, Jake and Lily have been working on projects using their laptops in class.

St Joseph’s covers STEM fields STUDENTS at St Joseph’s Primary School Korumburra are enjoying their weekly STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) classes.

This is a new specialist subject the school has introduced this year and is led by Mrs Julia Strentz. To date this year the students have explored inventions, digital technology, how computers work, data systems, beginner coding and cyber safety. Each session gives the students time to play, think, explore and create, and they are looking forward to the introduction of robots to the classroom in the coming weeks this term and learning how to

program them to perform tasks. “We are very excited to see how well our children have engaged with this important area of the Victorian curriculum,” principal Michelle Charlton said. “Not only are the students learning a lot in this area, but they are also teaching many of the adults in their world new skills as well. “Recently our Grades 5 and 6 students showed their grandparent, parent or special family member who visited the school how to create an animated object and then how to program this object to make it move.” The school is looking forward to holding a special day during science week in August which will showcase the students learning in this area.

Enrol now at Mary MacKillop APPLICATIONS for enrolment for Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College in Leongatha Year 7 2019 are still open. Please have your enrolment form submitted by May 31.

If you would like a tour of the college or an information pack, please contact the college office. The college’s 2018 school production is happening in July and rehearsals are in full swing for High School Musical. Performances will be held at the Wonthaggi Arts Centre, with tickets on sale soon.

Creative students: Mary MacKillop College Year 11 students Jessica Clarke and Chelsea Funnell are finishing off their unit one art portfolios.

Celebrating Catholic Education Faith in Their Future

Mary MacKillop College South Gippsland 115 Horn St, Leongatha Ph: 5662 4255

St Laurence O’Toole Primary School Leongatha 33-35 Ogilvy St Leongatha Ph: 5662 2192

St. Joseph's School Wonthaggi 92/110 Korumburra Rd, Wonthaggi Ph: 5672 1052

St Joseph's School Korumburra 1-3 Bridge St Korumburra Ph: 5655 2040

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Success starts early so why wait? among students and places great importance on each student being known. Strengthening each student’s self-esteem and sense of community equips each individual with the qualities required for good citizenship and the confidence to contribute. Newhaven College students build self-confidence Explore your child’s path to success at the college and team spirit through an extensive range of co-curopen day on Saturday, May 19 from 10am to 2pm. Newhaven College is a small school with a big ricular opportunities that complement the academic program. heart. Discover your child’s passion at the open day: Junior School takes pride in nurturing Prep to Year 4 children in their early years of learning, with music, dance, drama, Surfing Academy, Equestrian the aim of producing happy, considerate, empathetic Team, house competitions, interschool sport, cultural events, Duke of Edinburgh and Compass Awards, and well-rounded young people. Small class sizes and a strong academic focus in public speaking and debating, language studies and a caring and values-based environment allow young international tours. Newhaven College is located at 1770 Phillip Islearners to develop confidence, resilience and a ‘have land Road and your family is invited to visit on Sata go’ attitude. The college offers quality education from Prep to urday, May 19 between 10am and 2pm. For enrolment enquiries please contact Belinda Year 12. Its ethos is based upon mutual respect between teacher and students, in which high standards Manning on 5956 7505. Visit www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au/events or folof social and academic expectations are encouraged. The college caters for individual differences low us on Facebook.

CHILDREN deserve a happy, nurturing environment right from their first day at school. Newhaven College takes into account the needs of every child as they make their ‘new start’ at any year level.

Sounding superb: an extensive instrumental lesson program and many ensemble and bands are popular at Newhaven College. The Year 7 Contemporary Band members are, back, from left, Lucien Savage and Will Murphy and, front, from left, Dylan Shone, Esta Christensen, Lucas White and Saffi Campbell Walker with teacher David Dower.

Children help children STARTING school can be a daunting time in a child’s life. The staff at Inverloch-Kongwak Primary School recognise this

and have implemented an innovative program to help Preps gain the most from their schooling. The Better Buddies Program sees Grade 5 students matched with a Prep child to act as their

Supportive roles: back, from left, Inverloch Primary School Preps Skylar, Zoe, Orli and Starla have a ball on the Prep playground with Grade 5 students Nicole (front, left) and Jasmine as part of the Better Buddies Program.

Open Day Saturday 19 May, 10am - 2pm

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buddy. They spend time together in the yard, share an excursion to Coal Creek Community Park and Museum at Korumburra, and take part in an end of year gathering. Grade 5 students receive training at the start of the year to ensure they are ready for their roles. The program gives Prep students at least one familiar face among the older children at school. Grade 5 buddy Jasmine said, “We hang out on the Prep playground and help the Preps get to know the school and show them around.” Another Grade 5 buddy, Nicole, said, “Every Wednesday, Grade 5s meet their buddies and help them feel welcome.” Acting principal Brett Smith said senior students continue to support their Prep buddies when they enter Grade One to extend the benefits of the program for another year.

Schools grows in many ways UNDER the leadership of new school principal Wendy Bradley, Wonthaggi Primary School is going from strength to strength.

The school is approaching its 108th year and recently received State Building Authority funding of $110,000 to refurbish the administration block. The school pool, built by coalminers in the 1930s, will get a new facelift during the year. It has been an extremely fruitful year so far and assistant principal Vin Hally expects that to continue this year. Megan Leversha and Karyn Thomas, literacy and numeracy coaches, will develop literacy and numeracy skills for classroom teachers and students. Students also participate in the VCOP (Vocabulary, Comprehension, Openers, Punctuation, Spelling) Program and the popular Big Write. The school creates a challenging learning environment. Staff

are working with George Telford from Challenging Learning over the next two years to develop a growth mindset and a ‘what next’ approach to learning. Students participate in an extensive sports program, a free weekly breakfast program, lunchtime clubs and Respectful Relationships, in a safe and secure learning environment, where positive values are highly valued. With an engaging and comprehensive curriculum across 16 classrooms, including art, music and physical education specialists, the school’s 340 students are highly engaged and enrolments are steadily increasing. “If parents are thinking of sending their children here in 2019, the school is taking enrolments already and it is wise to get in early,” Mr Hally said. The school has two open days as part of Education Week, where families can attend an informal group school tours lead by Ms Bradley and Mr Hally,

Hitting the books: Prep student Kate takes part in a reading activity at Wonthaggi Primary School. on Tuesday, May 22 or Tuesday, June 19, 9.30am to 10.30am. There is no need to book; just come along! As part of the Early Years Transition coming into Prep, the school has a Leap Into Learning program later in the year.

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Everyone’s needs covered at Korumburra IN 2018, 2018 Korumburra K b Secondary S d College introduced its first Like Minds class, as an opportunity to better cater for some of the school’s more effective learners. A cross year level class, students from years 7 to 9 who had previously demonstrated outstanding effective learner behaviours had the opportunity to apply for this select entry form group in late 2017. This year this group has come together as a form group to study English, maths, science, health/PE and art while returning to form groups within their year levels to study humanities, languages and technology. For just over a term now this group has been working together and there has already been strong interest in places for 2019. Students have responded positively to the opportunity for their teachers to trial creative and innovative teaching ap-

h with ith thi proaches this group. As part of its commitment to catering for the individual educational needs of all students, KSC also acknowledges there are a number of students who prefer to learn with a more functional and applied learning style. A sequential curriculum and cohesive stream of subjects from years 8 to 12 also provides students with the opportunity to learn in a hands on manner and focus on preparing them for a vocational pathway. The years 8 and 9 sequence of learning for this is designed to run smoothly in to the school’s VCAL program.

Great minds: from left, Korumburra Secondary College students Riley Olden, Avalon Bass, Maddi Wilcox, Pat Boys and Jorja Whyte participate in the college’s like minds program and were collaborating on their independent projects last Friday.

Learning beyond the classroom TEACHING and learning can become intrinsically spontaneous and student centred when moved from the confines of the classroom into the world at large.

Innovative teaching that makes use of community connections and experts can inspire students and result in greater success. Leongatha Secondary College recognises the importance of strong community connections and providing learning experiences within the community. The school extends learning beyond the classroom at each year level. One of the school’s most popular programs is outdoor education, which introduces students to challenging outdoor and leisure activities. Students take part in a variety of excursions including bushwalking, tree planting, Young leaders: Foster Secondary College Year 11 and 12 student leaders, from left, Josh Stanfield, Xavier orienteering, canoeing, geocaching, stand Duursma, Lauren Gale, Nathan Van Dyke, Tamara Lavarda, Brock Cripps, Brooke Zuidema, Liam Lidstone up paddleboarding and snowshoeing.

and Ruby Mattingley were invited to the Victorian. Proud of it. luncheon held at the Premier’s office.

A similar extensive outdoor program is the SES and advance classes. Students deepen their valuable leadership skills and character strengths while participating in sea kayaking, white water rafting and community projects. Connections with local businesses and community programs are valued at the college to enhance students’ community understanding, empathy and connections to community groups. The music and arts program at LSC allows students to be involved in an array of experiences beyond the classroom and to grow. Collaborating with Leongatha Primary School, students lead art projects, music performances and also tours linked with the South Gippsland Schools Music Program. Leongatha Secondary College aims to foster a deeper understanding of the connections between what students learn and how they will apply this once they move out into the ‘real world’.

Fostering high quality learning FOSTER Secondary College has been working hard to further strengthen the development and improvement success outlined in its 2017 external school review.

After being named as a school of influence last year, the college is determined to continue making the learning environment as good as it can be. Foster encourages all students to be the best learners they can be by offering South Gippsland Trade Training Centre affiliation and the ongoing availability of VET courses and VCAL, on or off site. Recently a group of Year 11 and

12 school leaders were invited to the Victorian. Proud of it. Luncheon held by the office of the Premier of Victoria. This opportunity afforded the leaders a chance to interact with other schools and with parliamentary officials in an informal atmosphere. Foster’s VCE data is continually improving and thoroughly rewards the effort and application shown by students. The school runs weekly homework club sessions at school and encourages students and staff from all subject areas and year levels to attend. Foster’s Year 9 community program success is being further felt by

the local community with the implementation of Boomerang Bags into both local supermarkets by community subject leader Trudy Haines. Recently, the school provided hundreds of plants grown in house to local business and community members, thanks to the work of groundskeeper Doug Suttie and the science department. This project made great use of the school’s hydroponic greenhouse now up and running daily to produce seedlings and various plant species for the school and for sale locally. This year is shaping up to be an excellent year for Foster Secondary Outdoor fun: students at Leongatha Secondary College have opportunities College, thanks to the hard work of to extend their learning outside the classroom, including through the popular all staff, students and management. outdoor education program.

Wonthaggi’s exciting future WONTHAGGI Secondary College is preparing for the construction of its new senior school, which began as an idea back in 2007.

Hard workers: catching up on work in the Wonthaggi Secondary College library during lunchtime last week were students from left, Rylee Pratten, Connor Parker, Trent Wilson, Riley McKie and Cameron Scales.

The first sod was turned at the site earlier in the month by Deputy Premier and Minister for Education James Merlino, marking a very exciting time for the college. “Construction is now underway and we look forward to working with the appointed builder SJ Higgins,” acting school principal Darren Parker said. “It is truly a historic time for WSC and we can’t wait to share this amazing modern facility with our school community. High quality educa-

tion in a high quality setting. We are thrilled.” At Wonthaggi Secondary College, they believe students learn best in an environment where learning is personalised, precise and provides opportunities for collaborative enquiry. Such a learning environment requires flexible spaces for students and staff, an information and communications technology rich environment and the opportunity for partnerships with other educational providers, industry and community. “As a school we believe in the importance of having happy students who feel safe, secure and connected to the school,” Mr Parker said. “To improve student engage-

ment at school we provide as wide a range of extra-curricular programs as possible. “Many students currently engage in multiple programs and it is our aim all students will successfully connect to at least one. We will continue to provide experiences to improve student connectedness to school.” Mr Parker said in order to support students, the school has established coherent and purposeful team structures for leadership, and for curriculum development and delivery. “Our goal is for students in the Bass Coast Shire to enjoy the same access to post compulsory and tertiary options as students who live in metropolitan areas,” he said.

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Right building contract saves time and money THE latest edition of Australian Building Industry Contracts was launched in April, representing the most contemporary version of the most widely used building contract in Australia.

The contracts, known as ABIC, provide the market with an up to the minute suite of standard form contracts for a variety of building works, from small extensions right through to large residential and commercial projects. “The best thing about ABIC is they are developed by builders and architects, designed to be simple and clear, and reduce the chances of dispute and confusion that is frequently the cause of costly delays,” CEO of Master Builders Australia (MBA), Denita Wawn, said. “The 2018 version of ABIC represents the most comprehensive update in several years, and recent improvements will provide owners, builders and architects with greater certainty when embarking on a building project.” Arising from a partnership between Master Builders Australia and the Australian Institute of Architects, ABIC contracts have a focus on avoiding disputes by ensuring the fine detail is clear and simple. “A strong and transparent relationship between arPlan ahead: the new Australian Building Industry Contracts help builders and clients work chitects, builders and their clients delivers the best outtogether to finalise building contracts. comes for all parties,” Australian Institute of Architects

chief executive Jennifer Cunich said. “The updated ABIC suite provides practitioners and consumers with comprehensive, accessible contracts to help ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget. “They are a very practical way of assisting the construction or renovation process to proceed smoothly and with a clear understanding of the rights and responsibilities of all involved.” The ABIC suite offers base and subcontracts for a variety of works including: • major works: medium to large commercial or residential projects involving work to be completed in stages; • simple works: smaller to medium sized residential and commercial projects; and • basic works: small projects or those involving a single trade. Ms Wawn said anyone embarking on a building project, large or small, should make sure that their architect and builder are using the latest version of ABIC. “Together with the optional plain English user guides and forms, the 2018 ABIC contracts offer an effective way to ensure everyone knows where they stand, reducing the chances of expensive delay and costly project blow-outs,” she said. The 2018 ABIC are now available for purchase from either the institute’s contract website or MBA’s website.

It’s time to detox your home DO you have chemicals around home that you need to dispose of?

You can take them to a permanent drop-off point at the Wonthaggi Transfer Station and Recycling Centre at 180 Cameron Street, Wonthaggi. Be sure to retain original labels on containers where possible. If there is no original label but you know the contents, write a label and attach it securely. If you are not sure of the contents, label the container ‘unknown chemical’. Although there is no restriction on the number or

volume of household items that you can bring, the maximum acceptable weight or size of any single container is 20 kilograms or 20 litres. Decanting isn’t permitted, so bring chemicals in disposal containers. Accepted items are: acids and alkalis, aerosol cans (empty cans can be placed in your household recycling bin), anti-freeze, brake fluid, car body filler, car wax, cleaners – ammonia based, cooking oil, not engine and motor oil, coolant, detergents, disinfectants and drain cleaners, fertiliser, fire extinguishers, floor care products and waxes, fuels – petrol, diesel, kerosene, other, glues – water-based and solvents,

herbicides and weed killers, insect spray/pesticides, nail polish and remover, oven cleaner, paint stripper, thinner and turps, pharmaceuticals, pool chemicals, rat poison, solvents, transmission fluid, wood preservatives and finishes (oils and varnishes). Information from Sustainability Victoria.

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Home builders take note: from left, administration coordinator Melissa McRae, business manager Tyrone Zukovski and construction manager Wade Kohlman are able to offer a great range of homes for every lifestyle and budget.

Many designs: South Gippsland Homes’ houses are tailored to suit customers’ budgets and requirements.

Builder continues to grow Current house and land packages on the marSOUTH Gippsland Homes is fast becoming one of the region’s leading builders. ket now start from a very affordable $330,000. Over the past two years, the business has grown and has has now delivered more than 20 homes in the last 12 months. South Gippsland Homes is currently offering house and land packages in Tilly Court Estate in Leongatha and also Parklands Estate in Foster. With a driven focus on providing local excellence and attention to detail in a friendly and relaxed setting, it is the team to speak to for your next build.

That includes a six-star energy rating and quality finishes including floor coverings and window furnishings, completed driveways, and additional luxury inclusions such as double glazing. South Gippsland Homes offers a wealth of building experience spanning more than 30 years within the industry, so talk to your experts today and discover the true builder’s touch. Contact Tyrone Zukovskis, business manager, by phoning 5662 4914 to find out more. Functional: beautifully finished kitchens are a hallmark of South Gippsland Homes.

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Be energy efficient this winter

WINTER is cold and usually means increased energy bills, but there are some ways to save money and improve the efficiency and sustainability of your home.

Pleasure to use: experience induction cooking on String + Salt’s fully operational Falcon Nexus 110 Induction cooker at their Leongatha showroom.

Discover the joys of induction cooking Because with induction cooking only the pan WHILST the sight of melted chocolate is is heated, not the hob surface. enough to make you drool, it is definitely A magnetic field is used to generate the heat something none of us want to witness on through the pan which is a more even heat when our cooktop. compared to ceramic or gas, which are often

The gooey, thick mess is a nightmare to clean, not to mention a waste of all the brown liquid goodness. But unlike with traditional electric cooktops where you would bear witness to such a crime, if you are cooking with induction technology you need not worry about wasted chocolate (or any other food type for that matter) if you accidentally drop it over the edge of the pan. Why?

associated with hot spots. Induction also uses precious little energy and heats up quicker than traditional ceramic zones, making them very efficient when it comes to both cooking and energy consumption. Like to learn more about induction cooking? Visit Australia’s leading Falcon retailer, String + Salt in the Leongatha showroom at 3 Lyon Street, for a demonstration on their fully Falcon Nexus 110 Induction cooker.

Wood heaters offer people an economical heating choice, with running costs far below any other energy source as well as low greenhouse emissions. Blogg Bros Plumbing sales manager George Lomagno said it is hard to beat the warmth of a wood heater. Wood fire heating can drastically reduce your energy bills, up to around 50 percent in some cases. “In comparison to gas and electric heating, the cost of running a wood heater is comparable or cheaper,” Mr Lomagno, of the Korumburra business, said. “Wood heaters are very efficient and are actual space heaters, they send heat through the whole house. “They are also environmentally friendly.” Burning wood is carbon neutral, particularly if the wood is obtained from sustainable suppliers. Solar hot water systems generally cost more to buy and install than other types of water heaters, but the extra upfront cost will be recovered over the life of the system through reduced energy bills. Mr Lomagno said installing a solar hot water system can reduce water heating bills by around 80 percent. “Installing a solar hot water system also attracts a government rebate to dispose of your old electric

hot water unit, which is all handled by us. The customer doesn’t have to do it themselves,” he said. “We supply and install evacuated tube solar hot water systems, which outperform the traditional flat panels.” Another major benefit of solar hot water systems is that they use a renewable energy resource. If you are building a new home and are concerned about energy efficiency and sustainability, consider using bricks. Ryan’s Bricks Leongatha business manager Melanie Ryan said bricks store and delay heat transfer, which helps to regulate internal temperature, providing comfort for all seasons.

She said bricks are extremely long lasting and stand the test of time in even the harshest conditions. “This can help to save you money on maintenance, compared to lighter weight building materials,” she said. “Bricks have excellent fire resistance compared to some highly flammable cladding products on the market and should provide comfort and security for your family. Bricks are also a highly sustainable and environmentally friendly choice to build with. “Bricks come from naturally abundant clay storages, and are being fired in newer, energy efficient and low emission kilns,” Ms Ryan said.

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Look after lawns during winter 3) Weeding. As lawns become more dormant WITH winter on the horizon, it is imporin the winter, unwelcome weeds are given the optant to adjust your lawn care regime to portunity to creep in. Importantly, mowing your suit the shorter and colder days. grass higher helps prevent them becoming promi-

Your lawn will slow its growth but regular lawn maintenance can ensure it doesn’t lose its vitality. The turf industry’s peak body, Turf Australia, offered these winter lawn care tips: 1) Aerate. With the lawn in less use during winter, you get a good chance to aerate, relieving it of any compacting that occurred over summer and autumn. Aerating the lawn allows oxygen to flow freely to the lawn roots and water to penetrate the soil. After you aerate, fill the holes with gypsum, which opens the soil to allow faster drainage. Unsure if you need to aerate? Try to push a screwdriver into the soil. If it doesn’t go in easily you need to aerate. Do this by pushing a garden fork into the soil about seven to 10 centimetres, rocking it back and forth and repeating at 20cm intervals. For larger lawns you may wish to hire an aerating machine. 2) Slow the mow. Remember to continue mowing your lawn throughout winter so the thatch layer doesn’t build up. However, as cool weather stunts grass growth, you can raise your cutting height to 2.5cm and reduce mowing frequency.

nent. If there are only a small number of weeds, dig them out by hand. There are many herbicides available to target the various weed species. Some turf varieties are sensitive to particular herbicides so it is important to buy one to suit your turf type and target the right type of weeds. All herbicides can be bought from any reputable nursery or home improvement store, and it is important to ensure you always follow the manufacturer’s label. 4) Fill in any patches. After ridding your garden of weeds at the end of the sleepy winter season, you may notice some bare patches. If so, visit your local turf supplier and pick up some turf rolls to fill in the gaps or alternatively top dressing with a nice clean sandy soil can do the job too. 5) Clear the leaves. Where possible it is advisable to try and minimise the leaf litter on your lawn throughout winter to ensure good light penetration to your grass. In the last week of winter, do a sweep of the garden and clear up the last Growing grass: aerating lawns over winter will relieve lawns of compaction that occurred of any leaves. This will give your lawn the oxygen and sunlight it needs to prepare for a spring over summer and autumn. revival.

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Plumbers, see McRae Engineering today

IF it needs building or fixing, chances are the team at McRae Engineering in Meeniyan can help you.

open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. The business has long been established in South Gippsland and for the past five years has operated from 134 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, opposite the hotel – centrally located in the heart of town to help South Gippslanders. To find out more, phone 5664 7408.

The engineers and steel merchants are available to help with an extensive variety of projects: shed and dairy installations and repairs; repairs to farm machinery, earthmoving equipment, trucks; structural steelwork for houses; building of tractor implements such as hay forks, and individual projects clients may request, such as ute trays. In addition, the business sells Stramit roofing and guttering materials to plumbers and the general public with an extensive range of Colorbond and zinc products available. “Not many plumbers would know we have all the material available to meet their roofing and guttering needs,” business owner Shaun McRae said. “Just come in and ask for a quote.” Steel is available and on hand for any customer, from pipes, angle, RHS, sheets, retaining wall posts and much more. McRae Engineering took on the business of Smiths Steel that once operated at Pound Creek and now continues to ensure the steel needs of South Gippslanders are satisfied. McRae Engineering expanded its yard adjoining its Meeniyan workshop to stock steel and accessories and offers steel deliveries every Thursday, from Yarram to Grantville. There’s also welding wire and gear, sliding door track and rollers, cutting and grinding discs, and other supplies in-store. Sheds and housing frames are built at the workshop and then erected onsite. On site repairs are also available. “Pretty much whatever customers want us to do, Talented man: Robert Bennell, the boilerwe will do it,” Mr McRae said. maker and leading hand at McRae EngineerMcRae Engineering employs seven staff and is ing, at work on a ute tray.

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Acoustic products taking off HAVE you ever bbeen iin a bbusy restaurant and cafe and can’t hear the words of your dining partner?

ceive i a recommendation d i on what h acoustics i are required. We did some work with the Wonthaggi Club for its last renovation and it improved the ambience significantly.” Wonthaggi Plaster has been in the area for more than 30 years and provides and delivers a big range of insulation from all major companies, working in with all the local builders. Wonthaggi Plaster and Construction Supplies is the first source of a vast range of materials for the construction industry, including plasterboard, bricks, pavers and masonry blocks, reinforced mesh, wall and ceiling systems, insulation products, specialist trades tools and more. Its team can promptly deliver anywhere in the Bass Coast and South Gippsland regions, including Inverloch, Cowes, The Gurdies, Korumburra, Leongatha and everywhere in between.

And the bottom line is, if the acoustics aren’t right, the noise can become downright annoying. Improving the ambience and experience of a venue is something cafes and restaurants are now paying more attention to. It can result in a better visit and return customers. Now these businesses and any other premises that suffer from sound reverberations can do something about it. Paul Brusamarello from Wonthaggi Plaster said he is getting a lot of enquiries about Autex products that can reduce noise significantly; including Autex Quietspace Acoustic Panels. “I usually attend on site, measure up, draw up a floor plan, note floor coverings, fixtures and fittings and we’ll get an acoustic evaluation done,” More demand: Wonthaggi Plaster has serPaul told The Star. “We send this off to the manufacturer and re- viced South Gippsland for more than 30 years.

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PET registrations for Bass Coast Shire are now overdue and recent Magistrate Court outcomes serve as a powerful reminder of why pet registrations are important.

secured at their properties with improved fencing, and fined $380 with costs of $81.10. The total fines by the court were $6351. Unregistered pets risk receiving a $317 fine. Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield said dogs and cats three months or older most be microchipped and registered with council. “Of course, pet registrations aren’t just about avoiding fines. Registering your pet means they can be identified and returned if they get lost,” she said. “Losing your beloved pet can be an upsetting and stressful situation for the whole family. If your pet is registered and microchipped, however, your dog or cat has a much higher chance of being returned to you if it ends up in n animal shelter or vet clinic.”

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Cool weather prompts chimney warning “Every household should consider their fire AS the cooler weather kicks in, CFA is safety practices and examine the potential risks urging residents to keep themselves safe around their home,” he said. by checking and maintaining their fire“Cooler weather conditions and the winter places, chimneys, fireboxes and flues. months are one of the riskiest times of the year

Each year CFA sees an increase in the number of chimney fires from both fireplaces and solid wood heaters. CFA manager community safety South East Region Jude Kennedy said over time there could be a build-up of creosote, a black tar-like residue, which was highly flammable and could clog up chimneys. “Creosote is not only caused by general use, but it can also build up quicker if you are using incorrect fuels, such as green wood or treated timbers,” he said. To reduce the risk of fire starting from your fireplace or solid wood heater you should: • use a torch to check for creosote build-up or obstructions; • have your chimney professionally cleaned annually; • only burn dry, clean wood; and • don’t leave your fire to burn after you have gone to bed or left the house. Take care: the CFA is reminding people with Mr Kennedy said residents should also have chimneys in their homes to ensure they have gas heaters inspected and serviced to ensure the been cleaned before being used this winter. safety of loved ones.

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Inspect homes before you buy INSPECTING a property will tell you about its features and condition and give you a sense of the local area, according to Consumer Affairs Victoria.

You should make several visits to a property before deciding to buy it. If you are inspecting a number of properties in one day, take a notebook and record any identifying features; make sure you ask the agent for permission before you take any photographs. The first visit will give you an initial impression and determine if the property meets your basic requirements, such as location, size, age, access to facilities and style. Further visits will give you an opportunity to check whether repairs are needed and for signs of any structural problems. For example: • sloping or bouncy floors may mean stumps need replacing; • damp brick walls can indicate rising damp or salt damp; • blisters or bubbles on paintwork can indicate termite activity; • cracked walls may indicate issues such as the house sinking, requiring the replacement of stumps. If there are large cracks, seek advice from a structural engineer; • mouldy walls, lifting tiles, peeling paint or pools of water in wet areas can indicate excessive moisture; • fretting - where the mortar between the brickwork falls out - can indicate major structural problems; and • a sagging roof, or cracked or broken roof tiles may involve costly roof repairs or replacement. If the property has been renovated or extended, check the Section 32 statement and contact the local council to find out whether relevant planning or building permits were obtained for the works. Any illegal alterations may become your responsibility once you sign the contract of sale. You should also check whether the property is in a bushfire-prone area. To find out, visit the Property and Land Titles website. If the property is in a bushfire-prone area, the seller must declare this in the Section 32 statement. All sellers, or estate agents acting on their behalf, must have our ‘due diligence checklist’ available to prospective buyers at open for inspections. The checklist helps buyers identify any issues

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that may affect their decision to buy the property, such as buying into an owners corporation, flood or fire risk, or whether there is insurance coverage for recent renovations. Open for inspection times are usually advertised in newspapers’ real estate sections, in property listings on online real estate advertising websites, on the estate agency’s website or in real estate apps. You may be able to arrange an alternative inspection time with the agent if the one advertised does not suit you. When you go to an open for inspection, the estate agent may ask you for proof of identity and a contact number. This is a security measure. It is not a legal requirement for you to leave your details with an agent at an open for inspection, but sellers can make this a condition of entry to their property. Before signing a contract of sale, consider engaging a qualified building inspector, surveyor or architect to provide a professional building inspection report. To find a registered building practitioner, visit the Victorian Building Authority website. The fee for a professional inspection service is small compared with the cost of buying a property that needs extensive unforeseen repairs. A qualified inspector will know what to look for and will see through any cosmetic improvements that cover up faults. The written building inspection report will list: • any faults in the property; • whether they can be repaired; and • how much these repairs are likely to cost. The report will also highlight any unsafe or unauthorised renovations and/or extensions. You may be able to use the report to: negotiate the price and conditions in the contract with the seller; and develop a maintenance program if you decide to buy the property. Use an inspection service with full professional indemnity insurance. This will protect you if the inspection misses a problem that must be fixed. Be wary of any property inspection report offered by the agent or the seller. Getting your own report is the only way to make sure it is independent and accurate. You should also consider getting a professional pest inspection to check for termites or other infestations. For more information, visit the Termites page on the Victorian Building Authority website.

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Kardella homestead, 22 acre gem

KARDELLA 355 One Chain Road

UPREMELY private, Kardella Homestead is situated in the beautiful rural district of Kardella on 22 undulating acres with views overlooking the local reservoir.

Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha 5662 5800

$1,600,000

This magnificent property is within an easy one and a half hour drive to Melbourne and only six kilometres from the thriving town of Korumburra. Kardella Homestead is steeped in history, dating back to 1886 when the first post office and church services were conducted from the original home. Since then the stately 1920s homestead has been extensively renovated with modern day levels of luxury whilst maintaining the charm of yesteryear. There are four large luxurious bedrooms plus a study, three containing full ensuites with fireplaces and stained glass bay windows a feature in all. The main bedroom also includes a claw foot bath and walk in robe. There are also two additional bathrooms throughout the home, making this home perfect for anyone looking to run a successful bed and breakfast. The impressive kitchen and huge open plan dining/living area boasts two electric ovens, gas cook top, dishwasher, walk in pantry and solid fuel heater

Don’t miss this one! L

OCATED next to the popular Great Southern Rail Trail and only minutes to the bustling township of Meeniyan and Stony Creek racecourse, this immaculate two acre lifestyle property would make the perfect weekender or retirement home.

ing and cooling in the spacious lounge room. The three good sized bedrooms all have built in robes plus both blinds and curtains. Outside there is a double garage and workshop with power and two roller doors. Extra features include one paddock with a water trough ideal for horses, two by 22,500 litre water tanks, a vegie With absolutely nothing to be done, patch and low maintenance gardens. this home offers open plan living with In a picturesque setting with great modern kitchen including an electric rural views, be quick for this one. oven, a cook top and reverse cycle heat-

STONY CREEK 63 Jacks Road Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha 5662 5800

$450,000

and enjoys an abundance of natural light through the large windows and adjoining sun filled morning room. Living and entertaining space is extensive with detailed cornice and skirtings, 11ft ceilings and heritage fixtures prominent throughout. The formal dining room and grand sitting room enjoy appealing garden outlooks with period surround gas log fireplaces providing warmth and ambience to both rooms. Flanked by wraparound verandahs and mature trees including elms, tulip and silky oak trees, the beautifully maintained gardens with meandering pathways and hedges are amazing. Shedding is substantial with a four car lock up garage and disused dairy utilised as a workshop with two lock up storerooms, great for storage. Some of the many other features include an electric gate at the entrance with a sealed tree lined driveway, new stockyards with cattle crush, seven paddocks well watered with dams and water troughs, extensive treed shelter belts throughout, reverse cycling units and a three kilowatt solar system. Kardella Homestead is a unique lifestyle property that is truly magnificent and an inspection won’t disappoint.

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1000m2 block, Freshly painted 4brms plus study, open plan living Four bay shed with work shop

20 G'Hulls Road, Nerrena $425,000 Sole Agent

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1045 Nerrena Road, Nerrena $575,000 Sole Agent

4 bdrm home, good size kitchen with all mod cons Dbl carport, single lock-up garage & large shed Large deck with fabulous views, Great location

25 Lee Parade, Leongatha $345,000 Sole Agent

Three bedrooms + study, spacious living Reverse-cycle heating and cooling Dble garage & extra parking space on driveway

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Lovely family home as new F

ROM the moment you step inside this home, you will fall in love with it.

This superb home offers character coupled with a relaxed family environment and a well designed floorplan. Features on offer include two large separate living spaces (rumpus/lounge plus massive family room), four generous size bedrooms, a study, a master bedroom with a full ensuite and a large walk in robe, a central kitchen with a gas cook top electric stove, stone bench and a large pantry and ducted heating and reverse cycle split system. Outside includes a double garage with direct access into the home and a feature triple sliding door from the dining to the north facing outdoor entertaining. There are ceiling fans throughout and well positioned windows to take in the beautiful views across the rolling hills of South Gippsland. The home is spacious, full of natural light, landscaped front and back and ready to move in and enjoy. At only five years young and under $500k this home will sell in a flash, so don’t delay in arranging an inspection. This property is being sold in conjunction with Alex Scott Leongatha. If you have any questions or would like to arrange an inspection feel free to contact Jean O’Loughlin on 0428 571 083. The home will be open for inspection on Saturday, May 19 from 11.30 to 12pm and Saturday, May 26 from 11.30 to 12pm.

LEONGATHA 29 Eccles Way Elders Real Estate Leongatha 5662 3523

$489,000

Your Local Real Estate & Livestock Specialists LEONGATHA

LEONGATHA

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$570,000

For Sale by Expressions of Interest unless sold prior

“Mortlake” c 1926 Beautifully restored Lovingly kept & presented Californian Bungalow 4 Bed, 1 Bath ? Excellent location

Irene Walker 0429 045 632 iwalker@sej.com.au

In the Heart of Town Double Block (1) Title 1827m2 Commercial 1 Zone 3 Bed, 2 Bath, Huge studio upstairs Opportunity with this location

PROPERTIES WANTED WE HAVE QUALIFIED BUYERS LOOKING TO PURCHASE 3 TO 4 BEDROOM HOMES IN LEONGATHA & MIRBOO NORTH PLEASE CALL PETER OR IRENE FOR A NO OBLIGATION APPRAISAL

www.sej.com.au South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha Phone 5662 4033

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220 acres approx. 6 D/Up Dairy Excellent pastures Good fertiliser history Assorted shedding 3 Bed 1 Bath Home

Price on application

Peter Bellingham 0418 515 666 pbellingham@sej.com.au

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‘We get results’ BARRY REDMOND KELLIE THOMAS KRISTIN LOWE MATT REDMOND MEG EDWARDS 0477 622 292 0438 647 449 0447 681 660 0418 357 341 0429 841 555

BENA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND – 324 ACRES ? ? ?

324 acres of undulating hill country 3 bed home (in need of repair) Ample shedding, stockyards & dams

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MARDAN, 417 ACRES OF GRAZING · · ·

Approx 169.1 hectares of strong blue-gum grazing Good heavy duty stockyards Secure water by way of dams and creeks

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BOOROOL, FERTILE 69.58 ACRES Undulating to rolling country with prominently red soil Excellent water supply from a large spring fed dam Located only 10.6 km's from the township of Leongatha

193.5 acres of beef carrying country 2 road frontages & a weatherboard home Ample shedding, stockyards & town water access

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KORUMBURRA, ‘INVERELL’ 511 ACRES WOODLEIGH, IDEAL GRAZING · · ·

Dairy farm 2 BV homes on town boundary of Korumburra Rotary dairy, excellent laneways, well subdivided

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Approximately 360 acres of prime grazing land 3 bedroom brick veneer home Well fenced, good stockyards and well watered

Landmark Harcourts is presently showing excellent success with a record amount of residential and rural sales. As you can see, due to our increased sales over the last few months, we would love to be given the opportunity to list your property as we have buyers across the board looking for residential houses, lifestyle properties, grazing and dairy properties.

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764 acres in 4 titles, 2 homes, hilly country Water by way of dams & creek frontage 3 stockyards, shearing shed, 4 fodder sheds

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Renovated 4 bedroom brick veneer home Great position Solar heated pool & entertaining area

Comfortable 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home Walking distance to schools, shops & the beach Ideal holiday home, investment or build your dream

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4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home 2 living + rumpus room Solar heated pool

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3 bdrm BV home, 2 baththrms, 2 living areas & open plan living Dble lock up garage, alfresco area & workshop Great location and perfectly positioned outlook

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47 BAIR ST, LEONGATHA 5662 2292 84 RIDGWAY, MIRBOO NORTH 5668 1660

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Koolunga - 351.72 acres T

HIS renowned Leongatha property on 351.72 acres in two titles has an excellent balance of rich Tarwin River and Coalition Creek flats. It has very gentle terrain of fertile red and grey soil country, clean fertilised pastures and town water connected to trough system. There is very good fencing with wide laneways to dairy and adjoining stockyards. There was a recent Landcare project on the river, planting a variety of native trees and shrubs

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ORDERED by the Tarwin River, is this rich, fertile grazing land.

Approximately 133 acres, it is flat to slightly undulating, with excellent fertiliser history. Boasting heavy duty stockyards, plenty of water supply, good fencing and power is available also. Located close to the coast and tucked away between Venus Bay and Meeniyan, you are also in close commuting time to Inverloch or Leongatha. You are also close to the premier cattle selling centre of Koonwarra. Here is the opportunity to build your dream home (subject to council approval), and create a space to run your own cattle, and be situated in a lovely part of South Gippsland.

BUFFALO 120 Stewart and Dunlops Road Landmark Harcourts Leongatha Barry Redmond 0477 622 292

$851,500

three bedroom home, shedding and among stately gum trees. The river boundary is fenced stockyards and 98.94 acres with with a 72 meg water licence. stockyard and shed. The offering of Koolunga presents a truly unique opportunity to purchase a highly productive property suitable for a range of agricultural pursuits in this outstanding South Gippsland location. This property overlooks the well Alex Scott and Staff serviced town of Leongatha which Leongatha is less than five minutes away with hospital, schools, sporting facilities 5662 0922 and the VLE major livestock marketing complex. Expressions of Interest For sale by expression of interest as a whole 351.72 acres or in separate titles: 252.78 acres with

LEONGATHA

305 Nerrena Road

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2 FANTASTIC

OPPORTUNITIES Be a part of this vibrant community shopping centre

An opportunity to lease this prime, well located shop opposite Woolworths Supermarket in the popular Yarram Plaza.

17 JAMES STREET, YARRAM SHOPS 4&5 YARRAM PLAZA ? Area 85sqm (Approx) ? Trade alongside Woolworths and other

successful retailers ? Large on site car parking ? Excellent exposure & passing foot traffic ? Suits Food, Discount, Service, Etc. ? Cheap rent & very flexible

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landholding of 750sqm (Approx) ? Island site with 2 street frontages

and 2 frontages to car park ? Unique opportunity with huge exposure ? Capitalise on the passing trade ? Very flexible leasing terms ? Site suits a range of outcomes

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For more information please contact Terry 0423 228 939 or Fred 0411 521 422

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LEONGATHA Call for address

Charming home, beautiful setting

SEJ Real Estate Leongatha 5662 4033

$570,000

Enjoy the bright and airy dining room that RARE find is Mortlake c1926, a double brick Californian bungalow, opens out to the rear private undercover alfresco with its pitched gable roof, lead light fea- area by the grand Peppercorn tree. There is a country style kitchen with electric tures and decorative ceilings.

cooking and clever storage. A formal lounge with gas log fire to the front of the home along with the relaxed sitting room with solid fuel heater allows for space and comfort in this lovingly presented home that is Mortlake. For more information please contact Peter Bellingham or Irene Walker at SEJ Real Estate. Inspections are strictly by appointment only.

It is superbly situated and easy walking distance to schools, parks, shopping and transport. The featured decorative hall entrance is a central point in this four bedroom, one bathroom (two toilets) home. With three bedrooms downstairs, the timber balustrade stairway leads you to the fourth upstairs bedroom.

eldersre.com.au LOVELY FAMILY HOME AS NEW

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ANNETTE BROWN (PROPERTY MANAGER)

0439 383 091

16 MCCARTIN ST LEONGATHA – 5662 3523 JEAN O'LOUGHLIN 0428 571 083

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Mild coastal climate Located 1 km off highway Cattle yards + 2 haysheds Excellent value at $3995 an acre

Greg Tuckett - 0428 826 600 greg@eldersyarram.com.au

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New nurse by patients’ sides PATIENTS being treated for breast cancer in Bass Coast Shire now have the services of a specialist nurse to help them through their journey.

“The Cancer Council provides great services for patients and giving the money back to provide services is fantastic,” Ms Robinson said. “This is also a way of getting the community together and talking about prevention.” Taryn Robinson is a McGrath Foundation breast More than 70 people enjoyed cakes, slices and care nurse and has been trained to help breast cancer sandwiches at the morning tea, along with silent aucpatients and their families come to terms with a di- tions, a book stall and a trading table featuring preagnosis, undertake treatment and continue with life serves, plants and food. beyond. The RSL was decorated in pink – the colour of Ms Robinson works with Bass Coast Health at the breast cancer cause – for the occasion and many Wonthaggi, San Remo and Cowes, and is available guests donned pink attire. to answer questions, offer information about treatHosting of the annual event is shared by the Unitment options,organise support for when patients re- ing, Catholic and Anglican churches of Inverloch. turn home from hospital, and act as a link between all Ms Robinson works Mondays, alternate Wednesmedical personnel and patients. days and Thursdays, and can be phoned on 5671 She was at the Biggest Morning Tea held at In- 3343. verloch RSL last Wednesday coordinated by the South Gippsland is serviced by another McGrath members of Inverloch Uniting Church, which raised Foundation breast care nurse, Catherine Enter, who Fun for a cause: from left, Shirley Scott of Inverloch, Glenda Dusting of Inverloch, Grace $1000 for the Cancer Council. works from South Gippsland Hospital at Foster. Schellenbach of Inverloch and Helen Watson of Wonthaggi enjoy the Biggest Morning Tea

held at Inverloch RSL last Wednesday.

Walkerville burn proposed PLANNED burning across Gippsland is making progress again due to the recent weather window of stable autumn conditions, allowing Forest Fire Management Victoria crews to get burns done to reduce bushfire risk.

Walkerville when the weather allows. It is at planned status and is called WalkervilleWalkerville South Road. The 12.7ha fuel reduction burn would be 2.5km south-west of Walkerville. For the latest information about when planned burns are happening near you go to www.ffm.vic. gov.au/plannedburn, download the VicEmergency Forest Fire Management Victoria assistant chief app or call the VicEmergency hotline on 1800 226 fire officer Chris Stephenson said, “The long dry 226. If you are experiencing any symptoms that may spell has limited opportunities for burning this season, but we’re now taking advantage of a small win- be due to smoke exposure, the Department of Health and Human Services advises people to seek medical dow to get some important burns done. Mr Stephenson said a burn may be undertaken at advice or call Nurse-on-Call on 1300 60 60 24.

Promoting the cause: McGrath Foundation breast care nurse Taryn Robinson (centre) with Liz Catt (left) and Bev Phillips of Inverloch Uniting Church, who organised the Biggest Morning Tea at Inverloch RSL last Wednesday.

House team reaches out “We tend to cater for people who are retired at the moment but there are a whole lot of people out there we are probably not catering for. If we ran courses after hours or on weekends, we could reach out to That was the focus of forums held by Inverloch parents or singles.” Community House at the Inverloch Community Hub The forums were facilitated by house committee last Wednesday. member Eric Swift. The Conversation Café was staged to allow the The community house team already extends the public to have input into the house’s future direction house’s reach beyond the usual courses. The team by considering who its’ audience is, and what courses managed the redevelopment of the Inverloch Skate and events the public would like the house to offer. Park, hosts the Inverloch Walkie Talkies walking Two forums were held – one in the afternoon and group of 98 people, and runs barbecues over summer Fire alert: Forest Fire Management Victoria crews are planning to undertake a burn at another in the evening – to attract input from as many to interact with younger people. Walkerville at some stage to reduce bushfire risk. people as possible. Courses this term include tai chi, French, first aid, House staff and volunteers are now collating the phone and tablet lessons, computer courses, dancing, responses. reiki, meditation, drawing, painting, felting, sour House president Robert Kenyon said the house dough bread making and yoga. services Inverloch through to Cape Paterson, and the The house’s popular soup café will return every team wanted to do more for the community. second Tuesday of the month from June to October, Cr Lorraine Brunt “Do people want courses after hours or maybe from noon to 1.30pm. Volunteers will serve homethey want different courses or maybe they want made soups and guests are invited to pay what they something different in the community,” he said. LIVING in South Gippsland, it is a juries and 19 fatalities. It is vital we reduce these think the meal is worth.

IN these days of online surveys and social media, you still can’t beat good old fashioned face to face talking to share ideas.

Mayor’s message

common occurrence for our community numbers and also address the safety risks on our roads. members to utilise the road network. As part of this commitment, council is cur-

Some of us use these roads for our daily commute, to pop down the street or to visit others, meaning they are an integral part of our lives. Council recognises the importance of a strong road network not only for our daily drives but our economy. Having strong road connections is vital for our agricultural, manufacturing and tourism sectors to flourish as they support our visitors and exports. This is one of the main reasons council identified nine significant road projects earlier in its term. We understand our roads can carry a large amount of vehicles, might be dangerous in some areas for motorists or are in need of an upgrade. To deal with these concerns, council advocates to the Federal and Victorian governments for fiForward thinking: from left, Di Wise of Inverloch, Cam Liddicoat of Inverloch, forum nancial assistance to upgrade these road projects. facilitator Eric Swift, Dilene Hinton of Inverloch and Kevin O’Brien of Inverloch take part In the last five years there have been 473 casualty crashes in our region, with 154 serious inin the Conversation Café held by Inverloch Community House last Wednesday.

rently working on a new Road Safety Strategy. In developing the strategy, we have released a survey that is seeking feedback from our regular road users. As community members and road users the best knowledge we have of the network is through all of you. We hope that everyone can have their say so we are fully across the problem areas and troublesome issues that affect our users. The survey will provide us with valuable information about why crashes occur and what opportunities we have to make improvements. The survey covers both VicRoads’ and local roads so we have the opportunity to create a strategy that works across the board for the community. For more information or to complete the survey before May 31, 2018, please visit www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/roadsafetysurvey

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Protecting bridge: from left, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s project delivery team leader, Matt Bowler, with Great Southern Rail Trail secretary Jack Pearce and Anne Callahan, admire the works at Stockyard Creek at Foster.

Creek works protect bridge RECENT works at Stockyard Creek will help protect the iconic trestle bridge at a popular access point just downstream from Foster. West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s project delivery team leader, Matt Bowler, said the river bed was damaged by flooding in July 2016. “We applied for National Disaster Relief and Recovery funding from the Australian Government,” he said. “We received funding to complete rock beaching which is placing rock in vulnerable spots to stop water chiselling away at the bank of the creek. “During future floods water would have continued to chip away at the bank, exposing the footings of the old trestle bridge and potentially compromising them beyond repair.” The work not only protects the old trestle bridge, but also the new bridge currently used on

the rail trail. “If the supports from the old trestle bridge were to get swept downstream during a flood, it could seriously damage the newer bridge,” Mr Bowler said. Jack Pearce, secretary of the Great Southern Rail Trail Committee of Management, said the work had saved the iconic trestle bridge at that point. “This is a popular photo spot and turnaround point for visitors to the rail trail,” he said. “We’re very grateful this work has been done and as a committee we’ll be applying for funds to do further work in that area. “We would like to conduct some weed control, revegetate and improve amenities in the area.” The rock beaching involved placing 150 cubic metres of rock at the footings of the trestle bridge and up on the bank of Stockyard Creek. This work will make the creek more resilient in future floods and help prevent downstream damage.

Wonthaggi rallies for workers AS union membership rises for the first time in decades, 35 people gathered on May 1 under the Wonthaggi Mine Whistle to celebrate the history of unionism in Australia, Wonthaggi and beyond. Since 1891, May Day – May 1 - has been an international day for workers to rally and march in remembrance of the fight for the eight hour day. Frank Coldebella spoke about the Eureka uprising in Ballarat and the militant history of the miners in the Wonthaggi area. Catherine Watson spoke of the treatment of casualised workers in Wonthaggi. Jessica Harrison, representing the Wonthaggi branch of the Unemployed Workers Union, spoke about the original Chicago campaign for the eight hour day, and remembered the death, two years ago, of Josh ParkFing, who died during a compulsory Work for the

Dole placement in Toowoomba, Queensland. Geoff Ellis told the moving story of William Cooper, a Yorta Yorta man (c.1860 – 1941) who was a political activist and community leader who campaigned for indigenous people’s rights and also opposed the rise of fascism in Germany. John Mutsaers raised the question of the big banks and their influence on people’s lives. Claire Boland, Young Workers Centre organiser from Trades Hall in Melbourne, urged people to attend the Change the Rules rally for fair and secure work with safe conditions in Melbourne on May 9. “While so many of us are in insecure work, with record low wages and conditions, a third of big businesses don’t even pay tax,” she said. At the conclusion of the rally, participants laid a wreath for the demise of the eight hour day, due to increasingly longer work hours and casualisation.

Leading the way: Nicholas Popple and Georgie Spencer of the 2nd Leongatha Scout Group received the Australian Scout Medallion recently. They travelled to Catholic Regional College Sydenham to be presented with their awards, along with scouts from throughout Victoria. The medallion is highest award a scout can receive and reflects their learnings and teachings of knots, navigation and campsite preparation, among other scouting skills.

Mayor’s message Cr Pamela Rothfield

IT’S May and we have a wonderful arts event happening across Bass Coast, and the whole of Gippsland, called Come and Play – All of May.

“It must be an election year” I have heard many people scoff. Well, you are certainly right. However, these significant announcements would not have occurred without tonnes of work going on behind the scenes by community groups, volunteers, staff, This is a month long celebration of arts and cre- and organisations. ativity, and I had the pleasure of opening the festiElection year or not, these achievements are not val earlier this month. to be discounted, and not one of them is subject to We have such a strong and vibrant arts and cul- an election outcome – they are set in stone! I conture scene in Bass Coast, and I urge everyone to get sider myself lucky to be mayor at this very special out and be involved in the Come and Play program, time. where there is something for everyone, and then Last week, I attended a seminar by Cormac there’s more! The programs are available at our inRussell on community strengthening. It was brilformation centres and online at council’s website: liant to be in a room filled with community minded www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/creative professionals and volunteers. The presentation was There has been much talk and excitement in enlightening and provided many opportunities for the community of late, following recent funding announcements of $115 million at the Wonthaggi conversation. I met many new people and heard about excitHospital, $9.7 million toward the Philip Islanding community ideas and projects. The core of our Back Beach roads intersection upgrade, the turning of the sod at the new Wonthaggi Secondary College conversations focused on how we can realise these (WSC) senior campus and Wonthaggi highball fa- projects ourselves, locally, using the resources and cility ($31 million total), an additional $1 million at assets we currently have. We discussed the value the Cape Paterson Surf Lifesaving Club clubhouse of grass roots projects and again I was reminded of ($3.3 million total) and $2 million for the Wont- the power of community, and what we can achieve haggi SES headquarters. Try to say all of that in when we all work together towards a shared goal. Finally, I hope all mums in Bass Coast Shire one breath! These announcements tally a whopping $161mil- had a wonderful Mother’s Day, surrounded by lion from the State Government pledged to Bass people who love them dearly and appreciate all the Coast since September last year. sacrifices they make.

Fox dumping disappoints THE dumping of three fox carcasses at Leongatha North last Tuesday has “disappointed” South Gippsland Shire Council.

Taking time: participants in Wonthaggi’s May Day rally gather beneath the town’s mine whistle on May 1.

tigation of this nature. “We are disappointed people think it’s acceptable to behave in this manner. If an offender was able to be located we would likely initiate proceedings The three carcasses were found dumped on the against him/her.” Strzelecki Highway, just before the turn-off to LeonThe Star was told the foxes had been scalped, gatha-Yarragon Road. suggesting they had been killed by the shooter to Council’s local laws coordinator Bruce Gardiner claim the fox bounty of $10 per fox offered by the said, “Given the location of the offence it is unlikely State Government. that a viable suspect might be identified. On that baCouncil notified VicRoads of the incident, given sis we are unlikely to invest resources into an inves- VicRoads is responsible for the highway.

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MAY 14 - 20, 2018

Find out more about the law LAW Week is an annual festival of events that makes learning about the law easy. Held in May each year, Law Week has taken place across Victoria since 1980. Law Week 2018 is on from May 14-20. Presented by Victoria Law Foundation with the support of our Event Partners and sponsors, Law Week offers Victorians the opportunity to find

answers to their legal questions, discover the history of the courts or simply enjoy the spectacle of the law. The program includes mock trials, behind the scenes tours, expert information sessions, panel forums and more. For a day, Victorian courts open its doors. This year Courts Open Day is this Saturday, May 19 to let you see behind the scenes. It’s a great day out for the family, offering plenty of

children’s activities. Open days are located at the County Court forecourt, Supreme Court of Victoria, County Court of Victoria, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria and VCAT and run from 10am-3pm. See www.everydaylaw.org.au/about-law-week for more details of events and cost is free. Closer to home, Latrobe Valley is holding a ‘Your voice – Trust your choice’ workshop on Tuesday, May 15 from12.30 pm to 2.30pm at Latrobe City Council Service Centre, The Latrobe Room, 34-38 Kay Street, Traralgon. Come along to this interesting and vibrant workshop and learn how to help seniors make careful power of attorney choices. The event is presented by Office of the Public Advocate and Latrobe City Council.

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Oakleys team: from left, Korumburra and Leongatha Oakleys Law firm team members Rosemarie Smith, Jess McAuliffe, Jane Wright, Maddy Chalmers, Sarah Price, Sarah Binstead, Melissa Preston, Lois Witton, Cherie Brumley andAngela Smith.

Women in the Law – 21st Century Trailblazers

? Criminal Law ? Family Law

HOW many people would be aware that the highest judicial position in the land is occupied by Susan Kiefel, Chief Justice of the HighCourt? Similarly, solicitor Anne Ferguson has recently been appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and there are many instances of women who occupy other senior ? Sarah Binstead. positions in thelaw. firm's Leongathaoffice. Such examples highlight a She was born in Hong Kong welcome revolution in the and came to the law through the traditionally male-dominated influenceof her father. legal profession and a Sarah worked in a variety of recognition that in line with large city and international law society's expectations in the 21st firms before settling in South century, women are at last Gippsland. making their presencefelt. She enjoys the variety of work There are now almost equal in a country practice, as well as the numbers of male and female opportunity to deal with and assist legal practitioners registered in individual clients. Sarah believes Victoria and interestingly, the ability of women to appreciate women solicitors dominate the a range of perspectives in dealing younger age brackets, though with an issue, helps to enhance the male barristers still greatly servicethatlaw firms can provide. outnumber females. Tegan Murley who works at the In rural areas women are firm's Korumburra office is a increasingly joining legal firms South Gippsland girl, having been or setting up their own practices brought up at Wattle Bank and and South Gippsland definitely attending school at Newhaven reflects this trend. College. The legal firm, Oakleys Law, After completing her law with offices in Leongatha and degree at Bond University on the Korumburra, has female Gold Coast, Tegan worked for a solicitors in the practice and their law firm in Brisbane before presence has been warmly returning to home soil where she accepted and appreciated by is appreciating the close network their clients. of fellow country lawyers, court Sarah Binstead is based at the staff and police officers who

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support each other and work together. It is the experience of actually seeing the impact that a law practice can have in a country community that is both satisfying and humbling forTegan. Traditionally, women have played a very significant support role in legal offices, but the public perception has often been that such roles largely involved receptionist, typing and basic clerical duties. In actual fact, many female support staff have developed very sophisticated skills that are vital in providing a high standard of serviceto clients. At Oakleys Law, several female staff have acquired such extensive knowledge and expertise that they can rightly assume the status of ‘para-legal’ and their input is invaluable to the practice. Via a range of pathways therefore, women have firmly cemented their place in the legal profession and society is definitely thericher for it.

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GIVE A LITTLE. CHANGE A LOT. NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK

MAY 21-27, 2018

Council’s grateful to volunteers WOULD you like to guess how many Shire Council? Two hundred? Five hundred? people volunteer with South Gippsland

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Well, the answer is 923, all helping council to deliver services to the community. Council’s volunteer coordinator Dana Hughes knows only too well how valuable they are. Volunteers serve in roles such as on Section 86 committees of management, managing a range of facilities such as halls, recreation reserves, Leongatha Court House, Stockyard Gallery and Port Welshpool Maritime Museum. They also help deliver Meals on Wheels, provide community transport, serve as volunteer drivers with the L2P Mentor Program, help at visitor information centres and give their time to help council run Coal Creek Community Park and Museum at Korumburra. Volunteers also serve on advisory groups, such as Active Retirees, Access and Inclusion and Mossvale Park, the Significant Tree Register, Energy Audits and Collecting Living Histories. Volunteers choose minimum and maximum hours, and council is keen to ensure volunteers do not over commit. “They are amazing! The people who give their time and energy to their community, whether it is through partnering with council or through their other commitments in their community, make a difference in so many ways,” Ms Hughes said. “Volunteering is where we as community members are able to add to our community more than our rates or taxes can provide.” Ms Hughes added, “Volunteers report they get

Great job: from left, Freeza event crew members Maddie Brew, Lizzie Harms and Emma Vandenberg did a fabulous job organising the Freeza Fest at Mossvale Park at Berrys Creek recently. They are among the many people to volunteer with South Gippsland Shire Council. back more than they give.” Benefits of volunteering include: • knowing they are making their communities better for all; • meeting new people and making friends; • getting out of the house; • gaining work experience and learning new skills; • enjoying new social and cultural experiences;

• enjoying better physical and mental health as studies show volunteering makes people healthier and happier; and • having fun. Volunteers benefit council by enabling council to enhance and extend the services it can deliver to the community, bringing new ideas to council, and helping the Significant Tree Register to become a tourist drive.

Nature Parks celebrates volunteers PHILLIP Island Nature Parks is pleased to be celebrating National Volunteer Week with a barbecue lunch on Monday, May 21, to thank volunteers.

Want to come and join in?

Call us today or Get a copy of our latest program from 16 Bruce Street Leongatha Open Monday to Friday 9am to 3.30pm or visit our website www.leongathacommunityhouse.org.au

Phone 5662 3962

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Have you ever considered volunteering at the RSL? It’s a rewarding experience to give back to the Veteran and general community So many ways to Volunteer eg: Appeals Anzac badge & Poppy selling, Home & Hospital visitation, Volunteer drivers, Pension and Welfare Advocacy, Veterans Resource Hub Volunteer.

This year’s theme of ‘Give a little, Change a lot’ is appropriate for the Nature Parks’ volunteers who have contributed so much over the years. Many volunteers actually ‘Give a lot, Change even more’ like volunteer Rob Humphrys who has been giving his time to the Barb Martin Bushbank and Surf Beach Sunderland Bay Coast Action Group for around seven years. “I’ve got more time now and as I have grown increasingly aware of the issues facing our environment, I wanted to help somehow,” he said.

clean and tidy. In addition, volunteers are needed to support a new program starting up in the near future. The new Digital Literacy Mentoring program And, especially in National Volunteer Week, the seeks to support older people participate in the digicommittee and staff say “thank you” to all the vol- tal world. unteers whose work makes such a difference at the Volunteer mentors are asked to offer a regular house. minimum weekly commitment of one hour to this Volunteers fill many roles at Leongatha Commu- program. nity House. They govern the organisation; they offer Volunteers are always needed at Leongatha Comskills and experience as tutors for classes and work- munity House and they make a big difference. shops; they provide administrative support; they help If you would like to become involved in your prepare for classes and workshops; and they help Community House, contact coordinator Eunice Donwith the myriad small tasks - dusting, washing dish- ovan on 5662 3962 or email office@leongathacomes, sweeping verandas – needed to keep the house munityhouse.org.au

LIKE most not for profit community organisations, Leongatha Community House depends on its volunteers.

