The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, November 30, 2022

‘Logistical nightmare’

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

AHorsham

festival organiser says there are ‘complex’ lo gistical obstacles limiting a mainstreet return of the event, despite calls for a venue reversion.

Kannamaroo Festival committee president Di Bell said, in her experi ence, hosting the event in Horsham’s main street was a ‘logistical night mare’.

She said increased insurance costs, shrinking volunteer numbers and changing business and demographic landscapes would continue to threaten the festival’s long-term viability if event changes were not considered.

The festival, that started as an event

along the Wimmera River in 1980, was relocated to a blockaded Fire brace Street during the Millennium Drought.

Originally slated for a Horsham showground-hub on Saturday and Sunday, in an event first, the com mittee moved the festival to Horsham Plaza carpark late in the week.

Saturated grass and entry points lim ited public admission and carnivalride operations at the showground.

Mrs Bell said Horsham Rural City Council had always assisted with Kannamaroo-event road closures on Firebrace Street.

She said the committee, not the council, had shifted the event in trying circumstances.

Mrs Bell said changes to the event’s council-based insurance classification had driven up public liability costs, and management of a ‘rolling’ event set-up throughout the weekend that could satisfy businesses, non-festival customer access, and festival-goers was not possible without a ‘significant’ increase to the number of committed volunteers on the festival committee.

“The last time the festival ran in the main street, the event was housed within an umbrella of the council’s public liability insurance, and now the festival needs its own insurance,” she said.

“This year we had $6000 to run the festival and I don’t think we could comprehend how much public liabil

ity it would cost if the event was in the main street.

“It cost a third of our whole budget, just in insurance, to host the movie on Roberts Place on Friday night, and that was in a small and controlled space.

“Not to mention there would be rolling road closures along Horsh am streets for festival set-up; while management of access to non-fes tival businesses, carnival electricity, emergency services access, as well as vehicle-safety barriers at each end of the main street would all need to be installed within about an hour because of timeframe restrictions on major road closures.

“It is not something that can just

happen because some people in the community want it that way.”

Mrs Bell said the festival had been ‘crying out’ for more volunteers for years – specifically, volunteers who were ready to shoulder substantial loads.

She said while she appreciated con structive feedback about the event, a pool of available volunteers had shrunk to an unsustainable level.

“People are remembering Kannama roo Festival from ‘back then’ and wanting the same thing now, but I believe what they really remember is the community connection the festival offered, not its location,” she said.

TINY DANCER: Amelia Emmett was among the pre-schoolers and ‘tiny tots’ students to perform in a Horsham School of Dance concert at the weekend. The concert was the first of its kind for the school, offering its youngest students the chance to perform for families and friends without the pressure of the stage. More photos, page 25.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Nationals’ hold on Lowan continues

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

Emma Kealy was convincingly returned as State Member for Lowan early on Saturday even ing, in stark contrast with other Nationals provisional wins across regional seats.

The Nationals added Mildura, the Gippsland seat of Morwell and Shep parton to its stocks at Saturday’s State Election, took the party’s Lower House seat total from five to eight and battled strong resistance from incum bent independent and Labor candi dates in all three of its electoral gains.

Despite strong electoral contests across regional Victoria, Lowan has remained one of the safest seats in the state with Ms Kealy motoring towards a 50 percent two-party lead against her nearest challenger, Labor candi

date Mick Monaghan. Neighbouring Ripon, a seat that includes residents of Ararat and Northern Grampians municipalities, voted for a change of representative and ousted two-term Liberal Louise Staley in favour of Labor’s Martha Haylett.

In the seat of Mildura, Nationals’ Jade Bentham has provisionally de feated incumbent independent Ali Cupper by less than three percent to claim back the state’s north-west cor ner after its loss in 2018.

In Shepparton, former mayor and Nationals candidate Kim O’Keefe defeated two-term independent Su zanna Sheed to reclaim the northern Victorian seat that swung against the Nationals for the first time in 2014.

Ms Kealy said she always welcomed ‘fierce’ candidates who tried to listen to the community concerns to contest

Apsley ‘devastated’

The Apsley community is banding together to support Border Inn Hotel owners Shane Bourke and Catherine Warke after a car ran through the pub early Monday morning.

The façade, bar, dining room and parlour were damaged.

Mr Bourke said his biggest concern was trying to work out what to do next to ensure the pub remained viable in the coming months.

“It’s not about Catherine and I. The pub is a part of the community and we want to make sure we leave it for whoever comes after us,” he said.

“No-one owns a building like this forever. The pub has been here in some capacity for 170 years and we are just one part of that.”

Mr Bourke said he wanted to pre serve as much as he could from inside the pub.

“There are old football photos and paintings of red-tail black cockatoos by famous artists in the pub,” he said.

“We’re only custodians of what is in the pub and that’s what we want to save – those are the things that make the Border Inn what it is.”

The pair moved to Apsley from Mel bourne in June and officially reopened the pub in July.

The pub previously operated under a syndicate of 12 Apsley families, who purchased the pub as a ‘rescue mis sion’ in 2014. The pub had been up for sale since early 2021.

Apsley resident Cynthia Watt was a key member of the marketing com mittee to sell the pub and said it was ‘extremely disheartening’ to see the pub damaged.

“It’s a big shock and makes me teary

thinking about it after so much hard work selling the pub to two incredible people,” she said.

“It’s been a great transition with four to five months of great trading. It’s a fantastic place to be again.

“It was only on Sunday that the town was buzzing with hundreds of people going through a town market and the pub was seeing people through the doors. For the car to come through the next morning was a huge setback.”

Apsley Progress Association estab lished a fundraiser to support the pair as they look to rebuild.

The GoFundMe page can be found at gofund.me/bec19b37

When The Weekly Advertiser went to press, the association had raised more than $11,000 of its $15,000 goal.

Apsley Progress Association presi dent Rob Carberry said it was devast ing for the community when the pub was closed.

“A hotel is a meeting place for the community, especially in a small community – it’s a hub and place of release for many people,” he said.

“Unfortunately, with COVID-19 re strictions, we know what it’s like in the community when the hotel is closed. To lose it for any length of time is a tragedy.”

Mr Carberry said he hoped to see the pub operational again as soon as possible.

“It’s a tragic accident to happen,” he said.

“I don’t think anyone sets out to devastate a small community like this, so I hope the people involved recover as well.

“The community will get behind

Lowan. She said she had faced inde pendent candidates in all three of her election wins.

She said her resounding victory and a continued Nationals’ hold on Lowan was a ‘question for the electors’, and that she intended to ‘honour’ the peo ple of Lowan’s trust in her.

Ms Kealy also celebrated an increase in The Nationals gender-diverse par liamentary representation after the weekend, with women elected in all three Nationals-gained seats.

“Anyone that says the National Party is a just party for old men and farmers is just wrong,” she said.

However, she said she would not comment on the Liberal Party repudi ation and its low percentage of prese lected female candidates, with women set to represent just four Liberal-held Coalition seats in the new parliament.

“I don’t have a comment on the Lib eral Party. The Nationals have done really well and we are seen as a party that is very supportive of women, and we have attracted really high-quality candidates to run for preselection,” she said.

“It can be overwhelming for people to put their views out there as candi dates, as well put other aspects of their life on the line including their job and their family.

“But Nationals’ success this elec tion goes to the quality of our can didates. We have team mentality and that won’t change during the next four years.”

Ms Kealy said she would renominate herself for the party’s deputy leader at a meeting expected later this week, once the parliament’s make up was officially confirmed.

She said after Lowan voters gave their strong support for Nationals’ policies, she would continue to work ‘tirelessly’ to ‘deliver’ on party com mitments and campaign for their sup port from the returned Labor govern ment.

“As we can see from the polls, there was a lot of support for what the Na tional party was pitching in Lowan – our commitments to regional infra structure, roads, hospitals and schools, getting Horsham airport set up to host domestic flights and ending the gas monopoly in the Wimmera,” she said. At the time of publication, Louise Staley had not yet conceded defeat in Ripon, with Martha Haylett in front on a two-party preferred count by 4.5 percent with nearly 35 percent of the vote left to count.

Shane and Catherine and show them support as they work to get it up and running again.”

Mr Carberry said he hoped the fund raiser would demonstrate to the own ers how the community felt about the work they did to run the pub.

“I hope it’s moral building and gives them courage to get it up and running again when they see the support be hind them,” he said.

“They’ve worked very hard to get the hotel running how it should be, so the community feels sorry this hap pened to them and will continue to look for ways to help them get back to it.”

Ms Watt said support from the

community had been overwhelming. “Everyone is fully behind Shane and Catherine – it’s a really sad thing to have to go through,” she said.

“There’s already a sense of optimism and that shows great insight into their personality and character.

“I’m sure it will be a rollercoaster, but they have some ideas for sum mer trading and hopefully the money raised will keep it sustainable and support staff.”

Mr Bourke said he anticipated the money raised would go towards help ing his staff and any shortfall in insur ance for bricks and mortar.

“We want to help our staff as much as we can,” he said.

“The money will be distributed and organised by the progress association, which has a long track record of phi lanthropy in Apsley.

“It won’t be for us directly – while this is a big thing in our lives, people have lost much more in floods and fires, and importantly, we are safe.

“As bad as this is it is not the end of the world.”

Mr Bourke said he hoped to estab lish a pop-up event to keep things going in the short term.

“It’s about the community who have a clear heart and soul and have made us feel part of that,” he said.

– Abby Walter

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LONG ROAD AHEAD: A car crashed through Apsley’s Border Inn Hotel on Monday, leaving owners Shane Bourke and Catherine Warke a long path ahead to renovate and reopen the pub.

Rural resheeting program in full swing

Christmas Extravaganza back: Two Fridays of family fun

Central Horsham’s Christmas Extravaganza returns in 2022 with two Friday nights of street activation in the lead up to the festive season.

On Friday 2 December and Friday 16 December, central Horsham will come alive with activity and music, with celebrations centred around Friday night shopping and a giant Christmas tree.

The 5pm-to-9pm activities will be familyfocussed and include a Horsham Youth Council-run scavenger hunt. The Wimmera Woodturners will have a ‘Santa’s Workshop’ stall, which will include mini Christmas tree giveaways for children.

It all starts on Friday 2 December when Mayor Robyn Gulline lights the six-metre Christmas tree to mark the opening of the festive season.

Roberts Place (between Ward Street and Firebrace Street) will be the focal point of the campaign to support local businesses during the festive period.

Throughout December, families and businesses will also be invited to join the Christmas shopping spirit through a local business roaming advent calendar initiative with a daily prize draw where $200 gift vouchers will be up for grabs each day until Christmas eve.

There will also be a Christmas shop window display competition for central Horsham businesses.

The community will vote for their favourite display and the prize is a $2000 Ace Radio advertising package and a night’s accommodation in Melbourne.

NEW SPRINGBOARD FUNDING FOR COVID-HIT COMMUNITY GROUPS

Horsham Rural City Council in the 202223 budget has allocated total funding of $50,000 to be distributed to ‘not-for-profit’ community groups impacted by Covid.

The special Springboard funding is HRCC’s way of helping groups continue to bounce back following the pandemic.

Mayor Robyn Gulline said that Council wanted to provide some financial relief to our small community groups.

“Not-for-profit community groups are the life-blood of our municipality, whether it is sporting clubs, special interest groups or rural community groups,” she said.

Council will allocate the funding equally between all eligible applications received by 31 January 2023, with a maximum allocation per group of $500.

Applying for the Covid Springboard Funding is very easy. Details and an on-line form are on Council’s website.

People can also visit the Civic Centre to obtain a paper application or phone the community grants team on 53829777.

Councillor Column: Cr Les Power

Our local sports clubs and general community groups are the lifeblood of the Horsham region. In these changing times I believe we need to start considering what the needs of our groups will be in the coming decades and how we can make them better equipped to prosper.

Traditionally community sporting clubs have a physical location or club house which becomes the central meeting and socialising place. It is also where honour boards, trophy cabinets and photographs are proudly displayed.

While some local groups are housed in privately managed buildings, the vast majority occupy Council-owned facilities – and many of those are nowhere near as good as they could be.

Currently there are a large number of buildings maintained by Horsham Rural

City Council that are aging in condition and with a number that are underused and vacant for the majority of the week.

Think of a building in Horsham… any building – A place of work, residential home, local hall, church, cafe, community building, primary school, clubrooms.

There are plenty of hours in the day, week, month or year where the spaces in these buildings are empty, quiet and lonesome. In many cases the utilities are primed waiting for someone to enter - think about the waste that is occurring.

There is probably no better illustration of this inefficiency in Horsham than buildings occupied by a single user group. Let’s imagine a single group uses a hall for eight hours a week during daylight hours for a year. That equals 90% of the time when the building is vacant! And who pays for the upkeep on these buildings – all to service the need of one user group? The answer is the community.

The buildings we all pay for, located a short distance away and used for only 10%

of the year are off-limits to the community who effectively own them? It makes little sense.

Space sharing is a reasonable notion that needs no introduction and the times in Horsham are changing, we can no longer support one user group occupying a space that should have fair and equal access to all members of the community.

Allowing all members of the community access to our buildings means we can maintain our shared facilities to the appropriate standard and maximise opportunities for bookings and usage and promote availability and accessibility of the assets to the community.

We need to improve access to our existing facilities for the community that maximises the conduct of cultural, social, recreational, sporting and other activities deemed necessary to promote education, health and well-being within the community, if we manage shared facilities equitably, affordably and appropriately we can maximise community participation and access.

Council has prepared planning scheme amendment C81hors (the Flood Amendment) to the Horsham Planning Scheme.

The Flood Amendment seeks to implement the findings of six flood studies and associated maps prepared on behalf of the Wimmera CMA .

The Flood Amendment revises the mapping extent of flood management overlays within the areas of the respective six studies to land identified as flood prone.

These overlays will ensure areas at risk of flooding are shown on planning scheme maps, enabling Council to make informed planning decisions based on the most accurate information.

The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 20 December 2022

Details at hrcc. vic.gov.au.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MULTIPLE BIRTH SUPPORT PROGRAM

Do you love babies? Would you enjoy helping a family look after their twins, triplets or more? We need your help!

The HRCC Maternal Child Health Nurse centre recruits, trains and coordinates local people to help multiple birth families in their homes, primarily when their multiples are babies.

To express your interest in becoming a volunteer for this program, contact Jo Taylor on 0437 747 280

SUPPORT: Wimmera Kart Racing Club (president Remo Luciani pictured with Mayor Robyn Gull ine) has previoulsy benefited from similar grant programs. All not-for-profit groups impacted by the pandemic can appply for a share of $50,000.

Global leader: We are better together

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

Aleading global voice for posi tive change and place-making says Wimmera and Grampians towns have tantalising potential to benefit from evolving social aspirations.

Gilbert Rochecouste, founder of place-making consultancy Village Well, said the social challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic had reinforced and reinvigorated the importance of connection, public space and culture, and had unlocked potential for rural and regional areas to attract residents and visitors seeking meaningful ex periences.

Mr Rochecouste said a decade of transition – the ‘most significant change on the planet, more than the past 100 years’ – was looming at a ‘rapid rate’.

He implored people to ‘work to gether’ to prepare for a ‘massive op portunity’.

Mr Rochecouste, a recognised agent provocateur of positive change and inspiration, was keynote speaker at the annual East Grampians Business Awards in Ararat last week.

His consultancy has worked with communities in more than 1000 cit ies, towns and main streets across his 30-year career – including Wimmera and Grampians towns, the most recent being a precinct vision for Green Lake earlier this year.

“I’ve been dreaming change for a long time,” Mr Rochecouste said.

“The doors that have opened for us are extraordinary. The importance of nature, the importance of public space in a post-COVID world... Developers are coming to me saying they want to give away some of their space to the public because they understand the public space.

“The importance of outdoor environ ments and that search for meaning. People reconnecting to place.

“The regions have an extra capac

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Mrs Bell said Kannamaroo was not the only festival in the region that was ‘struggling’ to survive as volunteer numbers dried up, how ever she questioned whether the festival could return to the riverside in the future, where it started – especially as City to River develop ment progressed.

Horsham Rural City Council community relations and advocacy co-ordinator Susan Surridge said the council assisted the event committee to host the festival at Firebrace Street, or ‘alternative’ locations.

“We recognise the fantastic efforts made by the Kanammaroo Festival committee in organ ising this annual community event,” she said.

“Council provides funding for the Kanam maroo Festival through a community grant each year and assists the Kanammaroo com mittee to host the event in Firebrace Street or alternative locations that the committee choose.

“The Kannamaroo committee is a hardworking group of volunteers who work inde pendently from council to plan and deliver this fun community event each year.”

ity to really embrace this change.”

Mr Rochecouste said people were seeking out experiences and ‘rituals’ –such as great coffee, brunch or Friday nights out.

He said people were seeking an authentic experience, meaningful re lationships and interactions, and im mersive and transformative customer experiences. People also want to build future resilience and to heal ‘them selves, the community and the planet – in that order’.

“Local is really sexy now, but in a very different way – because people are searching for meaningful, authen tic experiences, so they will drive to a place, and you’ll start to see them come in droves,” he said.

“Get the locals to love the place first. Then everything comes together – and that’s what the outsiders look for.”

Mr Rochecouste said successful small towns had three common ele ments to encourage people to ‘stick, stop, stay and spend’.

“They have a very clear understand ing of their purpose, they have a very clear roadmap, and they understand that small is beautiful – the little things count, the little touch points of beauty,” he said.

Mr Rochecouste said main streets offered untapped potential to gather – much like the piazzas of European towns and cities.

He said beauty and pleasure were great motivators.

“The best towns understand that cars have their place. Everybody wants to park right in front of their shop ... parking is the sexiest topic in my business. But the smartest operators around the world and parts of Aus tralia – the parking is out the back and they’ve created a sense of walkability in the street,” he said.

“If you can create a place for chil dren, women and older people and de sign it for those people, you’ll create a great place. It’s safe, it’s connected, people want to hang out there.”

Mr Rochecouste encouraged Wim mera and Grampians leaders to con sider closing main streets regularly.

“The street is your performance space. Every now and then, I would be closing the street six times a year – especially during summer. It brings people together,” he said.

“Europeans get it. One of the best elements of mental health is gathering together and celebrating and breaking bread together.

“This is science now; it’s really pow erful stuff.”

Mr Rochecouste last visited Ararat Rural City during the Millennium Drought.

He said the region had ‘great bones’.

“Great bones need great people and you have a great region and deep story to tell,” he said.

“You’re only going to go up from here.

“Build on your assets and have some fun with this. Go on the journey to gether. We are better together.”

Auditions open

Smart Artz Theatre Company is call ing for performers for its latest pro duction, ‘Shuddersome: Tales of Poe’.

Spectres, ghosts and ghouls will come alive in this vivid theatrical ad aptation of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known works – including ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, ‘The Bells’, ‘The Raven’, ‘The Oval Portrait’ and ‘The Masque of the Red Death’.

The production, scheduled for April 22, is part of the official program for the 2023 Wimmera Steampunk Festi val in Dimboola. It will be presented in the historical Star Theatre.

Director Larissa Riddell said the theatre company ‘strives to challenge ourselves to produce different works for our audiences’.

Auditions are on Monday and Tues day at the Horsham College drama and dance building in Baillie Street.

People are asked to prepare an inter pretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, ‘The Raven’, that doesn’t exceed two minutes. People wanting to book an audition time can visit Smart Artz Theatre Company’s Facebook page.

If you are unable to make it into our office to collect a chart, please call our friendly team on 1300 659 961 and they will be able to assist.

If you’d like to print your own copy, download the chart from our website at gwmwater.org.au/rainfallrecord

FAIR FUN: Michelle Coleman, Jyson Marks and Savanah Marks enjoy a ride during the Kannamaroo Festival at Horsham Plaza.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Let’s all aim for remarkable...

Gilbert Rochecouste is a global leader and provocateur of positive change; of creating place and space that fulfills the lives of existing residents and attracts new people to communities.

The founder of consultancy Village Well, his big-picture ideas can seem confronting, bizarre, far-fetched.

An idea to run a canal along Melbourne’s Elizabeth Street a few years back was just that, an idea – but it got people thinking and talking, what if? Conversely, the transforma tion of Melbourne’s laneways has activated spaces many know and love today – with Mr Rochecouste among those behind the renewal.

Though Mr Rochecouste’s advice to peo ple at the East Grampians Business Awards in Ararat last week didn’t suggest radical changes, he encouraged people to look to the future potential of towns and communities and capitalise on evolving social aspirations in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns.

We’re facing a decade of transition – the ‘most significant change on the planet, more than the past 100 years’ – he says.

With it comes a ‘massive’ opportunity for rural and regional areas such as the Wimmera and Grampians.

