The Great Southern Star - October 31, 2017

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$32.5m for Wonthaggi’s new school YEAR 12 students Sarah Vrandenburg (left) and Katie Fisher dressed up for Celebration Day at Wonthaggi Secondary College on Thursday.

The school had even more to celebrate on Friday after receiving $32.5 million for a new school.

See story page 3.

Leongatha misses out A PROPOSED new RSL for Leongatha will no longer proceed.

DRESSED to scare at Halloween at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra on Saturday were, from left, Ella Mabilia, Emma Caldwell-Smith, Shyanne Caldwell-Smith, Lucy Mabilia, Ruby Caldwell-Smith and Millie Anderson (front). They hail from Wonthaggi and Inverloch. Find out more on page 6.

FARM CHOP

Leongatha RSL Sub-branch yesterday (Monday) told the South Gippsland Shire Council it would no longer seek to swap land with council to enable the new RSL to go ahead, citing concerns about the proposal’s viability.

The RSL initially wanted to use the council-owned former Carino’s function centre in Smith Street to create a new building featuring a restaurant, accommodation, function centre and on-site parking.

The decision also ends the prospect of council building a new municipal precinct on the site of the existing council and RSL complex.

Read more on page 3.

Council warned of rush to break up farms

By Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council may receive an influx of applications to subdivide large farms into smaller, intensive operations, changing the region’s landscape, Cr Lorraine Brunt warned last Wednesday.

The region is likely to have more small scale intensive farms in the future, but council’s planning rules could hold back such development, if a test case now before council is anything to go by.

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Race in for Cup week savings

Farming hope: from left, consultant Lee Minns, and Graeme and Rosemary Trease, last Wednesday asked South Gippsland Shire Council to allow the Treases to separate 30 acres from their existing dairy farm to continue to run as a biodynamic grazing operation.

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RSL: no deal Leongatha land swap called off

By Brad Lester A PROPOSED deal between Leongatha RSL and South Gippsland Shire Council has been abandoned.

Leongatha RSL is no longer pursuing a land exchange with council, citing concerns about the viability of a proposed new RSL. The RSL initially wanted to use the councilowned former Carino’s function centre in Smith Street to create a new building featuring a restau-

rant, accommodation, function centre and on-site parking in time to celebrate the sub-branch’s centenary year in 2019.

But the Leongatha RSL yesterday (Monday) informed council the sub-branch was withdrawing from the proposed memorandum of understanding and the eventual land swap.

The RSL had proposed to swap its current site in Michael Place with the former Carino’s site, now used as council offices.

That could have paved the way for council to acquire the current RSL complex and transform that site, and the current council offices, into a new

council precinct.

Council has long stated it needs new modern offices to accommodate its operations.

Mayor Cr Ray Argento was disappointed the development was not proceeding.

“The proposed facility could’ve been a real boost to the South Gippsland economy. However, the RSL needs to ensure its long term viability so that it can continue to support returned service people and the wider community for years to come,” he said.

Leongatha RSL sub-branch secretary Anne Davies did not wish to comment and president Steve Wisdom said he was not aware the deal had been

called off.

Leongatha RSL initially approached council with the proposal, however feasibility studies undertaken by the RSL have determined the new development is not viable at this stage.

The Leongatha RSL already owns the old kindergarten site adjoining Carino’s on the corner of Smith Street and Michael Place.

As for the future of council’s offices, a council spokesperson said any changes to council offices would require a decision of council. There are no reports to council on the matter at this stage, the spokesperson said.

New school to create new jobs WONTHAGGI’S education and employment opportunities look likely to boom, after Premier Daniel Andrews announced $32.5 million for a new senior campus of Wonthaggi Secondary College last Friday.

The project will also include a new highball stadium for the community.

Mr Andrews said, “The best part of $32.5 million means an awful lot of jobs. This is a very significant project and we will aim to make sure as many of those jobs are local in terms of building contracts and trades.”

The funding – a total of $31 million from the State Government coupled with $1.5 million from Bass Coast Shire Council – was sorely needed as the school struggles to cope with a population boom.

The McBride Avenue campus became even more cramped earlier this year when yet another portable was put on the already undersized school oval to accommodate the growing number of students.

Long time coming: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces funding for Wonthaggi Secondary College, watched by, from left, Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Darren Parker, Eastern Victoria Region MLC Harriet Shing and Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield.

Across both campuses, there are 1300 students of which 600 go to the McBride campus. By 2020, this total expected to skyrocket to more than 1400 students.

Year 11 students showed The Star cracks in the walls of the existing school, cramped classrooms and outdated facilities.

“We have incredible teachers at this school who are all very passionate but they are held back by this facility. It’s great to know they will be getting a facility they deserve to be in,” student Jack Mendes said.

The new campus will include outdoor learning spaces, a library, and specialist facilities for visual arts, graphics, materials technology and science.

Mr Andrews said, “There has never been any question that this is an outstanding school, but the real challenge now is getting school buildings and facilities to match.”

Mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield said she was left almost speechless by the announcement.

“We have a shire of 865 square kilometres; this is only public high school. We’ve got students travelling across this whole region and it’s something that will benefit the entire community so we are very excited.

It was a long and hard battle but we are so thankful,” she said.

Eastern Victorian Region MLC Harriet Shing was thanked for championing the project and continuously pushing for funding.

“I think it’s a sign of the will of this community that we’ve had local government, State Government, so many community groups and local people who went to this school when it was still dire and are still asking for funding, to finally get to the day where we know with some certainty that a new school will be built,” she said.

Bass MLA Brian Paynter said the news was “brilliant”.

“Congratulations to all concerned. What an enormous community effort,” he said.

Principal Darren Parker said concept designs for the new school were ready.

The project will be managed by the Victorian School Building Authority and will go out to tender in December.

Construction is expected to take around 18 months.

Big announcement: Premier Daniel Andrews (far left) and Eastern Victorian Region MLC Harriet Shing (second right) were pleased to give Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield and Wonthaggi Secondary College Year 11 students Jewel Massey-Chase and Jack Mendes the news that a new school precinct will be fully funded.

Wonthaggi to become a regional sport centre WONTHAGGI will now have a home for its sporting stars following the announcement of state funding for a highball stadium.

The multisport stadium will feature three regulation size courts, a canteen, change rooms, and a specialist space for performing arts, music and food technology.

The announcement came as a thrill for Wonthaggi Amateur Basketball Association president Cath Garnham, who said the facility will allow the association grow.

“This year was the first time we’ve had to knock people back because we couldn’t accommodate any more members,” she said.

Ms Garnham said on top of the local competition, the association would run more programs for a broader range of players, as well as bringing state tournaments to Wonthaggi.

The stadium will be built in conjunction with the education precinct.

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Carnival excites market-goers LEONGATHA enjoyed a special twist on Music was provided by Marty Box, as well the town’s farmers market on Saturday. as Leongatha Secondary College’s intermediate A carnival theme brought in a crowd, and chil- band, rock band, flute quartet and brass ensemdren enjoyed a jumping castle, face painting, and ble. an egg and spoon race.

The market has been a monthly fixture on LeFarmers market organiser Julie Curtis said the egg and spoon race was a hit, and may run again at future markets.

ongatha’s calendar since May and has continued to grow bigger and better.

There were 26 stalls in the farmers’ section and 25 stalls in the crafts section.

Ms Curtis anticipated the next two markets

would draw in big crowds before Christmas, with the last market scheduled for December 23.

“The locals have been very supportive, the customers have been really happy and we’ve had great feedback,” she said.

Carnival theme: back, from left, Warragul’s Joe McInerny; middle, left, LeonPlants galore: Leongatha’s Tom and Amy Geisler gatha’s Heidi Considine, Kohan Walls, Hugh Williams and Matilda Williams; and enjoyed exploring the Leongatha Farmers Market on front, from left, and Aiden Walls had fun on the jumping castle at the Leongatha Farmers Market on Saturday.

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Council warned of rush to break up farms Continued from page 1.

Council was last Wednesday perplexed by the question of what constitutes a viable farm, during a debate over a planning matter.

Rosemary and Graeme Trease of Mardan applied to council to restructure two titles on their 320 acre property, already home to a dairy operation, and a biodynamic, intensive farm of 30 acres on which they grow pigs, beef and poultry. The property is now over two titles, each of 160 acres.

The Treases want to change the titles to create an approximately 290 acre dairy and formalise the 30 acre grazing property, which Cr Andrew McEwen said now generates an income of $40,000 to $50,000 a year, with the potential for more.

Council planners only wanted to give the Treases 4.1ha and a house instead of 30 acres and a house, as the South Gippsland Planning Scheme strongly discourages applications with an area of more than two hectares for the dwelling lot.

This prompted Cr Don Hill to take the Treases’ case to council, to seek permission for council to review the application.

“If the 4.1ha is accepted, they will just have a house in the country,” Cr Hill said.

But Cr Brunt backed council officers, noting the

application had the ability to set a trend that would subdivide the region’s farming land.

“In the future, what do we want to see South Gippsland looking like?” she asked, noting 30 acres with a few sheep and a few pigs was not intensive farming.

“I’d love to see this go to VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) and see where it goes.

It will certainly set a precedent for us if we are not interpreting the planning scheme correctly, as Cr Hill suggests.”

Cr Brunt said council recently “drove away a broiler farm that would have fitted with our planning scheme”.

“It is intensive agriculture and we did not support it,” she said of the application for Wooreen, north of Leongatha.

“We turned away growth.”

After much deliberation last Wednesday, council decided to do review the Treases’ application, five votes to four.

However the issue will return to the council table, after Cr Meg Edwards tabled a rescission motion to be considered at the November council meeting.

She said debate centred around the merits of the planning application itself rather than council’s del-

egation under the planning scheme or the intent of council’s policy.

Cr Hill’s notice of motion said interpretation of the planning scheme in the Farm Zone was not always straightforward.

“I believe it’s a realignment of the boundary, not an excision of a dwelling,” he said.

Cr Jeremy Rich said all applications should be considered on their merits.

“What does constitute a viable farm?” he said.

Mayor Cr Ray Argento said he had more questions about the proposal and Cr Alyson Skinner was prepared to review the matter, saying the biodynamic operation fits “my world view”.

The motion to review the application was passed with the support of councillors Hill, Skinner, McEwen, Argento and Rich. Against were councillors Brunt, Edwards, Aaron Brown and Maxine Kiel.

Mrs Trease earlier told council a farm consultant believed their business case for the 30 acres was viable. She said that property had carried 500 calves a year in the past.

She said dividing the entire farm in two would not be feasible, as new water and other infrastructure would have to be installed at a cost of around $120,000.

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Mirboo North calls on Greens’ support

By Jessica Anstice THE Mirboo North community has turned to politics in its battle to stop proposed tree logging by VicForests.

Green’s Eastern Metropolitan MLC Samantha Dunn visited Mirboo North to tour the logging coupes VicForest intends to clear fell.

During her visit, Ms Dunn spoke with the Preserve Our Forests Campaign members and offered her help to stop the logging.

“I do cross VicForests a lot in what I do and I understand community members have a lot of frustration in terms of their contact with VicForests, so that’s what I’m going to assist with,” she said.

Ms Dunn said she was concerned seeing beautiful parts of Victoria – such as the forest north of Mirboo North - logged.

“The detrimental impact of that on the local community and biodiversity is just awful,” she said.

Ms Dunn will be raising the issues with Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford and assisting the community to obtain information from VicForests, given the community has been unsuccessful so far.

Preserve our Forests vegetation surveyor Richard

Save the forest: back, from left, David Arnault, Grant O’Neill, Gary Price, Bruce Evens, Steve Rath, Barb Pullinger, Kevin Boundy, Rob Brown, Susie Kojic, Richard Lester and Vicki Sinclair and, front, Greens MP Samantha Dunn and Marg Thomas met at the Lyrebird Forest Walk in Mirboo North, on Wednesday, to discuss VicForests’ proposal to clear fell the area.

Lester said Ms Dunn’s visit was about supporting the effort of the Mirboo North community.

“The effort has been wonderful since the public

meeting. Lots of people have come and offered help because there’s a range of issues here from vegetation to habitat,” he said.

MG’s demise guts farmers

By Sarah Vella FRIDAY’S announcement that Murray Goulburn could be sold to Canadian company Saputo has left local suppliers “gutted” and uncertain about the industry’s future.

The company told suppliers at its annual general meeting on Friday it had entered into an agreement to sell the company to Saputo for around $1.3 billion.

Buffalo MG supplier Peter Young attended the meeting and said he was devastated by the news the company would be sold.

“There were tears at the meeting. It is not just a factory, it is part of who we are. Not all farmers see it that

Abuser jailed AN ARCHIES Creek man has been jailed for child sex assaults within the Bass Coast and Melbourne.

Darran Scott, formerly known as Darran Page, was sentenced to 10 years’ jail, within a minimum of seven years, at Latrobe Valley County Court on Friday, for sexually abusing 11 boys.

The former television cameraman and movie director met many of his victims through his position as a high priest within the Church of Jesus Christ.

Police said offences occurred at Mr Scott’s homes at Archies Creek and Smiths Beach.

Speeding drivers nabbed WONTHAGGI Police detected a 50 year old man speeding past St Joseph’s School, Wonthaggi at 83 km/h in a 40km/h zone, on October 24.

The vehicle also had false number plates attached.

The driver was issued with two infringement notices totalling $991 and he lost six demerit points.

Last Wednesday, a Yanakie man was caught travelling at 110km/h in a 100km/h zone on Foster-Promontory Road at Foster.

Police intercepted the 32 year old for speeding at 1.21pm.

He was issued with an infringement notice for $317

way, but I grew up as MG and to see it fall away was very distressing,” he said.

Mr Young said that in the short term, the sale will help farmers financially but he feared the long term future of the industry could be in peril.

“The whole concept of a cooperative allowed farmers to put a price on what we create. Corporations pay the lowest price they can to get the milk they need,” he said.

“It does make me very concerned about where we are going and I have a lot less confidence in the industry now.

“We watched the Western Australian industry collapse after it lost its last co-op and we have seen collapse of the industry in England after its co-ops disappeared.

“We have seen it happen elsewhere, so I can’t see why it won’t happen here.”

Saputo already owns Warrnambool Cheese and Butter and under the agreement would acquire all of MG’s oper-

ating assets and operating liabilities.

The transaction is currently expected to be completed in the first half of 2018.

Leongatha South Murray Goulburn supplier Gordon Vagg attended MG’s AGM as well and said he left the meeting severely disappointed.

“We all came away absolutely gutted. We have lost an Australian icon and our one and only cooperative, we were so proud of it,” he said.

“I just only hope now there will be enough competition from the other milk companies to keep the prices fair for suppliers.”

Mr Vagg said he expected the sale to go through, with a vote of shareholders to be held.

“We haven’t got a choice, it is pretty much a done deal. If we go on another six months, things aren’t going to improve in that time for us,” he said.

and three demerit points.

On Sunday, a woman was found to be travelling at 113km/h along Foster-Promontory Road, Foster.

The 45 year old from Altona North was pulled over by police for speeding at 10.18am.

She was caught travelling at 113km/h and was issued an infringement notice for $317and three demerit points.

A man was found to be travelling at 109km/h in a 100km/h zone at Buffalo on Sunday.

He received a $198 fine and one demerit point.

Police intercepted the 60 year old Fish Creek man for speeding on Meeniyan-Promontory Road at 6.56pm.

Creek on Saturday.

Police were manning a random breath testing station on Meeniyan-Promontory Road, Fish Creek when they tested a 59 year old from Meekatharra, Western Australia.

The man was conveyed to the Foster Police Station for an evidentiary breath test around 7pm.

The result of the test was .055 and the male was issued with an infringement notice for $476 and 10 demerits.

At about 6.40pm, police spoke to a 52 year old Fish Creek man who had been driving a tractor.

The tractor was found to be unregistered and the man was issued with an infringement notice for $793.

At 6.43pm, a 40 year old San Remo man was found to be driving an unregistered vehicle and he was issued with an infringement notice for $793.

Drunken driver A FOSTER woman was caught drink driving on Toora Road in Foster on Thursday.

Police were manning a random breath testing site and the 67 year old tested positive to alcohol at about 8.27pm.

She was conveyed to the Foster Police Station for an evidentiary breath test, with a result of .121.

She will be summonsed to court at a later date for drink driving related charges.

Her vehicle was impounded and she was immediately suspended from driving.

Fishy traffic woes A MAN tested positive to alcohol while driving in Fish

Ute stolen A BROKEN down ute was stolen from the side of Strzelecki Highway, north of Mirboo North, on Friday.

Two men were seen in a black Holden Commodore ute driving towards Leongatha with the stolen white Holden Commodore VS ute on a trailer around 3pm.

The broken down ute was parked on the highway near Morwell-Thorpdale Road.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Leongatha Police Station on 5662 2285.

“I think most of us feel that the importance of the area is in not that it’s just a single habitat, but it’s a varied habitat.”

Mr Lester said the community’s progress in the last six weeks had been excellent.

“We’ve kicked some goals. We’ve had several surveys and at this stage we’ve found evidence of mammals and plants that are reasonably rare in the area,” he said.

“In terms of VicForests’ next move, it seems they haven’t done too much vegetation surveying and it just seems they are desperate when clearing a forest like this which is small and locally precious. It’s pointless at this stage.”

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Fun night out: from left, Inverloch’s Ellen Kavanagh, Amy Piasente, Wonthaggi’s Felicity Truly magical: from left, Lang Lang’s Charlotte Emanuelli, Lily Colley-Curtin, Ollie Tack, Nyora’s Lexie Jobling and Inverloch’s Ashton Rigby enjoyed the excitement of Hal- Emanuelli and Sam Emanuelli looked fantastic in their Harry Potter gear for Coal Creek’s Halloween. loween at Coal Creek on Saturday.

Spooky milestone for Coal Creek COAL Creek celebrated its 10th annual Halloween spectacular on Saturday night.

Amazing detail: from left, Dalyston’s Ava, Carla and Lexi Gannon were beyond recognition with some incredible make up for Coal Creek’s Halloween on Saturday.

The park was abundant with spooky and scary costumes with more than 4000 people through the gate.

Children were enthralled by Count Von Boogie’s performances, and all three shows were sold out.

There was a great response from children leaving the show with fits of laughter.

The Star Queens were back to mingle with Halloween goers, with many enjoying excellent photo opportunities.

Once again, the dress up competition was a hit with plenty of people keen to be involved.

This year, Coal Creek added another 300 tickets to its trick or treating so there were plenty of opportunities for children to be involved and fill up their buckets with lollies.

The ghost train was once again sold out and highly enjoyed.

A photo booth was a popular attraction this year, and there were more food vans than ever before which elicited a great response.

The bonfire was a crowd favourite and a lot of positive feedback was received by the Coal Creek staff about the amazing decorations right across the park.

Epic battle: from left, Alex and Gavin Hudson from Poowong made very convincing Jedi Knights at Coal Creek’s Halloween on Saturday night.

Wonthaggi’s first Halloween frighteningly successful THERE was a spooky atmosphere on Saturday as Wonthaggi hosted its first Halloween Fun Day in Apex Park.

Unfortunately, the Zombie Fun Run aspect of the day had to be cancelled due to recent weather condi-

tions and risk to public safety but – as this is likely to become an annual event – it will be a fixture in the coming years.

Event organiser Cheryl Garner – from Cheryl’s Event Service – said Coal Creek Halloween’s ever increasing popularity means tickets sell fast, so the event in Wonthaggi gives children another opportunity to dress up and have some fun in a safe environment.

There were heaps of prizes to be won, with all children going home with something special for their costume efforts.

Activities included a trick or treat run, a water ball, bungee run, a jumping castle and face painting.

There were also plenty of food stalls.

All money raised from the trick or treat run tickets will be donated to the White Road and Drysdale Street kindergartens in Wonthaggi, to expand outdoor play areas and upgrade playgrounds.

Cheryl is a Wonthaggi resident, and felt the event would be something fun for tourists who come to town this time of year as well.

“I’ve seen so many people come who are disappointed when there isn’t a market on. This is something fun for people to do with their families,” she said.

Cheryl’s Event Service is planning another big event at Easter.

Right, Trick or treat: from left, Grantville’s Tabatha and Becky Heffer were ready to fill their buckets with lollies at Wonthaggi’s Halloween Fun Day on Saturday.

Feathery friends: dressed as chickens, Zev Costume fun: from left, Cowes’ Taj Kozlovskis, Kai Degroot, Kayla Degroot, Sapphrya Greaves and Kyla Saipp won best costume at Degroot, Amelia Kozlovskis and Jaidan Kozlovskis had some creative ideas for their cosWonthaggi’s Halloween Fun Day on Saturday. tumes for Wonthaggi’s Halloween Fun Day on Saturday.

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Funding saves lifesavers

By Tayla Kershaw BIGGER, better and safer will be the buzzwords used to describe Cape Paterson’s new surf life saving clubroom.

The clubroom is a step closer to development after Eastern Victorian Region MLC Harriet Shing announced a $2.3 million funding boost on Friday.

The club will receive a modern facility with training rooms, a community hall, change rooms and an administration office.

Lifesavers are now dealing with a cramped space with crumbling walls.

President Dean Manns said the clubroom was built in the 1970s.

“We were audited seven years ago and we found we would have to pay $250,000 to make the building safe, and then around $100,000 thereafter for maintenance,” he said.

The surf life saving club now has 430 members, a figure Mr Manns hopes will continue to grow once the new facility is complete.

“There’s a lot of focus on youth health and wellbeing. We have three or four Bronze Camps a year as well as school programs,” he said.

“Our new facility will expand our capacity for Bronze Camp participants by 25 percent.”

The project is expected to cost around $4 million. As well as the State Government’s $2.3 mil-

Learn about new supermarket today THE public is invited to find out more about a proposal for a new supermarket in Korumburra today (Tuesday).

Michael’s IGA, the proponent of the new supermarket, will today hold a public drop in session to answer questions the community may have while a planning permit for the supermarket is on public notice.

South Gippsland Shire Council staff will attend to help with enquiries.

The session will be held in the Korumburra Shire Meeting Room, 165 Commercial Street, Korumburra between 2pm and 7pm.

Michael’s IGA has applied to develop a full line supermarket at the corner of King and Commercial streets, on the existing library site.

This is the preferred site for a new supermarket identified in the council-adopted Korumburra Town Centre Framework Plan (2013).

The planning permit application is currently on public notice and a copy of the application can be viewed at the Korumburra Library, Milpara House, Coal Creek, council reception and via council’s website.

New facilities needed: a $2.3 million funding boost from the State Government will help fund a new Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club room for lifesavers like, from left, Nicola, A MAN received a $634 penalty notice Tom and Jess Manns.

Expensive night out

lion, the project has received $600,000 from Bass Coast Shire Council and $500,000 from the club.

The club is expected to make up the shortfall.

It is anticipated the project will be completed

for behaving in a riotous manner after a in 2019.

Ms Shing said club members had saved many night out in Leongatha on the weekend.

Police subdued an aggressive man with capsicum lives and it was only fitting they should have apspray shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. propriate facilities.

Water dispute may boil over Under the agreement, standing and Ansevata would not be satiscouncil must maintain the fied with simply raising the outlet height. capacity of the basin at “The reality of this motion is that we THE ongoing dispute between 13.5ML. It is under capacity. are ignoring the conditions of the contract Council last week voted on water quality and are writing an open South Gippsland Shire Counto raise an outlet structure by cheque that will cost us dearly,” he said, alcil and the family company of 100mm to increase the caluding to the risk of further legal action.

Cr Jeremy Rich over a water pacity of the basin by 14ML, He said Ansevata sought for three years at a total cost of $20,000, to reach a resolution with council in regards retarding basin at Walkerville believing the outlet structure to the matter. may still continue. may have subsided.

Cr Brunt said there had been no eviThat is despite council last Wednesday Cr Don Hill said council dence of contaminated water for some voting to increase the basin’s capacity at a now had to address the E. time and said E. coli levels could have cost to council of $20,000. coli levels. been attributed to heavy rain or a “flock of The former Shire of Woorayl and the • South Gippsland “This is not the end of • South Gippsland ducks”. company, Ansevata Nominees, entered into Cr McEwen was the only councillor to Shire Councillor the matter with council. We Shire Councillor a water taking agreement from the basin have to deal with quality is- Jeremy Rich. vote against raising the height of the outlet. that is used for stormwater management of Andrew McEwen. sues at a later date,” he said.

Cr Rich was absent from debate last the Prom Views Estate.

Cr Andrew McEwen asked why council has spent Wednesday given his conflict of interest in the matter.

The agreement continued with the new South $165,000 on legal fees and costs on the issue so far – a Council CEO Tim Tamlin said council had received Gippsland Shire Council, which uses water from the basin figure disputed by Cr Lorraine Brunt - when the report advice that there were no water quality issues and council for roadworks in the area. Ansevata retained rights to use before council last Wednesday suggested a solution could believed the water in the basin was suitable for stock and water from the basin on the company’s Walkerville farm. be found for $20,000. pasture.

Ansevata has been concerned about high E. coli levels Council has already paid Ansevata $65,000 to “If Ansevata wants to talk further on water quality, in the basin, which it attributes to septic overflow from the recognise council took water it should not have taken I’m sure it will,” he said. estate, and believes the water is unsuitable for livestock from the basin.

Ansevata was contacted for comment. drinking water and crop irrigation.

Cr McEwen said the water quality issue was still out-

The man was a part of one of two groups who were arguing in Koonwarra Road, Leongatha.

The 27 year old Buffalo man had also previously been involved in an altercation in McCartin Street.

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Rates probe: from left, South Gippsland Shire councillors Don Hill, deputy mayor Maxine Kiel and Alyson Skinner are the councillor representatives on council’s Rating Strategy Review Committee.

Rates pressure boils Fire Fighters prepare: joining the senior firefighters at the South Gippsland CFA training exercise at Welshpool on Sunday were Meeniyan CFA volunteer and junior instructor, middle, from left, Charlie Young, Rachel Allanby, Hayley Young and fellow CFA junior trainer Kath Hardidge. and front Jade Cousins, Alema Cousins and Kira Waldron with newly graduated CFA senior members Hannah Ball and Natalie Young (standing in tanker).

By Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council continues to be lobbied to reduce commercial rates to help Leongatha businesses.

Foreshore funding survives sink bid

By Brad Lester WALKERVILLE’S local councillor, Jeremy Rich, refused to support extra South Gippsland Shire Council money being spent on the Walkerville North foreshore project at last Wednesday’s council meeting.

Council voted to give an additional $61,850 to the project, bringing its total contribution to $192,500.

The Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management asked council for the money, after the original cost of $292,880 based on schematic plans blew out to $490,856, once final detailed designs were prepared.

The foreshore project entails reconstructing 350m of seawall, rehabilitation of the existing road, and building new car and boat trailer parking, retaining walls and footpaths.

Cr Rich said it was a difficult decision for him given he was a local resident, but said he was con-

cerned by the amount of additional council money being sought and the level of consultation by the foreshore committee in regards to the project.

He said given the foreshore committee has funding to make up the shortfall, he felt the committee should fund it.

The committee had stated doing so would hinder the completion of other works proposed for the foreshore.

Cr Rich wondered what those works were.

“Perhaps we could be working together to get greater funding for those other projects in the future,” he said.

Cr Don Hill said the foreshore committee had $600,000 it could put towards the project and council had already contributed a “mountain”.

Cr Meg Edwards said the extra contribution sought from council was a “small ask” and would protect a council road.

Cr Alyson Skinner said the community would approve of council’s increased contribution, while Cr Maxine Kiel said, “This is an extremely generous project the whole community will benefit from and will enjoy.”

Cr Andrew McEwen said the seawall should be extended to prevent further erosion, and was still concerned about the distance between the launching ramp and the parking bay.

He called for a plan for the management of the whole of Walkerville, not just Walkerville North.

“The challenges of sea level rise and erosion are going to cost millions of dollars. We as a council can’t continue to fund this level of money we are putting into this project,” he said.

Later in the meeting, Cr McEwen read an apology to the foreshore committee for comments he made previously, claiming lack of transparency and accountability about where money was going and where it was coming from, and that council had not been provided with income and expenditure statements for the project.

He said these comments were untrue as he had missed an email from the committee providing the information.

Foreshore committee chair Bill Bray, treasurer Margaret Robertson and secretary Merran Wilde watched from the gallery.

Noticeboard SPECIAL STATUTORY MEETING OF COUNCIL 11.15am - Wednesday 15 November 2017 Council Chambers, Leongatha (1 hr) Business to be transacted: That Council: 1. Determination of term of Mayor (‘the Act’, section 71(1)) 2. Election of Mayor (‘the Act’, section 71(2)) 3. Determination if a Deputy Mayor is to be elected (Local Law No.3 clause 6(e) and 6(f)) 4. Election of Deputy Mayor (Local Law No.3 clause 6(g)) PUBLIC BRIEFING TO COUNCIL Wednesday 15 November 2017 1.15pm - Gippsland Community Leadership Program (30min) PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS *Expressions of interest to present are made by accessing Council’s website (by COB 10/11) Public Presentation page, contact 5662 9222 for details.

Wednesday 15 November - Council Chambers, Leongatha 2.00pm*; 7.00pm* PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS (Council Agenda Topics only) *Expressions of interest to present are made by accessing Council’s website (by COB 17/11) Public Presentation page, contact 5662 9222 for details.

Wednesday 22 November - 10.00am

ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING

WORKS THIS WEEK

Sealed roads maintenance: Whole Shire Tree requests: Whole Shire Footpath maintenance requests: Whole Shire Zone maintenance: Kongwak, Bena, Loch, Dumbalk, Turtons Creek Roadside slashing: Mirboo North, Allambee South, Please note that Council live streams and records Toora Streetscape works: Main Street, Foster its Ordinary Council Meetings, refer to the Policy Road and drainage upgrades: Anderson Street, on Council’s website for more details.

Leongatha IMMUNISATION SESSIONS Road construction: Korumburra Show Grounds Tuesday 31 October Road grading: Welshpool, Yanakie, Dollar, Stony Creek, Toora, Tarwin Foster: War Memorial Arts Centre, Main Street, Road drainage and carpark construction: 10.00am - 10.30am Tompkins Road, Meeniyan Leongatha: Uniting Church Hall, Peart Street, Vegetation removal: Farmers Road, Dumbalk 12.30pm - 1.30pm School crossing construction: Foster Road, Fish Wednesday 1 November Mirboo North: Maternal and Child Health Centre, Creek Road stabilising: Hazel Park Brennan Street, 9.00am - 9.30am Korumburra: Karmai Community Children’s Centre, Road regulating works: Walkerville Road, Tarwin Lower Princes Street, 11.30am - 12.00pm Footpath extension: Hassett Street, Leongatha Nyora: Nyora Community Hall, Henley Street, Road rehabilitation: Mount Eccles Road, Mount 1.00pm - 1.30pm Eccles *Register your questions by accessing Council’s website (by COB 17/11) Questions for Council Meetings page, contact 5662 9222 for details.

Wednesday 22 November - Council Chambers, Leongatha - 2.00pm

EMPLOYMENT Council advertises all employment opportunities on its website. For details please visit: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/employment

9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953 | Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 | 5662 9200 | council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au | www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

Accountant Jim Pickersgill said commercial rates are high, but with many vacant buildings in Leongatha, landlords have dropped rents to meet the fall in demand. The capital value of their premises has also fallen, as well as revenue from their buildings.

“I would like to see a more concessional and collaborative approach by council to their plight and a subsequent adjustment in rates,” he said.

“It seems difficult enough to encourage business to Leongatha, for some reason or another and, on top of the Murray Goulburn shocks to employment and farm commodity prices, I am very concerned for the wellbeing of the town and surrounding area and its residents.

“Whilst it is wonderful to operate a business in Leongatha, employ local staff and use local businesses, things like rate increases or high commercial rates put pressure on prices I need to charge my clients, which in turn, puts pressure on their resources.

“If a business is continually under pressure to absorb higher operating costs, then that business will look to ways of automation, outsourcing and other cost cutting measures which may impact on its decision to employ more local people. “Less people being employed equals less consumers equals less money circulating within the region.

Economics 101! That is something this town cannot tolerate if it is to survive, let alone prosper.”

Council will review its commercial and other rates, after last Wednesday voting to appoint members to its Rating Strategy Review Committee.

Councillors elected to the committee were Don Hill, Maxine Kiel and Alyson Skinner, with Meg Edwards also nominated but missing out after a vote by councillors. Councillors Skinner and Kiel received nine votes each, Cr Hill five and Cr Edwards four.

Community representatives accepted by council were former councillor David Lewis of Hallston, farmer and vet Dr Murray Hooper, Leongatha South farmer Gordon Vagg, Walkerville and Nerrena ratepayer Barry Gilbert, Venus Bay ratepayer Vincent Morfuni QC and former Stony Creek Racing Club CEO Ralph Gallagher of Foster.

Unsuccessful applications were former council local laws coordinator Ian Nicholas of Outtrim, former councillor Nigel HutchinsonBrooks of Ruby, council candidate in 2016, Frank Oostermeyer of Dollar and former shire mayor Jim Forbes of Poowong (for independent nonvoting chair position).

That group will be headed by Frances O’Brien QC, a South Gippsland Shire ratepayer who was involved in a rating review at Ararat Rural City Council.

Cr Edwards said councillors should have voted for the community members, as it did with the councillor nominations.

CEO Tim Tamlin said the committee would meet in coming weeks, with a decision to be reached by March and incorporated within the 2018-19 budget.

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COLUMN 7

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THE Federal Government has launched a new online mental health resource to support new mums and mums-to-be through a range of perinatal support programs.

The new MumSpace website offers free access to evidence-based mental health support tools, apps, helplines and resources.

These include two online programs that help new parents build practical skills and learn more about caring for their babies and themselves.

For more information visit www.mumspace. com.au SOUTH Gippsland Relay for Life will be held in Korumburra on March 17 and 18, 2018.

The overnight experience raises funds for Cancer Council’s work in cancer research, prevention, information and support.

It’s also a chance for the South Gippsland community to recognise and celebrate local cancer survivors, patients and carers, and to honour and remember loved ones lost to cancer.

“The Korumburra Business Association is proud to be supporting the organisers of this event, but we would love to see the community get behind this great cause,” KBA secretary Shirley Arestia said.

The organisers are looking for committee members and volunteers to help with the event, team registrations, sponsorship, business donations, and survivors and carers lap registrations.

To register a team, visit the Relay for Life website or call 1300 65 65 85.

If you are able to assist, or would like more information, please contact event coordinator Jo Walster on 0427 801 858 or email Shirley kba.secretary3950@gmail.com.

New talent: back from left, musical director Daniel Moldrich, committee member Kerrie Giles, choreographer Lisa Pellin and director Kerryn Lockhart met with many excited children on Sunday, including, front from left, Finn and Georgie Dunn, Remy Charlesworth, Asha Chalmers, Leah Mark and Lucy Guy who will be auditioning for Annie.

Audition for Annie LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre is excited to bring the iconic musical Annie back to the town.

The 2018 production will be directed by the talented Kerryn Lockhart, who brought beloved character Mary Poppins to life in 2016 for Lyric theatre.

Lisa Pellin will once again lend her talents as choreographer and Daniel Moldrich will be the musical director.

An extremely well attended workshop was held on Sunday in Leongatha, calling for people to audition for the show.