Celebrating Volunteers Week Our volunteers provide valuable information & help for the community

Info provided for the benefit of members, guests & authorised visitors

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Ph. 5662 2747

Call into the South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau at Memorial Hall Complex, Michael Place, Leongatha, between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday to ask any queries or find a range of community ADVICE or tourism information BUREAU

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volunteer program in August, volunteers have a wider range of opportunities to contribute, including carrying out conservation work to increase biodiversity on the island, helping conduct research on Eastern Barred Bandicoots, protecting the Hooded Plovers and interacting with visitors. The Nature Parks’ celebratory barbecue lunch will be held at the Rhyll Mechanics Hall and Park between 11.30am and 2pm on Monday, May 21, and will include recognition of long-term volunteers plus guest speakers from Zoos Victoria and the Nature Parks. Please RSVP by Friday, May 18 to volunteer coordinator Rachael on 0437 476 833 or at volunteers@penguins.org.au

Volunteers matter at Leongatha house

No minimum hours required any time given is greatly appreciated. For more information or to apply see our website www.leongatha-rsl.com.au under Resource Hub Tab Veterans Support Services program Volunteer support application at bottom of page. Or RSL.Vic Website under Volunteer

“As well as knowing that I’m actually making a difference, I get to enjoy the camaraderie of the rest of the Bushbank volunteer contingent and the occasional visits from some of the local residents like Cape Barren geese, long-necked turtles, echidna and even a big, fat copperhead snake.” Mr Humphrys said the transition to the Nature Parks managing the Bushbank has been positive. “The Bushbank now has access to the latest research and technology, more resources and badly needed capital works,” he said. “Habitat is critical to supporting tourism and conservation. The Bushbank and groups like Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay Coast Action help promote this through habitat renewal and growth.” Since the introduction of the Nature Parks’ new

Volunteers make a difference

South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau & Community and Visitor Information Centre You can contact the Bureau in person, (opposite the Post Office, Leongatha) call (03) 5662 2111 or email cab@dcsi.net.au

Environmentally minded: Rob Humphrys and Jill volunteer at the Barb Martin Bushbank on Phillip Island.

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GIVE A LITTLE. CHANGE A LOT. NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK

MAY 21-27, 2018

Ready to assist ELEVEN Leongatha SES members attended a recent car accident on the Black Spur bends near Koonwarra. Pictured from left, Brad Allen, controller Matt Saario and Les Boyd who helped with traffic control on the scene. Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteerbased organisation, providing emergency assistance to minimise the impact of emergencies and strengthen the community’s capacity to plan, respond and recover, when emergencies occur.

Advice bureau here to help THE South Gippsland Citizens Advice makes a real difference to the public as they come opposite the post office and is open Monday to Fri- 2pm and Sunday from 11am to 3pm. You can conday from 10am to 4pm, Saturday from 10am to tact us at 5662 2111 or cab@dcsi.net.au anytime. Bureau in Leongatha is a great place to in and ask for information. It may be wanting to know more about the area volunteer. or to get some advice; bureau volunteers can help. The bureau’s volunteers are people from all kinds of backgrounds working together to assist the community, and making the bureau an inviting and friendly place for anyone to come and visit and ask for advice, directions or find out what’s on or where to visit. Volunteers have the opportunity to make connections, help people and give back to the community. The bureau has recently completed its latest training course and now has nearly 40 volunteers, each one contributing an important part in providing a significant service to the community. Whether it be big or small, each volunteer

The bureau is full of information and the volunteers are ready to help you get the right answers for you to take the next step. This month the bureau celebrates 40 years in the community. The team is proud of being able to provide a vital service to Leongatha and surrounding areas for so long and is ever so grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who have passed through the bureau over the years. Without their input the bureau would not be what it is today. The South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau is located at the Memorial Hall Complex, up the stairs

Milpara thanks volunteers Last year volunteers gave more than 3500 MILPARA Community House at Korumburra shouts out to the many volunteers hours to their community through Milpara. Thank well done. who make the work at the house possible youIfand you have a skill, experience, knowledge or by their contributions. time that you’d like to share, please come in to

Woorayl Lodge Aged Care Inc wish to thank their wonderful group of volunteers who take time and enrich the lives of their residents & staff. OUR HOME PROVIDES: Resident Centred Care in a home like environment

The house simply could not deliver without have a chat, or call Milpara on 5655 2524. their help.

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Get cosy with tea at Fish Creek IT’S a story about a quaint country town with a quaint idea for a community celebration.

That’s the Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival that will be held from Saturday, May 19 to Sunday, May 27. Held biennially, the festival celebrates creativity and the taking of tea, with the feature event being a tea cosy competition. The tea cosy theme reflects the rural setting of Fish Creek; the nurturing and welcoming nature of the town, and celebrates the old fashioned method of using a tea cosy to keep tea warm while it brews. The festival is organised by a committed group of locals, is auspiced by the Fish Creek Community Devel-

opment Group, and raises funds for community groups. Open daily throughout the festival will be: • the Tea Cosy Exhibition at Fish Creek Memorial Hall from 9.30am to 5pm for a gold coin donation; and • Tea Trees Talking at the Fish Creek Community Garden railway shed from 10am to 4pm, featuring a felted art installation and Latvian culture. On Saturday, May 19, the festival will be officially opened at 10am at Fish Creek Memorial Hall by Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien.

Presents LIVE entertainment

NAUTILUS Theatre Project, based in Fish Creek, is preparing a double-bill presentation for the upcoming 2018 Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival.

Friday June 1 from 7pm - 10pm FREE ENTRY Happy hour 6-7pm & Members draw New members welcome | Bistro open 7 days

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Info provided for the benefit of members, guests & authorised visitors

Surprises await: don’t miss Bendigo Bank Market Day from 10am to 3pm at the Village Green on Saturday, May 26, as part of the Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival.

Unspoken uses art and performance to generate awareness, understanding and action around end of life in a social, interactive supportive space. It’s a fantastic performance, an art gallery, a community gathering.

Foster War Memorial Arts Centre Wednesday 23 May 2018 PERFORMANCE, ART, COMMUNITY Date: Venue:

Tuck in: guests enjoy high tea at a past Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival. Enjoy high tea from 3pm to 6pm on Sunday, May 20 at Fish Creek Memorial Hall. Enjoy Bendigo Bank Market Day from 10am to 3pm at the Village Green on Saturday, May 26. Children will enjoy craft and play activities at the kindergarten behind the hall. On Sunday, May 27, there will be Devonshire tea from 2pm to 4pm in the hall, and a festival closing dinner at the hall from 5.30pm. This event is now booked. Full festival details at teacosyfestival.com.au

Theatre to blend comedy, drama

Jackie V & Puppy Love

Wednesday 23 May 2018 Foster War Memorial Arts Centre,

The performance will begin with a premiere presentation of a one-act play, The Art of Fencing. The second part of the bill is another first time performance – This Playful Life – (version one). The Art of Fencing is a short play that explores the relationship of two neighbours over a 12 month period. Over four seasons the audience learns about the long running dispute over a fence between two properties, one owned by Mrs Sherman (played by Christine Skicko) and the other owned by Mr Peabody (played by author Chris Dickins). The play mixes comedy and drama to explore secrets they both hold and Mrs Sherman’s patient endeavours to get Mr Peabody to overcome his obsessions and bitterness to become open once more to people and the world. The play features poetic language and monologues which were both features of Nautilus’ first successful project last year, Soliloquy. This will be Christine Skicko’s second production for Nautilus. She is a much loved Gippsland based performer, director and designer and has won many theatrical awards for her work. “This play is warm, Convincing per- tender and thoroughly former: Chris Dick- engaging with characters will care about and a ins will play Mr Pea- you story everyone can relate body in The Art of to,” she said. Fencing during the Chris is a well estabFish Creek Tea Cosy lished Australian author who has worked in profesFestival.

sional theatre for many years. The Art of Fencing is his first return to performance in some years. This Playful Life is a collection of theatrical anecdotes, selected scenes from Chris’ large catalogue of works, readings from a series of novels and several pieces of original music. “I have been telling these stories many times over the years,” Chris said. “I began my love of theatre in childhood and In conflict: Chrisdespite many colossal catastrophes that love has tine Skicko will remained. I have inadver- play Mrs Sherman tently revealed my tied-up during the perforleg as Long-John Silver, accidently destroyed a mance of The Art performance of Carmen, of Fencing as part sent splattered meat into of the Fish Creek the audience in an intimate performance as The Tea Cosy Festival. Butcher in Brecht’s The Mother and somehow pulled down the set in a children’s pantomime. “This first version of This Playful Life will focus on my early exploits and misdeeds and feature scenes from plays that deal with childhood. In the future I am hoping to show two more versions of This Playful Life with stories from my early and later career.” Following this performance, audience members will be able to see samples of Chris’s catalogue and be able to buy copies of the scripts, novels and music. The double-bill promises a night of entertainment, fun, laughter, surprises and an insight into the working life of an Australian playwright. See The Art of Fencing and This Playful Life at Fish Creek Memorial Hall, Fish Creek, on Friday, May 25 at 7.30 pm. All tickets are $10 at the door (open from 7pm). The show is suitable for family audiences.

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LARGE RANGE OF PLUMBING FITTINGS, PIPES, TAPS AND FISHING GEAR AND FISHING LICENCES WE ALSO STOCK AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF TIMBER.

Taxi, art installations, interactive activties and an information forum presented by COTA Victoria.

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The presenters acknowledge the support of the Victorian Government.

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To follow will be a tea cosy demonstration by Loani Prior, Devonshire teas, the opening of Tea Trees Talking, and from 4pm to 6pm, Knit and Natter with Loani at the Fish Creek Hotel. On Sunday, May 20, enjoy another tea cosy workshop from 9am to 3.30pm with the Loani at the pub’s Oberon Room. If you are looking for fine food while in Fish Creek, head along to the Tea Cosy Festival High Tea with Bella Ciao. It will be a memorable experience with such delights as chocolate slice, scones, sausage rolls, frittatas and tarts. This event is on at Fish Creek Memorial Hall from 3pm to 6pm. On Monday, May 21, enjoy a tea cosy lunch at Fish Creek Hotel. The hotel will also host a Jane Austen event that is now fully booked. On Tuesday, May 22, enjoy Devonshire tea at the Fish Creek Bowls Club from 10am to 4pm. Friday at Fish Creek Memorial Hall will see the Fish Creek Op Shop, a session about living without plastic at the hall from 10.30am to noon, and Nautilus Theatre Project from 7.30pm.

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Gallery simply eggciting GECKO Studio Gallery, now in its 12th year, is one of a variety of small businesses in the increasingly vibrant Fish Creek, a town renowned as a creative and cultural destination for residents and visitors alike.

The Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival is one of the highlights on the calendar for the town, bringing community and visitors together to celebrate the ceremony of tea and the tea cosy – an item which has a history steeped in creative functional homeware crafts. Gecko is proud to be a sponsor of the Tea Cosy Festival for 2018. Gecko is known for its high standard of monthly contemporary exhibitions showcasing both locally based and national artists.

The exhibition The Work of the Eggs….continued will open on May 24 with the opening event on Friday, May 25 between 6 and 8pm. The exhibition will run until July 16. The elemental form of the egg evokes beauty and is a potent symbol across cultures. Forty artists were invited to project their artistic vision upon an ostrich egg in whatever way they wished and the results, based on the inaugural egg show back in 2016 (titled Loeuvre des Oeufs – The work of the Eggs),will be an extraordinary array of creative talents. Before the egg show starts, catch the last of (un)Happiness -Lana de Jager.The themes of Lana’s intaglio prints negotiate the pot-holed highway of emotions made tangible. A black-humoured journey through loss, awk-

Relax at RSL ACOUSTIC music will enliven guests’ evening at the Leongatha RSL on Friday, June 1.

Hear Jackie V and The Puppy Loves perform from 7pm to 10pm, as part of the RSL’s series Friday Night Live Music on the first Fridays of the month. The group will perform music, old and new, that will suit all ages and tastes, and cover many genres. Jackie is Jackie Van Velzen of Kardella South and is accompanied by guitarist Paul Foster.

Time to chill: Paul Foster and Jackie Van Velzen are Jackie V and The Puppy Loves. Enjoy their music at the Leongatha RSL on Friday, June 1.

Fiddlers’ reunion MANY people have fond memories of FAMDA’s groundbreaking production of Fiddler on the Roof staged in Foster in 1993 under the direction of Neil Goodwin with Sue Arney as the musical director.

Anyone with memories of this wonderful show, whether they be performers, behind the scenes workers or goggle eyed audience members, is invited to reminisce and reconnect this Friday at FAMDA’s Fiddler Nostalgia Night. Dianne and Robert Paragreen are hosting this reunion at 38 Devlin Road, Foster from 7.30pm

on Friday, May 18. During the evening FAMDA would like to record peoples’ memories of Fiddler. This will assist the committee to showcase the production at FAMDA’s 65th anniversary celebrations to be held on October 27, 2018. Check out the full list of cast, orchestra and crew via www.famda.org.au Please bring a contribution to a shared supper along with your recollections of this astonishing production. For more details and to indicate your intention to come to the reunion, please contact Dianne Paragreen via raphoto@dcsi.net.au or 0407 883 600.

Wonthaggi Theatrical Group presents

wardness, psychoanalysis and whimsy. Finishing May 21. A very successful exhibition. There has been a lot of change in Gecko Studio Gallery since the last Tea Cosy Festival with the major change being the creation of Headquarters Café within Gecko. Open since September 1 last year, Headquarters has been an unqualified success and is open 9am to 4pm serving coffee, teas, hot chocolate, a range of fantastic cakes, breakfast dishes and a range of lunch choices. The cafe is just changing from its summer menu featuring salads to its winter menu of soups and toast. A great range of pies are available all year round. Come on in and check out the ambiance, the décor, the music and the food. The coffee served is a unique wood roasted artisan coffee from Melbourne (Ricci Method) and has been well received. The cafe is always looking at new treats and products so keep an eye on the Gecko / Headquarters Facebook page and on Instagram. At the rear of the gallery there is an extensive array of quality art materials which owners Michael Lester and Kerry Spokes have steadily built up with an extensive, high quality range of painting, drawing and printmaking supplies. Gecko Studio Gallery also offer a quality custom picture framing service. Phone Kerry on 0423 593 721 to arrange a time for an assessment and quote on your framing needs. Gecko also offers the ArtHouse, fine accommodation in Fish Creek. The ArtHouse offers guests a stunning and beautifully appointed cottage hidden away behind the gallery in the heart of Fish Creek. The ArtHouse name comes from the artworks

Unmissable: Caroline Durre’s Knotted Egg was among the exhibits at the 2016 egg themed show at Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek. A new exhibition, The Work of the Eggs….continued, will open on May 24. which adorn the walls. The ArtHouse accommodates five: two bedrooms each with queen size bed plus a single bed. One bathroom. lounge room, dining room, back deck with barbecue, and a lovely secluded garden. Contact Kerry at Gecko Studio Gallery on 03 5683 2481 or 0423 721 593. See images at www. arthousefishcreek.com.au or www.facebook.com/ pages/Arthouse/482648991846293

RED DRESS & THE SUGAR MAN

SUNDAY 27 MAY TOORA COMMUNITY HALL - GRAY STREET, TOORA

Tickets - $20 / $17 concession Show starts at 7:30pm sharp - please be seated 15 minutes before

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Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen. Book by Nick Enright. By arrangement with David Spicer Productions www.davidspicer.com.auOriginal Production by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox

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Knockout cabaret show, written and performed by Marissa Quigley. Captivating performance poetry guides us from song to song as Marissa applies her strong, smokey singing voice as her band tastefully presents the evocative music of Tom Waits, to create a world of desire, doubt, temptation and desperation.

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THE Tarwin Lower Red Cross unit had SIXTY scouts, cub scouts and joey BASS Coast Shire Council will be un- a good attendance for the month of April scouts from around the district gathered dertaking rabbit pest control in council with 11 members attending the meeting. at the Leongatha Aerodrome to take part The final tally raised for Red Cross Calling in in an air activities day recently. managed foreshore reserves.

The baiting program aims to minimise the impacts of rabbits on the indigenous vegetation and on nearby properties. A licensed contractor will be baiting foreshore reserve sites at Ventnor, Red Rocks, Cowes, Rhyll, Newhaven, Cape Woolamai and Kilcunda foreshores. Signs will be displayed on access tracks and areas that will be affected. Dog owners should follow council regulations regarding dogs being on leads to prevent dogs entering baited areas. The baiting areas will use exclusion cages to prevent access by non target animals. For further information, please contact council’s natural resources officer on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or 5671 2211, or via email d.martin@basscoast. vic.gov.au.

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Probus cruises to Tassie IT was with great excitement that 61 members of the Getaway Group from the Probus Club of Leongatha, including family and friends, boarded the bus to Station Pier, Melbourne, for a six day cruise to Tasmania on the Golden Princess in March.

For many members it was their first ever cruise and on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, they sailed out of Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, in warm sunshine and calm seas. Members were quick to discover the many aspects of being on a luxury cruise ship and over the next six days enjoyed the many dining options, live theatre, music and dancing, movies and much more, as well as relaxing whenever they felt the need. Sailing adventure: members of the Probus Club of The cruise sailed into Wineglass Bay and down the Leongatha enjoyed a six day cruise to Tasmania on picturesque east coast of Tasmania to Port Arthur to spend the Golden Princess. the day touring the prison ruins and historic buildings. That afternoon they sailed to Hobart for a night and as well as single members, it is a great place for people Adding prestige: the Leongatha Secondary College Marching Band takes part a day, where members were happy to spend their time to make new friends or reconnect with people they have discovering the beautiful harbour city. known for years. in the Meeniyan Anzac Day service. The cruise proved to be one where the Probus motto Membership is not restricted to just Leongatha resiof Friendship, Fellowship and Fun ticked all the boxes. dents and people from surrounding areas such as Mirboo The weather was kind and seas remained calm North are welcome to join. throughout with many members keen to cruise again. It Anyone wishing to obtain more information on the was the perfect getaway experience. club or would like to attend the next meeting should conMembership of Probus is open to any person who tact secretary Gloria Lahn on 5612 4807 or email leonis retired or semi retired. With a good mix of couples gathaprobus@gmail.com. THE Meeniyan com- opportunity to reinvigorate led the college marching band this year with the old munity commemo- an old marching band Korumburra Brass Band tradition, by reintroducing rated the 100th anni- the use of a marching band mace, on loan from South versary of Australia’s mace - a large, ornamented Gippsland Shire Council. This unique local involvement in the staff used by leaders of artefact was donated to military and marching recapture of VillersKorumburra Brass Band bands to signal musical Bretonneux on the and marching back in 1960, but hasn’t Western Front, on An- directions orders. Leongatha been used in many years. zac Day. Secondary College music The head of the mace is It was a fitting coordinator David Velja inscribed and has the old Shire of Korumburra Coat of Arms, which features two kookaburras. Students from the Leongatha Secondary College Music Program participated in the Meeniyan Anzac Day parade and service this year. While the college music department has an annual tradition of marching Social time: from left, Probus Club of Leongatha members Leo Bleeser, Helen Brereton, Paull Lahn, Gloin this commemorative ria Lahn, Keith Grey, Josie Bleeser, Jenny Draper, Lynne Horton and Marie Pickersgill enjoy each other’s procession, only two of this year’s students, ranging company on a cruise to Tasmania. from Grade 6 to Year 12, had previously undertaken the unique experience of playing Waltzing opportunity to get back into painting or Matilda, while marching in ESSENTIAL oils smell beau- interested. drawing or just have a go at something Level 1 Basic Food Handlers (for formation. tiful but also have other benThe college marching efits. You can use essential all staff) is a national accreditation. new. Please let us know if you would The four hour afternoon session will be be interested. band also played God oils to create chemical free As winter sets in, it can be tempton Tuesday, May 22. Save the Queen, Advance In the evening, we also have the Re- ing to bunker down at home. Getting cleaning products. Come to Australia Fair and God sponsible Service of Alcohol Course, out of the house and enjoying time with Defend New Zealand, and a great information session, to which is a Victoria Accreditation. Please friends is great for our mental health. accompanied Meeniyan learn how to do it yourself, on ensure you book your place. We require Milpara has a variety of groups vocal group Serenity. Thursday, May 17. payment of course fees to confirm your and social classes you may want to College brass teacher Syd Sourdough bread making has been place. We are required to confirm mini- participate in to keep the winter blues Official role: Caleb Murphy, Leongatha Secondary Jackson played The Last away. Give us a call and we can help a popular workshop. We are looking mum bookings one week ahead. College’s Marching Band banner bearer, featured in Post and Rouse to close the at running an additional workshop this We are still taking names for a Fri- find something suitable for you on 5655 the parade through Meeniyan recently. ceremonial proceedings. term. Please let us know if you are day morning art class. This is a great 2524.

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Right, KENZIE Rose Maskell was born on May 6 at Leongatha Hospital. Kenzie is the second daughter for Kane and Prue Maskell of Leongatha and a sister for Paige, 2. Left, EVANIA Sonish was born on April 10 at Leongatha Hospital. Evania is the first daughter for Sonish Joseph and Pheena Justine Kalloor of Leongatha and a sister for Evan Joe Sonish, 3.

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Molly impresses during eventing season IT’S been a busy few months for Kardella’s Molly Barry at Off the Track Eventing, with preparation consisting of show jump training and dressage in the lead up to some fairly serious competitions. Molly’s 10 year old retired race horse La Muso, has had some impressive results over the past months which set him up well for the beginning of the eventing season. Molly and La Muso placed second in the CIC2*

class at Tonimbuk in March and won the highest placed off the track or retired race horse. The following competition on the list was the wellknown Wandin International Horse Trials, where Molly and La Muso also won the class with a quick, clear show jumping round and a cruisy canter around the Cross Country. Following on from this was a gruelling fitness campaign, including regular interval training sessions for both horse and rider. Molly and La Muso headed across to Northern Horse Park Lakes and Craters International

Top jumper: Molly Barry of Kardella takes La Muso over the jumps at a recent event.

Horse Trials at Camperdown in South West Victoria. The CCI 3* class Molly won at Camperdown was a qualifier for Tokyo 2020 and the World Equestrian Games in Tryon. The pair completed a solid dressage test at the event and then proceeded to tackle the seriously testing crosscountry built by international 3/4*course designer Sylvia Roberts. The course consisted of 37 natural fences set at around 1.20 metres in height. It included three water complexes with some serious drop fences and several accuracy combinations and it was built over 5700 metres of undulating terrain. The pair finished the course free of jump faults and went on be accepted to show jump the following day after the veterinary inspection. As there were no other competitors to complete the competition, the pair was deemed the winner. However, more importantly they achieved a positive result which will go towards qualifying them to compete at the Australian International three-day event in November. Molly hopes to enter La Muso in the 4* class at Adelaide this year for the first time. The event is one of only six events in the world at this level, Adelaide being the only event at the level in the Southern Hemisphere. A further positive result in the 3* class at the Melbourne International Horse Trials in June would secure the pair a qualifier for Adelaide so they will be working very hard toward this in coming months.

Impressive result: Molly Barry and her retired racehorse La Muso have been working hard at Off the Track Eventing.

Croquet clubs need upgrades By Sarah Vella BASS Coast Shire Council has been told it needs to invest more in recreational activities aimed at people 60 years and older.

Paul Andrews from the Wonthaggi Croquet Club and David Mann from the Phillip Island Croquet Club addressed council’s community connection session last Wednesday. Mr Andrews said most sporting groups active at the

Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve are targeting players between 10 and 29 years of age. “There is only one sport that actively tries to get older people, the largest population group in the Bass Coast, and that is the croquet club,” he said. Mr Andrews said more money is spent (by council) maintaining recreational facilities that cater for younger people. “All the work done on the croquet club...is paid for by the members,” he said. “For the last 10 years, all the spending as far as we can see...has been focussed namely on the younger demographic, whereas as the croquet club has virtually got nothing.”

Mr Andrews said the council keeps putting money into the other sports at the Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve. “I think it is fair, even proportional, to give some to the croquet club,” he said. Mr Andrews and Mr Mann were seeking support for their club’s five year plan and funding to be allocated to the task of designing and building new pavilions at both clubs. Both clubs also want to extend the available playing area to three, full size lawns. The club’s “realistic” five year plan culminates in the Bass Coast Festival of Croquet in the summer of 2022. Victoria has the second highest number of croquet players in the country, while Phillip Island and Wonthaggi have the second and third highest membership numbers in Gippsland respectively. Mr Mann said Bass Coast has 22 percent of the players in the Gippsland region. He said the growth of the Phillip Island club is around eight percent per year and Wonthaggi’s growth is around 10 percent per year.

“We can’t grow our membership with our existing facilities. We can work together to create a common design and both clubs are fully committed to contributing to the cost of doing that,” he said. “All demographics including Bass Coast’s fastest growing demographic, the 60 plus group, deserve to be treated fairly in the allocation of recreational funding. “We are asking for a significant increase in the funding for our community sport.” Cr Clare Le Serve wanted to know how much money the clubs were asking for. Mr Mann said he assumed the design phase would cost around $10,000 to $20,000, if one design can be used for both pavilions. He said in terms of building club houses, we are talking somewhere between $150,000 and $300,000. “To build a new lawn from scratch, somewhere around $60,000 to $70,000,” he said. Mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield said the requests of the croquet clubs will be treated as a 2018-19 budget submission.

Karate students push the limits FOUR students attended the International Sport Karate Association Gippsland ClasYear 7 boys: from left, Isaac Seuren, Seth Cummins, Ben Clements, and Sebastian Toomey sic Martial Arts Tournament recently. defeated Bairnsdale SC, Drouin SC and Catholic College Sale.

Wonthaggi students are ace WONTHAGGI Secondary College’s Year 7 and Senior Boy’s teams both won at the Gippsland Tennis Finals at the Traralgon Tennis Complex recently. The success was part of the School Sports Gippsland Regional Tennis Competition.

Both teams will now compete at the State Finals at the Boroondara Tennis Complex in Melbourne later in May. The intermediate team also came third. Senior Tennis team member, Jack Clements, has been selected for the Victorian team in the Pizzey Cup held in Queensland.

Senior Boys: from left, Josh Griffin, Kyle Griffin, Cam Boulton and Jack Clements defeated Drouin SC (4-2) and Nagel College (5-1).

On short notice, the four students stepped up to represent the club in their respected events. This was the first tournament in the ISKA Victorian circuit for 2018. “The day was a packed event,” Renshi Mick Ognenovski, head instructor, said. “With so many competitors the competition standards were very high.” The club also attended the 2017 Victorian awards presentation night on the evening of the event in a formal setting. “As a club we came 17th overall out of 58 clubs in Australia in 2017. We came overall 7th out of 40 clubs in Victoria in 2017,” Renshi Ognenovski said. “This is a massive achievement for our small club considering we are the ‘new kids on the block.’” Renshi Ognenovski placed overall fifth out of all Blackbelt participants in Victoria in 2017 receiving an award and honours. “The hard work we have put in has put us on the map and a force to be reckoned with,” he said. “The Gippsland Classic was a great event with us coming away with some gold. Four competitors stepped up to the plate with five gold medals coming home to the club.” Renshi Mick Ognenovski: Gold in Self Defence and Traditional Kata. Chris Brown: Gold in Showmanship. Thomas Telfer: Gold in Sumo. Izzabelle Keating: Gold in Sumo.

Amazing results: Sempai Chris Brown, Thomas Telfer, Izzabelle Keating and Renshi Mick Ognenovski performed well at the International Sport Karate Association Gippsland Classic Martial Arts Tournament.

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SEJ have been favoured with instructions from clients KJ & B Flanders to offer on their behalf the complete sale of all farm equipment and sundry items as listed. John Deere 6420 tractor F.E.L. c/w bucket, forks and 3rd function, 5000hrs; New Holland T.L 90 Tractor F.E.L bucket, forks and silage grab 5800hrs; Suzuki 750 4x4 motorbike; Suzuki 500 4x4 motorbike; Tandem stock trailer 12'x6' H.D; Motorbike farm trailer; Connor Shea Seed Drill 2.1 mtr; Paddock roller 3 mtr; Jarret Grader Blade 2.4mtr; 3PL Berends pasture topper 3m; Truline trailing hay/silage feedout cart; Crump 1 tonne spreader; Hardi boom spray-outfit 800ltr c/w 200M hose; 50 ltr motorbike sprayunit; 3PL Smudger 3.6m; Hayrings; 3 inch drill pipe lengths 9.5 mtr; 3 PL x 2 hay forks (New Holland & McRae); Plastic cattle trough 4500 ltr; Peerless air compressor; Peerless welder; Steel calf troughs & feeders; Test buckets (2 steel, 1 plastic); Honda GX200 portable pump; 3 PL discs; Husqvarna chainsaw; Traveling irrigator, old; Heiniger cattle clippers; Elect fence reels x 5; Pigtail posts; Steel posts; Pine posts & strainers; Motorbike ramps; Drag chains; AI tank & 14 'numero uno' straws; Karcher pressure cleaner; Aluminium extension ladder; Milled Cypress timber 6” x2” & 4” x 2”, various lengths; Milk vat compressor; 1971 International farm tipper truck c/w crate & sides; Calf crate 6'6” x 4'6”; Old 6x4 trailer; Old grass harrows x 2; Old spray unit; Fuel tank stand – Diesel 700 ltr; 3 Phase 50 KHZ elect motor; Single phase motor. Tools and sundries too numerous to mention. OUTSIDE VENDORS: Yamaha Virago motor bike; Wool press; Circular wool table; Ride on mower; Sheep handler; Stihl chainsaws; 80 x new fence posts 6'; 1975 International truck, 6 tonne, petrol V8 motor, 4 spd manual, with 14 ft tray cattle & sheep crate, 191640kms; 700ltr spray outfit with boom; 8 ft Maschio rotera; Tandem trailer; household furniture and farm sundries.

2 x $1130; P. & C. Body, Jeeralang / Maryvale, 1 x $1050; C.D. Farr, Stony Creek, 5 x $1050; Corrabora Cattle Farm, Neerim North, 6 x $1000; T. & D. Flint, Longford, 1 x $1000; J.B., M.E., C.J. & J.M. Moscript, Leongatha South, 4 x $1000. Cows: A.D., B.M. & G.A. Confron, Stratford, 7 x $1000; P. Oliver, Bibbenluke, 4 x $920; H. Trigar & J. O’Brien, Delburn, 1 x $880; Bural Wool

THERE were approximately 1170 export and 200 young cattle penned, representing a decrease of 1100 head week on week.

