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By Matt Dunn

LEONGATHA Secondary Col-lege will fall $3m to $4m short of what it needs to complete building works at the education precinct site, principal Brett Windsor said.

The school made an impassioned plea to Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Education Minister Martin Dixon for the cash when the pair paid a recent visit. But no money will arrive in the short term. Neither has the State Government made any promises for future funds.

“The job’s not fi nished. That was the point we tried to put across to Martin Dixon and Peter Ryan. The impact that not fi nishing has on the school is quite signifi cant, even to the point where this building (the old part of the school, where Mr Windsor and the school’s administra-

tion staff work) is not listed to be demol-ished,” he said.

The money for the demolition is esti-mated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which means it would stay until money was provided for the work. Mr Windsor fears it will become an easy target for vandals.

Money has been shaved from the original plan to put Mr Windsor and his administration staff closer to the stu-dents, lest they be “left like shags on a rock”.

In May last year The Star reported that the State Budget had delivered $10m to rebuild LSC, with the money to come in two bites of $5m. For Mr Windsor it was a case of not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Ten million dollars was music to his ears, even if it wasn’t going to fi nish the job.

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More needed: Leongatha Secondary College assistant principal Greg Ellt (centre) takes Education Min-ister Martin Dixon (left) and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan (right) through the education precinct building site recently. The tour also included Leongatha Primary School principal Rob Higgins (standing behind Mr Dixon), along with TS Construction’s project manager Mark Patterson (standing next to Mr Ryan) and college teacher Matt McPhee. Photo courtesy of Jamie Cummins, Leongatha Secondary College.

MEENIYAN Golf Club is ecstatic after the men’s Division One team won its fi rst ever golf pennant at Korumburra Golf Club on Sunday. Pictured from left are Rick Miller, Brett McKnight, Graham Hoskin, Andrew Dunne, captain Tim Miller, Ryan McKnight and Alex Cairncross. See Star sport.

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LEONGATHA Rotarians have every reason to smile be-hind their masks after their charity fundraiser on Saturday night raised more than $20,000.

The Leongatha Rotary Masquerade Charity Fundraiser Party at Le-ongatha’s Mesley Hall was well supported by local sponsors consist-ing of businesses and individuals.

Funds were raised by auctions on the night, a raffl e and ticket sales.

More than 190 people attended and danced the night away to local band Company Xposed.

Winners of the $2000 cash were Lou Leggett and her mother Cece-lia Johnson.

The fi rst raffl e prize of a framed mask generously donated by artist Mandy K Design of Edithvale was won by Jeanette Draper.

Funds raised will go towards sponsoring youth programs and other local projects.

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Purple, gold: Mirboo North Gold’s Under 11 side looked competitive at the Leongatha and District Netball Association competition on Saturday. Front: Sophie McCabe, Kayla Campbell and Nikita Giardina. Back: Eve Cornell, Lucy Edmonson, Miranda Rowe, Katrina McCabe, Mia Renouf and Casey Pocklington. Check out The Star’s full sports coverage, starting from the back page.

By Matt Dunn

LEONGATHA Medi-cal Group’s Dr Gra-ham Toohill believes marijuana is a “di-saster” that could be leading local users down a path toward psychosis, depres-sion, dementia and addiction.

“It’s a mind altering drug and it has real dan-gers for anyone who is prone to mental instabil-ity. It triggers psychosis in people who have never had it before,” he said.

“Then, it’s a very de-pressive drug if you use it a lot, as well as being a very addictive drug too. It’s not seen as that by the community, but it is.

“There’s a group of people who can smoke it and not suffer any bad effects, but there are also a lot of people who suf-fer these adverse effects, which are not easily re-versed.”

Dr Toohill said he was disturbed by a recent ar-ticle in Medicine Today, “Cannabis and mental health”, which found re-cent “clinical and epide-miological research has demonstrated a range of adverse psychological ef-fects of cannabis use”.

“There is strong epide-miological evidence that regular cannabis use can contribute to the onset of psychosis, particularly in young people who are predisposed to develop-ing mental illness,” found the authors, Dr Matthew Large, a medical superin-tendent of mental health services at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and Dr Olav Nielssen, a Sydney psychiatrist.

Dr Toohill said the ar-ticle raised the spectre of “cognitive impairment” for users.

“We’re having an epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease and other de-mentias. Marijuana use is going to increase that dementia burden on our community,” he said.

“It’s a disaster.”Dr Large and Dr Niels-

sen found cannabis intoxi-cation “causes impairment in concentration and in other domains of intellec-tual function, and recent use of cannabis doubles the risk of having a fatal motor vehicle accident”.

“Ongoing cannabis use is associated with poor academic achieve-ment in high school years. The most disturbing evi-dence has come from a well-designed prospec-tive birth cohort study, which found that can-nabis use in adolescence

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RETIRING police Sergeant Jim Baum said there had been a dramatic rise in illegal drug use in South Gippsland in recent time.

The 37 year career cop said while heroin had always been an issue, the prevalence of ice (crystal methamphetamine) was one of the more worrying trends in the region.

Last week The Star revealed a number of overdoses in South Gippsland had seen patients fl own to Melbourne for treatment emergency treatment. One local party resulted in three overdoses.

“When you’ve got GHB (gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid) and ice that’s a really worrying trend and one all the local communities should be concerned about,” he said. New research shows the rate of ambulance callouts per one million people puts regional Victoria’s rates above Melbourne’s for a range of drug-related problems, including cannabis, antidepressants and opioids during the 2011-2012 fi nancial year.Dr Patrick Griffi ths, from Anex Australia – a non profi t health organisation dedicated to drug education – believes next year’s call out fi gures will be dramatically higher.

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The Medicine To-day article referenced a Swedish study of mili-tary conscripts that found cannabis users had “up to a six-fold increase in risk of developing schizo-phrenia in the next 15 years”.

Moreover, about “one-third of people who de-velop schizophrenia have a history of signifi cant cannabis use, and the onset of illness is about three years earlier than that for nonusers.”

Depression and anxi-ety were also listed in the article as adverse side ef-fects to marijuana use.

Dr Toohill said he was angered by calls to lega-lise the drug.

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TERMINAL illness can be a confronting and diffi cult time for patients and their loved ones.

There is no hospice in South Gippsland where people can go to be cared for in their fi nal months, weeks and days, but there is a ser-vice that offers succour and com-fort to those who want it.

South Gippsland Palliative Care Service is part of a region-wide consortium which includes 50 volunteers who provide support both before and after a loved one has died.

One of those volunteers is Cathy Matthews of Leongatha.

She has faced vicissitudes and challenges on her own life journey and, after retiring from her role as a social worker and counsellor, a friend suggested she volunteer with the palliative care team.

Feeling her experiences had given her a deeper understanding of and empathy with her fellow hu-man beings, Cathy decided to give it a try. She now regards her pal-liative care volunteering as an im-mense privilege.

“It’s about having a heart.”While last week was Volunteers

Week, this is Palliative Care Week.She stressed she is part of the

team of professionals who provide care to the terminally ill and her role can vary.

Sometimes she just sits quietly with the patient or reads to them. She might do a light hand massage or listen as the patient tells their story; with privacy and confi denti-ality to the fore.

“I become an active listener and it’s all very respectful and sensi-tive.”

Cathy has found one of the most signifi cant and soothing comforts she can bring is music. She will play tapes of the music the patient

likes or play her special therapeutic harp.

Through her volunteering, she learned about Peter Roberts and the reverie harp he designed for use in music therapy with frail and dying people.

Cathy commissioned Peter to make her one and she plays it when visiting people in their homes or hospitals.

“The harp is full of resonance and vibrations and when played, it relaxes people and helps them to a place of quiet and pleasant contem-plation,” she said.

“The harp also helps build am-bience, particularly if the person is in a hospital ward. The nursing staff appreciate the music and its calming infl uence.”

It can help soothe families too.The harp doesn’t produce tradi-

tional tunes, just gentle sounds.“It’s just beautiful and out of

this world,” Cathy said, “and even if they are not responsive, patients

can actually feel the resonance and vibration.”

She said volunteering has given her the opportunity to continue learning in both a formal and infor-mal sense. Before being matched with a person in palliative care, volunteers must complete a free training course covering a num-ber of topics including diversity, spirituality, communication skills, responding to loss and grief, death and dying and an overview of ill-nesses and their symptoms.

An important part of that train-ing is self care and Cathy is well versed in that subject, having run a number of workshops in her profes-sional life for colleagues and those in the health fi eld. Members of the palliative care team support each other as necessary.

Cathy said common sense and being in the moment are important tools in her volunteering.

“I don’t have to fi x anything – just be there.”

Privilege: Cathy Matthews feels extraordinarilyprivileged to share the fi nal months, weeks, days or moments of a person’s life as a palliative care volunteer.

Cathy cares for dying

Networking: Jess Kemp and Allison Drury at last month’s event at the ManaGum in Inverloch.

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Their next speaker, Carmel Slater is one of those female dynamos who seems to epitomise many of the themes close to working women’s hearts: doing what you love, having a proper work/life bal-ance, having adventures, being success-ful, community involvement, and so much more.

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Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires, with a variety of guest speakers from within and outside the membership base.

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Dylan Adkins aims to become an electrician and is already working with Burra Electrical to gain experience as part of his school studies.

The Korumburra Secondary College student’s dedication to his school work, through undertaking a Victorian Certifi cate of Applied Learning (VCAL), resulted in him winning a major award in Melbourne recently.

Dylan received the Outstanding Achievement in All Areas during a Department of Education ceremony at Federation Square, accompanied by parents Bruce and Katrina, and school principal Terry Harrington.

“It was not something I was expecting,” Dylan said.The school’s VCAL coordinator Stacey Witton said

the award was of a high calibre.“The award is a credit to what we offer at the school

but it came down to Dylan’s motivation,” she said.

By Matt Dunn

FORMER Rural Doctors Asso-ciation Victorian president Nola Maxfi eld said while the State Budget had offered local medicos something, the Federal Budget had not.

The Wonthaggi-based GP, obstetrician and anaesthetist said money contributed by the state to train doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in rural areas would help South Gippsland.

The state has tipped in $3 million over four years to provide 24 training positions – six additional training positions each year – for rural GPs in specialist areas such as obstetrics, anaesthetics, emergen-cy medicine and surgery, increasing their skills to practise in country hospitals.

“Some of that money is for rural gen-eralists – GPs with specialist skills like obstetrics – with extra money put into an existing program,” she said.

“We’ve got a model that takes some-one who’s just graduated as a doctor and organises their jobs for the next six years, making sure they have the relevant expe-rience in training. That will be happening basically all within Gippsland, between hospitals and general practices.

“People will be seeing young doctors who have done their GP and obstetrician training coming into rural communities like Leongatha or Wonthaggi and practicing their obstetrics with someone supervising.”

The extra support will lead to better trained generalists, Dr Maxfi eld believes.

She was hopeful many of the doctors would remain in the area after the six year stint.

“Unfortunately, nationally they haven’t really picked this up. There’s nothing in the Federal Budget that’s exciting from our perspective,” she said.

“It’s a matter of things being cut.”Dr Maxfi eld said levies from Medicare

were not providing enough for general practices, which were giving good quality care at a discount rate.

Her comments were backed by Mem-ber for McMillan Russell Broadbent.

“More than 12,600 recipients of Tax Benefi ts Part A in McMillan will not get the increase they were promised by La-bor, and it has also reneged on a promise to restore the indexation of the childcare rebate in 2014,” Mr Broadbent said.

“It will cost families more to visit their GP as a result of this budget and the in-crease to the Medicare levy will also hit family budgets, with an average Austra-lian family earning $70,000 a year, $350 a year worse off.

“Labor’s latest unprecedented attacks on family support payments and house-hold budgets comes at a time when fami-lies can least afford it,” he said.

“Since 2007, the cost of electricity has increased by 93.8 per cent, water and sewage has increased 63.1 per cent, gas has increased 61.8 per cent, medical and health services is up 40.9 per cent and rents have increased by 30.2 per cent.”

State praised, feds panned

Following dreams: award winning student Dylan Adkins at Korumburra Secondary College.

Passion pays offA Korumburra CFA member, Dylan studies

electrotechnology at Chisholm TAFE at Berwick every Wednesday to advance his dream of becoming an electrician.

Dylan was nominated for the award by his former teacher Jodie Matthews.


Copping it sweet

LEONGATHA Secondary College Year 12 Art students made their way to Melbourne for an Art and Design Extrav-aganza recently.

Students saw top Victorian stu-dent work from 2012 at the TOP Art and TOP Design exhibitions, and experienced a tour of the new RMIT Design Hub on Swanston Street.

Tom Harper, landscape architect at RMIT, gave the group a tour of state of the art facility where they experienced fi rsthand how univer-sity students work, collaborate and design.

THEY say the past always shapes the present.

Then little wonder an annual family history seminar attracted a record crowd in Leongatha on Saturday.

More than 60 people attended the seminar held by the South Gippsland Genealogical Society at the Dakers Centre, lured by four quality speakers.

Seminar organiser Margaret Pegler was impressed with the

outcome.“There is a growing

interest in family history. There is a lot more material available more easily on the internet you have to verify but it is there,” she said.

Anne Burrows from the State Library of Victoria discussed the library’s genealogical centre and resources of interest to family historians, including the Family Matters blog and research guides.

Jenny Harkness from the FamilySearch website

spoke about how the site can help people discover their roots for free and advised on successful research techniques.

Professor Janet McCalman talked about the Founders and Survivors Project, tracing the lives of Tasmanian convicts in Australia.

Using Scottish censuses was the subject of a presentation by Susan McLean from the Genealogical Society of Victoria’s Scottish ancestry group.

Family history intrigues

Insightful group: Anne Burrows (front) from the State Library of Victoria with Susan McLean of the Genealogical Society of Victoria’s Scottish ancestry group, Jenny Harkness from FamilySearch website and the South Gippsland Genealogical Society’s Margaret Pegler.

Teens inspiredArt fans: Leongatha Secondary College art enthusiasts, back, from left: Megan Frazer, Kisha Vanstone,Hayley Hannon, Kaitlyn Hasson, Georgia Findlay,Celeste Bentley, Genevieve Scholte and Vanesa Red-path. Front: Chelsea Scoble and Kathryn Cardy.

By Matt Dunn

FORMER Leongatha Police and Bass Coast Highway Patrol sergeant Jim Baum said his decades in the force had been a “blessing”.

Jim, who will retire in the coming weeks, has spent 37 years on the beat, with 10 years at Leongatha Police and a further 10 at the Bass Coast Highway Patrol.

He was keen to notch up 40 years in the force, but bowel cancer hijacked those plans. Fortunately, the cancer is in remission now and he is looking forward to a retirement that will see him cruising around on his Harley Davidson and spending a lot more time with his family.

Jim believes an early test saved his life: “Had I not done it, I wouldn’t be here. I’d implore any person to do the test. I had no symptoms or anything, and if I hadn’t tested, in six to 12 months I would have been dead.”

But the migrating cancer was not an easy thing to fi x and the spectre of it is always with him.

“I did my test early and I was detected early. But that still led to major surgery and chemo treatments and the like. I got on top of that and was really pleased with where I was travelling,” he said.

“But a routine test a couple of years later found a secondary lot of cancer on my liver. That led to more surgery and more chemo.”

The second discovery of cancer proved tougher than the fi rst, and work ambitions were shelved. Shiftwork and the pressures associated with policing had taken their toll, he said.

“The latest testing has been good. I hope it remains that way. But once you have cancer you have it for life. It’s never really far from your mind,” he said.

“It takes you to some dark places and it always will. You say to yourself, ‘I’ve just got to move on with this,’ but I had a blood test yesterday and a cat scan today. That’s a twice a year routine, and it’s a constant reminder.

“I’ve been fortunate to have great support from my loving wife, Helga, and my family. That really is crucial because you certainly need family around you as you go. I know, though, there are blokes out there who won’t do the test. If you get it early you

can fi x it early.”Jim will spend his time now focused on being

happy and healthy, free from “the stress of a police environment”.

In the time since fi rst being diagnosed, he has “done a lot of soul searching”.

“I’m always one for fi nding out why things happen, which is why I became a policeman. There’s been a lot of cancers in Leongatha and I came up with more than 30 names within the last 10 years. They were people of varying ages and varying lifestyles,” he said.

“The only answer I came up with was there is no answer in the end. I don’t know why it strikes certain people. I decided very early on in the piece that I’m not happy about it, but I’d only worry about the things I have control over.

“If I don’t have control, what will be will be. I have to accept that.”

Being part of the force has been an essential and rewarding part of Jim’s life. As any cop will tell you, there are few careers like policing, where life is seen up close and in its rawest forms. For Jim, “having a crack” was always the most important thing and he walks away proud of his commitment to the work.

“I loved being a cop and I never wanted to do anything else. I joined as soon as I could. I loved the variety of it and I loved the thought of every day going to work and not knowing what was going to happen,” he said.

“It’s such a fl uid occupation and changing all the time. Right up until the very end I still enjoyed patrolling, for the very reason you’d never know what job was going to come over the radio and what you were going to fi nd.”

He said he remembers every day, from graduation to the end. Overwhelmingly, he said, it was the people he worked with who made the job

so special. But, as any cop will know, there were dark

times. Jim, originally from Horsham, spent time as a law

instructor with now Chief Commissioner and formerKorumburra resident Ken Lay, along with stints asan offi cer at St Kilda, Port Melbourne, Glen Waverlyand back in the Wimmera in his home town.

His career defi ning work began in the RoadAccident Research Unit (now known as the MajorCrash Investigation Unit).

He was inspired to become part of the unit afterthe death of a 21 year old woman, killed by a drunkdriver.

“She was engaged to be married, a beautifulyoung woman with hardly a mark on her. I justthought, ‘This is not right,’ From that point on myjob direction changed,” he said.

The trauma that fl ows from road carnage has beena constant source of frustration throughout his life.And Jim has seen the sinister way alcohol can turnpeople’s worlds upside down.

He said he is not a “wowser” but despairs atthe way young people drink to excess, a trend hebelieves is escalating year by year. It’s an addiction,he said, that fuels violence, petty crime and, ofcourse, road trauma. Jim emphasises the point thatcollisions on the road where alcohol is a factor arenever “accidents”.

And yet, policing has been a source of joy forJim too – the daily interaction with other cops andthe good people of South Gippsland. He couldn’tcare less what the “villains” think of him.

Leongatha has been a special place for Jim andone that welcomed him with open arms.

“I knew nothing about this side of the statewhatever. Within three months I’d met lots of reallygood quality people. Helga and I decided that wasit, this was a great place to bring up a family and Ihad a good chance to have an involvement with thecommunity,” he said.

“Being a policeman in a town like this, the policesee the community as theirs and the community seethe police as their police. That was special.

“We’d take crime almost personally, because ourkids lived here and we lived here. Even petty crimeswe liked to jump on as it happened. You’ve got to beat it all the time. If you let it get away, it’ll get awayreal quick. It’s just a matter of being assessable.”

Continued from page 1.“The reality is that when the

budget was announced and we got the money we weren’t going to say, where’s the rest of it? You’re obviously going to take it, but it was short a few million – probably four,” he said.

“I haven’t been hopeful at all that we would get the extra money, certainly not in the past 18 months.

It seems less and less likely that it’s going to happen, especially with the lack of capital works funding that is happening at the moment.”

A question emailed to Mr Dixon - Can the school expect any extra funds to help fi nish its building works? – was referred to a spokeswoman, who said: “The government must responsibly balance and prioritise the needs of over 1500

government schools in Victoria.”“State Budget constraints do not allow for all school infrastructure needs to be immediately funded, but the government is working towards developing a long term capital works pipeline that will provide much needed transparency and certainty for government school building works into the future,” she said.

Jim Baum: the retiring Leongatha Police and Bass Coast Highway Patrol sergeant believes he was “blessed” by his career in the force.

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By Jane Ross

WONTHAGGI Hos-pital emergency de-partment (ED) staff have been excelling themselves in their treatment times with patients.

They have been praised by Health Minister David Davis. He said the hos-pital’s ability to treat ED patients in times above the state average came in spite of funding chaos created by the Federal Govern-ment.

Mr Davis said fi gures for the fi rst quarter of 2013 show the hospital treated 100 per cent of category

one emergency patients immediately on arrival at ED. And 79 per cent of all ED patients were treated within benchmark times during that quarter. That’s up one per cent from the same time last year and four per cent higher than the state average.

Bass Coast Regional Health (BCRH) CEO Lea Pope said: “We are meet-ing the majority of targets which we are obviously pleased with. Our work to reduce the number of patients staying in the ED for prolonged periods has resulted in great im-provements over the last year.”

The state target for treating category two pa-

Emergency response praised

A whirlwind tour: a group of Beijing teachers was in South Gippsland last week, spending time at Leongatha Primary School and with LPS teachers at Wilsons Prom (pictured). Chinese teachers and students will become a far more common site in the region as Gippsland educators establish closer ties with the Asian giant.

By Brad Lester

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy has criticised the timing of a job advertisement for a new council role.

Council placed an advertisement in last week’s Star, calling for applicants for project manager for Vision 2050 – a project to create a community vision for the shire.

The new job comes with a $98,376 package.Council is already facing immense costs, including a

$4.6 million superannuation bill, while proposing to in-crease rates by 7.5 per cent next fi nancial year.

“This was an ill considered and insensitive time to ad-vertise this position considering the fi nancial pressures,” Cr Kennedy said.

The decision to appoint the manager was made by council at the February council meeting.

Councillors then agreed to a budget of $60,000 from salary vacancies year to date to start the project immedi-ately and approve the appointment of a project offi cer to an initial period of 10 months.

The mayor yesterday (Monday) said the funds would come from within existing fi nances.

The mayor said he voted for the motion “reluctantly”. “We still have a way to go about how it’s going to

work out and I’m looking for it to be a lot cheaper while still doing a good job,” Cr Kennedy said.

The mayor said he wished he had more information to consider.

“We erred and will go back and have a look at the process again,” Cr Kennedy said.

The position description specifi es the manager will develop a project plan, establish a local strategic working Community Vision 2050 Committee, provide secretariat support to the committee, prepare a draft and fi nal Com-munity Vision document to the council.

The manager will also be required to engage a consultant.

Job ad timing “insensitive”

By Matt Dunn

RETIRING police Sergeant Jim Baum believes the local force has been denied extra resources for too long.

Free now from sanctions, Sgt Baum can at last speak his mind on the issue. While the workload has dramatically increased for South Gippsland cops, he said, the extra police have failed to materialise.

“Workload’s increased for offi cers, and per-sonally I’d love to see more resources. In 20 years we’ve had an increase of two offi cers – one at Mirboo North and one at Leongatha,” he said.

“The population’s grown, the workload’s grown, the demand on police has gone up. They don’t realise it’s not just all about crime and stats. There’s a lot of demand on the policing service

in this area. “We’re not shooting for the stars. Give Koru-

mburra an extra couple, three to Leongatha, three to Foster, a couple for Inverloch. We could do with a lot more with extra staff.”

Sgt Baum said the extra police could be used to have regular foot patrols, stations open from 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday for people need-ing “counter enquiries”, along with more “target investigations on drug related crime”.

“It just makes sense to me and we just don’t seem to do it. I can talk to offi cers in charge from years gone by who would talk about the same problems – staffi ng and budget,” he said.

“We always start our fi nancial year behind. That says to me they don’t give us enough. We have to justify every cent we spend – and rightly so – but we need more money.

“Ken Lay (Victoria Police Commissioner) and

Peter Ryan (Deputy Premier and former Police Minister) have their hands tied as far as where police can go. But if we can’t get that with Ken, a Korumburra local, and Peter, our local represen-tative, in power, we’ll never get it.”

Sgt Baum said Inverloch police often worked “one up” when they attended jobs at local pubs on Friday and Saturday nights, a situation which left them vulnerable.

“They’ve done that ever since I’ve been here. It’s just not safe enough. In addition they’re sent to Venus Bay, Walkerville, Bear Gully. It’s smart-er to be two up,” he said.

“To compromise safety for budget, which I’ve seen in my time, is wrong. We’ve just been lucky we’ve got away with it. Simple as that. We’ve had some close calls, but we’re lucky that no police members have been hurt by being called out one up.”

Sgt Baum said a composite roster, which willsee local police working later and longer wasokay, but it added to the burden.

“If you’re doing that you’re robbing the otherend of the shift. And you’re always going to beshort,” he said.

“It would just be nice to have a bit of meaton the bone, but it’s never happened since I’vebeen here and I don’t see it changing in the shortterm.”

Police Association Secretary Greg Davies saidSgt Baum had been “a real asset to the policing ofSouth Gippsland and he knows the situation ‘onthe ground’ as well as anyone could”.

“There is no doubt that the area needs morepolice but, unfortunately, the Chief Commis-sioner has to prioritise where he allocates person-nel. Hopefully, South Gippsland is nearing thetop of that list,” he said.

More police needed

tients within 10 minutes of arrival is 80 per cent and Wonthaggi recorded 82 per cent.

With category three ar-rivals, the results were 78 per cent of Wonthaggi’s ED patients treated within the 30 minute benchmark, above the state average of 75 per cent.

Semi urgent category four patients have a state average of 71 per cent, while Wonthaggi’s result was 77 per cent treated within an hour of arrival.

With non urgent cate-gory fi ve patients, the state average of treating them within two hours of arrival is 89 per cent. Wonthaggi recorded 91 per cent.

The state average for

discharging home non-admitted ED patients within the benchmark four hours was 78 per cent for the March quarter, while Wonthaggi recorded 84 per cent.

Mr Davis said the im-

pact of federal funding cuts continues to hurt Victorian hospitals and patients. The funding chaos ensued when the Federal Govern-ment withdrew $61.2 mil-lion from Victorian hospi-tals over four months from

last December.BCRH’s share of that

was more than $300,000 and at the time, Ms Pope said the cut was devastat-ing and she didn’t know how the health service would manage it.

Mr Davis said intense pressure from health ser-vices and communities forced the Federal Gov-ernment to back fl ip on the cuts but hospitals are still scrambling to correct the damage.

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1.Notice of motion - differential rates 2014/ 20152.Request for council rep on new external committee3.Nomination of Cr to MAV transport & infrastructure committee4.Organisational quarterly performance report - March5.Councillor expenditure report - 31 March6.Report on assembly of councillors - April7.Councillor discretionary allocation report8.Documents sealed & contracts under CEO delegation - April9.Early Years facilities renewal program service levels10.Volunteer policy11.Policy reviews12.Amendment to hours of operation for existing health club13.Planning permits within open potable water supply14.C73 Bena rezoning15.Housing and settlement strategy - draft strategy for exhibition16.Formalise name for road off Union St, Bena as Hennessy Court17.Priority Projects for advocacy, funding & focus 2013/1418.Closed session – Contractual matter

Allambee Sth/ Wooreen to Mardan area Road stabilisation worksBuffalo/Stony Creek area Road maintenanceBuffalo – Waratah Rd, Buffalo Road gradingKorumburra area Road maintenanceMossvale Park Concrete floodway worksStewart & Dunlops Rd, Middle Tarwin Road gradingWild Dog Valley Rd, Mount Eccles Road stabilisation works

By Brad Lester

MOVING some council staff to Korumburra would free re-tail space in Leongatha, pav-ing the way for further devel-opment in Leongatha.

That is the view of Korumburra Business Association treasurer Brian Hess, after the association last week launched a petition calling for South Gippsland Shire Council to shift some departments to the former Korumburra Shire offi ces in Koru-mburra.

The petition will be available for signing at Korumburra businesses for the next three to fi ve weeks, before association president Da-vid Amor presents it to the June 26 council meeting.

“It (the move) makes economic sense, not just for Korumburra but the whole of the shire,” Mr Hess said.

“It makes for a more viable op-tion than precious land in the cen-tre of Leongatha being taken up by

council offi ces when it should be a retail centre.”

Mr Amor said a Korumburra presence would help council to better reach the communities of Moyarra, Jeetho, Nyora, Loch and Poowong.

“If people can come into Koru-mburra, it makes it much easier for them. I know it’s just another 15km down the road (to Leongatha) but we are trying to get it more stream-lined,” he said.

“Other shires have got two or three offi ces.”

Those councils include neigh-bouring Bass Coast and Wellington.

“Being the second biggest town in South Gippsland Shire, it does make common sense to bring some shire assets to other places in the shire,” Mr Amor said.

“By bringing more people to Ko-rumburra, they will buy more goods here too.”

Mr Hess added: “Nyora is a fast growing area so it makes sense to get in there early.

“There is a need to decentralise. It will get council closer to the peo-

ple and that makes problems easier to solve.”

As for which departments could be moved to Korumburra, Mr Amor said that needed investigation.

“Nowadays, with internet and email, you do not have to be next to someone,” he said.

Mr Hess added: “The petition is about general discussion about what the community wants to see here.”

Mr Amor is hopeful council will see merit in the proposal.

“I’m a guy that puts up an idea and has the pluses and minuses as well,” he said.

Mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy wel-comed the suggestions, saying the community would have a say about the aspirations of their immediate communities on “a want-need-afford basis”.

“I fully support looking at a shared services approach. Korum-burra, I hope, would be the fi rst cab off the rank for such a service,” he said.

“On a shared service basis, the idea has a bucketload of merit.”

Give ’Burra a go

Set up shop: Korumburra Business Association president David Amor and treasurer Brian Hess are urging the community to support a petition calling for South Gippsland Shire Council to relocate some staff to the former Korumburra Shire offi ces.

Girl scares burglar A HAPLESS burglar got more than he bargained for when he came face to face with a 10 year old girl armed with a tin of fl y spray.

The man broke into the Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi, address at about 6.30pm on Friday, May 17.

The victim arrived home with her grandchildren and found a male in the hallway of her house. Fly spray in hand, the grand daughter was quickly on the attack, spraying the intruder in the face.

The offender then ran out the front door of the house.

The male is said to be between 18 and 30 years old, tall and skinny and was wearing a light grey hoodie.

The offender had entered the house by forcing a window and has gone through drawers in the lounge room. It appears a small amount of cash may have been taken.

Syringe attacker behind bars

BASS Coast CIU’s Detective Senior Constable Syd Hadley has praised the public for helping put a syringe-wielding thief behind bars.

Killy Jojic, stole money from Swanlee Art and Craft Supplies in Leongatha on December 1, 2011, af-ter threatening a shop assistant with

a blood-fi lled syringe. She was sen-tenced to 30 months in prison with a non parole period of 20 months when she fronted Geelong County Court earlier this year.

“She was seen by a witness run-ning down Bair Street, and ultimate-ly she was seen getting into a get-away car in the middle of McCartin Street,” DS/C Hadley said.

Video footage from McCartins Hotel and statements from the shop assistant and 10 locals, was used as evidence in the case.

Other information came later too. Jojic had “quite a signifi cant crimi-nal history”.

DS/C Hadley said police were only as good as their witnesses.

“On this occasion the local peo-ple were fantastic,” he said.

“We had plenty of interest and lots of phone calls.”

Bat attack AN offender with a baseball bat at-tacked the car of another man.

The incident occurred in Graham Street, Wonthaggi, outside the Cale-donian Hotel at 3.45pm on Friday, May 17.

The victim was in his white Ford Falcon sedan with his six year old daughter when another male, who was known to the victim, drove his vehicle on to the wrong side of the

road. The victim was forced to stop

his car and the offender jumped on the bonnet, striking the windscreen a number of times with the baseball bat and shouting threats.

Acting Sergeant Sean Kennedy of Wonthaggi Police Station is re-questing any witnesses to contact him at the police station. Police be-lieve, given the location and time of day, there would be many witnesses to the attack.

Shop break inA FOSTER shop was burgled be-tween 12.30pm on Saturday, May 11 and 1.30pm on Monday, May 13.