The auditions will be from November 10 until November 12, with callbacks to take place between November 13 and 14.

Rehearsals will kick off in February for a July performance.

Ms Lockhart said Annie is a lovely show and she couldn’t wait to introduce it to a new generation.

“It involves some universal themes like optimism, love and acceptance. I really enjoyed the singing and dancing in Annie as a child, and I’m looking forward to a new generation enjoying the show and theatre.

It will certainly create a lot of memories,” she said.

Leongatha Lyric Theatre is also hoping for more adults to be involved in this production, particularly men who can audition for various roles and cameos that need to be filled.

For more information, contact Ann Hemming via email at annhemming@hotmail.com.

Workshop: director Kerryn Lockhart (second right) met with some of Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s stars Billy Wilson, Jordan McFarlane, Kiarna Smith, Nikki Stockdale, Mel Tough and Katelyn Adkins at the Annie workshop on Sunday.

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STUDENTS of Bass Valley Primary School spent Friday, October 20 with Landcare planting 3500 trees in the local area.

Leave your pet in the care of a local business when that sad day arrives

Sarah Vella

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A SEEMINGLY pristine Squeaky Beach at Wilsons Promontory National Park is infested by the invasive weed, sea spurge.

Sea spurge is a coastal weed native to parts of Europe, Africa and Asia, and by taking over, can expel resident native animals.

Parks Victoria and Friends of the Prom are conducting a working bee on Saturday, November 11 to remove sea spurge Squeaky Beach.

If you are interested in attending the working bee, please contact Friends of the Prom secretary at info@friendsoftheprom.org.au or on 0417 341 504.

LEONGATHA firefighters came to the rescue of a magpie caught in string and hanging from a television antenna in Leongatha on Tuesday, October 24.

Firefighters climbed a ladder and released the distressed bird.

Jess Anstice

Ready to audition: from left, dancers Chloe Stoops, Maya Williams and Kasey Stoops are looking forward to auditioning for Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s production Annie. This will be Maya’s first musical audition, while Chloe featured in her school’s production of Lennie the Legend and Kasey featured in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s Mary Poppins.

Festive shopping: from left, South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau volunteers Linda Dunlop and Susan Hanson invite shoppers to buy charity Christmas cards this festive season.

Some of the supported charities include Cancer Council, Royal Flying Doctor Service and Anglicare.

The cards are all of excellent quality and are reasonably priced, and all are ‘postage preferred’.

There is a wide variety of cards to choose from so why not come and browse?

It’s a really good feeling to know that when you purchase charity cards, they are helping a worthy cause.

The South Gippsland CAB is located in the Leongatha Memorial Hall Complex, opposite the post office, and is open from 10am to 4pm weekdays and 11am to 2pm on weekends.

For further information ring 5662 2111.

Anne Frank story returns to South Gippsland COAL Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra, will host an Anne Frank exhibit this November through to January 2018.

Let Me Be Myself – The Story of Anne Frank shares memories of Anne Frank and the historical context of her time while highlighting the contemporary relevance of her story.

The first section of the exhibit focuses on Anne Frank’s story with pictures showing her happy early childhood in Frankfurt, Germany followed by the immigration to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the time in hiding.

The exhibition connects the personal story of the Frank family with the important historical events of that time.

The second section of the exhibit contemporises Anne Frank’s story and shows how discrimination is still common place today.

Young people presented in the exhibit speak about their experiences and how they deal with prejudices and discrimination in today’s society.

Coal Creek Community Park and Museum coordinator Rowena Ashley was pleased the Anne Frank exhibition will be featured in Coal Creek.

“We are extremely grateful that the Anne Frank House has introduced new travelling exhibitions and Coal Creek is honoured to host such an exquisite experience for our visitors,” she said.

Recalling history: Anne Frank’s story will be told at an exhibition at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra.

“The story of Anne Frank captures the interest of many people and her story exposes the harsh reality many Jewish people experienced during World War Two. “We expect it will be quite a popular exhibit, based on a similar exhibition we hosted in 2014 that had a number of very interested visitors.”

Let Me Be Myself – The Story of Anne Frank will open to the public on November 5 in the Coal Creek Community Gallery in the entrance building and will close on January 31.

For more information about the exhibit please contact Coal Creek Community Park and Museum on 5655 1811.

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Railway site issues roll in Minor alteration: from left, Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Brenton Williams, vice president Anthony Walls and Leongatha Rotary Club member Mike West have objected to the proposed location of a traffic school within the Leongatha Railway Site draft master plan.

By Jessica Anstice LEONGATHA people have called for slight changes to be made to the Leongatha Railway Site master plan that will shape the development of the former Leongatha rail yards.

Leongatha Rotary Club, Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Gippsland Specialist School, St Laurence Primary School and Leongatha Primary School opposed the proposed location of a bike education traffic school.

Members of Rotary and the chamber met with South Gippsland Shire councillors on site last Wednesday night to discuss the proposed changes.

The school was proposed to be located near the Bair Street bridge.

“We want the traffic school moved closer to the station area. Where they want to put it is unsuitable, especially for the specialist school children,” Leongatha Rotary Club member Mike West said.

“Parents and teachers would’ve had to drive in, drop their children off at the gate on the other side of the site; it’s too far, especially when it comes to toilets as well.”

The current plan features restricted vehicle access for events, with a turnaround space at the end near the Leongatha CFA building.

Both committees are proposing the restricted vehicle access continues through the site as a one way drop off/ pick up lane.

Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry vice president Anthony Walls said the response from council was positive.

“Hopefully we receive a good outcome. The shire’s proposal looks great but it could be better with slight changes,” Mr Walls said.

“We will submit a new plan to shire with minor changes.”

The chamber is hoping council will demolish all trees along the station side and flatten the embankment to create a large flat area.

“We also want more car parking. There isn’t enough

in the plan. I reckon we could fit an extra 50 cars in this area,” chamber president Brenton Williams said.

“We’ve got one chance to do it. We’ve got to do it right. If we don’t get it done right the first time, we might as well not even do it.”

Mr West said Rotary and chamber would not support the traffic school if it was built in the area now proposed.

“We’re not trying in any way, shape or form to hold this up because we want it to go ahead as quick as possible. We just want the plans tweaked to make it more practical,” he said.

Race is on for mayoral vote

By Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council may have a new mayor when the mayoral election is held on November 15.

Incumbent mayor Cr Ray Argento looks unlikely to nominate for a second term, telling The Star he made a promise at the start of his term to undertake the role for 12 months.

“It’s been a fantastic 12 months and I’ve really enjoyed it,” he said, adding he would not nominate for deputy mayor either.

“It’s a role that has enabled me to get out of my comfort zone and have the ability to discuss issues with ministers and fellow mayors from Gippsland and Victoria.”

Deputy mayor Cr Maxine Kiel acted

as mayor during Cr Argento’s recent leave and could be a serious contender for the role.

“At present, I am still considering what is best for the shire so you will have to wait and see what happens on the 15th,” she told The Star.

Cr Aaron Brown is considering nominating for the top job, while Cr Andrew McEwen may nominate for mayor or deputy mayor. Should Cr McEwen be named mayor, his colleague Cr Don Hill will nominate to be his deputy.

Cr Alyson Skinner is yet to decide whether to stand for either role, and councillors Meg Edwards and Jeremy Rich have ruled themselves out.

Reflecting on his term at the helm of the new council, Cr Argento cited among the new council’s achievements as: • the Community Capital Works Allocation project; • starting works on the Foster

streetscape project; • the Karmai Community Children’s Centre, Korumburra; • adopting the Art, Culture and Creative Industry Strategy 2017-2021; • helping Michael’s IGA to advance development of a new supermarket in Korumburra; • securing funding for a cantilever viewing platform at Agnes Falls; • the start of construction of the new Long Jetty at Port Welshpool; and • presenting $188,140 in Community Grants in July.

Disunity within the council has been revealed on several occasions.

Cr Argento said, “All councillors have different, robust personalities and different views, but in the 12 months we’ve had together, things have quietened down.”

Cr Argento officiated at his last council meeting as mayor last Wednesday.

Looking back: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Ray Argento reflects on his term as mayor leading the new council.

Rothfield favourite in mayoral election BASS Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield may undertake another term as mayor, after being supported by her fellow councillors.

• Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield.

So far, Cr Rothfield has been the only councillor to show interest in the role, describing her first year on council as productive.

“I intend to move our energies to focus on the urgent medical needs for our shire. We desperately need $30 million for the upgrade of the emergency section of the Wonthaggi Hospital, plus a 24 hour pharmacy supported by an evening

onsite nurse for Phillip Island,” she said.

“We fully intend to explore ways to secure funding for the recreational needs of our shire, which is also on our to-do list, along with a number of other important projects.”

Councillors Les Larke, Geoff Ellis, Michael Whelan, Stephen Fullarton and Bruce Kent expressed their support of Cr Rothfield.

Cr Whelan said, “I do have a view that council should avoid a revolving door approach to the position of mayor.

It takes time to get to speed in the role and it is not about the individual but their contribution to the council team that

matters. In that regard, I have been very happy with our current mayor Cr Rothfield,” he said.

Councillors Stephen Fullarton and Bruce Kent said they would not be able to commit to being fulltime mayors and also backed re-electing Cr Rothfield.

“The current mayor and deputy mayor have my full support,” Cr Kent said.

Cr Julian Brown kept his thoughts under wraps, saying he would be having internal discussions with his fellow councillors.

Deputy mayor Cr Brett Tessari and Cr Clare Le Serve did not respond before going to print.

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OPINIONS

Funding rewards community

WHAT brilliant news for Bass Coast.

I received the news of the Wonthaggi Secondary funding with great enthusiasm on Friday.

Congratulations to all concerned.

What an enormous community effort. And I emphasise the word community. Never have I seen such a combined, concerted and dedicated effort for a single project and what an outcome.

Throw in the basketball courts and you have possibly the most exciting development to ever come to Wonthaggi.

It was clear to me from day one that the rebuilding of the secondary college ranked alongside the Wonthaggi Hospital as the two major funding needs for the Bass Coast.

This issue had been a political football for far too long and the locals certainly reminded me of this.

The community needed a new school. Overcrowding, outdated facilities, lack of sporting facilities combined to make the old school well past its use by date.

But this was never just about a new school. It was more than that. It was about providing an opportunity to lift the educational hopes and

aspirations of the people of Bass Coast.

We deserved a school that was fit for modern day teaching methods, equipment and buildings that will enable each student to reach their full potential and the teachers the opportunity to reach new professional standards.

The people of Bass Coast marched with their feet and forced the government into making a decision.

The squeaky wheel was finally heard.

It has certainly provided a blue print for others who are seeking government funding. People can’t be ignored forever and at some point of time the political motivations and the needs of an area align.

The political football has finally been kicked through the goals and I couldn’t be prouder of the efforts from our local community.

Now for the hospital!

Brian Paynter, Bass MLA.

Call to change electorate’s name THE time has come for the electorate of McMillan to gain a new name.

An opportunity occurs every seven years for the community to comment on the boundaries of the

E D I T O R I A L Scoring political points THE Bass Coast community has waited for too long for a new senior campus of Wonthaggi Secondary College and a new highball stadium to service the region’s sporting needs.

The funding finally came through on Friday, with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews joining with Bass Coast Shire Council to announce a combined $32.5 million for the two projects.

The school community was deflated in May this year when the education precinct was not listed in the State Budget, despite hopes running high that it would, after missing out in previous budgets.

The community stepped up its campaign and those efforts were finally rewarded, but the fact remains this issue was a political football and will continue to be so.

Bass MLA Brian Paynter was absent from Friday’s funding announcement, despite leading the political campaign on the community’s behalf. The fact he was a Liberal would not sit well with the Labor government, but he deserved to be present.

One has to wonder whether the decision to fund the school and highball facility had been delayed for political reasons: to strengthen Labor’s bid to win the seat of Bass in the 2018 state election.

At the weekend, hot on the heels of the funding announcement, Labor faithful met to begin the preselection process for the party’s candidate for Bass.

Those vying for the role are former Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Jordan Crugnale and Sanjay Nathan, who was Labor’s candidate in the 2014 election.

Surely the decision to fund the school would win points for Labor and leads to the question of whether the Bass electorate could see a funding announcement for a new Wonthaggi hospital made as an election promise, should Labor win the seat and win the election.

Let’s wait and see.

In the mean time, the community deserves to celebrate a successful end to its hard fought campaign for the school and court funding.

electorate that might need to be changed to stay within the required population range. More importantly in Gippsland, we have the opportunity to rid ourselves of the name of a murderer.

Angus McMillan was responsible for the massacres of hundreds of men, women and children in the 1840s, significantly contributing to the near annihilation of the Gunnaikurnai people in little more than a decade.

His intent was to clear the land for his (and the colony’s) pastoral ambitions, and the Aboriginal people were ‘in the way’.

There is evidence from diaries, newspapers and letters that these massacres occurred. Professsor Lyndall Ryan from the University of Newcastle has this year published a map of the massacres that took place in eastern Australia between 1788 and 1872, with irrefutable evidence of McMillan’s leadership of four massacres amounting to 200 to 300 killings.

The Gunnaikurnai people understandably loathe the notion of McMillan and living within an electorate named after him.

And at last we, non-Aboriginal people, have come to realise names do matter. The Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group believes it is offensive and unworthy of a fair-minded community to retain this name now we understand what he did.

McMillan has brought dishonour and shame to our community.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has called for submissions, due in by 6pm on November 17, 2017, commenting on the boundaries or the naming of the electorate.

The reconciliation group and many people and organisations we have talked to are making submissions. We argue that the name of McMillan should be expunged from the federal electorate.

Further we argue the name to replace McMillan should be chosen by the Aboriginal communities

Bag ban welcomed

By Brad Lester THE State Government’s plan to ban plastic bags has been hailed as a win for the environment by reducing plastic pollution.

The government will ban singleuse, lightweight plastic shopping bags in Victoria.

Nyora’s Tammy Logan, an advocate

Letters to the Editor

for reducing waste in the home, said the ban would be a crucial step toward addressing all types of plastic pollution.

“This is the result of individuals and communities voicing their concerns about the significant impacts of plastic pollution, and everyone who has done their bit should feel proud,” she said.

“There is still a long way to go though and people should get involved in the community consultation process to make sure the plastic bag ban and addressing other forms of plastic pollution goes as far as we want it too.”

Taking action: Tammy Logan of Nyora, who has significantly reduced her household waste, including use of plastic bags, shops at Leongatha Health, Nutrition and Wholefoods with a string and other reusable bags.

who carry the legacy of his atrocities and those whose land the electorate occupies, the Gunnaikurnai and the Bunurong people.

Through the leadership of key Aboriginal organisations forming a broadly representative naming committee, theAboriginal community will deliberate and consult and find a mutually agreed name as soon as it can, and will recommend this name to the AEC at a later, comments stage of the redistribution process.

The move to change the name has bi-partisan support. McMillan MP Russell Broadbent has advocated it for years, and at last the tide of public opinion is turning sufficiently for the change to be effected.

You can make a brief, or longer. submission to the AEC and can find the place to do it at: https:// formupload.aec.gov.au/Form?Form Id=vicredistribution We would urge you to commend the process of the Naming Committee being given naming rights.

Dr Margaret Lynn, secretary, Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group.

Trees, not tables I ATTENDED a meeting recently at the Mirboo North Shire Hall. The issue was the proposed logging of three coupes of natural growth timber in the Mirboo North area.

I, along with some 370 other people, listened to representatives from VicForests talk about the economic value of the proposed harvested timber.

We heard about sustainable foresting and we heard about the $8 million of product that would be harvested from the coupes.

At the time I thought $8 million sounded a lot, but is it really, or is it merely a drop in the ocean of economic spending?

Think about it; a work crew to clear fell the trees, the trees shipped to the mill for chipping or milling, and the milled timber moving on to be manufactured into “dining room

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tables” (VicForests’ words).

So economically there has been money making activity for a few weeks. Then what?

What is the total destruction of the natural bush that has taken some 50 to 100 years to grow; the annihilation of habitat to a variety of native flora and fauna caused by the destruction of an entire eco-system.

As a grandparent I realise my grandchildren’s children will not see this natural bush nor its animal inhabitants in their lifetime.

Also as a grandparent I wonder when will we stop? When will we cease to destroy our natural environments for the sake of short- term financial gains?

We as a community have enough dining room tables. What we don’t have is enough hectares of old growth forest!

For the sake of future generations, leave our bush alone.

Jack Millar, Mirboo North.

Foreshore perspective THE recent South Gippsland Shire Council meeting saw six councillors voting $61,850 for the foreshore infrastructure upgrades at Walkerville North.

This makes the total ratepayers’ amount $192,500.

Expert information provided to me details serious deficiencies in this project including the erosion of part of the beach sand, the erosion effects of seawater spilling over sections of the road, the lack of drainage causing rainwater to bank up against the road and others.

In addition, costings for this project are all over the place like a dog’s breakfast.

Experts regard this as a seriously flawed project and six councillors continue to provide ratepayers’ money.

Opinions provided insist this project is seriously flawed in engineering, financial and construction aspects and soon serious issues will be evident.

Cost estimates suggest a final project cost of $1.5 million is probable. That estimate does not surprise considering the type of construction contracts – cost plus - are used.

The final straw is the request for the extra funding was accompanied by the comment the committee had the money available to complete the project but wanted to keep this for other projects.

I think that is some arrogance; use ratepayers as cash cows.

As a resident of Venus Bay having the unfortunate experience of seeing virtually no money spent in this area over the last 10 years, while the current 15 year plan provides for a total of $42,000, I find the actions of these six councillors unacceptable.

I have noticed several outstanding candidates in the Promontory Ward who were not elected and I am of the opinion they would have provided far superior service had they been elected to council.

I know we have some time to go before the next elections but I would ask that Frank Oostermeyer and Vincent Morfuni would announce their candidacy again.

Venus Bay, in particular, as a badly and sadly neglected area, deserves much better than the neglect I see everywhere.

For example: Inlet View Road, one of the few sealed roads in Venus Bay, is badly eroding, starting with the bitumen crumbling and disappearing at the sides.

Council, in its infinite wisdom decided to ‘repair’ this by filling the holes up with sand. Seriously! As an area attracting more visitors than Wilsons Promontory and the second highest rates contributor to council’s finances, we recognise other areas in the shire are equally important, but this blatant discrimination is unacceptable and must be addressed soon.

Council rates are far too high!

Gus Blaauw, treasurer, South Gippsland Action Group, Venus Bay.

VOXPOP! VOX

The Star asked Leongatha Secondary College Year 12 students, “What are your plans for next year?”

“I’ll either go to university or take a gap year. If I go to university I want to study commerce at Federation University and if I take a gap year, I’ll work and maybe travel.”

Georgia Edwards, Koonwarra.

“I’m going to have a gap year and teach piano, tutor Indonesian, study in Indonesia and I will be doing lots of relaxing.”

Sarah Bouquet, Leongatha.

“I’ll either be going to Monash University or RMIT University to study pharmacy.”

Alex Jones, Meeniyan.

“Probably working or studying.

I’m interested in design work.”

Jordan Rintoule, Leongatha.

Life without plastic bags TAMMY Logan offered these tips for coping without plastic bags:

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start developing habits that will help you remember your reusable bags every time you go shopping; and • if you do forget your bags, some supermarkets have boomerang bag boxes. Take one of the reusable bags from the box then return it for someone else to use next time you visit. You could also use your handbag, backpack, or your hands for small shops.

Many people reuse plastic shopping bags as bin liners but there are a few alternatives to this. South Gippsland Shire Council does not require you to keep your items in a plastic bag in the bin.

I don’t use a bin liner at all because I use biodegradable materials and compost a large part of

my waste.

You can use other plastic packaging like bread bags and frozen pea bags to contain wet waste.

Another idea is to use the old fashioned method of wrapping your wet waste in newspaper or learn folding techniques to line your kitchen bin with newspaper.

Newspaper and other plastic packaging can also be used in place of plastic dog poo bags and nappy bags.

Make your own reusable shopping bags from scrap material around the home. There are easy no-sew tutorials online for turning t-shirts into bags; and Make or buy some reusable produce bags to replace the plastic ones in the supermarket.

Read Tammy’s blog at https://gippslandunwrapped.com/

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Opera Australia to come to Meeniyan MEENIYAN has a well-deserved reputation for folk and blues performances by local and international artists in the renowned Meeniyan Hall.

The hall has become a performance favourite in regional Victoria.

Opera Australia has announced a new musical opportunity for the people of South Gippsland.

The inaugural HeartLand Concert will be held in the Meeniyan Hall on Friday, December 1 – a collaboration between Opera Australia and the town of Meeniyan.

HeartLand is a new initiative for the national opera company. Opera Australia has set up a partnership with a small, regional town with a love of music.

“Together, we will bring the best loved solos, duets and songs of opera to life in the Meeniyan Hall, a venue normally associated with folk and blues concerts,” Opera Australia artistic director Lyndon Terracini AM said.

“We will provide outstanding artists and a great musical program and we are delighted to work closely with the Meeniyan Town to create this new

concert.”

The HeartLand Concert will feature four principal artists from Opera Australia: Simon Kim, Christopher Tonkin, Olivia Cranwell and Kristen Leich.

MC and accompanist will be Guy Noble, wellknown and well-loved ABC Classic FM presenter.

“Working with Opera Australia on the HeartLand concert has been an exciting project,” said David Jones, chair of Meeniyan Festivals and Events Inc, which is co-hosting the concert.

“Our town has a great music culture, and to collaborate with Opera Australia adds a whole new dimension to the quality and range of music we can offer to the people of South Gippsland.

“It is exciting to work with our national opera company and bring the very best classical artists to regional Victoria. Our community will welcome and embrace them.”

The concert will be held at Meeniyan Hall on Friday, December 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $48 and can be booked online at www.trybooking.com/321561 For more information, ring Jeannie Hicks on 5664 0210 or 0458 238 405, or David Jones on 5664 8353 or 0419 889 646.

Planning shake-up bid quashed, 6-3

By Brad Lester A BID to shake-up South Gippsland Shire Council’s planning process has failed.

Cr Don Hill lodged a notice of motion at last Wednesday’s council meeting, calling for councillors to be given greater oversight of planning decisions and to address community concerns about planning decisions.

However his motion failed to attract enough votes to pass, and was lost six votes to three.

Cr Hill said, “it’s about improving the governance of the process and the transparency for outside people to see what is going on more clearly. It’s not talking about open slather in the Farming Zone.”

His motion asked council to re-establish the Planning Committee with new terms of reference, including to be comprised entirely of councillors, to determine the outcome of applications with five or more objections, and to determine all applications for dwellings on all lots under the minimum lot size in the Farm Zone.

Cr Hill said inadequate review of decisions by council’s planning department was resulting in costly appeals to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Councillors Meg Edwards and Alyson Skinner said councillors did not have the planning skills to

review decisions made by qualified planners, however Cr Skinner felt council could improve its evaluation process by working with development services director Bryan Sword.

Cr Andrew McEwen said councillors were the decision-makers, not staff, and said councillors only needed to exercise common sense, not expertise.

He said small scale farming was important to the shire’s growth but said applicants were experiencing difficulties in obtaining planning approval. He added applicants were reluctant to lodge a complaint, for fear of hindering their application’s success.

Cr Lorraine Brunt said few councils have planning committees given the time involved and delay in making planning decisions. Cr Aaron Brown felt planners had been following the planning scheme “diligently”.

Cr Jeremy Rich said there were issues within council’s planning department and he was not satisfied with his dealings with council.

“I want to make sure that people have the security of following process,” he said.

Cr Hill later claimed council was one of the most secretive councils around. Mayor Cr Ray Argento asked for evidence and Cr Hill simply referred him to a report by the Municipal Association of Victoria.

Cr Hill’s motion attracted the votes of himself, and councillors McEwen and Rich. Those against were councillors Brunt, Brown, Argento, Skinner, Edwards and Maxine Kiel.

Preserving history: Leongatha Men’s Shed member David Brereton with a folder of letters penned by Private Ernest Harcourt Ely (inset) to his sister Els from the battlefields of World War One, and returned to his family last week.

Soldier’s letters reunited with family

By Brad Lester IN impeccable handwriting, Private Ernest Harcourt Ely told his sister Els of the horrors of war.

“I believe Bert McKenna had his leg blown off; some seem to think he has since died. Lieut Blick of our boy (sic) was killed. Lieut Johnstone was wounded; I don’t know how Norm Scott or Norm Goble got on.”

It was words such as these that silenced the men of Leongatha’s Men’s Shed recently, when one of their own, David Brereton, read aloud a letter from Private Ely that Mr Brereton had salvaged from Melbourne.

Last Tuesday, October 24, Mr Brereton returned to Harcourt, near Bendigo, to return folders of Private Ely’s letters to his descendant – and namesake –Ernest Harcourt Ely, now aged 90. He will in turn give the material to the Harcourt Valley Heritage Museum. Mr Brereton was joined by members of Leongatha Probus Club.

“The letters will go where they belong and that’s all I care about,” Mr Brereton said.

Among the papers were also letters from Private Ely’s mother to the army asking about the possible loss of her son after his letters stopped

arriving. The family waited seven years for news of the discovery of his remains.

Had Mr Brereton not shared the letters with the men’s shed, the Ely family may never have recovered them.

A men’s shed member, Paull Lahn, stood with his mouth agape as he heard Private Ely’s words.

At Castlemaine, Mr Lahn had worked with the younger Ernest Ely. Contact was made and arrangements were made for the long lost letters to be returned home.

The letters, signed with his nickname ‘Sammy’, reflect the final days of Private Ely’s life. He was killed in action in France on August 18, 1916, aged 27, a member of the 7th Australian Infantry Battalion.

He perhaps knew he may never make it home.

“A chap has about one chance in 20 of ever getting back,” he wrote to his sister.

Mr Brereton received letters while undertaking family history. His cousin’s wife, who was conducting research of her own, offered some historical material to him and he took it, more so to save it from being dumped.

Among the material were Private Ely’s letters, a relative of the cousin’s wife. The journey home, for Private Ely’s letters at least, had begun.

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Thanks for the memories: Year 12s Left, Last week: Mirboo North Secondary College Year 12 students were creative in dressing as something beginning with the first letter of their name as they celebrated their final week of school last Tuesday, October 24.

Below, Fun costumes: from left, Mirboo North Secondary College students Samantha as a scarecrow, Darcie as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Natalie as a nacho and Georgia as Glinda the good witch from the Wizard of Oz dressed up for their last week of school on Tuesday, October 24.

Creative costumes at Mirboo North MIRBOO North Secondary College Year 12 students celebrated their last week of school by dressing up as something starting with the first letter of their name last

Tuesday, October 24.

The Year 12s wore something different each day last week, including adding a little extra to their school uniforms on Wednesday.

Wonthaggi’s Year 12s make an impression CREATIVE costumes helped Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Year 12 students see out their last day of school on Thursday.

group of students. They have offered a lot of sup- Below, Iconic characters: from left, Wonport up to one another; it was a lovely cohort,” thaggi Secondary College Year 12 students Year 12 coordinator Antonio Castello said.

Renee Alexander and Georgia Filippi were

inspired by the film White Chicks when they chose their Celebration Day costume.

Following a lovely graduation dinner at Silverwater Resort at San Remo– at which the students received their graduation certificates – on Wednesday night, the Celebration Day was held on Thursday morning.

The students were given the opportunity to show off their costumes to fellow students before heading over to the Webb Shed for a breakfast.

An assembly was later held with years 10 and 11 students. Each Year 12 homegroup was presented in front of the school, and each student received special mementos and photos.

Team effort: from left, Year 12 students Renee A speech from the five Year 12 student Dunbar and Caitlyn Taylor worked together to leaders finished off the day, with exams still recreate the Mario Bros at Wonthaggi Second- to come. ary College’s Celebration Day on Thursday.

“This has been a really good, cohesive

Above, Unique ideas: from left, Wonthaggi onth on t ag aggi Secondary College’s Max Dyball and ndd K Kyle yle yl Spinks thought outside the box for their heeir i C Cel Celel-ebration Day costume at Wonthaggi S Secondeco cond ndary College.

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bid farewell across South Gippsland

Done and dusted: Leongatha Secondary College Year 12 students celebrated their last day of school before exams start tomorrow, November 1, by dressing up and putting on a show for the whole school last Thursday.

Fun last day: Leongatha Secondary College Year 12 students Hayley Davies and Rhianna Woolford as Satin and Chenille from the movie Trolls in celebration of their last day of school last Thursday.

Musical artists: Leongatha Secondary College Year 12 student Ayla Deenen rocked her Katy Perry costume and Chloe Wylie went as one of the Spice Girls last Thursday.

School’s out at Leongatha YEAR 12 students at Leongatha Secondary College commemorated their last day of school last Thursday by donning fancy dress.

With their first VCE English exam tomorrow, the students blew off some steam as they paraded through the school grounds in their costumes.

They enjoyed an egg and bacon break-

fast, a humorous awards ceremony and an emotional slideshow of photos before they participated in the whole school celebration assembly, followed by a morning tea with parents and families.

Go team: from left, Tom Brew, Lachie Harms, Zayn Clark Spiced up: from left, Tea Clark, Jordan Rintowle, Sarah Bouquet and Chloe and Brett Thorson wore Jamaican bobsled costumes on their Wylie came as the Spice Girls for their final day of school on Thursday. last day at Leongatha Secondary College last Thursday.

Left, Flobadob twins: Korumburra Secondary College Year 12 students Cassy Kent and Mistee Henry made a great team as Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men on their last day of school last Thursday.

Below, Yee ha: Korumburra Secondary College Year 12 students Jodie Roberts and Courtney Clark were excited to round up 13 years of schooling last Thursday, as they celebrated their last official day of school.

See you: Korumburra Secondary College’s Year 12 students celebrated their final day of school last Thursday, decked out in their best costumes and celebratory attitudes.

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Meeniyan school unearths memories A TIME capsule buried 25 years ago at Tarwin Valley Primary School was unearthed and opened last Wednesday.

It was a trip down memory lane for the past students who attended.

The time capsule was buried in the school grounds when the school was Meeniyan Primary School.

Before the opening, Prep students helped principal Brett Smith dig out bricks, sand and clay to unearth the time capsule.

School captains and junior action

leaders used photos and words to take the audience on a historical journey of the Meeniyan Primary School, showing the past and changes over time.

Inside the time capsule were letters from every student who attended the school in 1992.

“It was a great event with many past families and students attending,” Mr Smith said.

“It was a great opportunity for visitors to reflect and share their time at Meeniyan Primary School with several reading their letters to the gathering.

“Our students learnt about the history of our school and the changes over the years as Meeniyan Primary School changed to Tarwin Valley Primary School.”

Students collected a number of contemporary items to bury, including toys, questionnaires about their likes, souvenirs and paper clippings of the reigning AFL premiers, class photos, an iPhone and newspapers.

Any past students from 1992-1993 who believe they may have put something in the capsule are welcome to contact the school on 5664 7382.

Collecting letters: from left, Malcolm Price, Phyllis Park and Gary Park collected letters written by their children who attended Meeniyan Primary School 25 years ago, at the opening of a time capsule last Wednesday morning.

Old memories: from left, past Meeniyan Primary School students Alicia Lovie with son Jaxon Lovie, Renee Atkinson, Steph Magro with daughter Hayley Magro, and Lynne Boag with son Connor Roche at Tarwin Valley Primary School’s official opening of the time capsule from 25 years ago, last Wednesday.

Meeniyan Square Market to open Friday evenings MEENIYAN Square is an exciting new event space in the heart of Meeniyan and the home of Meeniyan Square Market.

Part of the larger redevelopment of the Meeniyan Art Gallery corner, Meeniyan Square is a multi-purpose space which will host a new, weekly regional market and other specialty markets, expos and related events.

The Friday twilight market is where we will bring together a high quality range of growers, makers and creators.

The first market is on December 8.

The market is weekly with a focus on presenting a wide range of high quality, fresh, local produce, including meats, fish, fruit and vegetables, a wide array of speciality foods from wonderful local producers together with wine, beers and other interesting stalls.

It’s designed to function like markets in Melbourne, a place for locals and travellers alike to pick up their weekend supplies whilst enjoying delicious food, wine and a spot of retail shopping.

In time, Meeniyan Square expects to offer an additional market day as well as providing a large and highly flexible space for a range of other activities, exhibitions, club meets and other special events.

Stallholders who wish to be a part of this new and exciting market are encouraged to apply online via the website.

“The new place to be is where you grab a bite to eat and

Unique offering: Meeniyan Square Market will be held on Friday evenings, with a focus on fresh, quality local produce and other stalls. enjoy a glass of wine while picking up your fresh produce and other special products along the way,” Meeniyan Square coordinator Kate Adkins said.

“It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday night and end to the working week.”

For all market enquires please contact Mrs Adkins on 0419 599 309, email hello@meeniyansquare.com.au or website meeniyansquare.com.au

Friends reunite: from left, past Meeniyan Primary School students Rhys Livingstone, Scott Browne, Glen O’Neill and Daniel Price revisited Tarwin Valley Primary School on Wednesday for the official opening of the time capsule which was buried 25 years ago.

Help shape Korumburra’s future IT’S time!

Last night we spent most of the meeting discussing the fresh announcement of the three possible sites for the proposed Korumburra Community Hub. These sites are: the former kindergarten site; the Birralee (former childcare) site; and the railway station yards. There are very distinct advantages and disadvantages of all three, as were voiced loud and clear by all of us last night, and the 17 members of the Round Table will now take what was discussed back to the groups they represent to seek their views.

But what do you think?

Bryan Sword, South Gippsland Shire Council’s director of development services, always attends our meetings, and confirmed council is having a seven hour drop-in session at the Korumburra Community Meeting Rooms, on Thursday November 9, between 2pm and 9pm.

You can talk one-on-one with a key council officer about the project. To avoid overlap, ring council and book a time. My own opinion of the best site changed several times just in the course of the meeting, so it is certainly worth listening to what everyone has to say.

If you are wanting to read information on all of the above, you can pick up hard copies from the library, Milpara or Coal Creek, but why not try the Korumburra App! We have downloaded the entire hub discussion paper onto a simple link that pops up as soon as you go into the app.

Bryan also provided information on another drop-in session: today (Tuesday, October 31) between 2pm and 7pm, representatives from IGA, supported by council, are holding a drop-in session, again at the meeting rooms, for you to view plans and ask questions in relation to IGA’s planning permit application for its new supermarket down on the current library site.

It’s proposed to be a full-line supermarket designed apparently the same as the one in Dromana. Take a look next time you are down that way!

So it’s all happening. And one thing is for sure: in five years’ time our town will look decidedly different to the way it looks now. It is up to all of us to make sure we have no regrets.

See you next month!

Pee-Wee Lewis. president, Korumburra Round Table.

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Class of 2017: eighty-eight Year 12 students celebrated graduating from Newhaven College last Thursday after completing 13 years of schooling.

Newhaven College farewells class of 2017 NEWHAVEN College’s class of 2017 shared a dignified and emotional day with their families to celebrate the completion of 13 years of school life last Thursday.

As well as being a milestone day in the lives of the valedictorians, it was also a significant day in the history of Newhaven College as it was the final Year 12 celebration to be held at the Boys Home Road campus before the Senior School relocates to the Phillip Island Road campus in 2018.