The usual buying group was present and operating in a dearer market. Quality was good in the prime pens with fewer plain light weight cattle on offer while the penning of mostly dairy cows represented close to half of the yarding. Many of the limited selection of young cattle were lacking finish with those suitable for the trade selling up to 15c/kg dearer. Grown steers and bullocks improved 12c to 15c/kg. Heavy weight grown heifers gained a few cents. Heavy Friesian and crossbred manufacturing steers lifted 5c to 10c/kg. Most cows sold 10c to 15c dearer with the poor conditioned light weights lifting 30c/kg. Heavy bulls improved 16c/kg. Vealers to butchers sold from 297c to 319c/kg. A small number of yearling trade steers made between 278c and 305c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade sold between 252c and 280c/kg. Grown steers made from 266c to 294c/kg. Bullocks sold from 280c to 300c/kg. Heavy weight grown heifers showing good finish made between 230c and 262c/kg. Heavy Friesian manufacturing steers sold between 190c and 215c with the crossbred portion between 227c and 291c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows made from 120c to 176c with only a few poor light weights selling under 100c/kg. Heavy weight cows sold mostly from 160c to 228c/kg. Better shaped heavy bulls made between 190c and 245c with dairy lots between 146c and 199c/kg. The next sale draw - May 16: 1. Rodwells,

2. Landmark, 3. Alex Scott & Staff, 4. Phelan & Henderson & Co, 5. Elders, 6. SEJ. All lambs born on or after January 1, 2017 must be NLIS tagged. As of April 1, 2018 all lambs and tagged sheep will be scanned. Sheep Sale Wednesday, May 16 at 12pm.

Prime Sale - Wednesday, May 9

BULLOCKS 12 B. & W. McNaughton, Woundellah 814.2kg 10 R. & W. Grylls, Yanakie 741.5kg 15 G. & J. Briscoe, Mirboo North 578.3kg 3 G. & R. Smith, Allambee 570.0kg 12 R. & C. McGill Fmly Tr, Kongwak 683.3kg 8 L. Vuillerman, Foster 620.0kg STEERS 1 M. Selling, Sale 315.0kg 2 M.R. Albert, Welshpool 332.5kg 1 K.F. Benson, Doomburrim 355.0kg 1 B. & J. Taylor, Mardan 395.0kg 1 B. Whittaker & J. Staton, Waratah 360.0kg 5 G. & R. Smith, Allambee 502.0kg HEIFERS 2 T. & H. Ohia, Devon 347.5kg 2 M. Selling, Sale 312.5kg 1 K.F. Benson, Doomburrim 385.0kg 2 Lorstan Nom, Bengworden 312.5kg 1 T. Carvan, Poowong East 350.0kg 2 F. & K. Matthews, Yarram 292.5kg COWS 6 R. & E. Gloster, Tarwin 630.0kg 1 H. & J. Bland, Woranga 635.0kg 1 G. & A. Burston, Hinnomunjie 820.0kg 1 G. & J. Schepers, Won Wron 440.0kg 1 R. Tatnell, Hiawatha 665.0kg 19 P. & J. Carnegie, Jindivick 627.6kg BULLS 1 J. Davies & P. Thompson, Carrajung 1215.0kg 1 McGauran Past Co. Rosedale 1090.0kg 1 R. & M. Bowron, Sandy Point 895.0kg 1 Keenage Past (Egan), Alberton W 855.0kg 1 D. & J. Bowler, Woodleigh 980.0kg 1 L. & L. Calder, Meeniyan 800.0kg VEALER BULLS 1 V.R. Love, Boolarra South 240.0kg 1 M.F. Wrench, Outtrim 275.0kg

300.2 295.6 293.6 293.6 293.2 292.0

$2444.13 $2191.87 $1697.99 $1673.52 $2003.53 $1810.40

312.0 310.0 306.6 305.0 294.6 293.6

$982.80 $1030.75 $1088.43 $1204.75 $1060.56 $1473.87

318.6 303.2 297.6 297.6 290.0 289.2

$1107.14 $947.50 $1145.76 $930.00 $1015.00 $845.91

227.6 220.6 215.2 215.0 214.6 214.6

$1433.88 $1400.81 $1764.64 $946.00 $1427.09 $1346.90

245.0 225.0 220.0 210.0 198.6 195.0

$2976.75 $2452.50 $1969.00 $1795.50 $1946.28 $1560.00

207.6 $498.24 180.0 $495.00

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Farming Insight Muster rounds up results By Sarah Vella THE Improving Herds project, with the help of 34 focus farms across Australia, has proven making decisions based on Australian Breeding Values pays off. The results of the project, completed on behalf of the Australian dairy industry, were explored in detail at the national muster held at Jelbart Dairy in Leongatha South last Thursday. Several South Gippsland focus farmers were involved in the project, including Toby Leppin from Bena, Tim Jelbart from Leongatha South, Terry and Janine Clarke from Nerrena, Michael Axford and family from Korumburra, Paul and Lisa Mumford from Won Wron and Marian MacDonald from Jack River. Tim Jelbart from Jelbart Dairy said his late father Max had a passion for genetics, but said there had been marked improvement in the technology since he joined the business in 2015. “In spring 2016, the board decided to make a three to five year commitment to invest in genomics and evaluate the outcomes, particularly after our involvement in the Improving Herds project,” he said. As part of the Improving Herds project, Jelbart Dairy received an analysis based on the cows that have been milked in the herd. The analysis looked at how the top 25 percent of the herd performed against the bottom 25 percent, based on balanced performance index (BPI). Based on BPI, the top 25 percent of the herd pro-

duced an additional 1656 litres of milk per cow, 66 kilograms of protein per cow and 67 kilograms of fat per cow each year, compared to the cows in the bottom 25 percent. “Our top BPI cows aren’t our biggest producers, but they are mostly in calf on the first round, have very few health issues and stay in the herd longer,” Tim said. Jennie Pryce from Agriculture Victoria and Improving Herds project leader said the project was an unbelievable collaboration involving a number of different groups. “It was a unique project, for the first time we deliberately brought together the science and the extension team,” she said. Ms Pryce said part of the project was to look at the value of cows in the top 25 percent of herds against the bottom 25 percent.

Great information: dairy farmers Loretta Mabin and Sam Williams, both from West Creek enjoyed the Improving Herds national muster at Jelbart Dairy at Leongatha South “We ranked all the cows we had and we used as last Thursday. much historical data as we had for those farms. As part of Improving Herds...we were able to split up the costs for each of the cows in the herd,” she said. “That led to us being able to rank all the cows and then compare, in a very objective way within each of those herds, how the top and bottom 25 percent performed.” John Mulvany from OMJ Consulting said while he had limited knowledge of dairy genetics, it was clear genetic improvement is a contributor to profit on dairy farms. Mr Mulvany said if genetics are working correctly, the top group of cows would be infinitely more efficient than the bottom group. “I accept that, but be careful with the interpretation. Culling the bottom 25 percent of the herd won’t mean profit goes up,” he said.

Above left, Speakers: from left, presenting at the Improving Herds national muster at Jelbart Dairy at Leongatha South last Thursday were John Mulvany from OMJ Consulting, Alison van Eenennaam from the University of California, Tim Jelbart from Jelbart Dairy, Jennie Pryce from Agriculture Victoria and Improving Herds project leader, Jared Ireland from Lockington, Brad O’Shannessy from Cooma, and Erika Oakes from DataGene.

FAT SALE

A/C DIXON & LEE MARDAN, PROPERTY SOLD TO BE OFFERED WED MAY 23 KOONWARRA VLE, APPROX 10AM 100 ANGUS COWS, 7-10 YEARS PTIC TO LAWSON & DUNOON BULLS FOR AUG/ SEPT CALVING

Fonterra reveals base price: $5.90kg/MS FONTERRA Australia has announced the Fixed Base Milk Price for the 201819 season will be $5.90 per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS), following the conclusion of its annual tender process.

Fixed Base Milk Price is a price risk management tool that lets farmers lock in a set price for up to 70 percent of the season’s milk before the season starts,

providing greater price certainty by helping to reduce farmers’ exposure to market volatility. Now in its fifth year, interest in the initiative continues to grow from both farmers who take up the opportunity each season, as well as new participants. Fonterra Australia’s general manager farm source, Matt Watt, said the strong interest shows farmers are looking for greater price certainty to help them better plan. “Certainty can be particularly important for farmers at times when they are considering business investments such as expansion or undertaking a new conversion,” he said. “Fixed Base Milk Price is a bit like having a fixed interest rate on your mortgage versus a floating rate. It

enables you to know exactly where you stand with a percentage of your production and this can help with future planning and the ability to manage margins. “It’s another tool we’re providing under our Farm Source offering to deliver greater price certainty to farmers and so they can focus on running their own business, and complements other financial tools we provide to farmers such as the Farm Source income estimator.” To determine the volumes and prices of milk solids under Fixed Base Milk Price, Fonterra used a tender allocation process whereby farmer suppliers offered certain volumes of milk solids at a set price, which Fonterra then worked to match to customer demand.

Saputo announces price rise Vegie grower wins gong

The company was nominated for its work on chemical-free sanitation through the use of Electrolysed Oxidised Water (EOW). Following a Hort Innovation-funded research project, which evaluated a range of sanitation chemicals to reduce spoilage and presence of microorganThe company last Friday announced a step-up in leaf between Middle Tarwin and Clyde. isms, Schreurs became interested in a process that its farmgate milk price for the 2017-18 season of five The business won the Research and Development uses EOW to sanitise fresh vegetables. cents per kilogram of butterfat and 11 cents per kilo- Research Adoption Award at the AUSVEG VIC Schreurs worked with Unipolar Water Technologram of protein. and Wolfdene Awards for Excellence in Melbourne gies to design a unit that would be suited to their pre“This payment is retrospective and applies to recently. cut celery production line, which resulted in a 12-cell milk supplied by active WCB and MG suppliers More than 190 people attended the awards at EOW sanitation unit that is now installed and operafrom July 1, 2017. The payment will be made with the Kooyong Tennis Club to celebrate the important tional on their farm. April 2018 proceeds in May 2018,” the company contributions of members of the state’s vegetable and Despite encountering challenges, the benefits of the said in a statement. wider horticulture industry, and showcase their lead- EOW have significantly exceeded their expectations. “This increases our average farmgate milk price ership, dedication and innovation. The implementation of the EOW system demonfor the 2017-18 season for all Saputo Dairy Australia Schreurs and Sons will now represent Victoria at strates Schreurs and Sons’ ability to change existing suppliers in the Southern Milk Region to $5.68 per the Australian awards at Hort Connections in Bris- systems in place and adopt new technologies availkilogram milk solids, up from $5.60 per kgms. bane from June 18 to 20. able to the vegetable industry.

A HORTICULTURAL producer with SAPUTO Dairy Australia announced a major growing operation at Middle good news for farmers less than two Tarwin has won an industry award for weeks after buying former dairy coop- innovation. erative Murray Goulburn. Schreurs and Sons grow celery, leaks and baby

Community’s backyard blitz for brave Harvey Continued from page 1. “The fundraising officially commenced in February 2018. We fundraised in every way we knew how, but cooking was a big one. One of our beautiful nurses, Beena Mathew and her husband made $700 doing a curry lunch day and nurse Emma Grabham organised a sausage sizzle which raised $1900. “We held a Peter Rabbit movie night where we had 298 people attend and made $4000. We sold knitted handmade toys that were knitted by a generous Leongatha lady.” Ms Cruickshank said they had so much support from local businesses donating to raffles and giving small donations along the way. When they discovered a shortfall, the Leongatha Rotary Club was contacted. Rotarians donated $500 and assisted in a submission to access the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society funded by Dick Smith.

They matched dollar for dollar the fundraising, which assisted in pushing fundraising over the target. David Trease from David Trease Design and Drafting solutions got the ball rolling. He submitted permits and applications to GBA. David donated all his time and GBA donated part of the application to help out. “We were extremely fortunate to have had Clint Davidson from Davidson Builders come on board and take the project on. Clint made the decision we needed to build this deck as quickly as possible and got the project fired up and organised to perfection,” Ms Cruickshank said. “Clint along with Russell Kenny, Mitchell Young, Nick Gardiner and Ryan Cruickshank spent two recent weekends (five days) completing the deck. “All these guys are husbands, sons and we had a few brothers and friends of the nurses at the Leongatha Hospital who pitched in when needed.

“We also had a few people assist in the garden and we gave the existing sand pit and vegie patch a make-over. We planted some fruit trees and also constructed some new garden beds to help bring the back yard to life.” Andrew Houston from Leongatha Garden Supplies assisted in obtaining supplies and along with Numix concrete made extremely generous donations. Matt Smith from AW Smith and Sons assisted with all the building supplies and donated enough to enable the completion of the project. Steve Reynold will be painting the deck in the coming weeks and donating his time. “So many members of the community have been in touch with myself and have donated to this project and to Sarah and Mark. On behalf of Sarah and Mark they want to say a massive thank you to the community,” Ms Cruickshank said.

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What does it take to be an AFL footballer? VACANCIES @ GSHS Associate Nurse Unit Manager Multi-Function Ward, Korumburra Hospital Permanent Part Time up to 56 hrs per fortnight (Job Ref # ND0501)

Registered Nurse – Gr 2 Multi-Function Ward, Korumburra Hospital Permanent Part Time/Full Time Positions available (Job Ref # ND0502) Contact: Tracey Edmonds, Nurse Unit Manager. Ph: 5654 2751 or email tracey.edmonds@gshs.com.au

Physiotherapist (Re-advertised) 0.84 EFT Limited Tenure until May 2019 12 month maternity leave cover with potential for ongoing employment (Job Ref # PH0501)

Podiatrist – Gr 2 (Re-advertised) 0.5 EFT Permanent Part Time (Job Ref # PH0403) Contact: Vivian Carroll, Allied Health Manager. Ph: 5654 2701 or email vivian.carroll@gshs.com.au

Manager Medical Imaging/ Senior Sonographer (Re-advertised) Full Time (Job Ref # PH0404) Contact: Selina Northover, Director of Primary Healthcare. Ph: 5667 5696 or email selina.northover@gshs.com.au

ASSISTANT LIQUOR MANAGER Would you like to join a dynamic team and have the opportunity to grow with the company and move your career to a higher level? Michaels SUPA IGA Stores are looking to expand and require managers to ﬁll existing positions with a capacity to move into more senior roles as they become available. Location: Michaels SUPA IGA Stores, South Gippsland Reporting to: Liquor Manager, Store Manager, Assistant Manager Availability: Alternating Rosters (Some public holidays) Attractive Salary Package on Offer The successful applicant will have a proven track record of: • Liquor experience and wine knowledge • Cashiering, stocking and retail sales work • Delivering excellent quality and service standards • Working well in a team environment • Achieving sales and wage control targets • Assisting the liquor manager in day to day operations • Maintaining a work schedule and rostering that reﬂects the customers’ needs and at the same time meeting wage budgets • Maintaining store pricing and ticketing • Ability to work evenings and weekends • Creating attractive displays and special promotions • Fork Lift Licence preferred but not essential Applications can be sent to the below details and closes Sunday 20th May 2018: PO Box 200, Moorabbin 3189 Domenic D’Agostino domd@michaelsiga.com.au

Full details, including the position descriptions are available at www.gshs.com.au. Email applications, quoting the relevant job reference number, to jobs@gshs.com.au no later than Sunday, 27th May 2018.

ESSENDON AFL football players James Stewart and Kyle Langford visited Wonthaggi North Primary School on Tuesday, May 8.

Stewart discussed his football career with grades 3 and 4 students before teaching them footy skills and drills. He was playing for Glen Iris Football Club when he was drafted to the AFL in 2012. He played 18 games for Greater Western Sydney and kicked 48 goals, before Essendon Football Club recruited him at the end of 2016. “I made my debut playing for the Giants at the Gold Coast and our team lost by 130 points,” he said. “I was about 16 years old when I thought I would love to play football as a career. “My dad taught me to kick the footy when I was about four or five years old. He was the one who introduced me to the game and I also played Auskick. “I tried playing all different sports but football was always my favourite and it was what I was best at.” Stewart grew up a big Collingwood supporter as his father, Craig Stewart, played 115 games for them, but said that if he had the opportunity to play for any other team in the AFL he would stick with Essendon. “I’m pretty lucky to be able to do what I love for a job,” he said. “My advice for young footballers would be to enjoy playing the sport with your friends and just have fun.”

LATROBE VALLEY TOURISM AND EVENTS MANAGER LATROBE VALLEY TOURISM AND EVENTS OFFICER Two outstanding career opportunities; Award winning tourism organisation; Gippsland location

MG Trading, (fully owned subsidiary of Saputo Dairy Australia Pty Ltd) Has 26 Trading stores, Bulk Feed and 7 Bulk fertiliser Depots We currently have an opportunity for a

STORE MANAGER to lead our team at Leongatha

Destination Gippsland is seeking two motivated and skilled Tourism and Events professionals. Based in Morwell you will be responsible for a range of exciting tourism, events, marketing and business development activities that generate beneﬁts for the Latrobe Valley visitor economy. For more information please email Helen Rose at helen@destinationgippsland.com.au. Applications including a resumé should be forwarded by email by May 28th 2018.

Key responsibilities Safety • Lead by example, provide a safe place of work for Staff and Customers Sales • Manage Budgets, drive sales through excellent customer service and on-Farm activity. • Look for new avenues to grow the business • Provide training and support to the sales staff to increase knowledge and a high level of customer satisfaction. Merchandise • Be responsible for the store presentation and layout. • Keep a clean shop, well presented and manage Stock Turns • Manage stock and work With Vendors to maximise sales and growth Inventory Control • Manage inventory control including monitoring stock levels, storage and accessibility; ordering and performing stock takes to ensure adequate supply without excessive oversupply.

Required Skills & Experience • Certiﬁcate in retailing, merchandising, sales and marketing or related ﬁeld of study desirable • Previous experience in a merchandising / sales role in the retail industry • Strong Inventory management and merchandising skills • Excellent communication, customer service and ability to build strong relationships • Strong Focus on Safety in the work place

For futher details or send your application to Jeff.holmes@mgc.com.au Applications Close 25/5/2018

Number 17, Stewart is a key forward for the Bombers and his athletic ability and skills keep the team strong and mighty.

Football star: Wonthaggi North Primary School students Andot and Connor were excited to meet Essendon footballer James Stewart on Tuesday, May 8.

Acute Care Nurses (Division 1) wanted ICU/PICU experience preferred but not essential Wanted for home care in Leongatha area who love the outdoors and having fun! Due to nature of program, females are encouraged to apply. Please contact Patrik 0n 0410 942 230 or email patrik@intensivecareathome.com

SHORT-TERM INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR An experienced project worker is sought by U3A Mirboo North & District to develop a full suite of organisational policies and procedures. Hours – average ½ day per week. Essential – previous experience in a similar role, ABN, ﬂexibility in hours; self-driven. Maximum six month period. For further information and a copy of the position description, please contact Cheryl Miscamble, President via email. president@u3amnd.org.au Closing date: 24 May 2018.

ACTIVITY LEADER Do you love the outdoors and working with children? We have a new position available for an energetic and positive person with a ‘can do’ attitude. Waratah Beach Camp is a 160 bed lodge situated metres from stunning Waratah Bay. We run over 45 different activities on and off site for school aged children from Prep to year 12. This unique position is physically challenging and requires excellent communication skills for the coordination of student’s daily activities such as: giant swing, ropes courses, abseiling, rock pooling, bouldering wall etc. We have a very strong customer service focus on camp: Everyone is a VIP. Hours are: Mon-Thurs, 2.30pm – 10.30pm no split shifts, no weekends. Working with Children Check, and references are essential. $30 per hour + Super, full uniform provided and uniform cleaning allowance. Full training provided. This is a casual position with the potential for full time employment for the right candidate. Email your resumé to: The Manager: Nick Traill nick@waratahbeachcamp.com.au Or phone: 5684 1435

MJA Accounting has a full time position at our Leongatha office for an entry level Administration Assistant to join our team of hard working professionals. We are seeking an enthusiastic, versatile and team orientated person to cope with a busy work environment. Your duties will be varied and include: • Filing, scanning and other document management tasks • Preparation of files for client appointments • General office and administration duties as required. Future advancement and promotion will be available for the successful applicant. If you are interested in applying for this role please send through your resumé and covering letter to: Email to: yvonne@mjacpa.com.au Post to: Administration Assistant MJA Accounting Level 1, 16 McCartin Street, Leongatha Vic 3953 Applications close: 27 May 2018

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DUTY MANAGER Would you like to join a dynamic team and have the opportunity to grow with the company and move your career to a higher level? Michaels SUPA IGA Stores are looking to expand and require managers to ﬁll existing positions with a capacity to move into more senior roles as they become available. Location: Michaels SUPA IGA Stores Korumburra Reporting to: Store Manager, Assistant Manager Availability: Sunday to Thursday Roster As a Duty Manager you are responsible for the following tasks: • Ensuring employees are offering exceptional customer service • Making sure customers are happy with the service and products • Delegating duties • Assisting store managers • Helping to implement store policies • Routing sales productivity reports to staff • Motivating employees • Handling cash and end of day checking • Managing store cleanliness and organisation • Dealing with customer complaints and issues Previous Supermarket Management experience is preferred for this role Applications close 20th May 2018 and can be sent to the below details: Domenic D’Agostino domd@michaelsiga.com.au PO Box 200, Moorabbin 3189

Tipping experience preferred Excellent remuneration. Successful candidate must have licence history print out, basic fatigue management accreditation and good presentation Please forward your resumé to hadawayptyltd@ bigpond.com or phone 0419 319 261

South Coast Joinery in Fish Creek is seeking a

QUALIFIED CABINET MAKER Successful applicant must have: • Driver’s licence • Installing experience For enquiries call Jason 0429 832 693

Most photos that appear in The Star can be purchased by calling 5662 2294.

POSITION VACANT

Director of Nursing - Korumburra Grade 7 (51-100 beds) Full Time Fixed Term (6 months) Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS) is nestled in the rolling hills of South Gippsland, close to the coastal towns of the beautiful Bass Coast. The South Gippsland area caters to many recreational pursuits and is a great place to live with access to good schools and affordable housing. GSHS is one of the largest employers in South Gippsland employing 450 staff members. It is based across two campuses in Leongatha and Korumburra. This position, primarily located at Korumburra, is a rare opportunity to work as part of the Executive team in a role where good leadership matters. GSHS is embarking on an unprecedented period of change, aligning ourselves as part of the South Coast’s Service Pan, to deliver services across the region, in partnership with other health services that will meet the needs of our community well into the future. The Korumburra Campus currently consists of a 15-bed Acute Ward, an Urgent Care Centre, two Residential Aged Care facilities and a full range of Primary Healthcare services. This role needs a dynamic nursing leader to manage a great team of professionals. To succeed in this position you will ideally possess the following skills: • Senior nursing experience in a wide range of disciplines • The ability to support and drive change throughout an organisation • Provide support to the Korumburra Management Team, Executive Director of Nursing (GSHS), the Executive team and all staff • Excellent interpersonal skill both verbal and written with the ability to communicate at all levels • A commitment to high quality patient care • Clinical leadership and education skills • Appropriate Tertiary / Academic qualiﬁcations • Registration with AHPRA The scope of this position will involve the management of Nursing areas including Hillside Lodge, undertaking project work and advancing nursing practices throughout the organisation. GSHS offers a comprehensive orientation program on commencement of employment. Staff have access to supportive staff mentoring, education and development programs. Salary Packaging is available for all staff. All applicants will be required to provide a current satisfactory police check. The position description, located on our website at www.gshs.com.au, provides further details on duties and responsibilities and essential criteria which suitable applicants will be shortlisted. Further Information: Vicki Farthing, Executive Director of Nursing. PH: 5667 5504 or vicki.farthing@gshs.com.au. Applications: A covering letter quoting reference number ND0504 as well as a copy of your resumé listing at least two referees can be emailed to jobs@gshs.com.au no later than Sunday, 27th May 2018.

QUALIFIED DIESEL MECHANIC We have a position available for an experienced Diesel Mechanic to carry out field and workshop repairs and maintenance for our range of quality agricultural tractors, farm equipment and secondhand machinery. A diligent, self-motivated, suitably qualified and experienced service person is required for our busy, vibrant dealership. You must have a current driver’s licence and the ability to work independently and with a workshop team. Factory training and overalls provided. If you are a great self starter who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role, then we want to talk to you. Remuneration negotiable for the right applicant. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. Please send your current resumé to: The Manager Chapman Machinery Service P/L 58 Yarragon Road, Leongatha Vic 3953 Or email to: admin@chapmanmachinery.com.au

Position Vacancies Bass Coast Health Bass Coast Health is seeking applications for the following positions: Team Coordinator Social Support & Activity Permanent Part-Time 64 hours per fortnight Sub-Acute Unit Permanent Part-Time Endorsed Enrolled Nurse 64 hours per fortnight Permanent Part-Time Registered Nurse Grade 2 64 hours per fortnight Aged Care Registered Nurse or Endorsed Enrolled Nurse – Permanent Part-time Midwifery Registered Midwife/Nurse Permanent Part-Time Emergency/HDU Registered Nurses 4.0 EFT Available Clinical Liaison Nurse Learning & Development Permanent Full-Time or part thereof Surgical Liaison Nurse/Registered Nurse Permanent Part-Time 24 hours Surgical Liaison / 24 hours Operating Suite Nurse Pool Registered Nurses Permanent Part Time 0.42 to 0.84 EFT available For full position details, a position description and how to apply, please visit the employment section on our website at: www.basscoasthealth.org.au

CHAINSAWS We stock the largest range of chainsaws in South Gippsland, including - Stihl, McCulloch and Husqvarna

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Professional repairs and services to all makes of chainsaws. We also have a large range of secondhand chainsaws available.

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wanted to buy ANY OLD farm four wheelers, good or bad, 4WDs or trucks. Will pay cash. Phone Matt 0401194601. TRAILER 6x4. Contact 0458-320522.

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Form B SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT Pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 The land affected by the application is located at: 20 Panoramic Drive, Walkerville VIC 3956 being Lot 1 TP740981, Parish of Waratah. The application is for a permit to: Removal of native vegetation. The applicant for the permit is: J. Taylor. The Application Reference Number is: 2018/86. You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the office of the Responsible Authority - South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953, Telephone: 5662 9200. This can be done during office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge. Applications are also available to be viewed on Council's Website at www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority. An objection must: • be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing • include the reasons for the objection and • state how the objector would be affected. If you object, the Responsible Authority will tell you its decision. Privacy Notification: The responsible authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application. The Responsible Authority will not decide on this application until 14 days after the date of this Notice. Submissions can be received after this date up until a decision is made.

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CUMMINS John Patrick (Jack). Passed away in Inverloch on May 9, 2018. Beloved husband of Rhyl (dec). Loving father of Nick, Suzy and Virginia, father-in-law to Heidi, Stuart and Woody. Grandpa Jack to Cassidy and Sunday, Fergus and Rory, Sonny Ray, Claude and Marlowe. Dearly loved and sadly missed.

My heart is breaking, but I am comforted in the knowledge that you are no longer in pain and are at peace, riding that Harley with the wind at your back and the sun in your face.

A humble man with a personality to match. Ride in peace. Love from all, Eddie, Ann, Frances, Katie, Tony, Michael, Fiona and all the kids and grandkidlets.

Many thanks to the nurses at Armitage House who took such great care of you.

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To my Barney, my soulmate, you will always have my heart and you will be forever missed - Liz.

Loved husband of Joan (dec). Loved father of Michael, Paul and Marita. Loved brother of Margaret Woof, Eileen Hanrahan, Carmel Hayes, Marie Rothnie, Frank, Dorothy Kaye, and Lawrie Thomson. May he rest in peace.

CUMMINS John Patrick. Passed away peacefully at home. Dearly loved big brother of Paddy, loving uncle of Bridget, Ben, Clare and Liam. Respected brother-in-law of Clare and Helen (dec). Now resting in peace. CUMMINS - Jack. The members of Leongatha Golf Club are saddened at the passing of our highly respected member, Jack Cummins. Jack joined the club in 1963 and gave great service over those 54 years including being club president in 2009-10. The club extends sympathy to the Cummins family. CUMMINS - Jack. The Koonwarra / Leongatha RSL Cricket Club committee, players and members regret the passing of former player, Jack. Deepest sympathies to the Cummins family. GILLIES - Barry Ian (Barney). 04.06.1959 - 09.05.2018 Dearly loved son of Geoff Gillies, and Barbara and Ron Pinkerton. Much loved brother to Ray and Glenys, Kim and Ian, Brad and Sue, and their families. Loving husband and best friend to Liz. Much loved and adored father to Amy and Meagan. Loved and respected stepfather to Leonie and Peter. Beloved Pa Barney to Adelaide and Montana.

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Dearly loved son of Geoff Gillies, Barbara and Ron Pinkerton. Brother of Ray and Glenys, Kim and Ian Grabham, Brad and Sue, Uncle Barney to all his nieces and nephews. We will miss his happy smile and the motor bike coming up the driveway. Gone but never forgotten. Mum and Ron. To our loving father, Barry Ian Gillies, sorry you got sick of waiting to walk Mooey down the aisle and for Mimi to have babies. We love you and forever will cherish our memories together. Love Mimi and Mooey. In loving memory of a great brother, brotherin-law and uncle. Barry we enjoyed so much together, you will always be in our memories. Rest in peace. Love Ray, Glenys, Sara and Michael. Loving brother of Kim and brother-in-law to Ian. Loving uncle of Rebecca, Stephanie and Christopher, and their partners. Will be sadly missed. Thanks for all the fun memories and good times! Barry (Barney) I will never forget the times we spent together hunting, riding bikes and sharing a quiet moment around the campfire. Love you always, Brad, Sue, Darcy and Gus. Barry you will be sadly missed by your other family.