An offender forced open the rear door of the Main Street jewellery shop with a jemmy bar or similar and took a large amount of jewellery from the business.

House robbedAN OFFENDER burgled a house in Brumley Street, Leongatha between 5pm on Saturday, May 11 and 3pm on Sunday, May 12.

A rear security door of the house was forced, with entry gained by an unlocked rear door.

The house was ransacked and electrical items and medications were stolen.

SCHOOL leaders hope NAPLAN tests will ul-timately benefi t students.

Students sat the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy test last week.

Leongatha Secondary College principal Brett Windsor believes NAPLAN testing “does little to improve the standard of education” across the board.

However, he believed there was some benefi t to individual schools.

“I don’t see the testing has of a great deal of use systemically. I see the testing as useful for the school, because we can use it as a means of working out where our own kids are performing,” he said.

“In that way we can use them to develop improved learning outcomes.”

Mr Windsor said his teachers did not devote a great deal of time teaching to the NAPLAN test.

Year 7 and Year 9 students at Korumburra Secondary College sat the NAPLAN test last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Assistant principal John Wilson said the tests covered writing, numeracy and reading.

“We hope the results are used for purposes that benefi t the students and the school,” he said.

NAPLAN must benefi t kids

ART inspired by how the artist feels while cre-ating is on show at Mushroom Crafts in Leon-gatha this month.

Laura Welsh presents On a Roll, an exhibition about shapes, patterns and colours from her imagination.

“Creating my art makes me feel free. No-one is control-ling what marks I make or the patterns or colours I choose,” she said.

“I fi nd this empowering. I absolutely love creating and repeating patterns with markers and paints. It relaxes me and takes me to a happy place.”

The exhibition continues at the Bair Street gallery until the end of May.

Thinking deep: Laura Welsh has turned to her own imagination for inspiration.

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By Brad Lester

ONE of the newest political parties in Australia believes it has a plan to increase returns to dairy and beef farmers, and enhance agriculture across the nation.

Katter’s Australian Party is proposing to stand candidates in all House of Representative seats at the September 14 federal election, including McMillan – the seat spanning South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires, and now held by Liberal Russell Broadbent.

One South Gippslander has already expressed an interest in standing. The party is yet to confi rm the successful candidate.

Senate candidates could be announced as early as this week.

KAP leader Bob Katter – the maverick big hat wearing long term politician from Queenslander – spoke exclusively to The Star from Parliament House in Canberra last Tuesday, detailing his proposal to reinvigorate farming.

The industry in South Gippsland would benefi t from nation-wide reforms, the Member for Kennedy said, namely:

• reintroducing regulation of the dairy industry;

• removing free trade; • lowering the value of the Austra-

lian dollar;• establishing a bank offering low

interest loans; and • breaking the supermarket duopoly

of Coles and Woolworths.Mr Katter said an arbitrated milk

price would result in an extra $140,000 a year for Victorian dairy farmers.

“We have had statutory marketing in all our industries for the past 50-80 years and it is only in recent years that we haven’t and everyone is cutting us to pieces,” he said.

Deregulation of the dairy industry

slashed the price of milk from 59 cents a litre to 42 cents in New South Wales and Queensland, Mr Katter said.

“If there was a competitive market between Coles and Woolworths, we would get the 59 cents,” he said.

On that point, Mr Katter wants no retailer to have control of more than 22 per cent of the retail food market, labelling food as an “essential commodity”.

Australian farmers remain disadvantaged by the lack of government support for the industry, Mr Katter said, noting the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) average government subsidy levels for agriculture are 41 per cent of the gross value of production.

“That 41 per cent comes by way of subsidy or tariffs or embargoes. Our support level is 4.5 per cent,” Mr Katter said.

“If our farmers were running a 100m race, we would be giving our competitors a 30m head start.”

Reducing the value of the Australian dollar would benefi t agriculture by making local produce more affordable on the international market, while lowering interest rates.

“Most of South Gippsland’s milk goes on the world market so if the dollar came down to where it was before Costello drove it through the roof, farmers’ gross income would double. The dollar should be around 70 cents,” Mr Katter said.

Interest rates in Australia over the past three years have hovered at around fi ve per cent, Mr Katter said, compared to 0.3 per cent worldwide.

While increasing returns to farmers, Mr Katter also

wants to retain agricultural workers’ wages, so they’re not “working for nothing”.

“We have always had a policy of paying a little more for our products so as we can provide work for our fellow Australians,” he said.

The party wants a ‘rural reconstruction bank’ to offer low interest loans to farmers when their income drops below sustenance levels.

Unless government action is taken now, Mr Katter believes Australians would rely on food sourced from overseas.

“We are a net importer of fruit and vegies. We are net importer of pork and we are mass importer of seafood. Seven to eight years ago, we were major exporters of these items,” he said.

“Within three to eight years, we will be a

net importer of food overall on present trends.”

Farmers fi rst,says Katter

Farmers fi rst: Katter’s Australian Party leader and Queensland MP, Bob Katter.

RSL raises $2000MORE than $2000 was raised for cancer research at an Austra-lia’s Biggest Morn-ing Tea event at the Leongatha RSL last Thursday morning.

About 150 attended to hear guest speaker Kate Gale from Ballarat talk about personal triumph over cancer.

More than 60 raffl e prizes were donated from local businesses.

Helping hands: Red Cross ladies Noreen Williams and Glad Butler donated their time to sell raffl e tickets at the Leongatha RSL morning tea.

Eating for a cause: Jan McLaren, Peg Armstrong and Gail Hines enjoyed the atmosphere at the Leongatha RSL last Thursday.


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The Great Gatsby has its opening night at Stadium Four Cinema in Leongatha and you can come along on Thursday, May 30 for just $20 including supper.

The supper is also going to have a 1920s theme if you wish to dress-up (optional). The auxiliary is working on raising funds for two lifting chairs for both the Leongatha and Korumburra campuses of Gippsland Southern Health Service. To book call Susan Ritchie 0400 931 484 or refer to the advertisement in the entertainment section in this issue.

THE Australian Red Cross Blood Service would like to thank donors from Leongatha for their generosity when the mobile blood donor centre visited recently.

Despite reduced capacity of the collection unit for this visit, residents still managed to give 166 donations, saving an incredible 498 lives – thank you.

The mobile blood donor centre will next visit Leongatha from October 8 to 18.

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AS part of the Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival, from May 17 to 25 there is a competition to fi nd South Gippsland’s best damper.

Cook your favourite damper and get it to the Fish Creek Hall on Saturday, May 25. Entry forms are available at the post offi ce.

THANK you to Leongatha’s Toyworld for the short-term loan of a plastic cow to The Star last week. It was much appreciated.

ON Friday last week, Grade 5 and 6 students from Welshpool and District Primary School travelled to Foster for the winter sports fi xture against the Combined Register Schools of St Laurence and St Joseph’s. They played soccer and basketball. The children all had victories, but more importantly displayed excellent sportsmanship and total cooperation with the organisers.

THE South Gippsland Branch of Ulysses Club invites anyone over 40 with

a motorbike to join them. Members enjoy a monthly social night and motorbike rides throughout South Gippsland and beyond. They ride with other branches of Ulysses and attend motorcycle rallies. Their next ride will be to the Prom for a barbecue in early June. Meat and bread supplied. To fi nd out more, ring Val Grayden on 5662 3519 or 0407 623 515. The Ulysses motto is “Grow old disgracefully”.

SCOTS Pioneer Church in Mardan will host the Ecumenical Pleasant Sunday afternoon again this Sunday, May 27 at 2pm. Minister of the Uniting Church in Leongatha, Paul Bauer, will speak on A Few Observations.

He has kindly organised various Uniting Church members to perform the musical interlude and to read two scriptures. Afternoon tea and a chat will follow.

Cook up: Terry Crawford of Leongatha won a Weber Q barbecue courtesy of the raffl e held by the Relay for Life team Multiple Stitches.

The team comprised people from Mirboo North and Leongatha, and raised $1500. The bar-becue was kindly donated by Dave Rosser/The Gas Connection, Leongatha.

The relay was held at Dumbalk on April 20 and 21, with a record 18 teams.

THE Moyarra Ladies Group’s recent Biggest Morning Tea Morning Tea raised the mag-nifi cent sum of $3670.

Fifty-two people crowded into the old school-house for the Cancer Council fundraiser, enjoying a cuppa with an impressive spread of sand-wiches, cakes, slices and scones.

Guests participated in a number of fund-raising activities, including a spinning wheel, produce table and raffl e.

There were candles to light and

a memory board to remember those who had lost their lives to cancer.

During the morning, Moyarra resident Joy O’Meara, who has had long hair for over 60 years, had her head shaved by local hairdresser Chris Kyle who kindly donated her time.

Overall, Joy’s effort raised an amazing $2110, which is included in the above total. This was the culmi-nation of several weeks of collecting donations to support research into cancer treatment.

Everyone was impressed with her

fantastic contribution as well as her ‘new look’. Joy’s husband, Barney, did not recognise his “new wife”.

Organiser and compere for the day, Lyn Herbert, said the morn-ing tea could not have been such a success without the support of local people as well as the assistance of Joy and Barney O’Meara, and Trish and Trevor Browning. This year’s Biggest Morning Tea was the second one held at the school and another is planned for next year.

Overall, it was a great effort by everyone.

Sweet success: Meaghan and Luke Stothart were in town on Friday doing their best to raise money for the Leongatha Gymnastics Club. The sweet-talking siblings sold chocolates by the boxful.

Hair goes for cause

Be brave, shave: Moyarra’s Joy O’Meara, who has had long hair for more than 60 years, had her head shaved by local hairdresser Chris Kyle, who kindly donated her time.

Art sells for KateTHE Something For Kate Art Auction at the Fish Creek Memorial Hall recently was a huge success.

The event raised $15,000 for Kate Zizys, an artist living in Churchill who is known to many in the art scene around Australia.

Kate operates GreenWorks Press in Morwell, an open access studio for artists, and an edition printing service.

The funds raised will go to Kate to enable her to keep operating GreenWorks Press whilst undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

She was diagnosed three months ago, and has had to undergo surgery and is now in the middle of chemotherapy.

The auction also raised awareness of cancer in the community.

The event was a huge effort by the Prom Coast Arts volunteers and the two main organisers, Paul Satchell and Kerry Spokes.

If you would like to contribute to the fund, contact Gecko Studio Gallery on 5683 2481 for bank account details.

Which one: Liz Farrell ponders her bid.

Lyrebirds captains and vice-captains: Luke, Mackenzie and Georgia with Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay.

Police chief visitsCHIEF Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay, visited Loch Primary School recently to present house captain and class captain badges to the school leaders at their weekly assembly.

Mr Lay spoke to the students about the importance of their role as leaders and how attending a small school provided leadership opportunities.

As an ex-Korumburra student, Mr Lay highlighted the advantages of being a student in smaller, rural schools. These included the opportunity to have more individual time with their teacher as class sizes were usually smaller.

He pointed out it was quite likely some Loch students would be future leaders of the future in business or industry in Victoria, or even nationally.

All recipients were excited to receive their badges from someone as important as Mr Lay, with many saying it made it feel more special.


KING tides will hit the shores of Bass Coast Shire on May 29 and coastal communities across Aus-tralia are being encouraged to get involved.

The Green Cross Australia Witness King Tides project will highlight areas and coastal infrastructure vulnerable to king tide fl ooding.

Council is encouraging the community to register and participate in the project by taking photos of their local coastal areas to capture the potential local impacts of sea level rise.

It is best to take photos where the tide can be measured against familiar land-marks, such as buildings, jetties, bridges, roads, seawalls, beach infrastructure or es-tuary shorelines. A photo of the same loca-tion during normal water levels is also use-ful for comparison.

You can then upload your photos to the Witness King Tides Project website, as well as see other peoples’ photos from around Australia.

King tides will occur at about 3.50pm in Inverloch and 4.30pm in Corinella. You can also witness the effect of the king tide around an hour earlier the day before and an hour later the day after. As always, please exercise caution when you are exploring our coastlines.

The photos collected for the project can be used to help us prepare and adapt to the potential impacts of climate change. In fact, the greatest impacts from potential sea level rise are likely to occur during a storm event, which coincides with a king tide as the in-creased swell, strong winds and precipita-tion will compound the effects of the high water levels.

Council’s planning and environment di-rector Hannah Duncan-Jones said already some areas of the shire are impacted by overtopping, saline intrusion and the back-ing up of stormwater pipes during high tides.

“Council is currently undertaking an assessment of the potential risks posed by climate change,” she said.

“Council will engage the community to help develop and prioritise adaptation mea-sures to help all of us prepare for a potential future where sea levels are higher and ex-treme events such as storms are more fre-quent than they are today.”

Witness King Tide projects have been established in New South Wales, Tasma-nia and Queensland and are springing up around the world including California, Washington and Canada. It’s now time for Victoria and Bass Coast to get involved.

To register for the project and to upload your photos, visit www.witnesskingtides.org. Also email photos to [email protected]

King tide looms

Take over fi nalCouncil to control caravan parks

By Sarah Vella

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will take over the management of Yanakie’s and Port Welshpool’s caravan parks in the second half of the year.

Council has voted to end the ex-pression of interest process for the leasing of the two parks and to take over their management.

Council’s property manager Chris Van Der Ark said taking on the parks was a new direction for council.

“The opportunity arose to review services and to take on the manage-ment role of the two parks. Council used to manage them and the oppor-tunity only comes up every 21 years,” she said.

“Currently the other crown land parks in South Gippsland, Korum-burra and Waratah Bay, are not under council management and Korumburra has just been re-leased for 21 years.”

Ms Van Der Ark said while coun-cil has some of the necessary skills and operational tools to run the parks, a caretaker would be employed to run

them. “We are hoping for a caretaker

model. We will look to employ casu-als in the peak seasons to help with the increased workloads,” she said.

“We will be using local people for maintenance, ground keeping and ser-vices. It will pretty much be the same as what exists, except the manager will be a council employee.”

Council is aware of some political matters at each of the parks, including the State Government’s Improving Equity of Access policy, which relates to camping on crown land.

“There are some matters that should be looked into, for example, the policy dictates people aren’t sup-posed to live in caravan parks on crown land and access to them should be provided to everyone,” Ms Van Der Ark said.

“There are a lot of annuals at each park. We have to look at that as cus-todians of the land and make sure we are complying with policy.”

Yanakie Caravan Park will be tak-en over in September and Long Jetty in November. Ms Van Der Ark sees no reason for the parks to be closed at any stage during the transition process.

“Council is in talks with the exist-

ing leaseholders to design a transition program and to discuss whether or not council will purchase existing cabins. So far, they have been very amicable conversations,” she said.

Extensive work has been carried out on future development and man-agement options for these parks.

“Currently, there are no major changes allowed for in the budget. We are aware of important works that could be attended to in the future, but we are yet to determine a development plan,” Ms Van Der Ark said.

“Our research has given us an un-derstanding of what is required for them to eventually run at optimum levels.

“At the moment we don’t know what the profi ts are, as we don’t have access to the fi gures but we are pretty confi dent they make a profi t.

“We have done some modelling and planning for the longer term, in-cluding staff and maintenance and we think they will run self suffi ciently.

“There are no plans to sell the land, as it is Crown land so it is impossible. We are committee of management, not the owners, so the decision to sell cannot be made by council. It hadn’t even entered our heads.”

Job security: assistant manager Lynn Watt and groundsman Kevin Teasdaleare current employees at the Long Jetty Caravan Park in Port Welshpool.

Caring volunteers honoured

Young light: Jasmine Wightman was named 2013 Young Volunteer of the Year. Back, from left: Bass MLA Ken Smith, Debbie Knight CEO Interchange Central Gippsland, Sue and Euan Wightman (Jasmine’s parents). Front, from left: Alyssa (Jasmine’s sister), Peter Greenwood, chair of Interchange Central Gippsland, Jasmine Wightman and Brianna (Jasmine’s sister).

Giving so much: Megan Major was the winning host volunteer with Inter-change Central Gippsland. Megan is currently overseas and Glenn Portbury, father to Kelsey, Megan’s host child, accepted the award on her behalf. From left: Peter Greenwood, chair of Interchange Central Gippsland, Bass MLA Ken Smith, and Kelsey, Paris and Glenn Portbury accepting the award on behalf of Megan, with Debbie Knight, CEO Interchange Central Gippsland.

TO COMMEMO-RATE National Vol-unteers Day 2013, Interchange Central Gippsland held a spe-cial function at The State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi on Sunday to pay thanks to and honour its dedicated group of volunteers.

Attending the function were 35 volunteers from across Gippsland and Inter-change Central Gippsland staff.

On hand to help with the ceremony was Bass MLA Ken Smith, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly who presented the awards.

Interchange Central Gippsland has a total of 70 volunteers working across the organisation actively as-sisting the delivery of respite and support services to the children with disabilities. During the function each volunteer was presented with a certifi cate and small gift as reward and recogni-tion of their service to the community.

The major awards of Young Volunteer of the Year and Adult Volunteer of the Year were also announced.

Debbie Knight, CEO, In-terchange Central Gippsland said: “Special awards were handed out to volunteers at the function who reach a signifi cant milestone work-ing with Interchange Central Gippsland and our partici-pants.

“This year Wayne and Debra Abblitt of Traralgon reached 20 years of volun-teering with our host pro-gram, their daughter Hannah Abblitt received a 10 year award for host volunteering services while David and Vicki Winwood of Traral-gon also reached fi ve years for host volunteering.”

The Host Program is vol-unteer support program that matches a child with a dis-

ability with a host family. “The child generally

spends one day or weekend a month with their host fam-ily. The volunteer host fam-ily integrates the child into their family lives and home, providing new social experi-ences for the child while al-lowing the parents and other family members to have a break,” Ms Knight said.

The 2013 Young Volun-teer of the Year was award-ed to Jasmine Wightman of Inverloch. Jasmine was described by Interchange Central Gippsland staff as reliable, committed, caring and dedicated young lady with great organisational skills.

She has been volunteer-ing with ICG since August 2011 and has been assisting the teenage vacation pro-gram that services South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires.

Ms Knight said: “Since starting as an Interchange volunteer, Jasmine has not missed any Teenage Vaca-tion Program event. Her

manner with our ICG par-ticipants has been described as team oriented, infl uential, supportive and importantly inclusive.

“Her contribution as a volunteer is highly valued and she is looked up to by her peers and program par-ticipants and highly valued by Interchange staff.”

Adult Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Megan Major of Warragul. Me-gan has been volunteering with Interchange Central Gippsland as a host volun-teer for three years.

Megan is a highly re-spected and valued volunteer who supports a young girl in Baw Baw Shire with high needs. Interchange staff de-scribed Megan as an incred-ibly committed and caring person who always goes the extra mile for her host child and family.

Ms Knight said: “We are particularly impressed with Megan’s commitment to her host child. She has undertaken specifi c training and development to further assist her host child and has

supported her host family outside the parameters of the host match.

Of particular note is her endeavour to always pres-ent new ideas to Interchange Central Gippsland staff to better support her host child and she is described as an asset to her host family and to Interchange Central Gippsland.”

Interchange Central Gippsland is committed to building, enhancing and promoting the strengths of children and young adults with disabilities across Gippsland.

Individuals interested in exploring Volunteering op-portunities and supporting children with disabilities can contact the offi ce Mon-day – Friday on 5127 7979 or email [email protected]. Further information on the types of volunteering roles available can be obtained from website at www.icg.asn.au or on facebook www.facebook.com/Interchange-Central Gippsland


Letters guidelinesALL letters should be kept to 400 words or less.The Star reserves the right to edit all letters for length and style. Writer’s details, including full name, address and phone number (not for publication), must be included.

E D I T O R I A L

VOXVOXPOP!

I volunteer because it’s doing good for the community and I also like recording the history of people. I belong to Land-care, Friends of Wonthaggi Wetland, the Wonthaggi Seed Bank, South Gippsland Conser-vation Society and was heavily involved in the book Memories of Wonthaggi produced for the town’s centenary.

Terri Allen.

Why do you volunteer?

I volunteer with Bass Coast Shire Council’s community transport. I’ve been doing it for about three years and I volunteer because I’m re-tired and I like to put a bit back into the community.

Allan Jordan.

I’m in the Lions Club and I’m a volunteer driver for the local community bus. I volunteer because it’s a matter of repay-ing all the good things this country and community have given me over 70 years.

Terrence Shannon.

I do four hours on a Friday at the Inverloch Information Visitors Centre. When I retired I wanted to be connected with the commu-nity and I like talking with visi-tors and passing on knowledge of the area and local attractions. I’ve belonged to Lions for 37 years. I’m a life member.

Neil Everitt.

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is proposing a 7.5 per cent rate rise. Althought that amount is the high-est in some years, are ratepayers really that fussed?

Only one member of the public addressed council at last Wednesday’s public presentation session in Leongatha and that was Turtons Creek man Ron Brown, talking about his beloved home district and not council’s budget.

One would have thought given how high the mooted rise is, there would have been more angry ratepayers voicing their opposition at council.

While some people could rightly argue the timing of the presentation session in the afternoon was inconvenient for workers, council also offered an evening session but no bookings were made for that session either.

Gordon Vagg, the president of the South Gippsland Branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation, has said the increase will have a negative impact on farmers, particularly given council is also planning to lift rates by a further six per cent next fi nancial year.

The Star last week took to Facebook to ask if anyone was worried about the rate rise and why no one attended the presentation session.

By yesterday at 12.30pm, 588 people had seen the post and just four had commented.

They noted people affected by the rise would have been at work and council would ignore their views anyway.

Margaret Denbrok commented: “Council never listen..they make up their mind and that’s it..which is a shame..don’t they realise people are struggling..yes WE ARE VERY CONCERNED.”

People have an opportunity to address council at 10am tomorrow (Wednesday) at another presentation session and are urged to attend, or at least make a written submission to council.

The opportunity for feedback has been presented by council and whether or not people believe their contribution will make a difference, they must seize the chance to have their say.

Have two bobs’ worth

Icon at riskI AM writing on behalf of the Friends of Gunyah Reserves group to express our dismay at State Government approval given to Hancocks to bulldoze tracks, through the Gunyah Scenic Re-serve for commercial gain.

This is an iconic, formally protected public property in the Strzelecki Ranges.

The Gunyah Scenic Reserve is an area that should not be sac-rifi ced.

It contains original old growth trees of magnifi cent age and size as well as biodiverse plants and creatures. It represents the sur-rounding unprotected forest, which is being lost daily.

Established in the 1960s to preserve the scenic integrity of the Grand Ridge Road, it is a major asset belonging to the community.

A recent visit revealed 100 plus year old tree ferns among the vegetation tagged for remov-al to make way for operations.

This is an entirely inap-propriate action. It cannot go unchallenged by the Gippsland

community.What entitles Hancocks to

access to their asset through a public reserve for commercial gain?

I urge Victorians to oppose this plan and sign the petition on the Friends of Gunyah Facebook page, calling on the minister to intervene.

Susan Purdy,secretary,

Friends of Gunyah Reserves.

Act nowCOMMUNITY groups and in-dividuals have been aware of the dangers facing our farmlands and waterways by fossil fuel mining since 2011 when it became known that vast areas of Victoria were subject to fossil fuel mining leases and applications, in particular tight gas and CSG (coal seam gas) min-ing.

Public education and support resulted in both Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires’ successful lobbying of the State Government which banned the use of proven dangerous BTEX chemicals and placed a moratorium on fracking

in 2012.During the moratorium period

the government was supposedly accessing and considering all in-formation regarding the environ-mental safety of tight gas and coal seam gas mining.

Evidence from Queensland and NSW as well as from overseas clearly shows this type of min-ing cannot be conducted without devastating results for the natural environment and the people who share it.

However, it is clear the Lakes Oil consortium (recently joined by Gina Rinehart) was so confi dent the moratorium on fracking (a process that is essential for tight gas mining) would be lifted that it went ahead and prepared nine sites for exploration for tight gas from Seaspray to Longford on the Ninety Mile Beach.

The company also holds three exploration licenses for brown coal – all in areas surrounded by productive farmland, and to cap it all, the Longford Gas plant up-grade was approved by Welling-ton Shire and the EPA to receive extra gas which is obviously to come from the new project.

This has been strongly ob-jected to by the community and has fallen on deaf ears as far as Wellington Shire is concerned and the State Government has yet to respond.

How many people are aware two million litres of oil was spilt at the Longford processing plant in November 2012 and not reported to the EPA until a week later?

Surrounding farm owners were exposed to benzene, glycol, hydro carbons and several other toxic chemicals. Any exposure to a number of these chemicals car-ries long term health implications such as leukemia and internal or-gan failure.

This applies to livestock and native animals and plants found in the region. For example, the near-by Dutson Downs area has fi ve threatened species namely, New Holland Mouse, Wellington Mint bush, Dwarf Kerrawang, Trailing Hop Bush, Green and Golden Bell Frog.

There can be little doubt Gippsland has been given a fait accompli and Wellington Shire has sold out.

We’ve seen a fl urry of govern-ment funding since this project began, including the new accom-

modation site at Seaspray, the long overdue fl ood proof highway from Longford to Sale, West Sale Air-port upgrade and $1.9 billion Port of Melbourne upgrade.

There is now no doubt ‘the farmers’ party (the Nationals) has backed the project to the hilt, to quote our Deputy Premier and MP for South Gippsland, April 2013: “We are taking an enormous amount of time and effort and care about the prospect of the develop-ment of any such industry.”

Unfortunately the activity al-ready evident would indicate the government is not interested in the evidence against tight gas and CSG mining and it appears that we’re facing a fait accompli.

It is vital these facts become known as Victoria is widely cov-ered by fossil fuel mining licences and applications, whilst at the same the government has totally ignored a *proposal for a solar power station at Mildura, which with supplementary wind power, could power Victoria with no detriment to the people or the en-vironment and very little ongoing cost compared to the massive loss-es to be incurred by the destruction of the environment and the lives of the people within it by continued fossil fuelled power.

And of course, much lower power bills for the consumer would result. Many of these pow-er stations are already operating in other countries. *This proposal can be seen at http://beyondzero-emissions.org/zero-carbon-Aus-tralia-2020

Pat Fraser, Toora.

Desal optionAN OPEN letter to Mr Ryan MP and other users of South Gippsland Water.

As of Mr Ryan MP to rely to Mr Viney MP’s comments as stat-ed in The Star page 8, May 7.

“He should be ashamed of his irresponsible politically-motivat-ed” etc.

Sometimes at times many of ‘us’ revert to such comments that are not acceptable to many other community members.

Nevertheless, Mr Ryan, I be-lieve it is time South Gippsland Water laid out clear plans that will give the eastern region a plan that will be able to be active for se-cure water, which for myself isn’t groundwater, and Tarwin River fl ows.

Like it or not, this will have to be desal.

Paul Norton,Leongatha South.

Spending prioritiesI HAVE just returned from a won-derful month in Australia, my home country even though I have been working away for six years now.

The one striking change I have personally witnessed in my six years away has been the striking degradation of Australia’s infra-structure.

It seems from a distance whilst we allow thousands of illegal im-migrants in and fritter taxpayers money on all sorts of giveaways, our roads, hospitals, and transport systems continually groan and grind at the ever increasing popu-lation.

The explosion of suburbs gob-bling up former market gardens in the south east of Melbourne is stunning.

Driving along South Gippsland’s roads left me wonder-ing whether I was in a Third World country.

Melbourne’s car parks are get-ting longer and I continually hear horror stories of people with health related emergencies spending days in emergency departments waiting for a bed, let alone an operation!

Where are our councils, and State and Federal governments on these critical core government re-sponsibilities?

Last time I read our council’s core responsibilities, I saw a long list of social welfare and cultural priorities but didn’t notice local infrastructure up front.

It seems we have created bu-reaucratic monsters with loads of people on the taxpayers’ tab in offi ces at computers ticking of compliance for regulatory require-ments but not many out on the roadsides like we used to see do-ing the real work.

Instead of local, State and Fed-eral governments grandstanding on big promises and good ideas, how about we get them focused back on providing, planning and ensuring core services are guaran-teed fi rst and foremost.

Defence of our nation, decent roads, rail, power, sewerage, wa-ter, health and town planning with all the feel good add-ons a long last please.

And all within our means, sowe aren’t borrowing against ourchildren’s future.

Tony Griggs,Hallston and currently

Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates.

Aldi concernsA LETTER to South GippslandShire Council CEO, Tim Tamlin.

Re: Forthcoming of Aldi su-permarket to Leongatha

My sister and I attended the‘drop in’ information session heldin the shire offi ces on May 9 re-garding the Aldi store promotion.Yes, there was Aldi staff to explainthe ‘benefi ts’, but where were theshire people to answer any ques-tions?

It would seem to us the Aldistore is almost a fait accom-pli, even though approval for thebuilding application has not yetbeen approved. It would appearThe Great Southern Star and TheSentinel Times are also very muchin favour of this new ‘signifi cant’project, which has been hastenedin its site purchase and planningapplication.

We are not against the adventof Aldi but are concerned as towhether it is in the right place.Yes, we know there are someAldi shoppers who either go toWonthaggi or the Latrobe Valley,because not only is Aldi there, butmany more shopping opportuni-ties in both those places.

Why not build it in Korum-burra, which only has one currentsupermarket? What is the popula-tion of Korumburra in comparisonwith Leongatha? Both towns areexperiencing signifi cant growth inthe housing department, with de-velopment of housing estates.

The local people around thesite have not been consulted, orasked their reactions to this mam-moth undertaking, which we thinkis a mammoth oversight. In viewof the anticipated extra traffi c,will Roberts and Gaudion lanes besealed?

Will restricted parking be im-plemented in Ritchie Street?

We realise there is nothing thatcan be done at this late stage, butwanted to let you know our feel-ings.

Margery and MargaretRobson,

Leongatha.

Natural wonder: a bushwalker admires the bush in the Gu-nyah Scenic Reserve.


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Cows draw world interestBy Brad Lester

DAIRY farmers from around the world ad-mired a jersey herd at Koonwarra last Mon-day, May 13.

Bushlea Farms stud hosted a visit from members of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau, before they headed to Inverloch’s RACV Resort for an offi cial welcome from Victorian Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh.

The bureau is the international umbrella organisation for national jersey associations.

Farmers from the United States of America, Argentina, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the island of Jersey were among the contingent.

Bureau president Derrick Frigot said the visit to the Koonwarra stud highlighted Bushlea as one of the leading herds in Australia.

“We are seeing a portion of the herd, good quality dairy cows that would look good anywhere in the world,” he said.

Bushlea’s strength of breeding for many generations ranked the stud highly, as did the stud’s use of international genetics and attention to breeding.

“I was fi rst here in 1999 and they were good then,” Mr Frigot said.

Bushlea’s Keith Kuhne welcomed the visit, the second to the stud in 14

years.“It’s certainly an honour

to have people from all over the world to come and look at your cattle,” he said.

“We can ask people about the sires they are using worldwide.”

The bureau contingent also inspected the Wallacedale stud at Poowong North.

The Inverloch event featured the launch of the book The Dairy Queen, a history of the jersey breed worldwide in which Bushlea Farms is mentioned.

Mr Walsh opened the annual council meeting of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau at Inverloch.

He said the economic opportunities that would arise from the conference were vital for jersey breeders and companies, and for Victoria’s economy and dairy industry as a whole.

“The gathering of jersey breeders from 33 member countries gives local producers the chance to network, sell jersey embryos and semen, and showcase the latest in genomic technology,” Mr Walsh said.

“Jerseys are known around the world for their high quality of fat, protein and easy milking, and for their ability to adapt to different climates and conditions.”