The chance for connection, for gathering and for meaningful, authentic, immersive ex

EDITORIAL

By Jessica Grimble

periences. To create safe spaces with children, women and the elderly at the forefront of minds. To get outdoors and embrace nature –which research consistently proves is hugely beneficial to health and wellbeing.

To attract new people to rural and regional areas; or offering ‘rituals’ that encourage them to ‘stick, stop, stay and spend’. It’s the onepercenters; the small but quality experiences such as great coffee or customer service that builds brands and encourages a sustained or return visit.

Our region already offers many good experi ences. Great experiences, even.

But, in the words of Mr Rochecouste, how can they rise to be remarkable experiences?

Get the locals to love the place first, was his advice; build it and they will come.

There are remarkable efforts and initiatives in many Wimmera and Grampians towns.

The ideas, the plans, the aspirations, the potential... it’s infectiously exciting and can prepare our region for a prosperous future if we believe in it, with possibility thinking.

Kept in the dark

It is with much regret and sadness the news of the Allambi elderly folks home in Dimboola is being closed down.

Locals of the town and relatives of residents of the home are left very much in the dark as to what is going to happen to our elderly folk.

I, myself, considered Allambi to be a haven down the track when either myself or my husband can no longer manage in our home if troubled by ill health.

We teach our children to be independent and do not necessarily want to reside with family when our home and hearts are in our small town.

I can say truthfully that I was secretary to the then administrator of the then Dimboola District Hospital, Barry Wells, who now resides in Bal larat, and I well remember the work that he and the board put in to establish this icon for Dimboola.

Barry travelled up and down the highway – no mean feat in those days – seeking approval and finance from the hospital and Charities Commis sion to build this hostel and a number of units on the land in Anderson Street, which was owned by the Menzel family.

At the time, names I remember well on the board of the hospital were chairman Gordon Westendorf, Clarrie Westendorf, Norm Barber, Harold Taylor, Norm Russell, Jim McCabe, Norrie Muntz, Mrs Lesley McKenzie and Dr Alister Hinchley. I apologise to families of any members of the board I forgotten since those years.

I cannot help but think how gutted Barry would be feeling and I know how gutted the families of residents are as my brother, Bob Gooding, moved in and just loved the place and the staff.

These people who have worked for other or ganisations in the town over the years in voluntary

organisations and kept the town going, such as ambulance before we actually had an ambulance service, the bowling club, rowing club, CFA, Lions, Country Women’s Association catering committees, church guilds and more, which are now folding due to lack of numbers. Not surpris ing, really, as there is no money involved in these organisations.

This is just a summary of the organisations the residents of our beautiful hostel have been engaged with and now they have been informed they no longer have this stability and safekeeping surrounding them in their time of need.

I feel deeply angry at the comment made by Allambi committee of management chair, Ann Falkingham, The Weekly Advertiser, November 16, ‘Dimboola care centre to close’, that the com mittee and staff would be working with residents and their families to find alternate accommodation in other aged care homes across the region in com ing months.

I have personally spoken to family of one resi dent and it is a known fact that these places have extremely long waiting lists.

These people are not just numbers; they are be ing taken out of their close circle of acquaintances and families. Not a good outcome.

I urged Dimboola residents to contact federal and state politicians, council and whoever has a voice to hold a meeting in Dimboola and give the residents of Dimboola an avenue to ask ques tions instead of being ‘kept in the dark’ about the decision.

The people of Dimboola deserve that after the money and donations, which were contributed by residents and families to this institution.

Judith Neagle Dimboola

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: From left, Dianne Koenig, Anne Clugston, Chris Becker and Anne Plozza of Horsham Elgas load up an ACE Radio vehicle with eight boxes of non-perishable groceries as part of a Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. The Horsham business is among hundreds of businesses, groups and individuals to donate to the Wimmera Christmas campaign to date. The initiative calls for donations to help people in need at Christmas and beyond. It has support from Horsham churches, Christian Emergency Food Centre, Horsham Sports and Community Club, Caledonian Transport and 3WM, MIXX FM and The Weekly Advertiser. People wanting to get involved, or wanting more information, can phone Horsham Sports and Community Club on 5382 6262.

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Cr Zanker returns as Mayor

The 2022 Statutory Meeting was held on Wednesday 23 November. Councillor Kylie Zanker was reappointed as Mayor, leading Council for the next 12 months. Cr Zanker said, "I'm delighted to be elected for another term as Mayor of the Yarriambiack Shire, a role I am honoured to undertake. As a council we have and will continue to work effectively and efficiently for our communities to deliver the services that they require". Read the full update on Council's website.

Next Council Meeting: Wednesday 14 December 2022

Subsidised Cat Desexing Program

Public Notice Of Intention To Sell

GOVERNMENT

Fire Danger Period Starts 28 November - Shire Wide

Information, Communication and Technology Officer

Full Time (Warracknabeal)

The successful applicant will enhance and champion Office 365 and Council’s best of breed systems to maximise benefit to the organisation and community This includes developing innovative solutions to improve efficiency across the organisation Applications close 5pm Monday 5 December

Customer Support and Libraries Coordinator

Full Time (Part time considered) (Warracknabeal)

This position is responsible for leading Council’s customer support and libraries teams This position will deliver processes and capabilities across the organisation’s customer service centres and community library branches, so customer experience and library service delivery is customer centric and responsive Applications close 5pm Monday 5 December

2 x Town Maintenance Handyperson / Plant Operators

Full Time (Central Warracknabeal)

Council is looking for two (2) new team members who love working outdoors The Town Maintenance Handyperson / Plant Operators will efficiently and effectively assist with the performance of Council’s maintenance and construction program

The role includes completing minor construction and maintenance works, town maintenance and general duties Applications 5pm Monday 5 December

Christmas Rubbish Collection

As Christmas fall on a Sunday this year, there will be NO CHANGE to the normal collection schedule. Everything will happen on the day that it normally does. Excess recycling, such as cardboard, plastic bottles and glass can be delivered to all transfer stations at no cost. Transfer Station Opening Hours can be found on Council's website: https://www.yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/CouncilServices/Waste/Transfer-Stations

Prepare Now For

Ban

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

On the day Bob Kirsopp met his wife, Mavis, he told her he would marry her.

And earlier this month, the pair celebrated 67 years of marriage.

Mrs Kirsopp, originally of Warracknabeal, said it was a group trip to Lake Natimuk with work friends that spawned it all.

“Bob’s brother, Ted, used to work at Elder Smith at Warracknabeal and one weekend he picked up a carload of us and we headed to Natimuk, where the Kirsopp family lived. That is when he introduced me to Bob. We went ski ing and afterwards, we went back to the Kirsopp house,” she said.

“We spent the night playing music and dancing around on the veranda. When we went to leave, Bob walked me to Ted’s car and he said to me, ‘I am going to marry you one day’.

“I said, you are a smarty britches aren’t you?’”

Mr Kirsopp, 88, also known for his orange Mini Moke he still drives around town, was

Horsham mayor in 1975 and 1976, while Mrs Kirsopp, also 88, worked as a marriage celebrant across the Wimmera for nearly 40 years.

Mrs Kirsopp said the pair married less than two years after their first meeting, on November 12, and lived in a few houses before Mr Kirsopp got a job as a rouseabout and the pair moved to Natimuk.

“Our daughter, Mandy, was born at Natimuk. Glenn was, too, but we made the decision to move to Horsham for the kids’ future,” she said.

“So, we bought this block of land with a gov ernment grant and built a home in Horsham.”

The couple still live in that home today.

Mr Kirsopp said their marriage had always worked well, and Mrs Kirsopp agreed.

“We have been very fortunate. We still do things separately, but we also come together and that is important,” he said.

Mrs Kirsopp said: “Bob has always been a generous person, and we don’t really have fights or anything like that.”

Grampians tourist route reopens

A critical tourist route in the Grampians National Park has reopened to traffic.

A section of Mt Victory Road, between the intersections of Wonderland Road and Silver band Road near Halls Gap, reopened earlier this month following a temporary closure to allow for rock excavation works to occur.

The road will be reopened to shuttle flow, with traffic management in place while realignment works continue.

Regional Roads Victoria expects to complete full alignment works by mid-December. This will include excavation and removal of rock material, constructing new pavement and drain

age, and line-marking. “Speed restrictions are in place and there may be delays. Please plan your journey and follow the directions on all on-site signage,” a statement read.

Emergency services vehicles continue to have 24-hour access in the event of an emergency.

Crews had identified a landslip under the road during routine maintenance works in 2021. They found the landslip had caused a crack to form along a section of the road.

Works to stabilise the landslip were completed in August to ensure safety and prepare the site for road realignment works.

MOKED: Horsham couple Bob and Mavis Kirsopp celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary earlier this month.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Connecting Sunnyside

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

Aplan for Horsham’s Sunnyside Park aims to increase community connection and participation.

Horsham Rural City Council has adopt ed a concept plan for the precinct, aiming to address challenges arising as a result of the changing nature of organised sport, in cluding declining participation numbers, and requirements for facility upgrades.

The concept plan includes improve ments to a play space suitable for a range of ages and abilities, a nature-play space, multi-use courts, viewing areas and car parking.

The council, at its latest meeting on Monday night, unanimously voted to adopt the concept plan so proposed up grades could be advanced.

A community reference group with rep resentatives from six user groups, along with members of the community, has worked with the council to identify oppor tunities for the precinct since mid-2021. It comes after the development of a draft landscape plan in 2018-19. The plan was the initiative of the retiring Sunnyside Park committee of management, but was not finalised when the group disbanded.

Cr Penny Flynn said the community

reference group had considered factors including public amenity such as seating, shelter and barbecues, along with traffic movement along the busy street, nearby schools and Wimmera Base Hospital.

“We also need to acknowledge that the bowling club has been working very closely with council and they have ex pressed a desire that two of their bowling greens are no longer required and they will give them back to the community for the betterment of whether it be people coming from the hospital wanting a quiet space, or just people who live in the area to go and sit and enjoy a garden space,” Cr Flynn said.

“They are looking beyond themselves and giving back to the wider community.

“I’m sure the bowling club’s recruitment strategy is once people stop playing tennis and cricket, they’re hoping they go and play bowls.”

Cr David Bowe noted costings were to be confirmed and the plan required coun cil and external funding to fulfill.

“This is an example of a reference group of users and community working together to plan and to share the use of the park while improving Sunnyside Park for all,” Cr Bowe said. “It will provide

a safe space for all to gather, to stay and socialise throughout the year – making a significant impact on the health and well being of all.”

Cr Les Power the plans were positive for user groups and the community.

“There will be new facilities for clubs to use – especially the public toilets, which are beyond their use-by date,” he said.

Sunnyside Park sits on council-owned land and the council will manage mainte nance. The precinct includes an oval, play area and tennis courts. A small pavilion and public toilets are located between the tennis courts and Sunnyside Bowling Club. The bowling club owns the bowling club pavilion and four bowling greens.

A report to the council noted the three major clubs at the precinct have con firmed their intent to co-locate within a single facility and the bowling club has provided in-principle agreement that two bowling greens would be returned to community use.

An engagement process, in late 2021, received almost 70 responses, which reit erated the importance and desire for trees, shade and seating around the park; access for all ages and abilities; provision for gathering areas; and improved parking.

Brimpaen celebration

Brimpaen leaders will welcome people with ties to the pictur esque farming community on Saturday to help celebrate a significant milestone.

Brimpaen Hall was officially opened 100 years ago today and people will gather to commem orate the vital role the building has played throughout the past century.

Brimpaen Recreation Reserve Committee chairperson Sarah Matthews invited past and pre sent residents, along with peo ple with ties to the community, to attend an afternoon tea in the hall from 2pm to 5pm.

“The hall has provided a key meeting place and social hub for residents for 100 years and con tinues to do so today,” she said.

“From dances and indoor sports to weddings and wakes, the hall has been a ‘one-stop shop’ for pretty much every thing. We know the height of the COVID pandemic was difficult for everyone, particularly the way it took away opportunities for social events. Even though for many of us, the busy events

calendar has resumed, it’s im portant to take the opportunity to celebrate our community, catch up with old friends and maybe meet some new ones.”

Mrs Matthews said formalities would start about 3pm, although the afternoon’s focus would be on providing people with an opportunity to ‘catch up over a cuppa’.

“We will have some memo rabilia on display and people can also watch the Brimpaen A Special tennis team in action,” she said.

She said the afternoon was free of charge but people need ed to RSVP their attendance to her on 0403 569 469 or Megan Gardner on 0427 755 151.

The centenary celebrations will coincide with the commit tee’s long-running ‘Christmas Tree’ event, from 6.30pm.

Entry to the evening’s festivi ties costs $5 a person or $10 for families. Organisers have asked attendees to bring a salad and sweet to share, with parents to bring Santa gifts for children, to the value of $15.

Students sell art for a cause

Sales of Stawell students’ artwork will raise mon ey for cancer research and awareness.

Students from Stawell West Primary School, Cooinda, Marrang Kindergarten and Stawell West Play Group have created the works, which were sold via an art exhibition at Stawell West Primary School on Thursday.

All proceeds will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

The exhibition, a free dress day and sales from

baked goods and refreshments, raised more than $1200.

Stawell West Primary School captain Shayla Madin, a year-six student, created a number of works for the exhibition, including a self-portrait.

“Personally, I’m really excited,” she said.

“There are a few pieces of artwork from me in the exhibition.

“I don’t really care who it sells to – as long as the proceeds go to the breast cancer foundation.”

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FLAIR: Stawell West Primary School students Chelsea Pascual, Shayla Madin, Eden Kalmar, Rhenz Enriquez, Xyrus Gragasin and Maya Goodes with their artwork up for sale in last week’s exhibition.

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and Rowly Paterson, of ACE Radio, present Barney’s Bar

Sue and Colin Macaffer with the people’s choice award.

OUTSTANDING: Steve Tinker, area general manager for Telstra, and Julian Fernando, local manager, with innovation and change award winner Kerrie Fry of Kerrie’s Kreations at Pomonal. The business was a finalist in six award categories.

Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

Pomonal Estate is again the toast of the East Grampi ans business community.

The winery, microbrewery and cider house won Business of the Year for a second year at the East Grampians Business Awards.

More than 130 business own ers, staff and supporters celebrat ed highlights and high-achievers at a gala dinner at Ararat Town Hall last week.

Grampians Insurance Brokers, at Ararat, won a commendation in the business of the year award category. Grampians Growmaster, also of Ararat, was the third finalist for the category.

Pomonal Estate owners Pep and Adam Atchison paid tribute to their staff and their fellow Po monal businesses, and honoured their place in the wider East Grampians business community.

“We’re very humbled and proud to win this award again,” Mr Atchison said.

“There are a lot of great busi nesses in the room that do a lot of great things and we’re very proud to be part of the East Grampians community.”

Manufacturing firm AME Sys tems jointly won the 2021 award

with Pomonal Estate. Chief exec utive Nick Carthew, in presenting the 2022 award, said the nomina tions process offered businesses a chance to self-reflect, learn, strategise, reset and ‘attack nev er-ending’ opportunities; while judges were offered a unique chance to ‘peek into the junk drawer’ of fellow businesses.

Mr Carthew said the region’s businesses had received a ‘spe cial gift’.

“The most bullish economy we have seen in decades,” he said.

“Ararat needs real economic growth to prosper. Now is the time to take that risk, make the investment, do the extended training or start the handover to the next generation.”

Barney’s Bistro and Bar at Po monal won the people’s choice award. The category received about 1900 votes for more than 200 businesses. Only 150 votes separated the top-six businesses, with seven votes separating the winner from SEDE Café at Ara rat, which received a commenda tion.

Kerrie’s Kreations took out the innovation and change award.

The new Pomonal-based busi ness, offering handmade choc

olate and homemade products, also earned a listing as finalist of five other award categories customer service, new busi ness, home-based business, sus tainability and people’s choice.

Eve Newman of Pomonal Es tate won Young Person of the Year – an award for high-achiev ers and emerging leaders under 30-years-old. Lauren Walker of Ararat Wellness was commend ed.

Acacia Caravan Park and Holi day Units, at Ararat, won the customer service award and Bar ney’s Bistro and Bar at Pomonal was commended.

East Grampians Health Ser vice was recognised with a sus tainability award, while Felini Health and Fitness, Ararat, won the home-based business award, and Grampians Adventures at Moyston won best new business.

Streatham Food Van received the ‘giraffe award’, recognising their honourable risk in identify ing a gap and starting their busi ness five months ago. It has gone on to receive strong support from the local community.

Ararat Rural City Council runs the awards.

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HONOUR: Cam Conboy, Greater Ararat Business Network president, presents the outstanding customer service award to Acacia Caravan and Tourist Park owners Matt and Kaylene Linsley.

FORESIGHT: Christopher Wright of GWMWater presents the sustainability award to East Grampians Health Service’s Stuart Kerr and Dominic Gallo.

IMPACT: Andrew Allen, regional marketing manager of Seven, with Tom and Cate Clark of Grampians Adventures at Moyston, which won best new business.

TOP GONG: AME Systems chief executive Nick Carthew presents Pep and Adam Atchison of Pomonal Estate with the business of the year award at the East Grampians Business Awards.

PROUD: Kelli Felini of Ararat’s Felini Health and Fitness receives the best home-based business award from Emma Armstrong of the NBN.

LEADER: Eve Newman, of Pomonal Estate, receives her award for young person of the year from sponsor Nick Lyons, of Saines Lucas.

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NDIS growth driving industry

Grampians Community Health has sought to quantify its impact on the community.

A study has found it generates nearly $47-mil lion annually, creating more than 300 jobs and supporting a record 3003 active clients.

The organisation offers more than 60 pro grams – the highest demand for its in-home support with 869 clients.

It is now providing services for a record number of clients – up from 2395 at the start of the financial year.

It also posted a record $1,268,952 surplus that will be reinvested back into services from total revenue of $28.3-million.

Its services are delivered to people aged from one-year-old to 104 years and across 122 post codes and 46 countries of birth.

Chief executive Greg Little said the organi sation was focused on supporting people when they needed it most and addressing health and social inequity across the Grampians, Wim mera and Western Victoria regions.

“We know, for many people, the past few years have been incredibly difficult and the world around us doesn’t seem to be getting any easier with the impacts of our climate, a tough economy and international conflicts,” he said.

“As a local not-for-profit charity, we want to make sure that what we do as a service provider, advocate and employer adds value to our part of the region.”

The organisation was part of the formation of an Alliance of Rural and Regional Community Health Services, ARRCH, that was formalised in 2022.

“This will provide a stronger voice from rural community health to the government and other decision makers,” Mr Little said.

As part of the alliance, GCH engaged Bendi go-based Remplan to identify its value to the community, using a system similar to councils and governments based on income, staff and other data to assess economic impact.

Mr Little said the organisation’s annual re port revealed ‘exceptional’ results. He dis cussed the results at an annual general meeting last week.

“Our income has increased because of our NDIS programs and other new services. In five years, we have gone from $12-million to a $28-million annual income and as a not-forprofit, we are comfortable that we are sustain able for the future and can invest into our facilities and services,” he said.

“This result gives us capacity to look at our venues and provide services that we could fund from our own reserves.”

The organisation is considering developing its facilities at Ararat in coming years.

Mr Little said much of the growth was in NDIS and homecare services for aged and disability support and a partnership with the Orange Door project.

The organisation’s board chair Melissa Mor ris told the meeting that during 2021-22, the board had considered a number of key pro grams and initiatives and adopted the 2022-25 Strategic Plan with its vision of ‘healthy, resil ient people and communities’.

Ms Morris said ‘considerable’ preparations and collaboration had taken place for the start of the Orange Door in Horsham.

“Orange Door will provide an important coordinated service for those experiencing fam ily violence in our area,” she said.

Mr Little’s contract as chief executive has been extended for a further five years.

Seventy-two holes for cancer

For charity, for personal rea sons, or for both, Horsham golfers will attempt one of the sport’s toughest challenges.

Three Wimmera men will hit Horsham Golf Club in Decem ber to play 72-holes of golf in one day as part of a Cancer Council initiative to raise mon ey for research, education and prevention programs for cancer patients and their families.

Horsham’s Andrew Cartledge will join friends Luke Wearn and Chris Barber at the Horsh am course to play through four-

rounds of golf on December 12 – a task Mr Cartledge and company highlighted would start before dawn and end at sundown.

The Cancer Council, through this initiative, has put an em phasis on skin cancer rates across Australia that suggest two in every three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by age 70.

Mr Cartledge said the longestday initiative was ‘personal’ for him.

“This is predominantly about

skin cancer, but my father passed away 17 years ago with a brain tumour and he was an avid golfer. I will be doing this in his memory,” he said.

People can still register to par ticipate in the Cancer Council’s longest-day challenge online via longestday.org.au – where people can find information about donating to participating golf teams.