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OLDHAM - Lindsay James. Late of Leongatha, Victoria and Clear Island Waters, Queensland. Passed away aged 77 years. Beloved husband of Marion, much loved father of Jenny, Joe, Darcy and Madeleine, Leanne, Noel, Sophie and Amelia, Jackie, Benjamin and Max, Paul, Tammy, Chilli and Coco. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a celebration of Lindsay’s life to be held in the Somerville Chapel, 129 N e ra n g - B r o a d b e a c h Road, Nerang on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 12.30pm. A celebration of Lindsay’s life will be held in Leongatha at a date to be confirmed. Lindsay’s wishes, no flowers please. Somerville Funerals Gold Coast (07) 5596-2233 OLDHAM - Lindsay. Loved brother and uncle of Allan, Nola, Rhett and Ella. Always the joker. OLDHAM - Lindsay. Loving husband of Marion, fond brotherin-law and good friend of Graham and Lois, loved uncle of Craig and Fiona, Faye and Kevin, and Maree and David. Sadly missed. OLDHAM - Lindsay. Loved and respected brother-in-law and uncle of Robert, Bev (dec), Macy, Stuart, Julie, Gary, Vicki, Leonie, Greg and their families. OLDHAM - Lindsay. Passed away peacefully at the Gold Coast. Much loved sister-in-law of Jess, brother-in-law to Kevin and Barry (both dec). Uncle to Robert, Susan, Greg, Fergus and Felicity. Treasured memories of special times. OLDHAM - Lindsay. Courageous until the end. A true gentleman. May he rest in peace. Miles family.

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comed two players each. Students had the opportunity to meet Dyson Heppell, Michael Hurley, Tom Bellchambers, Kyle Langford and James Stewart along with others. The footballers started off with a question and answer session before heading outdoors to teach the students drills and skills.

Football inspiration: Wonthaggi North Primary School students back row Jessica and Hsa Plo and front from left, Kaylee, Charlotte, Charlie and Lorna had the opportunity to meet Essendon player James Stewart at school on Thursday.

• Poowong v. Lang Lang

Another win for Poowong POOWONG headed to Lang Lang hoping to win two games in a row something that has not happened since 2011, the ground was in good condition and the weather was perfect. This is probably the last time Poowong will play at this ground as Lang Lang’s new sporting complex should be open next year. Poowong gained Chris Doria and Josh Harvey but was missing two key forwards in Trevor Hooker (Suspended) and Ben Hancock (Hamstring) this meant a very small forward line which would add pressure to the teams chances. Young gun Jai Newcombe played in the Under 18’s with the Interleague coming up which he was selected in. Poowong kicked to the Melbourne end against a very slight breeze but it was Lang Lang that had the first goal on the board from a mark in the square, this was followed up by a down field free kick giving Lang Lang its second with Poowong one man down having Jack Hazendonk sent off for 15 minutes Poowong scored a point before Lang Lang added its third after a poor defensive kick. Poowong fought back to add a goal late in the quarter to Chris Robinson. Lang Lang 3.0.18, Poowong 1.1.7 The coach asked for more pressure from the forwards and not to get caught up in retaliating and not to argue about decisions concentrate on the ball and it worked, kicking two goals one to Jayden Sullivan and one to Chris Doria after a point each. Poowong added a point from a 50 yard penalty but Lang Lang came back with a point and a goal. Chris Doria kicked his second but a bad kick across goal allowed Lang Lang in for its fifth.

Poowong added a point before Tom Wyatt his tackle was not rewarded he gathered the ball and kicked a good goal from the forward flank to give Poowong the lead by three points at half time 5.5.35 to Lang Lang 5.2.32 The third quarter was another quarter where the ball moved up and down the ground but Poowong’s pace when they got it out wide was starting to tell. Poowong added a goal to Chris Doria his third and three points, Lang Lang added a goal from a down field penalty. Poowong 6.8.44 to Lang Lang 6.2.38 The Poowong boys were asked to work hard and run the ball, but Lang Lang opened with a point until Poowong’s Lachie Green kicked a good goal from the flank. Josh Chivaroli made a good tackle, Brad Curtain added a good goal and Poowong was 17 points up but another 50 metre penalty allowed Lang Lang to kick its seventh. Poowong added three points before Jack Hazendonk added a goal after the siren for a 20 point win. Poowong 9.11.65 and Lang Lang 7.3.45 For Poowong to go all the way would need to eliminate the mistakes kicking across goal and also the 50 metre penalties as they gave Lang Lang three goals. It will be a couple of weeks before we are at full strength but we must tighten our discipline and the forwards have to keep the pressure up. Goal Kickers Chris Doria 3, Singles to Jack Hazendonk, Lachie Green, Jayden Sullivan, Brad Curtain, Tom Wyatt and Chris Robinson. Best Player awarded Chris Doria, Chris Robinson, Tom Wyatt, Jayden Sullivan, Matt Cozzio and Tim Harris. My Best Jayden Sullivan down back played a great game.

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thestar.com.au Korumburra Parlour Bowls TWELVE players arrived at Outtrim on Monday, May 6 to enjoy games of bias bowls.

Well done: from left, Jill Bateman, Gavin Blew and Lois Luby were the winners of Wednesday’s Mixed Mufti at Inverloch.

Inverloch bowls WEDNESDAY saw mixed mufti social bowls at Inverloch and with the move to this day from Thursdays, as well as threatening weather on the horizon. Thirty four bowlers gathered under bright sunshine to contest two matches, one of 12 ends before lunch and the other over 10 ends after lunch. There were four teams of two bowl fours and six three bowl triples teams. During the first match the weather began to close in and it became imperative that accurate bowling was at the fore with the northerly wind increasing. At the completion of the two matches, there were

three teams with two wins apiece and the hard luck story of the day was the team of Mick Yates (skip), Graeme Dunlop and Jenny Haydon on 32 points who were edged out by the runners up team of Malcolm Marshall (skip) Gary Scott, Pat Sheedy and Terry Orford on 33 points. The clear winner, however, on 38 points, was the team of Lois Luby (skip), Jill Bateman and Gavin Blew. The lucky draw went to Linda Gallyot, Pat Sheedy, Reg Varty, Laurel Lee and Mick Yates. Mixed mufti social bowls is next scheduled for Wednesday, May 16 and Sunday, May 20, with the booking sheets available at the clubhouse. With respect to the 2018-2019 Tuesday Pennant competition, a registration of interest sheet is in the

clubhouse for those that are interested in playing in the competition to register their interest. Other upcoming events include the ‘mystery trip’ on Thursday, May 17 and the trip has now been completely booked out. Those attending should note the bus will be departing the bowling club car park at precisely 8:45am. So be in attendance well ahead of the scheduled departure time. The cost will be $50 which includes a two course lunch at a hotel. Next Friday, May 18, is the members draw night with a jackpot up for grabs. Friday, May 25, is the next scheduled meals night so that you have recorded your name on the booking board.

Leongatha bowls LAST Wednesday Leongatha Bowls Club conducted the first Winter Pairs event scheduled in the fixtures book. We were blessed with good weather; consequently 24 bowlers presented which made an even number of 12 teams for the occasion. The final result was close with two teams registering the same margin score of plus 11 so the ends won rule came into play. The winners were Ken and Gwen Williams with 16 ends won as opposed to Les Wilson and John Richards who recorded 14 ends won on their score card. The Williams pair has featured in the last two events held at the club so the possibility of the use of performance enhancing drugs has been mentioned. Ken is recovering from a health scare so the success will enhance his recovery. On Saturday only four bowlers braved the bleak conditions so the decision was made to abandon the social bowls event. Publicity officer Mal Grant experienced the frigid weather on Friday night at the MCG watching his beloved Hawks go down to the Swans in a thriller. He had to be removed from his seat with an ice breaker. The next event at the club will be Social Bowls on Wednesday, May 16 followed by more Social Bowls on Saturday, May 19. The first Winter Triples event is scheduled for May 23 so entries would be appreciated from the bowlers who are not joining the Grey Nomads and heading to warmer weather conditions. Attached please find pics of Ken and Gwen Williams plus Les Wilson and John Richards.

Four teams of three players rolled two games of six ends after spending a little time revising skills and technique. George, Colin and Sally finished with LW-5; Joanna, Allan and Mary WL even; Arc, Jenny and Joe WL+1; Lee, Ashley and Charlie WL+4 shots. Close results throughout. The pennant on Tuesday night saw Korumburra Blue be defeated by the “old enemy”’ Mardan by 12 shots. Korumburra White drew with Foster Yellow. Improved results for both teams will be required if they both wish to play in the finals again. Next week, Blue plays Foster Black and White faces Dumbalk. The results of the parlor bowls games on Thursday, May 10 hardly changed ladder positions although Sicilians and Kardella swapped top spot again after a demolishing victory to Sicilians (29-11). Pretenders bowled well and with Lilet and Ryan Wyatt in starring form they easily accounted for Battlers who, like their name, are battling at the moment. (26-13) The third game was neck and neck until the final five ends which saw The Burra score 7 points to Kookaburra’s 1; giving The Burra victory by 8 shots (25-17). With only two competition rounds before the finals, ladder positions haven’t settled fully. At the moment the ladder is Sicilians 36, Kardella 34, Pretenders 28, The Burra 28, Battlers 24,

Wonthaggi bowls WINTER came early to Wonthaggi late last week with rain, wind and cold air which meant all games on Thursday were cancelled.

Kookaburras 22, VRI 20. Last night’s bye for VRI puts that team within striking distance of Battlers and Kookaburras and only two wins from Pretenders and The Burra. Strange things happen in the game of bowls but not, perhaps, for the cellar dwellers!

Foster indoor bowls ON Saturday night, May 5 we had a quiet turn up of only eight players.

It was a good nights bowling and we welcomed Wynita for her first night. The winning team on the night was that of Charlie Tyers, Mark Taylor, Peter Stapleton and Wynita Baker. Very well done to them. Saturday saw a nice turn up of 10 players. So we spread everyone around. Wynita was back again, this time with her husband Peter also. There were two teams that won two games for the night, but the outstanding winning team with a great margin of points was that of Jose Bohn and Peter Stapleton. They outperformed all, great job. For this week only our Indoor bowls will be held on Friday night, May 18th at 7pm, not the Saturday, after our Happy Hour. So if you would like to have a go, call the Bowls Club (56822061) or Bev Tyers on 0408369298 for further details.

South Gippsland Indoor Bias bowls ONCE again the games are being well contested. and Frank Cimino being the winners. On Wednesday the Annual General Meeting will take place at 7pm sharp. Only matters on the agenda will be discussed and voted on at the meeting. Voting at club rooms between 2pm and 6pm. Members must attend personally to lodge a vote. The indoor carpet bowls will start in a few weeks in early June, come along and join in.

Great job: Leongatha Bowls Club members Les Wilson and John Richards recorded 14 ends on their score card on Wednesday.

Saturday the weather had picked up so some players were on the greens in the afternoon. The game of pairs was played with Allan Smith

Team effort: Leongatha Bowls Club members Gwen and Ken Williams were the bowls winners with 16 ends on Wednesday.

Good effort: Wonthaggi team members Allan Smith and Frank Cimino won bowls on Saturday.

As Korumburra White and Foster Black battled it out all night to end up a draw, 22 all. Mardan came out firing on all cylinders to beat Korumburra Blue by 12 shots. While Dumbalk chalked up their first win by a very narrow margin of two shots to Foster Yellow. There are still not a lot of points between the teams so it is a great close ladder after our first three weeks. Great bowling everyone.

Ladder K’burra White ..... 10 Mardan ................ 8 Foster Black ........ 6 Foster Yellow ...... 4 K’burra Blue ....... 4 Dumbalk .............. 4

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Smith’s team with one win and a loss; Jeanette Grady played lead and Theresa Bateman played second. The pennant round at Mardan has been reasonably good. Week one saw a defeat by Foster Black by seven shots then week two was a win over Dumbalk by eleven shots. Week three we had a win over Korumburra Blue by twelve shots. That’s all for this week RG.

Buffalo indoor Wednesday, May 9

AN enjoyable night of bowling at Buffalo this week when two games of 10 ends were played.

In the first game on mat two scores were level after eight ends but Toni Heldens THURSDAY was too and Danah Suckling won the wet and cold for any last two ends to narrowly beat Stephen Suckling and play to proceed. Next week we are play- Mary Tumino 9-6. On mat one Joe Occhiing at Tarwin Lower so we pinti and Carolyn Benson hope to see you all there. Please let Peter McWil- had a good lead after seven liams know by Wednesday, ends but Bill Wolswinkel, on 5678 5974, if you are Joyce Occhipinti and Charlie Tumino came back strongly, coming. and after the 10 ends Joe and hung on to win 11Mirboo North Carolyn 7. indoor bowls Game two saw Toni and Danah with their second win THIS week bowlers by one over Joe and Carolyn were a bit thin on the 10-9. Bill, Joyce and Charlie their first win beating ground with some do- had Stephen and Mary 14-9. ing the duck thing and The only ones with two flying north for winter wins were Toni and Danah and some being caught (WW) 12 ends so they were in a date clash with a the night’s winners; second Bill, Joyce and Charlie (LW) Landcare event. 11 ends; third Joe and CaroWe had two mats down lyn (WL) 10 ends; and fourth and played two games of ten ends. The winning team com- Stephen and Mary (LL) sevprised of Ann Plowman skip en ends.. Social bowls Wednesday and president Denyse Menzies 7.30pm at the Buffalo hall with two wins. The runners up was Cliff all welcome.

South Gippsland bridge club Results for last week. Friday May 11 at Inverloch- pairs event. North/South First with an excellent 70.37 were Jean Barbour and Greg Nicholson. Second with a fine 62.73 percent were Jack Kuiper and Deb Anglim and third with 53.70 percent were Anne and Bruce Gibson. East/West First with another brilliant score were Dina Drury and Richard Moss with 71.76 percent and the score of the week. Second with 56.71 percent were a team new to each other, Hannah Martin and Penny Loughran and third with 55.32 percent were Matti Shubb and John Quayle. Tuesday May 8 at tarwin lower – nationwide pairs North/South First with an excellent score in this tough national event were Marie Sands and Ken Mckenzie with a stunning 60.64 percent. Second with an excellent 59.14 perscent were Pat West and Faye Rowlands and third with 47.93 percent were Neville Chapman and Carol Sowden. East/West First with another brilliant score were Dina Drury and Richard Moss with 64.92 percent. Second with a fine 55.83 percent were Alan Johnston and John Sutton and third with 53.08 percent were Hannah Martin and Maureen Stiles. Monday may 7 at meeniyan – pairs event First with an excellent 55.21 percent were Bluey Aeschlimann and Dirk Jacobs. Second with 53.12 percent were Kathryn Smith and David Baggallay and third with 51.04 percent were Frank Arndt and Faye Rowlands. Faye has had several very fine performances this week. Well done Faye. The club congratulates Jeans Barbour on achieving the very high level of bridge grand master. Well done Jean. A great effort well rewarded. Club team championships will run at Inverloch over the next two weeks. Please consult the club website for further details.

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the ever popular 4BBB TUESDAY: Stableford. open and beginners’ Winner: Jim Parry (15) day sponsored by Hays 37 points. NTP sixth: N Jewellers. As occurs every year, Cooper 17th: F Tyers. the father and son team of DTL: D Hutchinson Brian and Ty Hogan pro(13) 36, N Thompson vided an incredible array (9) 34. of trophies for the day. Wednesday: 27 Hole Foursomes. Lorna Wilson trophy. Winners net: R Galloway and D Williams 116.25. Winners Scr: R Galloway and D Williams 135. NTP 17th: V Soderlund. DTL: B Britten and A Heywood 117.75, B Warren and G Tyers 118.75. Thursday: Stableford. Wash out no golf. Friday: Chook Run. (nine holes). Wash out no golf. Saturday: 4BBB Stableford. Robin Smith trophy. Winners: N Cooper (nine) and J Lyon (18) 47 points c/b. NTP fourth: D Hutchinson sixth: S Reid 13: S Canning 15th: N Cooper 17th:N Buckland. DTL: J Pruyn (26) and G Watkins (14) 47. P Spencer(17) and O Kindellan(18) 46. F Tyers(16) and R Smith(20) 44. Ladies: B Britten(21) 40. Runner up: G Reid (23) 32. The club would like to thank the Wilson Family and Robin Smith for sponsoring this week’s golf events. This week the golf was interrupted by the weather as it will from here on. So if the sun is out get come along on comp days have a hit or the weather may beet you to it.

Woorayl golf A GREAT field of 60 players took to the course on Saturday in

The very popular event caters for new golfers just starting out in their golfing careers, as well as those seasoned veterans who have mastered the game. The winner of the main event, the Beginner grade, was our sponsor team of Brian Hogan, Ty Hogan, Alister Hillis and Ian Rutherford with the best score of the day, 57 1/2 net. Having sponsored the event for many years, these guys are very familiar with the format and cruised around the course to claim the spoils, along with bragging rights for the next 12 months. Runners up were past winners and regular placegetters, Damien Symmons, Graham Challis, Paul Challis and Paul McGory who just missed the winner’s prize by 3/8 of a shot with their score of 57 7/8 net. The winners of the Golfers Grade were Ken Miles, Max Wood, Ray Sullivan and George Johnson. This very experienced team combined over 260 years of golfing experience to plot its way around the course, compiling a very handy score of 59 7/8 net. They say you can’t beat experience, which was certainly the case here. Well done fellas. The unlucky runners up in the Golfers Grade were Craig Hall, Rob War-

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

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ren, Ash Peters and Michael Grist who finished just 1/4 of a shot behind the winners with a score of 60 1/8 net. The encouragement award this week was won by the team of (no first names to protect their identity) B Hughes, B Beilby, J Beilby and M Howard. It is not all about winning anyway, one of these popular guys is right up there age wise and it is just great seeing him out there every week still having a crack. Good on you Bob. Balls down the line went to everyone in the field, so it didn’t matter how bad you played, nobody went home empty handed and thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the balls provided were Pro Vs. Thanks guys. NTP on the eighth went to Ross Berryman and on the 17th Ray Sullivan. A few extra prizes were also provided for the big hitters of the club with longest drive trophies presented to Dale Burge (open), Jack Howard (over 60 years old) and Lee Dowling (beginner). The winner of the ball raffle was Troy Williams.

Mirboo North golf THURSDAY: Stableford. Day winner: Sashi Nair (33) 35. DTL’s: Joe Kus (16) 35 and Mal Payne (11) 33. NTP fourth: Joe Smeriglio. Saturday: Stableford. Winner: Mal Payne (11) 41. DTL’s: Nigel Bracecamp (21) 39, Terry Bradshaw (9) 38, Joe Kus (17) 38 Second shot NTP 5th hole: Mark Heiberg. NTP: fourth Jeff Hughes, sixth Steve Bickerton, 13th Nigel Bracecamp and 16th Mark Heiberg.

LEONGATHA has had a very successful Pennant season with both women and men’s teams winning flags. Thank you to all the members who made themselves available to represent our club. The women won two flags.

Leongatha Golf ON Saturday The Westaway Ambrose Pairs was contested with Anthony Sparkes and Tom Williamson showing the rest of the field a clean pair of heels with a net 59.25, this was five strokes clear of their nearest rivals. Balls were awarded to the pairings of Alex Hill and John Wheatley, Leroy Sharrock and Craig Hams, Ron Findlay and Rod Mackenzie, Trevor Rickard and Grant McRitchie, Nick and Mark Lafferty, Bruce Hutton and John Feddersen, John Belli and Jason Dennerley, and Malcolm Gin and Barry Attwood. Peter Buttinger certainly had his irons working well to be NTP on both the 14th and 16th holes. There was also an individual event for those without partners and Nicholas Perrin took the honours here with a very score of 38 points. Shaun Kent and Dot Stubbs won balls. On Tuesday May 8, 55 golfers took to the lush fairways at Leongatha with Brad O’Brien amassing 38 points to win C Grade and the Best

Leongatha one was successful in section two and we also won section four. Our other two teams playing in section’s two and three acquitted themselves very well too. We unearthed a star recruit in Bec Wilson, making her Pennant debut and playing number one in the team which won section two. Our other debutantes

Karen Bear and Nan Meagher were in the winning section four team. Thanks to Colin Bear who caddied for Karen in every match and also Ian Murchie who caddied for Karen Orford in the very exciting final round in section four. Congratulations to our men’s teams that won the prestigious division one flag. Not to be outdone their

Score award in a countback from Ian Barlow, who won B Grade with his score of 38 points. A Grade was taken out by Norm Hughes with 37 points, also in a countback. Balls were awarded to John Eabry, Geoff McDonald, Leroy Sharrock, Bill Bittlemann, Greg Ellt, Garry Friend, Andrew Smith, Peter Waters, Marilyn Williams, Antony Roberts, Nicholas Perrin, Alan Kuhne, Nathan Wardle, Will Norden and Bruce Hutton. NTP’s were Bruce Hutton on the 14th hole and Bert Borg on the 16th. Thursday was the annual 4 Person Ambrose event sponsored by the Inverloch Publicans. Winners with a nett 57.624 was the team of Leroy Sharrock, Bruce Cathie, Rod Hopcraft and Alan Sperling. They finished just one stroke clear of runners up Mike Street, Geoff Maher, Brad O’Brien and Joe Lowell. Balls were awarded to the teams of John McLennan, Peter Buttinger, Ron Findlay and Ted Bruinewoud, John Renwick, Arthur Nilsson, Rob Pritchard and Barry Day, Michael Thomas, Craig Hams, Norm Hughes and Wayne Keen. NTP’s were Frank Smedley on the 14th hole

and Leroy Sharrock on the 16th. The final of the A.E Edney 4BBB Par event has been completed for 2018. The semi finals were played out with the first match between father and son combination of Alan and Martin Edney against Ross McRobert Bill Howson with the Edney Team winning 2/1. The second semi was the match between Wayne Keen and John McLennan against Barry Attwood and Russell Williams with the latter pairing also winning 2/1. The final match was a

division four and five teams took out the flags as well. Leongatha wishes to congratulate the other Pennant winners, Meeniyan women who have won the three peat in section one and Woorayl women who won section three after a nine year pennant drought. Wednesday: In very pleasant conditions, compared to that which came later, forty women played a stroke round. show down between the sponsor, Alan Edney and son Martin against Barry Attwood and Russell Williams. The match was played in good conditions with Barry and Russell opening up a handy lead of 4 up, before Alan and Martin fought back only to go down 2/1, in a great match Once again an excellent event and many thanks to Alan Edney for sponsoring the event. Congratulations to all who played and especially to the winners Barry Attwood and Russell Williams.

This was the second round of the Club Championships, sponsored by Coral Gray. As is often the case the scoring was an improvement on the first round. Melina Willder , who was already leading B Grade, showed us how to deal with the occasion carding the best nett score of the day, net 69. Continued on page 55.

Meeniyan ladies PERFECT conditions prevailed last Wednesday thanks to a wonderful amount of work completed recently. Thanks so much to all concerned. Thanks also to IGA for its support. The second round of the Champions saw some great golf and good scores. A Grade this week was won by Andrea Thorson with 74 net (9) B Brade was won by Tanya Thorson with 76 net (26) and C Grade was won by Lyn Jennison with 77 net (37). Putting was won by Andrea Thorson with 29 putts. BDL D Christie 77 (9) V Park 77 (15) S. Hoskin 78 (22) and F Lepage 79 (19)

A E Edney 4BBB Match play final: winners were Russell Williams and Barry Attwood.

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THE second round of the 2018 Ladies Championships was played on Wednesday with 26 players on the course.

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WEDNESDAY results: Competition: Woorayl Challenge (Stableford). Mirboo North won 31.5 points. A Grade winner: Chris Gunn 34. B Grade winner: Nicole Allen 36. C Grade winner: Anne Wood 37. DTL’s: Sue Traill 34, Freda Nair 35, Elly Berryman 33 and Barb Stimson 33. NTP’s 13th: Elly Berryman and 16th: Jo Graeme. Nine hole winner: Lynne Winderlich 17.

A Grade was won by Anne Walker who turned in the best round of the day of 83 (11) 72 net. The next best score was 76 returned by Robyn Wilkinson 98 (22) 76 on count back from Marg

A Grade winner: Andrea Thorson.

Thursday’s 4 person Ambrose: winners from left, Leroy Sharrock, Bruce Cathie, Rod Hopcraft and Alan Sperling. The event was sponsored by The Inverloch Publicans. Ryan 97 (21) 76. Robyn was back to back B Grade winner. C Grade was also a count back with Leonie Bentick 107 (28) 79 from Anne Poulton. Birdies on the day were scored by Anne Walker, as well as Pam Hanley who had a great shot on the second to take home the NTP prizes with her birdie, NTP 8th Anne Tschiderer and NTP 17th Ally Adams. Standings in the championships are very interesting in all grades with Ally Adams on 166 from both Anne Walker

and Marg Johnson chasing on 169, B Grade sees Robyn Wilkinson 189 being closely followed by Geraldine Prentice 192, C Grade Chris Hamilton 221 with both Anne Poulton and Susan Jagoe 224. All three grades have an exciting finish next week. BDL Marg Ryan 76, Ally Adams ,Marg Johnson, Geraldine Prentice, Pam Hanley all 77, Anne Poulton , Jacqueline Loughran both 79, Jan Jeeves and Sev Piasente 80.

B Grade winner: Tanya Thorson.

Wonthaggi ladies: winners, from left, A Grade Anne Walker, B Grade Robyn Wilkinson, and C Grade Leonie Bentick.

C Grade winner: Lyn Jennison.

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thestar.com.au Leongatha Ladies Continued from page 54. Winners of the day’s stroke event: A Grade: Melinda Willder 90-2169, B Grade: Karen Bear 111-34-77, C Grade: Bronwyn Debenham 121-41-80. Down the line balls: Bec Thomas 72 nett, Pat Pease 73, Maxine Eabry 75, Trish Owen and Faye

Quilford 77, Toni West 78, Sue Wylie 79, Dot Stubbs and Anne Gibson 80, Wendy Brown, Rita deBondt and Julie Howard 81 and Jill Steer 82. Nearest the pin: 14th and 16th Both won by Bec Thomas, second shot NTP 14th Bronwyn Debenham, second shot NTP 16th Chris Lay. Rebecca Thomas is leading the Championship. Melinda Willder is

leading B Grade. C Grade is an arm wrestle with Jill Steer and Melinda Martin still tied in the lead. Nine Hole comp – front 6 Pink Course Nine players competed with the winner being Kerry Hogan with 16 points. Welcome back to golf Kerry after your hip surgery. Down the line balls Noreen Williams 15 & Marie Sands 13 c/b.

Leongatha swimmers excel too, securing 6th place in the 17 Girls 50m Fly. There were six students representing Leongatha Primary School at the SSV Swimming Champs. Nicolette Wight finished 4th in her 12-13 Girls 50m Back. Rahni Matheson swam a great race to achieve 4th place in the 10 Girls 50m Josh took home a silver in the 14 Breast. The 9-13 Girls Medley relay team Boys 50m Backstroke, bronze in the 50m Butterfly, 4th in 50m Breaststroke and 6th comprising Nicolette Wight, Skye Muin the 50m Freestyle. Hayley swam well nro, Lenna Campbell and Allison Tuck-

ON Wednesday, April 18, two local Leongatha Secondary College students Hayley and Josh Wight competed for their school at the School Sports Victoria State Swimming Championships held at MSAC in Melbourne.

ett swam an awesome race to finish 4th place. The 12-13 Girls Freestyle relay team combined well to take 5th place. The team was made up of Nicolette Wight, Allison Tuckett, Rose Hutchinson and Skye Munro. Several of these swimmers are now awaiting the announcement of team selections for SSV Team Victoria to compete in Hobart late July. Good luck to these swimmers.

School success: Josh and Hayley Wight represented Great result: Leongatha Primary School 12-13 Freestyle Leongatha Secondary College and performed well relay team, from left, Nicolette Wight, Rose Hutchinson, at the recent School Sports Victoria State Swimming Skye Munro and Allison Tuckett. Championships. Good job: from left, Leongatha Golf Club ladies A Grade Melinda Willder, C Grade Bronwyn Debenham and B Grade Karen Bear.

Surf placings for Wonthaggi WONTHAGGI Secondary College competed in the 2018 State Secondary Schools Surfing Team’s Titles at Jan Juc on Friday, May 4 in small, clean conditions.

Well done: from left, Woorayl ladies Mirboo North’s Chris Gunn accepted the Stableford Challenge trophy from her sister Ann Poole from Woorayl Golf Club on Wednesday.

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THE Woorayl ladies travelled to Mirboo North on Wednesday May, 9 to participate in the annual Woorayl/ Mirboo North Stableford Challenge. There was a good field with an even representation for both clubs with 11 players from Woorayl and 12 from Mirboo North. The Challenge trophy has been played for a number of years between the two clubs and was introduced by Ann Poole playing with Woorayl and her sister Chris Gunn playing with Mirboo North. Thanks go to Ann and Chris who also sponsored the event.

Korumburra ladies THE day was fine, although became increasingly cold and breezy for the second round of the Championships, last week. The daily event winner in A Grade (nil to 23) was Judy Webb, with a good result of 89(19)70

The day was overcast but with fine conditions and the picturesque course was in great condition. Individual grade trophies were played for but there was keen competition for the overall team club award of the Challenge trophy as friendly banter was traded before the ladies took to the fairways. The current titleholders Woorayl found the home course advantage was once again the winner with Mirboo North taking out the 2018 title The player’s scores were averaged out to determine the winners with Woorayl coming in with 28.7 and Mirboo North victorious with 31.5. The A Grade winner was Chris Gunn 34 points (Mirboo North) on a countback from Sue and close behind was Barb Walker, 93(22)71. B Grade (24 to 45) was won by Jan Hewitt, 104(26)79 and Jenny Blackmore was runner up, 109(29)80. Three women played in a Stableford competition with the winner, Alison Grewcock (43), with 32 points. NTP’s went to Lee Clements, seventh, Alison Grewcock, 10th and

Trail, in B Grade it was Nicole Allen 36 points (Mirboo North) and in C Grade Anne Wood from Mirboo North 37 points. NTP: 13th Elly Berryman (W), 16th Jo Graeme (W). DTL Balls: Sue Trail (MN) 34 points, Freda Nair (MN) 34 points, Elly Berryman (W) 33 points, Barb Stimson (MN) The round of golf was followed by a delicious shared lunch with all players enjoying a great day on and off the course. A reminder the monthly counter tea (from 6pm) and lucky draws are on this Thursday, May 17 at the club. All are welcome. This week: second round S and B Thomas Stableford Pairs Aggregate. Barb Twite on the 13th green. Good luck to all those playing in the championships, with the final round next Wednesday, May 16. Those who were unable to play in all three weeks of the Championships are welcome to add their names to the timesheet, play off the first tee after the championship competitors

Schools from all over Victoria competed in two events, a Mixed Team and All Female Team events. Heats were between 40 minutes to one hour in length and surfers had to run in and tag the next surfer in a changeover box on the beach after catching two waves. The Mixed Team

was made up of Shayla Paterson, Blake Green, Kyle Griffin, Codie Jolly-Jeffery, Taj Sleeman, Chad Garratt, Michael Kennedy, and Mia Goldsbury with help from Brennon

Reusch(WSC teacher). The All-Female Team consisted of Shayla Paterson, Lainie Paterson, Mia Goldsbury, and Ellie Burns with help from Travis Osmond (WSC teacher).