Students and their families enjoyed a family breakfast before attending their final house assemblies where every Year 12 student was honoured with a presentation of memories and a ‘personal reflection’, an often emotional speech given by a fellow student, sibling or teacher to commemorate their time at Newhaven.

The college community then gathered on the lawn where 50 white doves were released to represent the hopes and dreams that the graduating Year 12s hold for their futures, and also the hopes and dreams their teachers and parents hold for them as they venture into the next phase of their lives beyond secondary school.

College acoustic folk group White Picket Fence played a beautiful rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide to set the mood for the final assembly before college captains Erin Gin and Callum Fisher gave their final captain’s speeches.

Erin had asked the graduating Year 12 students what advice they would give to their Year 7 selves.

“Work hard”, “reward yourself”, “embrace your personal attributes and qualities”, “silence is beautiful”, and “it’s cool to be smart at school” were just some of the words of wisdom she hoped that younger students in the audience would take to heart.

College principal Gea Lovell presented the coveted Principal’s Prize to Matthew Fletcher from Cape Woolamai, describing him as, “a humble, caring and giving student with a smile for everyone. Matthew is a friend and mentor to other students…someone who has given back to the college during his time at Newhaven and who is an excellent role model, leader, and a great ambassador for Newhaven College.”

The prestigious Papworth Prize is given in memory of Mr WG Papworth, the founding chairman of the Newhaven College Council, to a student who displays all round excellence and consistent and impressive commitment to the aims of Newhaven College.

College board chair Greg Price presented this year’s Papworth Prize to Millicent Thomas from Leongatha South, “a dedicated student who strives for excellence but is also caring, helps others, embraces those from all walks of life, and has managed to strike a balance between academic study and involvement in co-curricular activities and the life of Newhaven College.”

The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Award recognises students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within the school and local community and display strong Australian values such as ‘mateship’.

This award, accompanied

by a $500 cash prize, was awarded to Dominic Tran from Grantville.

Academic awards were presented to the following students for outstanding achievement: Millicent Thomas Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematical Methods and Physics; Stephanie Slade Business Management, Environmental Science and Drama; Noah Lugt-Cole Drama, English Language and Music Performance; Maria Rosa Gatto History, Legal Studies and English; Olivia Flower Environmental Science and Media; Seamus Fuller English Literature; Olivia Hughes Food Studies; Matthew Winchester Product Design and Technology; Dominic Tran Studio Arts; David Bulbulian Accounting; Maddy Comerford Health and Human Development; Alyse Brusamarello Physical Education; Rebecca Woods Business Management; Xavier Hughes Outdoor and Environmental Education; Matthew Fletcher Systems Engineering; Kate Maxwell Psychology; Kaitlyn McNaughton Visual Communication and Design; Jenny Nie Languages (Japanese); and Jack Kelly Further Mathematics.

Values awards were presented to two students from each house for actively

Memorial award: The Papworth Prize, given in memory of Mr WG Papworth, the founding chairman of the Newhaven College Council was presented to Millicent Thomas of Leongatha South, who is pictured with her parents Hugh and Janine Thomas and chair of the college board, Greg Price. modelling Newhaven’s values of excellence, responsibility, honesty, respect, and empathy.

Bass House – Tom Barker and Olivia Flower; Clarke – Amy Robertson and Callum Fisher; McHaffie – Casper Hiatt and Jessica Gysberts; and Sambell – Mairead Carlin and Seamus Fuller.

The sport awards went to: Lachlan Scott Cross Country; Kai Lumsden Swimming; Taylah Tobias Swimming; Xavier Hughes Athletics; and Amy Robertson Athletics and Cross Country.

The South Eastern Independent Schools Association (SEISA) awards are presented to one male and one female student who displays outstanding involvement, achievement, leadership and attitude in SEISA sporting and cultural competition.

The deserving recipients were Xavier Hughes and Amy Robertson.

While the applause

House Cup: Clarke House was victorious in the 2017 House Cup at Newhaven College, under the leadership of its captains Sam Duncan, Matthew Fletcher, Brooke Anderson and Kai Lumsden who have a firm grip on the silverware with head of house Will Hanley.

was enthusiastic for all of the award winners, it was tumultuous for valedictorian Byron Scothern after his amazing drum solo during college band Parallel Parking’s performance of Soul Sacrifice by Santana. A similar spontane-

ous reaction was given for Jack McDonald’s rap during No Aphrodisiac by the Whitlams.

The celebrations continued in the evening where students and their families attended the Valedictory Dinner at

Silverwater Resort. Here college captains Maddy Comerford and Dominic Tran gave their final speeches wishing their peers every success for their futures and to never forget the special friendships they had formed.

Recognising a leader: Newhaven College’s Australian Defence Force Long Tan Award recognises students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within the school and local community and display strong Australian values such as ‘mateship’. This award went to Dominic Tran from Grantville who is pictured with his brother and 2014 college dux, Nick Tran, his mother Bronwyn Williams and vice-principal Jason Scott.

Great ambassador: Newhaven College principal Gea Lovell presented the coveted Principal’s Prize to Matthew Fletcher from Cape Woolamai, describing him as “a humble, caring and giving student with a smile for everyone, a great ambassador for Newhaven College.” Matthew’s proud mother Sandra dried her tears of pride to stand alongside her son and Ms Lovell.

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Informative presentation: Sally Ruljancich and Amelia Bright from the Prom Coast Food Collective, presented to the Southern Business Women’s Network at Meeniyan recently. They are with Jessica Bell, financial advisor from Elders, who was the MC for the evening and is in the background.

Happy customers: door prize winners and donors came together at the Southern Business Women’s Network’s event at Meeniyan recently.

Food collective wows women THE most recent Southern Business Women’s Network event was all about local food.

Yum, yum: Southern Business Women’s Network events coordinator Deanne Staley treats herself at the dessert table at the group’s recent event at Meeniyan.

An enthusiastic crowd of 77 filled the Meeniyan Hall recently to hear the inspiring story of the Prom Coast Food Collective.

Sally Ruljancich of Colin and Sally’s Organic Lamb and Beef in Dollar and Amelia Bright of Amber Creek Farm and Sawmill in Fish Creek shared details of their own farming operations and how the collective came into existence.

Their story is evidence there is huge consumer demand for real food, direct from the farmer.

Guests were treated to a delicious meal prepared by Brett Sinclair Catering which showcased the produce of the Prom Coast Food Collective.

Among other delights, the menu included slow roasted lamb with garlic and rosemary from Colin and Sally’s Organic Lamb and Beef, baked spinach and cheese tart from Kilmorack Farm Organic Pastured Eggs, and a rhubarb tart featuring Gippsland Rhubarb.

The collective has more than 24 producers and 300 products and this is growing every month.

In addition to enjoying a great meal and an inspiring story, the recipients of the many door prizes

given away at the event were simply delighted.

The next Southern Business Women’s event will be held on Thursday, November 16 at The Captain’s Lounge in Inverloch and will focus on Wellbeing Strategies for Better Business.

The panel will include representatives from the Victoria Small Business Commission who will share details of the recently released Small Business Mental Health Strategic Plan, and a number of other local wellness advocates who will share their tips and tricks for wellbeing in the workplace. Bookings can be made at www.sbwn.com.au.

Acting up: Lyric and FAMDA members are helping Monash University medical students by posing as patients during exams to test students’ ability to interact with patients.

Actors help medical students ACTORS are contributing to the advancement of medical knowledge in South Gippsland.

Over the past four years, Monash University South Gippsland has developed a relationship with Lyric Theatre in Leongatha and FAMDA in Foster, which has given the university the opportunity to source actors for oral exams.

Having actors who can portray

patients with a range of health issues, including women’s health and mental health, has been beneficial for medical students based in South Gippsland.

The university now has more than 10 actors on its list ranging from 18 to 70 years, both male and female, who have proved to be excellent simulated patients, being able to readily take on the varying roles required for students’ practice oral exams.

This has also been an excellent way to engage the community with the medical school.

Medical students based in South Gippsland, from Foster to Wonthaggi are Year 4C students undertaking a yearlong placement. Their core subjects for this year are Women’s Health, Children’s Health, GP and Medicine of the Mind.

Tutorials are held up to two days per week in Monash’s tutorial rooms at Leongatha Hospital.

Mayor’s message Cr Ray Argento ADVOCACY is a major part of my role as mayor and I am proud to promote projects that benefit our region and will make a positive impact on our community.

Council’s chief executive officer Tim Tamlin and I have been lobbying to seek funding for vital Gippsland projects. As part of our advocacy efforts we recently joined other Gippsland mayors and CEOs to progress the Gippsland Local Government Network’s priority projects.

It was a fantastic opportunity for us to get time with decisions makers. Between us Tim and I had the chance to speak to a number of influential people including: Member for Eastern Victoria and Parliamentary Secretary, Dan Mullino; Member for Eastern Victoria and Shadow Minister, Ed O’Donohue; advisor to Federal Minister for Infra-

structure and Transport Darren Chester, James Twining; Treasurer ,Tim Pallas; and Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing.

We hope our requests have not gone unheard and that the State and Federal governments will consider funding the projects that have been rallied behind by the Gippsland community for a number of years.

Our own South Gippsland priority projects will also help create locations with high quality facilities that attract local residents and visitors to our region.

For those not familiar with our priority projects they include the Leongatha Revitalisation Project, Great Southern Rail Trail projects, Korumburra Revitalisation Project, Mirboo North Pool Redevelopment and the East-West South Gippsland Public Transport Study.

We also have nine significant roads that carry a large amount of vehicles either for town or export traffic which have a significant impact on the local economy and our associated industries.

Our road projects include Bair Street, Leongatha; Bena-Kongwak Road Bridge, Bena (funded); Powneys Road Bridge, Middle Tarwin (funded); Ruby-Arawata Road Bridge, Ruby; Simons Lane, Leongatha; Hughes Street, Leongatha; Coal Creek/South Gippsland Highway Bends, Korumburra and the South Gippsland Highway between Foster and Hedley.

We are proud to have two of these projects already funded but with 12 of these important endeavors still awaiting funding, we will continue to advocate to both the State and Federal governments to achieve our goals.

Rewarding result: Cooper Simcock of Korumburra Primary School is praised

by South Gippsland Shire Council’s social planning officer Vicki Bradley for his winning design in the Footpath Sticker Design Competition.

Walk to School sets off PRIMARY school students across South Gippsland are taking part in the Walk to School Program this term.

Walk to School has encouraged young students to walk, ride or scoot to school this month to build healthy habits.

As part of the program, Cooper Simcock of Korumburra Primary School and Tahnee Halligan of South Gippsland Specialist School were awarded as winners for the Footpath Sticker Design Competition.

Both Cooper and Tahnee were presented with $20 vouchers for Sports First, Leongatha and have their designs on safe routes to schools in Korumburra and Leongatha respectively.

South Gippsland Shire Council’s social planning officer Vicki Bradley is pleased to see the program

Way to go: South Gippsland Shire Council’s social planning officer Vicki Bradley congratulates Tahnee Halligan of South Gippsland Specialist School on her win in the Footpath Sticker Design Competition. is proving to be successful.

“It is fantastic to see our students taking advantage of the spring weather as part of the Walk to School program,” she said.

“This is a timely reminder to drivers to be particularly careful when driving around school zones as many students will be out and about as part of the

program.

“Students are reminded to press the button at pedestrian crossings, particularly at the Leongatha lights on Long and Ogilvy streets and drivers need to observe the new turning arrows.”

Council has been supported by grant funding from VicHealth to conduct the Walk to School program.

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Rising star: from left, Nathan Castle receives his training award from the brigade’s lieuten- Outstanding service: firefighter Graeme Reid (centre) received a 45 year service medal at ant Steve Forrest and captain Allan Williamson at the Inverloch CFA’s presentation dinner the brigade’s annual presentation dinner. He is with wife Valerie and District 9 operations officer Ricky Read. recently.

Inverloch honours firies INVERLOCH Fire Brigade praised members at its annual presentation dinner at Inverloch’s Inlet Hotel recently.

Award recipients included: firefighters Geoff Adcock and Jarrod Frogley, and brigade support member Lorraine Adcock, five year service certificates.

Firefighter Hamish Duckmantion received a 15 year service medal and lieutenant Steve Forrest received a 25 year service medal.

Firefighter Greg Dyke received a 35 year service medal and firefighter Graeme Reid was presented with a 45 year service medal.

Firefighter Nathan Castle won the training

award, while lieutenant Forrest received the Allen Miles Memorial Shield for Firefighter of the Year.

Brigade support members Mrs Adcock and Jan Watson were presented with flowers for their contribution in catering for training courses, functions and during long callouts.

Beersheba - a local perspective

By Lyn Skillern, Leongatha Historical Society ONE hundred years ago on October 31, 1917 the Australian Lighthorse took part in what was one of the last great cavalry charges in history.

The 4th and 12th Lighthorse regiments conducted a mounted infantry charge with bayonets in their hands on the Palestinian town of Beersheba.

Their aim was to capture the water wells in the town. This was a great success and was significant as the supply of water was essential for the troops and horses moving north in this dry desert country.

Five men from Leongatha and surrounding areas were in the charge.

Robert Banks was a contractor and labourer from Koonwarra and was married to Louisa Jane.

He enlisted in Melbourne in September 1915 and joined his regiment in Egypt in February 1917.

He served in the Palestinian campaign until he was seriously wounded in action at Es Salt in the Jordon Valley in May 1918.

Robert was moved to hospital in Port Said dangerously ill. A bullet wound had paralysed his legs and lower body.

He was evacuated from Egypt and on arrival in Melbourne he was admitted to Caulfield hospital.

Historical role: Robert Banks, of Koonwarra, took part in the Australian Lighthorse charge of Beersheba during World War One. He died of heart failure brought on by his injuries on October 16, 1918 aged 29. Robert’s remains were buried in Leongatha Cemetery.

Kenneth Fuller was from Cambridge in England and arrived in Australia before the war.

He gave his occupation as a bushman and enlisted in Leongatha in July 1915. In March 1916 he left Australia for Egypt and later joined the 4th Light Horse.

He served in the campaigns in Palestine and Syria and was part of the first allied force to enter Damascus in October 1918. After the war he did not return to Leongatha.

William McIntosh of Strzelecki enlisted in Korumburra in November 1914. Landing at Gallipoli in June 1915, he served in the bitter August campaign before becoming ill and being evacuated back to Cairo.

He became a corporal just before the Beersheba charge, participated in this attack and fought in the Palestinian campaign until he suffered a chest wound and died on December 1, 1917.

He was buried near El Burg, 17 miles north west of Jerusalem. In August 1921 he was reinterred at Ramleh Cemetery, Jerusalem.

Herbert Stanton of Mirboo North enlisted in Melbourne in September 1916. He served in the campaigns in Palestine and Syria and was part of the first allied force to enter Damascus in October 1918. After the war he returned to Australia and died in Warragul in 1969.

Lawrence Thorpe was a farm laborer fromLeongatha who enlisted in Melbourne in January 1916. His wife Kathleen Mary lived in Leongatha.

He served in Palestine, was in the Beersheba charge and continued north to Jericho.

Lawrence returned to Melbourne in 1919 and died in Heidelberg Hospital in 1968 aged 74.

It is important when remembering this significant event that we acknowledge our local connection.

• Information courtesy of Graeme Massey.

Leading by example: Inverloch CFA’s lieutenant Steve Forrest (right) received the Allen Miles Memorial Shield for Firefighter of the Year. He received his award from District 9 operations officer Ricky Read.

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Brilliant: from left, Michealeah Stephens, Olivia Winchcombe, Jaive McEwan and Dylan Garnham performed a piece from Shakespeare’s Othello at Mary MacKillop College’s performance evening last Thursday in Leongatha.

Art on show: Mary MacKillop College’s performance evening last Thursday included a display of art and dressmaking. From left, student Harriett Steenholdt, Simone Dekker and Charlotte Perry with some of their work at the Leongatha school.

VCE performance brings Expo showcases rural life out Mary MacKillop’s best MARY MacKillop College students performed exceptionally well at the Leongatha college’s VCE performance evening last Thursday night.

Furthering her dancing: Chloe Adkins presented dancing to Run at Mary MacKillop College’s performance evening at the Leongatha school last Thursday. Chloe will be leaving the college to take up a full time position at Patrick Studios in dance.

The evening showcased drama, dance, music and art presented by students studying VCE units throughout 2017.

Year 11 and 12 coordinator-well being Bron Kalos said, “The overall standard and presentation was excellent and showed a new depth to their craft which is what we would expect at this time of year.

“They have built on their performance pieces from semester one and are now prepared for the challenges they will undertake in Year 12.”

Included in the performances was an outstanding rendition of Old Man River and Signed Sealed Delivered by the band and vocalists.

Michaeleah Stephens (Still Hurting) and Charlotte Perry (Hey there Dialilah) sang beautiful ballads, which were outstanding.

All of the students performing will continue with their performance subjects next year.

Many VCE students were part of the school production of Blood Brothers and are off to Bendigo in December to perform at the Musical Guild of Victoria Annual awards ceremony. Mary MacKillop is one of only five schools invited across the state. Most students enjoy performing in the local community as part of local theatre and music ensembles.

Two big announcements were made on the night.

Dancer Pearl Hunter is off to VCASS to study performing arts as well as her VCE, and Chloe Adkins will leave to take up a full time position at Patrick Studios in dance.

Chloe presented dancing to Run at the performance evening.

Music teacher, Elly Polletti and music tech teacher, Matt Vandervelden put the night together along with Head of Arts, Peter Preston.

South Gippsland Shire briefs Thanks, Th k A Anne ANNE McIntyre of Venus Bay received her 10 year service award at the annual general meeting of Venus Bay CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) recently.

Cr Alyson Skinner praised Ms McIntyre for her work and noted the Venus Bay unit was the only CERT in Gippsland and highly regarded by Ambulance Victoria.

Members provide a first response to emergencies until paramedics arrive on scene.

Farming focus NOVEMBER 21 is National Agriculture Day and Cr Meg Edwards believes South Gippsland Shire Council could celebrate the day to acknowledge farming’s contribution to the community and economy.

Lyric praise CR MEG Edwards paid tribute to Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s production of Our Country’s Good, held in Leongatha recently.

The show told a tale of convict life and Cr Edwards said the show was “fantastic”, adding Lyric “is one of those organisations that is gold in our community”.

Statue superb CR LORRAINE Brunt praised the South Gippsland community for uniting to erect a statue of Lennie Gwyther and his pony Ginger Mick in Leongatha. The statue recognises nine year old Lennie’s feat in 1932, when he rode to Sydney for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

“It’s put Leongatha on the map. The story has created so much interest. I think it will be an enormous asset for

Leongatha,” L th ” she h said.

Korumburra helps itself CR AARON Brown was impressed with the amount of community and business support for the Korumburra Rotary Club’s recent auction.

At least 200 people attended the event to raise money for the community.

Art show controversy ART fans can expect to see a controversial piece of art when Foster Secondary College students hold an exhibition of their art at Foster’s Stockyard Gallery.

THERE will be something for everyone at the Phillip Island Circuit on November 4 and 5.

The latest in farm machinery for the serious farmer or the small landholder will be on display with the best advice from the region’s best farm equipment retailers.

Entry to Phillip Island’s Small Farm and Lifestyle Expo is only $5 per adult and children 17 and under are free, so it’s going to be a very cheap way to experience the best there is to see in small farming.

CLAAS Harvest Centre South Gippsland, Leongatha, will again be attending the Phillip Island Small Farm and Lifestyle Expo. This year’s display will feature a range of the latest Kioti products including tractors from 26 to 105hp, UTVs and farming implements. The team will also be taking its products to the rough terrain area for customer demonstrations.

Chapman Machinery Service, Leongatha, will have a huge line up of products from Kubota, Massey Ferguson and Iseki that are well established in this field.

Kubota made its reputation through its compact tractors, commercial grade mowers and construction equipment, and has continued to grow its product range to a wide variety of applications and has recently expanded into the 170hp tractor range.

Power Hound will have the newly released excavator grabs with five fingers, a larger five tonne SWL combined with two five tonne hydraulic rams, custom built hitches to fit all excavators from 4.5 tonne to nine tonne.

They also have an optional manual excavator grab. With no hydraulics needed, this unique design which attaches to your excavator boom and hitch.

Be the first to speak to Power Hound at the expo about the new range of 1.7 tonne to four tonne Power Hound excavator grabs.

New Age caravans is launching a 19 foot Big Red Slider, the only one in Australia, and is also bringing a range of a relative new family vans called the Gecko.

Pain Pod will be introducing the all new PainPod Mi, a worldwide exclusive, two in one ultra-wearable device for relief of pain using latest advances in microcurrent painless treatment technology to accelerate re-

covery and reduce various pain symptoms.

Horserail Australia – the world’s safest and durable horse fencing - will be at the expo so come along and meet the friendly staff for your free quote! They will have some great sales on new products like their horse safe gates, electric fencing and much more.

Ideal Tools will be displaying its range of Logosol milling systems, automatic chain sharpeners, farmers M8 sawmill, Smartholder for heavy or long logs and a timberjig that fits most chainsaws. All these products are on special at heavily discounted prices.

Mollysox will be selling safety wear comprising work and garden gloves, dust masks, safety glasses, earmuffs, brow guards, knee pads and the like to all Australian standards.

The introduction of the new cut five gloves which are flexible for all tough jobs should be a winner.

Advanced Therapies will have the Duo MKII Professional Massager from Germany. If you are suffering from back, neck, shoulder or sciatic nerve pain, the massager will give you relief from pain and soreness.

The hand-held massager is the only unit of its type in the world that breaks down scar tissue, and helps with the pain and suffering of arthritis and joint pain.

Also there will be Aussie Gutter Protection, which has been in business for 17 years and is considered a leader in the market place, catering to both the domestic and commercial sector. It has a range of five mesh products of which there is polyethylene and aluminium to suit most applications.

Formplex will be displaying its rustic wood grain weatherboards perfect for all applications from brand new homes and second storey extensions to re-cladding fibro, weatherboard and even concrete houses.

There will also be free face painting, chainsaw sculpture, sheep shearing and loads more to keep the whole family entertained.

A dedicated rough terrain area will allow for quad bikes, gators, ag bikes and four wheel drive vehicles to be put through their paces and a working farm area will showcase the latest farm machinery, tractors, slashers and ride-on mowers.

For further information go to www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au For sites call Paul Coleman at the circuit on 03 5952 2710 or info@phillipislandcircuit.com.au

That was the tip from Cr Alyson Skinner at last Wednesday’s council meeting.

Seniors happy SENIORS loved the new format of Victorian Seniors Festival celebrations in South Gippsland, according to Cr Jeremy Rich.

He noted five events were held across the shire this year, giving more people access to celebrations.

Dollars roll in SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s 2016-17 Annual Report highlights council has received $152 million in funding over the last few years to complete key projects.

Such projects included: Karmai Community Children’s Centre in Korumburra, Port Welshpool Long Jetty construction now underway, Black Spur South Gippsland Highway realignment, Northern Towns Water Connection Project, Loch, Poowong, Nyora sewerage connection and Leongatha Heavy Vehicle Alternate Route.

Council adopted the report last Wednesday.

On show: Michael Carlisle of Chapman Machinery Service in Leongatha will be among the exhibitors at Phillip Island’s Small Farm and Lifestyle Expo on November 4 and 5.

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This property consists of two titles, two road frontages and with the great exposure to the South Gippsland Highway may also offer an excellent commercial opportunity (subject to council approval).

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Talented students: from left, Korumburra Primary School Grade 1 and 2 students Ally, Matilda, Riley, Dallas, Tayla, Billy, Levi, Warren, Alanna, Tyler, Jasmine and Kal looked at their work on display in their school’s Vision of Colour art exhibition at the Korumburra Federation Gallery on Thursday.

Proud artists: Korumburra Primary School Grade 2 students Matilda and Ally viewed their artwork at the Korumburra Federation Gallery’s Vision of Colour exhibition on Thursday.

Burra children splash colour THE latest art exhibition at the Korumburra Federation Gallery reveals the talent of children from Korumburra Primary School and Karmai Community Children’s Centre.

This is the annual exhibition for the youngest talent in the

Korumburra community and the show, Vision of Colour, is guaranteed to brighten your day.

“The children have been learning about colour such as tints, shades, lights and darks and the colour wheel,” Korumburra Primary School art teacher Rachel Warren said.

The children’s artworks have been separated in the gallery ac-

cording to colour.

Inside the gallery, there are two rooms; a warm colours room and a dark.

The exhibition will be open for public viewing on Monday to Friday from 10am to 5.30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 12pm until Friday, November 3.

Bass Coast Council briefs

Learning together: from left, Leongatha Primary School Grade 2 student Bella, Leongatha Secondary College Year 7 student Grace Adams, Leongatha Primary School students Immy and Tahlia discussed the Indigenous children’s book Grace wrote recently.

Children share Indigenous knowledge LEONGATHA Secondary College (LSC) students visited Grade 2 and 3 students of Leongatha Primary School (LPS) recently.

LSC students read Indigenous stories they wrote in class with the LPS students.

The Year 7 students did an excellent job of writing their stories and reading their stories to the Grade 2s, who listened and asked great questions.

Working together: Leongatha Secondary College Year 7 student Indy Everitt read the Indigenous children’s book she wrote to Leongatha Primary School Grade 2 student Annabelle as part of her Indigenous studies.

Council considers open space policy

“We must continue to rally around our wards and encourage people to apply. It really showcases what the community can do.”

tween six collaborating councils.

Cr Clare Le Serve supported the procurement, saying the shared service would offer good value for money.

BASS Coast Shire Council adopted its draft public open space policy at its recent ordinary meeting.

Meetings mapped out

Car ferry omitted

The policy comes as a result of high population growth in Bass Coast placing pressure on existing open space.

The policy indicates to developers and the community the parameters for when council should accept land as public space contribution, and provides strategic justification for amending the Bass Coast Planning Scheme.

Cr Clare Le Serve said she was pleased to present the policy, as it would suit future developments.

Island embarrassment THE Phillip Island community was busy preparing for the Moto GP recently.

In light of this, resident John Matthews asked Bass Coast Shire Council if it was satisfied with the presentation of Phillip Island.

Cr Stephen Fullarton said he had heard several comments about presentation, and that the state of Phillip Island is an embarrassment and a disgrace.

Following the outburst, mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield shut down the matter by saying the matter had been discussed at a prior meeting, and councillors had requested a briefing on the current maintenance schedule for Phillip Island.

Council backs grants program Outside learning: Leongatha Primary School Grade 2 student Lara with Leongatha Secondary College Year 7 student Molly-Mae Nicols shared their Indigenous knowledge with one another recently.

BASS Coast councillors endorsed the funding for second round of the community grants program.

For round two, $127,000 was budgeted.

Applications for the grants closed in August, and have since been reviewed by council officers. Of the 62 applicants, 35 were recommended for funding for a diverse range of community projects.

Council also voted to review the guidelines regarding how to handle multiple applications from a single entity.

“It is always pleasing to go to the presentations and hear the great stories from the groups that apply,” Cr Clare Le Serve said.

THE 2018-20 council meeting schedule was released at Bass Coast Shire Council’s recent meeting.

As well as in the civic centre in Wonthaggi, meetings will be held at the Inverloch Community Hub (February), the Cowes Cultural Hall (April, July and December) and the Grantville Hall (October).

The meeting schedule is released years in advance to allow for long term planning and decision making.

Cr Bruce Kent said it was fantastic for council to have meetings in different locations around the shire, and to make considerations for the time of year in the schedule.

Volunteers step up ROB Parsons and Stephen Russell were voted on to Section 86 committees following the recent Bass Coast Shire Council meeting.

Section 86 manage and maintain community facilities such as halls and reserves.

Mr Parsons was appointed to the Kernot Hall and Reserve Committee, and Mr Russell was appointed to the Coronet Bay Reserves Committee.

“Section 86 committees are the backbone of rural communities. They are essential and vital for our community and I commend those who step up, particularly Rob Parsons, who has done a lot of work around improved telecommunications in the Kernot area,” Cr Geoff Ellis said.

New council cleaners BASS Coast Shire Council agreed to procure cleaning services from Menzies International (Aust) Pty Ltd at its recent council meeting.

The service will clean and maintain council buildings and facilities.

This will be a shared procurement be-

PHILLIP Island resident Maurice Schinkel pulled Bass Coast Shire Council up on the fact the car ferry was omitted from the recently released annual report.

The car ferry is a developing council project, which would be a tourism attraction for Phillip Island and the Mornington Peninsula.

Mr Schinkel pointed out the tender for the car ferry infrastructure business case was resolved on June 21, but had not featured in the annual report, which covered the year until June 30.

Council said the contract was not officially awarded until July 3, so the project will be referred to in the 2017-18 annual report.

Newhaven development backed BASS Coast Shire Council granted a planning permit for a three staged subdivision in Boys Home Road, Newhaven, at its recent meeting.

The development proposes 30 lots of varying sizes, and would involve some vegetation removal.

The original application resulted in 26 objections, which had to do with traffic congestion, lack of public open space, impact on wildlife, stormwater runoff, and inappropriate lot sizes.

Some were also concerned about Lot 31, which is a lot larger with an area of 5288m2. Objectors expressed their concerns because no details have been released about the future of that development.

These comments were assessed, and council officers deemed the project consistent with the state and local planning policy.

Cr Geoff Ellis said he supported the development because it meets council’s requirements and ticks the boxes when it comes to town character.

Cr Michael Whelan opposed the plan because it entailed removing 62 trees.

The permit was granted with conditions.

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Teddy bears meet at Coal Creek CHILDREN and their favourite teddies were at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra last Wednesday, for a teddy bear’s picnic.

The event was held by South

Gippsland Shire Council as part of its Children’s Week activities.

Wendy the Fairy was on hand to provide beautiful face painting, the SES cooked up a sausage sizzle storm and the West Gippsland Library Corporation held a special teddy themed story time.

Cute cuddles: from left, Karmai Community Children’s Centre students Charlie, Pearl, Ned, Clay and Riley had fun with their teddies at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra, last Wednesday.

Fun times: Aidan and Mya Lumley were at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, last Wednesday, for a teddy bear’s picnic as part of South Gippsland Shire Council’s Children’s Week activities.

Foster Secondary College a top school FOSTER Secondary College was recognised as one of the best performing schools in Gippsland in the Education Department’s annual school performance report, released recently.

The report assessed the

school’s achievements in reading and numeracy via NAPLAN data, the collective efficacy and academic emphasis of the staff, student attitudes to school, student engagement and school attendance, participation in NAPLAN, responses to student surveys and VCE English and VCE/VCAL comple-

tion rates.

“We were pretty excited,” principal Matt McPhee said.

“We have a high performing and dedicated staff that is really making a difference to student performance and wellbeing across the board.

“The NAPLAN data showed above average

Best place: from left, Foster Secondary College students Tayla Hams, Grace Mattingley, Felicity Whitcher and Brielle Tudor are chuffed their school is one of the region’s best.

growth, which indicated we take the student learning further than the state average once they are in our system.”

Senior education improvement leader Shane Wainwright oversees school performance and was “equally pleased” with the findings of the report.

The report labelled Foster Secondary College an ‘influencer’, indicating its performance was high or very high.

This level of performance was maintained consistently over three years or was on a positive improvement trajectory.

Schools will now be invited to visit Foster secondary and take ideas back to further develop their own programs.

“These results really are the culmination of a lot of hard work, and the staff and students at Foster secondary deserve recognition of this,” assistant principal Dean Duursma said.

“We all need to appreciate what we have here.”

Mayor suggests broiler farm sites MIDDLE Tarwin and Barry Beach could be suitable locations for broiler farms in South Gippsland Shire, according to mayor Cr Ray Argento.

His suggestion came after council rejected a planning permit application for a broiler at Wooreen, with Cr Argento saying the hilly area was unsuit-

able for a 400,000 bird farm.

Cr Argento said Middle Tarwin, with its flat and open landscape, could be a suitable site for broiler farms.

He cited Barry Beach as another possible location, given its flat terrain and existing industrial activity.

Cr Argento said council was not opposed to broiler farms but said the Wooreen proposal would impact the amenity of the area.

“We have a broiler farm at Stony Creek that has been operating quite well and has not attracted one complaint since it’s been operating,” he said.

Cr Argento was concerned the Wooreen broiler farm would have relied on generators as its main source of power, which he said would create excessive noise, particularly during summer when air-conditioners would be required to cool the sheds.

Bear in there: Karmai Community Children’s Centre students Lucy and Georgia thought the rotunda at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra, was the perfect place for a teddy bear’s picnic last Wednesday.

Mayor’s message Cr Pamela Rothfield

WHAT a memorable and momentous occasion!

I shall never forget attending ‘history in the making’ last Friday, October 27 as our Premier, The Hon Daniel Andrews, MP and our upper house representative Harriet Shing MP arrived in Wonthaggi and announced the funding for the senior campus of the Wonthaggi Secondary College (WSC) plus the state of the art Highball facility.

(I could have hugged them both!)

The road has been a long and rocky one for the entire community. After much encouragement from the State Government, we erroneously assumed the funding would be in the State Budget which was released in May this year. It wasn’t.

The memory of feeling absolutely gutted, and utter disbelief, still lingers.

To witness the community response despite being beaten down after so many years of fighting for this cause, has both inspired and invigorated me. Wonthaggi is a town which is used to fighting – The Town that Refused to Die is the title of the book on my bookshelf.

This catastrophe in May only strengthened our resolve and I am thrilled we can finally put this ‘fight’ behind us and focus on the wonderful future ahead.

The efforts of the community that banded together to build support and raise the profile of the cause, alongside council’s increased advocacy, and Harriet’s doggedness from the ‘inside’, has driven this funding outcome. I simply could not be prouder or happier.

Equally exciting is the funding an-

nouncement of $2.3 million towards the Cape Paterson Surf Lifesaving Club rebuild, which will be boosted by a $600,000 contribution from council.

Congratulations to all at the club who have been working hard towards raising funds and securing this financial support.

With an increased focus on advocacy, this is a sign of things to come and I applaud the community for its persistence, dedication and commitment towards all of those projects identified in our Advocacy Strategy, which includes the WSC new senior campus and Wonthaggi Highball Stadium. Now, we move on to upgrading our hospital and medical attention for the Island.

Another Bass Coast Educational institution, Newhaven College, was also making history last week. I was fortunate to briefly attend the final Year 12 assembly at Newhaven College’s Boys Home Road campus, with the release of white doves to mark the occasion.

This school has come such a long way since it was set up as a community school in 1980, when it opened its doors to 51 Year 7 and Year 8 students. Congratulations to Newhaven College on the beginning of a new era as it relocates to the Phillip Island Road Campus in 2018.

To cap off a wonderful week, it was a delight to welcome five new citizens to the Bass Coast Shire at the citizenship ceremony held in Wonthaggi last Wednesday. Many of our new citizens have often been living in Bass Coast for years and it is always an honour to be a part of officiating their citizenship and acknowledging the value they bring to our community.

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Meeniyan gardens to open, with a sting THE Meeniyan Progress Association is presenting its annual open garden day on Saturday, November 4.

The event will feature five gardens and a visit to the Blue Tree Honey Farm in Dumbalk to see those amazing insects do their stuff.

The Meeniyan Community Garden featured in last year’s open garden day. The garden is now a year old and will again feature in the event.