People can donate to Mr Car tledge, Mr Wearn and Mr Bar ber’s team called ‘I Like Big Putts’ at tinyurl.com/bigputts

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: From left, Andrew Cartledge, Luke Wearn and Chris Barber on course ahead of their longest-day golf challenge to raise money for cancer research.

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of the genuine social hubs in our communities, providing facilities for many people to remain active and engaged. The Club is extremely proud of the ongoing support we have been able to provide over many years with $172,714 contributed to bowling clubs throughout the region”

Zanker stays in role

BY ABBY WALTER

Councillor Kylie Zanker will continue in the role of Yarriambiack Shire mayor.

Cr Tom Hamilton nominated Cr Zanker for the role at last week’s statutory meeting in War racknabeal. Crs Corinne Heintze and Graeme Massey called for a 12-month appointment.

Cr Chris Lehmann nominated Cr Andrew McLean for the role of mayor.

Cr Karly Kirk was an apology for the meeting.

The council unanimously voted to not reinstate the position of deputy mayor.

Cr Zanker said she was ‘hum bled and honoured’ to represent the community throughout 2022, in her third term as mayor since being elected to the council in 2008.

“Last week I was asked what one positive or highlight of my may oral term so far was and it was hard to answer,” she said.

“My term as mayor has been an amazing experience and one which I thoroughly enjoyed.

“I’ve witnessed our communi ties and council improve, recoup and rebuild after the effects of COVID-19.

“Volunteers have hosted and planned many events across our shire, which has brought our com munities together to connect.”

Cr Zanker said the council ‘proudly’ completed several major projects during the year.

“These included the lighting of Hopetoun Recreation Reserve, Beulah netball courts and change-

rooms and Brim netball courts,” she said.

“Funding for a masterplan for Anzac Park, the old school site at Hopetoun, Murtoa masterplan and Rupanyup streetscape have also been wonderful tools for our com munity to offer feedback as to what they see as the community’s future needs.

“Success in the Regional Infra structure funding round saw the affordable housing project receive funding, which will enable con struction of new two-bedroom units for older residents across Warracknabeal, Hopetoun, Mur toa, Rupanyup and Woomelang.

“Successful funding will trans form Rupanyup library into a multipurpose community hub, which will be a wonderful asset for Dun munkle communities.”

Cr Zanker said it gave her ‘im mense pleasure’ to confirm a new childcare facility in Murtoa.

“I would sincerely like to thank the Dunmunkle community and

council chief executive, Tammy Smith, for their unwavering ad vocacy – this truly does show the tireless work of council has paid off,” she said.

Cr Zanker said the council was working towards assessing and re pairing roads damaged in recent rain events ahead of harvest.

She said the council was com mitted to effective communication with community, and throughout the year its community consulta tion process was enhanced and adapted so residents could be in formed.

“What’s more important is resi dents can be champions of their communities, offer feedback, input and suggestions and have their voices heard in regards to what is needed in their community,” she said.

“Mayor is a role that I am ex tremely grateful to have had the opportunity to hold and it has been a privilege to engage, advocate and represent Yarriambiack Shire on many occasions.

“I would like to sincerely thank my fellow councillors for their dedication, support and commit ment to their role as councillors.

“I believe it’s our diversity that makes us such a strong team and we do disagree on things and that’s what it should be – we should have our opinions that we’re bringing forth from our communities.”

Juniors step up for PAWS

Animal rehoming and foster caring or ganisation Horsham PAWS is introduc ing young people to the world of looking after animals.

Horsham PAWS’ Kate Heard visited Horsham’s Holy Trinity Lutheran Col lege with three kittens in tow to run activities with primary school students. She said it was important for young people to see some of the animals vol unteers cared for and learn the reality of caring for animals

“We’re running a junior branch of Hor sham PAWS so that the younger mem bers of the community can understand more about responsible care of animals and what is needed for adoption and safe rehoming of animals within our commu nity,” she said.

“We’re also making craft activities that will be for sale at Horsham Makers Mar ket on December 3.

“The students have made Christmas ornaments and the money will go to wards the work Horsham PAWS does for animals in the community.”

Ms Heard said it was kitten season now and volunteers were at capacity.

“It is a timely reminder that we have a lot of kittens up for adoption and we are at capacity with our foster caring,” she said.

“We’re on the look-out for foster carers at the moment, because we can only take in as many kittens as we have carers, so we’re looking for not only homes for cats and kittens but foster carers as well.”

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HELPING PAWS: Horsham’s Holy Trinity Lutheran College students Hudson Nagorcka and Chloe Carra enjoy the company of a Horsham PAWS kitten. Primary school students at the school have been making decorations for a PAWS fundraiser.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

“I believe it’s our diversity that makes us such a strong team”

– Kylie Zanker, left

Joint commitment

BY ABBY WALTER

Yarriambiack Shire Council and mining and processing company Astron have agreed to work collaboratively for positive community and economic out comes from the Donald Mineral Sands project.

The two organisations signed a Mem orandum of Understanding, MOU, last week to agree to work together as the project advances.

Astron’s Donald Mineral Sands proj ect is the development of an ore mine on 42,636 hectares between Minyip and Donald.

Yarriambiack Shire mayor Kylie Zanker said the MOU meant there was an ongoing commitment to partnership with the community from the organ isations.

“It is formalising a partnership, con firming the project is moving forward and Donald Mineral Sands is here for the long run,” she said.

“A 2024-25 project start gives con fidence to the community the project will begin as it has been in the works for a while, with a few pauses along the way.

“It’s a really positive step forward for growth and economic benefit for our shire.”

Cr Zanker said businesses in the area would benefit from the project and additional workers in the community.

“We’re trying to encourage the idea workers will be living in the commu nity,” she said.

“Minyip residents are excited and have been looking at where empty blocks are that houses could be built on, or where houses people no longer

use can be rented out. Now that we will have funding for childcare in Dunmunkle, there will be services to allow more than one family member to work so if people do locate to the area, it is nice to know those services are available.

“As a council and a community, we would prefer, and Donald Mineral Sands has committed to, not have flyin-fly-out workers wherever possible, but have them be immersed in our community and part of the fabric here.”

Astron chair George Lloyd said the next steps in the project were a fea

sibility study, finalising finances and regulatory approvals and moving into a detailed engineering stage.

“The plan is to start the development towards the end of 2024 with a view of it being in full production before the end of 2025,” he said.

“We’re really looking forward to it.

“We have a lot of work to do with an increasing amount of interaction with the council and we look forward to and welcome this MOU as being a demonstration of our good relationship now and an even better relationship going forward.”

COLLABORATION: Astron chair George Lloyd signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Astron managing director Tiger Brown, Yarriambiack Shire mayor Kylie Zanker and chief executive Tammy Smith, for positive community and economic outcomes from the Donald Mineral Sands project.

Photo: ABBY WALTER

DONATION: Children at Bennett Road Kindergarten in Horsham have four new trikes to play with after a $1500 donation from West Side Horsham. West Side Horsham manager Vicky McClure, right, visited the centre, its long-time teacher Madelaine Deckert, and students Ella, Pippi, Audrey and Miranda earlier this month to see the new trikes in action.

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Roads back in spotlight

Some of western Victoria’s most badly flood-damaged roads will undergo major re building and repair works as Regional Roads Victoria en ters the next phase of a mas sive flood recovery program.

Acting regional director, Gram pians, Sarah Henderson said a program of larger-scale repairs would target roads most affected by the floods, along with some of the region’s busiest and most important trade and travel routes.

“Our immediate response has focused on delivering short-term emergency repairs to get roads re-opened as soon as possible; now we’re turning our attention towards the first stage of longerterm, larger-scale repairs,” she said.

“Anyone who’s seen the dam age inflicted on our roads firsthand knows that we have a lengthy recovery program ahead of us, and this is just the first step in that process.”

The works program includes 34 kilometres on various sections of the Western Highway, 44km of work on the Midland Highway and 40km of work on the Hamil ton Highway.

Other roads to undergo repair works include Ballarat-Burrum beet Road, the Glenelg Highway and Sunraysia Highway.

Works will include major re building and rehabilitation works, asphalt patching, clearing and fix ing damaged roadside drains and culverts and clearing roadside debris.

Some of the works are already underway, while others will begin once warmer, drier weather pro vides more suitable conditions.

The works are part of an $89.8million state-wide program, which will repair and restore roads across regional Victoria.

There were more than 500 road closures in place across the state, as of last week.

A team of more than 500 work ers deployed statewide have patched more than 79,260 pot holes and re-opened more than 860 flood-affected roads since mid-October.

Some of the major roads set to undergo repairs include sections of the Hume Highway, Goulburn Valley Freeway, Princes Highway West and the Great Alpine Road.

New book captures region’s stories

‘You can’t live in the past, but the past lives on in you’. That is how Warrack nabeal’s Walter and Eileen Scholl de scribe their latest photography-memoirjournalistic project.

The pair’s newest book, ‘From Birch ip to Beulah and beyond – past tense’, features stories about people, places and oddities of the north-east Wimmera and southern Mallee in a coffee-table book format.

Mr Scholl used the quote about ‘the past’ to describe the work originated from Australian-Aboriginal civil-rights activist Charles Perkins.

Mr Scholl said Perkins’ quote formed the fundamental basis of the ‘Past Tense’ compilation.

“This publication photographically re cords parts of my past and no doubt that of many others who will have had simi lar experiences. In this attempt to cap ture some historical places, items and events, I invite you to share some nos talgia with me in a trip down memory

lane,” he said. Mrs Scholl said the book carried a ‘broad appeal’ with young and elderly people, who found an interest in its hyper local storytelling.

“I spoke to one woman whose 13-yearold son had read through the book and recognised spots he would visit with his family,” she said.

She also said a story about the ‘Ma donna Tree’ was a particular favourite of her’s within the book.

The Madonna of Morton Plains is a box tree that has grown around a framed print of Mary and Jesus – a print hung from a nail on the tree in the 1950s.

Mrs Scholl said after hearing about the tree, they went in search of answers.

“There were so many myths about the tree, so after some research we found the person with the true story,” she said.

Mr Scholl said photographs of the house he lived in as a child in Jeparit – a former Methodist parsonage – was an other highlight of the publication, a pro ject he compiled throughout the past 12

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months. Mr Scholl grew up in the region then spent time working for a newspa per in Sale, Gippsland and moved on to work in Methodist ministries across Darwin and Hobart. He then returned to the Wimmera with his wife and started working on photography journals.

“This is the fourth book I have put together since I have been back in the Wimmera and southern Mallee,” he said.

“One was about the people of War racknabeal, the next was a light-hearted look at people at work across War racknabeal, the third was a tourist book about the region, and now this latest one, ‘Past Tense’, has become more of a memoir.”

Mr Scholl said 150 copies were print ed for a first publication run, however more print runs were ‘on the way’.

From Birchip to Beluah and beyond – past tense is available at several Wim mera bookstores and newsagencies.

– Michael Scalzo

“Anyone who’s seen the damage inflicted on our roads first-hand knows that we have a lengthy recovery program ahead of us, and this is just the first step in that process”

– Sarah Henderson

Walter and Eileen Scholl have compiled a photographicmemoir book about the north-east Wimmera and the southern tip of the southern Mallee.

Picture: MICHAEL SCALZO

The team at Horsham Doors and Glass wish

Wergaia singer-songwriter Al ice Skye will perform in Hor sham next month.

The ‘Always Live’ concert is a State Government initiative featuring more than 90 events across 12 regions, with more than 150 local and international artists. It aims to boost tourism and businesses.

Skye’s performance, at the Sawyer Park Soundshell, is part of a ‘Home town’ regional concert series featuring First Nations artists.

“It is wild to think that I saw Spider bait play there when I was a kid, and as a teen I ran across that stage with my friends, pretending to perform,” Skye said.

“Now I am coming home with my

band and it will be so special – espe cially being alongside Barengi Gadjin Wimmera River.”

The Hometown component of the con cert runs from 1pm to 5pm.

Horsham Rural City Council will sup port the event.

Mayor Robyn Gulline said the council hoped to see more concerts by Austral ian artists at Sawyer Park.

She said the development of an events stage at Horsham City Oval would com plement and enable this aspiration to occur.

Cr Gulline said Skye shot to national stardom when she won the 2017 Triple J Unearthed Indigenous award.

She said the council recognised the importance of celebrating the success of Horsham-grown artists such as Skye and

Wallace in Willaura

A taste of summer is coming to the region in the form of an art installation.

South-west Victorian artist Carmel Wallace will bring her installation from Lorne Sculpture Biennale to Willaura Modern Railway Station Gallery.

The exhibition, ‘LODE: Sampling the Core’, is a suite of sculptural ‘coresamples’ of the current time, embedded with stories from the past.

Willaura Modern project co-ordinator Lois Reynolds said Wallace’s work told ‘fascinating’ stories about nature, indus try, community and people.

“Visitors will have the chance to meet Carmel and learn about her inspiration for this work at our opening events on Friday and Saturday at noon at the gal lery,” she said.

“We are providing refreshments at

both events, so I encourage local and regional visitors to travel to Willaura and experience this unique art exhibition for themselves.

“Carmel’s art practice focuses on our connection to place and its ramifications for environmental awareness and ethics.

“Her work brings the natural world into the gallery, incorporating cast-off and recycled materials.”

Wallace’s work has been selected for many awards, including Sculpture by the Sea, the Montalto Sculpture Prize and the prestigious Yering Station sculp ture Prize.

The exhibition runs until February 3.

People wanting more information about opening times, or to register their interest for opening events, can contact willauramodern@gmail.com or phone

also offering the community a great live music experience.

“It will be great to see a local Indig enous artist headlining a concert in Horsham. Along with the other artists involved, this is sure to be a fantastic event,” she said.

“We are very grateful that we will host a performance as part of the regional series.

“Next year we will begin works to develop a modern and impressive stage at Horsham City Oval.

“These works will bring more opportu nities for live music events to be hosted in our regional city.”

The free concert is on Saturday, De cember 10. It is an alcohol free and family-friendly event.

New shows, new faces

Brian Letton and Kiara Rodri gues entertained a sell-out crowd at Horsham RSL during an after noon of country music.

Horsham Country Music chair Max Wright said the standard of entertainment was outstanding and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

“Brian and Kiara have been regular contributors to Horsham Country Music for several years, appearing at RSL shows and fes tivals,” he said.

The next country music show at Horsham RSL will be on Friday and features local band, Roadhouse.

They will be supported by art

ists Robyn Gleeson and Joe Mu sico.

“This is our first attempt at Friday night entertainment,” Mr Wright said.

“Even though some of our reg ular customers have other com mitments, we hope to see some new faces.

“We are constantly looking at new ways to attract people to shows.”

Mr Wright said the $45 ticket to the December 2 show would include a two-course meal.

“It’s the best value for money in town,” he said.

SELL-OUT: Brian Letton and Kiara Rodrigues performed in front of a large crowd at Horsham RSL for the monthly Horsham Country Music show. Picture: ABBY WALTER

Lois on 0428 541 482. More informa tion is also available via the Willaura Modern Facebook page.

Artist Carmel Wallace

SHOW TIME: River Hick, left, was among the youngsters to perform in Horsham School of Dance’s concert for pre-schoolers and tiny tots. Principal Karen Booker said the concert, in Horsham, was a chance for families and friends to support the young students. “Our main concert can be a bit overwhelming for this age group, so I thought an afternoon at the studio where everything is familiar would be more enjoyable,” she said. “It was a huge success. Being on a Sunday afternoon, dads were able to come and watch their little dancers along with lots of grandparents. Sparkly costumes, fun music, and dancers and audience having fun – it was a great day.” Also in the spotlight, clockwise from above: Evelyn Papst shows her moves; Kiara Baker and Halle Olston perform in the weekend’s concert; Grace Gardner, Ivie Harris and Rhonnie-Lee Duthie don big smiles and sparkly costumes for Sunday’s concert; Rhonnie-Lee shows her ballet skills; and Poppy Elliott strikes a pose.

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Testing times for

BY ABBY WALTER

Headers are slowly entering paddocks across the Wim mera as farmers test how wet pad docks are and if harvest can begin following above-average rain in spring.

AWB Wimmera and Western Dis tricts territory manager Darcy Ingram said harvest was getting off to a slow start this year.

“The cool, wet conditions have re sulted in a very slow start to harvest this year, with most running at least two weeks behind where they’d usu ally be,” he said.

“A few warmer days have meant we’re now seeing activity increase across most of the Wimmera; howev er, it is far from uniform with timing of sowing, soil types and paddock gradients all playing their part in how crops mature and what areas can be accessed.

“The high rainfall year has resulted in an extremely unusual amount of water lying around, with excess water unfortunately having nowhere to go due to a full subsoil moisture profile.”

Hoffmann Contracting owner Scott Hoffmann said unlike previous years, he did not send any headers to New South Wales for the start of harvest season.

“It didn’t stop raining. It wasn’t worth it and I had to start harvesting

at home,” he said. “I took two headers to Carwarp two- and-a-half weeks ago and it’s been stop-start up there.

“We got into the barley at home in Rainbow last week.

“We have bogged the chaser bin once and the headers have been bogged up in Carwarp, but we should be okay for the season as the land undulates and a lot of the water runs off.

“However, when you start going south to Nhill and Warracknabeal, I don’t think they’ll be rushing to get into the paddocks just yet.”

Mr Hoffmann said he thought his wheat and barley would fare okay this season, despite the rain.

“Our barley is pretty good consider ing. It’s not malt but sitting at BAR1, which was surprising,” he said.

“It has done better than I thought in terms of yield and quality, plus prices are good at the moment. It’s probably the best yield I have ever had in a crop. I’ve heard reports there is poorer quality around.

“Lentils is the one we don’t know about. No-one is in lentils yet and we’re still a week away, but it looks to have received the biggest impacts from the rain.”

Mr Hoffmann said cooler-than-nor mal weather at this time of year, plus the rain, was slowing operations.

“The challenge is the cool weather and moisture coming up at night, which means we can’t do the hours

and we’re not getting as much done,” he said.

“It’s going to get better. We’re wait ing for more paddocks to dry out.”

Mr Ingram said it was too early to know the full story on grain quality in the region, but there would be some impacts from the high rainfall.

“Crop disease has been prevalent this year with conditions not only proving ideal for disease development but also making it extremely difficult for growers to access paddocks in an attempt to manage these issues,” he said.

“Low test weight, low protein, sprouting and staining or discoloura tion are all symptoms of wet seasons, with the risks from additional rainfall increasing once the crop matures.

“In years such as this, where pos

sible, the grain industry continues to work on ways to receive normal ly out-of-specification grain to assist growers and keep exports flowing.

“Across the east coast, we have seen an above average presence of mould in canola seed resulting in the Austra lian Oilseed Federation establishing a seasonal standard to allow for seed with mould up to 40 seeds per 1000.

“GrainFlow receival sites have ad opted this standard to allow growers with affected seed to still deliver into the bulk handler system at no discount to CAN1 canola grade.”

Mr Ingram said from a marketing perspective, the likely outcome of more lower-quality grain was twofold based on supply and demand.

“With a lot of this cereal crop po tentially downgraded to feed quality, we would expect that premiums for high protein milling wheat and malt barley will continue to move higher as millers and maltsters are forced to compete to meet their needs,” he said.

“We still have solid export and do mestic demand for feed grains, how ever, values for certain grades are at risk of coming under pressure should we see a high volume enter the market over a short time.”

Nutrien Ag agronomist Simon Sev erin said he had never seen the indus try suffer disease and loss throughout his 25-year career, like it has this year.

“Being such a wet year, there have been challenges with disease manage ment and there are some crops that were waterlogged and died,” he said.

“Maybe 40 percent of crops across the district have been waterlogged.

“Faba beans have suffered a lot of disease, as has wheat.”

Mr Severin said grain quality would decrease, with more grain being grad ed for feed.

“I don’t think we will have an over supply of feed grain, however the demand will remain,” he said.

“Stock always need grain so feed lots of intensive grazing systems will buy.”

Mr Severin said challenges would continue into summer for farmers.

“There’s been lots of machinery bogged and harvest brings its chal lenges with trying to get trucks into paddocks to get grain out,” he said.

“With a late harvest, there will be testing times ahead for farmers as they work to gather what crops they can from paddocks.”

“Expectations are that due to issues with paddock trafficability and late crops, not to mention the threat of additional weather, the harvest period is likely to go on much longer than usual”

– Darcy Ingram, left

Tides have turned

Just when we all thought farming was entering a golden era, we were reminded of how quickly the tides can turn.

La Niña, Spanish for ‘little girl’, decided it was time to linger a little longer and now we’re having some of the worst and longest floods in memory.

It’s tempting to turn off from the relentless bad news, but I think we owe it to those going through living hell to stay with them; to em pathise and to thank our lucky stars it’s not us.