Pipped for first: the Mixed Team was made up of Shayla Paterson, Blake Green, Kyle Griffin, Codie Jolly-Jeffery, Taj Sleeman, Chad Garratt, Michael Kennedy, and Mia Goldsbury (not pictured) with Brennon Reusch (WSC teacher).

Both teams placed second in their respective events, the Mixed Team ended an eight year streak of first place finishes. Surf Coast Secondary College prevailed in the challeng-

ing conditions by 0.4 points. A huge thank you to the competitors and emergencies who made the long haul over to Jan Juc for the day. Bring on 2019.

Second placing: the All-Female Team consisted of Shayla Paterson, Lainie Paterson, Mia Goldsbury, and Ellie Burns with Travis Osmond (WSC teacher).

A season of promise THE Leongatha Badminton Club’s 2018 season began in exciting fashion with many new players experiencing their first taste of competition badminton. After numerous practice nights it was good to get out there and do the real thing. Organisers have struck a few hurdles with the format of play and some adjustments will need to occur to get the matches flowing smoothly. Greg Marshman and Kristen Bentley combined beautifully to win their doubles and will be included in the daily event. Thank you to Joan Peters and Jan Follett who provided the sought after raffle prizes, with Merrissa, Dot and Lyn the lucky winners. There is a meeting for all Pennant players after presentations next Wednesday. The South Gippsland championships were postponed due to the

contest over Steve Johnson and Alan McEachern in three absorbing sets, some brilliant shots played. Brae Byrne and Karsten Krohn were a bit too solid for their opponents. Tim Bright turned on a dazzling display to win his matches on the first evening and this doubles specialist is certainly in for a top season ahead. Tim was provided great support from new player Richard Burton who looked very sharp and in control of the shuttlecock. Gail Beer had a top night for her team the Crows defeating Jack Stephenson in their

heavy rain on Friday and will now be held at Meeniyan on Monday, June 4. Players are asked to confirm their entries with the Meeniyan club captain. A small field played in fine weather on Saturday, with Lynette McIvor (19) the winner with a good score with 37 points. A reminder of the

sets, while the experienced Neil Jeremiah was too solid for his opposition on the night. It was great to see Neil assist new player Jackson Land with the finer points of doubles badminton. In a close one point match Budgies were victorious due to a top night from Shaun Helms, Matthew Oomann and a lot of new players in this contest, with Rob Brownlow, Sarah Bouquet and Wenug Daz all learning a lot about the game. Well done to Simon Perks for showing these new players the ropes.

presentation evening, Saturday, May 26 at the cost of $5. Presentations will be made to the men and women who have won the major trophies over the past year. The well known Fiona Curram will provide musical entertainment and it would be fantastic if members support this important night.

Next week we will have a new and improved format that will see play flow a lot better.

Results Emus 5/105 d Robins 2/66, Galahs 5/107 d Magpies 2/75, Budgies 3/83 d Swans 3/82, Crows 3/94 d Rosellas 3/76, Eagles - bye.

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Congratulations: grade winners at Korumburra last week were Jan Hewitt and Judy Webb.

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Parrots netball results A Grade

Leongatha 41 d Warragul 36 Auction player - Taylah Brown. Awards: Amelia Ellen - Evan’s Petroleum, Nicola Marriott - Smith’s Home Hardware. In the battle of the birds, the Parrots came out and set the pace for the game. Our attack has finally started to settle and we were able to show we are contenders for the finals. Congrats to Kasie ‘old girl’ on 200 A Grade games.

B Grade

Leongatha 37 lt Warragul 59 Auction player - Elicia Garnham. Awards: Caysie Clark - Serafino’s, Alana Hanegraaf - Rusty Windmill, Sara Riseley - Mika & Max. Outstanding first half with excellent defensive pressure and encouragement on court. Unfortu-

nately Warragul got away towards the end but we worked hard and cooperated as a team.

C Grade

Leongatha 23 lt Warragul 40 Auction player - Tegan Renden. Awards: Macey Davidson - A.W. Smith & Sons, Tegan Renden - Lyn Rose. Another tough game this week. Some good passages of play but our passing let us down. Let’s come back firing after our week off.

Under 17

Leongatha 65 d Warragul 14 Awards: Beth Scott - Bair’s Hotel, Keely Price - Rusty Windmill, Luca Riseley - Bair Street Takeaway. Outstanding game Parrots. We went out there with our heads high and we maintained that throughout the game. Keep that intensity up next

game. Absolutely killed it girls.

Under 15

Leongatha 54 d Warragul 26 Awards: Holly van der Plight - Baker’s Delight, Taylah Buckley - Serafino’s Pizza, Mia Deenen Kat’s Korner. We maintained strength throughout the whole game. As the game went on our confidence gained, resulting in a win. Great work girls.

Under 13

Leongatha 50 d Warragul 9 Awards: Zara Kreutzberger - LFNC canteen, Taya Cameron - Sportsfirst, Katie Harris - Kat’s Korner. We started off slow in the first quarter and then we got into our groove and played really well as a team. Our efforts showed off with a 41 point victory. Well done girls.

Aerial dual: Stony Creek centre Hannah Kleeven and Foster’s wing defence Phoebe Gair leap high for their clubs. Also pictured is Foster’s Ebony Van Dyke, Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz

Alberton netball results Dalyston thanks sponsors Results - Round 5 May 12

A Grade: Toora 23 lt Fish Creek 46, Tarwin 23 lt MDU 71, Foster 42 lt Stony Creek 44. B Grade: Toora 26 d Fish Creek 25, Tarwin 10 lt MDU 82, Foster 48 d Stony Creek 29. C Grade: Toora 32 lt Fish Creek 44, Tarwin 16 lt MDU 41, Foster 16 lt Stony Creek 41. 17 & Under: Toora 10 lt Fish Creek 44, Tar-

win 3 lt MDU 50, Foster 49 d Stony Creek 10. 15 & Under: Toora 17 lt Fish Creek 21, Tarwin 22 lt MDU 25, Foster 65 d Stony Creek 4. 13 & Under: Toora 29 d Fish Creek 20, Tarwin 4 lt MDU 52, Foster 38 d Stony Creek 6.

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A Grade MDU ................... 300.74 Fish Creek .......... 145.03 Foster...................114.81 Toora .................. 108.33 Stony Creek........... 61.07

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Tarwin ................... 29.90 B Grade MDU ................... 250.72 Toora .................. 219.63 Fish Creek .......... 170.29 Foster.................... 86.34 Tarwin ................... 32.97 Stony Creek........... 41.39 C Grade Fish Creek .......... 173.21 MDU ................... 158.97 Toora .................. 104.55 Tarwin .................. 72.46 Stony Creek........... 86.39 Foster..................... 44.09 17 & Under MDU ................... 359.76 Foster.................. 171.79 Fish Creek .......... 157.89

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Stony Creek ......... 41.76 Tarwin .................. 40.59 Toora ......................35.11 15 & Under MDU ................... 184.62 Foster.................. 296.36 Fish Creek .......... 130.53 Tarwin .................111.63 Toora ..................... 84.26 Stony Creek........... 10.17 13 & Under MDU ................... 422.73 Foster.................. 363.89 Toora .................. 172.41 Fish Creek ............ 71.31 Stony Creek........... 31.15 Tarwin ................... 18.78

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Gippsland netball Results - Round 6

A Grade: Wonthaggi Power 45 d Sale 26, Morwell 49 d Moe 45, Traralgon 57 drew Drouin 57, Leongatha 41 d Warragul 36, Bairnsdale 38 lt Maffra 48. B Grade: Wonthaggi Power 35 d Sale 28, Morwell 44 lt Moe 46, Traralgon 51 d Drouin 35, Leongatha 37 lt Warragul 59, Bairnsdale 42 lt Maffra 48. C Grade: Wonthaggi Power 44 d Sale 37, Morwell 32 lt Moe 36, Traralgon 46 d Drouin 29, Leongatha 23 lt Warragul 41, Bairnsdale 31 lt Maffra 60. Under 17: Wonthaggi Power 46 d Sale 35, Morwell 43 d Moe 38, Traralgon 49 d Drouin 25, Leongatha 65 d Warragul 14, Bairnsdale 32 lt Maffra 41. Under 15: Wonthaggi Power 16 lt Sale 52, Morwell 15 lt Moe 45, Traralgon 23 lt Drouin 42, Leongatha 55 d Warragul 26, Bairnsdale 47 d Maf-

fra 29. Under 13: Wonthaggi Power 20 lt Sale 48, Morwell 27 lt Moe 28, Traralgon 52 d Drouin 2, Leongatha 50 d Warragul 9, Bairnsdale 25 lt Maffra 36.

Ladders

A Grade Morwell .............. 146.64 Traralgon ........... 181.98 Maffra .................111.91 Drouin ................ 101.65 Moe ......................114.23 Bairnsdale ............. 84.41 Warragul ................ 75.60 Leongatha.............. 65.46 Wonthaggi Power .. 83.63 Sale........................ 68.12 B Grade Traralgon ........... 190.58 Moe ..................... 128.88 Morwell ...............119.74 Maffra .................. 95.33 Warragul ............ 101.14 Sale........................ 95.61 Wonthaggi Power .. 81.16 Drouin ................... 78.62 Bairnsdale ............. 81.47 Leongatha.............. 71.43 C Grade Maffra ................ 161.38 Traralgon ........... 152.73 Moe ..................... 135.26 Drouin ................ 108.91 Wonthaggi Power103.02 Warragul .............. 108.15

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Morwell ................. 77.12 Sale........................ 82.10 Leongatha.............. 61.69 Bairnsdale ............. 58.20 Under 17 Traralgon ........... 200.00 Wonthaggi Power138.59 Morwell .............. 120.10 Maffra .................113.51 Moe ..................... 122.69 Leongatha............ 122.39 Drouin ................... 95.61 Sale........................ 80.53 Bairnsdale ............. 67.55 Warragul ................ 29.17 Under 15 Sale ..................... 235.43 Bairnsdale .......... 208.59 Leongatha .......... 152.38

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Moe ..................... 132.96 Drouin ................ 135.37 Maffra.................. 104.69 Warragul ................ 62.90 Wonthaggi Power .. 45.99 Morwell ................. 41.39 Traralgon ............... 55.16 Under 13 Sale ..................... 325.81 Traralgon ........... 238.83 Leongatha .......... 122.15 Moe ....................... 98.25 Wonthaggi Power111.54 Bairnsdale ........... 100.00 Maffra.................... 98.47 Morwell ................. 62.98 Warragul ................ 31.71 Drouin ................... 25.21

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LDNA umpires 11am: Anna Patterson, Mitch Price, Jacinta Muhovics, Cayli Lane, Barb Challis, Anita Gourlay, Pat Kuhne, Ashleigh Poland, Emma Smith, Lily Worsfold, Erin Baudinette, Britt Price, Jesseme Arnason, Angelique Dunlevie, Hannah Gilliam, Katrina Spark, Phil Smith. 12 noon: Amy Smith, Abagail Exelby, Jade Hamilton, Sophie Clarke, Bek Vagg, Sue Ritchie, Jesseme Arnason, Jacinta Muhovics, Mitch Price, Pat Kuhne, Steph Thoonen. 1pm: Emma Smith, Cayli Lane, Barb Challis, Phil Smith, Angelique Dunlevie. 2:20pm: Lori McKenzie, Lauren Baudinette, Katrina Spark, Erin Baudinette, Anita Gourlay.

THE Dalyston netballers received some new drink bottles from Westernport Water.

West Gippsland

This was also supported by Gippsport. Results - Round 6 Dalyston Football and Netball Club would A Grade: Bunyip 46 like to thank Westernport Water and Gippsport for lt Inverloch Kongwak 53, helping our girls stay hydrated during their long Nar Nar Goon 35 lt Phillip Island 41, Kilcunda Bass games.

Community support: from left, Hannah Grenville, Gemma Thomas, Grace McRae and Zara Hooper received new water bottles from Westernport Water.

LDNA results Results - Saturday May 12

11 & Under Section 1: Mt Eccles Pink 11 d Inverloch-Kongwak 3, Mirboo North 12 d St Laurence Gold 4, St Laurence Maroon 14 d Mt Eccles Yellow 4. 11 & Under Section 2: Inverloch-Kongwak 10 d St Laurence 2, Town 6 d Mt Eccles 1. 13 & Under Section 1: Mirboo North 20 d Inverloch-Kongwak 7. 13 & Under Section 2: Inverloch-Kongwak 16 d Mirboo North 8, Mt Eccles Purple 11 d Parrots 6, St Laurence 14 d Mt Eccles blue 10, Korumburra-Bena 14 d Town 4. 15 & Under: Mt Eccles Blue 15 d St Laurence 13, Town Black 22 d Town Tangerine 18, Mirboo North 19 d Mt Eccles Pink 7. 17 & Under / C Grade: Town 37 d St Laurence 31, Mt Eccles Blue 43 d Mt Eccles White 22, Meeniyan & District 55 d Mirboo North 18. Open: Mt Eccles 53 d Mirboo North 46, St

Laurence 40 drew Town Tangerine 40, MDU 40 d Town Black 30.

Ladders

13 & Under Section 1 St Laurence Blue ..... 367 St Laur Maroon ....... 207 Mirboo North .......... 333 Mt Eccles Silver ....... 100 Inverloch-K’wak ......... 28 13 & Under Section 2 Inverloch-K’wak ..... 323 Korum-Bena ............ 165 St Laurence ...............118 Mt Eccles Purple .... 183 Mirboo North .............. 77 Mt Eccles Blue ............ 59 Parrots ......................... 55 Town........................... 29 15 & Under Town Black .............. 133 Mt Eccles Blue ......... 108 Town Tangerine ......... 90 Mirboo North .......... 102 St Laurence ................. 92 Mt Eccles Pink ............ 83 17 & Under / C Grade Meeniyan & Dist ..... 267 Mirboo North .......... 134 Town ........................ 106 Mt Eccles Blue ........... 79 St Laurence ................. 68 Mt Eccles White .......... 50 Open MDU ......................... 166 Mt Eccles .................. 105 Town Black .............. 104 Town Tangerine ......... 86 Mirboo North .............. 88 St Laurence ................. 66

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27 lt Cora Lynn 56, Garfield 24 lt Koo Wee Rup 94, Korumburra Bena 41 lt Dalyston 42. B Grade: Bunyip 43 d Inverloch Kongwak 37, Nar Nar Goon 28 lt Phillip Island 44, Kilcunda Bass 11 lt Cora Lynn 68, Garfield 18 lt Koo Wee Rup 72, Korumburra Bena 35 d Dalyston 26. C Grade: Bunyip 25 d Inverloch Kongwak 24, Nar Nar Goon 16 lt Phillip Island 54, Kilcunda Bass 21 lt Cora Lynn 43, Garfield 12 lt Koo Wee Rup 55, Korumburra Bena 31 drew Dalyston 31. Under 17: Bunyip 39 d Inverloch Kongwak 23, Nar Nar Goon 15 lt Phillip Island 44, Kilcunda Bass 15 lt Cora Lynn 53, Garfield 10 lt Koo Wee Rup 46, Korumburra Bena 43 d Dalyston 24. Under 15: Bunyip 18 lt Inverloch Kongwak 27, Nar Nar Goon 20 lt Phillip Island 32, Kilcunda Bass 4 lt Cora Lynn 47, Garfield 19 lt Koo Wee Rup 31, Korumburra Bena 29 d Dalyston 22. Under 13: Bunyip 13 lt Inverloch Kongwak 19, Nar Nar Goon 16 lt Phillip Island 18, Kilcunda Bass 0 lt Cora Lynn 41, Garfield 3 lt Koo Wee Rup 36, Korumburra Bena 21 d Dalyston 8.

Ladders

A Grade Dalyston ............. 149.74 Phillip Island...... 180.53 Koo Wee Rup ..... 146.51 Bunyip ................ 121.63

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Korum-Bena ...... 132.24 Inver-K’wak ........ 131.47 Nar Nar Goon.......118.75 Cora Lynn.............. 73.90 Garfield ................. 26.64 Kilcunda-Bass ....... 42.47 B Grade Bunyip ................ 214.57 Korum-Bena ...... 174.57 Cora Lynn .......... 145.99 Koo Wee Rup ..... 144.21 Dalyston ............. 132.80 Phillip Island ....... 108.80 Garfield ................. 46.58 Inver-K’wak .......... 92.66 Nar Nar Goon........ 52.36 Kilcunda-Bass ....... 26.41 C Grade Phillip Island...... 230.97 Bunyip ................ 205.13 Inver-K’wak ...... 170.18 Korum-Bena ...... 134.09 Koo Wee Rup ..... 134.56 Cora Lynn............ 100.60 Dalyston ................ 79.06 Kilcunda-Bass ....... 51.72 Garfield ................. 32.13 Nar Nar Goon........ 49.14 Under 17 Bunyip ................ 254.03 Korum-Bena ...... 212.50 Cora Lynn .......... 162.50 Phillip Island...... 167.91 Dalyston ..............115.82 Koo Wee Rup ...... 104.32 Inver-K’wak .......... 95.39 Nar Nar Goon........ 40.89 Kilcunda-Bass ....... 34.78 Garfield ................. 27.67 Under 15 Cora Lynn .......... 198.82 Korum-Bena ...... 188.89 Phillip Island...... 200.00 Inver-K’wak ...... 100.86 Bunyip ................ 100.83 Dalyston .............. 144.55 Garfield ................. 81.06 Nar Nar Goon........ 93.58 Koo Wee Rup ........ 75.66 Kilcunda-Bass ......... 6.42 Under 13 Cora Lynn .......... 348.78 Phillip Island...... 203.28 Koo Wee Rup ......186.11 Inver-K’wak ...... 165.43 Bunyip ................ 188.89 Korum-Bena.........112.50 Nar Nar Goon...... 181.67 Dalyston ................ 75.25 Garfield ................. 35.26 Kilcunda-Bass ......... 1.53

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Pink message at Mirboo North ON the weekend, the Mirboo North Football Netball Club celebrated Pink Sports Day, raising funds and awareness for the Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). Players all wore pink arm bands, pink hair ribbons and brought pink ladies sending messages to loved one lost or battling Breast Cancer.

A Grade

Mirboo North 76 d Boolarra 29 MN Hotel BOC: Danielle Hilliar. MN IGA Coaches Award: Emily Loh. Well done girls on a convincing win. We are working better as a team and improving each week. Solid effort.

B Grade

Mirboo North 73 d Boolarra 8 Craig Young Butcher / Lamezleigh BOC: Jaime Chila. MN IGA Coaches Award: Janet Bradley. A good game with great pressure down the court. See you all at train-

ing in preparation for a big game next week.

C Grade

Mirboo North 52 d Boolarra 5 Traf’s Mens and Boys BOC: Connie Lia MN. IGA Coaches Award: Tegan Bell. Well done girls. It was a big improvement on last week’s game and a solid win.

Maxwell. Jump & Climb Coaches Award: Alannah Knowles. A great team win played in fantastic spirit.

Lots of position changes saw the girls being flexible. Keep up the awesome work.

D Grade

Good move: Fish Creek’s Darcy Hargrave got all the attention and the way was clear for youngster Sam McGannon to gather and go.

Mirboo North 72 d Boolarra 20 Traf Men’s and Boys BOC: Allison Snell. MN IGA Coaches Award: Erin de Bondt. Fantastic game girls. We got turnovers and had great passages of play. Let’s work hard for another win next week.

• Toora v Fish Creek

Roos and Pies play out a classic THE grand final rematch was played out on Saturday at Toora and what a cracking match the very big crowd was treated to.

17 & Under

Mirboo North 72 d Boolarra 20 MN Bakery BOC: Miki Hilliar. MN IGA Coaches Award: Mel Blackshaw. Another fantastic team game by the girls. Worked in well with different positions on court! Great work everyone, keep it up.

15 & Under

Mirboo North 46 d Boolarra 16 MN IGA BOC: Lily

Down court: Mirboo North wing attack Erin Noorbergen looks to get the ball forward in the D Grade match against Boolarra on Saturday.

That’s the spirit: Mirboo North’s 15 and Under netballers really got into the Pink Sports Day theme, raising money for the Breast Cancer Network Australia.

With both sides missing players and particularly the loss of the Magpies captain Jack Weston the Pies would need to be at their best to get the Roos. The Pies definitely had the better of the early part of the match really taking it up to the reigning premier. Goals to Matthew Andrews who was very lively up forward and Bennett Osbourne got the Pies out to a good start. This could have easily been three goals until a certain goal was taken off the Pies after a free kick was given on the goal line for an illegal shepherd. The Roos attacks weren’t great once again with inaccurate kicking for goals costing them dearly. The result a goalless opening term while the Pies managed three of their own to take a 16 point lead into the first break. The Kangas didn’t have wait long into the second term before that finally had their first goal of the day, a good mark to big forward Harry Hunt. Joshua Griffin and Jayden Attard for the Pies were winning plenty of the ball while Darcy Hargrave and Justin Smith were doing the same for the Roos. Fish Creek seemed more in control of the match through the opening part of the quarter, that was until Toora went forward where they looked dangerous. Goals to Brett Scarcella and Luke Manders extended the Toora lead out beyond 20 points and the big home crowd was right behind them. Two in a row followed for the Kangaroos when Smith and Hunt both goals to reduce the margin to seven points but the Magpies answered again to take a 12 point lead into the second half. The second half underway and the ball was being hotly contested by both teams cracking in hard. Unfortunately a very ugly incident had Jonathan Pintus reported and sent from the ground for the remainder of the day. Fish Creek also lost its first gamer for the year, junior Liam Howard, who was off to hospital with facial injuries and a possible concussion. This seemed to spark the Kangaroos and a five goal to two quarter gave them the lead for the first time in the day and sent them into the final quarter with a five point lead. Both coaches were vocal in their respective huddles at three quarter time and the message was clear, work

hard and stick to the game plan. It was the Fish Creek team that started the better and they went straight into attack where the forward pressure from the likes of Smith, Jordan Shaw, Hargrave and Sam McGannon was giving them scoring opportunities. Two goals to the Kangaroos gave them some breathing space but the Magpies weren’t done yet and they surged again. Osbourne was presenting very well up forward and a couple of strong contested marks went unrewarded with missed shots on goals. They finally scored the goal they needed to reduce the margin to a couple of goals again but it wasn’t to be and the Roos ensured the final minutes were played on their terms slowing the game and finding targets by chipping the ball around to teammates. A goal after the siren to Smith gave Fish Creek an 18 point win in what was a great game of footy baring the moment of ugliness in the third quarter. Best players for Fish Creek were Hargrave, Jack Hayes, Harrison Hunt, Smith, Toby Redpath and McGannon and for Toora Griffin, Liden Dyson, Scarcella, Tyson Kirwan, Osbourne and Jesse Bedggood. Goal kickers for Fish Creek were Hunt four, Smith three, Hargrave two and singles to Jordan Shaw and Jarrod Walker and for Toora it was Bedggood, Scarcella and Andrews all with two each and singles to Osbourne, Manders and Pintus. Both of these sides have a bye next week before resuming with Fish Creek taking on Tarwin at Shark Park and Toora taking on the Tigers in Foster.

SENIORS

Fish Creek 11.13.79 Toora 9.7.61 Fish Creek Goals: H. Hunt 4, J. Smith 3, D. Hargrave 2, J. Shaw 1, J. Walker 1 Toora Goals: J. Bedggood 2, B. Scarcella 2, M. Andrews 2, J. Pintus 1, L. Manders 1, B. Osborne 1 Fish Creek Best: D. Hargrave, J. Hayes, H. Hunt, J. Smith, T. Redpath, S. McGannon Toora Best: J. Griffin, L. Dyson, B. Scarcella, T. Kirwan, B. Osborne , J. Bedggood RESERVES

Fish Creek 8.16.64 Toora 4.3.27 Fish Creek Goals: A. Bright 2, T. McGannon 1, J. Standfield 1, S. Hammersley 1, J. Danckert 1, B. Rogers 1, D. Nichols 1 Toora Goals: B. East 1, A. Hews-

on 1, C. Ferguson 1, L. Grylls 1 Fish Creek Best: T. McGannon, A. Ireland, B. Rogers, D. Nichols, J. McDonald, H. Buckland Toora Best: L. Grylls, T. Need, B. East, A. Hewson, O. Cashmore, T. Allott THIRDS

Fish Creek 17.17.119 Toora 4.3.27 Fish Creek Goals: L. Cocksedge 5, J. Haines 4, B. Stefani 2, J. Standfield 2, L. Wake 1, D. Berryman 1, A. Farrell 1, K. Dorling 1 Toora Goals: A. Rhodes 2, A. Walker 1, B. Lawrence 1 Fish Creek Best: J. Haines, L. Cocksedge, J. Standfield, L. Wake, B. Stefani, D. Tracy Toora Best: A. Rhodes, F. Cashmore, K. Storr, A. Hewson, T. Mitchell, W. Theodore

Stars juniors shine ROUND four saw the Inverloch Stars men lose to Mirboo North three to one.

On the up side, the reserves men won to Mirboo North, six to one and the ladies drew four to four. There was a fabulous turn out of players and supporters for the under 10’s this week. A very entertaining game made the early morning foggy start worth it for the mums on Mother’s Day. Both teams displayed fabulous foot and passing skills with Stars match day coach Mark Farmer smiling constantly watching his young Stars in action. Some may say the highlight was when a local four legged fan ran on the pitch to join the chase as a Stars player headed for goal. Under 12’s played out a real arm wrestle all the way throughout their match. Jack Farmer on the board early with a great solo effort saw the Stars quickly one up, however Mirboo would equalised before half time. Asher Anderson, Max Davies and Harvey Green battled hard throughout and Rex Parini solid in goals. The match would remain tense all the way to full time, one to one the final score. Under 14’s was outsized again not for the first time this season. The Stars Under 14’s pinched an early goal after some good work between Noyen Limbu and Hamish Gleeson. The Stars showed good skills and looked the goods

Good job: Inverloch Stars under 14’s player Jack Farmer played well attacking the ball against Mirboo North. in the first half before Mirboo North evened the score before half time. Second half saw the bigger bodies of Mirboo start to get on top. Two late goals saw Mirboo run out three to one winners.

Little star: Inverloch Stars under 10s player Max Plenkovich was a gun on the ground against Mirboo North.

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• Mirboo North v Boolarra

Mirboo North thump friendly rivals Mid Gippsland ladders SENIORS Trafalgar.......... 223.90 Yall-Yall North ... 203.16 Yinnar............. 180.07 Thorpdale ........ 112.73 Morwell East..... 111.97 Mirboo North .......115.84 Hill End ..................63.29 Yarragon ................72.86 Newborough ..........64.00 Boolarra .................29.70

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RESERVES Yall-Yall North ... 276.10 Trafalgar.......... 185.96 Yinnar............. 192.38 Mirboo North .... 208.30 Newborough ..... 110.49 Yarragon ................95.16 Hill End ..................67.91 Thorpdale ...............59.36 Morwell East ..........55.48 Boolarra .................28.17

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THIRDS Trafalgar..........741.07 100 Yinnar.............492.52 100 Yall-Yall North .... 53.43 40 Mirboo North ..... 62.77 20 Newborough ...... 77.82 17

FOURTHS Trafalgar..........333.33 100 Yinnar.............274.81 80 Hill End ...........186.39 80 Boolarra ........... 88.12 50 Yall-Yall North .......59.09 25 Morwell East .........29.12 20 Mirboo North ........39.77 0

By Rover There was nothing ‘right neighborly’ about Mirboo North’s ruthless 100-point thrashing of neighboring Boolarra, on Pink Sports Day at Tigerland on OTHER MATCHES SENIORS Trafalgar 15.21.111 d Newborough 8.4.52 Thorpdale 13.11.89 d Yarragon 6.10.46 Yall-Yall Nth 21.12.138 d Morwell East 10.12.72 Yinnar 18.16.124 d Hill End 6.4.40 RESERVES Trafalgar 6.10.46 d Newborough 6.7.43 Yarragon 11.8.74 d Thorpdale 7.6.48 Yall-Yall Nth 12.12.84 d Morwell East 3.3.21 Yinnar 12.9.81 d Hill End 4.4.28 THIRDS Trafalgar 19.14.128 d Newborough 5.4.34 FOURTHS Yall-Yall Nth 7.13.55 d Morwell East 3.5.23 Hill End 6.4.40 d Yinnar 5.8.38

Saturday.