Mr Walsh said the dairy industry is Victoria’s largest export sector, producing 66 per cent of Australia’s milk and exporting almost $2

billion worth of products last fi nancial year.

“Global demand for food and fi bre is expected to double over the next few decades and agriculture industries will need to continue to adopt new technologies and innovations in order to help meet this demand,” he said.

“I have set the ambitious goal for Victorian farmers to double food and fi bre production by 2030.

“The Victorian Coalition Government is committed to supporting the continued development of Victoria’s agricultural and food industries and helping farmers improve their productivity and competitiveness.”

Offi cial party: Jersey Australia president Trevor Saunders, managing director of Dairy Australia Ian Halliday, Victorian Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh and World Jersey Cattle Bureau president Derrick Frigot at Inverloch.

Top notch: Bushlea Farms’ Keith and Wayne Kuhne, World Jersey Cattle Bureau president Derrick Frigot and Bruno Schuler, a Swiss farmer, consider a fi ne jersey cow.


YOORALLA Leongatha celebrat-ed its recent move to the Commu-nity College Gippsland Learning Hub last Thursday.

Previously located in Church Street, Yooralla Leongatha provides education and community based support for adults with a disability.

The organisation has joined Monash University Rural Nursing, Leongatha Men’s Shed and a karate school at the Learning Hub located at Community Col-lege Gippsland’s Leongatha Campus.

Yooralla Leongatha service manager Megan Perks said the move fi ts into Yooralla’s overall vision for the disability sector, which centres on collaboration, in-clusion and partnerships.

“As an organisation we prioritise part-nerships with other community services because we believe this encourages inclu-sion and opens up more opportunities for the people we support,” Ms Perks said.

Yooralla has historically partnered with Community College Gippsland to provide education and training courses to adults with a disability, including hos-pitality training, foundation courses and transition education courses.

Yooralla’s move to the Learning Hub represents the next step in an ongoing part-nership between the two organisations.

“We are excited to now be physically part of the college community and look forward to the future possibilities this will bring,” Ms Perks said.

All services offered by Yooralla Leon-gatha including communication support, community participation and inclusion, leisure and recreation options, life-skill development and positive behaviour sup-port; will now operate out of the new lo-cation at Community College Gippsland.

Yooralla chief executive offi cer Sanjib Roy said: “The new facility is a fabulous environment and will provide wonderful opportunities to grow and fl ourish.”

Community College Gippsland CEO Paul Wilson said it is fantastic to see growth and development of the Leon-gatha campus.

“Having Yooralla on our doorstep is great for us and the people it supports. May the stay be a long and happy one,” he said.

“We have a lot of space here, so to see it being used by an organisation we have a good partnership with is great. The future of education and disability services is all about partnerships.”

The precinct is in the process of es-tablishing a shared garden on site, which Yooralla will play a large part in and there are further plans to develop a sen-sory garden.

Yooralla opens new home

Make the cut: Paul Wilson, Sanjib Roy and Dale Olierook offi cially opened the new facility with a rib-bon cutting.

Good afternoon: Megan Perks with members of the 5A Yooralla Way catering team, Emily Ardley and Mitch Price, at the opening last Thursday.

Mayor’s messageCr Clare Le Serve

VETERAN gallery watcher Maurice Schinkel asked if represen-tatives of AquaSure and the Envi-ronment Protection Authority would be at a desalination public meeting in Wonthaggi soon. The answer from CEO Allan Bawden was “yes”. Cr Phil Wright wanted to know how Mr Schinkel knew what was happening ahead of councillors being informed. “Voice on the street,” Mr Schinkel responded. The briefi ng will be in the council chamber at 3.50pm tomor-row, Wednesday. The topic is desali-nation water quality monitoring.

A PETITION from 41 people af-fected by the Graham Street Wont-haggi Special Charge Scheme was withdrawn. The petitioners objected to paying for the cost of the work, given it is a public highway and the State Government should pay. But council has already decided the $2.5 million scheme should go ahead, with council paying $1.7m and property owners the rest. Work includes improving access and drainage between McKenzie and Fincher streets.

CR Brad Drew, who has been on leave of absence for a month, was back in the council chamber as enthusiastic as ever to promote San Remo. He is keen for New Year’s

Eve fi reworks to be set up as part of a family event and would like the town’s Anzac Day commemoration returned. A former San Remo Trad-ers Association president, Cr Drew wants to see the seaside village grow and develop.

DURING the acknowledgements segment, mayor Cr Clare Le Serve detailed some of the many events she has attended in the past month. These include the opening of Kilcunda/Bass Football Club’s oval subsurface drainage, an education forum run by the shire, dawn Anzac service at Bass and late morning Anzac commemo-ration at Wonthaggi, a rural summit conference, the opening of Creative Arts Gippsland, a Phillip Island San Remo Rotary Club fundraising ball and watching a men’s health docu-mentary.

CR Phil Wright was in usual form, pushing the boundaries of the mayor’s tolerance. He said at one stage he is pleased he’s allowed to talk more at the council table because under the previous regime he com-plained he was limited. Cr Wright is the only councillor to have previously served; the other six are new. Cr Le Serve admonished him twice during the hour and a half long meeting.

A TOTAL of 24 planning permits was decided under delegation (by staff) during April. Most were for dwellings while one was to “use existing prem-ises for a place of assembly” in Murray Street, Wonthaggi to accommodate the new public library. Another involved the lopping of 20 native blackwood trees in Corinella.

AN events update report includ-ed detail about the large numbers of people who attended Anzac Day services around the shire. Wont-haggi’s dawn service attracted 400, the largest crowd ever. Of those, 120 had breakfast afterwards at the RSL hall. Nearly 180 marched later in the morning, with 600 at the later com-memoration. In Inverloch, around 200 attended the dawn service, with 120 staying on for breakfast and more than 400 were at the later com-memoration. The dawn service at Bass drew a record 200 and at Cowes in excess of 2000 were at the dawn service, 600 returned to the RSL for breakfast, around 300 marched and 2200 were at the late morning com-memoration.

Turtons Creek revivalREVITALISING Turtons Creek should extend beyond the waterfalls to the broad-er area, South Gippsland Shire Council was told last Wednesday.

Resident Ron Brown said a widespread project involving the length of Turtons Creek would be more benefi cial.

“If it was done properly, we would

have a lovely drawcard for the whole region,” he said.

Mr Brown said a strategic plan for Turtons Creek now being undertaken by South Gippsland Landcare Network was a wise move but should be broader.

He called for more landscaping of the creek side and even a small dam at the Mirboo-Foster Road.

Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks supported Mr Brown’s proposal and Cr Jeanette Harding was surprised

a historical group had not become involved, given the area once hosted a church, school and post offi ce.

Mr Brown praised council offi cers for reinstating Turtons Creek Road after fl ooding causing a landslip last year, shutting the road.

The road had fallen into the creek, council’s director of development services Anthony Seabrook said. Work is expected to be fi nished this week.

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McIndoe Park upgrade soonANOTHER rotunda, barbe-cue and a safety fence around the playground are practical improvements that will soon enhance Leongatha’s McIn-doe Park.

The works are the result of a project jointly funded by South Gippsland Shire Council, Leongatha Lions Club and the State Government’s Putting Locals First program.

“The project has been a great

example of what can be achieved when council and the community work together,” said council’s engineering coordinator Paul Challis.

“We greatly appreciated the input provided by the public during the community consultation process.”

Work will start on the safety fence on Monday, May 27 and access to the playground will be closed for a fortnight while these works take place.

“Naturally, safety is our priority and we trust the long term benefi ts

of the fence will far outweigh the short term inconvenience for regular playground users,” added Mr Challis.

“Duplication of the rotunda will commence soon after, with sections of the existing rotunda also being unavailable during the construction period.”

McIndoe Park is a popular community asset, well used by local families and community groups, with bigger events such as the Australia Day celebrations held there annually.

As a new council, we have committed ourselves to be, above all, community fo-cused and community engaged.

At last week’s council meeting, we reaffi rmed these promises by introducing two new concepts to council: a Community Engagement Policy and a Rural Engagement Group.

The Community Engagement Policy sums up perfectly our goals when it comes to communicating and working with the community.

We want to connect with all people; not just those who have the confi dence to voice their opinions in a public forum, but those who are harder to reach and whose values are as equally important.

We will work more closely with all residents and improve council’s relationship with the community, with a focus on fi nding the right solutions and making a real difference. A large part of this will rely on listening and understanding our commu-nity, and acting on experiences different from our own.

Going hand-in-hand with these ideals is the introduction of the Rural Engage-ment Group.

We understand the importance of a strong working relationship with the agricul-tural sector, and this new group will give farmers the ability to communicate issues to council, and for us to provide any available help in return.

As refl ected in our Council Plan, my fellow councillors and I are here to repre-sent each and every person in our community and it is important we build trust and respect from all. We will be open and accountable for every decision we make, and be transparent and inclusive in our decision making process.

We have also been making an effort to be visible in the community. We have attended local markets to talk with residents face-to-face, and I will soon be taking part in a ‘Walk and Talk’ with my fellow councillors where we’ll knock on doors in our own wards and visit local businesses to hear what you think.

Council’s recent ‘drop-in’ sessions to discuss the Rural Land Use Strategy have been a great example of council successfully communicating with our residents. Almost 200 people attended the 11 sessions, where they were given the opportunity to sit down with councillors and offi cers to fi nd answers to any specifi c concerns or questions, and we received fantastic feedback from many attendees.

We value diverse opinions and views, as they are vital to making the right deci-sions for all our residents. As councillors we will listen, understand and most impor-tantly act for every person we represent.

Cr Clare Le Serve, mayor.


By Jane Ross

MULTIPLE organisations from across Bass Coast Shire were represented at a Volunteers Week “thank you” afternoon tea at the RACV Inverloch Resort last Thursday afternoon.

They were welcomed by mayor Cr Clare Le Serve who later acknowledged, congratulated and thanked the volunteers.

“The shire is a lot richer for your input. I’m blown away by your commitment.”

CEO Allan Bawden took that a step further.“We couldn’t deliver our services without you.”But, he added, the challenge for the future will be

how to make volunteering attractive to the community so the services can continue.

One of the shire’s 2013 young leaders, Mitchell Gin from Newhaven College, entertained guests with his vio-lin.

Cr Brad Drew handed out badges to the volunteers while Cr Jordan Crugnale mingled with the crowd.

Volunteers enjoyed tea, coffee and scones with jam and cream, as well as the opportunity to network.

Catching up: volunteer Caroline Talbot chats withCr Brad Drew during the afternoon tea. Ms Talbot stood for council at the November election as part of Alan Brown’s team of candidates. Cr Drew was part of that team too. He is one of only two team members elected.

Getting fi t: Ellen Carter and Kay Rodwell revel in the exercise provided by being part of the Heart Foundation Walking Group at Cape Paterson. They were also enjoying the Bass Coast Shire thank you to volunteers afternoon tea.

Helping hand: Jenny Jacob and Helene Hayes ofthe South Gippsland/Bass Coast Red Cross Emer-gency Services respond in times of sudden need such as the recent Hallston fi re.

Varied: these happy people represent several volunteer groups. At the back are Frank and Gay Garry ofthe Kernot Hall Committee and Neville Chapman from the Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve and Hall Com-mittee. In the front are Pam Spencer, Anne Greene, Dianne Graham and Lorraine Chisholm who are shire information centre volunteers.

Bass Coast thanks volunteers

Panel sought for Inverloch designBASS Coast Shire Council’s Inverloch De-sign Framework will go before an independent planning panel.

At its meeting last Wednesday evening, councillors agreed to refer submissions to an independent panel to be appointed by State Minister for Planning Matthew Guy.

This is the next step in a decade-long process that seeks to both protect the environment in Inverloch’s residential areas and rezone parts of the district to enable further development.

The framework has been exhibited and 41 submis-sions were received.

Once the planning panel has done its work, it is up to council to decide to either adopt or abandon the design framework planning scheme amendment. The minister has the fi nal say.

Cr Jordan Crugnale and Cr Neil Rankine moved the motion about the independent panel, with Cr Crugnale saying she welcomed the move.

“It will be very interesting to see the panel’s feedback to the varied submissions. The framework will protect what Inverloch residents value.”

Cr Rankine said the framework was “great” because it had been worked up for the community.

“It’s good to see the policy move to implementation.”Cr Phil Wright wondered why the whole process had

taken 10 years.Council’s planning and environment director Han-

nah Duncan-Jones replied an original planning scheme amendment was not implemented in its entirety.

“This does that.”

Thanks for helping

Touching base: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy and volunteer coordina-tor Dana Hughes.

Worthy pair: Kate Jackson and Kathy Whelan cut the volunteers’ cake.

NEARLY volunteers were praised by South Gippsland Shire Council at a function held in their honour on May 13.

As part of Volunteers Week, council staged a mocktails reception at the Leongatha RSL for council volunteers.

“We had volunteers from different areas of volunteering within council but one of the biggest things was the other roles they volunteer for in the community, whether that be Rotary or Lions,” council’s volunteer coordinator Dana Hughes said.

The occasion also featured the launch of a DVD produced by council covering all volunteer roles within council. The DVD will be available on council’s website soon.

“We have close to 900 volunteers and council would not be able to deliver the services that we do without them,” Ms Hughes said.

South Gippsland Shire has the one of the highest volunteering rates in regional Victoria, with 6000 volunteers or 36 per cent of the population.

Mayor’s messageCr Kieran Kennedy

I HAVE received a number of enquiries about town planning controls that apply to constructing sheds on second titles in our coastal townships.

In particular, people are concerned at the potential reduced property values if titles are required to be consolidated. Protecting the character of our coastal townships, the reason people choose to live, work and holiday in them, is a key priority for council.

While the construction of sheds on vacant land can detract from a township’s character, those which are used in conjunction with a dwelling are supported by council.

Titles do not have to be consolidated as many people believe and council supports other options such as S173 agreements.

This is an agreement between the landowner and council that the shed will be used in conjunction with the house and will be reviewed if the vacant title is sold.

This ensures the future character of the township is retained and allows home owners to construct sheds to meet their needs

Council has prosecuted another ratepayer in the past fortnight for unauthorised construction and development works on their property. These regulations serve to ensure that Australian standards are being met for the safety of any person in the vicinity.

Please contact our planning team for further assistance about these or any other planning matters. It is relevant to remind people that the State Government is the lead authority on our planning scheme and council’s role is to implement it and support people to work within its framework.

Last Monday I attended a celebration to honour the 897 volunteers who work with council to provide their communities with services that enrich their health and wellbeing.

These amazing people, more often than not, volunteer in many capacities and enjoy the sense of doing something meaningful that improves conditions for others.Thank you seems an inadequate word for their enormous contribution and I take solace in the fact that statistics show that volunteers are generally happier than the average person, have higher levels of trust and feel safer in their communities.

Many have become fi lm stars as well with the launch at the celebration of a DVD on volunteering in South Gippsland that can be viewed on the council website.

The DVD was developed with funding from the Improving Liveability for Older People program. It‘s a great way to get a ‘feel’ for what kind of volunteering opportunities there are in the region, so check it out. You may be inspired into a new world of fulfi lment!

Cr Kieran Kennedy,mayor.


Pool on shaky groundBy Sarah Vella

THE Mirboo North community want its pool to stay where it is, but South Gippsland Shire Council has been advised spending another dollar on the ageing facility would be unwise.

A meeting was held last Tuesday to allow the com-munity to voice its concerns and opinions with council staff.

Ned Dennis, council’s manager of community strengthening, said the ground underneath the pool is unstable and puts pressure on the concrete pool shell.

“It would cost some millions just to make the cur-rent ground stable enough to build on,” he said.

“We have been advised to fi nd a new site on more stable ground.

“Several new sites were determined by the master plan, including at the recreation reserve, just up the hill from the current pool on Baths Road and Baromi Park.

“Some people dispute whether the old site is in fact fl awed, but the expert advice we have received is that it is just not worth spending money on.

“The pool at its current site is very expensive to maintain. If a new one is built, we will save money every year on those maintenance costs.”

Judy Potter, vice president of the Mirboo North Swimming Pool Committee, would like the pool to stay where it is.

“Based on advice from qualifi ed engineers, we do question whether the pool needs to be moved,” she said.

“We are looking forward to seeing what the com-munity thinks at our meeting next week.”

Ms Potter said she is hoping whatever happens, the new facility is heated to extend its opening season.

“We don’t want to be seen as anti-council, but we would like substantial evidence the existing site is un-stable. If there is a geo-technical engineers report, we would like to see it,” she said.

Ms Potter said of the four options she has seen, the recreation reserve was out of the question.

“There are too many safety issues there. It is a shocking place to get too,” she said.

“To have it at Baromi Park would be very visible and people have worked very hard to get it looking like it does. If the pool does move to Baromi, the for-mer pool site could be used as an extension of park-land for the town.

“However, if it had to come to moving the pool, the Baths Road site would be the most desirable.”

Mirboo North resident Alan Marshall said council had sound proposals.

“I would like to see it stay at the existing site, but it seems to me council has given us an olive branch and if we don’t take it, we may miss out completely,” he said.

At a meeting to discuss the Korumburra pool master plan last Thursday, just one person addressed council.

Mr Dennis believed the lack of interest was either due to the absence of controversy in the consultant’s re-port or that council could expect written submissions.

Those submissions are due at 5pm this Friday, May 24. A report will be prepared for the June 26 council meeting. Possibility: a possible concept plan for a new pool at Mirboo North.

Swimming along: Mirboo North residents Kerry Pincini, Maggie Tree, Paula Calafi ore and Alison Marshall chat to Ian Murphy fromSouth Gippsland Shire Council about the future of the town’s pool.


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When using your mouse/keyboard, keep wrists in neutral position, not bent up or down; only use wrist rests while rest-ing, not when typing, and keep alphabetical section of keyboard centred to you.• Information courtesy Chiropractors’ Association of Australia.

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In a large bowl soak the bread for several minutes thenmash it with a potato masherAdd the meats and mash well Cook the onion in themelted butter with a pinch of salt lid on for 10 minutesuntil aromaticAdd the onion egg fresh herbs horseradish andWorcestershire sauce and mix wellWith your hands shape the loaf into approximately theshape of a loaf of ciabatta long fat and roundedSprinkle with a little flour drizzle with a little garlic oil androast in a 200 oven with the grill function on but in thecentre of the onion In a separate pan roast potatoes andpumpkin tossed in garlic oil and salt on the same shelfAlso on the same shelf place the tomato and onion pierecipe next week

Once golden and cooked through about 1 hoursremove to a warmed platter and make the sauceOver a low heat on the stove top blend some flour intothe baking dish until smoothAdd some chicken or beef stock and stir constantly untilyou have a thickish sauce If the tomato and onion pie stillhas excess liquid spoon some of that into the sauceServe

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MAHALIA Maree Elford with her parents Brooke Davidson and Danny Elford from Echuca. She was born on Mother’s Day (May 12) and is the fi rst child for Brooke and Danny. Mahalia is the granddaughter of Glenys and Jamie Davidson from Leongatha.

MASON James Jack Price was born at South Gippsland Hospital, Foster, on April 24. He is the fi rst child for Sar-ah and Daniel Price of Leongatha.

DAE Elodie Anderson was born on May 9 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. She is the fi rst girl for Brock and Trina of Inverloch and a sister for Froley, 5, and Zeb, 2.

JYE Anthony Burmas was born at CaseyHospital, Berwick, on April 30. He is the fi rst son for Adam and Jacinta.

Brilliant careersBy David McAlpine

MARY MacKillop College’s Year 10 students recently converged on the Caulfi eld Race-course for The Age VCE and Careers Expo 2013.

Exhibitors ranged from more well known institu-tions such as Monash Uni-versity, to others including Australian Catholic Uni-versity, TAFEs and the de-fence force.

Stalls providing infor-

mation and advice regard-ing VCE pathways and careers were also on hand. Students had the opportu-nity to chat with represen-tatives from these organi-sations as well as obtain pamphlets to peruse.

Of further benefi t to the attendees, throughout the event various seminars were held, ranging from Resources for Courses to Working in Medicine.

With the chance to in-teract with such a wide ar-ray of education and indus-try experts, the excursion was certainly a worthwhile expedition.

People shape region’s futureAN interested gallery of 19 ob-servers watched presentations on a proposed plan for the Cor-ner Inlet district recently.

Planning Panels Victoria held at hear-ing at Foster regarding the proposed C77 Amendment to the South Gippsland Plan-ning Scheme.

This suggests changes to zones, over-lays and policy provisions for Port Frank-lin, Toora, Welshpool and Port Welshpool, and the localities of Mount Best, Agnes and Hedley as a result of strategic land use recommendations contained in the Eastern District Urban Design Frameworks Janu-ary 2011.

Prom Country Aged Care CEO Rhett McLennan spoke in support of rezoning the Prom View Lodge site to Rural Activity Zone in order to maximise the site’s future economic opportunities and consequently the potential return to PCAC when selling the property.

He was followed by Toora resident and local historian, Cheryl Glowrey, who outlined multiple advantages of including planning provisions in C77 to recognise and further investigate Toora’s heritage as-sets.

Her submission acknowledged the amendment did not propose application of heritage overlays to properties and that a separate amendment and community con-sultation process would occur if this was proposed.

Submissions were also made on behalf of three landowners at Agnes that put for-ward opposing views on whether or not the rezoning from Farming Zone to Rural Liv-ing Zone should be implemented to all of the subdivision east of Agnes River Road.

In the morning session, during its case

in support of the proposed changes, South Gippsland Shire Council called on heritage planning consultant David Helms, author of the South Gippsland Heritage Study 2004 as an expert witness.

Based on his professional experience including extensive work across Gippsland and Victoria, Mr Helms advised the panel the heritage recommendations of the East-ern District Urban Design Frameworks and the provisions proposed by C77 were both relevant and appropriate.

“The panel chair Trevor McCullough has requested council provide some addi-tional information by the end of this month, after which the panel has four weeks in which to complete its report, including recommendations to council on the amend-ment as a whole and some of its parts spe-cifi cally,” said Paul Stampton, council’s manager of strategic planning and develop-ment.

“From comments made by the panel chair at the hearing, it is possible the report will recommend the rezoning of two loca-tions to be split off from the balance of the amendment to allow additional time for relevant issues to be resolved before a fi nal decision is made.”

After receiving the panel’s report, coun-cil will make it available on its website and advise all submitters. A hard copy will also be available for viewing if required. The panel’s report will also be put to council to assist consideration of a fi nal decision on the amendment. Submitters will be ad-vised of that Council meeting date when it is known.

For further information on the amend-ment, contact strategic planning offi cer Fiona Mottram on 5662 9837 or fi [email protected]


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VDP RECOGNISED AS DESALINATION PLANT OF THE YEAR

I am delighted to inform you that the Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) has recently been recognised as “the desalination plant of the year” at the 2013 Global Water Awards.

Presented each year at the Global Water Summit, the major business conference for the water industry worldwide, the Global Water Awards acknowledge the most important achievements in the international water industry.

The VDP won the award for both its technological and environmental sustainability performance. The award is broad acknowledgement that the plant has set a new environmental benchmark in the global desalination industry, using innovative renewable technologies and best-practices to mitigate potential environmental impacts.

It is also further testimony to the expertise of Degrémont, part of the contracted joint venture team and a driving force behind the plant’s technological design. Degrémont, with Thiess Services (DTSJV), will operate and maintain the plant for the next 27 years.

PLANT TO GO INTO PRESERVATION MODE

As you may be aware, the Government recently issued a zero GL Supply Notice for the 2013/2014 supply period. As a result, our operations and maintenance contractor DTSJV is preparing to place the plant into “preservation” mode.

In preservation mode, the full operations and maintenance team of 52 remains in place. All plant and equipment that is not associated with Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes, including the marine intake and outfall tunnels and structures, are regularly maintained and periodically fl ushed. All chemicals used in the

water treatment process have been removed from the site.

To keep the RO membranes and associated plant site pipe work in a healthy state they are soaked in a preservative called sodium bisulphite (or SBS) which is commonly used in food preservatives. The SBS is re-charged every six to 12 months with the depleted SBS being fully neutralised before being safely disposed of in accordance with environmental regulations.

Because the plant is not producing drinking water it will also not discharge seawater concentrate (brine) to the marine environment through the outlet structures. Seawater will be periodically recirculated through the intake tunnel, seawater lift pump station and outlet tunnel to ensure compliance with EPA requirements.

The transfer pipeline remains fully operational while the plant is in preservation mode which means water from Cardinia Reservoir can be transferred in a reverse fl ow direction back down the 84 km pipeline to service the Connected Water Authorities of South East Water, South Gippsland Water and Westernport Water, as required.

The plant is effectively dormant when in preservation mode and it takes around three months to bring it out of hibernation and recommission before water can be produced. It is expected that the plant will be in full preservation mode by mid June 2013.

ENERGISED FENCE GOES LIVE

The plant’s internal energised fence was recently commissioned and is now active.

The energised fence is entirely located within the 2.7 metre high plant site boundary fence which is constructed of chain-link and topped with three strands of barbed wire. It separates the plant site from the ecological reserve.

While there shouldn’t be any opportunity or reason for anyone to come into contact with the energised fence, people should be aware that contact with it would have a similar effect to that of an electric cattle fence.

The fence meets all Australian Standards in relation to electrical fences. It has been designed to make it diffi cult for animals or humans to become trapped in, or against it for a prolonged period. Appropriate signage identifi es the energised fence.

FINAL WORD

With just landscaping and some planting in the ecological reserve remaining, construction of the plant is well and truly completed. Final reinstatement of the pipeline and power supply easement on landowner properties is also progressing and weather conditions over the winter will determine how pasture grows in coming months.

Therefore, local roads have now been handed back to Council. An agreement was reached earlier this year between Council and our pipeline contractors, Thiess Degremont Nacap, that Council would carry out the fi nal works on the roads and that our pipeline contractor would fund these works.

This is a very good outcome for all concerned.

As you know, the VDP is a long-term State asset paid for by Melbourne’s water users (not out of the public purse). It will be here to provide generations to come with a guaranteed supply of rainfall independent water to supplement existing catchment supplies if required.

Until next time...

Chris Herbert CEO, AquaSure


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Leongatha

Immaculately presented home located near all schools &

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6 Ridgeway Street,

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Leongatha

17 Silverback Place,

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Leongatha

Approx 8 yrs old in elevated position boasting

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low maintenance yard, 5x5m shed, quiet no through

st, handy to schools. Inspect to appreciate.

$315,000

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5 Callaway Cresent,

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Leongatha

Side access for boats, caravans etc, plus loads of

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2 1 2

187 Boolara Sth Mirboo Nth Rd,

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Mirboo Nth

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Lot 22 Laura Rise,

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Sealed court and native bush outlook.

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Leongatha

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Three bedroom located in quiet court.

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Two bedroom unit. Located close to shops.

Open plan, reverse-cycle heating/cooling.

Two bedroom home plus study. Ducted

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Three bedroom townhouse, two

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$310pw

$235pw

$240pw

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Three bedroom located in quiet court.

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Two bedroom unit. Located close to shops.

Open plan, reverse-cycle heating/cooling.

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$220,000 Sole agent 3 1 1

11 Sapphire Court,

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Leongatha

2 1 1

10/4 Miles Lane,

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Leongatha

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13.9km from Leongatha

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$5,900 Per acre

PROVEN GRAZING PROPERTIES

88 Acres Blue Gum country 187 Acres

MIRBOO NORTH

$6,200 Per Acre

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‘Kanangra’ 181 Acres

$1,500,000$280,000

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$479,000

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$7,250 per acre

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for 117 years

336 acre Dairy Farm (4 Titles)336 acre Dairy Farm (4 Titles)

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Best value in town

LEONGATHA

INSPECTION STRONGLY

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Six star quality new homeIN LEONGATHA’S family

friendly Shinglers Ridge Estate is this six star rated quality home.

Built on the high side of the street, it boasts a massive 968m² block and four big bedrooms, two bathrooms and three toilets.

This property has double glazed windows throughout, ducted natu-ral gas heating, three split system air conditioners, two living areas, a walk-in pantry, quality dishwasher, stainless steel kitchen appliances, natural gas cook top, pot drawers, solar gas boosted continuous hot water and outstanding uninterrupted

northerly views.All living areas are down stairs,

including a powder room and second living zone which has been profes-sionally sound proofed to create a cinema room, which at the right price, is included in the sale or could be used for anything the lucky pur-chaser desires.

Upstairs consists of four big bedrooms all with built-in robes, bathroom and a third separate toilet. The master bedroom has an en suite with double vanity, walk-in robe and a sliding door which opens onto a large deck and breathtaking views. The other three bedrooms are large and will easily accommodate queen

beds.With a full double car, concrete

driveway leading to a six by six me-tre garage (internal access) and room for parking, access will never be a problem.

Bring the boat or the caravan as the property has 5m side access with large 3m gates. Outside there is a lovely big back yard with a large outdoor deck.

There are no easements on the property which allows plenty of room for that dream shed with full access.

This property boasts value and quality and an inspection will not disappoint. The house is only six months old and fully completed.

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8 Royal PlaceSEJ Real Estate

5662 4033$475,000

LEONGATHA


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Family Friendly, Couple Cosy or Home-Based Business BonanzaA very special property for fussy house hunters. Why? The home is superbly oriented to the north, has charm & character in a spacious living zone, a kitchen with modern stainless appliances, 3 well-�� or rumpus room is “connected” by a covered walkway. Expansive covered outdoor entertaining, extensive brick paving, landscaped gardens & lots of lawn on land of more than 1500sqm. That’s why!

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Unit 2, 14 Meikle Street $159,500

2BR unit returning $185 per week. Open plan living plus small balcony-style sunroom. 2 bedrooms, sep bathroom & laundry, fenced garden, garage & visitor parking.

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Country Style, In-town Location

25 Balding Street $290,000 - $310,000

Within 600m of shops, this north-facing, family-friendly home features timber dado walls, 3BRs, 2 bathrooms, separate formal & informal living spaces, plus garaging for 4 cars.

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1495 Loves Lane $675,000

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with panoram-ic views of South Gippsland’s rolling green hills, this prop-erty offers an enviable lifestyle opportunity plus income potential from two self-con-tained cottages, or, accommodation for family and friends.

Located between Leongatha and Mirboo North, the property is ideally positioned within a short drive of the region’s major attractions, including Wilsons Promontory.

The accommodation comprises a spacious four bedroom ‘Host’s homestead’ with private verandahs and garden, and at a discreet distance of approx 50 metres, are two architecturally captivating cottages, also with stunning views particularly at sunset.

The homestead is situated away from the cottages, allowing privacy, and may be accessed from a wrap-around verandah allowing views over a near level garden to the Tarwin Valley below.

The living zone is open plan, with Tasmanian Oak fl oors, decorative cornices and corbelled arches adding

grace and style to the home. A wood heater in the

living room adds warmth and a split system provides comfort year round.

A renovated timber kitchen with an abundance of cupboards is at the heart of the home, and there are three bedrooms and family bathroom at one end, and a main bedroom suite with walk-in robe and en suite at the other.

The main bedroom looks across the verandah to the ornamental dam just beyond; lovely on a balmy summer’s evening.

The Orchard and Sunset cottages both feature high-pitched ceilings which add to the sense of space as well as providing glimpses of sky - and at night, stars - through high gable and dormer windows.

Cosy wood fi res, reverse cycle air conditioning and ceiling fans ensure comfort all year round. Both cottages consist of an open plan design in the living zone, with a separate bathroom and luxurious spa bath, polished timber fl oors, timber dado walls and verandahs for barbecues.

The Orchard cottage sleeps two guests in a studio-style layout, whilst the Sunset cottage, the larger of the two, sleeps four guests and has an additional

separate bedroom.The Orchard and Sunset

cottages are fully furnished and stocked with quality items including leather lounge suites, queen sized beds, complete entertainment systems including PS3, DVD, HD LCD TVs and surround sound systems.