Visitors can check out the new pumpkin arch and potato beds made from truck mudguards that have been recent additions.

The five gardens are all in the Meeniyan township environs and are of varying sizes, from a double block semi-formal cottage style garden to gardens on acreage with stunning views.

• Historic property. Caringa was built in 1904 and served as a bush hospital from 1936 to1940. It has been lovingly restored and the house is complemented by the garden that cleverly utilises a double block with terraces that create separate spaces for a differing array of plants, shrubs and trees.

Whether the visiting koala is around is dependent on what other commitments he has on the day.

• Sustainable and organic garden. Set on acreage on a sloping site, the straw bale house the owners constructed overlooks the productive garden, which includes hops for their home crafted beer, raised vegetable beds, netted orchard, chook B & B and a sod roofed garden bath house to relax in after a hard day’s work; • Large garden with stunning views. This gar-

Be delighted: Sally Gorman and Banjo the chocolate Labrador outside the sod bathhouse she built. Her garden will be on show during Meeniyan’s open garden day on Saturday, November 4.

Historical touch: Len Hanks will show his beloved tractors as part of Meeniyan’s open garden day on Saturday, November 4.

den on a relatively steep block has been designed to ensure privacy with large trees, shrubs and a variety of plants intermingled in grassed and terraced areas. A spacious viewing platform has been constructed to relax on and take in the vista over the garden, town and surrounding hills; • Park style garden with undercover tractor display. This garden features sweeping grassed areas with a range of native and exotic species at the entry to the property.

• As you continue down the drive there is a large rose garden at the front of the house. On the north side of the home is a large vegetable patch in netted tunnel house to keep out ‘wascally wabbits’ and vegetarian birds. The 22 tractors and a vintage car are housed in 18m x 12 m concrete five star shed. The oldest tractor is a 1924 W12 McCormick Deering; and • An eclectic rural garden. Situated on three acres with great rural views to the south, this large garden features a large variety of indigenous and exotic trees at the front of the property and along the driveway.

A variety of shrubs and plants border the house where a colony of native bush rats has recently taken up residence. The owners have advised they

are free to a good home. A small dam in the front northern corner of the block provides much needed water for the garden in the summer and is much appreciated by the local frog population.

Meeniyan is a vibrant community that has an interesting array of shops and a great range of eateries for the visitors to enjoy.

Tickets and maps will be available at the Meeniyan Hall foyer on the day from 9am to 4pm.

Entry is $10 per adult with all proceeds going to the Meeniyan Progress Association.

For more information, please call Peter Twigg on 0457 221 438.

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Spinks captures storms on canvas

By Brad Lester THE ever changing weather and its influence on the sea never cease to amaze Inverloch artist Annette Spinks.

Growing in time: Annette Spinks works on an untitled painting in her Inverloch studio. The piece forms part of a series of works entitled Storm.

She has drawn on their power and beauty to create a new series of her famed large scale works, with a striking result.

Her latest works, under the banner of Storm, reflect the tumultuous side of the ocean that often comes to the fore during winter storms.

“I have done a lot of water paintings in the past and they were quite original because I’ve been in the water, but over the winter I’ve been on the cliffs and that’s what made me aware of the stormy weather,” she said.

“I’ve tried to connect with my own moods at the time, and with the ocean and its rough seas as well.

“That’s what I love about living here as an artist, because sometimes the ocean is soothing and sometimes it’s dramatic. Sometimes it can be blue and clear, but sometimes it can be really dark.”

Three pieces all entitled Storm capture not just the sea and storms, but also the clouds and the drama their hues add to a winter scene.

Spinks visited the ocean at night to bear witness to a rarely seen but beautiful side to the ocean: that of the moonlight dancing on the ocean’s surface.

A piece entitled Moonlight on a wave represents the glow of moonlight, broken by waves.

“It’s still abstract and contemporary, and you get the essence of what I’m trying to capture,” Spinks said.

She paints in a sweeping, dramatic manner, using a stirring paddle to drip paint on to the canvas and even

Wild ocean: Storm, one of the captivating pieces in a dramatic new series of paintings by Inverloch’s Annette Spinks. moving her hands across the canvas to give a result that is both controlled and free.

Spinks applies artist’s acrylic paint in thick layers and the combination of this impasto technique on her iconic large canvases best conveys the emotion of nature she strives for.

Often Spinks will walk on the beach before heading to her studio, allowing her to connect with the seascape and clarify how she will approach a piece.

Paintings are typically created by firstly applying a background layer and then multiple layers of paint.

“Before you start, you need to know where you are going to finish,” Spinks said.

“You have to think backwards sometimes. I need to know what the five layers are in my mind before I start and I will do little colour samples before I start.

That’s how I go about it, but sometimes it just takes its own course.

“The large scale lends itself the freedom I like.”

Inverloch gardens to open to all GREEN thumbs will be inspired by a variety of gardens when Inverloch hosts an open garden day on Saturday, November 11.

The Inverloch Uniting Church is presenting the annual event, with the open gardens to be complemented by a plants stall at the church.

Six diverse gardens will be open for the public to enjoy from 10am to 4pm.

Two large gardens will be open out of town, while the remaining four will be within the town boundaries and include two new gardens, cottage and native.

Among those gardeners opening their properties is Linda Parker, whose cottage garden features a weeping elm and agonis, both around 60 years old.

There are camellias, roses, a climb-

ing clematis and a beautiful display in the backyard that reflects Linda’s eye for form and colour, along with a flowering cherry and emu surprise.

Entry of $10 per person and includes morning or afternoon tea.

A map will be available from the Inverloch Uniting Church in Williams Street, opposite the post office. All funds raised go towards the church.

Floral paradise: Inverloch Uniting Church open garden organiser Liz Catt enjoys the serenity of Linda Parker’s backyard. Her Inverloch home will be among those open to the public to enjoy on Saturday, November 11.

Cancer cure in cyclist’s sights

By Brad Lester PETER Biggins knows only too well the ravages of his cancer.

Riding for a cause: Peter Biggins of Inverloch trains for the Tour De Cure – Peter Mac Ride 2017 with Inverloch’s iconic Eagles Nest in the background.

Himself a survivor of prostate cancer in 2013, the Inverloch man has seen many family and friends deal with the disease that wreaks fear into the hearts of sufferers when they first receive their diagnosis.

The chance to do something about cancer has prompted him to get on his bike and cycle some 300km across northern Tasmania in November to raise money for cancer research.

Mr Biggins is taking part in the Tour De Cure – Peter Mac Ride 2017 from November 26 to 30, starting and finishing at the Peter MacCallum Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton.

The ride will raise funds for pioneering cancer projects at the centre, where some of the world’s leading cancer, research, education and treatment is undertaken.

“It is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to caring for

people affected by cancer,” Mr Biggins said.

After starting in 2007, Tour De Cure proceeds have resulted in 21 significant breakthroughs in research and care.

From Carlton, the riders will pedal via Mordialloc to Station Pier at Port Melbourne, where they will board the ship, Spirit of Tasmania and sail south to Tasmania.

The next day, the ride heads 100km west Boat Harbour Beach via Burnie and Wynyard. The small community has literally thrown open its doors to the 90 riders and 20 support crew.

With only two bed and breakfasts in town, the ride team will be billeted by locals, with most homes in town hosting the visitors for a night.

The next leg will entail a 100km return trip to Stanley, followed by a journey back to Devonport the next day and boarding the boat to Victoria.

Arriving in Melbourne at 7am, the riders will return to the Peter MacCallum Centre.

Mr Biggins will join his son-inlaw Ben Yoffa on the ride, who has previously completed a signature

Tour De Cancer ride of 1500km from Brisbane to Sydney.

As president of the Rotary Club of Korumburra, Mr Biggins is no stranger to cycling, having completed Rotary Ride to Conferences, but has lifted his training to prepare him for the more athletic ride he anticipates in Tasmania.

On Fridays, he rides with a Tour De Cure group on Melbourne’s famed Beach Road cycling route, and then on Saturdays and Sundays, joins the Coastal Crewzers group based at Inverloch for their regular InverlochWonthaggi-Cape Paterson loop.

On Mondays, he joins a social ride through the South Gippsland hills.

“When I’m training and it’s hurting, I try to think why I am doing this and I think there are people who are going through a lot more,” Mr Biggins said.

“That’s my mantra and that helps to make it easier.”

The Tasmania ride aims to raise a total of $1 million.

To donate online, go to tourdecure.co.au, click on ‘Donate’, ‘Select team member’, type ‘Peter Biggins’ and follow the prompts.

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Taking a break: Craig Tanner will resume his walk from Queensland to Toora after his team temporarily postponed the walk due to unforeseen circumstances in the personal life of team members. Mr Tanner last week headed home to reassess and regroup, and will then hopefully continue with his fundraising efforts. His walk, under the banner of Craig’s K’s for Cancer, will still go ahead after a short break. All funds raised will continue to go to Ronald McDonald House at Parkville and paediatric brain cancer research. The Tanners hope everyone understands and will continue to support this amazing effort. Mr Tanner is pictured at Coffs Harbour’s iconic Big Banana in New South Wales. Photo: Facebook.

Worldly knowledge: Leongatha Secondary College students who took part in the Australian Geography Competition were, back, from left, Grace Thorson, Hannah Box, Hamish Box, Amelia Dunn and Eleanor Scott, and front, Zara Jones, Brianna McNaughton and Milla Fixter.

Geographers shine

By Hannah Box, LSC EARLIER this year, some Leongatha Secondary College students took part in the Australian Geography Competition.

The students from all year levels were competing against students from around the country.

The competition for Australian secondary school students assesses their geographical knowledge and skills, and aims to encourage an interest in geography.

Two Leongatha Secondary College students achieved a distinction: Hannah Box of Year 11 and Angus Kemper of Year 7. Students who received credits were Amelia Dunn of Year 10 and Brianna McNaughon of Year 7.

The artistic side of gardening GARDENERS are an artistic lot. They are always aware of shape, size and colour combinations to create a pleasing balanced landscape.

BAILEY Nyah Elliott was born on September 20. She is the third daughter for Keenan and Rene Elliott of Stony Creek, and a sister for Jada, 3, and Zarly, 18 months. Photo by mel cameron photography.

Film moves Korumburra THE excellent film Luther was screened at the Anglican Parish Hall, Korumburra recently to an enthusiastic and well attended gathering.

This year is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s challenge to some of the teachings of the church at that time.

Luther felt many of the practices were man-made and not found in God’s Word.

His ideas were supported by many others in Germany and across Europe, and led to what is known as the Reformation.

The Reformation is being commemorated throughout the world, including via special events in Gippsland.

Of note is the Korumburra Combined

Churches’ Service of the Light today (Tuesday, October 31) at 7pm at the Anglican Church.

Martin Luther, originally a monk and priest, became a Professor of Theology, composer, and writer.

Luther’s translation of The Bible into German made it accessible to everybody.

The circulation of this bible was aided by the recent invention of the printing press.

Luther was a keen musician and his hymns, many of which are still sung today, influenced the development of singing in churches.

Many of his teachings are widely accepted today, especially that God’s salvation is not earned by ‘good deeds’, but by faith as a free gift of God’s love.

This concept is directly translated to floral art, which is a popular component of many flower shows, including the fast approaching Welshpool Flower Show.

The flower show will be held on Friday, November 3 from 1.30pm to 5pm and Saturday, November 4 from 10am to 4.30pm in the Welshpool Hall.

Floral Art is now regularly taught by experts at Meeniyan and it is growing in interest.

The flower show is the happy recipient of these skills, with increasing number of exhibitors, from the very clever to intermediate and novice sections.

This time, with the theme ‘jazz into spring’ there are some interesting sections reflecting the theme.

The big one is the floor sculpture jazz in the night. Others are blue moon, a dream catcher, still life, framed and dynamic duo.

For those who have never won three first prizes, you are encouraged to make a dream catcher (must have horticultural material dominating), a spring basket, or a floating bowl.

Remember even if you don’t win, all entries go to make a terrific show – and your entry is anonymous unless you win.

There is a public choice event as well.

Exhibitors are invited to create a horticultural wonder on 50 centimetre of bench space to the theme of jazz time.

Visitors to the show are encouraged to vote for their favourite by coin donation – the one that attracts the most money wins and the proceeds of this will go to a local charity.

Entries officially close on Wednesday, October 26 by phoning secretary Fran Grylls on 5184 1376.

Late entries are accepted, but Fran needs to know rough numbers for space allotment. And don’t forget there is always help available on the day.

Entries are staged on the Thursday evening or before 11am on Friday morning.

Great job: Meryl Agars from Mount Best was thrilled to come away with several wins from the Welshpool and District Horticultural Society at last year’s spring show.

Milpara Community House news IF you’re applying for jobs you have the skills for but are not getting an interview, your resume and cover letter may be letting you down.

We are running a session today (Tuesday, October 31) designed to help you health check your resume and cover letters.

If you’re planning on working in a hospitality venue that provides gambling, we are offering Provide Responsible Gambling, a desirable course for your resume.

This accredited unit covers implementing responsible gambling practices and procedures, as well

as how to provide information and assistance to customers about problem gambling. It will be held on Wednesday, November 8.

Being prepared, knowing what is available and the ins and outs can make planning for your future less stressful.

For this reason we are running two free information sessions at Milpara.

My Aged Care, on Thursday, November 9, will cover what services are available and how to access them.

Downsizing: Retirement Villages and Residential Parks, will be held on Monday, November 13, and

mainly focus on buying into a retirement village or residential park, contracts, site agreements and cooling off periods.

It will also briefly cover downsizing, authorising an estate agent to sell your home and options such as renting or buying a unit.

Tea Dance is on again Friday, November 10.

Learn how to cook easy meals on a budget. Home cooking may be easier than you think so why not give it a try. Cook and share a meal together November 13 and December 11.

The cost is by donation. Bookings are essential 5655 2524.

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Farming Insight VLE store sale Thursday, October 26 Steers: Australian Food & Agriculture Co, Deniliquin, 16 x $1655; Malcolm Trezise, Nerrena, 1 x $1640; M. Kavanagh, Ryanston, 1 x $1510; J. Agostino, Rosedale, 12 x $1490; Blackwood Grazing, Trafalgar, 10 x $1490; W. Bullock, Nerrena, 9 x $1480.

Heifers: Australian Food & Agriculture Co, Deniliquin, 11 x $1530; T. Grabham and L. Fowles, Jumbunna, 12 x $1260; G.H. & K. Brown, Drumdlemara, 4 x $1040; T.J. & J.E. Clark, Leongatha, 2 x $1030; W. Bullock, Nerrena, 6 x $1010; J. & G. Green, Bemboka, 15 x $1010.

Cows: W.N. & P.A. Joyce, Jumbunna, 3 x $1320; J.M. Cotterill, Bombala, 2 x $1050.

Cow and calf: B.M. & G.H. Missen, Woodside, 14 x $1825; W.N. & P.A. Joyce, Jumbunna, 5 x $1700; J. & V. Besselink, Glengarry, 2 x Buying up big: Jack and Adam Bartlett from $1460; R. Best, Welshpool, 2 x $1250; P.G. Price, Toora were at the VLE Leongatha store sale Leongatha, 1 x $1220; K. Beattie, Nerrena, 1 x last Thursday, looking for cattle to buy. $1075.

Looking and learning: Maureen and Terry Davies from Berrys Creek have recently moved to the area and attended the VLE Leongatha store sale last Thursday, to observe.

• VLE Leongatha

Heavy beef cows dominate yarding THERE were approximately 1,190 export and 200 young cattle penned, representing an increase of 150 head week on week.

There was another grown steer and bullock order that returned from a long absence to compete with the usual buying group in a mostly dearer market.

Quality declined overall in the grown steers and bullocks, but remained similar in the young cattle and improved in the cows, with a larger proportion of heavy beef cows on offer. Trade cattle sold from firm to 10c/ kg dearer. Grown steers and bullocks sold from 1c to 4c/ kg dearer.

Heavy weight grown heifers showing good finish improved 6c/kg. The better finished Friesian and crossbred manufacturing steers improved 6c while the leaner lots eased 4c/kg.

Cow prices were a little mixed with the light weight,

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the crossbred portion sold from 228c to 276c/kg.

Most light and medium weight cows sold between 166c and 212c/kg. Heavy weight cows made mostly from

200c to 250c/kg. Heavy weight bulls sold from 217c to 256c/kg.

The next sale draw - November 1: 1. Elders, predominantly dairy lots, lifting 7c/kg while the medium 2. Alex Scott & Staff, 3. Landmark, 4. Phelan & weights sold firm. Heavy weight cows sold generally 4c Henderson & Co, 5. Rodwells, 6. SEJ. to 8c/kg dearer and more in places. Heavy weight bulls eased 25c to 35c/kg.

Vealers reached a top of 318c/kg. Yearling trade steers sold from 290c to 310c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade made between 260c and 302c/kg.

Grown steers sold between 268c and 285c/kg. Bullocks made from 268c to 295c/kg. Heavy weight grown heifers sold from 255c to 267c/kg. Heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers made between 220c and 248c while

Prime Sale - Wednesday, October 25

BULLOCKS 9 D. Goodwin, Wulla Wullock 15 C.T. Ferguson, Longford 4 B. & L. Cummins, Doomburrim 2 G. & A. Crawford, French Island 15 F. McRae, Woolamai 2 M. & V. Manks, Woodleigh STEERS 1 N. Stuart, Nerrena 4 T. & M. Dwyer, Leongatha 1 N.T. & S.A. Cook, Toora 3 M. & V. Manks, Woodleigh 7 M.E. Telling, Yarram 1 L. & G. Davies, Woolamai HEIFERS 1 N.T. & S.A. Cook, Toora 1 L. & G. Davies, Woolamai 2 N. Stuart, Nerrena 1 Aurora Racing & Stud, Lang Lang 8 D. Harris, Tarwin Lower 2 R.L. Williams, Coronet Bay COWS 1 R.J. Harris, Korumburra South 6 Golden Gully Farms, Morwell 2 J.B. Drewett, Yinnar 3 P. & S. Fahey, Tyers 1 K. Lazare 3 S. Beckman, Glengarry BULLS 1 R.L. Olsen, Poowong East 1 Formbuild Pty Ltd, Phillip Island 1 D.D. & K.L. Belcher, Woodside 1 G. & J. Schepers, Won Wron 1 M.E. Telling, Yarram 1 Golden Gully Farms, Morwell VEALER BULLS 2 D. & K. Joyce, Allambee

652.8kg 659.7kg 622.5kg 605.0kg 626.0kg 575.0kg

294.6 293.0 285.0 285.0 285.0 284.6

$1923.08 $1932.82 $1774.13 $1724.25 $1784.10 $1636.45

355.0kg 427.5kg 420.0kg 500.0kg 534.3kg 375.0kg

317.6 307.6 290.0 284.6 282.0 279.6

$1127.48 $1314.99 $1218.00 $1423.00 $1506.69 $1048.50

325.0kg 450.0kg 370.0kg 365.0kg 345.0kg 417.5kg

311.6 302.2 288.6 284.6 282.6 275.0

$1012.70 $1359.90 $1067.82 $1038.79 $974.97 $1148.13

515.0kg 602.5kg 580.0kg 648.3kg 600.0kg 640.0kg

250.0 249.6 248.0 248.0 248.0 247.6

$1287.50 $1503.84 $1438.40 $1607.87 $1488.00 $1584.64

890.0kg 975.0kg 980.0kg 920.0kg 975.0kg 965.0kg

255.6 249.0 248.0 242.6 242.0 242.0

$2274.84 $2427.75 $2430.40 $2231.92 $2359.50 $2335.30

225.0kg 260.0

$585.00

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Farming Insight Boost for beef Protect your flock from ovine brucellosis on the way

By Sarah Vella RECENT rainfall in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland was expected to boost cattle prices, but not to the levels seen in the previous year.

Simon Henderson from Phelan and Henderson and Co said a recent prime sale at VLE Leongatha saw a modest increase in prices.

“Beef prices are determined by the season, exchange rate and overseas demand. We are quietly confident we will see reasonable prices, but we won’t reach the dizzying heights seen last year,” he said.

Mr Henderson said the season in South Gippsland was off to a pretty good start with a dry winter, followed by a wet August and September.

“We are finding now that as the weather warms up, cattle are putting condition on fairly rapidly and there is still a reasonable margin in selling fat cattle and replacing them with well bred cattle from areas that are stressed for rainfall, such as north of the Divide and East Gippsland,” he said.

“There has been good (pasture) growth, but after last week’s hot spell farmers will be looking for a bit of rainfall again.”

Because South Gippsland is a fattening area, Mr Henderson said the reduction in the national cattle herd has not affected the local market.

“Locally, farmers have been able to buy cattle cheaper than they could in summer and autumn, so they have restocked with sufficient numbers to go forward with,” he said.

“The last store sale was dearer and grass fever could be starting to creep into the market, where people want to buy cattle because they have the feed.”

High cattle prices through the summer and autumn of this year caused some buyer resistance, which caused people to hold on to their cattle.

“There were a lot of cattle put on grain to be turned off in winter and when those extra cattle came onto the market, there was a significant price reduction,” Mr Henderson said.

August is traditionally the most expensive month of the year for fat cattle, but so far this year it has been the cheapest.

SEJ livestock manager Bill Egan said a recent market at VLE Leongatha showed there was a stronger demand for most classes of beef cattle, which had been the trend in the lead up to the sale.

“I think there has been a definite improvement the quality of the cattle yarded,” he said.

“Six weeks ago we were in a trough and nobody knew where we were going. We have certainly seen the bottom of that now and quality cattle should sell well through the coming season.

“We won’t go back to the highs that they were at, but prices will certainly show an improvement on where they have been over the last couple of months.”

FOR many semi-closed flocks, the purchase and introduction of rams is when disease may be introduced.

One disease to watch out for is ovine brucellosis (OB).

Agriculture Victoria district veterinary officer Dr Jeff Cave said OB is a bacterial disease characterised by infertility in rams and unlike brucellosis in cattle which Australia is now officially free of.

“As a result of its effect on rams, OB may cause reduced lamb marking percentages, an extended lambing period, ill thrift in newborn lambs and increased culling of rams due to infertility,” Dr Cave said.

“In some cases the presence of OB in a flock may be insidious and go unrecognised due to other causes of poor lamb marking percentages. However, once a number of rams are infected OB can lead to a substantial loss in production.”

Dr Cave said OB causes inflammation of the epididymis, which is the tube in which semen is transported from the testis. This inflammation leads to a complete or partial blockage of the epididymis leaving the ram sterile or sub-fertile.

“One way of diagnosing OB is to palpate or feel the testis of a ram for swellings. It can also be diagnosed by a blood test or by semen examination,” he said.

“OB is typically introduced into a flock by an infected ram. The disease subsequently spreads ram to ram or via ewes during joining.”

He said once introduced, to avoid the adverse effects of OB, the only solution is to eradicate the

Take note: Agriculture Victoria district veterinary officer Dr Jeff Cave is urging farmers to watch for the disease ovine brucellosis. disease, which is achieved with veterinary assistance by palpating and blood testing rams, and culling any that are found to be infected.

“As always, prevention is better than cure. To assist in identifying low risk flocks a voluntary accreditation scheme is in place,” Dr Cave said.

“Your property can become OB accredited in consultation with your private veterinary practitioner by successively testing all rams over six months of age with negative results and demonstrating secure boundary fencing.”

Dr Cave said when purchasing replacement rams always purchase from an OB accredited flock and this will provide the safest ‘risk’. In addition, boundary fencing should be sound and secure to prevent straying animals from neighbouring properties.

For further advice contact your local veterinarian or Agriculture Victoria veterinary or animal health officer.

Grass is greener for NSW cattle

By Sarah Vella A CONSIGNMENT of 600 hereford cattle were sold by Elders at the VLE Leongatha store sale last Thursday, all the way from Deniliquin in New South Wales.

The 400 steers and 200 heifers were from Australian

Good yarding: Elders Leongatha branch manager Rohan McRae said last Thursday’s yarding of 600 cattle from Deniliquin in New South Wales was unique for VLE Leongatha.

The Hereford steers and heifers were offered at last Thursday’s store sale.

Food and Agriculture’s Boonoke Station.

Ron Rutledge from Elders Melbourne said the cattle were sent to VLE Leongatha to be sold because they were the right age and type to suit South Gippsland restockers.

“The spring is starting to turn where they are from, so this will essentially give them two springs: out of a Riverina spring and into a South Gippsland spring,” he said.

Elders Leongatha branch manager Rohan McRae said last Thursday’s sale also featured some cattle from the south east of New South Wales and East Gippsland, which was not unusual for this time of year.

“Cattle will come to where the feed is,” he said.

Mr McRae said the large number and quality of the Boonoke Station cattle made it a unique consignment.

“They were good quality and presented as well as they could be for a big number. It was the best run of cattle we had seen for a while,” he said.

Since the decision was made to send the cattle to VLE Leongatha three weeks ago, the market had rallied and was expected to be quite firm on the day.

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Experienced Support Staff Trida area

Personal Care Workers Casual Positions Foster and Surrounding Areas t Work in your local community t Work independently in a supported environment Baptcare is a customer focused, faith centred and purpose driven organisation working across Victoria and Tasmania, providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.

We are currently seeking casual Personal Care Workers with experience in Home & Community Care who are enthusiastic and willing to travel to client homes to provide outstanding care and to join our friendly and professional team. Our clients are located in Foster/Welshpool/Sandy Point and Fish Creek.

Applicants are required to: t Hold a minimum of Certificate 3 in Aged Care or Home and Community Care or Disability (with experience in Aged Care) t Hold a current minimum Level 2 First Aid Certificate t Hold a current CPR Certificate t Have a recent Police Check (with 2 years’ balance on it or be willing to get a new one) t Must have own roadworthy vehicle that is registered & insured and must have own smart phone To apply, please visit the vacancies page at www.baptcare.org.au Baptcare subscribes to a mobile and flexible work environment.

If you require support with the application process, please contact pcservices@baptcare.org.au Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

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SPARE PARTS INTERPRETER TRAINEESHIP Cervus Equipment Australia, a leading John Deere dealer in Victoria with 6 branches and 135 employees has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Spare Parts Interpreter to undertake a traineeship. The role is responsible for the efficient sale and delivery of parts/ accessories and customer satisfaction reporting to the Parts Manager at our Leongatha Branch.

You will be expected to build strong relationships with our customers, internally and externally.

To be successful you will be an individual with strong communication with an appreciation for farmer's needs; hold accurate administrative skills along with excellent time management and a high quality of customer service which will ensure you are able to effectively support the wider business with all Parts tasks.

In this role you will be responsible for: • Receiving, sale and delivery of parts and accessories • Preparing and maintaining merchandise displays • Preparing quotes, invoices and receipts • Working collaborative with colleagues adhering to company values and respect.

To be considered for this position you will need the following: • A positive, helpful, flexible and supportive disposition • Ability to analyse and interpret internal reports • Current Victorian Driver's Licence • Ability to use Microsoft Office and internet functions • Ability to work under pressure and prioritise • Highly motivated with a positive 'can do' attitude with attention to detail If you are excited by the challenge, have a willingness to learn and want to start or advance a career in sales working in an environment where you will be required to work hands on and be expected to make things happen on a day to day basis, then this is the role for you.

Your working hours will be 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday.

To apply please email your application by Thursday 23rd November to: Joe.Messina@cervusequipment.com.au

VICTORIAN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE

Training provided to support teenager with medical issues Two staff on shift Shifts Wednesday 8am to 8pm Alternate Saturday and Sunday 8am to 6pm Contact Tara 0417 086 603 tara@lifestylecentred.com.au

LEONGATHA

SALES PERSON Do you love serving customers?

Do you want to join an energetic team of car lovers?

Our franchise is a member of the Autobarn group who are one of Australia’s leading Automotive Spare parts and Accessories retailers.

We are seeking dynamic, self motivated, enthusiastic and flexible team members to fill part time positions in our Leongatha team.

If you have an exceptional phone manner, enjoy serving customers and have strong communication and people skills then we want to hear from you.

With a relaxed and fun team environment, consistent professional development and a company that truly values a work/life balance then this could be the opportunity for you.

Automotive retail experience is an advantage but not essential.

A seven day roster applies. An attractive salary package is offered commensurate with experience and performance.

Resumés should be emailed or delivered to the Store Manager. sales@leongatha.autobarn.com.au More information about Autobarn can be found on our website: www.autobarn.com.au

Position Vacancies Bass Coast Health Bass Coast Health is seeking applications for the following positions:

Instrument Technician Permanent Part-Time 56 hours per fortnight (0.56 EFT)

Podiatrist Grade 2

Positions Vacant Livestock droving positions are available at both our Pakenham and Leongatha facilities.

Candidates that are able to work at both facilities are preferred.

For submission of resumés or a copy of the job description, please email admin@vle.com.au or contact (03) 5941 7200

PAKENHAM

SALE

LEONGATHA

Permanent Full-Time

Senior Dental Assistant Fixed-Term Full-Time Long Service Leave Replacement 08-01-17 to 13-07/18 (possibility of ongoing)

Sexual Assault Counsellor Fixed-Term, Part-Time to 30/06/2018 - 64 hours per fortnight

Nurse Bank Medication endorsed Enrolled Nurses, Registered Nurses and Midwives are always welcome to apply for a position on our Nurse Bank. You will have varied working environments whilst enjoying the option of choosing when you work.

Nurse Pool Registered Nurses with an allocated EFT employed at both our Wonthaggi and San Remo sites required to work across the health service as part of the Nurse Pool. You will have varied working environments whilst enjoying guaranteed hours and leave benefits.

For full position details including position descriptions and how to apply please visit the employment section on our website: www.basscoasthealth.org.au Bass Coast Health is a Smoke Free organisation

Experienced Bar/Gaming Attendants IMMEDIATE START We are looking for casual staff who are enthusiastic, motivated, customer focused and have a positive attitude to join our team.

Applicants must be available on weekends.

Must have valid RSA. Current Driver’s Licence Preferred.

RSG and Gaming Licence Preferred.

Please email applications to troy@korumburrahotel.com.au

BOOKKEEPER / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR Our Inverloch based wholesale/supply business is family owned and manufactured locally, sold nation-wide (www.verdelife.com.au). We are growing and require a confident, committed and experienced professional to join our team. The successful applicant will be responsible for administering the financial operations and assisting with the administration of business development strategies from several disciplines such as customer service, sales and marketing.

Hours of Work: Casual, minimum availability of 3 hours/day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, during normal business hours, will be required.

Potential total hours-up to 19 hours/week (.5 EFT). Specific days for additional hours to be negotiated with successful applicant. We support flexible working arrangements - work from home opportunity may be available.

All applicants must obtain a position description, by emailing info@verdelife.com.au, and submit a resumé with cover letter addressing the selection criteria outlined in the position description, by 5pm Friday 10 November 2017.

Plant Controller / Maintenance Engineer Full-Time Position The Department of Infrastructure at Bass Coast Health in Wonthaggi is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced individual to provide a comprehensive strategic preventative maintenance and replacement program for all major/ critical items of plant and equipment.

Mandatory requirements of the position are: • Department of Transport Marine Engineering Certificate Class 2 Part A or Advanced Certificate in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Graduate Engineer with a minimum of 8 years hands on experience with facilities management • Practical experience with electrical switchboards and distribution systems and automatic transfer switches • Practical experience with emergency generators supporting essential plant and equipment • Practical experience with HVAC reticulated heating/cooling systems • Practical experience with building Automation Systems (BMS) controlling HVAC and security controls • AutoCAD experience • Ability to attend the hospital in case of an emergency within a maximum period of 40 minutes • A valid Police Check For further information or a position description please phone Pat Grasby on 56713478.

Applications should include a covering letter addressing the key selection criteria within the position description, your resumé and 2 professional referees and be addressed to the Human Resources Officer - email to: Pat.Grasby@basscoasthealth.org.au Applications close 12 noon on Wednesday 15 November 2017 Bass Coast Health is a Smoke Free organisation

“THE STAR” Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - PAGE 43

TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRAINEE Ryans Transport Leongatha have an opening for a Transport Trainee Position.

If you are at least 18 years old, have a driver’s licence and a genuine interest in a future in the transport industry, then here is your chance.

You will receive professional training in many aspects of the industry, including: fork lift driving, vehicle maintenance, storage and distribution, heavy vehicle driving, OH & S, Chain of Responsibility, customer service & much more.

To register your interest, please forward a resumé to: tom@ryansbricks.com.au

Motor Vehicle Technician An exciting opportunity exists for a qualified Technician to join Leongatha Motors. You will be a self-motivated individual with the ability and desire to learn new skills working in an exciting team orientated environment.

As a Technician you will be required to carry out servicing and mechanical duties; identify and rectify faults in vehicle stability, balancing, repairs and general servicing as directed, to a standard that enhances the Company, its products and services.

The successful candidate will require: • Qualifications as a Motor Mechanic.

• Ability to take direction and be part of a larger team.

• High standards in customer service and customer care.

• Capacity to problem solve issues and find suitable resolutions • Excellent work ethic and ability to strive for goals • Current driver’s licence • Ability to work unsupervised For further information, please contact Andrew McMahon on 0408 748 251, alternatively please forward your cover letter and resumé including two professional referees in confidence to: Andrew.mcmahon@gmg.net.au Leongatha Motors is an equal opportunity employer Applications close Friday 3rd November LMCT: 10285 & LMCT:11276

Federation Training opens career doors PATHWAYS into exciting careers await you at Federation Training’s Leongatha campus.

Federation Training is a TAFE, and provides hands on experience for those looking to enter the workforce using practical applied learning.

Differing from a university – which is mostly theory based – Federation Training simulates a workplace environment.

The Leongatha campus has an efficient health sector, as well as a fully functioning salon for those interested in hairdressing, an operational kitchen for hospitality, and an impressive

trade training centre that allows people to work with light and heavy vehicle technology.

Federation Training marketing manager Justin Fallu said Leongatha’s hospitality facility is one of the best in the region, which is something the TAFE is very proud of.

Federation Training offers flexible schedules to help those juggling work and family commitments receive the education they need.

“The benefit of going to a TAFE is that you do get that one on one support,” Mr Fallu said.

“The ongoing support helps to contextualise your training, and you have someone there to

Supportive environment: by studying together, students like Amy Peters, Stephanie Watson and Julie Schnoor – who are studying nursing – have a great support network at Federation Training, Leongatha.

36 McCartin Street, Leongatha Invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of

3 days per week Immediate start Experience with MYOB Premier preferred

Applications close 5pm Monday 6 November 2017 All enquiries and applications to: Emmah White, Support Services Manager T: 03 5682 0800 E: Emmah.white@promcountryagedcare.com.au

VACANCY @ GSHS Endorsed Enrolled Nurse – Multi-Function Ward Full time & part time roles available (Job Ref: ND1006) Contact: Tracey Edmonds, Nurse Unit Manager.

Ph: 5654 2751 or email tracey.edmonds@gshs.com.au

Hands on: from left, Ebony Burns and Harmony Coldebella were able to complete Certificate II in hospitality and gain real world experience at Federation Training, Leongatha.

ICU/PICU Nurses (Division 1) Wanted for home care in Warragul / Leongatha area.

Due to nature of program, females are encouraged to apply.

Please contact Patrik 0n 0410 942 230 or email patrik@intensivecareathome.com

Southern Smiles Dental is now accepting applications for a

TRAINEE DENTAL ASSISTANT Trainees will learn dental nursing on the job and at the completion of the program you will receive a certificate III in Dental Assisting.