That became blatantly clear when I drove to Rochester a few weeks ago, when roads started to open, to report for Country Today

It’s a small town, just a tad over 3000 people, though I think we can bring that back a few notches due to the floods. There will inevitably be some who won’t come back.

Like so many small rural townships, there’s a disproportionately high number of elderly resi dents. Thankfully, all survived – but many were evacuated to relatives in Melbourne and around the state, and for others, to any nursing homes able to take them.

I spoke to one Rochester resident who had to tell his 85-year-old mother it would be many months before she was able to return home. She was devastated, as we all would be – made all the worse by the possibility that she might never make it home again.

I will admit to ‘flood fatigue’.

Six weeks in and there’s still more to come as the waters march relentlessly west before turn ing south to the sea in South Australia. Already towns such as Mannum, just an hour-and-a-half from Adelaide, are being warned the floodwaters are on their way and levees are being built.

Country Today

with Libby Price

I can’t help but think back to the Gippsland fires of 2006, which burned for 69 days. It was the waiting that was the most stressful.

I’ll never forget a farmer saying to me that he’d prefer drought any day. He was used to it and knew what to do, but this was an entirely different situation and all he could do was sit and wait and hope the fires would take a different path – knowing if it wasn’t him, then someone else would suffer the devastation.

Last week the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteo rology released the latest State of the Climate Report. Hot on the heels of COP27, where it seemed very little progress was made on dealing with climate change on a global level, it wasn’t encouraging reading.

I spoke to Karl Braganza, the manager of cli mate monitoring at the bureau.

Ringing in my ears, are his ominous words: “Understanding that the climate system is going to continue to change for the next couple of de cades due to greenhouse gases that are already in the atmosphere, it’s really the lived experience of the past 10 years that Australia should really start preparing to adapt to the significant events that are going to occur in the next decade or two.”

I know it’s not what you wanted to hear; but being the bearer of bad tidings is quintessential to what I do.

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Fire risk reminder this summer

AWimmera firefighting leader has reminded people of the high risks of fires on farms this summer season.

Ray Carman, of Carman’s Fire Equipment Maintenance, said the extreme wet weather meant the risk of fire was ‘larger than usual’.

Record-breaking rains has meant significant moisture, and moisture retention, along with significant grass growth in the latter months of the year across the region.

It is amplifying the seasonal threats and challenges of summer, farming and fire prevention.

Mr Carman said the ever-present threat of a haystack fire was enhanced this year.

“With extreme risk of haystack fires, it is important that farmers are aware of the amount of moisture within the stack, which can cause spontaneous combustion,” Mr Carman said.

“If a fire starts within a haystack or hay shed, a large dollar loss can occur.”

Mr Carman said some machinery sat dormant for many months of the year, which could also pose a risk to the operators.

He stressed the importance of ‘being prepared’ — including up-to-date servicing and vehicle checks, and risk mitigation measures such as the installation and maintenance of extin-

guishers should an emergency arise.

“While harvesting, farmers need to be aware of dust buildup in the bearing areas of their machinery,” Mr Carman said.

“They should ensure, while harvesting, that they have a good supply of water to combat any fire that may occur.

“This may include a ute or tractor with a water tank and pressure pump.

“We recommend at least a water-stored extinguisher and a dry chemical extinguisher be fitted to all headers and a water extinguisher fitted on the truck and utes that are being used at harvest time.”

Mr Carman said Horsham Fire Brigade could check and service any fire extinguishers to ensure they remained in good working order.

He said the brigade also offered a range of new essential equipment including fire extinguishers, fire hoses and hose reels, fire blankets, knap sacks and heavy-duty brackets for purchase.

Mr Carman said people wanting more information could phone Horsham Fire Brigade on 0439 826 872.

He said people could also consult their insurance company for recommendations of appropriate fire equipment for their property and circumstance.

BE PREPARED: Ray Carman stresses the importance of fire safety around hay bales and machinery on the farm.

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‘Supercharging’ agriculture start-ups

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

An agriculture-technology venture committed to nur turing start-up innovation across Australian food and agriculture technology industries has found inspiration in the Wimmera.

SproutX, an ag-tech collaborator that connects entrepreneurs in food and energy with educators and other business innovators, delved into Lon gerenong College’s DATA Farm In novation Centre last week as part of its curriculum.

The group’s ‘pre-accelerator’ class, a cohort of agriculture-technology entrepreneurs enrolled in SproutX’s short course, included ‘tech-curious corporate employees’ and ‘early-ca reer innovators’ who were eager to develop their understanding of onthe-ground agricultural practices.

SproutX program manager Maxie Juang said the company had a desire to ‘shake-up’ the agriculture industry by facilitating intra-agriculture inno vation, as well as open up agriculture to inter-industry collaboration that was often at the forefront of innova tive technology.

“Some people think agriculture technology is just tractors,” she said. “But there are agriculture businesses that are collaborating with space-inte grated technologies and using satel lites to help with field management

and pest control, for example. In Aus tralia, it remains a very small startup environment because sometimes, when it comes to primary producers, it can often be about survival.

“Farmers don’t often have time to innovate, and it becomes an annual harvest cycle that takes priority.

“We hope to support the humans behind the businesses who want to shake-up the agricultural industry and see some advancements in what can be a clunky industry at times, espe cially for start-ups.”

Regional tour

Ms Juang said the trip to Longer enong was part of a regional tour of primary producers in north-western Victoria with its pre-accelerator class, who also visited farms at Birchip and across the southern Mallee.

She said the trip to Longerenong was ‘perfect’ for the visiting SproutX cohort – a cohort that included people working across farm-labour, process management, wine and bio fertiliser industries – because the visit allowed them to connect their pursuits with practicalities of farming.

“In western Victoria, heavy-ma chinery and fertiliser industries drive the business and innovation spaces, which are often big monopoly-style business,” she said.

“That can often lean towards the status quo, so, the question is how we

Machinery fire in the paddock?

do we push for more innovation? Our aim to create collusion points, and facilitate the meeting of people across agriculture, energy and food indus tries to make cross-over collaboration and innovation easier for start-ups.”

SproutX program officer Ashlee Tayler said innovations in staff train ing were also key for agriculture businesses and ‘streamlined’ training modules were often needed within the ‘innovation’ sector.

“There has been a shortage of la

bour after COVID-restrictions, but labour remains a key part of so many ag-businesses. But contract workers in the wine industry, for example, often remain under-trained and that can cause a lot of problems now, and down the track,” she said.

“If streamlined training modules aren’t in place, it can create a nega tive experience for potential talent and that can have a lasting impact as that information about the business travels.

“Often businesses don’t have time to train large amounts of contract work ers, but technology innovations, even not in the training space, can free up businesses’ time in new ways.”

Holistic

Ms Juang said a holistic perspective about agriculture, food and energy businesses was key and she suggested sometimes it was a hinderance for new innovators and technology busi nesses to align with categorised in dustries.

“It is important to showcase what is out there, break barriers, shake up and go beyond the limitations of industry isolation,” she said.

SproutX’s ‘pre-accelerator’ curricu lum is a 10-week course for people wanting to develop their ‘novel tech nology solutions’, with the program also unlocking equity-free funding of up to $10,000 for entrepreneurs to ‘supercharge’ the next wave of Victo rian start-ups.

The group also offers a six-month ‘accelerator’ program for agriculture and food-technology start-up leaders, with office-space and capital grants available for accepted start-ups.

SproutX was founded in 2016 and was a joint venture between Findex and the National Farmers’ Federation.

GREEN SHOOTS: SproutX, an educator and commercialisation supporter of Australian agricultural and food-technology entrepreneurs, visited Longerenong College last week as part of a regional tour to boost the primary-producer connection of leaders of innovating start-up companies.

‘Sometimes, the best teacher is

Three paddock walks through Wimmera farms highlighted soil health, adapting to climate and creating diverse farming busi nesses.

Paddock walks through Kaniva, Willaura and Landsborough were supported by Wimmera Catchment Management Authority, CMA, with funding from Australian Govern ment’s national Landcare program.

Kaniva district farmer Steven Hobbs, Willaura district farmers Jack and Ce lia Tucker and Landsborough West farmers Zoe and Luke Crouch hosted the walks. Agroecologist Robin Tait, of Tasmania, was a guest speaker at the events.

Wimmera regional agriculture Land care facilitator Bronwyn Bant said the paddock walks highlighted how farmers were actively building soil health, adapting to a variable climate and creating resilient and diverse farm businesses.

“We’re incredibly grateful to the Hobbs, Tucker and Crouch families for generously sharing their time and experiences with us,” she said.

“Hearing directly from local farmers about what has, and hasn’t, worked provides valuable information for par ticipants to take back to their farm to potentially adapt to suit their systems.”

Kaniva

Mr Hobbs hosted 15 farmers on

his mixed enterprise and spoke about changing his predominantly cropping farm to mostly sheep.

Mr Hobbs said it was great to share with others his motivation for change, how he overcame obstacles and the importance of collecting and measur ing impacts.

Mr Hobbs said he evaluated his farm profitability and the impact of chang ing climate conditions five years ago.

He discovered his sheep were paying the bulk of bills, his crops were only breaking even and frost was having a major impact on cropping, with his frost window increasing from 100 to 152 days.

“My biggest obstacle to having more sheep was that I don’t really like sheep and I wasn’t all that good at livestock management and handling, so I had to figure out how I was going to remove those barriers,” he said.

“I looked at our infrastructure, which was really run down, and took steps to improve it. I also came across an auto drafter, which would make things a whole lot easier for me, plus enable me to collect data.”

Mr Hobbs said he better understood how to improve the quality of his en terprise now and focused on increased fertility.

“I crammed a lifetime of learning about sheep into a very short time frame and in time, things started really falling into place,” he said.

“Sometimes, the best teacher is ex perience and what I like to share with others is how important it is to know exactly what you’re wanting to achieve. There is no silver bullet; it’s just about how the different aspects of your farming system complement and work with each other.”

Mr Hobbs took the group into a pad dock where he is running a soil carbon project, where he uses multi-species cropping and high-impact grazing to lift soil organic matter from a baseline of less than one percent.

“By doubling my soil carbon and the health of my soil, I’ll be increas ing my profitable returns and even if I can only achieve one percent, that’s double where I started,” he said.

“I’m feeding the soil below as well as above ground.

“Animals are such an important part of the landscape when it comes to getting carbon into soils, and I’m just trying to mimic nature as best I can to achieve what I want for my farm, such as healthier soil.”

Mr Hobbs is grazing 350 sheep an

acre and shifting them every two days. “How you go about things depends on the speed at which you want to see changes happening, and it’s also im portant to set up an area on your farm dedicated to trials,” he said.

“If you do something on a trial area and it doesn’t work, you’re not put ting your whole farm at risk. If it does work, you can expand the area.”

Willaura

Mr and Mrs Tucker took 25 people on a tour of the sheep, cropping pad docks, machinery sheds and wildlife sanctuary that make up their farming system.

Strict-timed grazing, annual reveg etation projects, use of biofertilisers and compost extract and a 56-hectare wildlife sanctuary established in 2016 are part of ‘Rhynie Pastoral’.

“Our business is really focused on combining conservation and produc tion and hosting a paddock tour is a really great way to show people a reallife example of how this can be done,” Mrs Tucker said.

“Jack and I always get as much out of a day like this as the people who come, because it’s such a great oppor tunity to share knowledge and experi ences. It’s also a good way to develop our network. The more people you can talk to and keep in touch with when you’re trying new things, the more you can learn from each other.”

PADDOCK WALK: Kaniva mixed enterprise farmer Steven Hobbs, left, Wimmera CMA board member David Drage and guest speaker agroecologist Robin Tait at a paddock event on Mr Hobbs’ property.

experience’

When wool prices crashed in the early 2000s, the Tuckers shifted from what was primarily a merino woolgrowing business to predominantly broadacre cropping.

In 2010, dorpers caught their eye and they bought their first ewes the following year.

“Dorpers have exceeded our expec tations, in quality and production, and in 2019 we decided to expand our dorper enterprise, which has resulted in our mixed cropping and meat sheep operation,” Mr Tucker said.

“Since moving towards mixed farm ing we have shifted from a conven tional system towards a regenerative one, which focuses on improving soil health, increasing biodiversity and be ing more resilient. We make decisions based on our own experience.”

The pair said production increased in their timed grazing system, which op erates on the principle of eating onethird, trampling one-third and leaving one-third.

Mr Tucker said multi-species peren nial pastures played an important role.

“We have lucerne, clover, phalaris, cocksfoot and a few other species and we aim to increase biodiversity, soil health and function while ensuring we have year-round pasture available to our livestock,” he said.

Mr Tucker said regular sap testing in cropping paddocks gave them a good handle on plant quality and they

shifted towards using foliar inputs rather than traditional fertilisers.

They spend about $200 a hectare on inputs.

“We don’t have the best-looking crops in the district, but that’s not our aim,” he said.

“Quality is our goal, along with im proving long-term soil health. We’re also lowering our risk by spending a lot less than the district average on inputs. This wet season we’re having is testament to the risks involved with cropping with high levels of plant disease and wet paddocks hampering harvest efforts.”

Mr Tucker said although they were moving away from the use of syn thetic fertilisers and insecticides, they kept them in their toolbox to use if needed.

Landsborough West

Mr and Mrs Crouch own about 120 hectares and lease a further 320 hec tares and hosted 20 farmers on their diverse mixed farm.

They are building biodiversity and addressing erosion with native species and saltbush plantings to reduce runoff into their waterways, which flow into the Wimmera River.

When they completed a regenera tive agriculture course in 2020, they said they realised there was a system already in place that fitted in with how they wanted to farm.

The course highlighted they weren’t limited by their land size and had am ple opportunities to grow their farm business.

Mrs Crouch said the pair were stuck in a reductive attitude and limited to what they thought was a small land area.

“Now we feel like the sky is the limit,” she said.

“We’re only small fry, but it’s not the size of the land that matters, it’s what you do with those hectares.”

Mrs Crouch said growing a multispecies cover crop was a key turning point from a soil health and financial perspective.

“Eighteen months ago, we planted 45 hectares of a nine-species mix and it’s been an incredible learning curve,” she said.

“It produced a massive amount of biomass, which we were able to graze with our sheep, cattle and the chooks we have in our pasture-raised egg business.

“We wanted to try a few different methods of handling the biomass so strip grazed a portion, we harvested some, we tried other grazing methods and knocked some down with a cou ple of old tractor tyres, just to see what would work best.”

Mrs Crouch said the cover crop provided green feed all summer, while everyone around them had dry pad docks and kept soils covered.

“When we’re sowing, we might put down 40 kilograms per hectare of single super, but apart from that we just use a biostimulant, worm juice and we’ve added in gypsum and lime where required,” she said.

Mrs Crouch said it was important to regularly test soils to see how they were responding to changes.

“Once you have that knowledge, you can go forward in leaps and bounds,” she said.

“You have to know what’s hap pening in your soils or you’re flying blind.”

“Before we started, we couldn’t find a worm; we turned a soil sod the other day and counted 15 worms and eight worm eggs in one sod,” she said.

“In a wet year, like we’re having, we’d normally have a sheet of water across our uncovered paddocks, but we’re now soaking up all that water.

“We’re utilising a lot more of what falls from the sky.”

Mrs Crouch said getting together with like-minded people at events such as the paddock walks were the ‘best way’ to learn and be inspired.

“You can’t learn if you don’t have support from a community around you,” she said.

“We learn so much when we sur round ourselves with like-minded people and can physically walk in the paddock and see what they’ve done.”

Mrs Crouch said they noticed drastic increases in soil biology and water infiltration.

NEW SYSTEMS: Attendees tour Jack and Celia Tucker’s Willaura property during a Wimmera CMA paddock walk.

‘A freak year’

BY ABBY WALTER

Across the sheep industry, farmers and shearers are fac ing delays and challenges brought on by consistent spring rain.

DMD director and stock agent An drew McIllree said rain had ‘dra matically affected’ the sheep industry throughout spring and into summer.

“The rain and cold have affected feed so lambs, in particular, are not as heavy or strong as they have been in the past,” he said.

“The feed is not as nutritious, so sheep haven’t been doing as well.

“The challenges compound with shearing also delayed and a real prob lem particularly around the Wimmera with flystrike.

“Farmers who haven’t got sheep shorn have jet them, some more than once because the jet doesn’t absorb into the wet wool.

“There’s a big job ahead to get a lot of lambs shorn.”

Mr McIllree said this spring had been far from a normal season.

“Some farmers will choose to carry their lambs through, get them shorn when they can and run them through stubbles to finish them off,” he said.

“Others are taking what they can get for lambs now because they’re unsure what the quality of stubble will be like on the other side of harvest.

“It’s all about management now and

doing what you can, but it will be interesting to watch what happens on the other side.

“Mutton is flat, but I am not sure what is causing that. Good lambs are selling well and a lot of store lambs on the market are selling okay, but not like in previous years.”

Kelly Shearing Services owner Bryce Kelly said he was experiencing the worst run into Christmas he has ever had.

“It’s a bit of a disaster at the moment for farmers and contractors,” he said.

“September to Christmas time is normally very hectic, so it’s been very frustrating for everyone because it hasn’t stopped raining, people haven’t been able to get sheep dry enough and everyone is behind.

“There are too many sheep that need to be shorn by Christmas time that probably won’t all get shorn.

“People need to put their rams out for mating next year and they haven’t even got the wool off them, so that makes it very tricky.”

Mr Kelly said he was still working on jobs that would normally be fin ished in October.

“These coming months will be inter esting. It will be a long haul trying to catch up,” he said.

“These days we shear pretty much year-around and there’s still plenty of work, so what we were going to do

in January and February is probably going to be pushed back trying to do the work we should have done before Christmas.

“I’m definitely in the biggest pickle I have ever been in before – even with the last two years dealing with COVID. I just got by doing the amount of work we needed to get done by Christmas, whereas this year with all the rain we haven’t got a hope.”

Mr Kelly said farmers were also combating flystrike.

“There’s a bit of flystrike starting to

happen, which is a worry. People are jetting sheep and jetting lambs trying to prevent it, but it is a problem,” he said.

“People crutch before shearing so they don’t have to worry as much, but sheep are getting body struck in this sort of humid weather after a lot of rain, which is a big worry.

“No-one can control the weather and it’s nobody’s fault, but it’s going to be very frustrating for people between now and Christmas.

“Another problem is normally we

have the toughest shearing of merinos out of the way by now and moving into the easier crossbreds and lambs, but we’re stuck trying to shear me rinos.

“Shearers are getting frustrated and looking for better shearing sheep, so it’s hard to keep them on jobs to get them all shorn.

“It’s a freak year. A few older farm ers that I have spoken to have never seen anything like it in more than 30 years.”

CRACK: Alisha Garlick captured this ‘cracking’ photograph as storms rolled into the southern Mallee earlier this month. She said it was a ‘race against Mother Nature’ to unload a truckload of lambs and avoid getting the truck bogged as the clouds grew darker and lightning struck about 5.30pm on November 19. “The road in and out of the adjistment paddock at Brim is dirt, so we knew we had to work fast and get the lambs off the truck and get out of there,” she said. “The sky was moody and it was getting windy, the lighting had just started as we backed in to unload. I knew I’d get some good shots, but to get one that actually included the lighting was pretty cool.”

With significant rain across the country and continued supply chain issues, commodity prices across the Wimmera con tinue to change week on week.

Grain prices are marginally de creasing heading into the 2022-23 harvest compared with early spring.

Department of Agriculture, Fisher ies and Forestry reported Australian export prices, on November 17, had dropped between two and four per cent on the week previous.

However, the prices are up seven to 29 percent higher than prices at the same time last year.

The report showed milling wheat was exported at $594 a tonne, feed wheat sold for $541 a tonne and

feed barley was exported at $482 a tonne. Canola was exported at $1095 a tonne.

In the Wimmera, recorded bid pric es for APW1 MG wheat last week were $412 to $424; barley, $310 to $320; and canola, $710 to $734.50.

In the livestock industry, sheep sales at Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange are seeing mixed quality lambs with prices increasing on the week prior.

Graham Pymer’s market report on Wednesday last week noted 9075 head of livestock was yarded.

This is up from 7550 the week prior, and down from 24,050 on No vember 9 – the largest spring yarding since 2018. November 2 saw 14,200 livestock yarded.

On November 23, medium-weight lambs sold from $180 to $220 with heavier weights selling from $227 to $235 per head.

Light-weight lambs sold from $109 to $149 per head.

The old lambs sold to a top of $238 per head.

Big runs of young merino wethers went for $97 to $113 and from $75 to $120 per head for merino ewe lambs.

Sheep numbers were up at 3100 sold to steady competition.

Merino ewes sold to $160 and crossbred ewes to $150 per head.

Light-weight sheep sold from $45 to $96 per head and medium-weight sheep from $83 to $129 per head.