All bedroom and bathroom linen and kitchenware are of the highest quality. Each has its own barbecues and outdoor furniture on the deck.

Between the homestead and the cottages, adjacent a circular drive, you will fi nd a multi-purpose building housing a small offi ce/reception, a large, separate guest laundry, and a double carport.

The picture perfect gardens are a blend of mature gums towering over massed, colourful plantings, winding paths, and an ornamental dam complete with a gazebo and jetty.

There are areas of lawn for a garden stroll and an area next to the ornamental dam, perfect for a large garden marquee. The gardens would make a great backdrop for wedding photography.

Also in the garden you’ll fi nd a Colorbond barn/workshop (with a mezzanine level), chicken and dog runs, and raised vegetable beds.

There is ample water

supply with plenty of catchment surfaces and separate storage for the house and cottages.

A separate paddock provides space for a few sheep, goats or alpacas, or perhaps for the neighbour’s cattle (if having your own stock isn’t of interest).

There are many business avenues to explore (STCA): self-cater accommodation, a wedding ceremony and photography venue, art gallery, health/yoga/day spa retreat, or perhaps you might like to use the cottages for a home-based business, art or music studio, or for family and friends.

There are many inclusions being offered to the successful purchaser. Please call the agent to inspect and to fi nd out more.

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0417 274 624$675,000

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AUCTION4 Paperbark Place, INVERLOCH

Saturday, June 8, 2013 @ 12noon on site

Unless sold prior.

PRESTIGE ON PAPERBARK

Inverloch Office: 56741111

Marni Lee Redmond 0403 525 413

Heather Atkins 0409 741 607

OFI: SAT, May 11 & SUN, May 12 May at 1pm

Only 200 metres from patrolled Surf Beach,this impressive 40+square home

offers 5 bedrooms, 3 living areas (family, rumpus and living) aState of the Art kitchen with Miele appliances,

fully equipped outdoor kitchen entertaining area, double lock upgarage with through access and much more. The adjoining vacant

block will be offered together with the homefor a total land area of 1,341sqm.

MEANDER down Davison Street and you will discover a tidy brick home

ideal for those looking for a low mainte-nance house and block.

The home comprises of a living area with reverse cycle air conditioner, well-appointed breakfast bar and smart timber kitchen, two bedrooms plus an additional bedroom and sitting area or rumpus room extension to the rear of the home.

A single garage and carport provide adequate car parking, along with a grassed area for a caravan or boat if required.

This is a handy location close to schools, shops and parks to invest or move into at an affordable price.

Superb value hereLEONGATHA

5 Davison Street Stockdale and

Leggo LeongathaChristie Nelson

0407812904$229,750

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LEONGATHA2 Hattam Court

Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha

Jason Harris 0417640079$359,000

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LEONGATHA55 and 67 Turner

Street, and 7 Davison Street

Alex Scott and Staff5662 0922$259,000

SITUATED in a quiet court within

walking distance to all schools and the town centre, this brick home offers comfort-able living and excel-

lent shedding. There is a formal living

area towards the front of the home with access to the covered outdoor decking.

A neat kitchen and dining area boasts

a reverse cycle air conditioner, updated kitchen and appliances.

The home is split level with three bedrooms plus a study or second living area towards the back of the house, each with

Centrally locateda built-in robe and the master containing a walk-in robe and renovated en suite.

The main bathroom has also been renovated, is nicely tiled and has a separated bath and shower.

A single carport allows easy access into the home and through to the large Colourbond garage with concrete fl oor and power, which is a real feature of the property.

This is a very well presented property ready to just move into.

HERE are three houses, all within 100 metres from each other, and

all at the same price of $259,000.Alex Scott and Staff is opening all

three up for inspection this Saturday, May 25 from 10am until 10.45am.

All three are brick veneers, all built around the seventies, and would make great investment properties or as a first home.

Come and park the car and walk to all three houses and check out and compare what this price sector of the market has to offer!

See you on Saturday morning!

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45 Bair Street5662 0922Andrew Newton

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8 ROYAL PLACE, LEONGATHA• 2 storey, 6 star energy rating home• 4bdrm,mainwithensuite andownbalcony• Sound insulated theatre room, northerly views$475,000

5 SHORT STREET, INVERLOCH• Close to beach, corner block, nth facing deck• 3 bdrm with BIRs. Bbq and established garden• Cosy living with RC/ACand solid fuel heaterASKING $380,000

15 DARLING AVE, INVERLOCH• Central to town, schools & beach• 2levelsof livingeachwithkitchen,bthroom& bdrm• Potential to improve or expandASKING $390,000

86 PIER ROAD, INVERLOCH

ASKING $280,000

• Price reduced for quick sale• 2 spacious bedroom, hardiplank home• Garage, large deck and yard, Open plan living

192 SURF PARADE, INVERLOCH• Clean & comfortable, private and peaceful• Recently renovated 2 bdrm holiday delight• 600sqm block across from beachREDUCED TO $550,000

1489 INVERLOCH VENUS BAY RD, POUND CREEK• Modern 3bdrm lifestyle property• Tasteful interior and open plan living• Large undercover outdoor area on ¼ of an acreVALUE AT $650,000

119 PARR STREET, LEONGATHA• Country homestead on 1 acre in town• 4 bedrooms, main with ensuite• Inground pool, enclosed outdoor entertaining area$795,000

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20 LOUISA COURT, LEONGATHA• Country charm - modern home• 4 bedroom, main with ensuite• Provincial kitchen with butler’s pantry$479,000

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CASH’S 2-6 HOLT STREET, LEONGATHA• Total building/s floor space 2493m2 (approx)• 2 road frontages + side lane• Industrial 1 zone - 1 block from L’gatha CBDOFFERS OVER $700,000

‘MAPLECOTTAGE’1465 WARRAGUL RD, STRZELECKI• 3 bedroom & study home on 1.5 acres• Polished floors, leadlight windows• Stunning gardens with views$398,000

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7 DAVISON STREET, LEONGATHA• 4 bedroom brick veneer home• Open kitchen/dining areas• Good location, great price$259,000

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19 TREASE STREET, LEONGATHA

$260,000

• Fantastic location for investment or 1st home buyer• Flat 950m2 block with 3bdrm home• Level short walk to CBD

7 KOONWARRA ROAD, LEONGATHA• Asnew2bdrmtownhouse• Openplan living, ensuite/bathroom & 2 toilets• Close toshops&medical clinics$329,000

6 ECCLES WAY, LEONGATHA• Impressive, stylish, modern 3 bedroom home• Generous living spaces, quality finishes• Polishedhardwood floors,nth facingelevateddeck$485,000

6 PARK DRIVE, LEONGATHA• 4 bedroom home in great location• 2 bathroom, rumpus, formal lounge• Double garage outdoor entertainment$398,000

61 PEART STREET, LEONGATHA• Builders own - full renovations• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas• Great location - A must see!

$344,000REDUCED TO

1 NORVIEW DRIVE, LEONGATHA• Ideal 4 bedroom home• 2 living areas, 2 bathrooms• Corner block, dual access$430,000

5 SCARLETT CLOSE, LEONGATHA• Architectural passive solar design• 4bdrm,2living,2bathroom.Uninterruptedruralviews• Built by renowned local builder

$419,000REDUCED TO

55 TURNER STREET, LEONGATHA

$259,000

• Brick veneer family home• 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms• Secure backyard, close to schools

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67 TURNER STREET, LEONGATHA• 3 bedroom brick veneer home• Open plan kitchen/lounge area• Secure backyard with covered outdoor area

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Budget positives for real estateTHE 2013-14 Victorian

State Budget helps to provide conditions for im-proved economic growth over the next four years.

REIV CEO Enzo Raimon-do said projected increases in Real Gross State Product and reductions in unemployment would help to improve eco-nomic activity and ultimately benefi t all home owners.

“This year’s budget aims to deliver the most important

thing for the property sector, economic growth at healthy and sustainable levels,” he said.

“Implementation of the new Fire Services Levy is an important microeconomic re-form and hopefully the start of more to come.

“The overall budget set-tings are sound, history has shown when the economy stalls property prices and transactions drop with conse-quences for home owners and

ultimately the state budget.”Mr Raimondo said increased

employment and a higher GSP (from 1.5 per cent to 2.75 per cent) will result in households being more confi dent and this will provide a boost to transac-tion levels and prices.

“It is however a concern the majority of fi rst home buyers, especially those in re-gional Victoria and in afford-able segments, will be worse off following the abolition of the First Home Owners Grant

for existing homes,” he said.“That measure will see a

saving of $63.8 million in the next fi nancial year and $402.8 million over the forward pro-jections.

“The acceleration of the stamp duty cuts to 40 per cent does not cover the cost to the majority of fi rst home buy-ers of the grants abolition. The State Government should have matched the cuts in the grant with further reductions in stamp duty.”

Mr Raimondo said in addi-tion to an improved economy and adequate levels of dwell-ing supply, the most important thing the State Government can do for fi rst home buyers is progressively increase stamp duty cuts to 100 per cent.

“The Treasurer has shown a strong interest in tax reform with the sensible step to re-form the fi re services levy,” he said.

“The broader range of property taxes, land tax and

stamp duty are still in urgentneed of reform. Stamp duty isriddled with costly anomaliesand non-residential buyers arefaced with taxes charged ontaxes.

“The REIV believes ifaction is taken on the 2012commitment to ‘Review statetaxes to identify opportunitiesto reduce the tax burden andcut the compliance costs..’ itwould provide the basis forfurther economic growth,” MrRaimondo concluded.


Recharge your batteries at a carer’s day out Increased access to Alcohol and Drug services

With one in five Australians experiencing mental health issues, Latrobe Community Health Service (LCHS) recognises carers of people with a mental illness may feel forgotten and underappreciated.

To help carers recharge their batteries and enjoy some time for themselves, LCHS Carer Programs is inviting carers to participate in an indulgent pamper day on 7 June in Wonthaggi or a fishing trip to Hastings on 30 May.

“We find that carers of people with a mental illness are often overlooked due to the hidden nature of mental illness,”

Access to Latrobe Community Health Service’s (LCHS) Alcohol and Drug Services has been improved through a phone intake service from 1 May.

The new system will mean people can phone from Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm to arrange to speak to a qualified Alcohol and Drug specialist within one working day.

Anyone who is concerned about themselves or someone they know with an alcohol and/or drug problem can phoneLCHS any time during these hours.

All calls will be taken via the central intake number on 1800 242 696 from the Local Government Areas of Baw Baw, Latrobe and Wellington.

For those in need of urgent assistance, there is also a 24-hour phoneline for confidential alcohol and drug referral and counselling through Directline on 1800 888 236.

For more information please phone LCHS on 1800 242 696.

said Ms Denise Bromiley, LCHS Acting Manager Carer Programs.

“Because mental illness is a ‘silent’ illness, it is not as easily identified as physical illness or disability.”

Ms Bromiley said while many people provided support to a loved one with mental illness, they often found it difficult to identify with the term ‘carer’ because they viewed the support they gave as a natural part of the relationship.

“As such, these carers often miss out on support that is available to assist them on their caring journey,” she said.

The pamper day and fishing trip are free and open to eligible carers from Leongatha and the surrounding areas.

Transport to Hastings for the fishing charter will be provided.

Lunch will be provided at both events.

For more information on the pamper day or the fishing charter, please phone LCHS on 1800 242 696.

www.lchs.com.au

Promoting responsible gamblingThis week is Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, and Gambler’s Help Gippsland at Latrobe Community Health Service (LCHS) will be announcing the winners of its recent youth video competition.

The video competition, which ran until 17 May, invited young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years who live, work or study in Gippsland to make a short video featuring responsible gambling. The names of the

winners will be published on the LCHS website.Ms Ann Briggs, LCHS Manager Counselling Services, said the driving force behind the video competition was the widespread reach of gambling advertising, which young people were exposed to.“We are concerned about the proliferation of gambling advertising and promotion in social media, during televised sporting games and through smartphone applications,” said Ms Briggs.

“This may affect not only those young people legally able to gamble, but also those under the age of 18 years who may now look at sport in relation to the odds their favourite teams have.”This Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, all Gippslanders are reminded to make informed choices when it comes to gambling.Gambler’s Help Gippsland provides confidential, free and non-judgmental counselling services to gamblers, their

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families and those affected by someone else’s gambling.For more information about Gambler’s Help Gippsland, please phone 1800 242 696.


Choose a car that could save your life.

A regional partnership with the TAC and the Victorian Government.

Police swoop on roadsTRAFFIC police will work longer hours to make South Gippsland roads safer.

Bass Coast Highway Patrol police have received $35,000 from the Transport Accident Commission to conduct two operations throughout the Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires.

Police want to further

reduce the incidence of collisions and target drink drivers.

Sergeant Jason Hullick reported less road trauma in the last 12 months and a 40 per cent reduction in collisions.

“Our aim at this offi ce is to continue that trend and we believe active enforcement is a key element of this,” he said.

“As part of our strategic

plan for the future, we are always looking to increase our presence on the roads so as a way of doing that we applied for additional funding from the TAC to conduct two specifi c traffi c operations.”

The TAC funding will provide 60 extra shifts dedicated to road policing.

“This is a signifi cant amount of money and will enable us to provide

additional patrols over the next few months which will be conducted alongside our usual patrols,” Sgt Hullick said.

“The two operations are quite different and they both have a different focus and will be conducted during different hours.”

Operation Drive Safe will target driver behaviour in and around townships.

“Most shifts will be

conducted during business hours and we will be using both marked and unmarked police vehicles, with some shifts involving plain clothed police offi cers conducting enforcement duties,” Sgt Hullick said.

“We currently have access to several different types of vehicles that most people would not normally associate with traffi c duties.”

Sgt Hullick said the main focus of Operation Drive Safe is motorists who continue to drive vehicles while using mobile phones, not wearing seatbelts or disobeying stop signs or traffi c lights.

“We really want to address these issues within the towns as this is what a lot of residents complain about,” he said.

“I think most people

get really annoyed when they continually see motorists driving around while on the phone and if they get caught by us then they can expect to receive an infringement notice.”

Operation Safe Season will target drink driving, with most shifts conducted during high alcohol times.

“Through the use of road policing statistics and analysis, we have been able to drill down so as to target the times when drink driving is most prevalent,” Sgt Hullick said.

“Once again we will be using both covert and overt methods of detection, police members in uniform and plain clothes and driving different vehicles than what we usually use.

“This means any vehicle people see out on the road has the potential to be a police vehicle.”

Both operations have been running for several weeks.

So far police have detected fi ve drink drivers and several others breaching their alcohol interlock licence conditions, impounded three motor vehicles and issued more than 40 infringement notices for mobile phone use, seatbelt offences, exceeding posted speed limits, and several unlicenced and unregistered drivers.

“The operations will continue until the end of June after which we will certainly be applying for further funding. The extra funding is an excellent opportunity for us to continue to make the roads safer within the police service area,” Sgt Hullick said.Out there: Bass Coast Highway Patrol offi cers Senior Constable Paul Malouf (left) and Leading Senior Constable Greg Worcester will be targeting dangerous

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Winter beauty galoreBy Karen Haw from the Town Centre Nursery

WINTER is just around the corner but with the weather we have been experienc-ing you would think it is well and truly here.

The deciduous trees especially the lipstick maples have put on a stunning show and some trees offer more than just stunning autumn colour.

The fruiting crab apples such as Gorgeous and Golden Hornet are two good examples. Gorgeous (Malus x atrosanguinea) is

a highly ornamental small tree growing three by three metres - a good choice for small landscapes or if space is limited.

In spring it gives an excellent fl oral display of whitish-pink fl owers and at this time of year is loaded with crimson red fruit that stays on the tree for months.

Children loved helping themselves to the apples from the display tree we had in the vegetable area at the nursery.

I am not sure about their fl avour but they are ideal for making crab apple jelly. A good partner with Gorgeous crab apple is crab apple Golden Hornet.

This tree grows to the same height as Gorgeous with an attractive spring fl oral display and has masses of showy yellow fruits which are also good for making crab apple jelly.

Both trees turn yellow in autumn and crab apples are useful as a pollinator for fruiting apples.

Japanese maples are renowned for their autumn colour and colours vary from crimson, orange and butter yellow.

Acer palmatum Sango Kaku (also known as acer Senkaki or Coral bark maple) is a well known Japanese maple that is popular because in winter all the young branches are a conspicuous highly attractive coral red.

The Coral bark maple grows to a height of around six metres and fi ve metres wide.

This maple is quite hardy but does not like exposed areas where hot summer winds may stress the tree and leaves may suffer scorch in hot sun.

The autumn colours are brilliant yellow with an apricot-orange tinge. This tree is an asset to any garden (with protected areas) and perfect for pots. The autumn colours are brilliant yellow with an apricot-orange tinge.

As the weather cools not everyone is interested in maintaining the vegetable patch but you can still grow vegetables late autumn and winter.

If you plant peas and broad beans now, they

Out there: Kristy Mills horticulture student admires the Coral bark maple.

grow slowly in cold soils but will be stronger plants with loads of produce over spring and summer.

Seedlings of the brassica family (Brussels sprouts, cabbage, caulifl ower) for winter crops must be planted out now so that they produce a good winter crop.

Kale is popular this year and is rich in vitamins and minerals, particularly iron, potassium, calcium and vitamins A and C.

You can harvest very young leaves to use fresh in salads or allow plants to mature and use as a cooked green.

Harvest older leaves by removing the larger, outer leaves and allowing the centre of the plant to continue producing.

Kale prefers cool temperatures and will be sweetened by a touch of frost. Kale plants like to grow in a rich soil, high in organic matter and slightly acidic (5.5 - 6.5 pH).

You’re growing it for the foliage, so high nitrogen content is good.

Other vegetables that can be planted now include members of the onion family including shallots, leeks and garlic.

Onions need full sun and excellent drainage. They like a soil that’s high in organic matter, but not overly rich.

A good spot to choose is one where a leafy vegetable has just been harvested – in other words, a well-prepared area where most of the

nitrogen has been used up by the previous crop.

Too much nitrogen will result in excessive leaf growth at the expense of sweet white swollen bulbs. pH is important. Ideal pH is around 6.5 so add lime or dolomite to sweeten the soil and you’ll be guaranteed the best results.

Next month is the time when nurseries begin to receive their bare root stock. This is a large range of fruit trees, ornamental trees, berries, grapes and roses available only from June until late August. The advantage of bare root stock is that it is generally cheaper and the range especially of fruit trees and roses is much larger.

If you are planning on planting bare root stock

now is the perfect time to prepare the soil by adding compost and manure, and if you are chasing or interested in specifi c roses or trees, it is best to order now as some varieties sell out quickly.

Citrus trees being evergreen (meaning they do not lose their leaves in winter) are only sold in pots and are available all year round.

Flemings Nursery has many tools to assist when choosing a tree including an informative website and has published a book called Flemings Fruit and Ornamental Tree Guide.

This book is priced at $29.99 and there are free booklets and brochures available at any nursery that sells Flemings trees.

Colour will comeWINTER provides diffi cult conditions to make magic in the garden, and town streetscapes are no different.

South Gippsland Shire Council parks and gardens coordinator Steve Missen said winter is a quiet peri-od for the town’s gardens.

“We have just com-pleted the spring plantings and we will do another one in November for the Christmas period,” he said.

“There are a lot of daf-fodils and tulips and some annuals already planted out. We just have to wait for those things to grow and peak in spring.

“This planting is done to be at its best during the Daffodil Festival. If

we had something fl ower-ing now, nothing would be ready for that period.”

Mr Missen said the shire’s parks and gardens are maintained on a contin-ual basis, with crews cur-

rently working on mulch-ing garden beds.

During the warmer months, the variety and colour of plants on South Gippsland streets often gets tongues wagging.

“We get a lot of enquires and comments, often from people passing through and people who want to know about what species we have planted and how to look af-ter them,” Mr Missen said.

Maintenance period: Pamela Derrick, Rebecca Gould and Taryn Hughes from South Gippsland Shire Council’s parks and garden team, top up the mulch in a Leongatha garden bed last week.


WONTHAGGI’S Jessica Har-rison held a vigil in the town on Friday evening, highlight-ing Ranjini Day.

Part of a nationwide event, the vigil was to draw attention to the plight of refugees, particularly those being held in indefi nite detention be-cause of adverse ASIO assessments.

Ms Harrison said May 10 marked a year since Ranjini and her two sons were locked in indefi nite detention. She has given birth to a third son while incarcerated.

“The government’s treatment of refugees is a national disgrace,” Ms Harrison said.

During the vigil, she signed an

open letter to McMillan MHR Rus-sell Broadbent asking him to inter-vene on behalf of Ranjini and other refugees held in limbo.

Ms Harrison said she had had many disagreements with Mr Broad-bent over the years over climate change and brown coal but appreci-ates his support of refugees.

Vigil for refugeesSympathetic: this group conducted a candle lit vigil in Murray Street, Wonthaggi in support of refugees, particularly those held in indefi nite detention because of adverse ASIO assessments.

L E O N G AT H A’ S Tania Contu and Dom D’Agostino married on March 23 in Melbourne’s CBD, amongst an intimate group of family and friends.

The bride arrived in a red ’57 Chevrolet con-vertible with friend Jade North as maid of honour.Tania’s best friend of over 25 years, Rob Shelton of Morwell, had the honour of walking the bride down the aisle.

The groom and best man James Korab of Moe also arrived in a red ’57 Chevrolet convertible, dressed in matching dark grey, pin striped suits.

All guests were treated to drinks, before dining at one of Melbourne’s upmarket Southbank restaurants at Crown Casino.The married couple honeymooned in Hawaii before settling back into their new home in Leongatha.

City celebration

Melbourne wedding: Tania and Dom D’Agostino honeymooned in Hawaii.

THIS year marks 100 years since the forming of the Country Roads Board (CRB).

This was the government authority responsible for the maintenance and construction of Victoria’s arte-rial road network.

The first chairman was William Calder who re-mained in that position until his death in 1928. The Calder Highway was named in his honour.

The Leongatha Historical Society has been se-lected as one of two venues in Gippsland to host the VicRoads centenary exhibition. The other venue is Bairnsdale. The title of the exhibition is VicRoads-Connecting Victorians for 100 Years and will featurephotographs and documents related to the history of major roads in this state.

One feature will be a portrait of William Calder. There will also be activities for children. Leongatha Historical Society will have on display photographs of main roads over time from its own collection.

In addition to this other local historical societies have contributed some photographs of their respec-tive areas.

The exhibition will open on June 6 at the Leon-gatha Mechanics’ Institute (next to the Memorial Hall) and run until July 27. More information will be in future editions of the local press.

Roads milestone

Back then: Leongatha’s Roughead Street in the 1930s, a responsibility of the Country Roads Board.

30 years agoMay 24, 1983

RURAL roads in South Gippsland will not benefi t greatly from the Bicentenni-al Road Funds according to Korumburra shire engineer, Ray Walls. In fact, Mr Walls described the amount allo-cated to the Shire of Korum-burra as “totally inadequate” and “quite ludicrous”.


INVERLOCH’S plan to be a ‘top of mind’ tour-ist destination took a step forward last night when 120 people attended the launch of the Inverloch Tourism Destination Development Plan. The plan is part of a pilot project conducted by Tourism Victoria targeting specifi c destination around the state.


IT has taken several years, but fi nally VicTrack is ready to develop the rail-way land behind Bair Street in Leongatha. With the sup-port of the South Gippsland Shire Council, the State Government’s rail body has asked for expressions of in-terest from suitably qualifi ed developers for the project.

1 year agoMay 22, 2012

HEARTLESS thieves have left the Leongatha Ju-nior Football Club devas-tated after stealing prizes for a charity raffl e from the clu-brooms. The club is $3000 out of pocket as a result of the theft and const of dam-age to the clubrooms. Presi-dent Darryl McGannon said targeting a club for young children was a low act.

From pages pastHistorical snippets

from The Star

THERE has been a slight change to one of the cours-es being offered through Milpara Community House. Life Skills and Job Skills for Women will now start on July 15 instead of the scheduled May 27. Call Sandra or Jenni if you are interested in enrolling in this course, or would like further information.

Milpara Community House is also offering an Introduction to Community Services and this course is aimed at assisting people to understand the skills needed and an overview of what is required if you are considering entering the aged care, home and community care, disability, child care or community services fi elds. This course is being presented over four weeks from June 5.

Are you a small business owner or an ABN holder, a charity or a NFP organisation? The following course may be of interest to you. Online Presence: How Much is Enough? This class will cover the importance of having an online presence and comparing

effectiveness of websites and social media through the eyes of your customers. A light meal will follow the presentation to be held on Wednesday, June 19. To enrol and secure your place for this presentation please call 5655 2524. Places are limited so get in quick.

Tutor wanted: Milpara is seeking interest from an experienced person to conduct the QuickBooks course offered through Milpara Community House. If you have skills and are experienced in this area, we would love to hear from you. Call Sandra or Jenni on 5655 2524.

Painting and drawing classes with tutor Bob Hickman will be offered next term. Bob has extensive experience as an artist and he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others. We expect his classes will commence again July 16.

Are you looking at getting your qualifi cation to work in the hospitality industry? To increase your eligibility in this fi eld you may want to consider the following classes being offered at Milpara

Community House: • Responsible Service of

Alcohol – Wednesday, May 29, 5.30pm to 9.30pm;

• Food Safety Level 1 – Wednesday, May 29, 9am to 1pm; and

• Food Safety Supervi-sors Course – Wednesday, May 29, 9am to 5.00pm.

Next term we will be offering an Introduction to Music Craft. Are you interested in learning to read and write music and recognise musical sounds? Would you like to learn to play a musical instrument?

Would you like some extra tuition to prepare for music examinations? We are now taking expressions of interest in this eight week course. Call Sandra or Jenni at Milpara Community House.

We are pleased to be able to say the proceeds from the Musical Soiree held recently have now been distributed. Milpara Community House and the St Paul’s Anglican Church Door Appeal have both received just over a $1000 each and we would like to thank everyone who helped to make this possible.

Milpara Community House news

STATE Budget funding for stage one of Melbourne’s East-West Link is a major boost for Gippsland’s manufacturing and transport sectors.

That is the view of the Committee for Gippsland which, together with the Gippsland Local Government Network, has been lobbying for the link.

Executive director Mary Aldred said the State Government’s pre-budget an-nouncement of $110m for design and planning for the Port of Hastings was also welcome because it “represents signifi cant export opportunities for our region”.

She said the development of the Port of Hastings was a key part of the com-mittee’s strategic plan.

Committee members remain con-cerned about the region’s roads, but welcome $280 million in additional funding to improve the state’s road net-work and $28 million for regional roads and bottlenecks.

Ms Aldred said an increase in the First Home Owners Grant to $10,000 will help stimulate construction but warned Gippsland still faces signifi cant challenges needing immediate invest-ment.

These include roads projects and a new hospital for West Gippsland.

Budget boost


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“A GROWN UP STORY ABOUT GROWING UP!”

Saturday 25 May – 7:30 pm (Opening Night) Sunday 26 May – 5:00 pmThursday 30 May – 7:00 pm (Fundraiser night)Friday 31 May – 7:30 pmSaturday 1 June – 2:00 pm & 7:30 pmSunday 2 June – 2:00 pmFriday 7 June – 7:30 pmSaturday 8 June – 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Adult $35Concession $30 (Pensioner and students) Family $100 (2 adults & 2 children)

May 30 Fundraising performanceAll tickets $25Proceeds to Gwen Derrick Youth Development

Available from�� - 75 Graham St, WonthaggiMonday - 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 8pm Sunday - 11am - 3pm. Credit card facilities available. Phone Bookings: 03 5672 1083

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13 to shineWHEN Wonthaggi Theatrical Group di-rector Karen Milkins-Hendry was a pro-duction of 13 she was instantly inspired.

“It was October 2011 when my family, cho-reographer Bron Kalos

and actor Will Hanley all went to see a production of 13. A friend had rec-ommended it, so down we went to the Trades Hall Council building in Carlton with no expecta-tions, but a mild curios-ity,” she said.

“The production was

put on by a talent school in Melbourne who had spent their September holidays preparing. We were in a run down, small part of the building, squished in uncomfortable metal seat-ing with a small stage in front of us and the band on the side.”

Despite the less than salubrious surround-ings “the opening num-ber started and we were transfi xed”.

“The stage fl ooded with teenagers exuding energy, talent and incred-ible commitment. The music instantly enthralled us and we were smitten,” Karen said.

“All of us kept lean-ing over to the other, whispering madly, laugh-ing loudly and sharing the journeys unfolding onstage.

“Time fl ew and we were at the end of the show. We all left abso-lutely determined to bring this to Wonthaggi.”

A Wonthaggi The-atrical Group ‘forward planning meeting’ saw the show confi rmed for 2013.

“We would produce 13 in 2013. What a fan-tastic ring that had!” Kar-en said.

“Now, here we are, holding our breath and bursting out of our skin to bring the same joyous feeling to audiences.”

“When our cast of 39 bring the exhilaration, pain, frustration, laughter

and joy of turning 13 to that opening number they will have set the tone for the next 100 minutes of pure entertainment.”

Karen said she and her production team couldn’t be happier about the way things were working out.

“To have such a large cast, with an age range of 11 to 16, coming together for a common purpose was a challenge,” she said.

“But that was met with surprising ease. I have said to many people

anyone who says with a sigh ‘The youth of today...’needs to come to rehearsal.

“Our experience was that these young people were disciplined, com-mitted and showed great passion for what they were doing.”

13 was fi rst staged in Broadway in 2008 and Karen believes it will be “well known to many of our regular supporters”.

But she asks for people not to come to the show

with preconceived ideas. “It will be a case of

expecting the unexpect-ed. Be ready to laugh, ready to refl ect and let the emotion of teenage vulnerability near the end bring a tear to the eye,” she said.

“The WTG team is incredibly proud of what we will be presenting this year and can’t wait for the opening night crowds to spread the word of the talent of the youth in our own backyard.”

A grand performance: the cast members of 13 are ready to deliver a brilliant show. Photo by Trevor Foon of Foon’s Photography.

Flash performance: the cast of 13 was in Leongatha last week during a fl ash mob performance outsideLeongatha’s Memorial Hall. The cast, who crossed the region in a bus, also performed in Inverloch, Wonthaggi and Cowes.


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THE GREAT

GATSBYStarring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Joel EdgertonStarring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton

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Leongatha

Cost: $20 includes supper

Time 6.45pm

Theme dress: 1920s style

(prepaid tickets preferred)

When: Thursday May 30

Where: Stadium 4 Cinema

Leongatha

Cost: $20 includes supper

Time 6.45pm

Theme dress: 1920s style

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Worthy works: the winners of the Popular Choice awards in the Great Southern Portrait Prize 2013 are Ann Parry with her portrait of Yianni Banikos (pictured) in the Open Section and Kate Facey (15 years of age) in the Junior Section with her portrait of Maddie Barker titled Seeing Things.

Ann wins $500 and Kate wins $100. This year those voting in the popular choice were asked to supply their names and contact details to go in the running for vouchers from 9 Acres Coffee Bar, Bookshop and Foodstore in Fish Creek and the winners are Ross West and Louis Wheeler. Many thanks to 9 Acres.

Friendships forged in13HAVING fun, meet-ing people and mak-ing new friends are the best parts of being in Wonthaggi Theatri-cal Group’s latest mu-sical 13, according to budding teenage ac-tresses Janie Gordon and Holly Forsyth.

Both aged 15, Janie attends Year 9 at Mary MacKillop College in her home town Leongatha and Holly is in Year 10 at Wonthaggi Secondary College where she lives just down the road.