Your ability to work in a proactive team environment is essential with a hard working attitude.

Available position: • Traineeship Certificate III Dental Assisting Location: Leongatha & Foster, Victoria Applications close: 5pm Friday 10th November 2017 For further information please contact Courtney Dyke on (03) 5662 0040 Please forward a cover letter with attached resumé to: Southern Smiles Dental 25 Bair Street Leongatha 3953 Or email to southernsmilesleongatha@gmail.com

Please email your application by 12 noon Friday, November 3 to: staraccounts@thestar.com.au All enquiries and applications are strictly confidential.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST – SENIOR CLINICIAN (GRADE 3)

Senior Asset Management Officer • TRARALGON location • Exciting role! Passionate team!

• Opportunity to work for Vicroads!

We currently have an exciting permanent full time opportunity for a Senior Asset Management Officer to join our Eastern Regional Alliance Program Development Team. If you are a highly motivated individual who has genuine career aspirations, we’d love to hear from you!

To apply and for more information visit our website https://vicroads.taleo.net/careersection/ external/jobsearch.ftl and search for the job number: 0071O. Applications close on 01 November 2017.

ZO770742

Accounts Payable Officer

A renowned Indian restaurant in Korumburra requires a qualified and experience Cook. Salary $52,000 to $55,000 depending on skills and experience. The position is available for immediate start.

The successful candidate must be: • Reliable Hard working • Punctual and flexible • Friendly with good communication skills • Able to work as a team with excellent organisational skills Email your resumé: richawalia@live.com

Full details, including the position description is available at www.gshs.com.au.

Email applications, quoting the job reference number, to jobs@gshs.com.au Closing Date: Sunday, 5th November 2017

ADMIN / RECEPTIONIST

Prom Country Aged Care is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Finance team at Prom Country House in Foster in the role of Accounts Payable Officer. This is a permanent part-time position with flexible hours.

Prom Country Aged Care is a community-based residential aged care service located at Prom Country House in Foster. We provide ageing in place residential care services as well as shortterm respite care for our local community. Our 60 bed home is fully licensed and accredited to Government standards.

Your daily duties will include, but are not limited to: • processing of creditor payments • accurate entry of invoices • bank reconciliation • reconciling accounts payables • accounts administration To be successful for the role you must possess: • High attention to detail • Excellent communications both verbal and written • Experience with MYOB Accounting systems

monitor how you’re travelling.

If you’re struggling, it’s easy for someone to pick up on it and offer support programs to help you complete your training.”

Mr Fallu said TAFEs across the state are making a comeback in terms of numbers.

“We recently conducted a state forum – which included Leongatha – and we found the feedback very encouraging, and will take the comments on board to grow our facilities,” he said.

Mr Fallu said time taken to complete courses is dependent on the student, and advice is available to put people on the right career pathway.

QUALIFIED COOK

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist with established clinical leadership skills.

The successful applicant would be required to: • Coordinate the provision of Occupational Therapy subacute services, including their improvement and development • Support and provide clinical supervision of Occupational Therapy and Allied Health Assistant staff and students, and • Maintain an individual clinical caseload as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The Occupational Therapy department provides inpatient acute and subacute services in addition to a variety of community and outpatient services.

The successful applicant will benefit from the support of a department that aims for excellence in all areas of service delivery.

For further information and a position description please contact Nicole Tierney, Occupational Therapy Manager on (03) 5173 8383, email – ntierney@lrh.com.au Applications close: 9 November 2017

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situations vacant

meetings

LOOKING for someone to do 4 weekend milkings per month (flexible) and the occasional week day milking. Leongatha North, 230 cows. Ph: 5668-9292.

situations vacant

meetings ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MEENIYAN TOURISM AND TRADERS ASSOCIATION INC Monday, November 6 Meeniyan Hotel 6pm

situations vacant

A.W Smith & Sons P/L

meetings

MT ECCLES MECHANICS INSTITUTE RESERVE

Tarwin Lower Hall

Notice is given of a

29 River Drive

PUBLIC MEETING To be held at Mt Eccles Hall on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Commencing from 7.30pm The purpose of the meeting is to nominate no less than three (3) or more than nine (9) persons as the Committee of Management for the Mt Eccles Mechanics Institute Reserve for a term of three years. The current committee’s term will expire on 20/11/2017. All positions will be declared open and nominations will be accepted prior to or on the night.

Nominations from women are encouraged.

Further information, nomination forms and nominee declaration forms may be obtained by contacting your local Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning office or at the meeting.

For further enquiries please contact the secretary Jenny Draper on 0427 689 244.

Admin/Office Assistant This full-time position requires an enthusiastic person to be involved in the daily running of our business. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound customer service skills, and a willingness to learn.

This role includes: • Accounts Payable & Receivable • Account reconciliation’s & Data entry • General Admin & Customer service Prior experience would be preferred, although not essential.

Please forward written application and resumé to: The Office Manager 7 - 13 Roughead Street Leongatha 3953 Or Email: accounts@awsmith.com.au Applications close 10th November 2017

EXPERIENCED CLEANER REQUIRED To make this role their own with a friendly can do attitude Monday to Friday - 4pm to 5.45pm Working on your own, your duties include: • Cleaning of office, kitchens and toilets.

• Replenishing tea, coffee and biscuits in the kitchens.

• Refilling toilet roll holders and hand towel dispensers.

• Emptying bins.

• Making sure everything is tidy.

Skills required: • Attention to detail • Good communication skills • The ability to follow direction • Time management • Experience in chemical handling (cleaning chemicals), • Mopping, sweeping, dusting, toilet cleaning and disinfecting.

Send your cleaning resumé to info@progressivepropertyservices.com.au

public notice

MARKET MONDAY NOVEMBER 6 7.30am to 2pm Numerous stalls of new and old wares, produce, clothing, plants, food and BBQ Stall Bookings Anita 5663 7345

Spring Flower Show WELSHPOOL MEMORIAL HALL

‘Jazz into Spring’

public notice

OPEN GARDENS

& Plant Stall Saturday, November 11 10am to 4pm Entry $10 per person

Includes Morning or Afternoon Tea MAP available from Inverloch Uniting Church, Williams Street.

(Opposite Post Office)

for sale

Friday, November 3

The Annual General Meeting of the South Gippsland Umpires Association will be held

Monday 13th November 2017 at the Leongatha RSL from 7.30pm (Cnr Smith Street & Michael Place) The SGUA currently have applications open for President and General Committee members.

Please address all expressions of interest to nick.cullis@aflgippsland.com.au The SGUA will also be voting on amending rule 45 of the SGUA constitution to add a Junior Vice President.

For any further information please contact Nick Cullis on 0413 376 759

1.30pm - 5pm

Saturday, November 4 10am - 4pm Plant Stall and Refreshments

90th Birthday OPEN HOUSE for

Bruce McLaren KORUMBURRA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE

Saturday November 11

public notice

We stock the largest range of New push and ride-on mowers in South Gippsland, including - Honda,Victa, Greenfield, Deutscher, Cub Cadet, MTD, Masport, Toro, Yard Machines & Rover from $149.

Professional repairs and service for ALL mower makes and models.

Also stocking a large range of parts and accessories.

We also have a large range of secondhand mowers available.

Korumburra Sub-Branch will conduct a Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph located in Coleman Park, Korumburra.

All are welcome to attend Assembly time is 10.45am Kevin Moon, President

Cnr Allison & South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha. L.M.C.T. 2714

Make a positive difference in our community

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Ph: 5662 2028

Charity Cards for Sale The CAB have beautiful cards at reasonable prices available to purchase at their office in Memorial Hall Complex, Leongatha opposite the post office.

Hours: 10-4 weekdays 11-2 weekends Phone 5662 2111

ANY OLD farm four wheelers, good or bad, 4WDs or trucks. Will pay cash. Phone Matt 0401194601.

garage sales

GARAGE SALE SATURDAY & SUNDAY November 4 & 5

165 Lees Road VENUS BAY 9am onwards

GARAGE SALE 6A Ritchie Street (Cnr Young Street)

Leongatha SATURDAY & SUNDAY November 4 and 5

www.marriottsmpe.com.au

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408980-711, A/H 56625175.

HAY - small squares, new season, shedded, no weeds. Can deliver, conditions apply.

Produced for horses (quality), $8 each. Ph: 5664-1320.

JAYCO Starcraft 17ft pop top. Reg. 12/99. Island bed, IS mattress, 4 burner stove, rangehood, 3 way fridge, m/wave, dinette with divan opposite, front boot, pole carrier, TV ant. Always garaged, VGC, $12,000. Ph: 5682-1373.

LAWNMOWER Toro self drive, little use $300; Husqvana whipper snipper $50. Ph: 0415597282.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each, 200x75x3.0 $ 20.90 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662.

TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 5681-2261.

livestock BULLS for hire or for sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All sound young bulls. Hire or sale. Phone 0447-331762.

Jo Fennell 0437 465 399

johanne4@bigpond.com

Jenny Milkins All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

births KEMPER (Milner) - To Matthew and Kasey a son Noah Thomas on October 23, 2017 at Traralgon Hospital, 6lb 7oz. A little brother to Piper. A big welcome from the Milner and Kemper families.

in memoriam FOSTER - Jack.

30.10.93.

We miss you every day, you are forever in our thoughts.

Love Noeleen family.

and

STAMPER - Graham Keith.

5.11.2016.

My darling husband.

One year has passed but you are loved and remembered every day.

Lyn and family.

8am start

No early birds Furniture, linen, crockery, antiques and much more

Rosser Gallery MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT

Saturday, November 11

wanted to buy

GARAGE SALE

public notice

REMEMBRANCE DAY

marriage celebrant

No early birds please Everything and a kitchen sink!

Contact 5184 1376

1pm to 4pm All welcome

public notice

MOWERS

lost LOST in the Meeniyan area. Tailgate off trailer, registration number F49822. Please contact Harold Ball. Ph: 0491139044.

1791 Prom Road Fish Creek SATURDAY & SUNDAY November 4 & 5 8am to 4pm Big Garage Sale, lots of everything Phone Andrew 0455 777 334

Garage Sale 7 Manna Court Koonwarra SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4 8am start - all day A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING!!

bereavement thanks SHARON McKEAN and family would like to thank everyone for kind wishes and support at this time. Special thanks to Joan Smith, family and staff at A.W. Smiths.

WILLIAMS Jan, Peter and Max would like to sincerely thank everybody for their visits, telephone calls and beautiful cards when we lost Merle. We also would like to thank Glenice Griggs for all her help and phone calls.

We would sincerely like to thank the staff at Opal Seahaven for their love and care they gave mum over the 9½ years.

Thanks to Handley Funeral Services for their love and care.

deaths BURCHELL (Horn) Lauren Elizabeth.

Passed away at Traralgon Aged Care on October 19, 2017, aged 36 years.

After a long, courageous battle, you are now free from pain. We are so proud of the way you fought this horrific illness. Precious memories of great times shared, you will remain forever in our hearts.

Your loving brother Brendan and Barb.

Private funeral held.

CURPHEY - Kathleen Margaret (Karlee).

10.03.1928 - 23.10.2017 A loving mother who was always thoughtful and caring for your family, the community and friends. We will miss your smile and laughter.

Rest in peace Mum, you are in our hearts forever.

Love you Mum. Thank you.

Reunited with Dad. Doug and Katharine.

Nanna to Wazza and Missie, Amanda, Tom and Brianna and Granddog Jac. Lyndy, Mike, Ben and Tamara, Kate, Michael, Liam and Aiden. xo

xo

HANRAHAN - Patrick (Pat).

Died peacefully at Foster Hospital on October 29, 2017. Aged 87 years.

Dearly loved husband of Eileen for 60 years.

Loved and loving father of Veronica and John, Frances and Ross, Brian and Lynne, Will and Jenny, Peter and Catherine and Mark (dec).

Fond Poppa to all his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Reunited with Mark.

May God rest his soul.

“THE STAR” Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - PAGE 45

Goannas battle in enthralling match deaths

funerals

MOORE (nee Watson) Robyn June.

12.06.1945 - 26.10.2017 Very much loved wife of Lindsay and mother of Lachlan and Andrea, mother-in-law to Emma.

Adored Gran to Niamh and Fenn.

Passed away peacefully at home after a short illness.

Known to many ... loved by all.

MOORE - Rob. Passed away 26.10.17.

My darling friend how I will miss you.

Forty years of love, laughter, friendship and of course “bubbles”.

You were our “creative director” for weddings, parties and anything that needed that special touch. You epitomised style and grace.

I only wish I could have taken you on that shopping trip Rob. You will be forever in my heart.

All our love and support to Lindsay, Andy, Lachie and Emma, Niamh and Fenn.

Love Joy and Jim xxoo.

A special lady who was so loved by our children, Kristy, Nick, Kate, Sarah and families xxoo.

MOORE - Robyn.

A classy, beautiful lady inside and out. I will miss our chats my beautiful friend Robbie.

Condolences to Lindsay, Lachlan, Andrea and families. xxx Sue and Wayne Cook and family.

CURPHEY A Thanksgiving Service for the life of Mrs Kathleen Margaret (Karlee) Curphey will be held at the Uniting Church, Bridge Street, Korumburra on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 commencing at 2pm.

MOORE - Robyn (Rob).

It is with sadness and with fond respect of a lovely lady, remembering the many enjoyable times we shared together.

A wonderful, true friend who will be greatly missed.

Love to Linds, Lach and Andy.

Marj Pearson.

MOORE - Rob. ‘Rob Moore’ truly the most beautiful, elegant and graceful lady.

We have so many lovely memories, no more catch ups in the isles of Safeway.

Our deepest love and support to Lindsay, Lach and Emma, Andy, Niamh and Fenn.

Kate, Mick, Chloe, Charlie and Ruby x x x x x.

MOORE - Robyn.

Lindsay, Lachie, Andy, Emma, Niamh and Fenn, our special thoughts and love to you all on Rob’s tragic and untimely passing.

George and Rob Yates and family.

MOORE - Robyn.

Suddenly you left us, however we have happy memories of a lovely friend and neighbour.

A beautiful person.

Julie, Phil, Narelle, Luke and Tanya Johnston.

Email your adverts to The Star ads@thestar.com.au

Private family burial.

HANRAHAN - A burial service for Mr Patrick Hanrahan will be held at the Leongatha Cemetery on Thursday, November 2, 2017 commencing at 10am.

Following the burial service a funeral Mass for the repose of the soul of patrick Hanrahan will be offered at St Kevin’s Catholic Church, Geale Street, Meeniyan, commencing at 11.15am.

MOORE - The family of the late Mrs Robyn Moore of Meeniyan wish to advise of her death and that a private funeral service will be conducted on Thursday, November 2, 2017.

Later that day a celebration of Robyn’s life will be held at 3pm at the family home at Meeniyan.

HAROLD MILKINS MILKINS FUNERALS 102 Graham Street, Wonthaggi 5672-3123 100% Australian

AFTER a pleasant evening in Castlemaine with some of the opposition players, the Gippsland Goannas Over-60 cricket team arrived at the Harcourt Recreation Reserve on Sunday morning to play against the Vic Country Over 60 team.

The VC players came from as far as Brim, in the Mallee, Horsham, Ballan and Echuca.

The weather was warm and breezy and not unpleasant for a game of cricket and the Harcourt oval was in superb condition for the game.

Ian Gibson and Kel Bond opened the batting for the Goannas, with Jim Geltch and John Thomas, two of the better bowlers in regional Victorian Over-60 cricket, opening for the VC XI. Batting carefully they had 34

on the board in the 12th over when Bond was adjudged LBW to first change bowler John Costello.

At the 20 over drinks break the Goannas were 1 for 67, with Ray Smith joining Gibson.

They had put on 52 when Gibbo was runout for 38.

Murray Moore hit a big six and was caught out, allowing Graeme Freshwater to join Smith for a 30 run partnership.

Captain Smith was caught off Thomas for 36.

Ian Southall followed soon after and Gordon Cowling made 19 no with the tail as the Goannas were bowled out in the 40th over for 154.

The Vic Country team put on a splendid afternoon tea as the Goannas bowlers warmed up.

Wavell McPherson, the 75 year old wicket-keeper for the State number one Over-70 team, opened the batting with Geltch, as Cowling

and Southall bowled tidily.

The score was 29 after 10 overs, and both openers retired at 25 runs, which would allow them to return to make a maximum of 40 runs after all other players had batted.

Ted Addison bowled a tidy spell, Bond and Freshwater both had lengthy eight over spells, and VC had reached 1 for 66 after 20 overs.

The match was evenly poised.

Freshy was the difference, taking three for 23 in a Man of the Match spell.

One of these wickets was a brilliant running catch by Bond to dismiss Costello.

Smith and Moore bowled some overs and VC were three for 111 with six overs to go when the opening bowlers came on to round out the innings.

They took four wickets in four overs, allowing the opening batsmen to return.

Needing 26 from the last two overs, Bond to Gibson ran out the dangerous Geltch, and Vic Country were eventually nine for 132 from their 40 overs.

Other good catches were taken by Gibson and Addison while Smith’s return made another run out.

This was an entertaining and enthralling cricket match and allowed several Over-70 players to tune up for their national carnival which will be played in Adelaide from November 6.

Zone games will be played next weekend and the Goannas will have an away game against Mornington Peninsula the following week.

The Over-60’s national carnival will be held in Canberra from November 19.

Goannas will continue to practise at Glengarry on Wednesdays from 4.45.

Surfers take on Cape Woolamai SOLID surf greeted competitors at the Phillip Island Pro at Cape Woolamai over the weekend.

Top competitor: Smiths Beach surfer Joe van Djik performed well in the Phillip Island Pro at Cape Woolamai over the weekend. Photo credit: Liam Robertson.

All surfers were challenged in the 2m+ surf at the pristine beach break with men’s round two completed.

Local surfer Joe van Dijk (Smiths Beach) impressed in the solid waves locking in a heat total of 15.50 points (out of a possible 20).

“It was super clean out there in the morning and massive,” van Dijk said.

“There was a lot of energy in the ocean so it made it hard work to get in the right position. Once you get one though, they are awesome.

“This is the biggest surf I have been in since I hurt my ankle earlier in the year so it was a good test of it.

“Its fun to have everyone here on the Island because this place is so underrated as a surf destination. I’m stoked to have so many good surfers come down and

compete.”

Placing behind van Dijk was Liam O’Brien (Gold Coast, QLD). Noah Stocca (Sunshine Coast, QLD) and Joel Vanderstelt (Victor Harbor, SA) finished in third and fourth.

Lucas Wrice (Coledale, NSW) was one of the stand outs in round two, locking in the highest heat total of the round, a 16.00 Western Australian Kael Walsh (Yallingup, WA) finished in second behind Wrice on 14.00 points. Johnny Keith () placed in third with Carl Wright (Smiths Beach, VIC) in fourth.

Max Longhurst (Victor Harbor, SA) claimed an opening round victory in the shifty swell.

Placing behind Longhurst was Mitch Parkinson (Gold Coast, QLD) with Cody Robinson (Jan Juc, VIC) and Codie Jeffery (Newhaven, VIC) in third and fourth place.

Follow results and live scores at www.worldsurfleague.com

Battle in Boisdale IT was a battle of the buggies at Maffra and District Car Club’s Boisdale Hillclimb held recently.

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Beautiful spring weather saw most drivers gain seven runs for the race meeting, even with a large field of entries.

Reigning club champion Matt Muir gained the fastest time of the event with 40.73 seconds, with only the barest of margins in front of Maurice McCarthy with 41.07.

Third place outright was another buggy driven

by Roger Shaw with a best time of 41.11 seconds.

Junior drivers Ethan Szalanda and Ryan Austin also posted great times, as did many of their junior counterparts.

Chelsea Hickling, Kym Renooy and Natalie Street also fought hard in the Ladies Class with less than a second separating first to third place.

The next and final race meeting for the 2017 season is the Noel Burley Memorial Hillclimb to be held on Saturday, November 11, a twilight event.

For further information go to madcc.com or contact Adrian Britton on 0418 561 053.

First to Third Class placings as follows; Class A: B.Goodall

48.10 Class B: A.Britton 46.17, L.Henderson 46.34, L.Hughes 46.34 Class C: N.Binks 46.18, M.Pleydell 47.67, B.Bye 47.84 Class D: W. M c N a u g h t o n 45.47, D.Bridle 45.59, D.Hickling 45.71 Class E: L.Storer 47.03, S.Bradley 49.27, J.Forsyth 49.29 Class F: B.Vandongen 45.15, R.Renooy 45.60, J.Jones 46.71 Class H: J.Beare 46.22, G.Beare 48.05, B.Soden 48.65 Class I: M.Johnstone 42.87, K.Pridmore 43.22, J.Marshall 43.55 Class K: M.Muir 40.73, M.McCarthy 41.07, R.Shaw 41.11 Class L: C.Hickling 46.57, K.Renooy 46.96, N.Street 47.74 Junior Classes; Class A: L.Goodall 47.38, M.McGrane 47.72, C.DuVe 47.83 Class B: R.McKenzie 47.36, F.Cannon 50.26, R.Cannon 50.78 Class C: J.Vallence 47.15, L.Miller 48.01, B.Whelan 49.28 Class D: C.Chrisp 56.31 Class E: E.Szalanda 45.38, J.Forsyth 49.32 Class F: C.Healy 47.68, N.Delaney 48.35, C.Small 49.48 Class I: R.Austin 46.61, C.Kerby 47.62

Impressive: Sarah Joyce won the Jackpot Champion in Level 1 HRCAV Title and the Karen Memorial Trophy at the HRCAV Dressage in Wonthaggi recently.

Mother, daughter share dressage successes TEAM Joyce ventured to compete in the HRCAV Dressage in Wonthaggi recently.

Sarah Joyce took out the Jackpot Champion in Level 1 HRCAV Title on Sunday, also placing first in both dressage tests.

She also won the Karen Memorial Trophy.

This is an award given to the Highest Leongatha and District Equestrian Club member with the highest percentage in the results of the dressage tests.

What is even more special is that her

mother Trish actually claimed this prize last year; they now have their names side by side on the trophy.

Sarah rode her horse LH Albert.

She has had him since he was five years old now at 11 he is a well established dressage horse trained by Sarah herself Trish was also lucky during the competition.

Her 15 year old mare LH Lily Puss took out the Reserve Champion Jackpot in Level 3.

Sarah and Trish are both members of the purple and white coloured Leongatha and District Equestrian Club.

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Mixed pairs compete SECTIONAL play on Sunday, October 22, at Leongatha in trying conditions saw 12 teams play some great bowls.

Back to back: from left, the Leongatha team of Rosa James and Fay Turner won two consecutive years after defeating the Neerim team of Pat Fraser-Aurish and Liz Hodge in a thriller on Thursday.

Well played: from left, Leongatha runner Great effort: from left, Korumburra’s Peter up Marj Pearson shared a good game with Spark defeated Traralgon’s Ian Kirkup in a Nerrim winner Karen Sheers in the ladies singles match that went down to the wire. singles.

South Gippsland wows in bowls competition PLAYED on the Morwell Bowling Club’s undercover green on Thursday, October 26, was the Over 60 events of Singles and

Pairs for the men and the ladies of South Gippsland versus West Gippsland.

The winners of the Singles go on to play state finals at Deer Park Bowls Club on No-

vember 8 and 9, with the Pairs winners going to Sebastopol Bowling Club on December 13 and 14.

In the Singles, Leongatha’s Marj Pearson played Neerim’s Karen Sheers with Karen as the winner.

Valiant play: Inverloch’s team of Frank Seaton and Wayne Parks won the men’s singles after defeating Drouin’s team of John Leighton and Dennis Throup.

TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area.

To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below.

Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

At Point Lonsdale

NOVEMBER Time

height (metres)

Add one hour for daylight saving

1 WED

2 THUR

3 FRI

4 SAT

5 SUN

6 MON

7 TUE

0201 0920 1446 2147

0.59 1.30 0.67 1.21

0305 1022 1553 2304

0.65 1.30 0.62 1.28

0421 1123 1703

0.69 1.32 0.53

0013 0542 1220 1806

1.40 0.68 1.36 0.40

0113 0648 1313 1900

1.53 0.64 1.42 0.28

0206 0741 1402 1948

1.66 0.59 1.47 0.18

0255 0829 1448 2036

1.74 0.55 1.51 0.12

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

Fish Creek FISH Creek Turkey Triples was held on Thursday, October 26.

With the weather presenting a “Goldilocks” effect, the day proved to be most enjoyable.

“Best last end” was taken out by Terry Bittulphs, Hans Bishobuger and Ned Clark with the runners up being Terry Corcron and his team Ray Lecher and Don Lawson.

Overall winners were Max Brown, Keith Polkington, with Tim McLean (playing am) and Dave Christie (playing pm).

Teams selected for Saturday, November 4.

Division 1: Playing Inverloch away (bus to depart the club rooms at 11.15am).

T. McLean (S), B. Cooper, R. Grylls (TM), and A. Kerr R. Mortlock (S), R. Knight, Milton Heywood and C. McGannon D. Christie (S), N. McKenzie, R McKenzie and B O’Keefe Division 5: Playing Mirboo North away – meet at Club Rooms at 11.15am R Poletti (S), P. Dean, P Poletti and W. Symmons K. Flanders (S), D. Stefani, N Buckland and G. Hoskin R. Barham (S) (Man), R Constantine, C. Bell and B. Vuillerman Reminders: Monthly Casserole evening will take place on Friday, November 3.

Organised practice for all members is held regularly on Wednesday and Friday afternoons between 4 pm and 5 pm.

The men’s Singles went down to the wire with Korumburra’s Peter Spark the winner over Ian Kirkup from Traralgon.

In the last end of this match, Ian was holding the three shots needed to win the game until Peter with his last bowl put in a

beautiful shot to be the winner.

The Pairs games were both tight contests with Leongatha’s Rosa James and Fay Turner and Neerim’s Pat Fraser -Aurish and Liz Hodge at 17 all.

After an extra end, Rosa and Fay were winners 18 - 17, thus backing up their win of

Leongatha

Gannon and Ollie Crouch.

The runners up were P. Caulfield, C. Balfour and Gerald O’Brien from the Korumburra Club.

Gerald who skipped the team is a newcomer to the area and hopefully he was satisfied with his prize money and will return next month.

The best last game winning team was C. Hill, R. Doherty and Andy Robertson from the Korumburra Club.

Leongatha Bowls Club is very grateful for the support it receives from the neighbouring clubs which adds to the success, enjoyment and camaraderie received on the day.

LEONGATHA Bowls Club staged the Monthly Triples on Wednesday, October 25, with a representation of 20 teams from neighbouring clubs and 12 teams from the home club which complements a full field of 16 rinks, being the maximum coverage for the two greens.

Fortunately the weather stayed dry despite the extensive cloud coverage during the day.

The club is indebted to the sponsor on the day, Birch, Ross and Barlow for providing the prize money for the event.

The winning team was from the Leongatha Club was Alan Easterbrook, Ray McMembers are invited to hold private practice at any time suitable to them.

Ladies monthly meeting to be held at the clubrooms on Wednesday, November 8, at 10 am.

Sunday, November 12, Fish Creek Bowls Club will be holding its annual Shaw/ Van Dyk afternoon of bowling, followed by a burger barbecue.

Fish Creek Bowling Club invites all its friends to join in the fun.

Meeniyan WEEK two of pennant was a mixed bag.

Tuesday midweek Division 2 was away to Wonthaggi.

With two rinks getting the points they went down overall.

This week was a home game against Tarwin Lower.

On Saturday, Division 3 hosted Leongatha with one team up Score 60 shots to 85.

Division 5 was away to close neighbours Mirboo North Purple.

With a number of fill-ins we scored on all rinks -96 shots to 47.

This week threes are away to Loch and fives are home to Toora.

Coming events for November include monthly triples on Thursday, November 2, and Cup Day bowls with a chicken and champagne lunch and sweeps on Tuesday, November 7.

Names needed for catering please for a 10.30 am start.

A six week corporate bowls pairs’ competition also begins this month.

The draw is up for men’s

singles and pairs.

Games to be played by the due date.

Upshot 2.

Mardan Indoor TWELVE bowlers made up four teams of three and played three games of eight ends, so every team played each other.

The selectors again did a great job with no team winning three games and three of the four teams all winning two games each.

Unfortunately the fourth team won no games but was not far off the win in all of their games.

The result was very close with two of the teams both winning two games and fourteen ends each, so it came down to shots up.

The runners up with five shot up were Bev Greenwood, John McColl and Ann Plowman as skip.

The winners with seven shots up were Bruce Douglas, Teresa Bateman and Vito Serafino as skip.

The season is drawing to a close with next week being Presidents Night and the Melbourne Cup sweep so it would be great to see as many members as possible.

IH for RG

Buffalo indoor Wednesday, October 25 AT Buffalo this week four pairs were selected and three games of eight ends played.

In the first game Toni Heldens and Joyce Occhipinti bowled well to easily beat Joe Occhipinti and Peter Tiziani

2015/16.

The men’s pairs went to Inverloch’s Frank Seaton and Wayne Parks after a valiant effort from Drouin’s John Leighton and Dennis Throup.

All games were worthy finals and a pleasure for the spectators to enjoy.

Section winners were Wayne Walker/ Angie Hackett (Leongatha); John Hall/ Liz Beale (Leongatha) and Wayne and Janis Parks (Inverloch).

The semi final, October 29, was between the two Waynes and Angie and Janis went to Parks’ (Inverloch).

The afternoon final, played in fine but windy conditions, was an exciting game with the scores tied after 13 ends. Leongatha’s John Hall and Liz Beale drew ahead on the 17th end and went on to win by two shots over Wayne and Janis Parks, Inverloch.

Many thanks to the Leongatha Club for hosting the event, their members for all their hard work, the players, the umpires, workers and spectators for a couple of days of good bowling.

Victory: Alan Easterbook, Ray McGannon and Ollie Crouch was the winning team from Leongatha at the recent Monthly Triples.

13-4.

On mat two the score after seven ends was even but Bill Wolswinkel and Mary Tumino scored two on the last end to win over Charlie Tumino and Carolyn Benson 10-8.

The second games were very one sided with Toni and Joyce beating Bill and Mary 15-1, and Charlie and Carolyn beating Joe and Peter 13-3.

The third game saw Joe and Peter bowl well and record their first win, beating Bill and Mary 12-2. Charlie and Carolyn had their second win beating Toni and Joyce 10-5.

The night’s winners were Toni and Joyce (WWL) 16 ends, next Charlie and Carolyn (LWW) 13 ends, third Joe and Peter (LLW) 10 ends, and fourth Bill and Mary (WLL) eight ends.

Social bowls Wednesday, 7.30pm at the Buffalo hall. All welcome.

Leongatha TUESDAY, October 24 pennant (midweek pennant) saw Division 3 away to Phillip Island and lost overall, 45 to 85 shots: S. Crouch (s) lost 17 to 27 shots, L. Hanks (s) lost 14 to 31 shots and M. Rayson lost 14 to 27 shots.

Division 1 was away to Foster and won overall, 76 shots to 51: J. Miller’s team won 30 to 12 shots, Rosa James’ team won 25 to 19 shots and M. Pearson’s team won 21 to 20 shots.

Round three, October 31 will see Division 1 at home to Corinella and Division 3 at home to Inverloch 2.

Wednesday, October 25 saw the monthly triples in ac-

tion with 20 teams from neighbouring clubs and 12 teams from Leongatha taking part.

The winner was the Leongatha team of A. Easterbrook, R. McGannon and O. Crouch with four wins plus two; runnerup was the team of G. O’Brien, G. Balfour and P. Caulfield with three wins plus 22.

The best last game went to the team of A. Robertson, R. Doherty and G. Hill with plus 14.

Sponsor for the day was Birch Ross and Barlow and the club thanks them for their valued support.

Also the club is very grateful for the support it receives from neighbouring clubs.

Saturday pennant results saw Division 1 at home to Inverloch White and won overall, 79 to 62 shots: J. Hall’s team lost 21 to 26 shots, W. Walker’s team won 20 to 16 shots and R. Trotman’s team won 38 to 20 shots.

Division 3 was away to Meeniyan and won overall, 85 shots to 60: J. Pendergast’s team lost 19 to 31 shots, a. Rayson’s team won 23 shots to 20 and G. Drury’s team won 43 shots to 9.

Round three sees Division 1 away to Phillip Island, Division 3 at home to San Remo and Division 4 away to Korumburra.

Friday night, November 3 will be the next Kitty Club tea at the clubrooms. Sunday, November 5 will be the Evan’s Petroleum Day mixed triples tournament.

Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

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thestar.com.au Inverloch WEDNESDAY’S social bowls was well attended and played by teams of four in 2x12-end games.

Winners were Bob Davis (S), Huie Nation, Trevor Steer and Reg Varty. Runners-up were Jack Miller (S), Steve Snelling, Kevin Woolstencroft and Lionel Wilson.

Thursday Social Bowls saw 22 bowlers taking to the green in a mixture of triples and fours.

Runners up were the team of Carol Thorn (S), Jill Bateman, Rhonda Davies and Robyn Woolstencroft.

Congratulations to winners, Joyce Arnold (S), Sue Nation and Edith Perrett.

Raffles were won by Sue Nation, Rita Everitt, Jan Fraser and Cynthia Hensley.

The South Gippsland Midweek Bowls Group will be bowling at Inverloch on Thursday, November 2.

The normal Social Bowls will join in with this mixed group.

Put your name on the sheet provided at the club or be at the club no later than 10.30am if you wish to play.

Saturday Pennant resulted in Inverloch having three winning and one drawn match from the six teams which played round two on Saturday,

Team effort: Rhonda Davies, Jill Bateman, Carol Thorn and Robyn Woolstencroft were the runners up at Inverloch’s Thursday Social Bowls game.

Winners: congratulations to the winning team at Inverloch’s Wednesday Social Bowls, Reg Varty, Huie Nation, Bob Davis and Trevor Steer.

October 28.

Division 1: Inverloch White lost to Leongatha and Inverloch Blue defeated Wonthaggi.

Division 3: Inverloch drew with Korumburra.

Division 4: Inverloch defeated Wonthaggi Gold.

Division 5: Inverloch White defeated Loch and District and Inverloch Blue went down to Fish Creek.

Details and league ladder are posted on the IBC Facebook page, IBC website, the SGBD website and in the Saturday Pennant results columns of this newspaper.

only, lunch only or bowling and lunch, there is something to suit everyone.

Play starts at 9.45am and dress is spring carnival mufti.

There will be sweeps, fancy hat parade and a big screen to watch the race.

Please refer to the flyer in the clubrooms.

Friday is meals night with pork on the menu.

Names are to be in by Thursday if planning to attend.

The members have achieved success in the pursuit of the State Titles.

Congratulations to Frank Seaton and Wayne Parks who are the Strzelecki Region Over 60s’ Pairs champions.

Frank and Wayne now go on to play against the other Region winners to claim the State Title.

Janis Parks and Robyn Dennis (San Remo) have won the South Gippsland Bowls Division Pairs.

They will play against the winner of the West Gippsland Bowls Division to claim the Strzelecki Region champion-

Wonthaggi Table Tennis RESULTS from round robin events played last week: A Reserve (Mondays 7 to 9 pm) Winners were Ashley Hewlett, Archie Paxton and

Daniel Park.