Rams sold for up to $80 per head.

Podcast driving farm safety message

A new podcast series aims to drive social change to improve the safety of farming families.

The Victorian Farmers Federation has launched the podcast as part of its ‘Making our Farms Safer Proj ect’, MOFS.

The federation’s vice-president Danyel Cucinotta, also chair of the federation’s child safety on farms steering committee, said the initial two-part series featured tips and guidance to reduce accidents involv

ing children on the farm. “The cam paign focuses on better outcomes for children aged 10 to 15, who are per forming work-related task on farms. Essentially, we want everyone on the farm to be able to go home safely at the end of the night,” she said.

“Influencing change is difficult no matter the subject.

“Influencing cultural change is even harder and that’s what these podcasts are striving to do.”

The podcast series also features

the Head of Trauma and Burns Unit at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Dr Warwick Teague, and his insight when dealing with child injury and trauma.

“Treating injuries is important, but preventing injuries is so much more important,” he said.

The podcast series is available via your favourite streaming app and searching ‘Victorian Farmers Fed eration’.

Supporting rural communities

Western AG is continuing its ‘support ing communities’ campaign with do nations of automated external defibril lators, AEDS, to rural communities.

The company’s 2022 Community Defib Project saw a defibrillator in stalled at the newly opened Goroke Community Complex.

Western AG has been installing one AED a month across its regional branch network.

St Johns Australia reports sudden cardiac arrest continues to be one of the leading causes of death in Australia and within the first few minutes of experiencing cardiac arrest, there is an

increased chance in survival if an AED is available.

Western AG business development manager Chris Drew said the com pany was passionate about creating a long-term, community-minded cam paign where new, community focused projects could be introduced to sup port regions where Western AG is based.

“For example, we are providing spe cific funding for a particular cause or pain point, which in this case was es tablishing an AED installation project for communities in need,” he said.

DONATION: From left, Goroke Community Complex committee members Leah Batson, Louise Gabbe and Darren Walter, with Nufarm’s Marty Montgomery and Western AG Goroke’s Mark Hoffmann and Laura Millard, install an automated external defibrillator at Goroke Community Complex.

Many crossroads

Imanaged to sneak into a dinner in Sydney recently, hosted by the Australian Climate Leaders Coalition.

Most of the participants were from the ‘big end of town’ – chief executives and directors of large, listed companies, super funds and venture capital groups. I’d registered as managing direc tor at Farm Trade Australia. It sounded important enough so no-one checked our market cap and they just waved me in.

The dinner discussion was titled, ‘Road map to 2030’. It was clear from the debate there are still diverse views around how we, as a nation, achieve the climate objectives we’ve set.

The majority of people accept the need to sig nificantly reduce our carbon footprint.

What wasn’t clear is how to do this in a way that doesn’t destroy industry, through vastly higher energy costs, or create a consumer back lash because of cost of living increases.

The chief executive of a super fund asked how we stimulate a well-informed, national discus sion about this issue. No-one could answer the question.

The business sector does have the capability to lead this. But self-interest is likely to derail the discussion.

The Federal Government should lead the way, but so often blatant politics hijacks good policy debate.

So where does all of this leave us in agricul ture?

I came away from the dinner surprised by the lack of clarity around the transition from an economy dependent on fossil fuels for energy and export revenue, to a nation of smart valueadd industries powered by renewables.

From left field

I’d hoped the corporate heavyweights had the answers, but I don’t think they do. It seems this road map has many crossroads and no signposts.

In ag, we could sit back and let big government and big business sort this out. We could think policy design is not our problem.

But then I consider data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Federal Government and the Reserve Bank of Australia on the top 20 emissions intense sub-industries in Australia.

It shows sheep, grains and cattle are second only to electricity when measuring greenhouse gas emissions.

Like it or not, we’re in the middle of this dis cussion.

So let’s engage where we can to shape a future that works for our farms and rural communities.

Farmers are natural innovators. We’ve already made significant progress towards a more sus tainable future through practices such as no-till, stubble retention and investment in efficient irrigation systems.

We will need to get better at measuring these gains.

Government, and society, will demand evi dence. And by doing so we can demonstrate agriculture is not to be seen as a problem, but as part of the solution.

with David Matthews

Following significant rain across the Wimmera throughout Septem ber and October, Birchip Cropping Group, BCG, is reminding farmers that safety is important when recover ing bogged machinery.

BCG has six messages for farmers to safely recover machinery as paddocks across the region remain wet and muddy heading into harvest.

The first is to understand the ratings of straps and shackles, including the working load limit and break strength and how to interpret these when used for recovery.

Secondly, communication, to ensure all staff are trained in how to avoid getting bogged and how to use recovery equip ment safely.

BCG advises that farmers ‘stop and think’ before entering a paddock, calcu lating the risk of becoming bogged.

When someone does become bogged, they recommend stopping and not trying to drive out; rather, think how to safely recover the vehicle and if it needs to be done immediately.

The fourth message is to unload the ve hicle – removing unnecessary weight from bogged machinery will make it easier and safer to recover.

Another recommendation is to dig, if safe to do so, because digging can help relieve pressure on machinery and aid in recovery.

The final message is to ensure recov

ery equipment is looked after, out of the weather and stored clean.

BCG highlighted these messages to more than 550 farmers and industry workers at its Safely Recovering Machinery Field Day at Warracknabeal earlier this month.

BCG senior extension and communica tion manager Kelly Angel organised and facilitated the event.

“Having a good plan is imperative and remembering the best way to get out of a bog is not to get bogged,” she said.

“Using chains is also not recommended

as they have a high risk to safety with lots of moving parts.

“We thank everyone who attended the event and our partners for working with us to bring such a relevant need-driven event together so quickly.

“Thanks to VFF Making Farms Saf er, WorkSafe, Warakirri Cropping, the National Centre for Farmer Health, O’Connor’s, Emmetts, Belle-Vue Machin ery, Horsham Heavy Towing, Blake Snake Recovery Strops and farmer Ross Johns who hosted us.”

SAFETY FIRST: Birchip Cropping Group senior manager of extension and communication Kelly Angel addressed more than 550 farmers and industry workers at a Safely Recovering Machinery Field Day at Warracknabeal this month.

“The best way to get out of a bog is not to get bogged” – Kelly Angel

1. True or false? In early years of farming in the Wim mera, landowners were of ten under pressure by law to remove trees from their paddocks.

2. During footy season, some players experience intramus cular haematoma, more com monly known as what?

Which part of this state ment is true? An owl’s eye is unable to move much or at all within its socket, which means it has evolved an abil ity to turn its head complete ly backwards.

5. What Wimmera town, while strongly linked to its farming community, can also directly attribute much of its historic prosperity to its de velopment as a major changeover centre for train crews?

6. The rock-music band Code One has performed many times for Wimmera charity events. The band is unique because all its mem bers, professionally, are qualified what?

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ARIES:

(March 21- April 20)

Lucky Colour: White

Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.9.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.15.26.39.34.

A good idea would be to listen to someone older and wiser – you can never have too much help. Surprising period in which many of your wishes could come true suddenly.

7. Before electric headlights took hold, why were head lights fuelled by acetylene preferred over oil lamps in vehicles in the late 1800s?

8. What clubs joined Horsh am District Football League when West Wimmera Foot ball League disbanded in 1982?

9. What are the fully de veloped antlers of the intro duced red deer that roam the Grampians made of?

10. A question for kids to get one up on the adults. The name of the dinosaur Tyran nosaurus Rex translates to mean what?

development and grazing. The long-term legacy has been severe erosion and waterway sedimentation. 2. A cork. 3. Change colour. It is one of the most variably coloured frogs in Australia. 4. It is true than an owl’s eye is relatively fixed within its socket. But it can only turn its head 135 degrees in either direction to have a total 270-degree field of vision. 5. Dimboola. 6. Police officers. The band is part of Victoria Police. 7. The flame in the lamp was resistant to wind and rain. The first electric headlights were introduced in 1898. 8. Goroke, Noradjuha, Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake, Gerang-Kiata and Netherby-Lorquon. 9. Dead bone. When growing, a vascular skin called velvet covers antlers. Unlike the horns on many other animals, they don’t include keratin. 10. Tyrant lizard king. Tyrant and lizard is from the Greek tyrannos and sauros and King in Latin is rex.

Answers: 1. True. They had a ‘national responsibility to open up the country’ for pasture

TAURUS:

(April 21- May 20)

Lucky Colour: Peach

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.6.5.8.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.29.8.33.

If you can keep your thoughts to yourself you should be managing well with irritable people. No good getting too excited about family matters, they will work themselves out very soon.

GEMINI:

(May 21- June 21)

Lucky Colour: Yellow

Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.8.5.

Lotto Numbers: 4.6.5.2.19.36. It’s best to keep away from people who annoy you and just enjoy the company of friends. Pushing your own ideas might not work well during this period, wait till later on.

CANCER:

(June 22- July 22)

Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 1.3.9.5. Lotto Numbers: 1.15.26.45.42.24.

Love life should be blooming and many will find the one and only. Do not let yourself slip into working matters, some people could be watching your performance.

LEO:

(July 23- August 22)

Lucky Colour: Blue

Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1.3.5.9.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.26.36.38.40.

Might be a difficult period to stay away from family problems. Try not to let yourself get too excited about them though. Financial matters could get out of hand if you are not careful.

VIRGO:

(August 23- September 23)

Lucky Colour: Green

Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 6.5.2.3. Lotto Numbers: 6.12.25.40.32.33.

Very busy social period and your love interests should deepen. There could be a problem with someone who insists on something that you do not agree with, try to keep calm about it.

LIBRA:

(September 24- October 23)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.3. Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.36.35.2. You should be benefiting from something you have worked so hard towards for the last year or so. Someone you have not seen for a long time could return into your life again.

SCORPIO:

(October 24- November 22)

Lucky Colour: Grey

Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.5. Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.25.45.40.

You might be slightly disappointed about your travel plans but it will turn out to be the best in the long run. Try not to be too stubborn about your own ideas they will be noted soon enough.

SAGITTARIUS:

(November 23- December 20)

Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.3.2.5. Lotto Numbers: 4.12.23.36.35.8. Someone could be quite upset about your involvements more than you expected to happen. Tact and charm will help you a lot during this period and money matters seem to improve suddenly.

CAPRICORN:

(December 21- January 19)

Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 1.3.5.2. Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.36.39. Very romantic period with a new love interest and happy moments for many. You seem to be doing everything right at the moment so do not let opportunities slip through your fingers.

AQUARIUS:

(January 20- February 19)

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Your LuckY StarS with kerrY kuLkenS Visit KERRY KULKENS MAGIC SHOP at 1693 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave Ph/Fax 9754 4587 WWW.KERRYKULKENS.COM.AU Like us on Facebook MURTOA BY TWILIGHT Family night out A great at Lake Marma, MURTOA All covid regulations at this time to be applied to by attendees Many Thanks to the Lake Marma Committee Santa arriving at 7pm Abundance of handmade market stalls Free kids zone including: Live Music Petting Zoo Face painting 5pm - 9pm SATURDAY 10 TH DECEMBER 2022 4.

Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 9.6.3.2. Lotto Numbers: 9.6.3.32.20.12. News from far away could change your plans a lot in the future. Any business deal started during this period has a good chance to succeed, also your luck is good in real estate or property matters.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20)

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Horsham Aquatic Centre  Horsham AutoGlass

Horsham Betta Home Living

Horsham Camera House

Horsham Electronics

Horsham Golf Club

Horsham PaintRight Horsham RSL

House & Party Stawell

Jerrams Auto Parts & Electronics Centre

KLM Concreting & Soil Yard

Lardner Bros M Mart Magic Maids

Maria Da Ros Fashions

McPhersons of Brim

Nu Life Health Foods

Onya Back Bedding & Furniture

Premix King Ararat

Pyrenees Premium Cuts

Ray White Ararat

River Bamboo Massage & Beauty Senor Mex

Shopthis Horsham

Simply Skin Body Smallaire

Spotlight Horsham  Stawell Toyota

That Little Shoppee Place

Victoria Hotel Horsham

VV Electrical and Solar Waacks Bakery Stawell

Wastebusters Wimmera Recycling Horsham  West Side Horsham

West Wimmera Health Services

Western Victorian Wholesalers

Westonvic Waste

Wimmera Aquatrail

Wimmera Bearings

Wimmera Mallee Ag

Wimmera Outdoors

Performance boost

GWM has announced the addi tion of a sportier ‘S’ variant of its Haval Jolion small SUV, the newly revealed model expected in the country within ‘the coming days’ and priced from $36,990 drive-away.

The latest addition to the Haval Jolion range receives a performance boost courtesy of a new 1.5-litre tur bocharged four-cylinder petrol engine that GWM claims delivers 130kW of power and 270Nm of torque, repre senting a 20kW and 50Nm increase over the remainder of the Jolion range.

Matching the displacement of en

gines used across the rest of the cur rent Jolion range, the new unit is paired exclusively to GWM’s sevenspeed dual-clutch transmission and consumes a claimed 7.5 litre per 100km on the ADR combined cycle, an improvement of 0.6L-100km over other non-hybrid Jolion variants.

Other enhancements to the Jolion S include a sportier suspension tune with a multilink rear-end fitted in lieu of the torsion beam setup found on other Jolion models.

Visually, the Jolion S features sev eral styling cues that are familiar to the Jolion Vanta, including black alloy wheels, black wing mirrors, black side

garnishing and blackened lower front and rear bumper sections.

Additionally, and in response to cus tomer feedback, the Jolion S has now adopted hard buttons for the HVAC controls to make it easier to adjust cabin temperature while on the move. The rest of the equipment levels and features are identical to those offered in the highly specified Jolion Ultra on which the Jolion S is based.

Safety and driver assistance tech nologies also match the Jolion Ul tra, including autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian, cyclist and crossroads detection, lane keep as sist, lane departure warning, blind

spot detection and lane change assist, forward collision warning and traffic sign recognition.

The new GWM Haval Jolion S is offered in a choice of five exterior col ours: Hamilton white, golden black, mars red, azure blue, smoke grey and the new tropical green, which is exclu sive to the Jolion S.

Like all GWM products, the Jolion S is backed by a seven-year, unlimitedkilometre warranty, five-year roadside assistance plan and five-year cappedprice servicing scheme.

Year-to-date sales figures issued by the FCAI show GWM has sold 6158 examples of the Haval Jolion in Aus

tralia, giving it a 6.2 segment share and an eighth-place ranking.

The sub-$40K small SUV segment, in which the Haval Jolion competes, is led by the MG ZS with 16,359 unit sales to the end of October 2022, ahead of the Mazda CX-30 with 12,252 unit sales, Mitsubishi ASX, 10,939, Hyundai Kona, 10,274, Kia Seltos, 7803, Subaru XV, 7251 and Toyota C-HR, 6686.

The segment top 10 is rounded out by the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross with 5294 unit sales and Honda HR-V, 4139.

– Matt Brogan

GWM adds Haval Jolion S to growing SUV range

Tech, safety updates for RAV4

Toyota has announced equip ment updates and revised pric ing for its MY23 RAV4 range in Australia, with prices rising by at least $2150 and as much as $2820.

Changes include a more modern multimedia system, range-wide Toyo ta Connected Services telematics suite and newly introduced safety creden tials, with pricing for the entry-level RAV4 GX now starting at $36,550 plus on-road costs, or $2150 more than in 2022.

All GX and GXL variants face a price increase of $2150, with all other variants rising between $2450 and $2820. The RAV4 range now tops out at $55,150 plus on-road costs for the flagship RAV4 Edge Hybrid AWD.

Debuting in Australian showrooms next month, the 2023 Toyota RAV4 line-up adopts features premiered in the recently released Corolla Cross compact SUV, such as a new-look infotainment array that features a se ries of shortcut buttons along the driver’s side of the screen, an increase in touchscreen display size on cer tain variants, and a simplified menu structure that mimics operation of a smartphone or tablet.

Furthermore, the new multimedia system now supports wireless Apple CarPlay in addition to wired Android Auto connectivity.

On RAV4 GX and GXL grades, the multimedia system now matches the screen size of previous versions, at

8.0 inches, while the XSE, Cruiser and Edge step up to a 10.5-inch display.

Additionally, GX and GXL variants now receive an improved multi-func tion display in the centre of the instru ment panel, up to 7.0 inches from 4.2, while the XSE, Cruiser and Edge gain a full-width 12.3-inch digital instru ment cluster display.

Toyota says the new system brings a high level of customisation, in particu lar with the 12.3-inch version, where customers can choose from four dif ferent visual designs and three layouts to suit their preferences.

All 12.3-inch arrangements show a

digital speedometer and shift indica tor in the centre of the display, with frequently used information such as active safety functions shown below, while the left and right sides can be adjusted to show a range of informa tion such as fuel consumption and audio playback.

Regardless of variant, all MY23 RAV4 models will now feature as standard the Toyota Connected Ser vices suite of safety and connectivity features.

The technology offers remote vehi cle monitoring, assistance in the event of an emergency and the ability to up

Nissan targets adventurous buyers

Nissan claims the fifth-gener ation Pathfinder large family SUV it launched this month, was intentionally reinvented to plug the gap between more hardcore dieselpowered and body-on-frame 4x4 models, such as the Ford Everest, and bitumen-biased seven-seaters such as the Toyota Kluger.

While the vehicle in its current form will sit nicely between softer and harder competitors within the large SUV category, the opportunity to offer a more dedicated off-road option was never far from Nissan’s thinking.

Nissan Australia senior marketing manager Martin Longayroux said re search proved the previous generation

Pathfinder had strayed too far from its rugged roots.

“There was a lot of customer feed back, particularly out of the US where the car is from, that said buyers want ed to capture what they call the ‘cool Dad’ car – something they could drive the kids around in, but was still capa ble and that actually looked like a car they wanted to drive,” he said.

The Pathfinder could even be adapt ed to head further off the beaten track.

Mr Longayroux said there was a possibility the Warrior program of fered on the Navara ute and soon the Patrol upper-large 4x4 could be applied to Pathfinder down the track.

“That’s obviously something we

It’s in our nature to protect one another

Toyota Safety Sense technology. Designed to protect us all.

There’s one thing that unites all of us. Our natural instinct to protect and look out for one another. To step in, in times of need. To step up in the moments that matter. To react in a split second, when we know that every second counts. And we believe it should be no different when you drive. That’s why we developed Toyota Safety Sense, and it’s designed to protect us all.

could maybe look at once we’ve launched the current car, but it will depend on whether there is an oppor tunity for that sort of lifestyle, and if that’s what the market is looking for,” he said.

“We’re always looking at opportuni ties for the future.”

The new Nissan Pathfinder goes on sale in Australia from this month with a four-variant range offered in two and all-wheel drive configurations and with the choice of seven or eight seats.

It is priced from $54,190 plus onroad costs in ST form, with the toptier Pathfinder Ti-L starting at $77,890 plus on-road costs.

– Matt Brogan

date vehicle software over-the-air and can be accessed through the myToyota Connect smartphone app providing information such as door and window status, remaining range and fuel level, and even vehicle location.

All RAV4 grades now gain cloudbased satellite navigation, meaning the optional navigation previously of fered on GX hybrids is discontinued.

XSE grades and up offer new-look embedded satellite navigation soft ware accessed through the 10.5-inch touchscreen display.

Importantly, the RAV4 range now includes an enhanced pre-collision

system that bolsters occupant and road-user protection at intersections, emergency steering assist, an upgrad ed back guide monitor with dynamic guidance lines, and, on Cruiser and Edge variants, an upgraded panoramic view monitor with underfloor view.

Other enhancements include faster powered tailgate operation, the in clusion of USB-C charging ports, upgraded microphones and LED projector-style headlights for petrolpowered Edge variants.

The 2023 Toyota RAV4 range is available in nine exterior colours with frosted white replacing crystal pearl. Otherwise, the RAV4 line-up is visu ally and mechanically unchanged.

Toyota Australia vice-president of sales, marketing and franchise op erations Sean Hanley said with a new-generation multimedia system, expanded Toyota Connected Services and additional safety features, the RAV4 had never been more appealing.

“With a broad range of variants and the choice of petrol and hybrid power trains, RAV4 is set to continue as one of Australia’s most popular SUVs,” he said.

The RAV4 remains Australia’s bestselling medium SUV.

Figures from VFACTS show, to the end of October, Toyota sold 30,370 examples of the RAV4, ahead of the Mazda CX-5, 23,476, Mitsubishi Out lander, 15,619, Kia Sportage, 15,497 and Hyundai Tucson, 14,493.

– Matt Brogan

CHANGES: Connected services and multimedia revisions headline Toyota’s MY23 RAV4 SUV makeover.

TOUGHER: The new Nissan Pathfinder is designed to appeal more broadly than its predecessor, providing a best-of-both-worlds solution to those requiring a more capable but still urban-friendly SUV.