While the girls may not have known each other before the show, they have

much in common: school and passion for the arts.

This all singing, all dancing, musical instrument playing duo have become great friends. In fact they said the whole cast of 13 is “just great”.

“We have all become friends and support each other,” Janie said.

Janie, daughter of Mark and Tracey Gordon, said she enjoyed being in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s Narnia last year and her dance teacher Bron Kalos is 13’s choreographer.

“Bron introduced me to the show and encouraged me to audition,” Janie said.

Holly, the daughter of Lisa and Brett Forsyth, is

taught guitar by Lee Owens and singing by Maureen Alford.

“They encouraged me to try out,” she said.

“Lee is the head of the band for the show and he introduced me to the band.

“I just love singing and have been asked to sing at weddings and school assemblies. I really do love performing in front of a crowd.”

Holly and Janie said the story is based around the school and 13 year olds growing up.

With teenage relationship themes, the popular kids, the young football star, his gorgeous cheerleader girlfriend and the geek with

Talented: from left, Holly Forsyth, Wonthaggi and Janie Gordon, Leongatha are looking forward to the opening of 13 the musical on May 25.

no name, the story unfolds through the eyes of a child embarking on the path of adulthood.

It’s the story of a young boy’s quest to become part of the cool crowd and Holly and Janie agree, “It’s really an adult’s perspective of being a teen”.

Janie said: “Adults would also fi nd 13 very appealing.”

Cast as a lead cheerleader,

Kendra, Janie said her character is bubbly.

Janie looks every bit the stunning cheer leader and she admits the part is a lot of fun, and really just an “exaggeration” of herself.

“It does require a fair bit of dancing and not all in the same style, so that is great,” she said.

Holly is one of the lead harmony singers and said, “I

just love harmonies.”Being on stage and

performing is something both girls enjoy and agreed they can’t wait for opening night on Saturday, May 25.

The girls feel confi dent and are looking forward to the fi nal rehearsals in the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre where the performances will be staged.

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Filling the farm: Craig and Wendy McIndoe from Mardan were at the VLE Leongatha store sale last Thursday to take advantage of lower prices and re-stock with some heifers.

THERE were ap-proximately 1400 grown and 300 young cattle penned.

The usual buying group was present for a mostly fi rm market, mixed in places. The young cattle were mostly

in store condition with several drafts of very poor cattle being present-ed for sale and many be-ing passed in due to lack of interest.

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Plainer cattle draw interestfered. With around 400 fewer cows offered for sale there was increased inquiry on the plainer lines which lifted up to 10c/kg on the majority and more in places, while the good heavy weight lines were only slightly stronger. A better qual-ity offering of bulls sold to weaker demand from processors slipping a few cents.

Most yearling grass steers were heavy, 500kg plus drafts which sold from 188c to 200c, lift-ing 3c/kg. Most year-ling grass heifers made between 150c and 175c slipping 5c/kg.

C muscle grown steers sold between 182c and 194c, lifting 2c/kg. C muscle bullocks made from 180c to 195c, lifting 1c/kg.

Plainer shaped D muscle grown steers and bullocks sold from 167c to 177c, holding firm to 7c/kg dearer. Good condition heavy weight crossbred manufactur-ing steers made between 150c and 180c, lifting 2c/kg.

Plain condition one score and light weight dairy cows sold between 38c and 110c, lifting 2c to 8c/kg. Better condi-tion two and three score heavy weight dairy cows made from 106c to 119c lifting 1c to 2c/kg.

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127c, lifting 1c/kg. Heavy weight C and B

muscle bulls sold mostly between 115c and 142c, slipping 2c to 5c/kg.

The next sale draw - May 22: 1. David Phelan, 2. SEJ, 3. Elders, 4. Alex Scott, 5. Landmark, 6. Rodwells.

Thursday, May 16Total yarding: 1644.Steers: Dolphin & Dessent, Foster, 8 x $795; Lock-

law Nominees P/L, Lang Lang, 11 x $795; J.L. Gengoult Smith, Anderson, 9 x $762; M. Young, Tarwin Lower, 4 x $730; B.F., D.E. & M.A. Calder, Dumbalk, 10 x $725; L. Grigg, Traralgon East, 15 x $720.

Heifers: N. Carbone, Narracan South, 8 x $554; D.Pearce, Leongatha, 2 x $500; B.J. & P.A. Quinlan, Al-murta, 5 x $490; Lionel Holdings, Yanakie, 11 x $470; S. Reichbaure, Devon, 1 x $430; G. Walker, Wonga, 1 x $370.

Cows: B. Greig, Budgeree, 1 x $495; J. & L. Brown, Nyora, 1 x $395.

Cows and calves: J.S. & A.M. Blackshaw, LeongathaSouth, 5 x $810; Pukenui P/L, Mirboo, 2 x $800; J. & L. Brown, Nyora, 3 x $730; N.M. & H.M. Wight, Hedley, 7 x $720; J. & B. Brophy, Boolarra South, 7 x $700; D.J. & H.M. Matthies, Mardan, 10 x $660.

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Wednesday, May 15 BULLOCKS2 J.B. Drewwett, Yinnar 570kg 200.0 $1140.003 S.W. Scott, Inverloch 570kg 194.0 $1106.0016 81st Asteroid P/L, Strzelecki 601kg 193.0 $1161.9113 Couino Farms, Giffard 554kg 191.6 $1061.913 W. & J. Howson, Almurta 638kg 190.6 $1216.662 S. Shepherdson, Korumburra Sth 622kg 190.6 $1186.49STEERS2 J.B. Drewwett, Yinnar 537kg 200.0 $1075.0015 F. & B. Parini, Korumburra 504kg 195.0 $983.458 S.W. Scott, Inverloch 530kg 194.0 $1028.206 H.C. Jones, Hazelwood 505kg 193.0 $976.261 G. & M. Lomagno, Leongatha Sth 360kg 191.6 $689.763 G.K. & J.A. Cook, Yanakie 503kg 188.2 $947.27

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Diffi cult season aheadBy Sarah Vella

EARLY indicators suggest the opening farm gate milk price for the 2013-14 sea-son will be higher than last season’s, however some South Gippsland dairy farm-ers may still struggle to make ends meet.

John Mulvany from OnFarm Consulting said this is what he likes to call the rumour time of year, where rumours fl oating around can be exaggerated or misinterpreted.

“In discussions with two different manufactur-ers, both have said they are expecting a minimum of 10 and up to 15 per cent increase in price for next season,” he said.

“That is what they are saying informally, but they haven’t put it in writing or made a commitment to it yet.

“I have also heard the opening price will be close to the closing price.”

Mr Mulvany said an

increase of that amount will make a signifi cant difference for farmers, as for many people it is their profi t.

“So if we keep on get-ting a bit of rain, then sea-sonally, we might not be looking too bad,” he said.

“Cash fl ow is tight; no one is saying they have bucket loads of money. Banks and dairy com-panies have been doing extensions on fi nancials, which is what we expect in a hard year.”

Dale O’Neill, general

manager commercial at Burra Foods, said in the past few months, the dairy market has expe-rienced unprecedented price movements across main dairy commodities as a direct result of the weather events impacting supply.

“During this period, Burra Foods has remained focused on capturing as much of the improvement to commodity prices as our milk volumes will al-low,” he said.

“I anticipate the stron-

ger international prices will remain for the short term at least, refl ecting in an increase of between 10 and 20 per cent to next season’s opening price.”

Mr O’Neill said Burra Foods is continuing to grow its business to en-sure it captures the growth in demand, not so much through increased volume, but by adding value to every kilogram of fat and protein.

“While the Australian dollar against the US dol-lar has remained steady

at around $1.04, it has been the Australian dollar against the Japanese Yen that is having a signifi cant impact on Australia’s larg-est dairy export market of Japan, with a currency ap-preciation of over 15 per cent,” he said.

“The strengthening of currency reduces the af-fordability for the buyer.

“Like many currency exposed industries, Aus-tralian dairy is diffi cult and only made worse by some of the most diffi -cult seasonal conditions

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Out there: experts are hopeful of a price rise for farmers but are uncertain about just high-er those prices will be.

ever experienced in South Gippsland.

“However, these are somewhat cyclical and we can be buoyed by the fact the future is bright, par-ticularly if farm gate pro-duction costs are carefully

managed.” Matt Harms, from

OnFarm Consulting, said next season’s opening milk price is likely to be higher than last season’s opening price, but is not convinced it will be signifi cant.

“I have been getting vibes of around an eight percent increase on last year’s opening price, but for some people that will be nowhere near enough,” he said.

“While farmers may be encouraged by the lift, it is a far cry from where some people are thinking it should be.

“There is optimism, but maybe some of the extreme optimism is un-founded.”

Confi dence in dairy dipsDAIRY farmers across south-east Australia can ex-pect 2013-14 open-ing farmgate milk price higher than last year’s opening price, according to analysis undertaken by Dairy Australia as part of the 2013 Situation

and Outlook Report, released last week.

Dairy Australia’s anal-ysis of current commodity price and exchange rate settings indicate an open-ing price for 2013-14 of around $5 per kilogram of milk solids compared to the 2012-13 opening price of $4.30kgMS.

Dairy Australia man-aging director Ian Halli-

day said: “The report sug-gests that 2013-14 could be a year of recovery for many farmers.

“Farm gate prices are expected to open higher than the current sea-son and global indica-tors suggest grain prices should moderate through late 2013. However, the key wildcard will be the weather,” he said.

Dairy Australia senior

analyst Norm Repacholi said just 44 per cent of Gippsland farmers are positive about the future of the industry.

“Challenging produc-tion conditions, rising in-put costs and a persistent focus on the supermarket milk price war have un-dermined farmer confi-dence,” he said.

In line with declining confidence, the propor-

tion of surveyed farm-ers intending to invest on farm over the coming year has declined.

Farmers who are more confident in the indus-try’s future are more like-ly to be in an expansion phase, and milking herds of more than 500 cows.

Discover vegetation secretsWORKING as a project offi cer with the South Gippsland Landcare Network, Kate Williams is often asked by landholders how to best man-age vegetation in order to reduce the threat of bushfi res and weeds.

To help unearth some of the practices behind the man-agement of vegetation, a free morning tea and farm walk on two properties is being held on Thursday, May 30 from 10am-12.30pm at Fish Creek and Buffalo.

Come along to learn and share your knowledge on the management of vegetation for bushfi re prevention, weed and pest animal reduction and biodiversity im-provement.

The day includes two farm walks with presentations from CFA bushfi re safety offi cer Rachel Allen, DEPI bio-diversity offi cer Brett Whitfi eld and WGCMA biodiver-sity offi cer Alan Hill. See the advertisement on this page for full details.

Techniques for managing remnant vegetation can be divided into two categories: protection and enhance-ment.

These categories are not mutually exclusive with many techniques serving more than one purpose. For ex-ample a controlled fi re may improve both biodiversity and wildfi re protection at the same time.

Good management should aim to protect and enhance the values of the remnant.

Protecting and preserving remnant vegetation on pri-vate land is often seen as little more than a fencing exer-cise. But this is far from the truth.

Whilst fencing can play an important role in exclud-ing stock, it is only one technique available to a land-holder when managing remnant vegetation.

Enhancement comes in the form of natural regenera-tion, replanting and through disturbance processed such

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placement plants for the older generation of plants. Join us on May 30 to fi nd out more.

Looking up: CFA vegetation management offi cer for Gippsland, Mike Stephen, eyes off a unique looking tree at Rob and Joan Liley’s Fish Creek property where the farm walk is being held on May 30.


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KIDS FOLDOUT COUCH.

CAR SEAT COVER.

DRAWERS.

BARBECUE.

TONKA TRUCKS.

DRYER.

DESKS.

BOOTS.

4/5 YEAR OLD PRE SCHOOL 2014PLAYTIME (3 YEAR OLD) 2014

The Leongatha Community Pre Schools invite you to attend an information night about

beginning Pre School. Pre School Teachers will explain important

issues you need to consider before your child begins their Pre School year.

Topics included:Is your child ready for Pre School?

Settling into Pre School.Proposed program model for 2014

Wednesday 5th June 2013ALLORA KINDERGARTEN

1 Symmons Street, Leongatha7.30pm start

INFORMATION NIGHTINFORMATION NIGHT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEEPublic Notice – Expressions of interestThe Department of Health Human Research Ethics Committee conducts ethical reviews of research proposals involving persons under the auspices of the Department of Health; it also considers research proposals from the Department of Human Services. The Committee meets approximately ten times a year.

Membership of the Committee conforms to the requirements of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007). Vacancies exist in the following categories of membership:• chairperson;• person with expertise in the nature of moral

deliberation and judgement (for example,a philosopher or theologian); and

• layman

Accordingly, expressions of interest in the above positions are now sought. Applicants should be familiar with the National Statement and have an understanding of the application of ethical principles to research. Appointments are for a period of three years with the possibility of re-appointment. Expressions of interest should include a covering letter detailing relevant experience and interests, a curriculum vitae and nominate two referees. These can be emailed, as below:

Mr Jeff rey Chapman

Secretary, Human Research Ethics Committee

Department of Health

[email protected]

Submissions must be received by COB Friday 14 June 2013Enquiries: (03) 9096 5239Further information about the Committee canbe found at: www.health.vic.gov.au/ethics

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CHIROPRACTORGarry Harrison19 Moonah Street

Cape PatersonMondayTuesdayThursday

FridayBy appointment

Ph: 5674 8290

public notices

CHIROPRACTORNORMAN G.

VRADENBURG“NON-FORCE

PRACTITIONER”28 Reilly Street,

INVERLOCHHOURS - Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday and Friday by appointment

Phone and fax 5674 3666South Gippsland

Chiropractic Services & Adjunctive Therapies P/L

Pleasant Sunday AfternoonECUMENICAL

FIRST IN 2013 AT

Scots Pioneer ChurchMardan South

Sunday, May 26 2013 at 2pm

Rev. Paul Bauerof the Uniting Church

Topic: “A few observations”

Everyone welcomeAFTERNOON TEA

public notices

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SALES CONSULTANT

Windmill Ag is a leading John Deere Machinery Dealer, with a long history of servicing Western Victoria and the Gippsland region. The company employs around 120 staff across Victoria, covering Sales, Parts and Service, with all staff enjoying modern well-located facilities. Windmill Ag values honesty, mutual respect as a basic for all interactions with both internal and external customers. The organisation provides friendly, professional services and quality products supported by superior product knowledge maintained through ongoing training.

A position currently exists for an Agricultural Machinery Sales Consultant to join our sales team at our Leongatha premises. You will be a point of contact for customer enquiries regarding the purchase of new and used machinery for our wide range of equipment franchises.

In addition to having a positive can-do attitude, the successful candidate will have:• A keen interest in agricultural equipment• Ability to work in a team environment• Self motivated• Well organised with the need for high level of time

management required• Excellent customer service and communication skills• Energy and enthusiasm along with the ability to

remain focused and motivated• Excellent attention to detail• Manage the working relationship with existing

customers• Source new customers through methods such as

targeted cold calling• Proven problem solving skills with a focus on

solutions• A good understanding of Microsoft Offi ce (Outlook

and Word) and general computer skill.

This position includes company vehicle, laptop, mobile phone and an enviable remuneration package.

Application must be submitted by Tuesday 28th May 2013

Apply today by sending your application and covering letter to [email protected]

or by post to: Windmill Ag Att: Ryan O’Doherty

PO Box 231, Leongatha South 3953

Visitor Services CoordinatorPermanent full time$62,437 total salary packageAn exciting opportunity exists to lead our team of Tourism Information Offi cers delivering a high level of service to visitors and residents of South Gippsland from our Prom Country Visitor Information Centres located at Korumburra and Foster.

Your primary focus will be to coordinate all key administrative and training requirements of the centres and to develop online and mobile media tools to promote South Gippsland Tourism and its operators. You will work closely with our Tourism Development Offi cer to assist with marketing projects and tourism development.

Your excellence in delivering high level customer service will ensure visitors to South Gippsland have a fi rst class tourism experience in our region. If you have the drive and enthusiasm and prior tourism industry experience, then join our dedicated team today.

This role is required to work to an agreed roster including weekend work.

Enquiries to Paul Stampton, Manager Strategic Planning & Development on (03) 5662 9200.All applicants must submit an Employment Application form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position description, by 5pm Wednesday 5 June 2013.Further information and a position description are available on our website.

South GippslandShire Council

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

situations vacant situations vacantCASUAL DAIRY farmhand for 2 to 3 months to help over calving. Start ASAP, in Meeniyan. Ph: 0421-554511.

situations vacant

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays


DEVELOP A CAREER IN THE MEAT INDUSTRYMeat Processors, labourers and Skilled Staff Required

For large Export Meat processing facilities in the Wonthaggi Region.Stability and Long term Employment Opportunities AvailableDuties include: • General Labouring • Process Work • Rendering

• Boning/Slicing/Knife Hand • Picking & PackingExperience not essential. Full training provided.

MUST be Australian citizen or permanent resident. Full time & casual positions available. Early starts.

MUST be prepared to attend INFORMATION SESSION.Eligibility Criteria Applies.

To apply please call 8398 1728 or email your most recent resumé to [email protected]

situations vacant situations vacant

School Administration Offi cerFull Time / 32.5 hours per week

Applicants for this position should demonstrate the following:

• A strong commitment to Catholic Education.• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.• Experience in fi nancial procedures including payroll,

BAS, accounts payable and electronic banking.• Sound knowledge of relevant accounting practices.• Advanced computer skills and knowledge including

experience in fi nancial programs, Microsoft Word, Excel and Internet Applications.

• Knowledge and experience in educational administration including SAS2000 is preferred but not essential.

• First Aid qualifi cations or a willingness to undertake First Aid training.

Relevant formal qualifi cations would be an advantage.

Appointment will be made subject to successful Police and Working With Children Checks.

Information packages and further information are avail-able by contacting the school on 5655 2040.

Written application and resumé including 3 referees to be forwarded to:

The PrincipalSt Joseph’s Primary School

1-3 Bridge StreetKorumburra. 3950

Email address. [email protected]

Applications close Friday 24th of May

St Joseph’s Primary School

Korumburra

Sales & Administration RoleRyan’s Buildpro is seeking a suitably qualifi ed Sales and Administration Professional.

Ideal attributes:• Business accounting knowledge. (Attache

experience preferred but not essential)• Ability to communicate with customers, discussing

their building or landscaping needs, both internally and occasionally out on site.

• Some knowledge of the Building or Road Transport industry would be preferred.

• Ability to work unsupervised and with a desire to contribute to the success of the business.

• The role is based in our Leongatha offi ce.

The role has some fl exibility and may be altered based on the skills of the successful applicant.

If you have the desire to work with a third generation, award winning, family business, then we would love to hear from you.

Please send your resumé to: The ManagerRyans Buildpro, PO Box 128, Leongatha Vic 3953

Part-Time Registrar (0.6)Newhaven College, an independent co-educational

school on Phillip Island, offers quality education for students from Prep to Year 12.

We seek an experienced professional to handle enquiries, provide confi dential, high-level service to

families and manage College enrolments.Please visit www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au

Applications close Friday 7 June 2013

Banking Customer Service Officer - Part Time

An opportunity exists in our recently opened Bendigo Bank agency for a person wanting to become involved with the community of Meeniyan. You will work with the Agency Manager to help customers achieve their fi nancial goals. You will be a great communicator and understand the need to put the customers fi rst. Ideally you would also have previous experience in a cash handling role with prior banking, or similar background, also advantageous. The role will be initially for two days per week (approx 13 hours) with the successful applicant also prepared to cover the annual leave of the Agency Manager.

Applications in writing can be submitted to:The Agency Manager,Bendigo Bank Agency,

110 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, Vic., 3956Applications close on Friday 24th May 2013

Marriotts MPE are currently seeking a suitably qualifi ed person to join our busy Parts Department. The successful applicant must have knowledge of the motorcycle and Power Equipment products. Experience with inventory, control, invoicing, electronic parts programs and customer service are mandatory. Above award wages and conditions apply.Please address applications to Jenny King or email

applications to [email protected] close 24th May 2013

MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT

SPARE PARTS INTERPRETERFULL TIME POSITION

situations vacant situations vacant

SHED SPACE for lease, Leongatha Ind. Estate, 130sqm available with 4.3m rollerdoor. Access door with additional lock-up yard. Call 0407-854953 for more details.

for lease

HOUSE for rent, 3 bedroom, Venus Bay, $240 pw. Phone Michael 0418-523987 .

WONTHAGGI modern central shop, $295 pw, central offi ce $195 pw. Ph: 0408-981819.

for rent

SEWING

MACHINEREPAIRS& SALES

FREE QUOTES

WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE

167 Graham StreetWonthaggi

5672 3127

for sale

HAY: small squares, excellent quality, shedded, suitable for horses, new season, $12 each, 100 remain until sold, conditions apply. 5664-1320.

HENS for sale, $10 each. 0458-641234.

LOUNGE SUITE solid cane, 2 armchairs, 2 seater couch and coffee table. Excellent condition, requires new covers. 5668-6256.

OLD PORT POULTRY FARM delivering 20-week-old laying hens to your area, Saturday June 1, $19 each. Ph: BH 0438-832535, AH 5183-2515.

SCENIC Galaxy Series 3, 18’6”, 2004, a/c, Q/bed, m/wave, stove, oven, grill, 12v battery, roll-out awning, full annex, solar wired. Stored undercover, VGC, $23,500. Phone Bill 0408-345204.

2 SHEEP ewes in lamb, $50 each. 0418-939112, 5662-4112.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662.

TANDEM TRAILER 8x5, with stock crate. 0428-764985.

TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 5681-2261.

WASHING MACHINE LG front loader, 7.5kg, excellent condition. 5668-6256.

for saleBULLS for hire or sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All bulls have been semen tested. Hire or sale. Ph: AH 0447-331762.

LAMBS 6 month old females, suit breeding or meat. Great grass eaters, drenched and vaccinated. From $50 each. 0428-356376.

ROOSTERS (3), 2 black, 1 white, $10 each; 3 hens laying soon, $15 each. Hen with 3 chickens, bantam, $45 the lot. 0413-452686.

livestock

BLUE BUDGIE in Leongatha. Please call Brooke 0401-179497.

lost

Affordable cars at drive away prices

SG CHEAPEST CARSGeary RoadLeongathaLMCT 10804

Phone Judy or Geoff 0428 920 095 for full

range of vehiclesOr visit:

www.sgcheapestcars.comNOTE: drive away means

no more to pay. All on road costs paid.

used vehicles

FREE CAR REMOVALWill pay up to $300

for complete carBuyers of scrap metal

All machineryBins provided

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers5672 2946

0417 556 593

FORD LASER GXL sedan, 1996 model, colour red, 280,000kms. Reg. NUP226. Price $2,600 with 12 months reg. Last full service Dec 2012 by Rapid Tune. Car in good condition. Well looked after! Contact Charlie Pisani 0408-899892.

MITSUBISHI LANCER 2008, silver, auto, one owner, 110,000km, factory mags and spoiler, VGC, RWC, Reg. XBH700, $11,200 ONO. Ph: 5664-2405, 0488-161677.

BOATS WANTEDCASH PAID

Phone0417 592 169

5674 1502

wanted

CASH PAID farm four wheelers, ag bikes, trucks, 4WDs and ride-on mowers. Any condition. Phone Matt 0401-194601.

wanted to buy

DOMESTIC CLEANER Phone 0407-812249.

work wanted

PAM HERRALD5662 2553

0438 097 181

marriage celebrant

Jenny MilkinsAll areas - 5672 3123

[email protected]

CAM ABOODLeongatha5662 4191

MOORE (Cantwell) -Leanne and Tony are thrilled to announce the arrival of Olive’s baby brother, Archie William, born May 13. Both well.

TURNER (O’Keefe) -Delighted to be grand-parents Diane and Wayne Turner wish to congratulate Robert and Kathleen for their beautiful granddaughter, Eloise Maree Turner, born May 17, 2013.

births

BURGE - Harry. We would like to thank you all for the cards, fl owers, phone calls and words of sympathy following the recent passing of Dad. Please accept this as our personal thanks. Lawrie, Steve, Lyn and families.

DEARRICOTT - Dorothy. Dorothy’s family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for all the expres-sions of sympathy and support we have received in so many different ways at the passing of our loved Mum and Nan. The various acts of kindness and care, (especially the hugs) really have uplifted our hearts and eased our burden during this time of our loss. We also appreciate the wonderful care Dorothy received from the doctors and staff at both the Foster Medical Centre and the Foster Hospital. To Paul and Margaret Beck, Lisa and Ray our sincere thanks also for the help, dignity and respect you delivered prior to and after Dorothy’s passing.

bereavement thanks

BURGE - Robert (Bob). 23.5.2007 Lovingly remembered each day. Marge and family.

in memoriam

HARVEY - The funeralof Mrs Ada Harvey will be held in the chapel of William Matthew Funerals, 45 Cavehill Road, Lilydale on Thursday, May 23 at 2pm.

A Memorial Service will be held at “The Grange” Community Centre, 17 MacDonald Street, Leongatha on Friday, May 24 at 2pm.

WAINE - The FuneralService for the late Mr Neville George Waine will be held at the Mirboo North Football Club Rooms on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 commencing at 1.30pm.

Private family interment.

funerals

CALDER - LeslieRaymond. On May 18 at Newcastle, NSW. Aged 88. Loved brother of Ronald (dec) and Lois Scott, and uncle to their families. A career in aviation world wide closes.

Well done Ray.

HARVEY - Ada. On May 18 at the Leongatha Hospital, aged 94.

Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Kay and Jim. Loving and much loved Nan to Joanna, Malcolm, Peter, David, Deborah, Atholl and Shane.

WAINE - Neville George. Passed away at Leongatha Hospital on May 13, 2013 aged 72 years. Late of Mirboo North. Loved father and father-in-law of Di and Rod, Denise, Jennifer, Karen, Sue and Evan. Much loved Pop of Tom and Lachie; Angela, Jodie, Graham, Owen and Katrina; Stephanie, Paige, Samantha and Issy; Kathy, Brian, Jessica and John; and Georgia.

Much loved and respected.

deaths

Bass Coast Children's Centre Inc invites applications for the following position:

Qualified Educator - (Certificate III)Full Time 38 hours per week

This position will commence on 3rd June 2013A Certifi cate III in Community Services (Child Care) qualifi cation is mandatory. As part of our commitment to maintaining a child safe environment, applicants must provide a current WWC (Working with Children) check. Appropriate First Aid, Anaphylaxis and Emer-gency Asthma Qualifi cations are required.

Applicants must possess the desire to provide an ex-ceptional level of quality education and care in a safe and nurturing environment.

Detailed position descriptions are available on request.

All enquiries (between 10am and 4pm) to:Ms Dina McMaster – Co-ordinatorBass Coast Children's Centre Inc

244 White RoadWONTHAGGI VIC 3995

Ph: (03) 5672 5151 Fax: (03) 5672 1332

Applications close 5pm Friday 24th May 2013

420 ACRES, two titles, approx 200 and 220 acres. Buffalo - fl at to gently undulating, two creeks, three bores, natural bush. Thirty square brick house, stockyards, disused dairy, ample shedding. 5663-6243.

CARAVAN Jayco Heritage, 17’6” tandem pop top. Shower / toilet, a/c, full oven, TV, antenna, awning / walls, as new $32,500. 0407-343574.

FIREWOOD local hardwood mixture, split, dry, pick up or delivered. Bulk loads available, $90 per metre. Ph: 0437-176187.

FIREWOOD - good local peppermint gum, $60 for a spud box, cut and split. 0417-385035 Stony Creek area.

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980-711, A/H 5662-5175.

for sale

Email your adverts to The Star

[email protected]


Caring for our Community,personal dignifi ed service

to all areas

5662 2717Pre-need Funeral Plans available

Offi ce and Chapel: 24 Anderson Street, [email protected]

MEMBER OFAUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

Paul & Margaret Beck proprietors

ALEX Burns and Jen Haw-ley are two exceptionally talented and skilled guitar-ists/singers, the focus of the second show that is about to tour regional Victoria as part of the Cafe Culture Se-ries 2013.

“Imagine the crossroads where rural blues meets early jazz, the rhythmic dexterity resonating with elements of blues, jazz, gypsy swing, calypso and sega: the result is intelligent fun,” Alex said.

“As for influences, the whole gang is here, from Son House, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt to Fats Waller, everyone from New Orleans to Django and Oscar Aleman.

“Throw in original composi-tions, a disarming talent for hu-

mour and rapport with their au-dience and the casual sharing of historical facts. We want to leave folks knowing more and wanting more.”

For more than a decade, Alex and Jen have independently been steadily developing their reputa-tions and credentials on the Mel-bourne music scene.

Jen has performed with Parisi-enne Swing as part of the Cafe Concert Series 2002, whilst Alex Burns was enjoying a success-ful blues duo partnership with the finger picking wonder Nick Charles.

Classically trained, Jen studied jazz with Bruce Clarke and shares Alex’s passion for early jazz and blues styles and repertoire.

Alex and Jen will be accom-panied by Kain Borlase on bass and Les Oldman on drums, offer-ing the audience a full ensemble

experience.The Alex Burns and Jen Haw-

ley band will be performing at The Artspit, Grandridge Brewery Restaurant, Mirboo North on Saturday, May 25 at 8pm.

This show is proudly present-ed Mirboo North Arts and is sup-ported by the Victorian Govern-ment through Arts Victoria.

Just Shows To Go acknowl-edges the voluntary contribution made by the Mirboo North Arts Committee, without which this show would be neither available nor affordable in The Mirboo North district.

Tickets are available now by phoning 5668 2701, or can be purchased at The Wrens Nest Bookstore, 90B Ridgway, Mir-boo North, or on the night at the door.

Don’t miss guitarists

NEWHAVEN College students’ jaws dropped last Friday when the stage curtains opened to reveal Nick Kingswell as their surprise Foundation Day assembly per-former.

Nick, a member of Ricky Martin’s team on the current series of The Voice, completed his secondary schooling at Ne-whaven College in 2004 and was thrilled to be invited back to perform for the col-lege’s 33rd birthday.

“It feels like coming home,” he said.“It’s just great to see so many familiar

faces.” The singing star humbly thanked stu-

dents, staff and college families for all the votes, support and kind messages he had received during his The Voice sting.

His father Richard Kingswell teaches at Newhaven and was a proud front row fan for Nick’s performance.

Students could not believe it when Nick invited them to take photos and fi lm an exclusive performance of his new, yet to be released song Real Love.

Staff and students clapped along as Nick’s winning smile and beautiful voice fi lled the auditorium and they showed their appreciation with a standing ova-tion.

Nick’s message to students was: ‘Whatever is it you want to do, you have to make it happen, and back yourself 100 per cent’.

The icing on the cake was when Nick stepped off stage into the crowd of cheer-ing students for a group photo for his so-cial media pages.

Preceding the well-kept secret, Beth Nuske and Lauren Roberts delivered a moving piano and violin performance and the Junior School Choir, including stu-dents as young as six, fi lled the stage and sang beautifully.

College principal Gea Lovell and life governors John Campbell and Reverend John Leaver shared stories of Newhaven’s humble beginnings in 1980 with ‘three teachers, 51 students, two portables and a muddy paddock for an oval’.

They refl ected on the greater leader-ship, travel, outdoor adventure and cur-riculum opportunities Newhaven offers today’s 736 students compared to the early days of the college.

Mr Campbell’s closing message to stu-dents bore a striking similarity to Nick’s words.

“When opportunity presents itself, you must grab it. Go forward in faith, qui-etness and confi dence as the founders of this great college encouraged,” he said.