B Grade (Thursdays 6 to 7pm) Winners were Jack Duff and Andrew Chetcutti.

Seven Wonthaggi Association players competed in the Werribee Veteran Champion-

ships yesterday and all played well.

They were Mick Wright, Patricia Denier, Bruce Harmer, Averil Roberts, Dirk Holwerda, Michael Ede and Nancy Pattinson.

Allambee Mirboo & District tennis INVERLOCH won all sets against Leongatha North on Saturday.

It was good to see Sarah Sauvarin back playing, and Will Littlejohn is always there to help out.

Korumburra won by only six games against Leongatha.

In the ladies sets Leongatha won two sets and lost a tiebreaker. Matt Pocklington won his sets and the mixed sets were won by Korumburra.

Phillip Island was the big winner with Koony losing all sets. A tiebreaker went against the team as well. Steve Johnson has played each week as a fillin and teams need players like Steve. Well done.

In Section 2 Green is a young team and only won two sets, losing two of the tiebreakers with the end result to Baromi by 10 games.

Outtrim won by four games against Hallston. The Hallston men won, the Outtrim ladies

won the three sets and Outtrim won two of the three mixed.

It was a good match and each week there is a close match.

In the Berrys Creek versus Koony match, Berrys Creek won by two games. Koony won the extra set and a tiebreaker each way.

Gold and Korumburra had a good match with a tiebreaker each way in this match too.

There are a lot of tiebreakers in this section.

In Section 3 Federer won well in games but 4/3 in sets.

Singles - one each way.

Nadal won the match against Mardan with this match played at the Clear Creek Road courts, Mardan’s home court.

What a peaceful venue on a day like Saturday.

There is no play next week for Section 3.

Results Section 1: Phillip Island 9.72 d Koonwarra 0/37, Inverloch 9.72 d Leongatha North 0.30, Korumburra 6.58 d Leon-

gatha 3.52.

Section 2: Outtrim 5.50 d Hallston 4.46, Berrys Creek 4.57 d Koonwarra 5.55, Leongatha Gold 6.64 d Korumburra 3.52, Baromi 7.65 d Leongatha Green 2.55.

Section 3: Federer 4.43 d Baromi 3.31, Nadal 5.49 d Mardan 2.32.

Ladders Section 1 Phillip Island........................... 33.0 Inverloch ................................. 33.0 Korumburra ........................... 28.0 Koonwarra .............................. 16.0 Leongatha North ...................... 14.0 Leongatha ................................... 8.0 Section 2 Berrys Creek........................... 30.0 Baromi ..................................... 30.0 Koonwarra .............................. 27.0 Hallston.................................... 24.5 Outtrim ..................................... 23.0 Leongatha Gold........................ 18.0 Leongatha Green ...................... 12.0 Korumburra .............................. 11.0 Section 3 Federer..................................... 28.0 Nadal ........................................ 23.0 Baromi ....................................... 9.0 Mardan ...................................... 9.0

Mirboo North and District Junior Tennis Association RESULTS and ladders from round four – October 28.

A Grade Leongatha Millman 6 sets, 36 games defeated Baromi 0 sets, 12 games; Leongatha Groth defeated Mardan; Fish Creek – bye B Grade Leongatha Duckworth 4 sets, 29 games defeated Leongatha

Thompson 2 sets, 16 games; Leongatha Rodionova 6 sets, 36 games defeated Leongatha Gavrilova 0 sets, 8 games; Baromi 5 sets, 35 games defeated Mardan 1 set, 15 games; Fish Creek – bye.

Ladder Baromi .................................27 Fish Creek ........................22.5 Leongatha Rodionova .......14 Leongatha Duckworth ...... 11 Leongatha Thompson .........8.5

Leongatha Gavrilova ..........8.5 Mardan.................................6.5 C Grade Leongatha North 5 sets, 22 games defeated Leongatha Stosur 3 sets, 21 games; Leongatha Barty 7 sets, 31 games defeated Mardan 1 set, 11 games.

Leongatha Barty ................27 Leongatha North ................22 Mardan..................................12 Leongatha Stosur ................. 11

ship. Good bowling to each team.

Reminder that Guest Day is on Friday, November 3, with play starting at 10am.

There is still room for more teams for this sponsored event.

Grab another bowler and invite a couple of guests and a team is formed.

The members will be feeding our guests in a buffet style so it is up to the members to work out a savoury and a sweet plate to bring to share.

The Esplanade Hotel sponsored Cup Day event is on again this year.

With the option of bowling

Top trio: a winning triple of Joyce Arnold, Edith Perrett and Sue Nation took out the honours at Thursday Social Bowls held at Inverloch.

South Gippsland Bowls Division MIDWEEK pennant results; Round two – October 24: Division 1: Leongatha 16/76 (25 shots) defeated Foster -/51; Phillip Island 14/75 (16 shots) defeated Inverloch 2/59; Wonthaggi 14/85 (27 shots) defeated Corinella 2/58; San Remo 12/67 (1shot) defeated Port Welshpool 4/66.

Ladder Leongatha....................... 2+45 Phillip Island................ 30+75 San Remo ..................... 26+16 Wonthaggi .................... 16+12 Corinella ......................... 16-25 Port Welshpool ................. 4-60 Foster ................................ 2-27 Inverloch........................... 2-36 Division 2: San Remo 14/87 (24 shots) defeated Toora 2/63; Wonthaggi 12/87 (14 shots) defeated Meeniyan 4/73; Korumburra 14/76 (11 shots) defeated Tarwin Lower 2/65; Mirboo North 12/78 (17 shots) defeated Lang Lang 4/61.

Ladder Korumburra ................ 30+85 Mirboo North .............. 26+29 Toora ................................ 17-9 San Remo ..................... 16+12 Tarwin Lower ................... 16-4 Wonthaggi ...................... 12-60 Lang Lang ........................ 6-24 Meeniyan .......................... 5-29 Division 3: Phillip Island 16/85 (40 shots) defeated Leongatha -/45; Inverloch (1) 14/84 (30 shots) defeated Loch 2/54; Inverloch (2)14/74 (11 shots) defeated Korumburra 2/63; Fish Creek had the bye (16 points).

Ladder Phillip Island................ 32+69 Inverloch (1)................. 28+45 Fish Creek ..................... 18-15 Loch .............................. 18 -30 Inverloch (2) ................... 14-18 Leongatha ....................... 14-22 Korumburra ...................... 4-29 Division 4: Tarwin Lower14/61 (28 shots) defeated Inverloch -/33; Phillip Island (White) 14/56 (22 shots) defeated Wonthaggi -/34; Foster 7/34 drew with Phillip Island (Blue) 7/34.

Ladder Phillip Island (W) ........ 28+36 Tarwin Lower .............. 26+51 Foster ..........................14/even Phillip Island (B) ............ 7-14 Inverloch.......................... 7 -28 Wonthaggi ........................ 2-45

Congratulations: winners Janis Parks and Robyn Dennis with runners up Trish McCormack and Rosa James.

State Pairs played out SECTIONAL play for this event was held on October 20 in changeable conditions at Korumburra.

The winners of the two

South Gippsland Bowls Division PENNANT Division 1: Leongatha 1479 defeated Inverloch White 2-62; Inverloch Blue 14-76 defeated Wonthaggi 2-62; Fish Creek 0-68 lost to Phillip Island Blue 16-81; Phillip Island White 2-59 lost to Korumburra 14-67.

Ladder Inverloch Blue ............ 30 +40 Leongatha.................... 28 +33 Korumburra ............... 28 +24 Inverloch White............. 16 -4 Phillip Island Blue......... 16 -14 Phillip Island White ........ 4 -21 Wonthaggi ....................... 4 -29 Fish Creek ....................... 2 -29 Division 2: Corinella 1486 defeated San Remo 2-53; Lang Lang 2-59 lost to Mirboo North 14-76; Wonthaggi 16-91 defeated Phillip Island 0-60; Tarwin Lower 14-83 defeated Toora 2-52.

Ladder Tarwin Lower ............. 28 +44 Corinella ...................... 28 +37 Wonthaggi ................... 18 +18 Mirboo North ............. 16 +10 Phillip Island ................. 14 -16 San Remo ...................... 14 -26 Toora ................................ 6 -38

sections went on to play the final on October 27 also at Korumburra but this time under sunny skies. The composite pairing of San Remo’s Robyn Dennis and Inverloch’s Janis Parks maintained a steady pace throughout the

game to come up with a win over Leongatha’s Rosa James and Trish McCormack.

All thanks go to the umpires on both days, the Korumburra Club for their hospitality and the players and spectators.

Lang Lang ....................... 4 -31 Division 3: Korumburra 9-67 drew Inverloch 7-67; San Remo 16-106 defeated Loch and District 0-52; Port Welshpool 14-70 defeated Foster 2-62; Meeniyan 2-60 lost to Leongatha 14-85.

Phillip Island 2-64; Inverloch White 16-66 d Loch and District 0-59; Mirboo North Purple 0-47 lost to Meeniyan 16-96; Mirboo North White 16-76 defeated Toora 0-65; Foster 16-98 defeated Lang Lang 0-41.

Ladder:

Mirboo North White.. 29 +31 Meeniyan ..................... 28 +57 Fish Creek ................... 23 +43 Inverloch White........... 19 -13 Foster ............................ 18 +48 Corinella ....................... 18 +13 Inverloch Blue .............. 16 +10 Loch & District .............. 14 +2 Mirboo North Purple .... 14 -36 Lang Lang ....................... 9 -57 Phillip Island ................... 4 -34 Toora ................................ 0 -64 Round three (Division 1) Kiss of Death tips: Division 1: Inverloch Blue to defeat Korumburra (home) by 29 shots; Wonthaggi to finally get a much needed win to defeat Phillip Island White by 10 shots; Inverloch White will struggle against Fish Creek but will scrape home by two shots; Phillip Island Blue should be able to put Leongatha back in their place with a strong win by 18 shots.

Good luck to all bowlers next weekend.

San Remo .................... 30 +60 Leongatha.................... 30 +40 Inverloch ..................... 21 +16 Loch and District .......... 16 -7 Port Welshpool ................ 14 -7 Korumburra ..................... 9 -47 Foster ............................... 4 -14 Meeniyan ......................... 4 -41 Division 4: Leongatha 1679 defeated San Remo 0-44; Inverloch 16-83 defeated Wonthaggi Gold 0-65; Wonthaggi Blue 16-89 defeated Korumburra 0-53; Phillip Island 14-85 defeated Tarwin Lower 2-62.

Ladder Inverloch ..................... 30 +36 Wonthaggi Blue .......... 20 +32 Wonthaggi Gold ......... 16 +19 Phillip Island................. 16 +4 Leongatha ........................ 16 -2 San Remo ...................... 14 -16 Korumburra ................... 14 -19 Tarwin Lower .................. 2 -54 Division 5: Fish Creek 16-83 defeated Inverloch Blue 0-40; Corinella 14-85 defeated

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Nice shot: a very happy Troy Gray scored an albatross on the par four, fifth Stars: Doug Clemman, Chris Leaver, Ron Findlay and Michael McGrath were some of hole at Leongatha Golf the 2017 Leongatha Golf Club Champions.

Club.

Leongatha TUESDAY, October 24, was a perfect day for golf and Ian Murchie (A Grade winner) pipped Frank Smedley (B Grade winner) on C/B to win best score of the day, both with 38 points.

DTLs went to Andy Bassett 37, Andrew Smith 36, David Childs 36, Peter Hobson 36, Geoff McDonald 35, Bert Borg 35, Ian Trease 34, Allan Schache 34, Norm Hughes 33, Bill Bittlemann 33, Peter Horman 33, and Warren Dummett 33.

NTPs went to Warren Dummett 14th hole 1.7m, and Andrew Mutton 16th .62m.

You know the course is in great nick when the big scores come in and on Thursday, Ken Smirk had a day out blasting 40 points to win best score of the day.

Geoff McDonald continued his good form winning A Grade with 38 points, and Hans Hoefler took out C

Meeniyan IT was a perfect week for golf with blue skies and not too hot weather.

With that, good fields came out to test their skills against the course.

The greens were playing true and smoothly after renovation two weeks ago.

This should speed up in the next week or so if the warm weather continues.

Thanks to all the volunteers who have been working hard on the course over

Grade also with 38 points.

DTLs went to Adam Henwood 37, Jason Dennerley 37, Bert Borg 37, Brian Fennessy 37, Trevor Seebeck 36, Bruce Clark 36, Allan Schache 35, Tim McCarthy 35, Ron Findlay 34, Norm Hughes 34, Grant McRitchie 34, Peter Stivic 34, Peter Walsh 34, Peter Hobson 34, Michael Street 34, Nicholas Perrin 33, Bruce Cathie 33, Peter Waters 33, and Denis Wallace 33.

Saturday was the final round of the Men’s Club Championship.

The daily competition winners were; A Grade and best net score of the day Bruce Hutton net 67, B Grade Peter Walsh net 69, C Grade Nick Lafferty Snr net 69 and D Grade Colin Moyle net 69.

DTLs went to Michael McGrath 71, Andrew Henley 72, Matt Bowey 72, Rod Mackenzie 72, Ron Findlay 73, Phillipe Du Plessis 75, Andy Bassett 75, Doug Clemann 75, Chris Leaver 75, Peter

the past week to get it into its best condition for the men’s championships which started on Saturday.

Bob McGeary put in two consistent games through the week and Dave McIntyre was accurate on the nearest the pins taking out three of the six on offer throughout the week.

On a day of low scores overall, Thursday, Marilyn McGeary remembered to get best results, it pays to watch the ball, with a resultant score of 30 points after two disappointing

Browlie 75, Geoff McDonald 75, and Ian Murchie 75.

NTPs were won by Rob Martin 14th and Frank Gill 16th 4.1m.

Peter Buttinger won the Saturday afternoon Stableford event with 40 points and Derek Jury won a DTL. The final round of the Men’s Club Championships resulted with a number of come from behind wins to bring an exciting conclusion to the championships.

A good crowd turned out to see Michael McGrath (74) score a close win over the second round leader, Chris Leaver (81) to take out the titles of 2017 A Grade Champion and Club Champion by two strokes, with a three round total of (83,79,74-236).

Chris Leaver won Senior Champion with a three round total of (82, 75, 81-238).

The 2017 B Grade Champion was claimed by Doug Clemann with a three round total of (88, 87, 88-263) over

weeks previously.

There was excellent and close scoring on the first day of the championships with six players carding between 70 net and 73 nett.

An interesting round two is coming up next week.

Results for the week; Tuesday, October 24: Single Stableford.

Winner: Bob McGeary (13) 40 points.

Runner up: Peter Gornall (23) 38 points.

Nearest the pin: eighth

Bob McGeary: won the Single Stableford event at Stableford winner: captain Peter Riddle, back in the chair Meeniyan Golf Club on after a bout of illness, congratulating Daryle Gregg on his Thursday win.

Tuesday.

Peter Walsh with (92, 89, 85266).

The 2017 C Grade Champion was won by Ron Findlay on (93, 95, 91-279) to overhaul Frank Gill who finished with a total of (92, 94, 98284).

The 2017 D Grade Champion is Colin Moyle who finished with a three round total of (30, 25, 37-92) Stableford points finishing well clear of a fast finishing Don Smith on (29, 24, 30-83) points.

Peter Walsh won the R. E. Cameron Trophy for best three round net score with a total of 218 strokes on countback from an unlucky Rod Mackenzie also on 218, Ron Findlay on 219 and Chris Leaver on 220.

On Saturday, October 28, a visitor to Leongatha Golf Club playing in a social group, Troy Gray from Melbourne, scored an incredible albatross (1) on the par four, fifth hole with a lovely four iron over the corner. and14th Dave McIntyre.

Best nine: Daryle Gregg 21 points.

Thursday, October 26: Single Stableford.

Winner: Daryle Gregg (22) 37 points.

Runner up: Bruce Betts (27) 32 points.

Nearest the pin: 11th Bob McGeary and 14th Bill Pratt.

Best nine: Bob McGeary 19 points.

Saturday, October 28: Single Stroke, day one Men’s Championships.

Sponsor: Lloyd Hemphill and the club thanked Lloyd for his generosity and support to the club.

Winner: Kevin Harris (0) 70 net.

Runner up: Will Bullock (13) 70 net.

Down the line: Craig Buckland (11) 71 net and Bob McGeary (12) 71 net.

Pro pin: eighth Dave McIntyre.

Nearest the pin: 14th Kevin Harris.

Members draw: Robert Boyle, jackpot to next week.

Woorayl ladies THE forecast did not look favourable for the first round of the Club Championships on Wednesday, October 25, as overnight rain had fallen and further showers predicted for the morning – (fortunately only slight drizzle for the first few holes was experienced).

This did not deter the field of 16 ladies who arrived to play.

It was a seeded draw and the A Grade players lead the field out for the round.

The course had slowed from last week due to the 6mm of rain that had fallen overnight and the overcast conditions. Everyone seemed to find the course very challenging and any ball hit off into the areas of ‘longer’ rough was very testing. Thanks go to Leongatha Photographic and Electronics for their sponsorship.

The winner of A Grade was Shirley Thomas 83 net (17), Heather Sullivan lead B Grade as their winner 80 net (22) and C Grade was won by Dianne O’Connor 81 net (34).

DTL balls: Ann Poole 82 net (25), Janet Thompson 84 net (33) and Marg Tuckett 84 (26).

Winners: B Grade winner was Heather Sullivan, Shirley ThomNTP: eighth Sharyn Rayson, 11th Thel Scoble and 17th as was the A Grade winner, and Dianne O’Connor won C Grade Ann Poole.

This week: second round of the Club Championships. at Woorayl Golf Club.

Successful: Maryanne Gartner won B Grade and Marg Berry had a win in A Grade at the Leongatha Golf Club.

Leongatha ladies MOTHER and daughter combination Dot Stubbs and Di Williams provided the trophies and raffle for the Stableford event last week.

Perfect golfing conditions prevailed, with some good scores recorded.

The winner of A Grade with 34 points was Marg Berry.

Maryanne Gartner was a very happy winner in B Grade for her first time, scoring 34 Stableford points.

Woorayl FANTASTIC weather greeted all 47 competitors in this month’s October monthly medal.

The stroke warm up for this year’s Club Championships starting next Saturday.

Paul Zuidema sponsored this week – the club thanked Paul for his club support.

The stable weather allowed Greg and all volunteer ground staff to present the course in wonderful condition, peaking over the next two weeks for the highest individual accolade - to be named “Club or Grade Champion”.

This week’s warm up winners were A Grade with 70 net R. Gourlay, B Grade also with 70 net and winning on a count back – October’s monthly medallist Troy Williams, C Grade winner was R. Riseley with a very respectable 74 net.

Balls down the line went to;P. Rayson, T. Lund, C. Hall, G. McKinnon, P. Wallace, M. Herrald, J. Howard, G. Challis, R. Beilby and the last ball of the day T. Riseley.

Korumburra ladies THERE was just a small group of golfers who ventured out on the course last Wednesday, with the damp conditions deterring most of the regulars.

Lynette McIvor was the winner of the Par event, on a count-back from Jenny Blackmore.

Heather Grist and Lee Clements played in the RWH Final, last Monday.

Although not in the winning circle, they thoroughly enjoyed playing on the Kew course and the delicious lunch at the club house.

A team travelled to Phillip Island to play in the Mary Broadbent Bowl last Friday, and was fortunate to have magnificent weather for the day’s golf.

Congratulations to Wonthaggi, that won the Bowl, amidst a large field, and to Woorayl, be runner-up by just one point.

The fine weather brought six women out on Saturday, with Betty Thomson (34) winning, with 30 points on a c/b from Kath Welsh (32).

The only NTP was by Marg Clasby on the first green.

Next Wednesday is the November Monthly Medal, so a Stroke event.

Down the line balls were won by vice captain Sue Bowler with 33 points, Nancy Sperling, Coral Gray and Libby Seebeck 32, Nan Meagher and Barb Miller 31 and Karen Orford, Trish Owen and Marg Griffiths 30 points.

Nearest the pins were won

by Karen Murchie and Libby Seebeck on the 14th with their second shot.

Trish Owen and Toni West were closest on the 14th and 16th.

Players are reminded that there are new arrangements in Nearest the pin on eighth was G. Fennell and the 17th R. Warren.

Least putts for the round was won by T. Lund with 26.

The raffle was taken out by ‘The Shed’.

Good luck to all entrants over the next two weekends.

Korumburra Guest Day results Saturday, October 28 Member - Guest: S. Rose, R. Dowel 6¾; T. O’Neill, M. Hopkins 63, B. Maskell, G.J. Best 63½.

Member - Member: M. Garnham, P. Hornibrook 64; J. Stein, R. Ludenia 64¾, R. Spokes, K. Spokes 64¾; P. Hopkins, N. Spargo 65.

Nearest the pin: 1st R. Spokes, 7th no one, 10th S. Rose, 13th J. Stein.

Tuesday’s winner was B. Clasby 37 pts and Thursday’s winner P. Vanagtmaal 37 pts.

Foster WEEKLY golf results: Tuesday: October 24.

Winner: Nev Thompson 36. NTP: sixth N. Cooper and The following Wednesday, November 8, will be the Star Medallist play-off.

The club will welcome many visitors this Friday, November 3, for the Ruby Stephens’ Three Person Ambrose event, with the intention of the day to have fun and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow golfers.

Women interested in starting, or simply having a go at golf, are welcome to attend the clinics each Wednesday throughout November.

Instructions by Darren Cole, the Golf Victoria regional development officer, will begin at 10am. Equipment can be borrowed, if required, and those attending are welcome to stay for a cuppa after the lessons.

The Cup Day 48er’s is on Tuesday, November 7, and we look forward to a great day with plenty of laughter and chatter for this popular social function.

Twilight golf begins Thursday, November 16, with a timesheet in the clubhouse foyer for those who would like a hit of golf in a social competition.

Golfers will start with seven holes of golf until the daylight hours are longer.

Cost is $7.50 per person, which includes the golf, prizes for winners, runners-up and NTPs, as well as inclusion in the raffle. Everyone is welcome

place for nearest the pins.

Measuring is not required: merely place the appropriate plastic disc where the ball finished and record your name in the metal box.

Marg Raynor won the nine hole competition with 18 points, followed by Pat Pease and Chris Lay with 16 points.

Jan Bownlie won the stableford event on Saturday with 35 points, with down the line balls going to Toni West 33, Mandy Moyle 32 and Wendy Parker 31.

Marilyn Williams won the nearest the pin.

The Saturday Stableford Championships were held over the last three weeks.

The winner this year, playing very steady golf, was Toni West.

Toni established an almost unbeatable lead in the first round and continued to play steadily.

C Grade players are also reminded that they may elect to play a Stableford event in the November Monthly Medal this Wednesday.

This is a new initiative to encourage more competitors in the 18 hole event.

13th K. Witheridge. DTL: K. Flett 36, R. Smith 36, and J. Mathers 34 c/b.

Wednesday, October 25: Par (Judy Prain Trophy).

A Grade: B. Britten -4 c/b.

B Grade: V. Reid - 3. NTP: 17th J. O’Sullivan. DTL: T. Prue -4, B. Fuller -4, and S. Cook -5.

Thursday, October 26: Winner: Robin Smith 38 c/b. NTP: fourth R. Fulton and17th D. Summers. DTL: N. Thompson and C. Gray.

Friday, October 27: Chook Run. Winner: George Draegar 24 points. NTP: 13 B. Amesreiter and 17 A. Brown. DTL: L. McKenzie 18 and A. Brown 17.

Saturday, October 28: 4BBB Stroke.

Winners Stroke: T. Vanin and J. Freeman 73. Winners net: D. Cripps and R. Forte 63.

NTP: fourth C. Buckland, sixth F. Tyers, 13th P. Dight, 15th A. Naylor and 17th J. Freeman.

DTL: G. Rue, G. Clavarino 64, T. Jones, R. McCallion 64, N. Thompson, and J. Stone 65. Ladies: B. Britton 33 points. DTL: G. Reid. NTP: V. Gow.

Well done: Betty Thomson was the winner at Korumburra on Saturday. to bring along a plate of food if they would like to stay for the buffet dinner after golf.

A reminder too, of the 2017 Korumburra Golf Club Annual Summer Tournament, which is Tuesday, November 28, through to Sunday, December 3.

Entry forms are now available and need to be given to Chris Clements, tournament secretary, no later than Sunday, November 26.

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Joan receives life membership

Wonthaggi ladies golf WHILE the day was still and calm for play, there was a sizzling round of golf played on

Wednesday.

This round blitzed the field and ended up the brilliant round of the day although it

JOAN Peters was recently inducted as a life member of the Korumburra Golf Club, which was awarded after four decades of outstanding contributions to the club.

For 22 years of the past 40 years, Joan has been a member of the women’s committee, including the role of president in 1988/89 and 2011/12 and captain in 1995/96.

She has been very positive in committee positions, encouraging respectful discussions during meetings, being actively involved and warmly welcoming new members and visitors who attend our special events.

Joan has been heavily involved in the catering committee, including the co-ordination of counter teas and scores of other occasions at the club.

Catering is an immense task and Joan has been diligent and meticulous in the planning and preparation of innumerable functions.

An excellent cook in her own right, Joan has been a generous and creative ‘hostess’ and consequently the club has a reputation for high quality lunches, desserts and sponges.

There have been many undesirable tasks that few others have taken on, and Joan has volunteered to ensure these necessary responsibilities were completed regularly.

Joan also made a significant contribution to the gardening working bees, often initiating a special effort when it was required.

She often plants and tends various sections of garden, frequently popping up to the club to maintain these projects.

Joan has also provided a multitude of wonderful floral arrangements for scores of occasions at the club.

To also assist the club, Joan regularly attends social functions, and, over the years, has generously donated trophies and raffle prizes.

Health issues meant Joan wasn’t so heavily in-

Grade winners: Catherine Bolding had a great day at the Wonthaggi Golf Club to win B Grade and the A Grade winner was Irene Walsh.

Well deserved: Joan Peters was inducted as a life member of the Korumburra Golf Club recently. volved for a couple of years in the mid 2000s but once she was better, she again demonstrated great support in diverse areas within the club.

Joan loves playing golf and takes much pleasure in discussing and recalling particular aspects of the game with fellow competitors.

She has been, and continues to be, a strong contender for key events.

Joan was Club Champion in 2006 and 2008, won B Grade Championships, numerous eminent Foursome and Four Ball events, had a ‘hole-inone’, as well as being a vital part in Pennant teams over the years.

She has been keen to travel to surrounding South Gippsland clubs to represent Korumburra and enjoy the camaraderie of golfers at these special events.

Joan has shown outstanding commitment to the Korumburra Golf Club is indeed worthy to be honoured with life membership.

didn’t start all that well with trees, a ricochet hitting own bag, and the first hole a wipe.

What a recovery; Catherine Bolding (27) made to come home with 39 points including two four pointer holes to easily be the best round on the day to take home B Grade in a canter.

The A grade winner (from zero to 24) played in the same group and Irene Walsh (19) 31 points won on a countback from Sev Piasente.

NTP on second was Catherine Bolding and 17 Leonie Bentick.

BDL went to Leonie Bentick 32, Sev Piasente 31, Anne Poulton 31, Jacqui Loughran 29, Maree Anderson 29 and Jan Jeeves 28.

South Gippsland Bridge Club RESULTS for last week:

The club had an exciting week of competition, with the hard fought final of the Tarwin Lower Annual Pairs’ event contested over a two week period and concluded on Tuesday, October 24.

The overall winners of this event were Dina Drury and Richard Moss with a magnificent 67.73 per cent averaged over two weeks.

Second with a really strong performance of 59.53 per cent were Jean Barbour and Greg Nicholson and third with a very fine 51.16 per cent were Frank Arndt and Clive Hope.

The team of Jack Kuiper, Deb Anglim, Clive Hope and Susan Ruffin also represented the club at the Eastern Region Bridge Association over the weekend.

They did everyone proud coming home with a really successful result in a very strong field in fourth place.

Friday, October 27, at Inverloch – pairs’ event: North/South First with another brilliant score of 67.73 per cent and back in the winner’s circle, were Dina Drury and Richard Moss.

Second with an excellent 59.53 per cent were Jack Kuiper and Deb Anglim and third with a very sound 52.08 were Jean Barbour and Greg Nicholson.

East/West First with an excellent 66.67 was the highly skilled pair of Anne Williams and John Farr.

Second with 61.0 per cent was the increasingly consistent pair of Bron Sund and Clive Hope.

Third with a very fine 54.17 percent and always challenging for the top score were Hannah Martin and Margaret Munro.

The club will be running a series of lessons called Next Step Lessons where slightly more complex parts of the game will be taught for new players and others who would like to attend.

Alan Johnston will conduct these classes starting on Wednesday, November 8, for six weeks from 7pm to 9 pm.

The classes will be held at John Sutton’s home at 10-12 Inverloch Parade, Inverloch.

There will be plenty of play to explain the techniques.

Please ring Alan on 5674 1838 or Ken McKenzie on 0438 066 238 to register.

Please check the club website for competition details.

Visitors are always welcome.

Leongatha Small Bore Rifle Club 2017 50m Bench Pennant - Section E

Round five: Leongatha 719.020 defeated Numurkah 675.013; Stawell 739.031 (bye); Kyabram B 718.032 defeated by Warrnambool 740.036.

The best shooters for round five were Janey Preston (Warrnambool) and Anthony Batchelor (Stawell) with 248.011.

Round six: Kyabram B 719.020 defeated by Stawell 728.026; Nu-

murkah 673.016 (bye); Leongatha 712.021 defeated by Warrnambool 738.036.

The best shooter for round six was Janey Preston (Warrnambool) with 248.013.

Round seven: Warrnambool 735.035 defeated

by Stawell 740.038; Leongatha 716.019 (Bye); Numurkah 685.013 defeated by Kyabram B 727.025.

The best shooter for round seven was Anthony Batchelor (Stawell)

with 248.013.

Ladder Stawell ....................................... 28 Warrnambool ........................... 20 Kyabram B ................................. 16 Leongatha................................... 12 Numurkah .................................... 8 The club shoots on Wednesday nights at 8pm at the rifle club on the Leongatha Recreation Reserve.

Any inquiries, please call R. Spratt 5664 2358.

Leongatha Angling Club helps Yooralla

First class: Miranda Wilson of Meeniyan proudly displays her medals after winning her section in gymnastics at the Australian Masters Games in Tasmania on Saturday.

Wilson named Aussie champion MIRANDA Wilson is a national champion after a spectacular performance in gymnastics at the Australian Masters Games in Tasmania on Saturday.

The Meeniyan gymnast placed first overall in the 20-29 year old, open section of the competition contested by 12 athletes from across Australia.

The head coach of the Leongatha Gymnastics Club scored first in beam and bar, second in the floor and mini tramp, and third in the vault sections to secure first place overall.

“I was a little bit surprised,” Wilson said of her result.

“I did not think I had done that well as it was not my best day.”

The contest entailed six hours of competition at Burnie and was Wilson’s first competition in

five years.

“I had six months of training, and a great supportive crew of coaches and my partner Aaron Clarke,” she said.

“It was nerve racking because I was not sure what to expect because I had not been to such a big competition before. I just tried to centre myself and do what I had practised.”

Each discipline required Wilson to show a variety of skills, from strength and swinging on the bar, and twisting on the vault, to balancing while performing on the 10cm wide beam, tumbles and turns on the floor, and an aerial flip on the mini trampoline.

Wilson believes gymnastics is a sport that teaches participants skills for life that can be carried over to other sports, such as strength and coordination.

DISABILITY advocates Yooralla recently turned to Leongatha Angling Club members to help with a fishing program run for clients.

During an outing, angling club members noted the fishing gear being used by the Yooralla clients needed repair or replacing.

Leongatha Angling Club decided to purchase six rod and reel combinations to donate to Yooralla for the program.

The club invited Vanessa Holness and Dan Monaghan from Yooralla to the club’s presentation evening and presented them with the combinations to use with Yooralla clients.

Leongatha Angling Club also wishes to thank Rod Bending’s World of Fishing Worthy cause: from left, Ross Drury of Leongatha Angling at Inverloch for its continued Club, Vanessa Holness and Dan Monaghan from Yooralla, and support of the club and for angling club president Allister Dowling with the rod and reel allowing the club to buy the combinations the club gave to Yooralla recently. items at mates’ rates.

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Woods wows in breaks records state championships ITJasmine was another cool FOURTEEN year old Jasmine Woods from Mirboo North Secondary College had a fantastic conclusion to the Secondary Schools’ Track and Field season.

At the School Sports Secondary State Track and Field Championships at Lakeside Stadium on October 23, Jas won four silver medals in the 100metres, 200metres, long jump and triple jump.

In each of these events, she came within centimetres to the gold medal.

Her distance of over 11 metres in the triple jump was sufficient to gain automatic selection into the Australian Championships early next year.

On the way to the state finals, Jas represented Mirboo North at the District

Sports, which included the other schools from South Gippsland.

Here, she won six gold medals including the hurdles.

She also won the age championship.

She broke records in both jumping events.

The U14 relay team for the second year in a row broke longstanding records previously held by Foster and Leongatha.

At the Gippsland Regional Athletics Championships, Jas also won five gold medals and a silver and the relay team progressed to the state final.

Jas would like to thank David Green for his help and advice and Eleanor Patterson for her help with warm ups.

Mirboo North had some other great performances; firstly, wonderful discus thrower Alessandro Manuele.

He was under enormous pressure after putting out a dodgy leg spinner only 25m

Medal winner: Jasmine Woods returned home with four silver medals following the School Sports Secondary State Track and Field Championships recently.

with throw one and fouling throw two.

A super third throw out over 36m saw him leapfrog to second.

No one was topping the winner who threw an amazing 46m plus.

Alessandro leaves the school next year after a wonderful career in school athletics.

The school was quite hopeful of a medal in the relays.

Michelle Stothart and several other parents have beaten a path to Newborough to train during the holidays and midweek.

A solid start from powerhouse Clara Linn had them in the mix early, then Ella Snell ran the race of her life to put us in contention.

Charlotte Kanavan keeps on improving and she made more ground on the outside lanes.

When the dust settled from change three we were a comfortable third and Meaghan Stothart brought it home strongly to gain the bronze.

Clara stays in the U13 age group next year, but the others will be keen to improve further next year.

The 14 girls finished a solid fifth.

Dakota Wilden replaced the ill Sam Clerk as second runner and worked really hard in practice to perfect her changes.

Try as they may Steph Parker, Willow Thomson, and Jasmine couldn’t quite go with the leading teams but the school is proud of their efforts.

There will be a couple of girls pushing for spots in this team at house athletics in March.

Jacob Carnes made a great start in his 1500, leading the field for two laps in the U14 boys 1500m.

Unfortunately, he was forced to retire from the race.

Thanks to Michelle Stothart for coming down and Jasmine’s entourage of Wayne Roberts and grandparents Peter and Thelma Woods for supporting the whole team.

Also, Shirley Carnes for making the trip to support Jacob.

• Wonthaggi Little Athletics

Young athletes show improvement ATHLETES braved another overcast morning at Dudley Campus, for the second meet of the Wonthaggi Little Athletics track and field season.

Many U6 and U7 athletes improved their times in the 50metre sprint or their distances this week in the long jump.