For the past 17 years Hartley, Justin and Brad Stephens of Horsham have been exhibiting their military vehicles, hardware and militaria across Victoria, southern NSW and South East of South Australia.

The trio has attended various exhibitions, three Avalon Airshows, many re-enactment events, Anzac parades and so on.

With the logistics involved in attending these events becoming harder every year, the Stephens decided it was time to present a permanent static display of their collection in their home town of Horsham.

The three are members of Geelong Military Re-enactment Group, The Military History Group and also have an association with Horsham RSL Military and History Group.

Their display concentrates on Second World War vehicles and machinery and all their equipment is fully licenced and complies with all state laws.

The collection, featuring trucks, Jeeps and motorcycles from the Second World War, is open by appointment and available for most times of the year at agreed times.

“We set it up just after Christmas and the collection is quite unique. What we have you certainly don’t see in the street every day,” Hartley said.

The collection is located at 15 Madden Street, Horsham, Victoria.

Hartley Stephens said please phone or text him on 0458 196 706 to arrange a booking or call 5382 5429 during business hours. Alternatively, you can inquire on our Facebook Messenger page or email justin@bevanart.net.au.

We look forward very much to showing you our collection and hope you find it interesting and informative.

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4:35 Fireman Sam 5:00 Odo 5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:10 Interstellar Ella 6:25 Alva’s World

7:00 Andy And The Band 7:30 Australia Remastered 8:25 Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles (PG)

6:00 Drive TV 6:30 A Current Affair (PG) 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Fishing Australia 10:30 Women’s Footy (PG) 11:30 Great Australian Detour 12:00 Golf: Australian Open *Live* 5:00 NINE News: First At Five 5:30 Postcards Summer (PG) 6:00 NINE News Sunday 7:00 Snackmasters (PG) 8:40 60 Minutes (PG) 9:40 NINE News Late 10:10 The First 48 (M v) 11:10 Untold Crime Stories: The Railway Murders (MA15+)

2:00 Basketball: Round 9: Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers

*Live* 4:00 Basketball: Round 9: Brisbane Bullets v Tasmania Jackjumpers

*Live* 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:00

Friends (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Movie: “Poms” (PG) (’19)

2:00 ABC News 2:30 Australian Story 3:00 ABC News 3:30

Offsiders 4:30 Landline 5:00 ABC News With Auslan 5:30 The World This Week 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:30 Insiders 8:30 ABC News Tonight 9:00 ABC News

9:00 Destination Dessert 9:30 Studio 10: Sunday (PG) 12:00 The Challenge Australia (M) 2:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield 2:30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders (PG) 3:00

1:30 Pooches At Play 2:00 Destination Dessert 2:30 Waltzing Jimeoin 3:30 The FBI Declassified (M) 4:30 Escape Fishing With ET 5:00 Reel Action 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 6:30 MacGyver (M) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:15 Star Trek: Discovery (M v)

4:00 Dance Moms (PG) 5:00 Transformers: Cyberverse (PG) 5:15 Movie: “Smurfs: The Lost Village” (G) (’17) Stars: Demi Lovato 7:00 Movie: “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” (PG) (’07) Stars: Natalie Portman 8:55 Movie: “Fast & Furious 7” (M l,v) (’15) Stars: Vin Diesel

6:00 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 NINE’s Morning News 12:00 Movie: “A Christmas Comeback” (AKA ‘Rock And Roll Christmas’) (PG) (’19) Stars: Beverley Mitchell 1:45 Explore 2:00 Pointless (PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 5:30 WIN News 6:00 NINE News 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) 7:30 Snackmasters (PG) 8:40 Inside The Superbrands 9:40 Suburban Gangsters (M) 12:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (PG) 1:00 NCIS (PG) 2:00 Bull (M) 3:00

(M) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:30 The Middle (PG) 10:30 Friends (PG) 12:00 Broke (PG) 2:00 Friends (PG) 3:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 Frasier (PG) 3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 7.30 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 The Love Boat (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PG) 5:30 MacGyver (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 10:20 The Code (M v) 11:15 MacGyver (M) 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 48 Hours (M) 3:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 The Nanny (PG) 6:00 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 6:30 That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30 The Weakest Link USA (PG) 8:30 Love Island Australia (M) 9:30 Movie: “Horrible Bosses 2” (M) (’14) Stars: Jennifer Aniston

11:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022: Round Of 16: Group C Winner v Group D Runner-up

*Replay* 2:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022: Round Of 16: Group A Winner v Group B Runner-up *Replay* 5:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Treasures Of Cyprus (PG) 8:30 The Relics Of Egypt - Exploring

The Largest Museum In The World (PG) (In English/ French)

9:45 Movie: “The Bourne Supremacy” (M l,v) (’04)

Football: FIFA World Cup 2022: Round Of 16: Group B Winner v Group A Runner-up *Replay* 2:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022: Round Of 16: Group C Winner v Group D Runner-up *Replay* 5:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency (M l) 9:25 Zelenskyy: The Story (M v) (In English/ Ukrainian)

This Week 5:05

Street (PG) 5:35 The Joy

Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:05 Forged

Fire (PG) 6:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Taskmaster (PG) 1:50 Bondi Vet (PG) 2:50 Antiques Roadshow 3:20 Movie: “Victoria And Abdul” (PG) (’17) Stars: Dame Judi Dench 5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40 Movie: “You Only Live Twice” (PG) (’67) Stars: Sean Connery

*Replay* 5:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8:30 Norfolk Island With Ray Martin (PG) 9:40 Inside Air Force One (M) 10:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

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MORRISON, Dianne Lorraine

Passed away on November 15, 2022 aged 78 years.

Dearly loved wife of Peter.

Loving mother of Paul, Jarrod and Luke.

Adored Nanny to Astro, Eleeha & Teeha; London, Harlow & Eden.

Friend of KT.

Cherished sister of John. Now at Peace, In God’s Care

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

17-2-1952 to 25-11-2022

Passed away peacefully on Friday, November 25, 2022.

Best friend, mate and husband of Sandra.

God only takes the best and you are one of them, will miss our many trips together visiting our families, and the many MU trips also.

My heart is broken but I know that you are in a better place.

TEPPER (Schultz), Beris Mildred

Born 2-3-1935, passed away peacefully 27-11-2022 at 87 years.

Dearly loved wife of Norm. Cherished Mother to Daryl, Graeme and Marlene.

Mother-in-law to Janice.

Devoted Grand-mother to Katelyn, Aaron, Matthew, Nathan, Stephanie, Dylan and their partners Gerard, Amy & Carly. GreatGrandmother to Harriet, Kaden, Amelia, Louie, Sienna & Isla.

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

The Funeral of the late Mr Stuart Sinclair McClure will be held at Horsham Uniting Church on Monday, December 5, 2022 commencing at 1.30pm.

A Private Cremation will follow.

In the care of Fred Crouch & Son STAWELL 5358 1043

~ REYNOLDS ~ Simon Ashley

30-1-1974 to 30-11-2016

Six years since you left us. You would have been delighted to be a Great Uncle to the new member of our family.

Sadly missed. Bev and family.

2 Black faced Suffolk Rams, Orange Tag, 4 yr old, no further use due to farm leased, excellent for Maiden Ewes, pic# 3WWJU185 $200 each Ph 0429838793

~ BRUTY ~ Kathleen Mary (Mollie)

26-12-1924 to 22-11-2022

Loved and loving mother of Bernadette & Leo Delahunty.

Grandmother of Ben & Jo, Chris & Brooke, Emily & Dan Smith, Tom & Lisa, John & Eve.

Great grandmother to their 17 children.

Until we meet again may you be held in the palm of God’s hands.

FREW, Maree Rae 14-3-1947 to 24-11-2022

Passed away peacefully at Western Health, Footscray.

Dearly loved wife of Neil.

Loving mother of Gavin (dec), Jodi, Nicole & Simon.

Loving grandmother of 8 grandchildren.

‘In Gods Care’

Horsham

& District Funerals

Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149 NFDA

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MORRISON ~ Dianne Lorraine

10-9-1944. Aged 78 years

To my beautiful, fun-loving, caring and gentle little sister (Mrs Morrison), I will always miss you.

Fly with the angels to that beautiful garden.

Back home again with Mum and Dad. Now at peace Your ever-loving brother John (Jack).

~ MORRISON ~ Di

Our beautiful friend now at peace.

Almost 60 years ago a lifetime family friendship was formed – blessed to have had so many years of fun times filled with lots of laughter.

The unique personality that was Di and her exuberant love of life has created special memories that will live on in our hearts and minds for eternity.

Pam and Rad, Michelle, Simone, Jason and families.

MOTT (nee Hammat), Elvie Grace

Passed away on November 26, 2022 aged 85 years.

Dearly loved wife of Bruce and Allen (Motty), (both dec).

Loving mother and motherin-law of Cathie & Tony Robertson.

Adored Nanna to Harry & Max (dec).

Forever in our hearts

Enjoy your golf now and keep barracking for the Bombers –even if I don’t agree with you yelling at the TV.

Missy also misses her dad at night to feed her. Xx

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

Beloved father of eldest son Tim, father-in-law to Michelle and much-loved gandpa to Abbi, Charlotte & Jessica McClure.

We will forever treasure our time with you, you will always be in our hearts and memories.

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

Passed away November 25, 2022 aged 70 years.

Dearly loved dad and fatherin-law to Melissa and Peter. Adored Pa to Hannah, Mitchell and Joshua.

It was an honour to be there till your final breath.

Enjoy the endless rounds of golf and sharing your dad jokes with everyone there. We love and will miss you dearly.

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

Passed away peacefully aged 70 years.

Loving father of Nick (Fred) and father-in-law of Hailey. Dearest Pa of Lily-Anne and Mackenzie.

Dad, joke telling will never be the same again.

Forever in our hearts. Rest in Peace.

McCLURE, Stuart Sinclair

Will miss our chats and our arguments.

Your brother-in-law Henry McCLURE,

Stuart Sinclair

After a long struggle, Rest in Peace.

Love Genny and Mike, Tricia, Nola, Amanda, Nadia and their families.

God has you in His keeping, we have you in our hearts. Please join us to celebrate the life of Beris on Monday, December 5, 2022 at Horsham Lutheran Church at 2pm.

~ WYATT ~ Andrew

It is with great shock that I read the passing of my dear friend, Andrew, who I recently had a chat with about an issue he was providing me with his great wisdom.

Over the years, Andrew provided great service in the properties we purchased. For at least 11 years, we both sat on the Wesley Performing Arts Centre committee, censoring all the nonbelievers in our attempts to establish the WPAC and, more recently, conversing with Horsham council as to why the centre was closed and when will it open.

Horsham and the Wimmera have clearly lost a great mentor.

Our deepest sympathy to Veronica and family.

Robin Barber

MOTT, Elvie Grace

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Elvie Grace Mott will take place at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Horsham on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 commencing at 2.30pm. Privately interred.

Ph 5381 1444

~ MANN ~ Brian Charles

12-3-1944 to 2-12 2021

One long, lonely year since I lost the love of my life. ‘If love you could saved you, you would have lived forever’ Your loving wife, Lyn.

FREW, Maree Rae

The Funeral Service for Mrs Maree Frew will be held at Ss Michael & John’s Catholic Church, Horsham, Friday, December 2 commencing at 2pm.

Interment to follow at Horsham Lawn Cemetery.

Rosary & Vigil Prayers will be held Thursday, December 1 at 6.30pm.

Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149 NFDA

Birds for sale, hand raised green cheek conures, lovely coloured aviary bred cockatiels, opaline turks, Bourkes all colours, all young birds, ring for prices Ph 0408535515

Bristlenose catfish , great tank cleaners $5 each until sold out Ph 0474159010 after 6.30pm

Budgies , young, asstd colours $10ea Ph 0423182267

Ferretts ready to go Ph Adrian 03 5392 8225

Goats wanted Ph 0427361940

Japanese quails, 4 colours, male and female $5 each Ph 0414851313

Muscovy ducks $10, drakes $20 Ph 0429842236

Pet carrier crate for cat or dog, large $50 Ph 0473870476

Pure breed black faced Dorper ewe lambs, pic# 3HSDC083 Ph Liz

Trevor Bysouth & Daughter

AFDA Member

Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppies are waiting for new owners and forever homes, 4 Red-White long tail male and 2 fawn /white bobtails. Puppies born on 21.8.2022 are available to loving new forever homes. They have wonderful personalities, happy adored babies raised in love and affection. All babies are very special and we will only consider full of love and responsible family. Mum and Dad are available to meet, Puppies will come with the first vaccination / vet checked / wormed every two weeks since two weeks of age / microchipped / puppy pack / pedigree paper, Interstate enquiries are welcomed and puppies can be delivered to most area of Australia at buyers cost, Welsh Pembroke Male Pups . Males ONLY

Pedigree Papers . Red and White Males and Fawn and White Males . 953010005823666, 95301000582 2557/7598/3710/2565/3667, photos available of parents and pups and and other info, Transport at Buyer Cost,MBDA 14545 Ph or text for info 0448024815

puppy, dob 16/8, ready 14/10, lovely little girls vacc, chipped, wormed, vet checked, source# MB166978, m/ chip# 95301000601619/614/606/626 $600 Ph Kerrie 0499853884

Dimboola

Roosters and ducks wanted Ph 0469740723

Salami pigs wanted Ph 0481864397

White Suffolk Flock Ram , located Drung, OB-Free Certified, Gudair Vac, born Sept 2021, pic# 3HSJU041 Ph Brierwood 0400792111 or 0429935382

Young pigs 2mth old, well bred, free ranged, suitable to spit or grow out, PIC# 3H5CG003 from $100 each Ph 0439834521

15’ Millard caravan , annex, registered, d/bed, kitchen, neat tidy clean van $4250 Ph 0419505737

1950 Bondwood caravan, 12’ 4 berth small, porthole window, restoration started, windows not fitted, W2 x H2.4m $2500 Ph 0400696362

Horsham

1960s Bondwood caravan 14’ white, alloy roof, 4 birth, W2.1x H2.5m, light grey and red interior, almost complete restoration, needs trim inside and out etc $4500 Ph 0400696362

Horsham

1981 Viscount caravan, 16’ pop-top, roll out awning, full annex, shower, porta loo, double bed, microwave, 240v fridge, external gas hot water, 12v tv and aerial, reg till April 23, cover included, photo on request $8500 Ph 0428146771

2003 Canterbury Signature series caravan, 17’ tandem, d/bed, elec hot water, air con, fridge, awning, reg 3/23 $16,000 Ph 0437164589 Ararat

2005 Jayco pop-top 16’, reg til 12/23, EC, island d/bed, new annex, battery, kitchen and extras $20,000ono Ph 0428854313

2013 On the Move caravan 21’, as new colour co-ordinated annex, cafe style eating area, lovely deco, q/bed, large 2 door fridge/freezer, washing machine, immaculate condition $45,000, Ph 0407812480

Mars 2019 Extremo Rear Fold Camper Trailer, used 6 times, always kept under cover, 70L water tank, electric winch, 12 months rego, # 12,500 ONO, Ph Ken 0427047473

Mazda REDUCED Fire outfit with 14’x7’ flat top tandem axle trailer plus 1800lt galv tank plus 800lt galv tank and hp honda pump, GC $1000 Ph 53870522 ah or 0413073478 ah Roll Feeder, TAEGE roll feeder, good working order Ph 55743236 4 wheel Wagon, a good restoration project, highest offer Ph 0428504449 7 Wall mounted natural gas heaters 3/ 5 tile AIRA 4/ 4 tile pyrox, all working recently removed from church by plumber $1500ono Ph Jill 0401455470 91 Garden Gnomes, wholesale $2600 or $2000 for the lot Ph 0459355868 Antique 1890 era solid iron babies cot, brass knobs on either end Ph 53981238 Arock recovery winch, 12v, as new , only used once $200, Pareless elec welder $100 Ph 0409891308 Barbers Chair, mechanically perfect $880 Ph 0499769869 Bricks, approx 350 red blue clinkers, unused $200 Ph 0417507882 Stawell Cabin type canvas tent, 12x15 metal poles, 3 rooms $95ono, King single bed, double decker single bed, full size tennis table with net bats and balls Ph 0429092349 will deliver local area Carpet mat, heavy quality, GC, 1.6x2.3 $60ono Ph 53822267 Clearance of plants, some citrus 53844274 Craft generator, 5.5hp, 240v $400 Ph 0487313892

, Deutz mag air seeder, motor with fan, all accessories $700ono Ph 0407911884 Engel 3.5kw generator, near new, only been started to keep battery charged, paid $1800 sell for $1500ono Ph 0407812480 Exercise bike, Pro form 210 CSX, like new, 6 months old with user manua, cost $599 sell $395 Ph 0427581825 Grain bagging out bin, $80, Ph 0427820992 Hafco saw bench with sliding table $800 Ph 0428525970 Heavy duty workshop benches, various sizes starting from $400 Ph 0428944462 Husqvarna Viking sewing machine, model emerald 203/183, many features, utility and decorative stitches and Horm sewing cabinet Monarch $550 Ph 0467338820 Lightforce XGT driving lights with HID upgrade, good to VG cond with external ballast, covers and complete wiring looms, $350 the 3 Ph 0401504176 Makita compound saw with stand $1000 Ph 0428525970 Monarch Spa, 5 seats, 2 pumps, runs well Horsham area Ph 0427740155 to inspect

Paramount Period style Queen bed ensemble, GC, linen not included, pick up Horsham $100 Ph 0428146918 Set of drawers $40 Ph 0428844245 Solid timber dining

suite, with extension and 6 wooden chairs, two being captain style, EC $350 matching wooden coffee table $50, inspection welcome Ph 0448624141 Steel/timber coffee table with magazine rack $400 Ph 53522691

Boat and trailer, 4.35, Baystalker, centre consult, 40hp Yamaha reg Q0733 on

REDUCED last Shepweiler girl

The Weekly Advertiser welcomes your advertising.

We are required strictly by law to include specific information on some items when publishing your advertisement.

A snapshot of your obligations are as follows:

ROAD VEHICLESAll advertisements for road vehicles must include a price, as well as:

• A registration number, if registered

• Either an engine number, VIN or chassis number if the vehicle is not registered.

FINANCIAL HARDSHIP POLICY

Policy and invite written submissions from the public in accordance with the Local Government Act 2020

Council will consider submissions and adoption of the Financial Hardship Policy at the Council Meeting at 3:00pm on Wednesday 1 February 2023 at the Nhill Memorial Community Centre.

The draft Financial Hardship Policy is available for viewing on Council’s website at www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au/have-yoursay. If you would like to view a physical copy of the draft Financial Hardship Policy, please contact Council on 03 5391 4444.

Any person may make a written submission on the proposed draft Financial Hardship Policy by clicking on the ‘Have Your Say’ link on Council’s website. Alternatively, written submissions can be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, and posted to Hindmarsh Shire Council PO Box 250, Nhill VIC 3418, or emailed to info@hindmarsh.vic.gov.au

Such submissions must be received before 5pm on Thursday 15 December 2022

Any person requiring further information concerning the draft Financial Hardship Policy should contact Petra Croot, Manager Governance and Human Services, on 03 5391 4444.

Greg Wood Chief Executive Officer

I am trying to be more relaxed, really I am. The irony is that by the time this is printed, the sun will be shining, and the ground will dry out. Won’t it? We have no control over it, but how much longer must we endure this bleak, miserable weather?

It seems to drag on and on and on, and you get the point. It’s made even more miserable by the amount of water sitting in paddocks, bursting rivers and townships flooding. It’s difficult to fully appreciate what’s happening for many farmers. They invest so much effort, energy, time and money. The flow-on effect for already struggling businesses is significant.

Despite our best efforts and advances in knowledge and technology, sometimes life doesn’t go according to plan.

The current ‘rain event’ says nothing about the ongoing recovery from the last two years or the political, sporting, environmental, racial, gender or philosophical conversations that fill our newsfeeds. And we wonder, where is God? If he loves us, why is life so hard? I offer these words from Isaiah 43:2; “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.”

Our circumstances might be overwhelming. We might not see a way out. There are consequences for decisions made. Through hardship, heartache and disappointment, God promises to be with us. Peace isn’t the absence of difficult circumstances but the presence of God through times of challenge and hardship.

Simon Risson, Horsham Church of Christ

Motorcycles

motor vehicle accessories

Testimonial of former Australian Jockey Marc Munday

After experiencing hell at the point of death in November 2018 and being tormented by the devil and having survived, I choose to receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

Like His 12 apostles I had the Holy Spirit appear to myself in my bedroom 3 days later, the most amazing experience then took place with the Holy Spirit entering myself and turning my life around almost instantly.