The special assembly ended on a sig-nifi cant note with Year 12 student Cabinet members delighting Prep students by pre-senting them with helium fi lled balloons to recognize their bright futures at Ne-whaven College.

Nick Kingswell comes home

Out there:Newhaven College students were ecstatic when Nick Kingswell followed his performance of Real Love with a group photo.

THIS weekend, May 25-26, the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), supported by the South Gippsland Shire Council, is going to Change It Up.

The young people aged 16 to 19 all have an interest in sparking change within their local communities.

Over two full days of workshops and community events at Leongatha Memorial Hall, Change It Up will teach young people how to make the things that are important to them and others.

Change It Up is a partnership between the Victorian Government and the Founda-

tion for Young Australians.Deputy Premier and Gippsland South

MLA Peter Ryan welcomed the announce-ment that 20 young people from the regionwill be among the fi rst to take part in theprogram.

“The Change It Up program is a won-derful opportunity for our young people todevelop leadership skills and play an evengreater role in helping shaping their com-munities,” he said.

To apply, contact Alissa Phillips, ChangeIt Up program manager at [email protected] or Sophie Dixon at council on 5662 9202.

Young step up

SEVENTEEN local sporting club volun-teers from all round South Gippsland completed a food

handling certifi cate at Meeniyan Golf Club recently.

The four hour session covered vital information around food preparation

Local clubs keep it clean

YOORALLA First Base students have demonstrated their learn-ing using iPads as part of the E-Learning for participation and skills project.

The course has been conducted at GippsTAFE and has been made possible by the National VET E-Learning strategy, through Australian and State funding.

Ten students from Yooralla First Base have been involved with the semester

about to conclude.iPads are used to increase literacy and

numeracy skills.An end of semester showcase will be

held today, Tuesday, May 21 from 10am-11am as a way of showcasing the work done so far.

Teacher Lisa Kuhne said the program had been “fantastic” and would likely continue for a second semester under TAFE funding.

Learning for employment

and hygiene with a focus on sports club settings.

Gippsland Community College trainer Janelle Derbyshire was impressed with the participants,

“The club representa-tives were so enthusiastic. Our clubs rely heavily on funds from canteens so being trained in this area is very important. It gives these volunteers reassur-ance they are doing the right thing,” she said.

GippSport subsidised the course to ensure cost was minimal and clubs in the Healthy Sport-ing Environments (HSE) Program received further subsidies.

Meeniyan Golf Club hosted the night and being a (HSE) club was able to have seven of its members trained.

GippSport coordinator Gene Parini congratulated

the club. “Meeniyan Golf Club have really embraced the (HSE) program and in particular the Healthy Eating module, reviewing what food they sell and making improvements where possible. The fact it was able to have so many volunteers trained up is a great reward for its dedication to promoting healthy messages.”

For any clubs wanting advice on food handling procedures for clubs they can contact GippSport on (03) 5135 8335, their local shire or visit www.health.vic.gov.au/foodsafety

There are only a few places left in the (HSE) program. Any clubs in-terested should contact GippSport on the number above.

Left: iPAD learning: Emily Drysdale is su-pervised by GippsTAFE teacher Lisa Kuhne.

Below: Work in prog-ress: Emily Ardley and Dale Olierook show what they’re up to with their iPads.


tthestar.com.au | SPORT| SPORT

• South Gippsland Yacht Club

Yacht club wind up nightSATURDAY night was the fi nal wrap up for the South Gippsland Yacht Club at Inverloch with the presen-tation night and dinner at the club rooms.

The club in general had a very successful season under the leadership of commodore Ian Jones and vice commodore Allan Driver, with all the work being backed up by the com-mittee.

The club will resume rac-ing in October for the start of next season’s racing on Ander-sons Inlet. All information can be seen on the website www.sgycinverloch.com.au along

with photos of the past racing season. And the winners are;

Knights of Leongatha Toyota Series

Handicap Championship1st Wayne Smith sailing a

Windrush RadskolVYC Championship (VYC

Yardstick)1st Noel Owens sailing an

Impulse Lucky GirlCommodore’s Cup SeriesHandicap Championship1st Ian Jones sailing an Im-

pulse Lemon SmoothieVYC Championship (VYC

Yardstick)1st Keith Cousins sailing

an Impulse AFFI

John Parry Memorial Series

Handicap Championship 1st Craig Stewart sailing a Mosquito Stinger

VYC Championship (VYC Yardstick)

1st Matt Keily sailing an Impulse Vitamin C

Serious Surf Stuff Sum-mer Series

Handicap Championship 1st Allan Driver sailing a

Windrush Electric and Andrew Biram sailing a NS14 Bear All

VYC Championship1st Keith Cousins sailing

an Impulse AFFII Choose Awesome Tar-

win River Marathon1st Wayne Smith sailing a

Windrush RaskolDebenham Easter SeriesHandicap Championship1st Paula Horton sailing a

Laser Grandma’s FollyVYC Championship1st Wayne Smith sailing a

Windrush RaskolAlex Scott & Staff SeriesA Division 1st Pete Keily

sailing a WindrushB Division 1st Ian Jones

sailing an Impulse Lemon Smoothie

And Matt Keily sailing an Impulse Vitamin C

Tim Wilson Yacht Design Series

A Division 1st Rob McNair sailing a Windrush Westy and Wayne Smith sailing a Win-drush Raskol

B Division 1st Keith Cous-ins sailing an Impulse AFFI

and Matt Keily sailing an Impulse Vitamin C

Club champions VYC Yardstick: A Division 1st Wayne Smith.

B Division 1st Keith Cous-ins.

Overall club champions:Most Improved Handicap

Champion: 1st Wayne Smith.Club Champion VYC: 1st

Keith Cousins.Keith salutes: commodore Ian Jones congratulates VYC club champion Keith Cousins.

Matt triumphs: Commodore Ian Jones congratulates Alex Scott and Staff B Division equal winner Matt Keily

Handicap winners: commodore Ian Jones con-gratulates Handicap club champion Wayne Smith with his crew and daughter Abbey Argus-Smith.

• LEONGATHA BADMINTON

Tas Hughes on fi re

Korumburra ladies’golf champions: from left, Norrie Little (Seniors Champion), Jean White ( D Grade Champion), Lee Clements (A Grade and Club Champion), Corrie George ( C Grade Champion) and Joan Peters ( B Grade Champion). Results were published in last week’s Star.

NEW player to Leongatha badminton, Tas Hughes produced her best match of the season to guide her team to a memorable vic-tory.

Tas played inspired bad-minton to win her doubles set with Frank Dekker convinc-ingly, and then go on and de-feat a much fancied opponent Roger Callister in her singles. A top effort all round.

Young Ben Ryan contin-ues to improve and the Franc team recorded a good win, only Parish Buckley delivered the goods for his team win-ning all his sets convincingly.

Greg Marshman is try-ing to carry his team Shil-ling along, winning all his sets again, but to no avail as the overall depth of top team Rupee shone through. Ian Cole and Tracey Ryan again on fi re.

The Marc team recorded a thrilling fi ve point victory over the unlucky Dollar side. Connor Krohn had a top night for his team, while Jose Shel-ton was very impressive in his singles win.

For Dollar Jason Richards and Leonie Degnan both had

good results.The fi nal contest wit-

nessed Pound far too strong for Yen. Maurice Simpson, Brayden Krohn and Barb Jen-kins all on fi re. Steve Johnson tried valiantly for Yen win-ning a number of sets during the night.

Our treasurer Glen O’Neill has strong concerns not all

subscriptions have been paid yet. He is out and about chas-ing down unpaid fees, so all players are urged to pay up in the next few weeks. A note of thanks to Glen for all the ef-fort he has put in to get this year’s season off to a strong start. Well done Gleno.

Results Pound 7/128 d Yen 2/78,

Franc 5/92 d Euro 3/74, Ru-pee 5/92 d Shilling 3/85, Marc 5/108 d Dollar 4/103..

Ladder Round 4Rupee .......................................30Marc ........................................24 Pound ......................................24Shilling ....................................24Dollar .......................................22Euro ..........................................17Franc ........................................16Yen ...........................................14

Leongatha Table TennisOOPS, they failed! The Bombers felt the strain of not having Mark Dowling available.

For two weeks the Bomb-ers have not been able to bring home the win. In a convinc-ing manner M&M’s defeated Bombers 6/18 to 3/12 week one.

Team H2S unmistakably defeated Bombers 9/28 to 2/10 week two. However, this was a short fall as the Bombers re-deemed themselves last week. As the Bombers have done on all other occasions, they had a strong win against Team Al-mighty’s, 8/27 to 3/15. As this was playing out Neil Smith was having a fi ght of his own. Not content for an early night, Neil played two two games to fi ve sets. He was not the winner in either game on this occasion but did provide for great enter-tainment.

Scores Dean Snel-ling 4,9,11,11,11 def Neil

11,11,3,5,7 and Ian Rasmuss-sen 11,11,10,9,14 def Neil 4,6,12,11,12. A very close game.

Top Spot LockedA Reserve has two teams

whom have locked horn and fi ghting for supremacy. Team Mixtures (John McCarthy, Kathy Campbell, and Tom Ev-ans) and Team JSG (Jan Jonas, Stuart Campbell, and Gary Roughead), are causing quite a tornado. Oh to be a fl y on the wall in the Campbell house! As they continue to thrash about for top spot on the ladder, the remaining teams are just trying to hand on to hand on to their position on this rollercoaster ride.

ResultsA Grade @30/4/13No Name 6/21 d Smash

Shot 1/8, M&M’s 6/18 d Bombers 3/12, H2S 9/26 def Almighty’s 3/11

A Grade@ 7/5/13

No Name 6/21 d Al-mighty’s 5/20, M&M’s 6/21 d Smash Shot 5/16, H2S 9/28 def Bombers 2/10

A Grade @14/5/13No Name 6/18 d M&M’s

5/21, Bombers 8/27 d Al-mighty’s 3/15, Smash Shot 6/19 def H2S 5/18

A Reserve@1/5/13CBA 7/24 d Mortein 4/17,

DJS 10/32 def ARG 1/9, Shel-don 10/31 d Dominators 1/8, MMBT 5/15 d RAJ 4/15, IJI 6/19 d MST 5/20, JSG d Mix-tures 5/16

A Reserve @8/5/13IJI 10/30 d ARG 1/3,

Dominators 7/22 d CBA 4/18, Sheldon 8/30 d RAJ 1/10, MST 6/20 d MMBT 5/17, Mixtures 7/26 d DJS 4/15, JSG 10/30 d Mortein 1/3

A Reserve @15/5/13MST 7/22 d Sheldon 4/19,

Mixtures 7/24 d IJI 4/15, CBA 6/18 d JSG 5/20, Dominators 7/24 d RAJ 4/17, MMBT 9/27 d ARG 1/3, Mortein 8/27 d DJS

3/11Ladder

A Grade @17/5/2013H2S ............................. 14-68-221Bombers .................... 14-60-206No Name .................... 14-60-204Smash Shot ............... 10-52-177M&M’s ......................... 6-51-189Almighty’s .................... 2-33-141

A Reserve @ 17/5/2013Mixtures .................... 14-58-185JSG ............................ 14-58-185IJI .............................. 14-55-178Dominators ............... 12-50-166MST ............................. 8-48-157DJS ............................... 8-43-153MMBT ......................... 8-42-143Sheldon ........................ 6-48-173Mortein ......................... 6-37-126CBA .............................. 4-37-126ARG ............................... 2-18-72

Aggregate leadersA Grade top 6: Dirk H

24, Dean S 21, Michael C 20, Kevin D 19, Bryce H 17, Heitor H 17

A Reserve top 7: Ian J 24, Martin S 20, Stuart C 20,Mi-chael W 19, Michael B 18, Danny Z 18

Mud, sweat and tearsTARWIN Valley Primary School students put their best foot forward last Friday when they competed in the annual school cross country.

Mud fl ew and tears fl owed as competitors hit breaking point in the tough event. But everyone made it across the line and there were high fi ves all around.

Best friends forever: the hard-running trio Elly, Bianca and Amy were enemies on the track, but best mates after the race.

Tough competitor: Liam gave his all.

H a i r - r a i s i n g experience: Elly was poetry in motion as she strode toward the line. Muddy mess makers: Jessica and Chelsea.


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TIDESAt Port Phillip Heads

MAYTime height

(metres)

0127 1.530720 0.191434 1.791959 0. 66

0116 0.590827 1.331332 0.782027 1.39

0214 0.540940 1.391440 0.842126 1.38

0317 0.461049 1.481556 0.872229 1.39

0424 0.381153 1.591710 0.842332 1.43

0031 1.480625 0.231344 1.761907 0.72

28TUE

22WED

23THUR

24FRI

25SAT

26SUN

27MON

All times shown in24 hour clock

0001 - 1200..................AM1201 - 2400..................PM

Here is an easy guide to tides in your area.To determine tides for a partic-ular area, add or subtract peri-ods of times as shown below.

Earlier MinutesApollo Bay ...........................25King Island (Grassy) ...........10King Island (Surprise Bay) ....40King Island (Franklin) ...........40Lakes Entrance .................... 170Lorne ...................................... 20Mallacoota Inlet .................... 158Rip Bank ................................ 15Snowy River Entrance ......... 170_______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Morn-ington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil_________________________Later MinutesAltona ................................... 195Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15Carrum ................................. 195Corinella ................................. 68Cowes Pier ............................. 50Dromana .............................. 195Frankston ............................. 195Geelong ............................... 210Hastings ................................. 66Hovell Pile ............................ 195Inverloch Pier ......................... 15Melbourne ............................ 200Mornington ........................... 195Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30No. 1 West Channel (Annulus) ........................... 50No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150Port Albert Pier ...................... 90Portarlington Pier ................. 190Portsea Pier ........................... 80Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30Rhyll ....................................... 60Rosebud ............................... 195Rye Pier ............................... 170St. Leonards Pier ................. 190Sandringham ....................... 195Sorrento Pier ........................ 130Stony Point ............................. 40South Channel Pile Light ..... 190Swan Island Dock ................ 120Tooradin ............................... 105Warneet.................................. 84Williamstown ........................ 200Welshpool Pier ....................... 90

0527 0.291251 1.691813 0.79

• South Gippsland Secondary School Aths

Mirboo North does it againTHE South Gippsland Secondary School Ath-letics held on Friday, May 3 at Newborough were an outstanding success for Mirboo North Secondary Col-lege again this year.

That is three wins in a row and six out of the last 11 years.

Leongatha virtually owned this cup up until 2002 having won it 20 years in a row from 1982!

RESULTSJohn Trotman grand

Aggregate Cup

Mirboo North - 588, Leongatha- 531, Wonthag-gi- 527, Korumburra- 448, South Gippsland- 431.

SHIELDSJunior girls - Leongatha.

Intermediate girls - Won-thaggi. Senior girls - Mir-boo North. Junior boys - Wonthaggi.

Intermediate boys - Mirboo North. Senior boys - Mirboo North. Girls aggregate - Mirboo North. Boys aggregate - Mirboo North. Girls handicap - South Gippsland. Boys Handicap - Mirboo North. Grand Handicap - Mirboo North.

AGE GROUP CHAMPIONS

U13 Boys: Lochlan Scott WSC and Brett Thor-son LSC

U13 Girls:Aliesha Wrig-ley LSC and Bridget Lowe WSC

U14 Boys: Lachlan Clark WSC

U14 Girls: Lateasha Hansch MNSC

U15 Boys: Wes Graeme MNSC

U15 Girls: Lucy Mulqueeny WSC

U16 Boys: Jer-emy Brammar KSC and Cameron Noy MNSC

U16 Girls: Tegan Lowe

WSCU17 Boys: Jacob

Zwiersen KSCU17 Girls: Jacque

Snooks KSCU20 Boys: Leki Asa

Leausa WSCU20 Girls – Jezeloni

Montgomery WSC and Indy Sanders MNSC

Wes Graeme fl ying over the hurdles Monique Giardina great baton change

Daniel Tree just in front Cam Noy an amazing effort

WONTHAGGI, Ko-rumburra and Leon-gatha Croquet Clubs recently took part in a special effort which raised $781.50 for Gippsland Rotary Centenary House in Traralgon.

Organised by Warragul Croquet Club secretary Sue Elliott, 10 croquet clubs from across Gippsland took part in the fundrais-ing effort. Clubs gave up their green fees for a day or made a donation.

Ms Elliott said the total amount raised exceeded her expectations as many of the clubs who took part were small and had to work hard to keep their club going.

Ms Elliott, who is also the Gippsland Rotary Cen-tenary House fundraising sub-committee secretary, said the community-owned accommodation facility was built to house patients and families attending the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre at Latrobe Region-al Hospital. It also helps families of in-patients who would otherwise have to travel unreasonable distanc-es to be with loved ones.

Participating croquet clubs were Warragul, Dr-ouin, Korumburra, Leon-gatha, Wonthaggi, Phil-lip Island, Maffra, Sale, Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance.

THELMA Arnup and Mick Maxwell won the Association XYZ doubles conducted at Traral-gon on Wednesday, May 15. Another victory to Thelma’s successful career!

Our club held a very entertaining social day with at-tendances from Wonthaggi, Drouin, Warragul and Koru-mburra clubs at the end of April. All had a happy, fun day - a great social event.

Leongatha has been successful in obtaining a grant of $1000 for uniforms, so like all other Gippsland clubs will now be able to proudly dress in our local colours. We plan to purchase warm jackets and polo shirts in navy and white.

Our next major event is a “Fun & Frivolity Day” with an extra special afternoon tea (we have some excellent cooks) to raise funds for Cancer. This commences at 11 am on June 1 and everyone is welcome to attend - espe-cially newcomers.

Traralgon participants: Sandra Birch, Betty Strong and Thelma Arnup.

Leongatha Croquet

Special effort: Warragul Croquet Club secretary Sue Elliott (centre) presents a cheque for $781.50 to Carmen Cook (left) and Kay Radford of the Gippsland Rotary Centenary House fundraising sub-committee.

Croquet clubs support Centenary House

Athletes in South Gippsland will have the chance to boost their skills and reach their sporting potential thanks to $176,000 in Victo-rian Coalition Government funding.

Deputy Premier and Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan today announced the South Gippsland re-cipients of the 2013 Victalent and Country Action Grant Scheme.

Mr Ryan said the South Gippsland recipients in-clude:

• Leongatha and District Cricket Association - $5,000 (Country Action Grant Scheme);

• Poowong Recreation Reserve Committee of Man-agement - $5,000(Country Action Grant Scheme); and

• Meeniyan Golf Club - $3,000(Country Action Grant Scheme).

• South Gippsland Bass Swimming Club - $1,000 (Victalent).

“I congratulate these groups for their efforts in se-curing funding and I am sure it will be used to advance their chosen sport and to continue supporting the many athletes who take part each and every week,” Mr Ryan said.

“The clubs represent a variety of sporting endeavours which is refl ective of the wide-range of sports on offer throughout the Gippsland region.”

Minister for Sport and Recreation Hugh Delahunty said the funds would help Victorians to remove the costs associated with training and competition.

“These grants help local sports organisations improve their administration and program delivery so they can provide even better participation opportunities for their communities,” Mr Delahunty said.

Mr Ryan said through these programs, locals not only got more opportunities to come together and share their passion for sport but boost their health, improve their tal-ent, skills and hopefully profi t from the experience.

“Supporting sports groups to operate more effectively is another way the Coalition is ensuring Victorians get the chance to play sport and be more active,” Mr Ryan said.

“Each day thousands of Victorians go above and be-yond to support their local sports.

“A great example of this commitment is the distance covered by the many rural and regional teams, coaches, and athletes just to compete in their local competitions.”

South Gippsland sports initiatives on track


tthestar.com.au BOWLS | SPORTBOWLS | SPORT

Korumburra volleyballResults Round 12A Grade: Pirates d

Bugs (3:0) 25:15, 25:18, 25:12.

Giants d Warriors (3:0) 25:16, 25:21, 25:15.

Champions d Golli-wogs (2:1) 25:19, 20:25, 19:9.

B Grade: Misfi ts d Shark Bait (2:1) 25:21, 22:25, 24:20.

M.G. Holy Cows d Chargers (2:1) 25:23, 25:17, 21:22.

Panthers d HELP (2:0) 27:25, 25:23, 2:8.

KorumburraParlor Bowls

ROUND 13, the penultimate round, saw the three top teams consolidate their positions at the expense of three lower teams, with The Burra gaining four points and one ladder position for the bye. The three games provided a mixture of bowling.

VRI played fourth placed Kardella and bowled well for an easy win. VRI took the lead on the seventh end and proceeded to march to victory, doubling Kardella’s score. Kardella’s position in the fi nals would have been threatened had Kookaburras fi nished their game a little better.

Kookaburras and Battlers see-sawed throughout their match with each taking the lead only to relinquish it a few ends later. With the teams even in scores at the start of the twenty-third end, the fi nal two ends proved a case of which team would be up on the see-saw and which team down. Well done to Battlers, but a disappointing fi nale for Kookaburras.

Pretenders and Sicilians played a humdinger of a game when Sicilians threw down the gauntlet from the start to challenge the ladder leaders with a 7-0 lead in fi ve ends. Pretenders slowly pegged back the margin but each time they came close, Sicilians skipped ahead again.

It was with six ends to go that Pretenders fi nally headed Sicilians but the fi nal ends were tightly bowled with each point won proving vital. A break of three points was whittled to two, and on the last end, Sicilians looked to have bowled well enough to re-take the lead and the match until a well-executed bowl from Pretenders

snuffed out their chances.Final scores – Round 13 – Pretenders 21

d Sicilians 18, Battlers 21 d Kookaburras 18, VRI 31 d Kardella 16, The Burra – bye.

And for those interested in the previous games when no reports were available –

Round 12 results – Kookaburras 31 d The Burra 19, VRI 27 d Sicilians 12, Battlers 33 d Kardella 7, Pretenders – bye

Round 11 results – Kardella 29 d Kookaburras 16, Pretenders 24 d Battlers 17, The Burra 25 d Sicilians 16, VRI – bye.

MeeniyanOur regular Monday winter triples began on May 6. Winners were locals Marj Pearson, Don Paterson and Glen-da Williams.

Runners up were Richard Alyn and Graeme and Mavis Cridge (Tarwin Lower).

The days sponsor was S.E.J. May 13 winners were Gerry Van Duin

(Yinnar) with Greg Lewis and Mike Arnold (Mirboo Nth). Runners up were Rob McK-enzie and Joe Lavarda (Fish Creek) with local Max Brown. Locals Bob Wylie, Barb Scott and Irene Hill also won 3 games. The sponsor was Numix.

Wednesday social bowls has continued with winners so far this month being Avril Van Wamel with Kevin Robinson and Dud-ley Harrison with Pat Pocklington.

Lucky draws have gone to Glenis Dens-ley and Kay Cook.

Both the ladies and the general commit-tee have held their AGM’s with no change in the executives.

Avril Van Wamel led the ladies with Marj Pearson as secretary and Irene Hill as tournament secretary. Alan Hanks leads

the general committee with John Cocking secretary,Max Brown treasurer and Paul Holmes tournament secretary.

Upshot 2.

Mardan IndoorThis week pennant matches were played by both teams at home, Mardan Purple v Buffalo Yellow and Mardan Gold v Korumburra Blue.

Both games had their moments of ex-citement and disappointment for all teams as the night progressed, the Mardan Purple gained the upper hand over Buffalo whilst the game between Mardan Gold and Koru-mburra started a little in the visitors favour. Things started to take a turn the other way at the half way point with Mardan Gold hit-ting the front.

With 2 ends to play Mardan Gold were 4 shots up and Korumburra had to pull out all the stops to get back in with a chance of a win.

The last end saw all kinds of strife for Mardan Gold when the kitty was pushed to the very edge of the mat by Ann Plowman but unfortunately her bowl just couldn’t stay with it at this point

Korumburra was holding close to 6 shots. The draw on the mat was just tak-ing the bowls away and Andy Plowman was unlucky to put his two off followed by Arc Gammaldi the Korumburra skip and the fi rst bowl of Tony Allen-Clay hit the wood along with them.

It was down to the last bowl and a very wide draw saw the bowl just have enough pace to cut in and stay on giving Korum-burra only 2 shots but securing a 1 shot win for Mardan Gold with Mardan Purple beat-ing Buffalo by 16 shots

The weekly social bowls started with the singles fi nals which provided a very entertaining start to the night. Jeanette Grady and Bev Greenwood put up a great show and Cliff Smith and Vito Serafi no also played a very entertaining game. The re-sults were as follows

Ladies’ Singles Champion for 2013 is Jeanette Grady and the Men’s Singles Champion for 2013 is Vito Serafi no

Social bowls consisted of six teams of 3 and provided the usual high level of com-petition with plenty of great bowls played. It was good to see Robert Matthies come along for his fi rst game at the Hall in close to 2 years. He still has the touch and made a great contribution to his teams efforts. Hope we see you again Robert!

Keeping this report brief as, we seem to have got chopped out of the Mirboo North Times last week. Sorry for those who look forward to reading the report, but it did ap-pear in The Star.

Here are the results: Runners up with 2 wins 12 ends were:

Theresa Bateman, Sebastian Terranova and Ray Saunders (skip)

Winners with 2 wins 15 ends were: Willy Zuidema, Andy Plowman and Tony Allen-Clay (skip)

Until next week stay warm and dry. Tony Allen-Clay

Dumbalk indoorTHIRTEEN players were present at Dumbalk on April 13.

Three teams of three and one team of four were formed to compete in two games of eight ends.

Rob Mathies (skip), Dudley Harrison and Joy Dyson proved a formidable group,

scoring +12 in the fi rst game and +16 in thesecond game.

The club’s pennant team suffered a de-feat, going down to Korumburra White byfi ve ends. The fi nal scores being Korum-burra White 25, Dumbalk Green 20.

Buffalo indoorAT social bowls on Wednesday, May15 we welcomed Lee Armstrong backand selectors had 14 players to put intoteams.

Two teams of four and two triples wereselected and bowling began. A good conteston mat one with Charlie 6/3 over Rod, andAndrew just pipped by Bill 9/8 after trailing0/8 at the halfway mark.

Winners to mat three saw Charlie’steam continue their good form 8/7 overBill’s team, and Ian, Andrew and Joe swap-ping positions for a 10/3 win over Rod.

The third game of the night Charliewas again victorious over Joe 11/7 andBill 10/6 winning over Rod, with someunusual bowling resulting in unexpectedresults.

Winning their three games Char-lie Tumino (s), Glenys Pilkington, PeterHeldens and Lee Armstrong (WWW) 13ends donated to Peter Mac tin followed byBill Wolswinkel (s), Carolyn Benson andJoyce Occhipinti (WLW) also 13 3nds.

Next Andrew Hanks, Ian Benson andJoe Occhipinti (LWL) 11 ends followed byRod McConchie (s), Toni Heldens, GraemeTobias and Mary Tumino (LLL) nine ends.

The annual Ladies v Gents challengetakes place on Friday, June 7 so keep thisdate free for another great tussle.

See you next week at Buffalo, 7.30pmstart.

SATURDAY brought a cool and showery af-ternoon to the racing at Bena.

With the preceding wet week and racing at the Coun-try Titles scheduled for Sunday at Harcourt there was only a small fi eld present.

The weather stayed fi ne for the race duration and the starters were split into an A and B fi eld.

The A Grade fi eld stayed together swapping turns un-til around the three quarter way mark.

At this point Ronald Purtle increased the pressure on the climbs, especially out of the 180 degree turn at the west end of the small criterium circuit.

Thomas McFarlane tried to go with the move but quickly saw a gap open up and Ronald was able to solo to a fi ne victory.

The end of race pressure saw the fi eld strung out as individual riders. Thomas crossed for a clear second while Dave McFarlane road away from Neil White for third place.

In the B Grade race there was a mixed fi eld of masters and juniors.

The fi eld stayed together with several of the juniors sitting on the back and assessing how the racing with the masters would pan out.

At the bell lap the fi eld was still together so all were in with a chance.

From the west end of the circuit it is a sharp uphill run before a little breather and then a further uphill run to the line.

At the line it was a clear win to the young legs of Will Lumby.

He was followed over the line by the oldest competi-tor, Kerry Pritchard for a good result.

Then it was the Matt Minogue coming in for third just ahead of Austin Timmins, Steve Wilson and Dave Bennett.

Next Saturday, racing starts at the Woolamai race track for the circuit back through the hills above Glen Forbes and Dalyston.

This day should suit the hill climbers.Tuesday night there is a club meeting at the McFar-

lane residence.

Meeniyan – Monday evening

1st. Pat West. Barbara Axten. 2nd. June Metcalf. Colin Cameron. 3rd. Faye Rowlands. Frank Arndt.

Tarwin Lower – Tues-day Afternoon.

1st. Jack Kuiper. Jean Barbour. 2nd. John Sul-livan. Alan Johnston. 3rd. Frank Arndt. Clive Hope.

Inverloch – Friday afternoon.

North/South: 1st. Sally Hoskins. Heather Calder. 2nd. Jack Kuiper. Jean Barbour & Anne & Bruce Gibson. 4th. Althea Drew. John Sullivan.

East/West: 1st. Anne Williams. John Farr. 2nd. Faye Rowlands. Pat West

Leongatha night tennis premiersTHE grand fi nals of Leongatha’s summer night tennis concluded re-cently with winners being, section one, Porterhouse, section two 4s2m, and section three, Racketeers.

Winners Section One: Porterhouse, Joel Langstaff, Simon Thomas, and Glenn Bainbridge.

Winners Section Two: 4s2m - Sam Gervasi, Sean Fraser, Matt Rowe, Marg Barter, Shelley Walker, and Wendy Gervasi.

Winners Section Three: Racketeers, from left, Jim Byrnes, Don Wilson, Pat Byrnes, Helen Drury, Rhonda Newton, and Nicole Dudman.

Winners group: from left, winner of B grade WillLumby and A grade Ronald Purtle.

B Grade: in action during their criterium race.

Leongatha cycling

& Margot Moylan. Kaye Douglas. 4th. Maria & LeifMichelsson.

Bridge results



OTHER MATCHESSENIORSYinnar 14.10.94 d Yallourn-Yall North 11.6.72Trafalgar 17.9.111 d Yarragon 7.9.51Newborough 23.17.155 d Morwell East 2.4.16RESERVESYinnar 15.14.104 d Yallourn-Yall North 2.3.15Trafalgar 20.13.133 d Yarragon 1.2.8Newborough 17.12.114 d Morwell East 8.3.51THIRDSYinnar 18.18.126 d Yallourn-Yall North 4.5.29Yarragon 12.16.88 d Trafalgar 3.1.19Newborough 21.27.153 d Morwell East 3.2.20FOURTHSYinnar 7.15.57 d Yallourn-Yall North 0.1.1Yarragon 16.10.106 d Trafalgar 0.0.0Newborough 10.7.67 d Morwell East 1.5.11

SENIORSMirboo North 29.12.186 dThorpdale 1.13.19Mirboo North goals: T. Traill 10, A. Bence 4, J. Taylor 2, M. Wightman 2, B. Waters 2, D. Taylor 2, D. Gar-dener 2, D. Pinneri 2, K. Nash 1, J. Brooks 1, D. Banks 1.Mirboo North best: B. Waters, T. Traill, J. Taylor, A. Bence, K. Nash, D. Taylor.Thorpdale goals: D. Atkinson 1.Thorpdale best: B. Hotchkin, C. Celima, B. Willis, B. Carboni, T. Lappin, J. Atkinson.