It’s great to see the start of many more personal bests to come.

A number of club records have also fallen in the past two weeks.

Jack Bird (U6B) set a new record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 14.49, while James Wright set a 50m record in the same age group with a time of 10.90.

Cruz Bettles (U7B) is continuing to throw well, setting a new record in the turbo javelin with a distance of 22.15 metres.

In the 700m event Jarvis McDonald (U8B) and Hope Oats (U9G) set new records with times of 2:51.70 and 2:48.84 respectively.

Last week Dela Blundell (U6G) broke the 50m record in 10.77 seconds while Molly Munday did likewise in the U7 Girls event with a time of 10.70.

Sandra Grey ((U14G) and Jacob Timmermans (U14B) re-wrote the record books in the 200m hurdles with times of 35.12 seconds and 34.86 seconds respectively.

Next week is the club’s first walks session for the season. Athletes should arrive for an 8.30 am start.

Having a go: Jai McDonald took on the javelin event at Wonthaggi Little Athletics.

day for Leongatha Little Athletics on Saturday.

On the day, 131 athletes competed with a total of 177 personal bests.

One record was broken this week.

Jasmine Woods broke the U15 girls’ long jump record with a jump of 4.77 metres.

The previous record was set by L. Mitchell 20 years ago with a jump of 4.70 metres.

Due to Cup Weekend next weekend, the competition meet will be a twilight on Thursday night this week, beginning at 5pm sharp.

This week’s personal bests were: U6G: Beau Glenn 48.49 200m, 2.70 Shot Put; U7G: Lucy Carter 15.25 70m, 1.64 Long Jump, Anika Edwards 48.06 200m, 3.93 Shot Put, Florence Patterson 3.30 Shot Put, Mikayla Richards 3.24 Shot Put, Amy Stevic 56.90 200m; U7B: Zeb Anderson 13.43 70m, Rex Brocklesby 48.33 200m; Riley Collins 6.82 Discus, Ambrose de Gooyer 48.60 200m, 2.23 Long Jump, Zac Fowles 45.18 200m; Raidyn Harrison 4.77 Discus, 2.50 Long Jump, Frazer Livingstone 14.75 70m, 2.56 Long Jump; U8G: Imogen Cruickshank 2.55 Long Jump, Charlotte Evans 42.83 200m, 13.25 70m, Leah Kirkbride 44.28 200m, 14.01 70m, 2.48 Long Jump, 7.70 Turbo Javelin, Beth McDuffie 2.40 Long Jump, Lacy McNaughton 1.72 Long Jump, 4.22 Turbo Javelin, Tallarah Murdoch 44.76 200m, 14.18 70m,

6.72 Turbo Javelin, Ella White 44.47 200m, 2.71 Long Jump, 4.99 Turbo Javelin; U8B: Cohen Harrison 43.60 200m, 14.28 70m, 8.62 Discus, 2.32 Long Jump, Alex James 51.12 200m, 14.47 70m, 6.70 Discus, 1.92 Long Jump, Jarrah Lowe 43.08 200m, 13.83 70m, 9.61 Discus, Harper Richards 45.50 200m; U9G: Ebony Collins 3.41 Shot Put, Anna Hutchinson 52.21 200m, 0.75 High Jump, 3.98 Shot Put, Leah Mark 2.69 Shot Put, Clara Wilson 2.26 Shot Put; U9B: Maximilian Brocklesby 7.08 Turbo Javelin, Jackson Commadeur 0.90 High Jump, 7.60 Turbo Javelin, Manning de Gooyer 54.20 200m, Max Fowles 1.00 High Jump, 9.65 Turbo Javelin, Tejamshu Gaddam 1.05 High Jump, 9.22 Turbo Javelin, Miller Richards 48.55 200m, Lincoln Russell 52.64 200m, 0.80 High Jump, 7.30 Turbo Javelin, Fraser Shaw 39.84 200m 12.77 70m, 1.03 High Jump, Ben Vandermeer 12.93 70m, 1.09 High Jump, 9.82 Turbo Javelin; U10G: Lisse Bath 1.10 High Jump, 11.93 Turbo Javelin, Tennessee Crimp 9:09.06 1500m, 59.88 200m, 0.80 High Jump, 5.70 Turbo Javelin, Alyssa Edwards 8:55.57 1500m, 14.77 70m, 0.90 High Jump, 8.17 Turbo Javelin, Alice Hutchinson 9:36.85 1500m, 0.95 High Jump, Lily Smith 39.38 200m; U10B: Froley Anderson 8:08.52 1500m, 45.08 200m, 6.38 Shot Put, 6.57 Triple Jump, James Barry 8:18.81 1500m, Mitchell Cooke 5.13 Shot Put, Lincoln Hamilton 5.85 Shot Put, 7.19 Triple Jump, Billy Horskins 6:38.64 1500m, 5.40 Shot Put, 6.80 Triple Jump, Jayson Kirkbride 7:59.77 1500m, 50.86 200m, 5.60 Triple Jump, Angus Livingstone 39.35 200m, 7.01 Triple Jump, Jack McNaughton 5.11 Shot Put, 7.78 Triple Jump, Connor O’Loughlin 43.70 200m, 5.56 Shot Put, 6.36 Triple Jump, Jasper Shone 38.21 200m, Patrick Wil-

Race: Paige Barry, James Barry, Rose Hutchinson and Froley Anderson competed in the 1500 metres. son 8:10.30 1500m, 5.32 Shot Put, 6.58 Triple Jump; U11G: Phoebe Collins 8:34.00 1500m, Sophie Kreutzberger 7:08.42 1500m, 9.69 Javelin, Hannah McKeown 8:32.67 1500m, Allison Tuckett 37.51 200m; U12G: Paige Barry 8:09.28 1500m, Mia Burt 6:31.41 1500m, 35.14 200m, 3.30 Long Jump, Sienna Cruickshank 7:17.69 1500m, 36.20 200m, Madeline Herbert 13.64 70m, 18.81 Discus, Rose Hutchinson 8:13.64 1500m, 13.62 70m, 2.62 Long Jump, Pallas Lamers 37.45 200m, Lucy Patterson 7:00.56 1500m, 13.11 Discus, 3.47 Long Jump; U12B: Xavier Bolge 3.81 Long Jump, Oscar Murdoch 6:04.07 1500m, 3.43 Long Jump; U13G: Chloe Caithness 13.41 Discus, Nevada Crimp 11.24 Discus, Georgia Hamilton 6:44.21 1500m, 36.78 200m, 19.22 80m Hurdles, 17.54 Discus, Abby Osborne 37.51 200m, 1.20 High Jump; U13 B: Mitchell Bath 6:14.35 1500m,

18.25 Discus, Harrison Clark 6:36.40 1500m, 39.06 200m, 11.84 Discus, 3.07 Long Jump, Harrisen Herbert 6:00.17 1500m, 15.31 Discus, 3.55 Long Jump; U14G: Georgia Burns 5:59.51 1500m, 1.35 High Jump, 18.64 Javelin, Lily Caithness 7:32.22 1500m, 17.97 80m Hurdles, Sarah Doolan 36.52 200m, 3.45 Long Jump, Rebecca Mckeown 31.73 200m, 19.07 80m Hurdles; U15G: Charlie Brewis 31.66 200m, 19.33 90m Hurdles, 4.30 Long Jump, Autumn Crimp 2.45 Long Jump, Sarah Moncrieff 8:14.52 1500m, 10.31 Discus, 3.31 Long Jump, Ella Osborne 7:18.83 1500m, Paris Reynolds 37.42 200m, Jasmine Woods 4.77 Long Jump; U16G: Erin Clark 12.84 Discus, 2.59 Long Jump, Maddi Cruickshank 8:31.47 1500m, 37.97 200m, 14.27 Discus, 3.76 Long Jump, Emily James 3.38 Long Jump; U16B: Paul McKeown 5:16.40 1500m, 4.86 Long Jump.

• South Coast Athletics

Local athletes impress FIFTEEN South Coast athletes competed in round three of Athletics Victoria Shield held at Nunawading and Meadowglen on October 21.

The gusty winds that picked up during the afternoon made the jumps and throws a little more challenging, however the distance runners appreciated the cool conditions and were all able to improve on their times from round one.

The third local meet of the season, which was also a come and try night, was held at Wonthaggi on October 24.

The family friendly atmosphere was enjoyed by all, with athletes giving different events a go and having a great time.

There was also an impressive 11 local meet records broken on the night.

Results for both events are below: Athletics Victoria Shield round three, October 21: U14B: Harrison Clark - 100m 17.36, 400m 79.27, Long Jump 2.82m U14G: Georgia Burns 1500m 5:25.7, 100m 15.05, 400m 67.98, Long Jump 4.05m, Javelin 15.38m; Charli Burns - 100m 15.91, 400m 75.38, Long Jump 3.72m; Alarna Gibson-Williamson - High Jump 1.55m U16B: Matthew Merrilees - High Jump 1.65m, Shot Put 10.47m, Hammer Throw 28.78m, Triple Jump 10.09m U16G: Nicola Slade - 100m 14.97, Long Jump 4.07m, Javelin 13.45; Jasmine Woods - 200m 27.67, Triple Jump 10.77m;

Meaghan Wilson: High Jump 1.60m, Triple Jump 8.02m; Piper Hastings - 200m 32.90 U18G: Aliesha Wrigley 1500m 5:33.3, 100m 14.45, 400m 66.66 U20G: Courtney Clark 100m 16.90, 400m 1:26.11, Long Jump 2.44m; Naomi Merrilees 200m 38.97, 800m 3:27.5 Open Women: Sarah Lewis 1500m 4:58.1, 100m 14.96, 400m 64.00; Eleanor Patterson - High Jump 1.80m Masters Men: Mark Hastings - Shot Put 7.99m, Hammer Throw 18.73m Local Meet three – Wonthaggi, October 24: Hurdles: U12B 80m - Beau Ransom 23.63, Ben Merrilees 24.79 U14G 80m - Isla Ormond 15.58 (INV), Becky McKeown 19.38 (club record) U14B 90m - Harrison Clark 28.30 U16G 90m - Meaghan Wilson 16.89, Nicola Slade 23.10, Rachel Aitken 23.29, Georgia Burns 23.39 U16B 100m - Matthew Merrilees 21.05 (club record) Triple Jump: U12B - Beau Ransom 5.31m(INV), Ben Merrilees 4.30m(club record) U14G - Becky McKeown 9.76m, Isla Ormond 8.35m, Georgia Burns 7.88m, Molly Ransom 6.24m U14B - Harrison Clark 6.48m U16G - Meaghan Wilson 8.99m, Nicola Slade 8.39m, Rachel Aitken 7.85m U16B - Paul McKeown 10.27m, Matthew Merrilees 8.89m U20G- Courtney Clark 6.11m Open Women - Sarah Lewis 7.22m Open Men - Brenton Taber 10.45m Masters Women - Janine Wynen 6.74m(40+ club record), Beth Montgomery 5.23m(50+ club record) Masters Men - John McKeown 8.72m, Luke Ransom 8.44m, Jeffter Ihomana 8.03m, Ray Slade 6.71m, Trevor Merrilees 6.05m

Determination: Charli Burns was focused as she competed in the long jump event.

Discus: U12B - Ben Merrilees 8.14(club record) U14G - Georgia Burns 15.05m, Charli Burns 9.25m, Molly Ransom 8.28m U14B - Harrison Clark 10.35m U16G - Meaghan Wilson 14.54m, Nicola Slade 14.17m, Rachel Aitken 13.05m U16B - Matthew Merrilees 31.81m, Paul McKeown 19.78m U20G - Naomi Merrilees 12.57m, Courtney Clark 9.01m Open Women - Sarah Lewis 11.50m Open Men - Brenton Taber 20.60m Masters Women - Beth Montgomery 17.27m(club record), Janine Wynen 13.61m, Rose Byrne 11.65m Master Men - Luke Ransom 17.95m, Ray Slade 17.02m, John McKeown 15.81m, Jeffter Ihomana 15.41m, Bob Robinson

14.52m, Trevor Merrilees 14.41m, Robert Gray 12.08m 1500m: U12B - Beau Ransom 6:23.69(INV), Ben Merrilees 10:24.97(club record) U14G - Georgia Burns 5:48.93, Molly Ransom 7:12.82 U14B - Harrison Clark 7:08.42 U16G - Rachel Aitken 8:11.37, Nicola Slade 8:33.14 U16B - Paul McKeown 5:06.66, Matthew Merrilees 6:03.53 U20G - Naomi Merrilees 7:44.83, Courtney Clark 7:53.73 Masters Women - Janine Wynen 6:32.96 Masters Men Luke Ranson 5:30.68(40+ club record), John McKeown 5:31.09(50+ club record), Trevor Merrilees 10:25.78 Masters Men 800m - Robert Gray 6:25.34(club record), Bob Robinson 6:43.53

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Family competition: Lilly Hamilton shot with her grandfather Graham Kent for Inver- Memorial Shoot: Inverloch Gun Club’s Daniel Hemming, Aaron Members: back from left, Max Oakley, Ned Bradley, front from left, Tom Hardman, Graham Kent, Jimmy Spinks and Lilly Hamilton took loch Gun Club’s annual Memorial Shoot on McKenzie and Charlie Cook were competitors on the day. part in Inverloch Gun Club’s annual Memorial Shoot on Sunday.

Sunday.

Memorial Shoot a success INVERLOCH Gun Club held its annual Memorial Shoot at the Korumburra Gun Club on Sunday.

This was the second of the club’s three competitions held throughout the year.

It was a great turnout today with

perfect weather and a great mix of skeet, tower, and continental targets.

The club has held this meet for the past 18 years for all departed members.

It gave a huge thanks to all members and non-members who made the effort to attend this year’s shoot.

The results were as follows; Overall High Gun went to Jack Stockdale shooting a perfect 75/75.

First in AA went to Trevor Ewert with a 70/75 followed by Tim Stockdale with a 69/75 and Max Oakley in third place with a 68/75.

First in A Grade went to Charlie

Cook with a 71/75 followed by Rob Passiran on 71/75 and followed Aaron McKenzie on 70/75.

First in B Grade was taken out by Rob Heppell shooting a 62/75 with Graham Kent coming in second on 61/75.

First in C Grade was won by Kane

Lady Knights compete in Champions Challenge Cup AFTER a stunning 2017 season in the Gippsland Soccer League, GSL Women’s Premiers Leongatha Lady Knights were excited to be invited to play at the inaugural Country League Champions Challenge Cup in Geelong on October 28 and 29.

Unfortunately, due to some unavoidable last minute absences from players, Leongatha headed to Geelong with 10 players plus the wonderful Jess Odgers from neighbouring club Korumburra City.

Unsure what to expect, the Lady Knights arrived at Stead Park excited and ready to take on some much bigger clubs.

Match one was against the undefeated Drysdale Soccer Club that was kind enough to lend two of its players, the lovely Emma and Hannah, to assist Leongatha.

The Lady Knights had an epic start with equal possession and some great challenges.

Goalie Reen O’Connor was on fire, making some excellent saves only marred by a slip goal in the second half.

The Knights surprised the much bigger Drysdale with their determination and sportsmanship.

A late goal from the fantastic Kathy Zacharopoulos saw the game end with a well deserved tie.

With the weather heating up and the girls beginning to the feel the strain, Match 2 against neighbours in the valley, Traralgon City Soccer Club took its toll on the tenacious Lady Knights.

After being denied the use of volunteer substitutes, Leongatha took to the pitch with only 11 players, but continued to play with wonderful sportsmanship any club would be proud to see.

Defensive players Alice Enter, Jordan Rintoule, Jess Odgers and the rotating power duo Sarah Lee and Rachel King were excellent in fighting

off numerous attempts from a strong offensive Traralgon side.

Unfortunately, the Lady Knights lost the match three nil but were exceptionally proud of the effort made.

After a well earned break and some birthday celebrations for speedy Rachel King, Leongatha returned to Stead Park on the Sunday for a 9am kick off against the Bendigo Representative Team.

Feeling the strain of two games in warm weather, the Lady Knights were sore but determined to see out their final game against a very strong outfit.

Leongatha was very happy to welcome Drysdale players Lauren and Tess to the squad to help its weakened numbers.

With a loud and proud cheer squad behind them, Leongatha took to the pitch with determination.

Despite being quite match-worn the girls did their club and league proud by persevering throughout a very difficult game. Wing players Izzie and Hayley were relentless in their chase supported by a solid defence, though the injured Mimmie with her epic pace sorely missed.

Bendigo proved a much stronger team (with a large number of substitutes) and dominated the possession.

Still, with their trademark humour and power, Leongatha Lady Knights had an excellent run keeping the powerhouse Bendigo to a seven nil victory.

Leongatha would like to thank its tireless support crew Sue and Neil Rintoule, Sue Carmody, Janine Milkins, Michael and honourably Knight Jayne for their passion and care.

Another thanks to the wonderful GSL administrator Trudi Mantell for excellent support in getting this endeavour off the ground, and an epic thank you to a “Knight” amongst men, coach Peter Milkins.

Well done, Leongatha Lady Knights on an epic weekend, highlighted by a strong display of sportsmanship and respect.

Edwards with a 59/75 and Shane Bickel took second with a 55/75.

The overall junior was taken out by Lilly Hamilton with a 46/75.

The Annual Cake shoot was won

by Charlie Cook against Daniel Hemming in an epic shoot off way back from the 35m mark.

Croquet club bustling ALTHOUGH a lot of members have been away on too many holidays, the Leongatha Croquet Club has been busy with Leongatha and Mirboo North secondary colleges coming to play.

The highlight of October was the RSL Veterans’ Day. Korumburra local Perry Neil turned up with his own “mallet” which caused a lot of mirth.

The club is getting busy for the November Association Tournament.

Players will be coming from all over Victoria.

The pennant golf croquet “Team Leongatha” is at present one and a half games ahead and the Bring your own: Korumburra’s Perry Neil entertained the Leonassociation team is second behind Traralgon. gatha Croquet Club by bringing his own oversized mallet to the RSL

Veterans’ Day.

Sibling duo earn black belt KORUMBURRA brother and sister Reuben and Ava Strentz were recently awarded their of-

ficial Embroidered Junior Black Belts and plaques which they graded for in September.

Reuben and Ava began

Taekwondo training together in March, 2013, and have trained regularly and continuously for four and a half years to reach their Junior Black Belt Degree.

With their consistent

Achievement: K. M. Johnston Taekwondo’s Kevin Johnston is pictured with Ava and Reuben Strentz, who earned their Junior Black Belt Degree recently.

hard work and perseverance they can be proud they have earned their degree.

Taekwondo teaches the use of both hands and feet to be used as a self defence.

The training develops a strong mind and body through disciplined physical training.

Flexibility, balance and coordination are also improved and can contribute to many other benefits as well as a form of self defense.

Their degree was earned with K. M. Johnston Taekwondo which is

a modern version of the ancient martial art of Taekwondo.

The club’s patterns are all new and were developed by the club’s instructor who began studying Taekwondo in 1983.

The new patterns along with newly revised basic techniques are based solely on practical self defence.

The club holds classes at the Korumburra Primary School on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6pm 8pm which welcomes new members of all ages from five years.

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• LDCA C Grade

• Mirboo North cricket

Victory for Korumburra Wins across the board IN C1, Korumburra managed 6/142 after its 40 overs, Peter Churchill top scoring its 37.

The pick of the bowlers for Nerrena was Chris Marinou, who took 3/25 off his eight overs.

Gavin Giliam top scored with 26, as Nerrena was dismissed for 95 in the 36th over.

Peter Churchill backed up his top scoring taking 4/26 off his eight overs.

MDU headed across to take on Phillip Island, that won the toss and elected to bat.

It was a slow struggle, as Phillip Island made 9/107 off its 40 overs.

Peter Francis top scored making 33.

All MDU bowlers managed to take a wicket, but the stand out performance was by Tyrone Zukovskis, who took 3/21 off five overs.

The Demons were able to come away with a close victory, finishing on 6/113 after their 40 overs.

Michael Olden made 24 for MDU, while the pick of the bowlers for Phillip Island was John Johnston, with 2/23 off his seven overs.

Town played host to Inverloch, that won the toss and batted.

Michael Mackay took charge with the bat, top scoring with 35, helping Inverloch to a total of 6/143 off its 40 overs. Cameron Dowling did the early damage for Town, taking 2/12 off his eight overs.

Town never looked flustered, and was in command from ball one, passing Inverloch six wickets down, with 16 overs to spare.

John Pouw blasted a quick fire 53, including 11 boundaries for Town.

Will Barker took 3/6 off his two overs late in the innings.

OMK ventured to Wonthaggi to play Wonthaggi Workmens, that bowled first after losing the toss.

James Paterson looked solid for his 69, helping OMK to a total of 7/180 after their 40 overs.

Luke McGuirk was the only multiple wicket taker for the Workers, taking 2/27 off his five overs.

In reply, Wonthaggi’s Gavin Bolding top scored with 29, but Wonthaggi fell short, bowled out for 156

after 37 overs. Paterson again starred for OMK, taking 4/29 off his eight overs In C2, Wonthaggi Workmens took on Glen Alvie, that batted first after winning the toss.

Darcy Hale top scored with 22, as Glen Alvie was bowled out for 94 after 37 overs.

Sam Liddle took 4/19 off his six overs.

The Workers looked in control from the start, passing Glen Alvie in the 24th over.

Aidan Churchill top scored for the Workers with 25, the wickets were spread amongst the Glen Alvie bowlers.

Poowong Loch played host to Korumburra, that bowled first after losing the toss.

Poowong scraped its way to 5/99 off its 40 overs, Brady Nicholls leading the way with 39.

Mitchell Young was the only multiple wicket taker for Korumburra, with 2/11 off his eight overs.

Korumburra struggled with the chase, slumping to 6/34.

Paul Whelan made 16, as Korumburra was dismissed for 62 in the 36th over.

Neil Hancock took 3/8 off his 7.5 overs for Poowong.

Koonwarra Leongatha/RSL played away at OMK, that won the toss and batted.

The Diggers managed 8/144 off their 40 overs, the standout being George Lomagno with his 67.

Callum Buckland was the only multiple wicket taker for Koonwarra, finishing with 2/36 off his eight overs.

In reply, the Cougars fell short, finishing at 7/127 after their 40 overs.

Donald Wylie took control of the game with the ball, taking 4/36 off his eight overs.

Kilcunda Bass played host to Phillip Island, that won the toss and sent Kilcunda in to bat.

Kilcunda was bowled out for 86 in the final over.

Gary Burchell top scored with 36, as Jai Kleverkamp, Mark Forrest and Wade Paterson each took three wickets.

In reply, the Sharks were bowled out for 95 after 32 overs.

Daniel McCausland top scored for the Sharks with 35.

Despite the loss, Kilcunda’s opening bowler Jason Cooper took 5/20 off his eight overs.

• GCL U14

Young cricketers showcase skills THE Leongatha U14 boys travelled to Sale to play in the GCL 20/20 Competition designed to give all U14s an extra opportunity towards the Pathways program.

The team included Darcy Hume, Town, Ethan Lamers, OMK (joint captains) Tom Niven, P.Island, Tom Crocker, Korumburra, Jacob Whiteside, Korumburra, Liam Dayson, P.Island, Tyce Kleverkamp, P.Island, Tyson Twite, Poowong Loch, Jack Butcher, Inverloch, Zach Scholz, Inverloch, Lachlan Gill, Town, Thomas Hanily, Town, Billy Manicaro, Koonwarra RSL, emergencies Jaxon Checkley, Korumburra, and Jai William-

Leongatha District Cricket Association

Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 5 - November 4 & 11 Home team

Away Team

Ground

Umpire

v v v v

Town Won Club Korumburra Phillip Island

GA Inv Turf Bass 1 Outtrim

C. Salmon T. Rogers G. Goss G. Laird

Grade A2 Poowong Loch Koon L/RSL Won Miners Nerrena

v v v v

Bye Foster MDU Imperials

Koon WFG L Turf

M. Heenan A. Jordan A. Stride

Grade B1 Phillip Island Town MDU Won Club

v v v v

OMK Koon L/RSL Kilcunda Bass Nerrena

Cowes SP 1 Meen McMahon

I. Richards G. Wightman J. Schelling K. Scrimshaw

Grade B2 Foster Korumburra Imperials Glen Alvie

v v v v

Won Miners Bye Inverloch Poowong Loch

FGC

L. O’Brien

EC Dalyston

G. Wyatt N. Barnes

Grade C1 Inverloch Town Nerrena Korumburra

v v v v

Phillip Island Won Club MDU OMK

IFG SP 2 Nerrena Kor Rec

V. Basketville TBA TBA TBA

Grade C2 OMK Koon L/RSL Phillip Island Kilcunda Bass

v v v v

Glen Alvie Poowong Loch Korumburra Won Club

Digger Pk TBA M McK TBA Rhyll TBA Bass 2 TBA

Grade A1 Glen Alvie Inverloch Kilcunda Bass OMK

If any player from teams having the bye would like to umpire this round call Geoff Wyatt on 0413 081 136 * All grounds subject to availability of turf pitches

son, Wonthaggi Club.

Game 1: Leongatha v Central Gippsland (Synthetic) Leongatha 4 for 117 Darcy Hume 24 Ret, Jacob Whiteside 31 Not Out Central Gippsland 4 for 108 Bowling Liam Dayson 1 for 10,Tom Hanily 1 for 12,Billy Manicaro 1 for 19, Jacob Whiteside 1 for 11 Game 2 (Turf): Leongatha 4 for 62 Ethan Lamers20, Tom Crocker 21 not out Warragul9 for 48 Bowling Darcy Hume 1 for1, Tom Niven 2 for 1.Liam Dayson 1 for 10,Tyce Kleverkamp 2 for 6. Tyson Twite 2 for 4, Zack Scholz 1 for 2 Game 3 (Synthetic): Leongatha 5 for 103 Darcy Hume 32, Billy Manicaro 17, Thomas Hanily 15, Sale Maffra 7 for 82 Bowling Tyce Kleverkamp 2 for 5,Tom Crocker 1for 8, Zach Scholz 1 for 0, Billy Manicaro 1 for 19, with 2 run outs.

It was a great workout for the boys with three wins and was a great opportunity to show selectors their skills and a positive performance towards Junior Country Week.

All boys played their part in the three games.

Junior Country week training for U14s and 15\s is at Outtrim Sunday, November 12, at 10am to approximately 11.30am.

After this training, Junior Country Week teams will be selected U14s required to have minimum four players U13).

IT was a good day for all sides with First Grade having a comprehensive win over Boolarra Jeeralang with Rob Phoenix dominating and all the bowlers sharing the spoils to keep the opposition to fewer than 70.

The Second Grade turned things around from last week with a very good win against Willow Grove by 50 runs with Steve Rogers and Jarrod Speed doing well The Thirds had a closer tussle against St Vincent’s but rolled them for 78 to win well.

First Grade: On a good wicket at Mirboo North and batting first the side compiled four for 191 off 45 overs.

Rob Phoenix, in great form held the innings together with a fine 75 not out, but he was ably supported by Jed Alexander with 52 and a third wicket partnership of 130 that took the game away from Boolarra Jeeralang Saheer Quieshi a good opener from England got 35 and Shane Peters 13 also got in the runs as we got to nearly 200 This time the bowlers did not let the side down and openers Cheatley and Hughes got the first five wickets cheaply as they ran through the Boolarra top order Mat McGrath the only bat to get to double figures with 20 But Rohan Hughes in his first season of first grade got two for 18 off 10 overs and excelled.

Will Cheatley three for 13 off 10 continued to hamper opposition bats and while leggie Dale Banks three

for 20 and Rob Phoenix chipped in with one for 13.

A good day all round to keep the side close to the top of the ladder Second Grade: This was a great win to the seconds with veterans Steve Rogers 50 and Jarrod Speed 58 compiling most off the runs against Willow Grove Young Luke Powell 19 also impressed as the Seconds finished with four for 150 off 45 overs.

It was much better batting effort than last week on a slower outfield at Mirboo North Willow Grove started slowly with tight bowling from Brandon Bradshaw one for 18 and Andy Mac three good wickets for 20, and then leggies from youngster Luke Powell who grabbed four for 19 off his 8.5 over’s to steal the game away from Willow Grove and Steve Rogers with guile a good two for 22 off his overs the bowlers restricted the opposition god batting line up It was a well deserved win to get the lads in the seconds to get back on track Third Grade: The boys and veterans of Third Grade travelled down to Morwell to take on St Vincent’s batting first compiled a respectful seven for 124 with individual results not available but a good team effort made sure of the win St Vincent’s collapsed to be all out for 78 off 30 over’s as tight bowling from the Mirboo North players and team fielding were the standout on a good day for the Tigers cricketers.

• GCL Seniors

Leongatha defeated in GCL LEONGATHA District had a day it would like to forget, with the travel by its Bairnsdale counterparts seeming to have no effect on itsperformance, winning by nine wickets.

Batting first at Scorpion Park, Leongatha was bowled out for 144 in the last few overs of the match, with its scorecard highlighted by players getting starts without capitalising.

Top scorers were Adam Miller and Matthew Houston who made 30 and 27 respectively.

With the ball, the wrecker for Bairnsdale was Stephan Grobler, whose spell of 5/19 off eight overs was menacing, in addition to Nathan Pollard who claimed 2/24.

In somewhat surprising fashion, Bairnsdale withstood no pressure in chasing the required total, passing it in the second session for the loss of only one wicket. Scott Davidson with an unbeaten 72 was the standout, and his work in conjunction with Rohan Blandford (34) and Daniel Gledhill (31), ensured that the points would always be going the way of Bairnsdale.

The inaugural day-night GCL match at the Traralgon Showgrounds between Traralgon District and Warragul District went the way of the hosts, in what served as a nice teaser to what audiences can expect when the Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes clash in December.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Traralgon made a

Sole wicket: Korumburra’s Shane Dole claimed the only Bairnsdale wicket to fall at Scorpion Park on Sunday. steady start, consolidating its partnerships in the middle session, before ensuring it had enough time in the latter overs in which to rotate the strike.

Chris Lehner made 34 along with Alastair Jenkin who notched up 28, as they and the rest of the batting card worked around Tim Fitch whose busy innings of 48 proved vital in the context of the match. At the close Traralgon had scored 9/211, with the best performed bowlers for Warragul being Sam Russell who took 4/38 along with James Williams who snared 2/21.

In response, Warragul’s innings

got off to a horrendous start, as it slumped to be 4/38 with the game virtually over before the first drinks break.

Only some late stroke play from wicketkeeper Craig Byrnes saved the side from complete embarrassment, with his 38 adding some respectability to the total as the Wild Dogs were bowled out in the 46th over for 130.

For Traralgon, Lee Stockdale’s darts proved to be too much to handle, as he cleaned up the middle order and finished with figures of 5/23, in tandem with crowd favourite Ross Whelpdale who took 2/35.

Teams ready: 54 women and girls (five teams) converged on the Dowton Park ovals at Yarragon on Sunday to kick off the Women’s Gippsland Cricket League season. Three rounds of 20/20 matches were played on what was the first day of a two day carnival. The second day will be played in Sale in a fortnight. Teams from Leongatha, Traralgon, Bairnsdale, Sale-Maffra and Warragul are competing.

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Eustace runs over the Cougars A MASSIVE 105 run knock from Thomas Eustace saw OMK hold its ground on top of the ladder on Saturday.

The Cougars claimed a wicket with the first ball of the day, but it was all down hill from there.

Dismissing the OMK openers cheaply only brought Eustace and Russell White to the crease.

White made 56 runs before he was caught behind by Matt Wilson, and Eustace cracked triple figures before Adam Drury claimed his wicket.

Introducing Peter Dell into the game only drove OMK’s tally upwards, as he accumulated 90 runs before he was caught by Jake Rockall off Josh Moore.

Adam Drury and Josh Moore were Koonwarra/ LRSL’s top bowlers with two wickets each, but OMK flew ahead with a final score of 7/305.

Koonwarra/LRSL was unable to catch up. Daniel Baker top scored with 40 not out and Wilson made 39.

Dylan McMeekin took 3/20 and Koonwarra/ LRSL finished the day all out 170.

A steady innings cost Wonthaggi Workmens the

match against Town on Saturday.

Daniel Turton top scored part way through the batting order with 31 runs. Town’s Ashley Hickey raised havoc for the Workers, claiming 4/19.

At the end of 35.2 overs, the Workers were all out for 135.

Town captain Jareth Hume, batting third, polished off the match with a 78 run haul.

Bowlers Kevin and Lochlan McLean managed to take two wickets each, but couldn’t stop Town’s run.

Town finished the match with 5/137.

Nerrena claimed victory over Kilcunda Bass.

Batting first, Kilcunda Bass started well with Brett Joseph making 21 runs. However, a top score of 27 runs from Heath Grace was not enough to defend a final score of 8/105 against Nerrena.

Bowler Shaun Helms made plenty of problems from Kilcunda Bass, taking 4/5 late in the innings.

Helms continued his fine form at the crease, making 64 runs for Nerrena. Cameron Baudinette also performed well, making 30 runs.

Rohan Duff claimed 3/14, but Nerrena ran away with a final tally of

8/151.

Phillip Island narrowly made it over the line against MDU. Starting strong, MDU’s Mark Le Page made 54 runs, but little else impacted MDU’s score.

Phillip bowlers Chris Andrews and Clint Wilson were on fire, each taking three wickets, leaving MDU with a final score of 9/113.

Phillip Island played a consistent innings, and with batsmen Russell Cleeland, Connor Epifano, Matthew Wright and Matthew Parsons each making more than 20 runs each, Phillip Island skated over the line with a final score of 7/117.

Steven Arnup was the top bowler for MDU, taking 3/34.

Division 1 KOONWARRA L/RSL def by OMK 1st innings OMK L. Jones lbw. b. A. Drury ..... 0 E. Lamers c. M. Wilson b. D. Clark ........................ 1 R. White c. M. Wilson b. Ja Pickersgill .............. 56 T. Eustace c. J. Hoy b. A. Drury ................... 105 P. Dell c. J. Rockall b. J. Moore ..................... 90 D. McMeekin b. J. Stockdale .................. 6 J. Greenwood n.o. .............. 28 N. Besley c. D. Baker b. J. Moore ....................... 5

N. Auddino n.o. .................... 0 Extras ................................ 14 Total .......................7/305 (cc) Bowling: A. Drury 2/63, D. Clark 1/20, P. Buckley 0/35, Ja Pickersgill 1/38, J. Hoy 0/34, K. Thorne 0/34, J. Moore 2/53, J. Stockdale 1/23.

1st innings Koon L/RSL J. Rockall b. R. White .......... 1 M. Wilson c. T. Eustace b. N. Auddino ................. 39 J. Moore c. J. Myors b. R. White ....................... 7 D. Clark b. D. McMeekin .. 14 D. Baker n.o. ...................... 40 J. Stockdale c. L. Jones b. D. McMeekin ............... 7 P. Buckley lbw. b. D. McMeekin ............... 0 K. Thorne stp. b. N. Auddino ................... 0 A. Drury b. J. Greenwood .. 18 J. Hoy b. J. Myors .............. 12 Ja Pickersgill r.o. ................ 12 Extras ................................ 20 Total ................................. 170 Bowling: R. White 2/34, N. Besley 0/30, N. Auddino 2/14, D. McMeekin 3/20, J. Greenwood 1/28, J. Myors 1/27, B. Furness 0/5, L. Jones 0/2.