My drug and alcohol dependence, anger issues, relationship issues, sexual addictions along with my mental and physical health issues have been overcome since through faith in Jesus Christ and managed by following His teachings in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The tree of knowledge of Good and evil is Moses and his first five books in the Holy Bible. The fruit of which is the Old Testament scriptures full of control, laws, judgement, wrath and death.

DECLARATION

The tree of Life is Jesus Christ and His words in the New Testament they are God’s true teachings. The fruit of which is the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John full of Mercy, Peace, Truth and Love.

Proudly part of Grampians Health

Orderly / Cleaner

Casual

Job No. 4492 closing as required

Stroke Coordinator

Permanent Part Time

Job No. 4470 closes 06/12/2022

Speech Pathologist

Fixed Term Full Time

Job No. 4495 closes 08/12/2022

Physiotherapist

Permanent Full Time

Fire Danger Period

The Chief Officer of CFA will be introducing the Fire Danger Period for all land within the municipalities listed below.

Beware of all religions, churches, organizations and any person teaching, preaching from outside of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John they have no true relationship with God. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:19-20

Job No. 4501 closes 11/12/2022

Physiotherapist Student – Bursary Opportunity

Fixed Term Full Time

Job No. 4502 closes 11/12/2022

The Fire Danger Period will commence at 0100 hours on the date shown and unless varied by a subsequent declaration, will end at 0100 hours on 1 May 2023.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16

Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Permanent Full / Part Time

Job No. 4503 closes 11/12/2022

DECLARATION

Municipality Date of Commencement

dd/mm/yyyy

Fire Danger Period

The Chief Officer of CFA will be introducing the Fire Danger Period for all land within the municipalities listed below.

The Fire Danger Period will commence at 0100 hours on the date shown and unless varied by a subsequent declaration, will end at 0100 hours on 1 May 2023.

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Kinship Care Case Manager

Team Leader Case Management Permanent Part Time

Job No. 4504 closes 12/12/2022

To apply or for more information please go to: https://whcg.mercury.com.au/

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Municipality

HORSHAM RURAL CITY COUNCIL (WHOLE)

WEST WIMMERA SHIRE COUNCIL (WHOLE)

Date of Commencement

O5 December 2022

dd/mm/yyyy

O5 December 2022

Certain restrictions on the lighting of fires are in force during the Fire Danger Period.

Information about fire restrictions within the Country Area of Victoria can be obtained from www.cfa.vic.gov.au, your local CFA District Office or Municipal Fire Prevention Officer.

Full time Maximum term

Horsham location

The Kinship Care Case Manager will work in partnership with kinship carers, birth parents, extended family and professionals to strengthen the carers’ capacity to provide a safe and stable environment which nurtures child development. The position involves: Providing short and longer term support for children and young people in statutory kinship care placements who are unable to live with their own parents. Ensuring kinship care placements are established, supported, and monitored well to ensure they meet each child/young person’s ongoing safety, stability and developmental needs and harnessing the capacity of extended family networks to provide the best possible kinship care arrangements for children and young people.

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Youth Community Engagement Coordinator

Full time Maximum term Horsham location

– CFA

Jason Heffernan Chief Officer

Certain restrictions on the lighting of fires are in force during the Fire Danger Period.

Information about fire restrictions within the Country Area of Victoria can be obtained from

About you

A relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Welfare Work or Social Sciences, or less formal qualifications with significant industry experience, are desirable but not essential and experience in providing case management within complex family circumstances where multiple service providers may be involved and/or there are complex family issues.

Learn more visit: www.unitingvictas.org.au

Interested?

If this sounds like you, apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application to https://careers.unitingvictas.org.au

• Cover Letter

• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

For more information, please reach out to

Belinda Elliot, Team Leader M:0466 934 401

Position closes: Friday, 16 December 2022

The Youth Community Engagement Coordinator encompasses two key focus areas of creating community connections for youth transitioning from the Out of Home Care system and development and coordination of the youth mentoring program. The position will identify pathways, resources and relationships within the community that can support young people to realise their aspirations, develop their strengths and achieve their goals. This role will be key in creating links between young people leaving care and their communities.

About you

A relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Welfare Work or Social Sciences, or less formal qualifications with significant industry experience, are desirable but not essential.

Experience in working with young people with an Out of Home Care experience, working effectively in a care team situation and the ability to manage complex relationships and interactions.

Experience supporting young people to grow and develop.

Learn more visit: www.unitingvictas.org.au

Interested?

If this sounds like you, apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application to https://careers.unitingvictas.org.au

• Cover Letter

• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

For more information, please reach out to Belinda Elliot, Team Leader M:0466 934 401

Position closes: Friday, 16 December 2022

We are looking for good people to join our team and fill the following roles at our Horsham facility.

Position: Business Safety Officer

Full-time

We are seeking a suitable candidate to fill the role of Business Safety at our Horsham facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing and maintaining our Quality and Safety Management systems for both Work Health Safety and Food Safety.

Position: Weighbridge Supervisor

Full-time

We are seeking a suitable candidate to take on the role of weighbridge supervisor at our Horsham facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all grain movements in and out of site, all quality testing and general day to day running of the weighbridge.

Position: Grain Buyer

Full-time

We are seeking a suitable candidate to fill the role of an additional Grain Buyer at our Horsham facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining grower relations. Negotiate and execute contracts with primary producers. Compile and maintain grower database. Source and compile market, agronomic and grower information. Assist with sale of by-products.

To be considered for either of these roles you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Ability to work independently but be part of a greater team.

• Willing to learn quickly and progress in the role.

• Problem solving and good communication skills are a must.

• Experience in the agricultural/grains industry is an advantage, but not necessary as training will be provided.

• Strong attention to detail, along with sound numeracy and literacy skills and willing to go the extra step to meet deadlines.

• Strong computer and systems skills including MS Excel and MS Word.

Remuneration will be at or above award rate depending on experience.

To apply for any of these roles please submit your  resume and cover letter detailing why you are interested and suitable for this role via email to kscoullar@agtfoods.com

Applications

2022

To download a position description and key selection criteria form visit our website: gch.org.au

For further information email employment@gch.org.au or call contact person on 5358 7400

Manager Governance & Information

• Band 8 ($109,896 - $123,028pa)

• Fixed Term Full-time (to March 2024)

• Flexible working arrangements available

Creative Services & Events Lead

• Band 8 ($109,896 - $123,028pa)

• Permanent Full-time

• Flexible working arrangements available

• Located at the Horsham Town Hall

Co-ordinator Youth & Early Years

• Band 7 ($75,701pa, based on 0.8EFT)

• Permanent Part-time (0.8EFT)

• Flexible working arrangements available

• Located at the Kalkee Road Children's Hub

Marketing Officer

• Band 5 ($69,616 - $80,372)

• Permanent Full-time

• Flexible working arrangements available

• Located at the Horsham Town Hall

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WEEKEND SPORT: Wimmera tennis and cricket players returned to grass courts and turf wickets for the latest round of games.

Pictured, clockwise from above, Brett Thompson playing at Horsham Lawn, Conor Lawson bowling a leg spinner at Horsham City Oval, Angus Adams playing for Jung Tigers, West Wimmera’s Mitch Dahlenburg plays a cut shot, Central Park’s Sienna Nitschke in B Special at Lawn, Brimpaen’s Hettie French at Lawn and, below, Jung Tigers and West Wimmera cricketers play on the Horsham City Oval turf for the first time this season. The ground’s iconic scoreboard, used for many years was removed last week ahead of improvements.

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Medals galore for Wimmera athletes

Wimmera athletes competed in 2022 Tri State Games in Cobram this month.

The games provide people with a disability the opportunity to compete against their peers in a range of sport ing activities.

Four Horsham teams competed along with teams from Warrackna beal, Ararat and St Arnaud.

Horsham Heat won 14 medals across the week, including gold in a 25-metre relay.

Chelsea O’Connor won bronze in bean bag throw, silver in freestyle swimming and kickboard.

Carly Bird won gold in freestyle swimming and 25-metre walk and bronze in 25-metre run.

Glenn Castleman won silver in eight-ball, 50-metre run, bronze in 100-metre run and gold in tennis ball throw.

Mark Sommerville won gold in 50metre freestyle swimming, 50-metre run and tennis ball throw, and silver in 100-metre run, 25-metre kickboard and eight-ball.

Horsham Rockets won 33 medals, finshing second overall, first in swim ming events and gold in 50-metre relay.

Erin Kearns won best female athlete in category A. She also won silver in carpet bowls, gold in 25-metre but terfly, 50-metre breaststroke, 50-metre

run and 50-metre hurdles, and bronze in shot put.

Andrew Lang won gold in table ten nis singles, 50-metre run and football distance kick, silver in walk across pool and bronze in barbell across pool.

Jason Perkins won gold in walk across pool and 75-metre run, silver in barbell across pool, and bronze in 200-metre run and standing long jump.

Julie Clark won silver in 50-metre backstroke and 25-metre walk and gold in bean bag accuracy throw.

Maureen Cameron won silver in walk across pool and gold in barbell across pool.

Michael Clark won silver in 100metre freestyle and discus and gold in 50-metre freestyle.

Sharon Creasey won bronze in walk across pool, gold in barbell across pool and bean bag accuracy throw and silver in 25-metre walk and 50-metre walk.

Warrick Lang won silver in carpet bowls and gold in walk across pool, barbell across pool and tennis throw.

A Just Better Care team won 29 medals and Jack Werner took home best male athlete in category A.

Adam Werner won bronze in bean bag target throw and tennis ball throw

and gold in kickboard across the pool.

Rachael Werner won silver in table tennis and tennis ball throw and gold in 25-metre and 50-metre freestyle.

Jack Werner won gold in 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre breaststroke, 100metre run and footy distance kick and silver in 200 footy distance kick run.

Amy Benbow won gold in 25-me tre walk and noodle across pool and bronze in beanbag accuracy throw.

Maree Crouch won gold in footy distance kick, silver in 50-metre breaststroke and bronze in 50-metre freestyle.

Indya Baulch won bronze in walk

across pool and kickboard across pool, gold in tennis ball throw and silver in 25-metre walk.

Alex Barlow recorded a personal best for kickboard across the pool and won bronze in 25-metre walk.

Jarryd Harvey won gold in 25-metre and 50-metre power chair.

It was a Just Better Care trifecta in the 50-metre hurdles with Maree Crouch winning gold, Amy Benbow winning silver and Rachael Werner winning bronze.

Jack Werner and Maree Crouch won gold in pool doubles.

Wimmera Weapons won 16 medals.

Andrew Kent and Tori Phelan won silver in table tennis doubles.

Andrew Kent won bronze in bean bag distance throw.

Heather Pipkorn won silver in 20metre and 25-metre walk and bronze in kickboard.

Tori Phelan won gold in 20-metre walk, kickboard and 25-metre run.

Toni Niblett won bronze in 20-metre walk, silver in 25-metre freestyle and 25-metre walk across pool and re corded personal best in 25-metre run.

Brad Bone recorded a personal best in 25-metre freestyle, bronze in 20metre walk across pool and silver in 100-metre run.

Peter Mackay won gold in 20-metre freestyle and 25-metre walk, silver in kickboard and recorded personal best in 25-metre run.

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PODIUM: Athletes from Horsham Heat, Horsham Rockets, Just Better Care and Wimmera Weapons show off their medals at the end of 2022 Tri State Games in Cobram.

Speedway season starts Saturday

BY DEAN THOMPSON

After weeks of miserable weather and a long absence of racing, Horsham Speedway Drivers Club will host the first of many exciting events for the season this Saturday night.

It starts with a visit from the All Star Sprintcars and the South Australian Street Stock Series.

More than 20 sprintcars are nominated to compete with a terrific line-up of talent with Charles Hunter, Mark Caruso, Scott Enderl, Todd Moule, Jett Bell, David Donegan, and Corey Sandow among them.

Street Stocks will have a huge field with at least 20 South Australian’s expected to make the trip, and equally as many Victorians joining them.

Production Sedans,V8 Trucks and a new ad dition to Horsham this season, the Unlimited Sedans, will provide substantial entertainment to the paying fan.

On January 6, racing returns with the Wingless Sprints Summer Slam and Formula 500s; and on January 7, 410ci Sprintcars, Sports Sedans, Pro duction Sedans and Limited Sportsman to com plete a huge double-header weekend of racing.

On February 4, the All Star Sprintcars are back for the second time in the season and our Robin Thomas Memorial for V8 Trucks, Production Sedans and Vintage Classics makes for a show packed with variety.

On March 4 is the SRA Limited Sprintcars which compete with crate Chevrolet engines, Compact Speedcars, Junior 1200cc Sedans, Un limited Sedans and Limited Sportsman.

On April 22, the Wingless Sprints, V8 Trucks, JSPA Junior Sedans, Formula 500s, Production Sedans and Limited Sportsman return.

The Wingless Classic headlines the May 13 show with Limited Sportsman Kev Baker Chal lenge, AMCA Nationals, and Vintage Sedans and Hot Rods.

The season wraps up on the June long week end – June 10 and 11 – with the annual Mick Fitzgerald aggregate weekend. It includes Wingless Sprints, Junior Sedans, Production Se dans, Limited Sportsman Blue Ribbon Classic, Modified Sedans, Vintage Hot Rods and Sedans and V8 Trucks.

All the action is at 1650 Blue Ribbon Road, Kalkee, with racing from 5.30pm. Gates open to the public from 4.30pm; the pit entrance for competitors opens from 11am.

Admission prices are adults $25, pensioners $20, students aged 12 to 16 $15, children under 12 years enter at no cost. A family ticket of two adults and two children aged 12 to 16 is $60.

Members with proof of membership receive a $5 discount on their entrance fee; cash only, Eftpos is available.

– DMT Sports Media

For Horsham Speedway Drivers Club

Clear Lake’s Smith one to watch

Clear Lake driver Danny Smith is looking forward to Saturday with a chance to race at Blue Ribbon Raceway, Kalkee, pre senting itself in the Victorian state governed race category, the Unlimited Sedans.

Smith, a farmer with his partner Sue on their Warren Downs property, has endured a tough winter and spring, like many farmers, with oats and barley crops devasted by the weather.

He has paddocks under wa ter and the constant rain is affecting the couple’s earning capacity. The racing side of their life gives them an oppor tunity to take their mind off the hard slog.

Smith is a unique competitor to speedway in that he is one of few that are based in the Wimmera in categories that have rare appearances at their home track. For example, he races in Super Sedans and so far has raced in South Aus tralia only in that class, while locally the class will usually race at Blue Ribbon Raceway once a season if an arrange ment is made.

While Unlimited Sedans have had events cancelled due to the weather, this past week end Danny had his first hit-out

for the season with them in Nagambie. This season Un limiteds are scheduled twice at the local track to support Smith; thanks to Smith and Stephen Carmen working out the scenario.

Smith finished third at Nag ambie during a two-day week end, which included his first ever race win in a qualifying race. In the main event a third spot was a satisfying result against tough competition.

“All the hard work, the time, the financial input, the travel,

and anything else are all worth it to achieve a race win and the feature race podium place,” he said.

“It is like a local cricketer chasing a premiership – for many, they do not come of ten, so to achieve results this weekend, this is a result in which we can now celebrate and then reset and do it again next week.”

– Dean Thompson DMT Sports Media For Grindley-Smith Racing

Danny Smith

Big wins for Hornets men

BY ABBY WALTER

Horsham Hornets men are flying high after a win against two top-four sides at the weekend in Country Basketball League’s south-west confer ence.

The Hornets came up against Mil licent Magic, who has moved from third to fourth position on the ladder.

Hornets’ Austin McKenzie led the charge with 31 points and Cody Bryan scored 20.

Horsham won the game by 21 points.

The Hornets could not be slowed as a competitive game and a strong last quarter saw them defeat Mt Gambier Lakers by two points.

The teams were neck and neck at the end of the first term before Mt Gambier secured a 12-point lead going into the fourth quarter.

Horsham fought back to take the win, with McKenzie giving another solid performance of 28 points.

The final score was 84 to 82.

Horsham Hornets women were not so successful against Millicent Mag ic, but redeemed themselves with a win against Mt Gambier Lakers.

The Lady Hornets lost to Millicent by 30 points despite Ema Iredell coming out with 22 points.

On Sunday it was a close game,

and Horsham came away to win by three points. Iredell and Caitlin Story were most consistent in the key with 15 points each.

The teams were 13-all at the end of the first quarter and Horsham man aged to secure a narrow lead across the following two terms.

The Lakers looked to be coming back in the fourth, but Horsham held on to the lead.

The final score was 55 to 52.

Redbacks solid

Ararat Redbacks were also suc cessful in their double-header with wins against Terang Tornadoes and Surfcoast Chargers.

A strong first quarter set the Red backs up for the contest against Terang, continuing to build on their lead for the whole game.

Captain Zac Dunmore shone for the Redbacks with 37 points.

The final score was 106 to 67.

On Sunday, the Redbacks contin ued their fine form to beat Surfcoast 107 to 81.

With only two points the differ ence at quarter time and a nine-point margin at half time, it looked like the Chargers might be up for the challenge.

However, the Redbacks ran away in the final term to secure the win.

Dunmore was again the top scorer with 29 points, supported well by

Joshua Fiegert’s 23 points. In round 10, the Hornets have a bye in the men’s and women’s competitions.

Ararat Redbacks will face Mt Gambier Lakers in a top-of-thetable clash.

Both teams will need to be at their best to come out on top and hold the top spot into the next round.

This week: Men, Ararat Redbacks v Mt Gambier Lakers at Ararat; Hor

sham Hornets, bye. Women, Hor sham Hornets, bye.

Last week: Men, Horsham Hornets 106 d Millicent 85; Ararat Redbacks 106 d Terang Tornadoes 67; Hor sham Hornets 84 d Mt Gambier 82; Ararat Redbacks 107 d Surfcoast Chargers 81. Women, Millicent Magic 79 d Horsham Hornets 49; Horsham Hornets 55 d Mt Gambier Lakers 55.

Win for Harrow

New netball and tennis courts and lighting will be installed at Harrow and District Rec reation Reserve.

West Wimmera Shire Council received $738,945 from the State Government for the project to upgrade the space.

The council will contribute $196,316 and Harrow Recreation Reserve will contribute $50,000 to cover the entire project cost.

The works will involve demolition and removal of the non-compliant and unsafe courts, followed by construction of two new netball courts and three new tennis courts.

The project will also include construction of new fencing and accessible footpaths.

The clubs concrete over the tennis post holes on the courts each season to make them safer for netball.

At the end of each netball season, volunteers then bore out the concrete ready for tennis.

The proposed upgrade has new courts that are designed and fitted with cover plates.

The State Government funding is from the 2022 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund to cre ate female-friendly facilities.

The council’s chief executive David Bezuidenhout welcomed the funding.

“The project will ensure that both tennis and netball can continue to be played in the town,” he said.

“It will also encourage more female partic ipation and sporting opportunities in Harrow.

“We look forward to working with the Har row community on this project.”

The upgrade follows a State Government $1-million investment into new change rooms which opened in 2021 at the recreation re serve.

Lauren Maree Dorothy Emblem LL.B., B.A., GDLP

Patrick Gilbert Smith LL.B. (Hons), B. Int. St., B.Ec., GDLP

IN FORM: Ararat Redbacks captain Zac Dunmore was the top-scorer in his team’s wins against Terang Tornadoes and Surfcoast Chargers at the weekend. He scored 37 points and 29 points, respectively.

Lawns jumps to second

Central Wimmera Tennis As sociation pennant competi tion continues to ramp up as Horsham Lawn takes second position on the ladder.

Lawn defeated leader Kalkee in a strong performance to jump Central Park on the ladder.

With Jeff Friberg and Steve Schultz in top form all season for Kalkee, it was going to be a tough day in round eight.

Friberg and Schultz got off to a

Junior profile

great start, winning their doubles eight games to three against Pat Hall and Lachlan Punchard.

The teams were going set for set all afternoon until Cherie Wood and Ella Thompson won their doubles eight to five against Emily Polack and Hayley Thomas.

Tahlia Thompson pulled off a massive singles win against Paula Weiderman eight to three to give Lawn the win.

Lawn’s seven sets, 71 games de feated Kalkee’s five sets, 65 games.

St Michaels had their first win of the season against Drung South with an almost flawless perfor mance.

Ian Nitschke and Nick Robertson got St Michaels off to a great start, winning the opening doubles match eight games to five against Logan Casey and Aaron Jennings.

From then it was all positive for St Michaels who was looking for a much-needed win to ignite their season.

St Michaels’ Steffi McDonald was

showing great touch throughout the day while Ange Nitschke was in top form winning her singles match eight to one against Drung South’s Marli Pymer.

St Michaels defeated Drung South 10 sets, 86 games to two sets, 46 games.

Next week, Drung South takes on Kalkee at Drung while Horsham Lawn will host Central Park at Horsham Lawn for second spot on the pennant ladder.