RESERVESMirboo North 14.8.92 dThorpdale 5.5.35Mirboo North goals: B. Van Heu-rck 4, L. Palmer 3, P. Aveling 2, J. Grande 2, W. Hardisty 1, J. O’Keefe 1, S. Lawson 1.Mirboo North best: L. Gervasi, L. Palmer, J. Alexander, J. Grande, J. O’Keefe, M. Taylor.Thorpdale goals: A. Watson 2, C. Gibson-Williamson 1, L. Durkin 1, D. Donoghue 1.Thorpdale best: R. Pickering, S. Jones, C. Gibson-Williamson, J. Crofts, D. Van Zuylen, B. Hammond.

THIRDSThorpdale 8.9.57 dMirboo North 5.4.34Thorpdale goals: H. Lawson-Pep-per 2, S. Pickering 2, C. Imer 1, B. Graham-Wyntjes 1, D. Bentley 1, T. Pickering 1.Thorpdale best: C. Haider, L. Jen-kinson, D. Bentley, B. Young, B. Street, S. Pickering. Mirboo North goals: D. O’Keefe 1, H. Turnbull 1, J. Best 1, M. Clark 1, L. Smit 1.Mirboo North best: J. Redmond, S. Pratt, L. Smit, D. O’Keefe, B. Brad-shaw, G. Mihai.

FOURTHSMirboo North 5.11.41 dThorpdale 1.2.8Mirboo North goals: J. Richards 2, T. McAllister 1, P. Hinkley 1, J. Porter 1.Mirboo North best: J. Moro, Z. Por-ter, P. Hinkley, J. Porter, J. Best, J. Buxton.Thorpdale goals: K. O’Connell 1.Thorpdale best: D. Moran, K. O’Connell, M. Powell, H. Ferguson, R. Devine, C. Linn.

SENIORSBoolarra 12.14.86 dHill End 6.8.44Boolarra goals: D. Metcalf 2, K. Towt 2, T. Perczyk 2, D. Wilson 1, J. Giardina 1, M. Buglisi 1, J. Elson 1, R. Kelly 1, J. Dyer 1.Boolarra best: T. Salerno, J. Giar-dina, M. O’Sullivan, J. Cargill, S. Mazou, C. Riseley.Hill End goals: R. Horton 2, J. Martin 1, J. Somers 1, R. Lee 1, D. Briggs 1.Hill End best: A. Mitchell, J. Pede-mont, K. Ayton, M. Parker, R. Fid-delaers, J. Martin.

RESERVESHill End 12.12.84 dBoolarra 4.12.36Hill End goals: J. Ivanic 3, B. Rich-ards 3, T. Coad 2, D. Horton 1, A. Cochrane 1, N. Boonstra 1, D. Kelly 1.

Hill End best: A. Cochrane, D. Ab-bott, S. Griffi n, B. Hams, N. Boon-stra, D. Gannan. Boolarra goals: C. Sykes 1, A. Fievez 1, A. Burgess 1, J. Vuiller-min 1.Boolarra best: D. O’Neill, K. Foley, H. Kite, R. Beamish, S. Cooper, S. Richards.

THIRDSBoolarra 21.20.146 dHill End 2.7.19Boolarra goals: A. Salerno 5, J. Dudek 4, P. Thomas 3, J. Anderson 3, J. Abbey 2, O. Gilpin 1, D. Brick 1, A. Sauppe 1, A. Peter 1.Boolarra best: A. Salerno, P. Thom-as, J. Battersby, J. Anderson, C. Noy, J. Dudek. Hill End goals: B. Noy 1, D. Gregg 1.Hill End best: I. Ketchen, J. Cas-sar, D. Gregg, R. Minichiello, J. Coombs.

SENIORSLADDER

Mirboo North ........ 227.43 24Trafalgar ............... 150.67 24Newborough ......... 182.49 20Boolarra ................ 135.05 20Yinnar ................... 113.46 16Hill End .................... 89.24 16Morwell East ............ 74.17 8Thorpdale ................ 59.00 8Yarragon .................. 54.97 4Yall-Yall North .......... 51.53 0

THIRDSLADDER

Thorpdale ............. 201.23 28Yarragon ............... 546.54 24Newborough ......... 209.29 20Yinnar ................... 193.25 20Trafalgar ................. 93.52 12Boolarra ................... 69.30 12Mirboo North .......... 171.24 8Yall-Yall North .......... 60.60 8Morwell East ............ 30.50 4 Hill End .................... 22.45 4

FOURTHSLADDER

Yinnar ................. 2275.00 28Yarragon ............... 471.54 24Newborough ......... 203.45 24Mirboo North ........ 156.87 20Yall-Yall North....... 115.61 16Thorpdale ................ 61.45 12Hill End .................... 15.79 8 Morwell East ............ 26.67 4 Trafalgar ................... 13.17 4

RESERVESLADDER

Newborough ......... 250.66 28Yinnar ................... 412.16 24Trafalgar ............... 150.27 16Mirboo North ........ 150.14 16Boolarra ................ 127.72 16Hill End .................. 121.43 16Thorpdale ................ 61.35 12Morwell East ............ 62.28 8Yarragon .................. 37.81 4Yall-Yall North .......... 25.87 0

Mid Gippsland

League

by RoverA RELENTLESS Mirboo North cel-ebrated champion full-back, Drew Gar-dener’s 250th senior

appearance for the club, with a 167-point annihilation of Thor-pdale at Thorpdale Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

• MIRBOO NORTH FOOTBALL/NETBALL

Thumping win to Mirboo North The dual premiership de-

fender led the mighty Tigers onto the fi eld and was carried off it on the shoulders of his teammates, after their resound-ing 22nd consecutive victory over the Dales.

Gardener capped off his memorable day by moving forward and booting two goals in the fi nal quarter.

Later, at a packed social evening at Tigerland head-quarters, Gardener received a standing ovation when he was presented with life member-ship of MNFNC.

In what was a lop-sided contest from go to whoa, champion full-forward, Tim Traill, recorded his fi rst dou-ble-digit haul for the season, with 10 magnifi cent goals.

Classy utility, Anthony Bence, who was returning from injury, was another Ti-ger in terrifi c touch around the goal-square, with four excel-lent majors.

After a promising start to 2013, where it won its fi rst two matches against Yarragon and Morwell East, Thorpdale has been hit hard by injuries to key players and has lost its last fi ve encounters by a total of 413 points.

Dylan Atkinson was Thor-pdale’s lone goal scorer when a 35-metre snap under pres-sure from a clever pick-up, went sailing through the big white sticks during the open-ing term.

Thorpdale’s new state-of-the-art electronic scoreboard was working overtime as Mir-boo North persistently rammed home goals from all angles, all afternoon.

One of those came in the second term from Dom Pin-neri , who slotted a centimetre-perfect running shot from the boundary line that brought up Mirboo North’s ninth major.

Thorpdale was well-served by Ben Hotchkin, Corey Ce-lima, Ben Willis and Ben Carbone, but it had too many sheepdogs hanging around the packs, rather than entering them full bore.

Ferocious tackling that in-creased Thorpdale’ risk expo-sure was a hallmark of Mirboo North’s passion, work ethic and commitment to winning the hard ball.

Mirboo North prevailed in most contests by teaming together magnifi cently with clean marking, accurate foot passing and overlapping hand-ball that productively moved the Sherrin forward.

The Tigers barely had a weak link in their supply chain, with backing-up a fea-ture of their play, as they re-stricted their mistakes to a bare minimum in defence, through the midfi eld and inside their attacking 50.

Brian Waters, Josh Taylor, Kallum Nash and Daniel Tay-

lor were all given too much free passage by their Thorp-dale opponents, as they ran into space and effortlessly pro-gressed through the lines.

Thorpdale’s innacurate goal-shooting meant an inabil-ity to create scoreboard pres-sure on the Tigers and led to everything everywhere going pear-shaped.

Consistent misuse of the Sherrin by hand and foot all over the ground brought about unsolvable and diabolical con-sequences for Thorpdale.

With too few kicks reach-ing their intended destinations and killer turnovers taking prominence, the fumbling, stumbling Dales were left dead in the water.

Mirboo North maintained its aerobic capacity, agility and ground level fi nesse to fi nish strongly in the fi nal term by adding 7.8 and keeping Thor-pdale scoreless.

Mirboo North’s next fi x-ture is against Yallourn Yal-lourn North at Tigerland on Saturday, June 1.

SeniorsMirboo North 29.12.186

d Thorpdale 1.13.19. Reserves

Mirboo North 14.8.92 d Thorpdale 5.5.35.

Thorpdale offered re-stricted resistance after quar-ter-time, as Mirboo North progressed towards a decisive 57-point victory.

Although Thorpdale had sturdy performers in Ray Pick-ering, Colin Gibson-William-son and Sam Jones, the Tigers took control of the game by booting 4.5 to 1.2 in the sec-ond term.

One of those goals came from James Grande, who grandly hooked a sensational right foot shot home from the boundary line.

The further the match

went, the better the mighty Ti-gers played as their momentum lifted to extraordinary levels.

Mirboo North’s integrated, systematized, logistical mobil-ity, plus its optional transitional capability in the corridor and around the fl anks, had the Dales fl oundering and gasping for air.

“The have a game plan our boys can’t seem to decipher,” remarked one Thorpdale fan to another.

Luke Gervasi, Luke Palmer and Jed Alexander all performed wonderfully well for Mirboo North, which re-corderd its fourth win for the season and maintains fourth position on the ladder.

ThirdsThorpdale 8.9.57 d Mir-

boo North 5.4.34.Thorpdale set up its com-

fortable 23-point win with a solid four-goal opening half, where it restricted Mirboo North to one behind.

FourthsMirboo North 5.11.41 d

Thorpdale 1.2.8.Mirboo North was too

skilled and strong for Thorp-dale, which had to wait until the fi nal quarter to kick a goal, courtesy of Kayne O’Connell.

Netball15 & Under: MN 23 d

Thorpdale.MN Best: J. Heath, T.

Wilkins.17 & Under: MN 45 d

Thorpdale 24. MN best: T. Ir-win, G. O’Loughlin.

D Grade: MN 20 d Thor-pdale 19. MN best: H. Ander-son, K. Koene.

C Grade: MN 29 drew with Thorpdale 29. MN best: I. Sanders, M. Joustra.

B Grade: MN 49 d Thor-pdale 29. MN best: A. Hilliar and team.

A Grade: MN 67 d Thor-pdale 56. MN best: D. Hilliar, M. Geisler.

TEAM: Forday Camara (player-coach), Darren Finnie (player-assistant coach), Brett Hamm, Jason Cooke, Travis Bennett, Stu McNaughton (captain), Jason Lee, Tim Barker, Andrew Angwin, Raj Ruthirathas, Billy Garcia, Cameron Murray, Darcy O’Connor, Mike Van Eck and Lee Kirkus.

First half: After a slow start to the season, the Leongatha Knights senior men’s side was looking to make it two wins on the hop when it played host to visitors and Korumburra Cup-winners Mirboo North at Mary MacKillop on Sunday.

Fielding a virtually fully fi t squad that included imposing goal-keeper Dale Morris for the fi rst time this season, the Knights had every right to feel optimistic squaring up to a Mirboo side struggling to recapture its pre-season form.

The opening exchanges were somewhat scrappy, with nei-ther team creating any real meaningful chances. However, with about twenty minutes gone, a fi ne Leongatha pass inside from the right wing fi nally gave striker Billy Garcia a chance to open the scoring.

His shot was blocked, but the rebound only fell as far as Tim Barker at the top of the box who put his foot through it to give the home side a 1-0 lead. That goal lifted the Knights signifi -cantly and when Cameron Murray, looking dangerous all after-noon, produced clever turn on the left with and a cross to match, it was no surprise to see Barker power into the box and smash home the header to send Leongatha into the break 2-0 up.

Half time score: Leongatha 2 - Mirboo North 0.Second half: Despite holding the momentum at the break,

Leongatha found themselves on the back foot in the second half as Mirboo North came out determined to make an impact.

The Knights backline, expertly marshalled by Darren Finnie and Darcy O’Connor, soon found themselves repelling attack af-ter attack as the visitors overran the Knights’ midfi eld to take up camp in the home side’s fi nal third.

When a scrambled effort in the box wasn’t suffi ciently cleared, Mirboo pressure fi nally paid off and the Knights’ keeper was only able to watch in vain as a coolly lobbed ball found the back of the net. With just a goal now in it and Mirboo North growing in confi dence, Leongatha fi nally awoke from its half-time lethargy. Sharper in the pass and in the tackle, they began to fi nd some late second-half attacking joy of their own.

When the ball found Tim Barker outside the box and un-marked, the Kiwi man-of-the-match made no mistake, unleashing a 20-yeard screamer high into the net to seal his hat trick and a 3-1 win for the steadily-improving Leongatha Knights.

Final scores: Leongatha 3 - Mirboo North 1.Leongatha man of the match: Tim Barker.

LEONGATHA’S under 16’s stared the fi rst half with the wind in their faces but shared an even amount of play during the fi rst 10 minutes, however it wasn’t long before Mirboo North pushed deep into the Knights defensive third.

This forced a corner resulting in a goal to Mirboo North from a fabulous volley. From the restart the Knights pushed forward out wide to stretch North’s defence, creating several scoring op-portunities of their own.

North took control in their own half and split the Knights defence, running on to score their second. Leongatha found some form building from the back moving the ball from left to right fi nding winger Ethan Bath who beat several North defenders to score Leongatha’s fi rst of the day.

Mirboo North pushed hard late in the fi rst half to score their 3rd giving then a two goal buffer at half time 3-1

2nd half – The Knights were stunned early when North scored a fourth from a header but this only spurred the Knights to re-group, take control of the game and play some of best football to date, scoring 2 goals. One was from a penalty kick awarded to and taken by Elijah Tracanelli and a second to Ryan Kirkus.

North pushed hard at the Knights but were held out with some tight defending by James Kelly, Dylan Van Puyenbroek and Oakley Edrisinha .

The Knights were unlucky not to equalize late with their attacking drives but were happy with their second half perfor-mance, fi nal score 4-3 to Mirboo North .

Senior Men: Korumburra men’s side travelled to Phillip Island and were coming off a very big loss the previous week. The Burra’s midfi eld fi red up and was working hard but it was the Island that scored fi rst and then a lapse in concentration in defence by the Burra saw Phillip Island score again.

Korumburra fought out the fi rst half and got on the scoreboard from a brilliant corner. At half time it was 2-1 up in favour of the Breakers. Phillip Island came out after half time full of fi ght and scored its third goal, Korumburra’s young side fought it out right to the end and scored shortly before the fi -nal whistle. Phillip Island won 3-2 in a fairly even contest.

Women: On an overcast but mainly dry day both Phillip Island and Korumburra were fairly evenly matched sides. The defences from both sides were playing well; mid-fi elders and forwards were fi nding the going fairly tough and at half time break it was nil all. In the second half Phillip Island was kick-ing to the highway end of the pitch and was starting to apply more pressure to the Koru-mburra back half. The Burra girls did their best to shut down the Island but Phillip Island scored two goals well into the second half to take the game 2-0

Reserves: Phillip Island came out in the reserves match applying plenty of pressure around the ground and was on the scoreboard fairly soon, the Island scored again and by midway through the fi rst half it looked as though it would run over the top of the ‘Burra. A corner and good header from Dy-lan Jones, followed by the fi rst of four goals from Daniel Longden bought Korumburra back into the match 2-2 at half time.

After half time both sides continued to attack and went goal for goal until city man-aged to get a two goal break and looked to have the game under control. The Breakers had other ideas and scored again, Korumbur-ra hanging on to win a high scoring entertain-ing game 6-5

• SOCCERKnight’s Under 13s

PARENTS and supporters from both teams showed up in force despite threatening weather con-ditions to cheer on an enthusiastic group of players.

The evenly matched teams came out strongly in the fi rst half, attacking the ball in both offence and defence. A strong and disci-plined Leongatha defence held its ground and keeper Duncan was rarely challenged.

On the other hand, Mirboo North’s keeper was under constant pressure as Leongatha’s well practised passing game came into full ef-fect and resulted in two fi rst half goals.

While the weather couldn’t decide what it wanted to do, Leongatha started the second half determined to extend the lead it took into the half-time break. Two quick goals by mid-fi elder Riley started an avalanche of scores by the Knights. A Mirboo North handball in the box resulted in a penalty converted by usual keeper Duncan.

With the scores at 5-0, Leongatha coaches had the luxury of resting some of their more experienced players and trialing some of their newcomers in the offensive line.

With seven individual goalkickers, Leon-gatha walked away with a 6-0 win, cementing a solid start to the season with four wins and only one loss so far. Leongatha player of the day was Malik Phillips for consistent improve-ment this season.

Leongatha Knights senior men

• SOCCERLeongatha Knights Under 16s

• SOCCER Korumburra City v Phillip Island

Under 16s: No match report received.Under13: In the Under 13s Korumburra

came up against a very strong Phillip Islandside , the Island piled on the goals but the Ko-rumburra side to its credit did its best with ZoëAllen and Harry McNeill, both scoring a goaleach. Good players for Korumburra were HarryMcNeil , Zane Allen and Josh Nagle. PhillipIsland to good winning 15-2

Up there: Ryan Kirkus fl ies high against Mirboo North on Sunday at Leongatha.


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Results - Round 8May 18

A Grade: Fish Creek 82 d Kilcunda-Bass 9, MDU 45 d DWWWW 24, Korumbur-ra-Bena 82 d Toora 11, Foster 62 d Tarwin 23, Dalyston 79 d Yarram 30, Stony Creek 42 d Inverloch-Kongwak 35.

B Grade: Dalyston 79 d Yarram 33, DWWWW 43 d MDU 40, Foster 73 d Tarwin 29, Stony Creek 50 d Inverloch-Kongwak 20, Fish Creek 84 d Kilcunda-Bass 16, Korumburra-Bena 65 d Toora 6.

C Grade: Dalyston 41 d Yarram 16, MDU 32 d DWWWW 18, Foster 34 d Tarwin 30, Stony Creek 38 d Inverloch-Kongwak 32, Kil-cunda-Bass and Fish Creek - not played, Korumburra-Bena 39 d Toora 20.

17 & Under: Dalyston 49 d Yarram 13, DWWWW 32 d MDU 23, Foster 35 d Tarwin 25, Inverloch-Kong-wak 50 drew Stony Creek

50, Fish Creek 50 d Kilcun-da-Bass 11, Korumburra-Bena 37 d Toora 10.

15 & Under: Yarram 34 d Dalyston 16, MDU 38 d DWWWW 8, Foster 21 d Tarwin 0, Inverloch-Kongwak 45 d Stony Creek 9, Fish Creek 26 d Kilcunda-Bass 21, Korumburra-Bena 38 d Toora 7.

13 & Under: Korum-burra-Bena d Toora 11, Da-lyston 43 d Yarram 8, MDU 26 d DWWWW 6, Foster 43 d Tarwin 4, Inverloch-Kongwak 55 d Stony Creek 4, Fish Creek 43 d Kilcunda-Bass 5.

LaddersA Grade

Kor-Bena .......................349.62 28Dalyston .........................311.31 28Foster .............................188.89 28Fish Creek .....................225.76 20 Stony Creek...................189.37 20Yarram .............................71.12 18 Phillip Island ..................145.00 16Inv-Kongwak ...................85.96 12MDU .................................66.04 6 Tarwin ...............................60.57 4Toora .................................46.40 4

DWWWW........................23.75 0Kil-Bass ............................18.12 0

B GradeDalyston .........................220.94 28Foster .............................218.06 28Kor-Bena .......................192.94 28Phillip Island .................150.84 20DWWWW.....................131.11 16Tarwin ............................118.15 16Fish Creek ......................122.14 12Stony Creek ......................86.96 12MDU .................................81.51 12Yarram ..............................57.60 12Inv-Kongwak ...................43.85 0Kil-Bass ............................42.03 0Toora .................................40.60 0

C GradeKor-Bena .......................259.79 24Stony Creek...................153.30 24Dalyston .........................135.11 20Fish Creek .....................129.19 16Inv-Kongwak ................102.85 16Phillip Island .................116.56 12Toora ...............................114.69 12Tarwin .............................110.58 12Foster ................................88.89 12Yarram ..............................87.80 4MDU .................................68.71 4Kil-Bass ............................60.00 0DWWWW........................45.57 0

17 & UnderDalyston .........................213.10 28Foster .............................166.43 28Stony Creek...................191.93 22Inv-Kongwak ................112.73 22Kor-Bena .......................159.86 20

Fish Creek .....................158.17 20Tarwin .............................101.75 12Yarram ..............................75.74 12DWWWW........................88.89 8Phillip Island ....................86.83 8MDU .................................49.77 4Toora .................................36.00 0Kil-Bass ............................22.64 0

15 & UnderPhillip Island .................205.00 28Fish Creek ..................... 211.11 24Yarram ...........................202.27 24Kor-Bena .......................176.47 20Dalyston .........................135.71 20Inv-Kongwak ................178.83 16Foster ..............................150.98 16Kil-Bass ..........................138.89 16MDU ...............................110.77 8Stony Creek ......................35.71 8Toora .................................31.46 4DWWWW........................14.53 0Tarwin ...............................10.51 0

13 & UnderDalyston .........................391.94 28Foster .............................340.68 28Inv-Kongwak ................247.13 24MDU ..............................223.44 20Kor-Bena .......................190.00 20Phillip Island .................268.18 16Yarram ..............................67.92 16Fish Creek ......................162.37 12Kil-Bass ............................50.24 8DWWWW........................32.70 4 Tarwin ...............................25.96 4Toora .................................27.33 0Stony Creek ......................19.18 0

Alberton netball

Results - Round 6A Grade: Morwell 60 d

Drouin 54, Sale 71 d Bairn-sdale 28, Traralgon 39 d Maffra 31, Leongatha 61 d Warragul 26, Wonthaggi 67 d Moe 43.

B Grade: Morwell 43 d Drouin 23, Sale 40 d Bairn-sdale 39, Traralgon 55 d Maffra 26, Leongatha 54 d Warragul 25, Moe 53 d Won-thaggi 46.

C Grade: Morwell 37 d Drouin 19, Bairnsdale 39 d Sale 33, Traralgon 45 d Maffra 28, Leongatha 36 d Warragul 12, Wonthaggi 45 d Moe 17.

17 & Under: Drouin 36 d Morwell 22, Sale 49 d Bairnsdale 23, Traralgon 39 d Maffra 26, Leongatha 53 d Warragul 30, Wonthaggi 46 d Moe 34.



LaddersA Grade

Sale .................................188.29 24Morwell .........................131.01 22Leongatha......................110.82 16Drouin ............................119.38 12Traralgon .........................94.51 12Wonthaggi ......................107.46 10Maffra ...............................90.25 8Bairnsdale .........................86.49 8Moe ...................................75.00 8Warragul ...........................44.09 0

B GradeMorwell .........................230.67 24Leongatha......................208.06 24Traralgon .......................184.53 24Drouin ..............................99.54 14Sale ...................................84.08 12Maffra ...............................85.34 10Moe ...................................78.84 8Wonthaggi ........................67.64 4Bairnsdale .........................53.95 0Warragul ...........................49.85 0

C GradeMorwell .........................180.42 24Bairnsdale .....................115.93 20Traralgon .......................164.42 18Wonthaggi .....................156.77 18Drouin ............................143.14 16Leongatha .......................112.42 12

Sale ...................................83.50 4Maffra ...............................79.34 4Moe ...................................44.00 4Warragul ...........................29.67 0

17 & UnderTraralgon .......................191.54 24Sale .................................176.35 20Maffra ............................169.13 20Wonthaggi .....................143.86 16Bairnsdale .....................107.27 12Drouin ...............................90.91 8Moe ...................................88.46 8Leongatha .........................85.84 8Morwell ............................40.91 4Warragul ...........................38.27 0

15 & UnderSale .................................240.17 24Traralgon .......................204.84 20Maffra ............................144.27 20Wonthaggi .....................164.54 16Drouin ............................130.61 16Bairnsdale .........................86.25 12Moe ...................................59.19 4Leongatha .........................55.86 4Warragul ...........................53.45 4Morwell ............................27.01 0

13 & UnderSale .................................303.17 24Traralgon .......................219.15 20Maffra ............................208.74 16Wonthaggi .....................196.77 16Drouin ............................157.14 16Bairnsdale .......................132.69 16Leongatha .........................41.51 4Moe ...................................30.15 4Warragul ...........................29.83 4Morwell ............................22.71 0

Gippsland netball

A Grade: Leongatha 61 def Warragul 26

Awards: Claire Fitzger-ald (LC Excessorise) and Kate McCarthy (Evans)

Auction: Meg RosserAttackers made strong

leads and great passes into the ring resulting in accurate shots from the shooters. The defence end was tight, thus a great game by all. Four consistent quarters allowed for a fantastic win!

B Grade: Leongatha 54 def Warragul 25

Awards: Rachel O’Loughlin (Voyage Fit-ness) and Nicola Marriott (SportsFirst)

Auction: Nicola Mar-

riottDiffi cult conditions

with all four seasons pre-senting, making it hard to adjust. New recruit Zoe adapted well in goals giv-ing the girls a solid win. Few things to work on but an overall consistent game.

C Grade: Leongatha 36 def Warragul 12

Awards: Bek Vagg (Henriettas) and Sammi Peterson (Nagels)

Auction: Ruth Craw-ford

Great team effort! The ball movement was won-derful down the court. Passes need more atten-

tion and improvement. The girls are working to-gether as a team resulting in a great win!

Under 17s: Leongatha 53 def Warragul 30

Awards: Jess Clark (Bakers Delight) and Lisa Clark (Voyage Fitness)

The team started off slowly but then worked together to create oppor-tunities for their goalers. Jess and Sarah were strong in the ring. A great team effort resulting in a win. Well done girls!

Under 15s: Leongatha 38 def Warragul 25

Awards: Lisa Clark (Se-rafi no’s) and Koby Denni-

son (LC Excessorise)Strong fi rm hands were

needed to control the slip-pery ball. The girls lead well from the start and maintained a handy lead till the end. Well done on your fi rst win for the season.

Under 13s: Leongatha15 def Warragul 11

Awards: Brooke Ma-teria (Evans) and Taylah Brown (SportsFirst)

What a great win to-day. We started very well this week. The ball move-ment was good although out passes let us down at times. We worked really hard right to the end of the game. Well done girls!

Leongatha “Parrots” Netball Write UpRound 6 V Warragul 18/5/13

OPEN INTER-LEAGUE TEAM

2.15pm startPLAYER POSITIONSTess Angarane - Daly-

ston, Kara Wogan-Browne - Fish Creek, Hayley Pu-petti - Dalyston, Ella An-garane - Dalyston, Jess McRae - Dalyston, Jarney Thomas - Dalyston, Ther-ese Dalmau - Foster, Kim Hillberg - Korumburra-Bena

Coach: Cath Chester

17&UNDER TEAM12noon startBritt Thomas - Daly-

ston, Hannah Flanders - Fish Creek, Kelsey Ang-win - Foster, Shannon Danckert - Fish Creek, Tyler Ralph - M.D.U, Britt Roffey - Foster, Ol-ivia Cope - Stony Creek, Jaquie Snooks - Korum-burra-Bena, Kelsey Bux-ton - Inverloch-Kongwak, Holly Monaghan - Stony Creek

Coach: Jesse Boyd

• Tess Angarane, Dalyston

• Kara Logan-Browne, Fish Creek

• Hayley Pupetti, Dalyston

• Ella Angarane, Dalyston

• Kim Hillberg, Kor/Bena

• Therese Dalmau, Foster

• Jarney Thomas, Dalyston

• Jess McRae, Dalyston

LDNA umpiresMay 25

11am: Emily Chadwick, Chelsea Hofman, Madie Wright, Tino Nyamunduni, Jessica Foreman, Kaili Pritchett, Sophie Clarke, Millie Hannon, Anna Patter-son, Erin Baudinette, Angel-ique Dunlevie, Julie Grant, Phil Smith, Anita Gourlay.

12 noon: Maddison Wight, Di Brew, Mellissa Beardsworth, Kayla Beard-sworth, Nikki Stockdale, Narelly Hanily, Amy Smith, Janice Sing, Gemma Pruin, Janice Hill, Elly Egan, Na-dine Smith, Brittany Tenny-ennuis, Brittany Price.

1pm: Karen Clarke, Lauren Baudinette, Danielle Jones, Janice Sing, Angel-ique Dunlevie, Janice Hill, Julie Grant, Anna Patterson, Phil Smith, Emalie Gordon.

2.15pm: Lori McKenzie, Robyn Kenny, Sue Ritchie, Tracey Miles, Jamie Gourlay, Barb Challis, Anita Gourlay, Emma Smith.

Any queries phone Julie Grant 0407 076 425.

LDNA netball

Saturday, May 1811/Under: Mt Eccles

White 22 d Town Black 1, Mt Eccles Purple 14 d St Laurence Maroon 13, Mt Eccles Pink 9 d Town Tangerine 2, St Laurence Gold 18 d Mt Eccles Aqua 3, Mirboo North Purple 22 d Meeniyan & District 2, Mirboo North White 8 d Mirboo North Gold 3.

13/Under: Mirboo North Gold 25 d Mt Eccles Aqua 7, Mirboo North Purple 19 d Mt Eccles Purple 11, Town Black 26 d Town Tangerine 6, St Lau-rence 14 d Meeniyan & District 10.

15/Under: St Laurence Blue 25 d St Laurence Gold 15, Town Black 22 d Town Tanger-ine 11, Mt Eccles Navy 25 d Mt Eccles White 17.

C Grade: Meeniyan & Dis-trict Blue 38 d Mirboo North Purple 26, Mirboo North Gold 42 d St Laurence 17, Meeniyan & District Yellow 33 d Town Tangerine 19.

B Grade: Town Green 30 d Mt Eccles Navy 29, Town Black 64 d Mt Eccles White

30.A Grade: Town 48 d St

Laurence 32, Mt Eccles Navy 45 d Mt Eccles White 42.

Ladders13/U

Mirboo North Gold ........606.67 8St Laurence .....................208.70 8Mirboo Nth Purple ........183.33 8Town Black .....................272.22 6Meeniyan & Dist ................97.92 4Mt Eccles Aqua ..................72.41 2Mt Eccles Purple ................56.34 2Mt Eccles Pink ...................22.39 2Town Tangerine ..................40.00 0

15/UTown Black .....................206.06 8Mirboo North .................163.83 8St Laurence Blue ............ 115.69 6Mt Eccles Navy ...............103.85 4Town Tangerine ..................80.00 4St Laurence Gold ...............60.64 2Mt Eccles White .................75.49 0

C GradeMeen & Dist Blue ...........223.81 8Mirboo Nth Gold ...........175.00 8Meen & Dist Yellow .......162.07 8Mirboo Nth Purple ........108.33 4St Laurence .........................66.67 2Town Black ........................43.15 2Town Tangerine ..................50.35 0

B GradeTown Black .....................247.13 8Town Green .....................104.20 6Mt Eccles White ...............66.50 2Mt Eccles Navy .................61.15 0

A GradeTown .................................171.43 6St Laurence .....................130.88 6Mt Eccles Navy .................70.31 4Mt Eccles White ...............66.02 0

Teams for Alberton Interleague match

v Ellinback at Inverloch this Saturday, May 25

Everywhere girl: Dalyston centre Jessica McRae looks for a passing shotagainst Yarram during the clubs’ A Grade encounter at Dalyston.