The distance between the towns is 12 kilometres, but the electronic scoreboard showed the gulf in talent, resources and application of their respective football teams, is wider than Bass Strait. Under specific instructions from playing coach Josh Taylor, Mirboo North enthusiastically went about the business of chalking up its second win from six matches with decisively-determined and delightfully-dashing football. Immediately after quarter-time, Mirboo North’s exciting play was too hot not to cool down a little, but remained at near boiling point for most of the match. The mighty Tigers’ welcoming mat for the bottom-of-the-table visitors may have included some sunny weather and a lovely playing surface, but it didn’t extend to easy possessions for their beleaguered opponents. Boolarra started promisingly and kicked the opening goal when Scott Cooper drilled an arrowstraight 50-metre drop punt

from the boundary line in front of the scoreboard. Matt Buglisi, Nick Smith, Tom Reiske, Chris Riseley and Matt Powers were all in the thick of the action early in the first quarter for the Demons. However, it wasn’t long before Boolarra succumbed to Mirboo North’s persistent pressure on its ball carriers, as the Demons also struggled to keep pace with the home side’s speedier runners. The Demons’ only other major came 11 minutes into the third term after Tyson Siddle played on after a mysterious overhead marking contest free kick, beside the 10-metre square. “Darn that dream I had last night, where Boolarra won by 25 goals,” lamented a loyal supporter, who agonizingly watched the Demons lose their 24th consecutive match since beating Trafalgar in round 18, 2016. Due to Boolarra’s kick-start resistance, it took the Tigers 15 minutes to register their first major after Jacob Blair and Lloyd Powell, linked up to deliver the Sherrin

to Jayden Hohmann, who converted from 30 metres at full bore. By quarter-time, Mirboo North had four goals on the board and its lead at the main break had extended to a match-winning 48 points. The Tigers’ best performer was poetry-inmotion winger Lloyd Powell, who continually roamed free and supplied exquisitely-long left-foot passes to Mirboo North’s onballers and forwards. As well as pulling down some great marks, ruckman Joe Brooks almost touched the clouds with his kangaroo leaps and productive tap downs at the stoppages. Zac Kilgower’s high marking in attack was also a feature, whilst Jake Nash bullocked his way through the packs, Brayden Wilson provided strength in the clinches and Josh Taylor knocked up getting kicks in general play. Up forward, Daniel Taylor and Luke Palmer finished with four and three goals respectively and led a list of nine individual Mirboo North goal kickers.

• Kilcunda-Bass v Cora Lynn

Cora Lynn dominates Panthers CORA LYNN has smashed KilcundaBass in a dominant performance away from home on the weekend.

Playing at home for the second week in a row the Panthers were looking to make amends for a poor performance last week and they started well, booting the first goal of the contest. However Cora Lynn took control of the match and started to destroy Kilcunda-Bass out of the midfield. The Cobra’s mids were delivering the ball superbly to their leading forwards and after some poor kicking early, the forwards started to convert their chances. KB

managed two more goals for the quarter but it was Cora Lynn who had a 3 goal lead. The tussle continued in the second term as both sides fought hard to restrict their opponent’s ability to move the ball. Aiden Paton and Jake Weightman were superb down back for the home side as Paton would often spoil entries and Weightman would launch the rebound attacks. After KB slightly reduced the margin, Cora Lynn began to take over the contest once again. Chris Johnson and Jaxon Briggs were dominating out of the midfield for the Cobra’s and using their pace to blaze away and set up shots on goal. After a strong showing in the first half, Cora Lynn had

a 22-point lead going into the first break. The game was still very much alive at half time but it was the third quarter where the Cobra’s put their opponents away. KB were ran off their feet and could only manage one point in response to Cora Lynn’s 58. The visitors were able to open the game right up, as Kilcunda-Bass were hopeless in the third quarter for the second week in a row. With the game all but over, Kilcunda-Bass were now playing to earn a little bit of respect from their opponents and they started the fourth quarter well. However Cora Lynn’s class shone through and they continued to pile on the goals. Taylor Gibson was

battling hard up forward for the Panthers but the likes of Rylan Smith and Andrew Green were too good and nullified a lot of KB’s attacks. Cora Lynn finished the contest as 104-point victors, showing the rest of the competiCora Lynn 24.17.161 Kilcunda Bass 8.9.57 Cora Lynn Goals: T. Woodfield 4, R. Spierings 3, N. Helsby 3, J. Toan 2, L. Miceli 2, J. Briggs 2, J. Monckton 2, T. Fernandez-Phillips 2, R. Smith 1, W. Thomas 1, T. Payne 1, L. Peluso 1 Kilcunda Bass Goals: T. Gibson 2, J. Winmar 1, J. Phillips 1, S. Pugh 1, F. Homer 1, H. Spierings 1, D. Holmes 1 Cora Lynn Best: C. Johnson, J. Briggs, A. Green, J. Monckton, R. Smith, T. Payne Kilcunda Bass Best: A. Paton, J. Weightman, T. Gibson, F. Homer, J. Smith, A. Brown

tion that they still could be a force come finals. With the interleague round this weekend, both sides will get a break and Kilcunda-Bass will especially be looking to regroup and get some form back. RESERVES

Kilcunda Bass 10.13.73 Cora Lynn 7.6.48 Leading Goalkicker: B. Egeberg 3 KB Best: J. Rosenow, T. Gromer, B. Egeberg, L. Smith, R. Cousins, J. Robinson CL Best: T. Arnett, P. Krause, T. Drew, T. Ramsdale, M. Chadwick, D. Barfoot THIRDS

Gotcha: Mirboo North’s Alex Krausz catches up with his Yinnar opponent in the Thirds match played at Mirboo North on Saturday. Mirboo North systematically increased its domination after halftime, with six third quarter goals and another three in the final term. During this period, some of the Tigers’ ball movement was so symphonic, it represented a Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch. Powell was unstoppable and continued to run everywhere gathering possession after possession, as he adventurously switched play into the corridor or the fat side of the oval. Nash, Brooks, Josh Taylor and Hudson Kerr also led their opponents a merry dance with methodical build-ups that provided a myriad of opportunities for Daniel Taylor, Palmer, Riley Oddy and Kilgower to keep the scoreboard ticking over at a rapid rate. Although Boolarra won plenty of free kicks in its back 50 and across the midfield, only Siddle’s goal and a single behind made their way past the Tigers’ back men after the long break. With Blair, Julian Blackford, Tristan Salerno, Hohmann and Brooks

holding many intercept marks or carrying out countless mop-ups, Boolarra’s progress beyond half forward was repeatedly thwarted. Through it all, Boolarra’s 2011 premiership coach Tony Giardina, who has returned to the club

this season, remained remarkably calm, rather than becoming as prickly as a coil of barbed wire. Giardina knows the Demons’ rebuild will take time to bear fruit, but don’t be surprised if they knock over Newborough at Boolarra this Saturday.

SENIORS

THIRDS

Mirboo North 17.13.115 Boolarra 2.3.15

Yinnar 16.17.113 Mirboo North 6.5.41

Mirboo North goals: D. Taylor 4, L. Palmer 3, Z. Kilgower 2, B. Wilson 2, R. Oddy 2, J. Nash 1, J. Hohmann 1, D. Pinneri 1, J. Taylor 1. Boolarra goals: S. Cooper 1, T. Siddle 1. Mirboo North best: L. Powell, J. Brooks, Z. Kilgower, J. Nash, J. Taylor, L. Palmer. Boolarra best: M. Buglisi, N. Smith, T. Reiske, C. Riseley, S. Buglisi, M. Powers.

Yinnar goals: H. AlexanderHicks 6, J. Bugeja 4, A. Sheers 4, A. Hendrikse 1, L. Cormick 1. Mirboo North goals: F. Austin 1, R. Peter 1, L. Oddy 1, C. White 1, B. Peters 1, K. Laukens 1. Yinnar best: J. Leak, H. Alexander-Hicks, A. Sheers, M. Ounjit, J. Lissa, B. McCormack. Mirboo North best: J. Burgess-Pincini, H. Mahoney, A. Krausz, M. Fahey, C. White, Z. Bartlett. FOURTHS

RESERVES

Mirboo North 18.12.120 Boolarra 3.8.26 Mirboo North goals: B. Stoertebecker 6, B. Maxwell 3, K. Holmes 2, J. Garde 2, D. McLean 1, M. Richardson 1, G. Richards 1, R. Kratzat 1, T. Mc Allister 1. Boolarra goals: D. Cooper 1, J. Wilson 1, E. Stanton 1. Mirboo North best: B. Stoertebecker, K. Wilson, K. Holmes, S. Pratt, M. Richardson, P. Doyle. Boolarra best: J. Wilson, K. Alexander, S. Birkbeck, R. Beamish, J. Cargill, D. Cooper.

Boolarra 13.7.85 Mirboo North 6.7.43 Boolarra goals: L. Smith 4, J. Carnes 2, T. Waack 2, Q. O’Kane 2, M. Porykali 2, J. Carnes 1. Mirboo North goals: B. Peters 3, H. Mahoney 1, D. Powell 1, T. Wilkins 1. Boolarra best: B. Riley, J. McCormack, T. Waack, M. Bremner, T. Cameron, L. Smith. Mirboo North best: H. Mahoney, L. Dight, I. Linn, B. Peters, R. Aveling, J. Cummaudo.

Cora Lynn 12.10.82 Kilcunda Bass 2.3.15 Leading Goalkicker: J. Verhagen 3 CL Best: G. Da Costa, B. Weller, C. Blackwood, L. Hartley, N. Brooks, H. Coleman KB Best: A. Honeysett, J. Rosenow, S. Bent, E. Purnell, A. McGillivray, S. Sharples

• Korumburra Bena v Dalyston

Giants nail first win KORUMBURRA Bena has had its first home win on Saturday against Dalyston since round fifteen, 2015 when it last won by Kor-Bena 17.11.113 Dalyston 7.8.50 Korumburra-Bena Goals: J. Cann 4, J. McMillan 3, M. Cooke 3, B. Anthony 2, B. Fitzpatrick 2, N. Besley 1, B. Dorling 1, R. Dixon 1 Dalyston Goals: J. Brooker 3, T. Osbaldeston 2, M. Rosendale 1, M. Marotta 1 Korumburra-Bena Best: B. Dorling, J. McMillan, J. Cann, B. Fitzpatrick, B. Anthony, A. Johnston Dalyston Best: K. Thomas, K. Butler, T. Osbaldeston, K. Schrape, M. Whittaker, B. Lewis RESERVES

Kor-Bena 17.8.110 Dalyston 4.4.28

one point against DWWWW when in the Alberton League, congratulations Giants!

The Giants and Magpies were both winless

Leading Goalkicker: J. Woolan 4 KB Best: K. Arestia, M. Kennewell, J. Harris, Z. Walker, B. Walker, A. Walker Dal Best: J. Thomas, M. Gheller, J. Woolan, J. Jones, C. O’Halloran, C. Hill FOURTHS

Kor-Bena 16.13.109 Dalyston 0.1.1 Leading Goalkickers: J. Stewart 3, J. Harris 3 KB Best: J. Walker, C. Koscal, J. Stewart, W. Heenan, T. Loughridge, J. Harris Dal Best: R. Slade, A. Geyer, H. Renehan, J. Hull, L. Armstrong, J. Orchard-Moore

but the Giants had shown real improvement against Inverloch Kongwak and Kooweerup and with a bit of luck they could have won both games. On the other side Dalyston which had played finals last year have lost at least eighteen players and cannot field a thirds side. The Giants kicked to the scoreboard end with a slight breeze and attacked kicking four quick goals. Anthony kicked one and Cooke kicked three goals but Dalyston fought back by kicking three goals before a late surge by the Giants who kicked two more goals. At quarter time the scores were Korumburra Bena 6.3.39 to Dalyston 4.2.26. Second quarter the Gi-

ants started to get on top with star recruit Jamie Cann way too good for his opponent kicking three goals and Brock Dorling kicking a fourth goal. Dalyston managed one goal for this quarter. At the end of this quarter the scores were Korumburra 10.6.86 and Dalyston 5.4.34. Third quarter Dalyston attacked early but the Giants defence held firm and the Giants were attacking and kicking three goals to Anthony, McMillan and Dixon keeping the opposition goalless. Scores for third quarter were Korumburra 13.8.86 and Dalyston 5.6.36. In the final quarter of the game Dalyston started to lift its game and kicked two quick goals.

The Giants hit back with a goal and three behinds. The game got held up by a Dalyston player who went down injured but after 10 minutes he was able to limp off the ground; the game was back on. The Giants kicked a further three goals to McMillan, Cann and Jeffs; the siren sounded the Giants had won by 63 points. The scores in the end were Korumburra 17.11.113 and Dalyston 7.8.50 This week there is a bye for inter league games. After the bye the Giants next two games are road trips to Cora Lynn and Garfield. Both games are winnable if the Giants continue how they played this game.

Got it: Korumburra Bena’s Hayden Anthony gets the kick out, before being taken down by Dalyston’s Liam Wall during the reserves game on Saturday. The Giants won all three football matches played.

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thestar.com.au • Nar Nar Goon v Phillip p Iland

Phillip Island backs down PHILLIP Island experienced a disappointing loss on Saturday against third on the ladder team Nar Nar Goon, 79 to 93.

ROUND 6 SENIORS LADDER W L D

Inv-K’wak.... 6 KooWeeRup.. 5 Nar Nar G..... 5 Garfield ...... 4 Phillip Is..... 3 Cora Lynn...... 3 Kil-Bass......... 2 Kor-Bena ....... 1 Bunyip........... 1 Dalyston ........ 0

0 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

216 196 178 109 135 116 59 77 51 37

24 20 20 16 12 12 8 4 4 0

The team started off strong even though the ground was heavy and was ahead in the first quarter but its drive was somewhat lost following that. Its inaccuracy cost it the game and getting back to a within level score by kicking a couple of late goals with five minutes left of the final quarter wasn’t enough to save it. Nar Nar Goon kicked quite straight while Phillip Island kicked poorly.

Ruckman Nick Higginson jumped fiercely all day while small permanent forward Aaron Edwards was lively assisting with teammates goal scoring. Leigh Warne was a full back key defence. He defended well and punched and ran hard all day. Brendan Kimber performed his usual incredible play, putting his head down and charging at every opportunity. Jaymie Youle was an inspirational hard running midfielder and half back flanker Marcus Wright showed off his silky running defensive skills. Phillip Island is missing next week’s play due to Interleague.

Above, Grab and run: Phillip Island’s Marcus Wright searches for an option against the Goons. Photo courtesy Star News Group.

GOALKICKERS T. McDermott (Nar) .......(3) 22 J. Wells (KooW) ............(4) 21 T. Woodfield (Cora) .......(4) 17 T. Wyatt (Inv-K) .............(2) 16 T. Mahoney (Inv-K) .......(3) 16 A. Edwards (Ph Is) ........(0) 14 D. Johnson (Gar) ..........(0) 13 T. Beck (Nar G) ..............(3) 13 R. Spierings (Cora) .......(3) 12 M. Griffin (Ph Is) ...........(2) 12

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Inv-K’wak.... 6 Nar Nar G..... 5 KooWeeRup.. 4 Phillip Is..... 4 Kil-Bass ..... 4 Garfield ......... 3 Cora Lynn...... 2 Kor-Bena ....... 2 Bunyip........... 0 Dalyston ........ 0

0 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

349 184 251 189 180 147 88 69 33 6

24 20 16 16 16 12 8 8 0 0

Quick swerve: Nar Nar Goon’s Todd Beck looks for a way out of trouble with Zak Vernon and Brendan Kimber bearing down. Photo courtesy Star News Group.

GOALKICKERS L. McMillan (Inv-K) .......(0) 19 M. Cameron (KooW) .....(2) 15 D. Mullen (KooW) .........(1) 13 J. Wilson (Cora L) .........(2) 11 J. Gown (Garf) ..............(0) 10 M. Lewis (Nar G) ...........(1) 10 H. Shawcross (Ph Is) ....(1) 9 L. Thomas (Nar G) ........(0) 8 B. Harrison (Koo W)......(1) 8 T. Butler (Garf) ..............(0) 7 Z. Walker (Kor-B) ..........(1) 7 S. McDermott (Nar G) ...(0) 7 P. Jobling (Inv-K) ..........(4) 7 B. Lawrence (Ph Is) ......(3) 7

THIRDS LADDER W L D

Phillip Is..... 5 Cora Lynn ... 5 Garfield ...... 4 Kil-Bass ..... 3 Inv-K’wak.... 3 KooWeeRup ... 3 Nar Nar G ....... 2 Bunyip........... 1 Kor-Bena ....... 0 Dalyston ........ 0

1 0 2 3 2 2 4 6 5 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

308 273 168 132 106 82 50 67 42 5

20 20 16 12 12 12 8 4 0 0

GOALKICKERS L. Hartley (Cora) ...........(2) 11 D. Taylor (Nar G) ...........(0) 9 J. Verhagen (Cora) ........(3) 8 J. Batson (Garf) ............(1) 8 N. Anderson (Ph Is) ......(0) 7 W. Lindsay (Kil-B) .........(0) 7 M. Sellars (Ph Is) ..........(1) 7 J. Hutchinson (Inv-K) ....(4) 7 L. Bow (Garf) ................(1) 7 T. McMahon (Garf) ........(1) 7

FOURTHS LADDER W L D

Phillip Is..... 6 KooWeeRup.. 5 Bunyip ....... 3 Nar Nar G..... 3 Kor-Bena .... 2 Garfield ......... 2 Cora Lynn...... 2 Dalyston ........ 1 Inv-K’wak ...... 0

0 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

407 251 227 136 163 82 47 19 23

24 20 12 12 8 8 8 4 0

GOALKICKERS N. Prowd (KooW)..........(4) 14 H. O’Brien (Ph Is) ..........(1) 10 H. Morgan-Morris (Bun)..(2) 10 B. Friend (Garf) .............(1) 9 W. Papley (Bun) ............(5) 9 A. Pipicelli (Nar G) ........(0) 9 J. Ryan (Ph Is) ..............(3) 8 L. Dunne (Cora L) .........(0) 8 J. Evans (Garf) ..............(0) 7 H. Brain (Nar G) ............(1) 7 M. Alderson (KooW) .....(0) 7 M. Newman (Ph Is) .......(1) 7 L. Hartley (Cora L) ........(0) 7

• Bunyip v Inverloch-Kongwak

Top of the ladder remains INVERLOCH took home a 45 point win against Bunyip on Saturday.

Beautiful footy playing weather conditions, a somewhat slippery ground and strong players resulted in Inverloch scoring 85 to Bunyip’s 40. Inverloch gives Bunyip full credit as it was very physical and committed to trying hard throughout the match turning it into a really good battle. Inverloch’s fitness was evident in the last quarter especially while playing against a very competitive team. IK has managed to win all of its games so far this season regardless of its long list of injuries. Coach Ben Soumilas is proud the team keeps performing and winning even though it has been under-manned every week. Four or five players are playing in interleague. Lewis Rankin put on a field of display of running back and forth with the flight of the ball, attacking the contest and using speed to out run the defence and set up forward attacks. Andrew Soumilas did the work in the middle of the ground. He constantly won hard on the ball and set up his teammates to play well with his clever handballing skills. He was also involved in a number of scoring shots. Captain Dale Lawton played wonderfully. He played a balanced game off half back with timely

spoils, excellent foot skills and strong contestant marking. Corey Casey’s tireless working in the middle of the ground was outstanding. He played a great game on inside and outside even though he copped lots of physical attention from the oppo-

sition he was able to still stand up and play well. Conor Cunningham played well in the ruck and was continuously running around the ground, making sure he was competing in as many contests as possible, playing like tall midfielder. Campbell Mckenzie

proved great leadership and competed really well. He was able to lead the backline with his voice and had a big impact on their attack with his ball use. Inverloch will face Nar Nar Goon next week. “They’re supposed to be the big improvers this

year,” coach Soumilas said. “It’ll be a top of the table clash. If they win they will probably jump above us on the ladder. “I’m expecting it will be a huge match, biggest test of the year, finals type standard.”

Parrot juniors head to head IN Central Gippsland Junior Football the Parrots teams went head to head on Friday night in Leongatha in bleak conditions.

In the Under 14’s match the club awarded the best player in the Under 14’s game the “Al Fixter Award” for best on ground. This year it went to Jesse Burns from Under 14 Gold. Gold had a 39 point win over Green.

Best on: Al Fixter awards Jesse Burns from the Under 14 Leongatha Gold team with the “Al Fixter Award” medal. Below, Funds raised: players from the Under 12’s after the match. Leongatha’s teams wore pink socks for Breast Cancer Awareness with proceeds donated to breast cancer research.

Nar Nar Goon 15.3.93 Phillip Island 10.19.79 Nar Nar Goon Goals: T. McDermott 3, T. Beck 3, T. Dovaston 2, T. Noy 2, B. Hermann 2, S. Blackwood 1, E. Trigg 1, J. Ould 1 Phillip Island Goals: J. Taylor 2, M. Griffin 2, M. Jackson 1, D. Larsson 1, J. Patullo 1, Z. Vernon 1, N. Anderson 1, B. Kimber 1 Nar Nar Goon Best: N. Henwood, T. Beck, B. Hughes, T. Noy, J. Sweeney, J. Ould Phillip Island Best: N. Higginson, A. Edwards, L. Warne, B. Kimber, J. Youle, M. Wright RESERVES

Nar Nar Goon 10.7.67 Phillip Island 5.10.40 Leading Goalkicker: B. Lawrence 3 NNG Best: D. Mason, M. Van Roy, J. Mills-Franklin, J. Yeilds,

Inverloch Kongwak 12.13.85 Bunyip 5.10.40 Inverloch Kongwak Goals: T. Mahoney 3, A. Cross 2, T. Wyatt 2, C. Cunningham 2, A. Soumilas 1, J. Hutchinson 1, C. McCaughan 1 Bunyip Goals: J. Fisher 2, T. Blakey 1, S. Tapner 1, J. Williams 1 Inverloch Kongwak Best: L. Rankin, A. Soumilas, D. Lawton, C. Casey, C. Cunningham, C. Mckenzie Bunyip Best: R. Jenkin, J. McCleary, N. Allen, B. Stewart, S. Strang, D. Wright RESERVES

Inverloch Kongwak 15.12.102 Bunyip 6.3.39 Leading Goalkickers: P. Jobling 4, A. Jerrard 4 IK Best: B. Hayes, L. Johnson, A. Jerrard, A. Powell, P. Jobling, B. Withers

T. Sherer, S. McDermott PI Best: R. Linford, W. Van Diemen, H. Shawcross, M. Wright, J. Simpson, A. Wolfenden THIRDS

Phillip Island 16.9.105 Nar Nar Goon 3.6.24 Leading Goalkicker: M. Mattock 5 PI Best: M. Mattock, C. Thompson, C. Farrell, T. McMillan, Z. Mattock, B. Christopher NNG Best: J. Motta, J. Tabone, B. Fenwick, J. Vogrig, K. Ward, Z. Campbell FOURTHS

Phillip Island 9.11.65 Nar Nar Goon 2.2.14 Leading Goalkicker: J. Ryan 3 PI Best: M. Moschetti, H. O’Brien, K. MacKenzie, P. Ryan, F. Cousins, M. Charles NNG Best: A. Pipicelli, N. Pipicelli, H. Brain, F. Parker, B. Coleman, D. Reid-Bradley

Bun Best: J. Tomkins, T. Richter, B. Wright, B. Westwood, T. Westwood, J. Masset THIRDS

Inverloch Kongwak 10.5.65 Bunyip 3.7.25 Leading Goalkicker: J. Hutchinson 4 IK Best: J. Pryor, K. Valentine, A. Hrvatin, M. Toussaint, J. Hutchinson, W. Clarkson Bun Best: K. Tytler, J. Mills, A. Warner, W. Papley, J. Peacock, J. Wallin FOURTHS

Bunyip 18.12.120 Inverloch Kongwak 0.0.0 Leading Goalkicker: W. Papley 5 Bun Best: D. Johnstone, E. Hatley-Smith, J. Collins, P. Davis, J. Kelly IK Best: M. Hewitson, W. Edwards, M. O’Flynn, J. Roylance, J. Williams

Leongatha Junior footy UNDER 10

Leongatha Green 6.4.40 Boolarra 0.0.0 Leongatha Green goals: H. Gill 2, F. Livingstone 1, A. Livingstone 1, M. Carter 1, M. Richards 1, T. Byrnes 1, J. Holt 1, T. Geary 1, L. Scholz 1, R. Gray 1. Leongatha Green best: J. Lowe, R. Gray, A. Curtis, J. Matheson, F. Livingstone, J. Andronaco. Boolarra best: A. Foy, K. Riseley, M. Carnes, C. Stanton, M. O’Brien , E. Gregor. UNDER 12

Leongatha Green 4.5.29 Leongatha Gold 3.0.18 Leongatha Green goals: K. McGrath 2, B. McRae 1, L. Hibberson 1. Leongatha Gold goals: R. Dal Pozzo 2, F. Dunn 1. Leongatha Green best: L. Hibberson, J. Callahan, W. Brown, T. Goldsmith, E. Pitts, B. Robb. Leongatha Gold best: F.

Dunn, Z. Lamers, A. McInnes, K. Arnason, J. Brown, F. McLennan. UNDER 14

Leongatha Gold 12.8.80 Leongatha Green 6.5.41 Leongatha Gold goals: J. Burns 4, P. Winmar 2, W. Croatto 2, T. Burt 2, T. Dennehy 1, A. Kemper 1. Leongatha Green goals: T. Hanily 3, T. Cumming 1, Z. Scholz 1, K. Jarvis 1. Leongatha Gold best: J. Burns, A. Kemper, B. Grabham Andrews, X. Bolge, R. Checkley, T. Burt. Leongatha Green best: T. Cumming, J. McRae, T. Hanily, L. VanderZalm, L. Gill, T. McRae.

Sport funding boost FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt urged young athletes to apply for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help support their involvement in sport. “The Coalition Government is committed to getting Australian kids more active, more often,” Mr Hunt said. “That’s why I’m encouraging young athletes, coaches and officials from around the electorate to apply for a Local Sporting Champions grant before the deadline closes on June 30. “These $500 grants provide financial assistance to athletes, coaches and officials, to go towards travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment when attending endorsed state, national or international championships.” For more information about Local Sporting Champions grants and to apply, visit www.ausport.gov.au/ LSC.

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• Foster v Stony Creek

Well deserved win for Foster FOSTER showed strong discipline against Stony Creek, taking home a close win, 70 to 65.

It was a close match with the first quarter even throughout although Foster had most of the play, they were just unable to

capitalise on it. The game never really reached any great heights. There was a lot of heavy tackling and a few turnovers. The second quarter came around and by half time they knew they had got on top but needed to push forward a bit more. By the end of the

third quarter it was still anyone’s game finishing it with a score of 50 to 46 Foster’s way. Stony challenged them in the last quarter by getting ahead by two goals with five minutes left of play but after a few costly errors and Foster fighting back, it wasn’t enough to hold on.

Spoiled: Luke Galle for Foster makes a desperate lunge to punch the ball clear from Stony Creek’s Kael Bergles. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz

Stony Creek’s coach Scott Anderson was frustrated by the lack on composure. Foster’s Joshua Toner performed a match highlight in the last quarter, taking a few really good marks before kicking a couple of goals and sealing the win. Jack Roper was good in the midfield all day taking first use of the footy. Nathan Grylls was good through the middle and through the wing. He opened up the play and came through a good link man. Luke Galle had the toughest job playing against Kael Bergles. He did really well considering Bergles is bigger and defended well all day. Kieran Bohn was good in the ruck. He jumped over his opponent throughout the match and gave Foster first use. Thomas McGowan led up well in the forward line taking a few nice marks at half forward and kicking a couple of goals. Foster brought in big strong forward Mitchell Young for the single game who hit three goals causing a few headaches for Stony. Stony’s centre half back Jackson Nolan played well cutting off a few of Foster’s scoring opportunities. Sam Marriott played on ball even though he

Tough match-up: Foster’s Tommy McGowan and Josh Toner show great desperation against Stony Creek’s Kurt Newton and Andrew Logan. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz was injured. He toughed it out well and was very courageous. Rover Hayden Egerton showed plenty of possession and ruckman Dylan Zuidema worked tirelessely against James Cook. Ashley Zuidema was tough out of the back pocket and constantly had his body over the ball and Will Collins played well on the wing, battling it out against Troy Van Dyke. Stony has two midfielders playing injured

and some recruits that haven’t played a game all year. Foster has a bye next week and will play Toora the following week. Foster were fairly close last time they played Toora but this time are looking for a much better performance and will hopefully be working hard at training before playing a good game. Stony will face MDU next week and are expecting a good crowd. They are hoping to bounce back.

SENIORS

Foster 10.10.70 Stony Creek 10.5.65 Foster Goals: M. Young 3, T. McGowan 2, J. Toner 2, J. Roper 1, B. Rooney 1, P. Coelli 1 Stony Creek Goals: K. Bergles 4, J. Nolan 2, A. Sigeti 2, J. Byrnes 1, W. Collins 1 Foster Best: J. Toner, J. Roper, N. Grylls, L. Galle, K. Bohn, T. McGowan Stony Creek Best: J. Nolan, S. Marriott, H. Egerton, D. Zuidema, A. Zuidema, W. Collins RESERVES

Foster 10.3.63 Stony Creek 6.7.43 Foster Goals: M. Green 4, M. Green 2, L. Lidstone 1, J. Midwinter 1, B. Smith 1, S. Allott 1 Stony Creek Goals: B. Nolan

3, J. Byrnes 1, S. Browne 1, B. Renden 1 Foster Best: B. Smith, J. Smith, K. Staff, M. Green, S. Allott, J. Sparkes Stony Creek Best: A. Scholte, T. Gordon, T. Jenkin, M. Semken, B. Nolan, R. Baudinette THIRDS

Stony Creek 8.11.59 Foster 6.0.36 Stony Creek Goals: C. Cary 2, S. Bright 1, C. Preston 1, H. Elliott 1, A. Dyke 1, J. Bright 1, I. Mcrae 1 Foster Goals: O. Cox 2, L. Rathjen 2, L. Lidstone 1, Z. Duursma 1 Stony Creek Best: not submitted Foster Best: L. Rathjen, N. Van Dyke, J. Smith, B. Prain, J. Thornell, E. Lee

Stony Creek, MDU ready for blockbuster THE Stony Creek v MDU match at the racecourse oval this Saturday, May 19 is one of only a few non-interleague games of football in the whole of Victoria this weekend.