Round eight results

Seniors

Pennant: St Michaels 10-86 d Drung South 2-46; Horsham Lawn 7-71 d Kalkee 5-65.

A Special: Kalkee 9-87 d Drung South 4-71; Natimuk 11-103 d Haven 3-72; Telangatuk East 11-100 d Central Park 3-44; Homers 9-92 d Horsham Lawn Dorman 5-76; Brimpaen 8-85 d Horsham Lawn Thompson 6-78.

A Grade: Haven 10-85 d Central Park 2-48; Horsham Lawn O’Connor 10-86 d Drung South 2-46; Horsham Lawn Bardell 12-96 d Homers 0-27.

B Special: Natimuk 7-62 d Laharum 1-38; Central Park 12-96 d Horsham Lawn 0-34; St Michaels 10-94 d Haven 2-50.

Juniors

Open: Central Park 5-33 d Horsham Lawn Gold 1-18; Natimuk Blue 6-36 d Horsham Lawn Green 0-10; Natimuk Yellow 6-36 d Homers 0-13.

Section 1 Boys: Central Park 5-33 d Natimuk 1-19; Quantong 5-31 d Haven 1-21.

Section 1 Girls: Homers 6-36 d Haven Purple 0-10; Haven Red 3-27 d Horsham Lawn 3-24.

Section 2 Boys: Horsham Lawn White 3-26 d Horsham Lawn Green 3-22; Central Park 4-32 d Homers Red 2-26; Homers White 4-28 d Haven 2-24.

Section 2 Girls: Haven 5-35 d Homers 1-13; Horsham Lawn Green 3-30 d Horsham Lawn Gold 3-27; Central Park 6-36 d Horsham Lawn White 0-11.

Section 3 Boys: Horsham Lawn Green 5-32 d Haven 1-18; Horsham Lawn Gold 3-27 d Horsham Lawn White 3-21.

Section 3 Girls: Horsham Lawn Gold 5-31 d Natimuk 1-19; Horsham Lawn Green 4-32 d Haven 2-23; Horsham Lawn White 6-36 d Homers 0-13.

Section 4 Boys: Haven 6-36 d Horsham Lawn White 0-10; Natimuk 4-32 d Horsham Lawn Red 2-18.

Why do you play tennis or what do you like most about tennis? It’s a fun summer sport and I love the heat. And I love tennis coaching. What is your favourite tennis memory? At the Stawell tournament I went for a big smash, but the ball got caught in the triangle of my racquet and I was looking around everywhere wondering where the ball was. Everyone was laughing.

Who is your favourite player? Ash Barty. Who is the toughest player you have played against? Lydika Boyd because she has pow erful shots.

Do you think you could beat your family members? I think I could beat my little brother and maybe my Mum but definitely not Frazer or Dad.

Section 4 Girls: Central Park 5-35 d Homers 1-10; Horsham Lawn White 6-36 d Horsham Lawn Green 0-13; Horsham Lawn Gold 6-36 d Haven Orange 0-6.

Match Play Section 5: Natimuk 4-21 d Cen tral Park 2-14; Horsham Lawn Green 3-18 d Horsham Lawn Purple 3-16; Haven 3-14 d Hor sham Lawn White 3-12; Horsham Lawn Yellow 5-23 d Horsham Lawn Pink 1-10; Horsham Lawn Red 6-24 d Horsham Lawn Gold 0-4.

Match Play Section 6: Homers 3-21 d Haven 3-12; Natimuk 6-24 d Horsham Lawn Red 0-7; Horsham Lawn Green 4-19 d Central Park 2-13; Horsham Lawn Blue 4-19 d Horsham Lawn White 2-13; Horsham Lawn Orange 3-19 d Horsham Lawn Gold 3-15.

Halle Shurdington, 9 Central Park Tennis Club

Section four

FLYING CAP: Brimpaen’s Ben Dunn lines up for a powerful return to his Horsham Lawn opponent during Saturday’s round eight Central Wimmera Tennis Association A Special competition. Brimpaen defeated Horsham Lawn Thompson by two sets and seven games. Dunn won all of his sets, eight to six, eight to five and eight to three. With Horsham Lawn Thompson near the top of the ladder, the win has bumped Brimpaen to eighth on the A Special ladder. This week, Brimpaen will face Horsham Lawn Dorman and Horsham Lawn Thompson verse Natimuk.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Warriors the team to watch

BY ABBY WALTER

WestWimmera Warriors are making strides towards be ing a Horsham Cricket Associa tion A Grade team to watch as they creep closer to NoradjuhaToolondo Bullants in top spot.

Nathan Alexander scored big for the Warriors against Jung Tigers with 116, after a solid start from Bradley Alex ander on 32, Mitchell Dahlenburg, 35, and Liam Preston, 45.

The lower end of the batting order did not perform as strongly; however, the damage had been done and at the end of 45 overs the Warriors were 7-262.

Dale Dridan took three wickets for the Tigers and David Puls, two.

With first batter Brenton Hallam out for a duck after a catch by Xavier Bone, it looked like it would be over quickly for Jung.

The Warriors bowled 18 overs be fore the game was washed out with Jung 5-61 and the Warriors declared winners using the Duckworth-Lewis scoring system.

Homers were all out for 149 with less than two overs to face against the Bullants in round nine.

Homers’ Paddy Mills made the big gest impact with 67 runs. Jordan Mc Donald took four wickets in eight overs for 21 runs for the Bullants.

The Bullants went into bat and while stronger at the crease, left it to the second last over to reach 150 runs and take the win.

Matthew Combe hit 42, not out, and was well supported by Shane Oakley with 35 runs. Mills, Baxter Perry and Hugh Dougherty each took a catch to have the Bullants three out at the end of the game.

Rupanyup-Minyip will come back from a bye to face Noradjuha-Toolon do Bullants, which will likely see the Bullants put another win on the board.

Homers will have to bring their all against West Wimmera Warriors to stop their climb to the top.

Jung Tigers will have a bye.

In C Grade, Laharum’s Sean Wouters took six wickets in less than four overs for no runs against Lubeck-Murtoa.

Horsham Cricket Association versed Wimmera Mallee in the KFC Festi val of Cricket representative game at Coughlin Park in Horsham on Sunday.

Horsham finished with 144 after batting first and defended well to have Wimmera Mallee out for 107.

This week: A Grade – Noradju ha-Toolondo v Rupanyup-Minyip, Horsham City Oval; West Wimmera Warriors v Homers, Davis Park Nhill; Jung Tigers, bye. B Grade –Horsham Saints v Lubeck-Murtoa, Coughlin Park; Colts v Jung Tigers, Dudley Cornell Park; Laharum v Blackheath-Dimboola, Laharum; Rupanyup-Minyip v NoradjuhaToolondo, Noradjuha Recre ation Reserve. C Grade – Colts v Natimuk, Dudley Cornell Park; Quantong v West Wimmera Warriors, Natimuk Recreation Re serve; Homers v Horsham Saints, Sunnyside Recreation Reserve; Jung Tigers v Laharum, Dimboola Road Oval; Blackheath-Dimboola v LubeckMurtoa, Dimboola Recreation Re serve.

Last week: A Grade – West Wimmera Warriors 7-262 (N. Alexander 116, L. Preston 45, M. Dahlenburg 35, B. Alexander 32, D. Dridan 3-53 D. Puls 2-36) d Jung Tigers 5-61; Bullants 3-150 (M. Combe 42, S. Oakley 35, J, Combe 27) d Homers 149 (P. Mills 67, J. McDonald 4-21 A. Cutter 4-26). B Grade – Colts 4-191 (R. Frew 45, J. Colbert 42, J. McCluskey 37, C. O’Beirne 2-22) d Bullants 5-38 (C. Potter 3-6, R. Frew 2-14); Rupa nyup-Minyip 0-17 drew with Hor sham Saints 9-143 (M. Crafter 46, J. Carroll 25, C. Weidemann 2-16, B. Hudson 2-25, G. Young 2-29), match abandoned; Laharum 157 (B. Peucker 72, M. Bunworth 25, T. Sudholz 3-24, J. Walsgott 2-5, T. Iredell-Burke 2-17, C. Eagle 2-23) d Jung Tigers 145 (P. Bandara 64, J. Mahoney 2-11, C. Cowan 2-31); Blackheath-Dimboola 2-109 (S. Leith 51, D. Polack 43)

d Lubeck-Murtoa 9-106 (D. Polack 2-12, E. Braithwaite 2-20). C Grade – Natimuk 1-130 (J. Schmidt 52, T. Coutts 44) d Horsham Saints 127 (R. Kirkwood 70, J. Schmidt 3-12, J. Uebergang 3-18); West Wimmera Warriors 4-207 (J. Dickinson 52, W. Wheaton 49, G. Treverton 33, M. Sandford 2-20) drew with Colts 1061 (R. Gebert 3-13, D. Charry 2-1), match abandoned; Laharum 2-30 (C. Whyte 2-9) d Lubeck-Murtoa 21 (S. Wouters 6-0, X. Shevlin 4-5); Quan tong 2-94 (R. Caris 49, L. Schorback 2-16) d Blackheath-Dimboola 175 (L. Hutchinson 50, W. Barber 47, D. Col lins 27, T. Brand 3-9, N. Robinson 2-11, J. Smith 2-32); Homers 2-123 (C. Garwood 54, B. Hopper 27, S. Peachey 26) d Jung Tigers 9-152 (L. Sonego 54, F. Marklew 38, B. Hopper 3-12, J. Officer 2-13, S. Weir 2-22).

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CENTURY: West Wimmera Warriors’ Nathan Alexander faces a Jung Tigers bowler on his way to making 116 runs at the weekend. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

BY ‘ONE SHORT’

The season’s first century maker, a double to the Combine, Chally’s climb up the ladder and a weatheraffected result were the round seven highlights of Grampians Cricket As sociation competition.

Combine skipper Sam Cocks recorded a score of 125 – 12 fours and four sixes –out of an opening partnership of 134 with Matt Delzotto, 46, against St Andrews after deciding to bat.

The Combine scored 6-208, which was 100 runs ahead of the Saints’ 8-208.

Best of the Saints’ bowlers was Adam Haslett with 3-11 to add to his 25 runs –making an excellent contribution.

Saints’ top-scorer was captain James Hosking with 41 not out.

Combine’s Jayden McCartney had the best figures of 4-17.

Combine2 with 6-171 made it a dou ble by just pipping Rhymney-Moyston2, 8-168.

The mainstay of the Combine’s innings was Travis Nicolson’s 89 not out. This takes his season tally to the competition’s best of 220 runs from four knocks.

Chalambar has jumped to third with a convincing win against Halls Gap2.

Chally dismissed the Gappers2 for 71. Les Pyke top-scored with 23 and Ashley Leggett recorded 3-8 with the ball.

Chally replied with 2-92 thanks mainly to Sam Pilgrim’s 45 not out.

In the battle of the mountain men, Halls Gap was bowled out for 115 and Pomon al’s innings was two-and-a-half overs old and sitting on 0-2 when rain caused an early finish.

The Gappers were probably the lucky team in this case.

This week’s scheduled round is SwiftsGreat Western1 v Halls Gap1 at Cen tral Park in Stawell, Rhymney-Moyston1 v Halls Gap2 at Moyston, Pomonal v Rhymney-Moyston2 and Chalambar v Swifts-Great Western2 at North Park in Stawell. St Andrews has a bye.

The feature game of this round will be

Combine1, first on the ladder, versus the Gappers1, third.

The Gappers will have to bat a little better than their last effort to give their bowlers the runs to deal with the Com bine’s strong batting line-up – particularly Cocks, who has started his season with a 50 and a century.

The Gappers have some capable bats men in Luke Stevens, Charlie McIntosh, Josef Martin and Wayne Pederson, but face handy bowlers in Matt Heffer, Jayden McCartney, Will Clough and Harvey Ev ans.

Another match of interest is Chalambar, fourth, versus Combine2, fifth, who will battle for a place in the four.

Chalambar had a crushing win last time through Sam Pilgrim and Eric Habib.

Combine’s Travis Nicholson will be the main opponent to overcome and force a victory.

In other matches, Pomonal, through Lynden Brewis, Lachy Green, Clinton Mackley and company will have too much talent for the win-less Rymston2.

An interesting inclusion in the Tigers side was former Tatyoon player Chris Dalkin – one of the association’s best players of all time.

Rymston1, similarly, have the capacity to defeat Gappers2 to secure a much-need ed win.

Daniel Walker and Nathan Quick will look to continue their good batting form and Matt Dean with the ball.

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IN FORM: Sam Cocks, Swifts Great Western, recorded 125 runs at the weekend.

Lakers return to A Grade

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

Horsham District league A Grade netball sides will have one more competitor next season when Taylors Lake again competes in the league’s top divi sion.

Taylors Lake Football Netball Club has announced its new A Grade net ball coach, three years after the club withdrew itself from the division to focus on development and its B Grade team.

Club president Travis Mackley said after sitting out the 2021 and 2022 A Grade seasons, the club was ‘lucky’ enough to secure former Nhill coach and player, Lydia Schneider.

Schneider said she was looking for ward to her first year with the Lakers.

“I enjoyed the 2022 season with Nhill, it was great. We won a B Grade premiership,” she said.

“The club was in the same boat as Taylors Lake and did not field an A Grade squad this season.

“This is my first time coaching an A Grade side and my goal for next season is to craft a great netball en vironment.”

Schneider said she might take to the court herself, but her focus was on ‘filling the side with talented players’ before making a decision about her on-court role.

“I might be in there, but otherwise I

can concentrate on coaching from the sidelines,” she said.

The club also announced Chloe Kelm as Schneider’s playing assistant next season.

Kelm, who played in the Lakers’ B Grade team this season, said it was a young squad that took the court every

week in 2022, and recruiting experi ence was on the club’s wish list.

“Hopefully we will have a few early 20-year-old players on the squad, young but experienced players, but we will see,” she said.

Mackley said he expected his play ers would ‘handle’ the step back up

to A Grade competition in the new season.

“Chloe and a lot of the squad played A Grade in 2019, so I think they are excited to get back there. Lilly Weir, who is only 15, played B Grade this season and she was more than capa ble of playing A Grade,” he said.

Creek notches NBL milestone

Horsham basketball export Mitch Creek dropped 27 points in his 300th National Basketball League game on Sunday. Creek is a forward in the South East Melbourne Phoenix side.

South East Melbourne Phoenix de feated Illawarra Hawks in round eight, 112 to 78.

Donning number 55, Creek debuted for Phoenix in 2019 as the first player to sign with the club, after eight seasons with Adelaide 36ers.

He has played in the National Bas ketball Association for Brooklyn and Minnesota.

Creek averages 22 points and six re bounds a game.

Veterans tee-off

Veteran golfers enjoyed an annual sta bleford event at Nhill Golf Club last week.

The Wimmera District Veterans Golf ers Association competition was played across two divisions.

Bob Hayes won the division-one title with 33 points, ahead of runner-up Greg Proud, 31 points, while Mike Brown won division two on countback with 32 points from runner-up Ian Moorehead.

Nearest-the-pin competition honours went to David Ryan on the fourth and ninth holes, Brendan Stemp on the sev enth hole, Reg Cunningham on the 12th and Rex Konig on the 14th.

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TEAM LEADERS: Lydia Schneider, centre, has crossed over from Nhill and District Sporting Club to coach Taylors Lake’s A Grade netball team, which will compete in Horsham District league’s premier division in the 2023 season. Chloe Kelm will be the side’s assistant coach, while Travis Mackley will return for his second year as president.

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Thrilling end to volleyball season

BY DAVID BERRY

You could not script a more thrilling finish to Volleyball Horsham’s winter season, with the last three grand finals going down to the wire.

Twenty-four finals were decided throughout the finals series, with 12 of those finals going to five sets, underlying the evenness of the com petitions and proving that anything can happen in finals.

It was fitting that Hellenic Nuggets won the A Grade grand final against a Heidelberg team that looked down and out when trailing two sets to love.

As was the case in the summer season grand final, when Heidelberg came from behind to win a thriller, the Hellenic Nuggets were determined to ensure their noses were in front this time when the final point was decided.

Final score: Hellenic Nuggets defeated Heidel berg 3-2: 25-14, 25-16, 22-25, 19-25, 15-12.

MVP Robinson Medallist: Ben Wilde, Hel lenic Nuggets, runner-up Jack Exell, Rangers; Abud Medal most consistent male: Will Saligari, Heidelberg; McIntyre Medal most consistent female: Molly Carter, Heidelberg.

Waterhammers recorded their ninth A Reserve premiership when they overcame Blockbusters, also in five sets.

The game ebbed and flowed with firstly Waterhammers gaining the ascendancy only to see Blockbusters bounce back and even up the contest.

In the end, the experience and guile of Water hammers enabled them to get over the line.

Final score: Waterhammers defeated Blockbust ers 3-2: 25-22, 18-25, 25-19, 13-25, 16-14.

MVP Alexander Medallist: Mark Block, Block Party, runner-up Adam Harrison, Von Steiger Shadows; Abud Medal: Chris Baker, Waterham mers; McIntyre Medal: Casey Quick, Blockbust ers.

Rangers played the perfect finals series, win ning all three finals and taking out the women’s grand final in another five-set thriller.

After dropping the first set, it looked how-far for the Nuggets; but Rangers’ experienced play ers gathered their thoughts and started to influ ence the game – especially on serve, keeping the Nuggets receivers under constant pressure.

Nuggets fought back in the fourth, but the ef fort to level the game took its toll with Rangers too overpowering in the fifth set.

Final score: Rangers defeated Nuggets 3-2: 1425, 25-17, 25-16, 21-25, 15-7.

MVP: Grace Turner, Academy Team Turner, runner-up Sophie Quick, Academy Team Bar nett; McIntyre Medal: Ella Van Duren, Nuggets. Silent Theories played the perfect final month of the season to claim B Grade honours.

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Pimpinio has installed A Grade player Jayde Ellis, 19, as the club’s new A Grade netball coach for 2023 after coaching the club’s B Grade this season. Ellis said she was excited to get started in her new role and that a young Tigers senior netball group would drive the club forward with energy and enthusiasm.

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Having to win their final game of the roundrobin phase of the season, Eliza Camilleri’s team found their groove and carried that through three tremendous finals games to finish the season as premiers.

Ladder leaders Team USA tried to get back into the game, but Silent Theories were always a step ahead and recorded a comprehensive victory.

Final score: Silent Theories defeated Team USA 3-0: 25-15, 25-20, 25-22.

MVP Radford Medal: Pascall Patterson, Phan tom Masters, runner-up Pat Pignataro, Phantom Masters; Abud Medal: Tom Milbourne, Block busters; McIntyre Medal: Tahlia Thompson, Blockbusters.

Murtoa Geckos showed the benefit of consist ent training when they were just too good for a determined HTLC Block and Roll in four sets in the C Grade competition.

It looked how-far for the Murtoa team when they took the first set comfortably, but the Lu theran team bounced back hard in the second to tie the match.

In the third, Murtoa got on top with their defences strong both at the net and in the back court, in the end proving too experienced for their Lutheran opponents.

Final score: Murtoa Geckos defeated HTLC Block and Roll 3-1: 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-19.

MVP O’Connor Medal: Noah Werry, HTLC Block and Roll, runner-up Grace Turner, Murtoa Geckos; Abud Medal: Isaac McPherson, KFC; McIntyre Medal: Jemimah McPherson, KFC.

Stars played the perfect season in the junior competition when they carried their undefeated form into the finals, winning in straight sets against HTLC Tigers.

The Stars boys were too strong for their in experienced Lutheran opponents, in which the scoreline did not tell the true story of just how close the game was. The Stars boys look forward to stepping up into C Grade next year, while the Lutheran team will continue to build on the back of a successful first season.

Score: Stars defeated HTLC Tigers 3-0: 25-16, 25-14, 25-12.

Ladlow Medal: Zane Joseph, Stars, runnerup Joel Brilliant, Stars; Abud Medal: Fletcher Hawken, Vipers; McIntyre Medal: Angela Be bero, Murtoa.

Volleyball Horsham thanks all the participants across all grades for their support in 2022 and looks forward to continuing a fun, welcoming and competitive offering for all again in 2023.

The season will start on February 22 for A Grade, A Reserve and women; and February 27 for juniors, B Grade and C Grade.

People wanting more information can visit Volleyball Horsham website for team registra tion details.

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Warriors dominate

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West Wimmera’s Liam Preston launches into a Dale Dridan delivery during Horsham Cricket Association’s A Grade competition at Horsham City Oval on Saturday. The Warriors dominated the rain-shortened match, making 7-262 including big scores from Nathan Alexander, 116, and Preston, 45. The Tigers followed up with

overs when play stopped. West Wimmera won the game under the Duckworth-Lewis scoring system. It was the first game at city oval for the season. Story, page 64.

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