TOWN d WON CLUB 1st innings Won Club J. Schulz c. D. Goss b. A. Hickey ..................... 0 M. Davey c. R. Edwards b. W. Turner...................... 5 L. Sawyer b. A. Hickey ........ 0 D. Turton b. A. Hickey ....... 31 L. McLean c. M. Luscombe b. L. Hickey...................... 9 C. Harvey b. M. Kreutzberger ......... 21 D. Herbert c&b. A. Hickey .............. 14 J. Brann b. J. Hume ............ 23 K. McLean c. d. Goss

b. M. Kreutzberger ......... 12 B. Evans lbw. b. W. Turner .. 3 K. Dudley n.o. ...................... 2 Extras ................................ 10 Total ................................. 130 Bowling: A. Hickey 4/19, W. Turner 2/16, M. Luscombe 0/12, L. Hickey 1/22, M. Kreutzberger 2/45, J. Hume 1/15.

1st innings Town A. Hickey b. L. McLean .... 19 M. Kreutzberger lbw. b. D. Herbert .................... 6 J. Hume c. M. Davey b. K. McLean ................. 78 R. Edwards b. K. McLean .... 3 N. Hanily n.o. ....................... 8 D. Goss c. C. Harvey b. K. McLean ................... 0 W. Turner n.o. .................... 15 Extras .................................. 8 Total .............................. 5/137 Bowling: D. Herbert 1/33, K. Dudley 0/28, K. McLean 2/16, L. McLean 2/19, J. Brann 0/28, B. Evans 0/11.

NERRENA d KILCUNDA BASS 1st innings Kilcunda Bass B. Joseph c. J. Kelly b. S. Murphy .................. 21 R. Gardiner b. J. Kelly ....... 13 H. Grace b. N. Battersby .... 27 M. Khan c. B. Martin b. S. Murphy .................... 3 Z. Crow c. N. Battersby b. S. Helms ..................... 20 A. McBride n.o. ................... 3 S. Tapscott stp. B. Martin b. S. Helms ....................... 3 R. Duff stp. B. Martin b. S. Helms ....................... 0 D. Bettles c. G. Murphy b. S. Helms ....................... 0 R. Duff n.o. .......................... 3 Extras ................................ 12 Total .......................8/105 (cc) Bowling: C. Dougherty 0/23, N. Battersby 1/16, S.

Murphy 2/10, J. Kelly 1/27, C. Baudinette 0/23, S. Helms 4/5.

1st innings Nerrena A. Harrison c. B. Joseph b. A. McBride................. 12 S. Murphy b. D. Bettles ..... 10 S. Helms n.o. ...................... 64 N. Battersby c. R. Gardiner b. R. Duff ......................... 2 J. Kelly lbw. b. R. Duff ........ 6 T. Dyke c. R. Gardiner b. R. Duff ......................... 0 C. Baudinette c. R. Duff b. Z. Crow ...................... 30 B. Martin b. Z. Crow.......... 17 C. Dougherty b. Z. Crow ..... 0 Extras ................................ 10 Total .............................. 8/151 Bowling: D. Bettles 1/16, A. McBride 1/22, R. Duff 3/14, M. Khan 0/28, S. Tapscott 0/17, R. Duff 0/25, Z. Crow 3/18, K. Duff 0/10.

PHILLIP ISLAND d MDU 1st innings MDU S. Arnup c. M. Wright b. S. Boyack ..................... 6 M. Le Page c&b. C. Andrews ............ 54 J. McEwan lbw. b. C. Andrews................. 13 P. Vine b. C. Wilson ............. 1 C. Hoober b. C. Wilson ........ 3 B. Good c&b. C. Andrews ... 3 D. Thomas r.o. .................... 11 T. Sinclair c. A. Thomas b. M. Wright ..................... 7 C. Harris c. A. Thomas b. C. Wilson...................... 3 J. Phillips n.o. ....................... 2 C. Cary n.o. .......................... 0 Extras ................................ 10 Total ....................... 9/113 (cc) Bowling: R. Cleeland 0/5, M. Wright 1/21, S. Boyack 1/17, A. Thomas 0/17, C. Andrews 3/26, C. Wilson 3/17.

1st innings Phillip Island R. Cleeland c. D. Thomas

Winning ton: OMK’s Thomas Eustace smashed out 105 runs against Koonwarra/ LRSL on Saturday. b. C. Harris ..................... 26 C. Epifano c. C. Hoober b. C. Harris ..................... 23 S. Boyack b. ......................... 2 M. Parsons b. S. Arnup ...... 20 A. Finlayson r.o. ................... 4 M. Wright c. D. Thomas b. S. Arnup ..................... 21 C. Wilson c. C. Harris

b. S. Arnup ....................... 4 C. Andrews n.o................... 12 A. Thomas n.o. ..................... 1 Extras .................................. 4 Total ....................... 7/117 (cc) Bowling: B. Good 0/23, C. Cary 0/12, C. Harris 2/13, P. Vine 1/17, S. Arnup 3/34, C. Hoober 0/14.

• LDCA B Grade Division Two

Glen Alvie stride to the top GLEN Alvie boun- Foster on Saturday.

Stuart Lowe and Jay ced to the top of the Tiziani led the charge, ladder after facing making 40 and 52 runs re-

LDCA ladders A Grade Division 1 Won Club .......................... 48 Phillip Island..................... 36 Inverloch ........................... 36 OMK.................................. 30 Korumburra ........................ 12 Town................................... 12 Glen Alvie .......................... 12 Kilcunda Bass ...................... 6 A Grade Division 2 Poowong-Loch .................. 48 Nerrena ............................. 36 Imperials ........................... 24 Koonwarra-L/RSL ........... 12 MDU .................................. 12 Won Miners ........................ 12 Foster.................................... 0 B Grade Division 1 OMK.................................. 48 Won Club .......................... 36 Phillip Island..................... 36 Nerrena ............................. 36 Town................................... 18 Koonwarra L/RSL.............. 12 MDU .................................... 6 Kilcunda-Bass ...................... 0

B Grade Division 2 Glen Alvie.......................... 36 Korumburra ..................... 36 Poowong-Loch .................. 24 Won Miners ...................... 24 Inverloch ............................ 12 Imperials ............................ 12 Foster.................................... 0 C Grade Division 1 OMK.................................. 48 Korumburra ..................... 42 Nerrena ............................. 30 MDU .................................. 30 Won Club ........................... 24 Town................................... 12 Phillip Island ........................ 6 Inverloch .............................. 0 C Grade Division 2 Glen Alvie.......................... 36 OMK.................................. 36 Phillip Island..................... 36 Won Club .......................... 12 Koonwarra L/RSL.............. 24 Korumburra ........................ 24 Poowong-Loch ................... 12 Kilcunda-Bass ...................... 0 Town..................................... 0

spectively.

Foster’s Andrew Starret fought hard and took 4/124, seeing to it that Glen Alvie was all out for 178 at the end of the innings.

However, Foster couldn’t make up the ground. Captain W. Davy top scored with 24 runs.

Josh Thomas helped to end Foster’s run, taking 3/27.

Foster finished its innings 8/133.

Inverloch defended its score of 5/111 against the Wonthaggi Miners.

Batting first, Inverloch’s Bradley Phillips and Warren Stewart retained the lead by making 25 and 37 runs respectively.

Geoff Peters was the top bowler for the Miners, taking 2/13.

Miners’ batsmen Darren Beesey and John Nelson made 31 and 22 runs respectively, but a shortfall kept the Miners in second place.

Inverloch bowlers Clayton Fisher and Amad Mujtaba were determined to defend their score and took two wickets each.

The Miners ended its innings all out for 98 after 30 runs.

Korumburra outplayed the Imperials.

Batting first, only Imperials captain Kristian Gray could make an impact on the scoreboard.

He made 34 runs before he was run out by Justin Cook.

Evan Allaway shut down the Imperials batsmen by taking 6/18. His bowling tenacity forced the Imperials’ early dismissal all out for 62.

Opening the batting for Korumburra, Barry Kerr top scored with 30 runs before he was stumped by Andrew Meyer.

The Imperials battled hard to defend its total and send Korumburra off the ground early. Bowlers

James Forrester, Ricky O’Loughlin and Tom Evans each took two wickets each, but it was not enough to steal the points away from Korumburra.

After 20 overs, Korumburra had a total of 6/73.

Poowong Loch had the bye this round.

FOSTER def by GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie R. Slade c. S. Embuldeniya b. D. Lacasa...................... 0 S. Lowe c. D. Britton b. S. Roffey .................... 40 J. Tiziani c. S. Roffey b. S. Lee ......................... 52 J. Hull c. K. Davy b. A. Starret .................... 25 D. Tiziani b. A. Starret ......... 1 D. Gilbert c. D. Britton b. S. Lee ........................... 5 W. Luke c. W. Davy b. A. Starret .................... 15 J. Thomas b. P. Jervies ....... 11 L. McRae n.o........................ 3 B. Cox r.o. ............................ 0 K. Simpson c. b. A. Starret... 0 Extras ................................ 26 Total ................................. 178 Bowling: P. Jervies 1/28,

D. Lacasa 1/35, S. Roffey 1/29, T. McWilliams 0/34, S. Lee 2/16, A. Starret 4/24.

1st innings Foster D. Britton c. R. Slade b. W. Luke ...................... 10 S. Embuldeniya b. J. Thomas ..................... 5 W. Davy c. S. Lowe b. L. McRae.................... 24 P. Jervies c. W. Luke b. L. McRae.................... 19 T. McWilliams c. R. Slade b. B. Cox .......................... 4 A. Starret b. D. Gilbert ....... 14 S. Lee c. D. Gilbert b. J. Thomas ..................... 9 D. Lacasa c. J. Tiziani b. J. Thomas ................... 15 S. Roffey n.o. ..................... 10 K. Davy n.o. ......................... 0 Extras ................................ 23 Total .......................8/133 (cc) Bowling: J. Thomas 3/27, B. Cox 1/30, W. Luke 1/17, K. Simpson 0/12, L. McRae 1/19, D. Gilbert 1/19.

IMPERIALS def by KORUMBURRA 1st innings Imperials A. Meyer c. A. Brinksma b. E. Allaway .................. 11 C. Mondal c&b. E. Allaway.. 1 K. Gray r.o.......................... 34 T. Evans b. H. McNeill ........ 0 J. Forrester c. N. Leppin

Paving pathways for umpires CRICKET Australia’s new umpire education manager Richard Patterson has a vision of creating pathways to premier cricket for grassroots regional umpires.

Mr Patterson began his role with Cricket Australia last week after previously being the umpire manager for Cricket Victoria.

He was in South Gippsland last week to give local umpires a training session regarding the new crick-

et laws.

Forty two laws of cricket were recently altered, regarding aspects like send offs, helmets in play and dead balls.

Mr Patterson held the session at Koonwarra/LRSL Cricket Club.

The session included techniques about where umpires should stand and what to look for before calling leg before wicket.

Mr Patterson said it was yet to be determined what his new national role would entail, but his aim

was to draw pathways for regional people to umpire premier and first class matches.

Presently, there is no direct pathway for rural umpires to get to premier games.

“I’d like to see all umpires offered the same opportunities I was – like the chance to umpire at the MCG,” he said.

At the moment, there are only 12 people nationwide who umpire first class matches. Mr Patterson said it is not an easy field to get into a

requires a lot of dedication, perseverance, and help from family and friends.

Inspiring locals: from left, Gippsland director of umpiring Geoff Wyatt and Cricket Australia’s new umpire education manager Richard Patterson were headed out to direct local umpires on new cricket laws at Koonwarra/LRSL Cricket Club last Wednesday.

b. E. Allaway .................... 1 R. O’Loughlin c&b. E. Allaway ............... 8 K. Materia b. E. Allaway ..... 0 J. Ballagh b. E. Allaway ....... 0 Z. James n.o. ........................ 0 Extras .................................. 7 Total ................................... 62 Bowling: E. Allaway 6/18, H. McNeill 1/20, D. Bailey 0/21, J. Cook 0/0.

1st innings Korumburra B. Kerr stp. A. Meyer b. J. Forrester.................. 30 A. Brinksma b. R. O’Loughlin .............. 0 D. Wyhoon lbw. b. T. Evans ...................... 15 N. Leppin c. K. Gray b. J. Forrester.................... 0 J. Cook lbw. b. R. O’Loughlin .............. 1 E. Allaway c. R. O’Loughlin b. T. Evans ...................... 11 J. Richards n.o. ................... 12 D. Kemp n.o. ........................ 2 Extras .................................. 1 Total .........................6/73 (cc) Bowling: J. Forrester 2/22, R. O’Loughlin 2/29, T. Evans 2/9, J. Ballagh 0/13.

INVERLOCH d WON MINERS 1st innings Inverloch B. Phillips b. G. Peters ....... 25 C. Fisher c. P. Loos

b. M. Martin ..................... 8 W. Stewart c. G. Peters b. J. Nelson..................... 37 A. Mujtaba c. D. McGuirk b. G. Peters ....................... 1 M. Warren r.o. ...................... 8 A. Brayley n.o. ..................... 6 S. Hayes n.o. ........................ 3 Extras ................................ 23 Total ....................... 5/111 (cc) Bowling: M. Martin 1/25, W. Chapman 0/7, D. Beesey 0/9, R. Todd 0/16, J. Nelson 1/30, G. Peters 2/13.

1st innings Won Miners J. Allen b. C. Fisher.............. 2 T. Latham c. A. Mujtaba b. C. Bulter ....................... 0 W. Chapman lbw. b. S. Hayes ....................... 6 D. Beesey c&b. A. Mujtaba............. 31 M. Martin b. C. Fisher ......... 0 J. Nelson c. J. Strickland b. A. Mujtaba.................. 22 G. Peters c. A. Mujtaba b. M. Warren .................... 6 P. Loos n.o. ......................... 15 D. McGuirk c. J. Strickland b. M. Warren .................... 2 Extras ................................ 14 Total ................................... 98 Bowling: C. Fisher 2/14, C. Bulter 1/10, S. Hayes 1/29, A. Mujtaba 2/18, J. Strickland 0/18, M. Warren 1/7.

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• LDCA A Grade Division One

Top four take out wins THE top four A1 sides took on the bottom four sides on Saturday with the top sides all taking out victories.

The Wonthaggi Club match was probably the most intriguing with Club being challenged all the way by Leongatha Town.

Batting first Club hit up 9/178 with Sam Huitema best with the blade with 38 while Sam Clark’s 3/32 was the highlight for Town.

In reply Town was 3/135 at one stage looking at just 44 for victory.

A massive batting collapse saw it go from 3/135 to 9/147; losing 6/12 and handing the contest over to Club. Town’s Jack Hume

was the best run scorer with 46.

Club’s Ryan Birkett claimed 4/33 in the comeback.

Phillip Island 5/129 had it covered when it chased down Korumburra’s disappointing 7/128.

The Cobras’ Shane Dole’s score of 37 was the best by either side while with the ball Charith Keerthisinghe and Blake Christopher both took three wickets for the Island.

No Mock, no OMK you might think but this couldn’t be further from the truth as OMK batsmen Tom Wyatt and Jason Wilson slammed a brilliant 188 run partnership to drive the Diggers home on Saturday.

Chasing Glen Alvie’s

7/170, OMK lost Daniel Mock for 5 but this set up the huge run scoring of Wilson with 101 not out and Tom Wyatt 90; only broken when Wyatt was caught and the score 2/200 at the close.

In the final A1 match Kilcunda Bass 9/160 had a close game with Inverloch 2/165. Inverloch’s Kit Rotthier was the standout in this match with 81 not out while Killy Bass’s Joe Hewison made 66.

OMK d GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie J. Smith c. A. Rose b. J. Cochrane................... 6 M. Heeps c. A. Miller b. N. Cant ....................... 11 S. Smith c. J. Van Rooye b. D. Mock ....................... 1 P. Palmer n.o. ..................... 92 A. Hamilton stp. A. Rose b. C. Honeyman ............... 9 D. Diwell c. J. Cochrane

b. C. Honeyman ............. 16 D. Hales c. T. Wyatt b. J. Wilson ....................... 8 S. Watson r.o. ....................... 0 J. Hales n.o. .......................... 1 Extras ................................ 26 Total .......................7/170 (cc) Bowling: J. Cochrane 1/43, J. Van Rooye 0/17, N. Cant 1/26, D. Mock 1/16, C. Honeyman 2/27, J. Wilson 1/38.

1st innings OMK D. Mock c. P. Palmer b. D. Diwell ...................... 5 T. Wyatt c. S. Watson b. J. Hales ....................... 90 J. Wilson n.o. .................... 101 Extras .................................. 5 Total .............................. 2/200 Bowling: D. Hales 0/42, D. Diwell 1/15, T. Smith 0/54, J. Smith 0/34, B. McRae 0/29, J. Hales 1/25.

WON CLUB d TOWN 1st innings Won Club D. Britt b. J. Hume ............... 0 S. Huitema lbw. b. M. Madusanka............ 38 M. Thomas c. D. Hume

b. J. Hume ...................... 28 R. Thomas r.o. .................... 10 J. Sheerin c. J. Hume b. S. Clark ...................... 24 J. Sheerin c. M. Smith b. D. Hume ..................... 11 J. Wallace n.o. .................... 33 M. McCall c. M. Madusanka b. S. Clark ...................... 11 R. Birkett b. S. Clark............ 4 A. Geyer r.o. ......................... 4 Extras ................................ 15 Total .......................9/178 (cc) Bowling: R. McLennan 0/27, J. Hume 2/28, S. Browne 0/33, M. Madusanka 1/36, S. Clark 3/32, D. Hume 1/17.

1st innings Town M. Davies b. R. Thomas ...... 6 J. Hume c. R. Thomas b. A. Geyer ..................... 46 S. Browne c. M. Thomas b. A. Geyer ..................... 22 M. Madusanka c. J. Sheerin b. R. Birkett .................... 23 J. Schelling b. M. McCall .. 21 M. Smith c. J. Sheerin b. R. Birkett ...................... 0 J. Richardson r.o................... 4 R. McLennan b. M. McCall .. 0 S. Fixter c. J. Sheerin

b. R. Birkett ...................... 5 D. Hume c. J. Sheerin b. R. Birkett ...................... 9 S. Clark n.o. ......................... 6 Extras ................................ 19 Total ................................. 161 Bowling: R. Thomas 1/24, R. Birkett 4/33, Z. MacDermid 0/14, M. McCall 2/37, J. Sheerin 0/22, A. Geyer 2/27.

KILCUNDA BASS def by INVERLOCH 1st innings Kilcunda Bass A. Larcombe lbw. b. L. anderson................. 13 M. Gill c. N. Brayley b. L. Rankin...................... 0 A. Donohue c. W. Taberner b. W. Rankin..................... 6 J. Hewison c. L. Anderson b. W. Rankin................... 66 J. Bastwrous c. W. Taberner b. K. Rotthier.................. 19 C. Davidson b. K. Rotthier... 2 J. Rosenow b. K. Rotthier .... 1 J. Tregear c&b. D. Newman ........... 12 C. Elliott c. W. Taberner b. L. Rankin.................... 17 J. Mahood n.o....................... 8

C. Peckett n.o. ...................... 0 Extras ................................ 16 Total .......................9/160 (cc) Bowling: L. Rankin 2/29, K. Rotthier 3/24, W. Rankin 2/18, L. Anderson 1/16, E. Cousins 0/15, D. Newman 1/31, R. Sparkes 0/24.

1st innings Inverloch B. Debono c. M. Gill b. A. Donohue ................ 29 K. Rotthier n.o.................... 81 D. Newman b. J. Hewison .. 32 W. Taberner n.o. ................... 4 Extras ................................ 20 Total .......................2/165 (cc) Bowling: M. Gill 0/37, C. Davidson 0/13, C. Peckett 0/16, J. Mahood 0/13, J. Hewison 1/32, A. Donohue 1/21, J. Tregear 0/27.

KORUMBURRA def by PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Korumburra I. Osman c. E. Richards ..... 12 K. Rigby c. C. Keerthisinghe b. M. Dennerley ............... 8 M. Houston c. J. Watts ....... 11 S. Dole c. Z. Brown b. C. Keerthisinghe ........ 37

P. Dunlevie b. ....................... 0 T. Richards stp. G. Selby b. C. Keerthisinghe ........ 17 J. Celebrine c. L. Cleeland b. C. Keerthisinghe .......... 2 S. Checkley n.o. ................. 20 D. Scott n.o. ......................... 5 Extras ................................ 16 Total .......................7/128 (cc) Bowling: M. Dennerley 1/22, J. Watts 0/30, B. Christopher 3/24, Z. Brown 0/23, C. Keerthisinghe 3/21, E. Richards 0/7.

1st innings Phillip Island M. Dennerley b. S. Checkley .................. 7 E. Richards r.o. ................... 27 L. Cleeland c. I. Osman b. M. Patching ................ 26 J. Watts n.o. ........................ 28 G. Selby c. I. Osman b. S. Dole.......................... 2 C. Keerthisinghe b. S. Dole .. 6 T. Hornsby n.o.................... 21 Extras ................................ 12 Total .............................. 5/129 Bowling: T. Richards 0/20, M. Patching 1/35, S. Checkley 1/27, K. Rigby 0/24, S. Dole 2/17.

• LDCA A Grade Division Two

Cougars tumble against ladder leaders K O O N WA R R A / Leongatha RSL put in a game to forget on Saturday with

a batting effort not likely to challenge undefeated Poowong Loch.

Right place: Imperials’ David Crawley has the hands ready and is in perfect position and takes the catch of Foster’s dangerous Richard Johnson for 27. Photos by Mark Drury.

The Cougars won the toss and batted but it was really only Sam Hughes able to put a score together with 38, Jacob Bardwell’s 4/19 slicing the middle and lower order to shreds with Koony finishing 9/107.

When it came time to bat it was Jacob Bardwell again who scored freely with 33.

To its credit Koony had Poowong Loch 5/79 at one stage before it settled to win the match, finishing with 6/109.

Imperials 6/144 has another win on the board after downing Foster 7/142.

Foster batted first with Mitchell Jones impressive with 51 not out and the Imps Luke Rogers taking 3/22.

Sam Vagg was the Imps chief with the bat with 60 including seven 4’s and two 6’s.

In the other match Nerrena keeps hold of second spot after winning 4/146 to Miner’s 8/141.

Miners opened its account well with 62 on the board before losing its first wicket, that of Josh Andrighetto for 34, the top scorer. After the first three went out though the

innings fell away thanks to some good bowling from Tim Wightman claiming 5/20 including two of the top three.

In reply Nerrena’s Dave Baldi opened with 51, and with Dave Trotman 28, had an opening stand o f 105. The Red Caps were never in doubt after that, scoring the win off 35 of its 40 overs.

MDU had the bye.

POOWONG LOCH d KOONWARRA L/RSL 1st innings Koon L/RSL B. Davison b. A. Jenkins ...... 4 J. Hughes c. B. Monson b. J. Bardwell ................. 18 B. Perry c. A. Bardwell b. N. Allen ........................ 1 S. Hughes c. K. Miller b. A. Jenkins ................... 38 S. Parker c&b. J. Bardwell ... 1 B. Tomada lbw. b. D. Fawcett .................... 6 C. McPhee b. D. Fawcett ... 13 J. Hastings c. M. Allen b. J. Bardwell ................... 2 B. Hastings stp. A. Bardwell b. J. Bardwell ................... 0 T. Elliott n.o. ........................ 1 Extras ................................ 23 Total .......................9/107 (cc) Bowling: A. Jenkins 2/14, D. Fawcett 2/13, N. Allen 1/16, B. Monson 0/25, J. Bardwell 4/19, T. Poynton 0/17.

1st innings Poowong Loch J. Bardwell c. B. Perry b. C. McPhee .................. 33 A. Bardwell stp. J. Hughes

b. J. Hastings .................... 9 W. Pollock c. B. Perry b. C. McPhee .................... 6 C. Knox c. B. Perry b. J. Hastings .................... 4 K. Miller c. S. Parker b. B. Tomada .................. 13 N. Allen n.o. ....................... 21 D. Fawcett c. B. Hastings b. B. Perry ........................ 1 T. Poynton n.o. ..................... 1 Extras ................................ 21 Total .............................. 6/109 Bowling: T. Elliott 0/22, N. Arnup 0/19, C. McPhee 2/12, J. Hastings 2/16, B. Tomada 1/23, B. Perry 1/13.

WON MINERS def by NERRENA 1st innings Won Miners C. Thomas r.o. .................... 24 J. Andrighetto stp. C. Salmon b. T. Wightman ............... 34 P. Nelson c. A. Trotto b. T. Wightman ............... 24 B. Andrighetto c. C. Salmon b. J. Hoy ........................... 0 J. O’Reilly b. N. Trotto ........ 1 J. Honeysett c. A. Trotto b. T. Wightman ............... 12 J. Piasente n.o..................... 10 C. Honeysett b. T. Wightman ................. 1 J. Rumbold lbw. b. T. Wightman ................. 0 A. Honeysett n.o. ................. 3 Extras ................................ 32 Total .......................8/141 (cc) Bowling: J. Trease 0/38, Z. Trease 0/27, A. Trotto 0/15, T. Wightman 5/20, D. Symmons 0/3, J. Hoy 1/11, N. Trotto 1/15.

1st innings Nerrena D. Baldi lbw.

b. J. Honeysett ............... 51 D. Trotman c. B. Andrighetto b. J. Honeysett ................ 28 J. Hoy n.o. .......................... 17 H. Funnell b. A. Honeysett... 2 A. Trotto c. J. Honeysett b. A. Honeysett................. 0 N. Trotto n.o. ...................... 10 Extras ................................ 38 Total .............................. 4/146 Bowling: J. Piasente 0/14, J. Rumbold 0/39, P. Nelson 0/16, A. Hall 0/23, J. Honeysett 2/33, A. Honeysett 2/15.

IMPERIALS d FOSTER 1st innings Foster G. Watkins c. J. Drewe b. L. Rogers ...................... 3 M. Lynch c. J. Drewe b. L. Rogers ...................... 1 M. Jones n.o. ...................... 51 J. Toner b. D. Crawley ....... 15 . Staley c. M. Lafferty b. D. Crawley ................... 9 R. Johnston c. D. Crawley b. Z. Price ....................... 27 J. Chaseling b. M. Lafferty ................. 13 J. Pilkington lbw. b. L. Rogers ...................... 1 J. Weston n.o. ....................... 6 Extras ................................ 16 Total .......................7/142 (cc) Bowling: Z. Price 1/16, L. Rogers 3/22, M. Lafferty 1/50, D. Crawley 2/18, D. Ginnane 0/22, P. McCaughan 0/9.

1st innings Imperials G. Saurarin c. M. Lynch b. N. Clarke ...................... 8 M. Lafferty c. M. Lynch b. J. Weston .................... 20 S. Vagg c. N. Clarke b. G. Tanner .................... 60 J. Drewe c. G. Watkins

Concentration: Paddy McCaughan steams in and delivers for Imperials, taking 0/9. b. J. Chaseling ................ 27 R. Higgins n.o. ..................... 8 L. Rogers c. G. Watkins b. J. Weston ...................... 0 R. McLennan c. G. Tanner b. R. Johnston................. 15

Extras .................................. 6 Total .............................. 6/144 Bowling: R. Johnston 1/25, J. Weston 2/30, N. Clarke 1/33, J. Staley 0/22, G. Tanner 1/24, J. Chaseling 1/7.

Chasing Melbourne Cup glory THIS year’s Melbourne Cup holds added interest for Leongatha residents this year with a couple of prominent local owners fielding a runner next Tuesday, November 7.

And not just any runner either. Humidor, partowned by Landmark Harcourts, Leongatha co-owner Terry Ginnane and former locals Mick and Alise Johnston, put in a massive effort in Saturday’s Moonee Valley Cox Plate to almost beat the mighty Winx.

Winx ran three wide for a lot of the race and Humidor had the run of the race and for a moment it looked like Humidor would overcome the mighty Winx before the champion held on to win its third Plate in a row.

Mr Ginnane said they never expected Humidor could win but just wanted it to run a good race to see if

it was worth entering the Cup field.

“Trainer Darren Weir put blinkers on Humidor and a different jockey in Blake Shinn who had already ridden four winners,” Terry said.

“Humidor obviously exceeded expectations and I reckon given another 50 metres and we could have had it. But we are delighted with the run and the trainer said it was well worth going into the Cup field.”

“The atmosphere was great with a massive crowd and although we’d have loved to win it, we were all happy to stand and applaud a champion racehorse in Winx.”

Ginnane, Johnston and other connections will be at the Cup next Tuesday but first they’ll be off to Derby Day this Saturday to see if their other runner Tosem Stardom can take home the Cantala Stakes race, a group one race. The horse runs favourite in this event.

Left, Cup hopes: former Leongatha footballer Mick Johnston left, and local stock agent Terry Ginnane, with leading trainer Darren Weir in the centre, hold the Australian Cup they won at Flemington in March this year. They’ll be hoping Humidor can run the distance in the Melbourne Cup next Tuesday.

Close: Humidor gets up on the outside of Winx and for a moment it looked like it might be a boilover but Winx steadied to win. Winx had to run a better time than its two previous Cox Plates to win the race.

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Cycle challenge and festival almost here THE Bass Coast Cycle Challenge and Family Festival on Sunday, November 12, at Inverloch is just around the corner.

Hundreds of participants locally and from all over Victoria will take part in one of the cornerstone rides (121km, 85km, 53km, 14km family ride or a 5km kids ride).

While riders get to experience one of the most scenic rides in Victoria, the broader benefits of the event are far reaching, with proceeds funding courses run in our local schools, which arm the next generation with life saving road safety knowledge.

As well, at this year’s Bass Coast Cycle Challenge and Family Festival, one male and one female rider aged 60+ will receive a fantastic prize.

Each year the Bass Coast Cycle Challenge and Family Festival attracts riders of a wide variety of ages and abilities and the over 60 age group is always well represented across all distances.

On Sunday, November 12, a randomly selected male and female rider over 60 years of age, will receive $250.

All bike ride distances take in the beautiful stretch of ocean from Cape Paterson to Inverloch while those on the longer distances take on the tough Mt. Misery climb.

This year’s Fun Run event has three distances; a 10km, 5km and a 1.8km run.

The Family Festival is a fun filled day the whole family can enjoy. This year sees the return of the billy carts, the tug-o-war and safety bike ride (part of the 14km family ride), and many

returning favourites including bike decorating, skate / BMX comps, fun runs, face painting and more.

Children pay just $5 for access to these six festival events: billy carts, fun run, skateboard/ BMX competitions, safety bike challenge, tug of war, bike decorating.

Schedule of events With something for all the family, festival Calling it: dressed in their basketball gear, Year 9 students Laila Kane-Dipaolo (left) and events run from 9am to mid afternoon.

7.45am ....... 121km cycling event briefing 8am ............ 121km cycling event start (waves of 100 riders) 8.45am ....... 85km cycling event briefing 9am ............ 85km cycling event start 9.10am ....... Fun runs (1.8km, 5km, 10km) 9.45am ....... 53km & 40km cycling events briefing 10am .......... 53km & 40km cycling events start 10.05am ..... Billy cart races – heats 11am .......... Billy cart races – final 11.30am ..... Billy cart race presentation 12pm .......... Kids decorated bike judging (Reilly Street) 12.30pm ..... Tug-o-war 1pm ............ Family fun ride 2.30pm ....... Presentations (cycle challenge, family fun ride, tug-o-war) 4pm ............ Close of event

All festival activities are located on and around the main street of Inverloch, A’beckett St. Download a Bass Coast Cycle Challenge and Family festival start/finish line map.

It is not too late to be part of this major event in Inverloch.

Register for a ride now at www.basscoastcyclechallenge.com

Riders at the ready: cyclists get ready to take off in last year’s Bass Coast Cycle Challenge.

Ruby Gage (right) were umpired by Chloe Cengia at Wonthaggi Secondary College for Physical Education and Health Week on Friday.

School inspires healthy lifestyles HEALTH and wellbeing is of utmost importance at Wonthaggi Secondary College.

The school celebrated Physical Education and Health Week last week, which is supported by the school every year.

“It’s all about promoting awareness and encouraging everyone to be physically active,” health and PE coordinator Marty Chan said.

To mark the occasion, a number of activities ran throughout the week for all students.

Most importantly, the Year 9 students participated in Sex Education and Party Safe session in Cape Paterson, run by local nurses.

Other activities included the Year 7’s limbo competition and the staff against students basketball tournament, which was hilarious for those who were watching and ultimately won by the staff.

The week ended with an out of school uniform day, in which everyone was encouraged to come in their sports gear.

The costumes were creative with roller skates, retro tennis outfits and swimming gear making an appearance.

Wonthaggi Secondary College is an active school, so the usual physical education sessions were not altered by

the week’s events.

On any given week during terms one and four, students are out participating in activities like surfing, cycling, canoeing, fishing

and archery.

“Our program is extensive to maintain that awareness of health and staying physically active,” Mr Chan said.

Creative: back from left, Laila Kane-Dipaolo, Chloe Cengia, Ruby Gage, Mason Vanderkolk, Holly Hughes, front from left, Winnie Graham and Orana Lynch showcased some fantastic ideas for Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Physical Education and Health Week out of uniform day on Friday.

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Multi skilled: Leongatha Primary School students Caiden, Marcus, Taine, Hayden, Jaidyn, Brandyn, Brett, Thomas, Jhett and Casper learned a range of cricket skills at the Cricket Victoria clinic on Tuesday.

Students put cricket skills to the test

Game on: Inverloch Primary School students Willow and Dakoda couldn’t wait to get some batting and bowling practice in during a Cricket Victoria clinic on Tuesday.

STUDENTS boosted their cricket skills in a series of skill based activities last Tuesday (October 24).

Some 200 students from a dozen local schools descended on Leongatha’s Scorpion Park to be part of the program.

The day was designed to help students in Grade 3 and 4 prepare for competition cricket in Grade 5 and 6, as well as encourage them to join a local club.

“We run five state clinics to keep children involved and engaged in the sport, and the teachers have the opportunity to learn some new skills as well,” Cricket Victoria Gippsland regional manager Shannon Small said.

“We focus on skills to get them ready

for competition, or to support our local clubs.”

The students had a go at batting, bowling and catching, and were introduced to games such as T20 Blast and rapid fire.

Cricket Victoria staff manned each station, giving the children advice and helping them to refine their skills.

Shannon said promoting cricket to Practice: from left, St Laurence’s Primary School students Harry, Kade young people was important at the mo- and Darcy put their cricket skills to test last Tuesday. ment because the Melbourne Stars will soon be coming to Traralgon.

“It’s not often we have big sporting teams come along to play in the region, so we are trying to get as many young people there as possible,” he said.

The Melbourne Stars Big Bash is set to be played under lights Friday, December 15.

Right, Fun day: back from left, Nathan (Korumburra Primary School), Bryce (Korumburra Primary School), Zac (Leongatha Primary School), Asher (Fish Creek Primary School), Thomas (Inverloch Primary School), Oscar (Inverloch Primary School), front, Grace (Fish Creek Primary School) and Ethan (Leongatha Primary School) enjoyed learning about cricket in Leongatha last Tuesday.