There’s another one at Mirboo North which is hosting Hill End. With neither Alberton nor Mid Gippsland competing in an interleague contest this year the only other match in the area is the Gippsland v Murray league match at the

Exciting to watch: Stony Creek has recruited goal kicking machine Kael Bergles to its side this season. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning- @fourcornersframing.biz

Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe this Saturday at 1pm; likely featuring four Leongatha players Chris Dunne, Cade Maskell, James Lloyd and Tom Marriott in the squad. Stony Creek president Mark LePage said it was a golden opportunity for supporters of not only these two clubs but anyone else wanting to see a local game of football this weekend to come out to Stony Creek. There will be a full day of games starting early with the netball Under 11’s just after 9am and over at the football there’ll be three grades of football from thirds through to seniors. MDU is very strong on the netball court having won four premierships last season and will really be a handful for the Stony Creek girls. On the football field Stony Creek suffered a close defeat at the hands of Foster on Saturday while MDU came within five goals of Tarwin-anything can happen in football.

Added to this is the first loss of the season for Stony Creek’s Reserves at the hands of bottom side Foster and MDU and Stony Creek’s Thirds sides both in the top three- get along for a cracker day of sport! “The competition is pretty even this year so anything could happen. We hope we can get a good roll-up for our local derby,” Mr LePage said. MDU is on the improve under former Sydney Swans player and new coach Stevie Wright, with his son Josh Wright already impressing down back for the Demons. Stony Creek for its part has recruited well with top forward Kael Bergles starting to hit his straps with 20 goals from his first three games and another four against Foster on Saturday. The Stony Creek club welcomes anyone to their afternoon tea at half time in the football, still a great gesture for supporters of both teams and call in for a drink after the game when the match will be dissected!

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thestar.com.au • Tarwin v MDU

Tarwin’s convincing win SENIORS

RESERVES

Tarwin 10.13.73 M.D.U. 6.7.43

M.D.U. 11.6.72 Tarwin 8.4.52

Tarwin Goals: J. Kennedy 4, T. Toussaint 2, K. McLean 2, T. Cameron 1, P. Hinkley 1 M.D.U. Goals: T. Brew 2, M. Harris 1, T. Corry 1, J. Wright 1, D. Furphy 1 Tarwin Best: not submitted M.D.U. Best: M. Harris, M. Smith, T. Corry, J. Hickey, J. Brown, N. Tuckett

M.D.U. Goals: N. Mathieson 6, Y. Zorzos 3, J. Hoy 1, B. Martin 1 Tarwin Goals: L. Anderson 4, J. Riddell 1, L. Weston 1, B. Mead-Ameri 1, C. Sandy 1 M.D.U. Best: N. Mathieson, Y. Zorzos, E. O’Loughlin, C. Dyke, C. Dougherty Tarwin Best: C. Buxton, B. Hasell, J. Graham, D. Cardy, A. Cardy, J. Best

TARWIN ground out a win over MDU by 30 points on Saturday with a final score of 73 to 43.

played in good spirits. The game saw good skills on show from both sides but that little bit more class from Tarwin helped them get the win With beautiful on the ball. Tarwin provided even weather and playing conditions, the game was contribution across the pretty even until about side and it wasn’t easy half time when Tarwin for them to pick the top six best players. stepped up their game. Todd Dobson’s half It was a standard and solid game of football, back flank has been a

great contributor since coming to club. He won best and fairest last season and has a high chance of winning it again. He is a solid and reliable player. Jari Kennedy kicked four goals and was a good target all day. He did a lot of heavy work on the forward line. Ben Ellen played his best game all year and

Stuart Kilsby played full back, taking some nice contestant marks. Since Nick McRae has come back to play for the seniors he has been a very solid contributor in the ruck. He is one who is hard to beat. Tarwin had good first use of the ball all day resulting in a fairly convincing win. MDU kicked a couple

of late goals making the game a bit more respectful from their view. Tarwin will face Toora next week, while Toora have a couple of playeers back from injury. “It won’t be easy to win. I think we will be in for a big day with both sides up and performing well,” Tarwin president Frank Keily said. MDU’s best players

were Matthew Harris, Matthew Smith, Thomas Corry, Jess Hickey, Jordan Brown and Nicholas Tuckett. MDU will face Stony Creek next week.

• Wonthaggi v Sale

Better showing by Power WONTHAGGI put Intra-club matches: Mitch Stivic (left) with Bayley Poynton Jessup in a much improved at Traralgon. Charley Donohue was the third member of the team - effort against Sale they won 8-3. on Saturday despite going down by 19 points. In a pretty good batserve player. WONTHAGGI and Traralgon tle all day, Wonthaggi teams (all junior players) Table Tennis Associations had haveB aGrade threw down the chalbattle on their hands to get past a fun (but competitive) day the top team of Mitch Stivic and Levi lenge in the third term to almost hit the lead beat Traralgon in an inter club Clarke (Anacondor). However there fore Sale steadied with a are three teams only one match behind match on Saturday. couple of goals, a mar-

Wonthaggi Table Tennis

There were seven teams from each club. The final result was 4-3 to Traralgon but results were close and it could’ve gone either way. Well done to all participants. It was a great day. Locally all three Wonthaggi grades are levelling out and looking good. Leading the race in A Grade is Pelicans (Dirk Holwerda and Patricia Denier) with four other teams only one match behind. Justin Licis remains undefeated. In A Reserve Coldplay (Denis, Jack and Charley Donohue) have a two match lead at the end of the first round. Wilton Rodriguez is the leading A Re-

(Pythons, Brown Snakes and Rattlesnakes). Another round to go yet so anything could happen. Jack Donohue is the leading player at this stage with Mitch Stivic a single game behind. Junior coaching on Thursdays (6-7 pm) continues to have a steady stream of new players coming in under coach Bruce Harmer. The standard of play amongst these juniors is increasing and many go on to higher grades when they are ready for tougher competition. The AAA program and social table tennis are both popular and a lot of fun. For further information phone 56744628.

gin it was able to hang onto until the end. Conditions were pretty good with a slight breeze which assisted neither team. Sale started well with 5.1 to Wonthaggi’s 3.2 at the first change. Toma Huther was having a great battle in the ruck against Sale’s prominent Jack Lipman; Huther doing really well around the ground. Aidan Lindsay was back in the side and

made his presence felt in the middle. Both sides added four apiece in term two and it was Sale in front at half time 9.5 to 7.5. Power surged in the third quarter with Pat Ryan and Dom O’Connor continuing to add to their goal tally. Ryan lead and presented well and booted five for the day. O’Connor too was busy all day with four majors. The Magpies hung on by getting a couple back and lead 13.7 to 10.9 at the final change. Tired bodies and a few niggling injuries plagued both sides as the tempo dropped but the pressure stayed on. Sale was able to hang on despite only booting one goal, managing to restrict Power to one also; the Magpies running out 19 point winners.

Tom Murray did well through the middle and doing a run with role on Jon Rocotas, while Sale’s coach Shane Fyfe

SENIORS Sale 14.10.94 Wonthaggi 11.9.75 Sale goals: B. Dessent 3, C. Oliver 2, J. Mapleson 2, J. Freeman 2, J. Dessent 2, J. Glenane 1, J. Dowsett 1, A. Wallace 1. Wonthaggi goals: P. Ryan 5, D. O’Connor 4, T. Murray 1, A. Lindsay 1. Sale best: J. Allison, J. Dessent, N. Dowse, O. Collins, J. Glenane, A. Quirk. Wonthaggi best: P. Ryan, T. Huther, T. Murray, J. Rocotas, A. Lindsay, D. O’Connor.

played well across half back. After the interleague break Wonthaggi plays host to Morwell.

Hector, S. Dessent.

THIRDS Sale 16.9.105 Wonthaggi 2.4.16 Sale goals: Z. Hurley 3, L. Williams 2, K. Simpson 2, J. McLaren 2, J. McGuiness 2, N. Whitford 2, S. Dunnett 1, D. Barnett 1, Z. Hider 1. Wonthaggi goals: T. Simpson 2. Sale best: T. Stephenson, D. Barnett, N. Whitford, L. Staplehurst, L. Williams, L. Jones. Wonthaggi best: T. Simpson, J. Barry, L. Burns, L. Scott, L. Braid, C. McLean.

RESERVES Wonthaggi 15.13.103 Sale 2.3.15

FOURTHS Wonthaggi 11.6.72 Sale 4.0.24

Wonthaggi goals: M. Davey 3, R. Lindsay 2, B. Walsh 2, A. Sorensen 2, M. Ware 1, L. Membrey 1, J. Waters 1, B. Dryden 1, L. Jones 1, T. Wells 1. Sale goals: T. Hector 1, J. Freeman 1. Wonthaggi best: B. Eddy, B. Walsh, L. Jones, S. Joma, B. Dryden, M. Davey. Sale best: T. Dessent, W. Jones, J. Dyt, J. McGrath, T.

Wonthaggi goals: N. Anderson 3, J. Schulz 3, J. Kilgour 2, C. Smith 1, H. Dawson 1, D. McRae 1. Sale goals: N. Ierardi 2, A. McGuiness 1, C. Whitehill 1. Wonthaggi best: J. Schulz, N. Anderson, C. Cummins, H. Dawson, W. Speed, C. Smith. Sale best: C. Whitehill, H. Ronchi, M. Benson, W. McKinnon, O. Waugh, S. Smith.

Parrots reserves bag another win LEONGATHA reserves Warragul. It was a pretty good game for have held on to equal Nathan Trotto too, the best player third place on the ladder snaring five goals. after a solid win against Chris Rump was again top

notch in the ruck while the busy Blake van Rooy managed a miracle goal. The Parrots head over to Drouin after a week off.

SENIORS LADDER W L D

Pts

Tarwin ........5 1 0 115 20 Fish Ck........4 1 0 211 16 Stony Ck ......3 2 0 136 12 Toora ..........2 3 0 96 8 Foster .............2 3 0 92 8 MDU...............0 6 0 39 0 GOALKICKERS K. Bergles (Stony) ........ (4) 24 H. Hunt (Fish) .............. (4) 16 M. Andrews (Toora) ..... (2) 14 T. Toussaint (Tarw) ....... (2) 12 T. McGowan (Foster) .... (2) 12 J. Byrnes (Stony) ......... (1) 11 D. Yawney (Tarw) ......... (0) 11 J. Kennedy (Tarw) ........ (4) 10 L. Manders (Toora) ...... (1) 9 J. Smith (Fish) ............. (3) 9

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Pts

Fish Ck........4 1 0 157 16 Stony Ck ......4 1 0 119 16 Tarwin ........3 3 0 159 12 MDU...........3 3 0 112 12 Foster .............1 4 0 54 4 Toora ..............1 4 0 47 4 GOALKICKERS L. Anderson (Tarw) ...... (4) 20 K. McLean (Tarw) ......... (0) 17 A. Bright (Fish Ck)........ (2) 14 N. Mathieson (MDU) .... (6) 13 L. Bourke (MDU) .......... (0) 10 D. Preston (Stony) ....... (0) 7 J. Byrnes (Stony) ......... (1) 5 B. Nolan (Stony) .......... (3) 5 D. Devonshire (Fish) .... (0) 5 M. Green (Foster) ......... (2) 5 B. Mead-Ameri (Tarw) .. (1) 5 M. Green (Foster) ......... (4) 5

THIRDS LADDER W L D

Pts

MDU...........4 0 0 356 16 Fish Ck........3 1 0 187 12 Stony Ck ......2 2 0 155 8 Foster .........1 3 0 67 4 Toora ..........0 4 0 13 0 Tarwin .............0 0 0 00 0 GOALKICKERS C. Cary (Stony) ............ (2) 13 A. Wilson (Fish) ........... (0) 9 L. O’Neill (MDU) ........... (0) 8 B. Cantwell (MDU) ....... (0) 8 J. Bright (Stony) .......... (1) 7 O. Cox (Foster) ............. (2) 6 S. Pearce (MDU) .......... (0) 6 L. Cocksedge (Fish) ..... (5) 6 S. Benra (MDU)............ (0) 6 J. Standfield (Fish) ....... (2) 5 L. Lidstone (Foster)...... (1) 5 J. Phillips (Stony) ........ (0) 5

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 6: May 19 Split Round Stony Creek v MDU May 26 Tarwin v Fish Creek Foster v Toora

MID GIPPSLAND Round 7: May 19 Yarragon v Yinnar Thorpdale v Morwell East Mirboo North v Hill End Boolarra v Newborough Trafalgar v Yall-Yall North

GIPPSLAND Saturday, May 19 Gippsland v Murray at Moe

Maradona-like: Blake van Rooy gets boot to ball before it goes over the boundary deep in the forward pocket. Bouncing end to end towards the far point post it suddenly takes a dog leg and goes through for a goal, much to the shock of the Warragul defender who simply Desperate: the Warragul defender tries desperately to smother Parstood there and watched it. rot Sam Horvath’s kick for goal.

WEST GIPPSLAND Saturday, May 19 West Gippsland v Maryborough Castlemaine & District at Garfield

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Parrots peck Gulls LEONGATHA was way too strong for Warragul on Saturday with a dominant second quarter setting up the Parrots 103 point win.

ROUND 6

The Gulls booted with the breeze towards the chook sheds end in the opening quarter. The Parrots started well early with several entries inside 50 but only behinds were scored. Warragul managed to

SENIORS LADDER W L D

Pts

Maffra......6 0 0 276.75 24 Sale ........5 1 0 137.66 20 Leongatha..4 2 0 155.71 16 Moe ........4 2 0 121.71 16 Bairnsdale..3 3 0 121.56 12 Traralgon ....6 3 0 100.41 12 Warragul ....3 3 0 89.26 12 Wonthaggi..1 5 0 53.44 4 Drouin ........1 5 0 52.54 4 Morwell ......0 6 0 44.42 0 GOALKICKERS M. Bennett (Maffra).......(1) 25 C. Dunne (Leon)............(5) 22 B. Dessent (Sale) ..........(3) 21 B. McCarrey (Bairns).....(1) 14 R. Cowan (Bairns) .........(0) 11 T. Morrow (Warr) ..........(3) 11 J. Kiss (Bairns) .............(0) 10 S. Van Dyk (Moe) ..........(2) 10 A. Dugan (Moe).............(1) 10 J. Freeman (Sale) ..........(2) 10

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Maffra......5 Moe ........5 Traralgon ..4 Leongatha..4 Warragul ..3 Wonthaggi ...1 Sale ............1 Morwell ......1 Drouin ........0 Bairnsdale ..0

0 0 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

458.65 261.49 235.84 144.69 112.34 73.33 41.61 19.84 34.11 00.00

20 20 16 16 12 4 4 4 0 0

GOALKICKERS N. Trotto (Leon) ............(5) 17 J. Somers (Warr) ..........(1) 13 M. Allman (Maffra)........(0) 11 B. Brunt (Maffra) ...........(0) 9 J. Reeves (Maffra).........(0) 9 A. Barrett (Trar) .............(2) 8 J. Jackway (Trar)...........(0) 8 R. Loprese (Trar)...........(3) 8 L. Durkin (Moe)............ (30 7 M. Dignan (Maffra) .......(0) 7 J. Chessells (Moe) ........(2) 7

THIRDS LADDER W L D

Bairnsdale..6 Moe ........5 Leongatha..4 Sale ........4 Traralgon ..4 Warragul ....3 Maffra ........3 Wonthaggi..0 Drouin ........0 Morwell ......0

0 1 2 2 1 3 3 6 5 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts

320.63 359.88 205.74 196.79 194.80 166.36 99.19 35.81 9.34 6.35

24 20 16 16 16 12 12 0 0 0

GOALKICKERS J. Hume (Leon) .............(8) 21 C. Michie (Moe) ............(4) 17 H. Kellow (Bairns) .........(3) 16 B. Daniel (Bairns) ..........(4) 14 C. Mein (Bairns) ............(0) 12 T. Baldi (Moe)................(1) 12 J. Van Iwaarden (Trar)...(0) 11 R. Green (Warr) ............(0) 9 H. Pepper (Moe) ...........(5) 9 O. Henry (Maffra) ..........(0) 9

FOURTHS LADDER W L D

Bairnsdale..6 0 0 307.69 Wonthaggi..5 1 0 159.52 Morwell ...4 2 0 188.21 Sale ........4 2 0 101.44 Leongatha..3 2 1 102.10 Moe............3 2 1 96.73 Traralgon ....1 4 0 105.76 Warragul ....1 5 0 43.23 Maffra ........1 5 0 29.49 Drouin ........0 5 0 45.26 GOALKICKERS

Pts

24 20 16 16 14 14 4 4 4 0

N. Anderson (Won) .......(3) 19 T. Rees (Bairns) ............(3) 18 B. Vickery (Bairns) ........(1) 15 H. Hopkins (Moe) ..........(0) 14 K. Ruyters (Trar) ...........(3) 12 Z. Bezzina (Morw) .........(0) 11 F. Materia (Leon) ...........(3) 10 D. Hough (Morw) ..........(4) 10 J. Kilgour (Won)............(2) 9 C. Smith (Won) .............(0) 6 B. Deering (Morw) .......(3) 8

SENIORS Leongatha 21.21.14 Warragul 6.8.44

Warragul best: T. Davine, B. Nott, M. Lynn, J. Orlicki, D. Giardina, J. Deen.

Leongatha goals: C. Dunne 5, J. Lloyd 3, R. Kelly 2, J. Lockwood 2, J. Ginnane 2, K. Cooper 1, C. Stone 1, J. Schelling 1, P. McGrath 1, S. Forrester 1, C. Maskell 1, L. Bowman 1. Warragul goals: T. Morrow 3, M. Coombes 1, B. Fowler 1, K. Drew 1. Leongatha best: T. Marriott, B. Willis, C. Dunne, R. Olden, B. Davidson, L. Bowman. Warragul best: K. Drew, T. Morrow, J. Hughes, A. Emery, T. Muir, N. Paredes.

THIRDS Leongatha 11.6.72 Warragul 2.6.18

RESERVES Leongatha 11.5.71 Warragul 8.7.55

FOURTHS Leongatha 5.9.39 Warragul 3.4.22

Leongatha goals: N. Trotto 5, B. Vanrooy 2, J. Pellicano 2, S. Horvath 1, D. Ginnane 1. Warragul goals: J. Orlicki 2, J. Fairfull 1, R. Lawson-Pepper 1, T. Davine 1, J. Somers 1, D. Giardina 1, B. Nott 1. Leongatha best: N. Trotto, C. Rump, B. Vanrooy, M. Martin, T. Wightman, S. Horvath.

Leongatha goals: F. Materia 3, R. Giliam 1, T. Davies 1. Warragul goals: D. Handley 1, D. Porch 1, C. Alger 1. Leongatha best: E. Lamers, A. Turton, H. Sheedy, C. Michael, H. Kewming, N. Hanily. Warragul best: J. Kallady, C. Stern, B. Cusden, H. Pyle, H. Notman, B. Coates.

Leongatha goals: J. Hume 8, W. Littlejohn 1, J. Lamers 1, M. McGannon 1. Warragul goals: W. Gown 1, C. Robbins 1. Leongatha best: J. Hume, J. Hastings, T. Vanderkolk, B. Hastings, B. Perry, R. Drysdale. Warragul best: W. Gown, B. Quaife, R. Chambers, T. Baum, C. Williamson, N. Tworkowski.

kick the only two goals for the term to lead 2.5 to Leongatha’s 0.5. The Parrots blooded another new player Julian Lockwood who is a mate of Chris Dunne’s, having played in the Northern Territory together. A handy key position player and relief ruckman, Lockwood debuted well and gives the Parrots plenty of options; he booted two goals. With several other changes including Rhett Kelly, Kyle Cooper, Tim Sauvarin and Cade Maskell all back in, the Parrots have now experimented with 31 players so far this season. The floodgates opened well and truly in term two with a dominant display by Leongatha up and down the ground with the Gulls finding no answers. Ben Willis was rucking well and getting out plenty of ball to Tom Marriott, Luke Bowman and others. Brok Davidson was leading out and marking well and setting up for-

First outing: in his first speaking engagement since the cricket ball tampering saga, former Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann was one of the guests at the Parrots big sports night on the weekend. Here he is watching the Leongatha seniors, pictured from left, Adam Trotto, Blake van Rooy, Darren Lehmann and Jack Vanderkolk. ward options. Dunne booted three goals in term two, Jack Ginnane two, James Lloyd two and plenty of single goalkickers. The Parrots had 17 inside 50’s for 14 scoring shots and a very good conversion of 11.3 for the

term. At half time it was Leongatha 11.8.74 to Warragul 2.7 .19 The Parrots continued to dominate in the third term despite kicking into the wind; only a drop in conversion denying them a bigger score.

Ryan Olden had the role of tagging Warragul’s Paredes and did a superb job. At three quarter time it was Leongatha 15.16.106 to Warragul 5.7 .37 The sting had well and truly gone out of the game but the Parrots were deter-

mined to keep to the game style, managing a further 6.5 to Warragul’s 1.1. It was a real confidence booster for Leongatha ahead of this Saturday’s interleague game and a break for most players before heading to Drouin to tackle the Hawks.

Celebrity Sports Night attracts 200 L E O N G AT H A Parrots Celebrity Sports Night at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve attracted a 200 strong crowd on Saturday night.

Celebrities included former Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann, Hawks great Jarryd Roughead, former St Kilda champion Stephen Milne and former Australian cricketer Damien Fleming, who had the audience enthralled. According to organiser Robert van Rooy the night was a great success and “the feedback was fantastic”. “Darren Lehmann attended the game on Saturday and really enjoyed the level of footy and the atmosphere around the club,” van Rooy said. “It was his first speaking engagement since the (ball tampering) events in SA (South Africa). “Roughy, Damien Fleming and Stephen Milne (Murphy was called

into a commentary team and could not get there) came down a bit later. “Fleming hosted the night as a forum with all four on stage at the same time. “He was very funny with his stories and played the crowd and the panel very well. “Roughy, Stu Wigney and Lehmann see their purchase of McCartins as an investment in not only the town but also the people and sporting clubs so were very happy to be

the driving force behind the night. “When Darren spoke about the events in SA you could hear a pin drop in the room. He was very honest. He said he absolutely did not know what the players were doing out on the field, was completely shocked and the words he spoke on the microphone at the time cannot be repeated. “The Q&A session afterwards was fantastic,” van Rooy said.

Star line-up: Damien Fleming, Stephen Milne, Stu Wigney, Darren Lehmann and Craig Reid at the Celebrity Sports Night in Leongatha on Saturday.

OTHER MATCHES

Talking footy: Leongatha Parrots senior coach Paul Carbis caught up with former Parrot and Hawks great Jarryd Roughead during Saturday’s Celebrity Sports Night.

SENIORS Moe 7.15.57 d Morwell 7.11.53 Traralgon 16.10.106 d Drouin 14.10.94 Maffra 8.19.67 d Bairnsdale 5.7.37 RESERVES Moe 17.13.115 d Morwell 1.1.7 Traralgon 19.17.131 d Drouin 2.1.13 THIRDS Moe 27.18.180 d Morwell 0.0.0 Bairnsdale 15.9.99 d Maffra 4.3.27 FOURTHS Morwell 9.11.65 d Moe 5.10.40 Bairnsdale 9.17.71 d Maffra 0.3.3

Good sports: Stephen Milne, Kasie Rump (200 A Grade games on weekend) with former Australian cricketter and MC Damien Question time: sportsman Damien Fleming, Jarryd Roughead, Stephen Milne and Darren Fleming at the Leongatha Parrots Celebrity Lehmann kept the 200 strong audience enthralled during the Q & A session on Saturday night in Leongatha. Sports Night on Saturday.

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McGannon aims for footy goals “I was a bit indecisive in what to do, as I also had siders his biggest highlight. FOLLOWING his recruitment to the Box Ryan comes from a strong sporting background. Hill Hawks, Ryan McGannon has taken a call from Frankston VFL, which is only 10 minHis grandfather Cliff played in premierships for Fish utes away from where I live in Mornington.” his football to the next level. Ryan said his transition from the Fish Creek to the Hawks had been smooth. “I fitted in with the playing group from day one and they have been so welcoming. The coaching staff also have your back and are trying to get the best out of you whilst you’re out there,” he said. Ryan said he is learning what it takes to make it at a higher level of competition, including the commitment required. “I’m learning something new every session, which will only benefit my own football,” he said. Ryan found out he had been recruited a few weeks after Christmas. “The opportunity came about when Box Hill’s talent manager rang and asked if I was interested in coming along to training,” he said.

Ryan is generally a backman, but doesn’t mind where his coach puts him on the ground. He is aiming to get the most out this experience as he can, and to gain the knowledge to become a better player and person. “AFL would be a dream, but at the moment it’s small steps. I’m just trying to continue improving and once I get my opportunity to make the most of it, play well and cement my spot.” Ryan began his footy career at Auskick in Fish Creek with his mates, who all went on to win junior premierships together. His highlights include winning the 2011 and 2012 Fourths, and 2014 Thirds premierships. He was also involved in the back to back 201617 premiership wins in the Seniors, which he con-

Creek, and his dad Barry won three Fish Creek premierships in a row from 2000 to 2002. Barry also played for Sandringham VFL, Edithvale-Aspendale, Alberton interleague, and Mornington Peninsula Nepean interleague. Ryan’s brother Matthew and cousin Mason are currently in Gippsland Power. Ryan is now working hard to make his short term goals a reality in 2018. “My short term goals would be to play a game – if not a couple – for Box Hill this year,” he said. “I’d also like to make finals with my local team Mt Eliza and give it a crack at a premiership. “In the next year, I hope to have gotten the most out of myself and a spot again next year on Box Hill’s list.”

Recruit: Ryan McGannon joined the Box Hill Hawks at the start of the year, and has worked hard to take his footy to the next level.

No crisis at AFL Gippsland Continued from page 64.

A match between Stony Creek and MDU this Saturday will be one of the only nonleague club games in country Victoria (see story inside)

A new review of all leagues in Gippsland including senior and junior competitions is underway now. Of major concern is the continuing decline of juniors, thirds and fourths, across most clubs and, more locally, what to do with Alberton. One of the possible outcomes would determine whether the Alberton league would go it alone and try to attract new clubs or whether it could merge with Mid Gippsland into a 16 team league. “We are currently surveying all clubs in Gippsland. Every club will get 45 minutes with AFL Gippsland to listen to their viewpoint,” Mr Schelling said. Views about the Alberton league appear mixed at this stage with rumours of a “Save the Alberton” league petition going around while others see the reality being a merge with Mid Gippsland with 16 teams, under a possible Division One and Division Two structure. On behalf of the AFL Gippsland region commission, Schelling congratulated Switzer for his outstanding contribution and leadership over the past five years. “In his role as region general manager, Travis has created an outstanding model for football in the Gippsland region which will ensure the long-term viability of country sport in our communities,” he said. “Travis’s commitment to the task he was set cannot be questioned and his knowledge and expertise will be sorely missed as he is widely known and respected for putting himself out there in his quest to engage all stakeholders in the promotion of our region.” The governance models established by AFL Gippsland, such as that of the WGFNC, have served as a template for other commissions across the state to follow. In early 2014 Switzer oversaw the establishment of the AFL Gippsland Regional Administration Centre, which now manages the operations of 12 football competitions and four umpires associations and employs nine dedicated administration staff. Under Switzer’s stewardship, football in Gippsland has undergone significant change. Reviews into junior football have led to notable participation growth in the Warragul and District Junior Football League and the newly created Southern Gippsland Junior Football Competition, while the extensive 2015-16 Gippsland Football Review led to the creation of the successful West Gippsland Football Netball Competition and a more sustainable model for clubs in the region.

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No crisis at AFL Gippsland Review to determine Alberton League’s future By Tony Giles THERE is “no crisis” at AFL Gippsland despite a number of major departures in the space of weeks.

Acting AFL Gippsland commission chairman John Schelling told The Star it was “business as usual” despite the sudden shake-up. Both commission chairman Brian Quigley and region general manager Travis Switzer have tendered their resignations. AFL Gippsland’s Les Mathieson and Tracey Dear, representing the eastern leagues, have also tendered their resignations from the commission ahead of the annual general meeting in June. Switzer didn’t specifically outline his reasons for stepping down but said he “will look back on my time at AFL Gippsland fondly, but I believe the time is right for me to begin a new challenge and for someone with a fresh perspective to take the business through the next steps of its evolution.” Switzer will finish up with AFL Gippsland in the final week of May.

Since Switzer’s appointment by the AFL Gippsland Region Commission in late 2013, the not-for-profit organisation has grown from a singleperson operation to a team of 14 full time staff working out of offices at Morwell and Bairnsdale. Unfortunately one big downside has been the disintegration of what was once the mighty Alberton Football League. The last review saw a large number of clubs exit to join the West Gippsland league including Korumburra Bena which fought tooth and nail to leave Alberton when the review said it had to stay. Since then the Alberton competition has slipped further with the recess of the Allies this season reducing the number of clubs to six. Despite this interest in the competition is surprisingly strong with a very even competition fighting it out in the senior football. The Alberton league also decided it would not participate in the interleague competition set down Out and about: acting AFL Gippsland commission chairman John Schelling took a keen interest in watching Stony Creek tackle Foster on the weekend. A number of his family for this Saturday, May 19.

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Taylah Brown selected in National Netball Squad THE National Netball Squads were announced last week, with Leongatha’s Taylah Brown selected in the 17 and Under squad.

ball since she was nine years old. She started out playing for Mount Eccles in the Leongatha and District Netball Association, and played for the Leongatha Parrots in the 2017 season. Taylah studied Year 11 at Mary MacKillop

Catholic Regional College last year but, having received a scholarship, is doing Year 12 at Wesley College and plays netball on the school team as well as for her Melbourne club.

The squad will head to the AIS in Canberra in July. Fourteen Victorians have been selected in the 2018 Netball Centre of Excellence National squads and head to a camp in Canberra later this year. Athletes were selected for the squads following the National Netball Championships, in which Victoria finished first (19/U) and second (17/U). During the camps, athletes will be exposed to a high performance training environment and also feature in international competitions against England and New Zealand underage teams. The 17/U camp will begin on Monday, October 1. Victorians in 17/U National Squad are Ruby Barkmeyer, Taylah Brown, Maggie Caris, Hannah Mundy, Uneeq Palavi, Maddison RidAnother step: Taylah Brown has been se- ley, Tegan Stephenson and Emma Walters. Taylah’s goal to one day play for Australia Netball championships: Taylah Browne of Leongatha competes for Victoria in the Under lected in the National 17 and Under netball is another step closer. She has been playing net- 17 state team for the recent national championships. squad.

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