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SENIORSLADDER W L D % Pts

Sale ...........6 0 0 221.86 24Morwell ......6 0 0 199.71 24Wonthaggi ...4 2 0 151.43 16Maffra.........4 2 0 127.54 16Traralgon .....3 3 0 152.64 12Leongatha ......2 4 0 84.66 8Warragul ........2 4 0 76.90 8Bairnsdale ......2 4 0 73.66 8 Drouin ............1 5 0 61.48 4Moe ................0 6 0 36.24 0

UNDER 18LADDER

W L D % PtsTraralgon .....6 0 0 457.05 24Drouin ........5 1 0 185.83 20Wonthaggi ...5 1 0 177.49 20Bairnsdale ...4 2 0 218.72 16Sale ...........4 2 0 152.19 16Maffra ............3 3 0 98.57 12Morwell ..........1 5 0 67.83 4Leongatha ......1 5 0 61.86 4Warragul ........1 5 0 46.19 4Moe ................0 6 0 11.13 0

GOALKICKERSD. Sheen (Maffra) ............... (3) 33M. Davis (Sale) ................... (5) 26 M. Sellings (Bairnsdale) ...... (0) 22C. Maskell (Leongatha) ....... (3) 22J. Hall (Traralgon) ............... (3) 20D. MacDonald (Morwell) ..... (4) 19D. Bedggood (Maffra) ......... (4) 16K. Fraser (Sale) ................... (2) 14M. Johnston (Morwell) ....... (3) 14D. Hutchison (Morwell) ....... (0) 13D. Lynn (Bairnsdale) ........... (1) 13

RESERVESLADDER W L D % Pts

Warragul .....5 1 0 163.31 20Sale ...........4 1 0 243.05 16Wonthaggi ...4 2 0 158.00 16 Morwell ......3 2 0 214.71 12Traralgon .....3 2 0 168.35 12Leongatha ......2 3 0 99.51 8Drouin ............2 3 0 43.69 8Maffra ............1 4 0 61.80 4Moe ................0 6 0 18.12 0

GOALKICKERS

B. Monahan (Warragul) ....... (3) 23R. Tack (Wonthaggi) ........... (0) 17T. Webster (Warragul) ......... (2) 11T. Phillips (Morwell) ............ (0) 10S. Ferguson (Sale) .............. (0) 9J. Freeman (Sale) ................ (0) 9B. McDonald (Morwell) ....... (5) 8C. Pollard (Traralgon) .......... (4) 7A. Dugan (Traralgon) ........... (2) 7J. Barton (Sale) ................... (0) 7M. Davies (Leongatha) ........ (0) 7

GOALKICKERSC. Nickels (Traralgon).......... (1) 24B. Darby-Lock (Morwell) ..... (0) 18J. Zahra (Wonthaggi) .......... (5) 17J. Vucenovic (Traralgon) ..... (1) 14A. Ferreira-Neto (Won) ........ (4) 12E. Johnson (Sale) ................ (2) 11J. Gown (Drouin) ................ (3) 11 B. Trinder (Bairnsdale) ........ (0) 10W. Patterson (Bairnsdale) ... (0) 10J. McIntosh (Sale) ............... (1) 10

UNDER 16LADDER

W L D % PtsTraralgon .....6 0 0 337.07 24Sale ...........5 1 0 417.09 20Moe ...........4 2 0 205.69 16Warragul .....4 2 0 167.57 16 Maffra.........4 2 0 120.69 16Bairnsdale ......3 3 0 110.97 12Leongatha ......2 4 0 61.35 8Drouin ............1 5 0 46.00 4Morwell ..........1 5 0 31.41 4Wonthaggi......0 6 0 12.47 0

GOALKICKERS

B. Scott (Sale) ................... (12) 44J. Orlicki (Warragul) ............ (2) 18 K. Stamers (Traralgon) ........ (2) 17L. Di Ciero (Traralgon)......... (0) 15K. Renooy (Maffra) ............. (2) 14T. Morrow (Moe) ................. (1) 12J. Green (Bairnsdale) .......... (2) 12J. Jans (Sale) ...................... (1) 11A. McKenzie (Maffra) .......... (3) 11L. Robinson (Bairnsdale) .... (0) 10K. Hynes (Bairnsdale) ......... (1) 10

ROUND 6

OTHER MATCHESSENIORSMaffra 15.18.108 d Traralgon 13.13.91Morwell 23.13.151 d Drouin 8.6.54Sale 28.16.184 d Bairnsdale 5.3.33RESERVESTraralgon 19.5.119 d Maffra 5.5.35Morwell 17.9.111 d Drouin 3.8.26

SENIORSWarragul 14.7.91 dLeongatha 10.11.71Warragul goals: M. Collison 3, C. Shiels 3, R. Buttner 3, T. Higgins 1, M. Johnson 1, B. Hamilton 1, M. Nobelius 1, M. Gray 1.Warragul best: M. Collison, C. Rowe, M. Gray, B. Drew, C. Shiels.Leongatha goals: C. Verboon 3, C. Maskell 3, M. Truscio 1, P. McGrath 1, D. Westaway 1, J. Kilsby 1. Leongatha best: M. Truscio, S. Westaway, D. Westaway.RESERVESWarragul 6.4.40 dLeongatha 4.6.30Warragul goals: B. Monahan 3, T. Webster 2, J. Proctor 1.Warragul best: J. Deen, S. Kelly, N. Kaljouw, B. Sinnett, A. Rhodes, B. Nott. Leongatha goals: M. O’Loughlin 1, J. Hickey 1, L. Castagna 1, W. Mc-Caughan 1. Leongatha best: S. Vagg, J. Ren-den, N. Phelan, J. O’Loughlin, D. Burge.

UNDER 18sLeongatha 13.6.84 dWarragul 2.7.19Leongatha goals: A. Taranto 5, M. Borschman 3, B. Mead-Ameri 2, A. Trotto 1, C. Trickey 1, L. Wright 1.Leongatha best: B. Vanrooy, A. Taranto, J. Burge, C. Trickey, D. Betts, J. Harry.Warragul goals: T. Kelly 1, L. Lane 1. Warragul best: A. Maric, M. Wead-ley, T. Axford, J. Lane, L. Lane.

UNDER 16sWarragul 7.10.52 dLeongatha 3.8.26Warragul goals: J. Orlicki 2, H. Mc-Kay 2, B. Hefford 1, S. Neville 1, J. Callaway 1.Warragul best: N. Mulqueen, J. Or-licki, D. Rottler, J. Hughes, R. Ford, D. Proctor. Leongatha goals: L. Wright 2, J. Ginnane 1. Leongatha best: K. Cooper, M. Trot-to, J. Nagel, L. Wright, K. Patterson, B. Moscript.

UNDER 18Traralgon 11.11.77 d Maffra 3.3.21Drouin 15.4.94 d Morwell 5.13.43Sale 7.8.50 d Bairnsdale 7.5.47UNDER 16Traralgon 19.14.128 d Maffra 6.1.37Drouin 10.15.75 d Morwell 6.5.41Sale 19.24.138 d Bairnsdale 3.2.20

This Saturday, May 25 at 2.15pm at Inverloch, Alberton FNL plays Ellinbank and district FL.

The squad is as follows: Ash-ley Snooks: Korumburra-bena, Tremaine Tohiariki: MDU, Adam Sadler: Inverloch-Kongwak, Dean Wylie: Dalyston, Callan Park: Fish Creek, Scott Braithwaite: Korum-

burra-Bena, Shem Hawking: Fos-ter, Aaron Ireland: Fish Creek, Jacob Byrnes: Stony Creek, Ryan Fitzgerald: Kilcunda-Bass, Griffi n Underwood: Yarram, Cal Mccon-non: Phillip Island, Kael Bergles:

Kilcunda-Bass, Brent Lynch: Yarram, Dylan Clark: Inverloch-Kongwak, Dylan Zuidema: Stony Creek, Declan Kelly: Dalyston, Chris Bruns: Yarram, Michael Cooke: Korumburra-Bena, Ben

Law: Kilcunda-Bass, DarrenGranger: Foster, Mitch Price:Phillip Island, Cal Van Dyke:Foster, Coach: Brett Beaumont,Assistant Coach: Chris Day, TeamManager: Bruce Clark.

Alberton FNL plays El-linbank at 12noon this Saturday, May 25 at In-verloch

Corey Casey: Inverloch-kongwak, Joe Ray-angarane: Dalyston, Ryan Olden: MDU, Tom Wyatt: Koru-mburra-Bena, Tom Stone: Stony Creek, Eli Richards: Phillip Island, Josh Hop-kins: Korumburra-Bena, Jay Breen: Korumburra-Bena, Jack Flanders: Fish Creek, Jake Buckland: Fish Creek,

Sam Wilson: MDU, Brock Dorling: Korumburra-Bena, Ben Chalmers: Tarwin, Matt Schreck: Dalyston, Corey Smith: Kilcunda-Bass, Trent Hamilton: Foster, Eli Taylor: Stony Creek , Jacob Dakin: Kilcunda-Bass, Jake Mc-millan: M.d.u., Luke Thwait-es: Tarwin, Thomas Hamil-ton: Dalyston, Max Francis Phillip Island, Kyle Holmes: Toora, Coach: Scott Ander-sen, Assistant Coach: Jake Joyce, Team Manager: Mi-chael Andersen

2013 Alberton FNL Seniors Interleague

Dylan Zuidema, Stony Creek.

Shem Hawking, Foster. Callan Park, Fish Creek.

Adam Sadler, Inverloch Kongwak.

Mitch Price, Phillip Island.

Scott Braithwaite, Ko-rumburra Bena

Jacob Byrnes, Stony Creek.

Ben Law, Kilcunda Bass.

Darren Granger, Foster..

Callan Van Dyke, Foster.

Dylan Clark, Inverloch Kongwak

2013 Alberton FNL Under 18 Interleague Team

Squad training: the Alberton under 18’s at a recent training session.

Parrots plucked by GullsTHE Parrots fell to Warragul on the weekend, after a di-sastrous third quarter effort.

It was a frustrating loss for the Parrots faithful, and one that could easily have been won. Football pundits were predicting a

narrow Parrots win, but Leongatha was far from convincing.

Dropped marks and other clangers were a feature of the fi rst term. In the second quarter Warragul fought back, edging in front by nine points.

But by the third quarter

the rot had set in and the Parrots were put to the sword.

A hamstring injury to Ben Geitz added salt to the wound. Cade Maskell, though he kicked three, also looked decidedly proppy in the second half.

Zac Vernon excelled, as did the Westaways –

Sean and Dylan. Chris Verboon continues to be a good contributor in the front of goal and kicked three. Rhett Kelly was also solid, with a tough commitment to the contest.

The Parrots fought back in the last quarter, but it was too little too late.

The team has a bye next week, and will then face Morwell in Morwell – another tough assignment.

It would be easy to criticise the Parrots, but the team has suffered terribly with injury. Geitz’s hammy is but the latest, bringing the total of senior players who have been felled to nine.

The well documented loss of Dwayne Holt, Tom Marriott (stress fractures) and long term back injury to hulking forward Matt Willcocks has hurt.

On the flipside, Pat Contin is expected to be back for Morwell. Ditto Geitz and hopefully coach Will Thursfield.On the run: Warragul’s Mark Johnson is in quick pursuit of Leongatha’s Jake

Mackie.

Super quick: David Veale handballs on the run for the Parrots.


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SECOND placed Yarram travelled to Dalyston on Saturday to take on fi fth placed Magpies.

Jarryd Swift was out with work commitments along with D.Borgia.

Bernie McLeod came in for his debut for Yarram and Tom Holt retuned as well.

Yarram kicked with the

breeze in the opening term and quickly got it forward for big Luke Jenkins to mark and goal.

Then Dalyston got a run on with ex-Carlton player Brad Fisher a big target up forward. He got 2 for the term, while McKenna, Krasha, and Donohue got goals as well.

Ross was doing a tag-ging job on Underwood while Bruns, Moore,

Dave Coulthard and Brent Lynch were trying hard for Yarram.

Just prior to quarter time Kiefer Sutherland, who had started well on Fisher, left the fi eld for the day with a nasty eye injury.

In the second term Yar-ram was doing better with 2 goals to Brent Lynch and one to Chapman. Moore, Coulthard and Anderson

Dalyston show their might

So close: Dalyston’s Paul Brosnan takes on Yarram’s Corbin Sutherland in a dash for the ball at Yarram’s end.

Dalyston 19.11.125 dYarram 6.8.44Dalyston Goals: B. Fisher 6, D. Wylie 3, M. Kraska 3, P. McKenna 2, P. Brosnan 2, D. Brown 1, A. Donohue 1, J. Ross 1.Yarram Goals: B. Lynch 3, L. Jen-kins 1, B. Chapman 1, J. Parry 1Dalyston Best: B. Fisher, R. Jen-nings, C. Samargis, P. Brosnan, S. Sibly, C. Tait.Yarram Best: J. Moore, D. Coulthard, C. Bruns, D. Clavarino, J. Anderson, N. Lynch

RESERVESDalyston 33.11.209 dYarram 1.0.6Leading Goalkicker: D. Pruysers 11 (D).Dalyston Best: A. Gennaccaro, J. Alexander, D. Pruysers, L. Borne, R. Birnie, K. Maloney

Yarram Best: W. Jenkins, P. Mor-gan, L. Rodaughan, D. Hay, A. Caygill.THIRDSDalyston 17.14.116 dYarram 1.6.12Leading Goalkicker: T. Hamilton 5 (D).Dalyston Best: H. Wright, Z. Mac-Dermid, N. Bainbridge, J. Sheerin, M. McCoy, J. LegioneYarram Best: not submittedFOURTHSDalyston 10.13.73 dYarram 1.4.10Leading Goalkicker: F. Brosnan 3 (D)Dalyston Best: S. Speed, M. Ma-rotta, C. Kilgour, H. Hilberto, K. Wilson, E. MilkinsYarram Best: J. Liversidge, L. Far-ley, W. McDonald, T. Jeffs, J. Trel-ler, L. Treller.

Tarwin 10.9.69 dFoster 7.12.54Tarwin Goals: J. Cann 3, T. Cam-eron 2, N. Browne 2, T. Williamson 1, L. Thwaites 1, D. Leggo 1.Foster Goals: J. Stevenson 2, D. Granger 1, B. Mugridge 1, L. Jones 1, L. Galle 1, C. VanDyke 1.Tarwin Best: C. Lamers, L. Thwait-es, J. Bloom, B. Chalmers, T. Cam-eron, T. Williamson.Foster Best: S. Hawking, D. Hat-eley, J. Stevenson, L. Galle, J. Wil-liams, M. Eales.RESERVESTarwin 4.15.39 dFoster 3.6.24Leading Goalkickers: D. de Bont 2 (T), W. Davy 2 (F).Tarwin Best: D. de Bont, R. Wil-liams, V. Van Dillen, D. Leggo, J. Dowling, A. Newey.Foster Best: B. Weston, N. Clarke,

R. Bohn, S. Dobson, W. Davy, L. Cripps.THIRDSFoster 19.9.123 dTarwin 3.0.18Leading Goalkicker: T. Hamilton 6 (F).Foster Best: J. Coffey, F. Griggs, B. Hutchison, H. Griggs, M. Prowd, M. Jones.Tarwin Best: C. Brown, K. Robin-son, J. Bell, J. Simpson, J. Smith, N. Lomax.FOURTHSFoster 9.11.65 dTarwin 5.8.38Leading Goalkicker: E. Smith 4 (F).Foster Best: E. Smith, J. Cripps, B. Green, W. Chester, L. Wake, L. Hateley.Tarwin Best: J. Van der Kolk, B. El-len, K. McGavin, T. Van der Kolk, J. Hill, J. Gourlay.

Loose Sherrin: Magpie Matthew Howell chal-lenges Yarram’s Ryan Coulthard for the ball.

TARWIN triumphed over Foster on the weekend, with a 15 point victory.

For club stalwarts it was an inspired win, es-pecially as the Roos had been demoralised the week before by a rampag-ing Yarram.

Tarwin certainly looked up against it going into the game, with fi ve third play-ers elevated on to the se-nior list.

Hit by injuries and the loss of players who have taken off overseas, the Roos seemed to have a tough assignment against the Tigers at home.

Poor conditions added to the diffi culties they were facing. But with Chris Lamers leading from the

middle, with a dominant rucking performance, and a credible forward line – including Cann, who slot-ted three – Tarwin came out in front.

The Roos led for most of the day, but only by small margins.

It was a see-sawing af-fair, and Foster’s playing coach Shem Hawkings was brilliant as always.

While Lamers pretty much did as he liked, he was well backed by Hat-eley, Stevenson, Galle, Williams and Eales.

The Tigers had the fi rst goal after half time, but the Roos responded with a barrage of four.

It was the difference, and helped break the game open.

Roos hop over Tigers

Sharing knowledge: Matthew Hams from Retire and Wealth discussed insurance with Meeniyan Dumbalk United footballers and netballers at the clubrooms recently.

Matt (right) is with club president Adrian Coulter, proudly displaying the newly acquired data screen and projector donated by the Gardiner Foundation and Hart-ley Wells and Betta Electricial.

The new projection system will enable the club’s function centre to be hired for more events, such as meetings, weddings, end of year functions, fundraising events and birthday parties.

For enquiries ring Adrian on 0427 641 326.

Clubrooms for hire

KORUMBURRA Motorcycle Club has a won a coveted gong.

The club was named the most-improved motorcycle track in Gippsland by Race Solutions at the 2013 Shell Advance Gippsland Motocross Championships in April.

The prestigious award was presented to club presi-dent Graeme Bird. Both he and track manager Brendan Hemming were overwhelmed with the news.

Criteria for the award included safe access to the track, well-protected marshalling points and fi rst-class medical rooms.

Club praise

Goal sneak: Under 14 Parrot’s opportunist Tom Brew sneaks out the back to snaffl e a goal. Unfortunately, the boys came off second best in their clash with Moe’s unbeaten Youth Club team. Photo courtesy of Pete Marshman.

were battling well in de-fence but that man Fisher managed two of Daly-ston’s six for the term.

Parry, Clavarino and Nathan Lynch were busy for Yarram but the bigger Dalyston bodies were sig-nifi cant in the contested situations.

Dalyston had a good lead going into the long break.

Coach Griffi n Under-wood was adamant that Yarram could win the game.

Dalyston continued its good form in the third quarter with another four goals as they opened up a match winning lead. B. Lynch was the D’s only goal scorer for the term.

The Demons back half were continually under siege but never gave in.

Young Tom Holt in-

spired his side by getting straight up and back into play after being met sol-idly and fl attened.

The fi nal term saw Da-lyston add four more goals while Yarram’s loan goal was by Parry. All in all Dalyston was too good by 81 points.

Fisher, Wylie, Brosnan and Ross (who had the job on Underwood) were great for Dalyston while Moore, D.Coulthard, Bruns, Clavarino, Ander-son and N. Lynch were best for Yarram.

It is back to the draw-ing board for the Demons who have plenty to work on after this loss to a very good Dalyston side.

A well deserved break for now for the Inter-league before another road trip to Stony Creek on June 1.

Too fast: Dalyston’s A. Wallis gets a handball away, as Yarram’s Brent Lynch charges in.


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June 7, 8, 9, (Queens Birthday Long Weekend)

Saturday Night June 8

Sunday June 9

OR

Reunion cabaret at Meeniyan Town Hall from 8pm

Finger food & live music

Semi formal - BYO drinks and glasses, $30pp

Reunion Dinner at Dumbalk Hall from 7.30pm

2 course dinner & live music

Semi formal - BYO drinks & glasses, $35pp

Family Fun Day at Meeniyan Recreation Reserve

from 12noon

Saturday Night June 8

Sunday June 9

OR

RSVP to be returned by May 24

PO Box 70, Meeniyan 3956 or email: [email protected]

For more information contact Dave Trotman 0418 589 805

50TH ANNIVERSARY50TH ANNIVERSARY

ATTENTION past, present

footballers, netballers & supporters The MDU Football

Netball Club invites you to celebrate the Club’s

ATTENTION past, present

footballers, netballers & supporters The MDU Football

Netball Club invites you to celebrate the Club’s

FOOTBALL:

NETBALL:

UNDER 18s -12pm | SENIORS - 2.15pm

17&UNDER - 12pm | OPEN - 2.15pm

INTERLEAGUE

ELLINBANK & DISTRICT

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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SATURDAY 25 MAY

@ INVERLOCH RECREATION RESERVE

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NETBALL LEAGUE

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THIS WEEKENDALBERTON

INTERLEAGUE - May 25Alberton FL v Ellinbank

at Inverloch

MID GIPPSLANDINTERLEAGUE - May 25

Mid Gippsland FL v Picola & District

at Visy Park (Carlton)

GIPPSLANDINTERLEAGUE - May 25

Gippsland FL v Yarra Valley Mountain

at Moe

ELLINBANKINTERLEAGUE - May 25Ellinbank v Alberton FL

at Inverloch

FOOTYDRAWS

Close encounter at StonyINVERLOCH Kong-wak Football Club had a two point win in the closest of hard fought wins against Stony Creek.

Stony Creek, attacking hard in the last 30 seconds

of the quarter, shaved the post with a shot for goal. A resultant goal, with Stony falling short of a win by three points, would have guaranteed victory.

It was typical of a dirty day and really Stony could have sealed the deal early, with some

Desperate: I-K’s Tom Cannon makes sure Stony Creek’s Lucas McMillan wasn’t about to take this grab. Also pictured is Kit Rothier. Photo courtesy Gerard [email protected]

Crash: Stony Creek’s Andrew Verboon and Rob Eddy smash into IK’s Chris Turlick and Kit Rothier in adesperate attempt to mark. Photo courtesy Gerard [email protected]

Inverloch-Kongwak 8.10.58 dStony Creek 8.8.56Inverloch-Kongwak Goals: D. Clark 3, M. Miller 1, A. Sadler 1, C. Maher 1, D. Lawton 1, A. Cross 1.Stony Creek Goals: L. McMillan 5, R. Harmes 2, J. Byrnes 1.Inverloch-Kongwak Best: B. Hen-der, M. Billows, C. Terlich, A. Sa-dler, A. Cross, A. Powell.Stony Creek Best: J. Hughes, R. Eddy, J. Byrnes, S. Marriott, J. Schelling, E. Taylor.

RESERVESStony Creek 10.2.62 dInverloch-Kongwak 7.10.52Leading Goalkicker: J. Sheerin 3 (I).

Stony Creek Best: B. Byrnes, B. Rawson, M. Dyer, T. Sinclair, J. Byrnes, J. Accardi.Inverloch-Kongwak Best: J. Sheer-in, L. Johnson, J. Brosnan, A. Dow-ie, T. Whelan.THIRDSNo results submitted.FOURTHSInverloch-Kongwak 23.16.154 dStony Creek 1.0.6Leading Goalkicker: X. Hughes 7 (I).Inverloch-Kongwak Best: L. Paxton, X. Hughes, O. Hutton, Z. Petrie-Starr, O. Toussaint, T. Taylor.Stony Creek Best: M. Darmanin, H. Funnell, R. Harrington, K. Newton, H. Collins.

gettable chances. Lucas McMillan,

Stony’s target up forward was in sparkling form, kick-ing fi ve in a low scoring af-fair. But in the fi rst term his score ledger was marred by those points.

But there is some upside to what was a heart-wrench-ing loss, with former St Kil-da star Robert Eddy playing well despite an extremely hard tag.

The Stony boys are also due to get some quality players back for their next clash against Yarram.

Former Leongatha in and under specialist Jack Hughes was one of Stony’s best, along with Byrnes, Marriott, Schelling, Taylor.

Super I-K goal kicker Dylan Clark, who kicked three, was a handful all day.

MDU celebrate fi rst win

M.D.U. 19.5.119DWWWW 9.7.61M.D.U. Goals: A. Harris 5, T. To-hiariki 3, T. McDermott 3, C. John-ston 2, P. Jones 1, T. Trotman 1, T. Wightman 1, C. Ricardo 1, S. Pe-ters 1, T. Harris 1DWWWW Goals: B. Vardy 3, J. Po-land 2, B. Reed 1, M. Poland 1, L. Ferguson 1, D. Vardy 1M.D.U. Best: M. Harris, C. Hutcheson, J. Kennedy, A. Harris, C. Johnston, T. McDermottDWWWW Best: J. Poland, B. Vardy, L. Ferguson, M. Poland, S. Kilgower, J. PintusRESERVESM.D.U. 13.11.89DWWWW 3.1.19Leading Goalkickers: N. Eddy 3, J. Krohn 3 (M)M.D.U. Best: B. Arnup, J. Krohn, S. Walker, D. Gibson, H. Sinclair, N. EddyDWWWW Best: G. Riley, M. McK-

eane, T. Hunter, S. Buckley, J. Le Blanc, D. McKeanTHIRDSM.D.U. 24.22.166DWWWW 0.2.2Leading Goalkicker: J. McMillan 8 (M)M.D.U. Best: J. Broadway, J. Hoy, A. Campbell, A. Hill, B. Cashin, J. McMillanDWWWW Best: S. Mayne, D. Skar-ratt, D. McKeane, D. Hooper, R. Benis, A. MooreFOURTHSM.D.U. 10.9.69DWWWW 3.1.19Leading Goalkicker: W. Horvath 5 (M)M.D.U. Best: D. Thorson, W. Hor-vath, B. Chadwick, A. Stanley, S. Forrester, Z. BarnardDWWWW Best: S. Hanning, J. Saliakos, B. Johnston, L. Sketcher, J. Mattern, C. Pintus

THE game between the Allies and MDU was one to see who gets off the league ladder bottom rung.

The Allies side had made several changes with Vince Pecora, Sam Ty-son and Shannon Thomas coming in for their fi rst game.

The match was one of two separate halves and the Allies kicked the fi rst goal through Blake Reed in the fi rst minute of the match but the visitors kicked the next twelve.

Aiden Harris became their target and the play on game saw many chances that resulted in goals. Harris, Ricardo and Pe-ters were the recipients of smart running by the mid-fi eld .

At the fi rst change MDU led 5-1 to 1-0 and in the second term 7 goals to nil opened up a huge lead.

For the Allies Matt Po-land did a great job around the centre bounces and Lew Ferguson and Ben Vardy were solid in de-fence.

Unfortunately their forward advances got to about chf and were turned back. Harris with a couple

of more goals and McDer-mott, two, also were on target. After half time the home side rallied and again Matt Poland controlled the ruck but excellent scout-ing by Jim Poland, Scott Kilgower and Lew Fergu-son saw the home side put in a much better effort.

Jim Poland broke clear of the centre and found Dan Vardy deep in the forward pocket area and Vardy goaled. From the bounce Poland again pro-vided the run and his ef-forts were rewarded with a goal on the run.

For some time the ball was in the Allies half and great play by Jon Pintus and Adam Parry and MDU were forced to fi ght hard to regain the ball.

Time and time again the home side pressed for-ward and Ferguson and Shane Kilgower managed to fi nd Vardy for the teams 5th goal. A pack formed on the far side and tempers fl ared a little with MDU getting a shot on goals plus a fi fty metre penalty.

The two combatants ran back to the centre bumping each other and in a bewil-dering decision the umpire

decided that the Allies player had transgressed and awarded a second shot on goal from chf.

The last term saw the Allies best effort in terms of winning the ball and putting together good pas-sages of play. Matt Poland played a great game in the ruck duels and forward thrusts resulted.

Goals to Ben Vardy and Matt Poland gave the home side heaps of confi dence but each time MDU would answer with a timely goal to McDer-mott or Tohiariki. As the

game progressed the home side appeared to be fi n-ishing the stronger and a count of the goals kicked in the second half saw the Allies kick 8 goals to 7.

Late goals to Lewis Ferguson and Ben Vardy helped the Allies cause however MDU still won comfortably on the board.

The new players per-formed well in the fi rst up effort and it was encour-aging to see top efforts in the reserves by Gerald Ri-ley and Tom Hunter who should be pressing for se-nior selection.

Great day for it: Graham Challis, Graeme Calder and Alistair Hillis hit the Woorayl Golf Course on a beautifully sunny Thursday.


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UNDER 13LADDER

W L D % Pts Won Power ... 6 0 0 1041.46 24Corner Inlet .. 4 1 0 421.25 16Inv-K’wak..... 4 1 0 222.36 16Dalyston ...... 3 2 0 224.37 12Phillip Is ...... 2 4 0 46.74 8Kil-Bass ...... 1 4 0 66.41 4 L’gatha Jnr .....1 4 0 24.01 4Kor-Bena ........0 5 0 4.49 0

GOALKICKERSM. Dyball (Won Power) ...... (2) 17B. Thorson (Foster) ............ (0) 15K. Reid (Inv-K’wak) ............ (0) 14 L. Gheller (Dalyston) .......... (0) 13T. Scarce (Won Power) ...... (2) 10S. Flanders (Foster) ............ (0) 7B. Veenendaal (Dalyston) ... (0) 7B. Cripps (Foster) ............... (0) 7S. Bent (Won Pwr) ............. (0) 7D. Garnham (Won Pwr)...... (1) 6

UNDER 11LADDER

W L D % Pts Inv-K’wak...... 5 0 0 576.47 20Phillip Is ....... 5 1 0 350.00 20Corner Inlet ... 4 1 0 436.96 16Won Power .... 4 2 0 276.58 16L’gatha Jnr .... 1 4 0 34.83 4Dalyston ....... 1 4 0 22.09 4Kor-Bena ......... 1 4 0 15.62 4Kil-Bass ........... 0 5 0 12.86 0

GOALKICKERSZ. Reid (Inv-K’wak) ............ (0) 18B. Wingfi eld (Won Power).. (0) 8N. Buckland (Foster) .......... (0) 8L. Dayson (Phillip Is) ......... (0) 7T. Nash (Inv-K’wak) ............ (0) 7T. Brosnan (Won Pwr) ........ (2) 6K. Robinson (Phillip Is) ...... (3) 6P. Ryan (Phillip Is).............. (0) 5K. Dorling (Foster) ............. (0) 5 O. Marks (Phillip Is) ........... (2) 5

GOALKICKERSK. Bergles (Kil-Bass) .......... (2) 38C. Sutherland (Yarram) ...... (0) 33B. Lynch (Yarram) .............. (3) 26B. Fisher (Dalyston) ........... (6) 25M. Cooke (Kor-Bena) ......... (4) 22J. Wells (Kil-Bass) .............. (6) 21 M. Kraska (Dalyston) ......... (3) 21D. Clark (Inv-K’wak) ........... (3) 10 J. Staley (Fish Creek) ......... (2) 19S. Murdoch (Phillip Is) ....... (0) 18

RESERVESLADDER

W L D % Pts Kor-Bena ..... 7 0 0 1528.33 28Dalyston ...... 7 0 0 480.00 28Phillip Is ...... 6 1 0 345.54 24Kil-Bass ...... 5 2 0 224.91 20Tarwin ........ 4 3 0 113.00 16Fish Creek .... 4 3 0 93.19 16Foster .............4 4 0 83.27 16Stony Creek ....3 4 0 65.65 12MDU ...............2 4 0 94.31 8DWWWW .......2 5 0 44.89 8Inv-K’wak .......1 7 0 36.86 4Yarram ...........1 7 0 25.76 4Toora Dist......0 6 0 18.13 0

SENIORSLADDER

W L D % Pts Kor-Bena ..... 7 0 0 188.41 28Dalyston ...... 6 1 0 164.80 24Yarram ........ 5 2 1 160.60 22Phillip Is ...... 5 1 1 128.51 22Fish Creek .... 5 2 0 157.38 20Kil-Bass ...... 5 2 0 135.89 20Inv-K’wak .......3 5 0 98.43 12Foster .............3 5 0 82.67 12Stony Creek ....2 5 0 106.98 8Tarwin ............2 5 0 56.15 8MDU ...............1 5 0 74.38 4Toora Dist......1 5 0 47.59 4 DWWWW .......0 7 0 28.23 0

UNDER 18LADDER

W L D % Pts Dalyston ...... 7 0 0 410.27 28Kor-Bena ..... 6 1 0 466.29 24Kil-Bass ...... 6 1 0 364.90 24Fish Creek .... 5 2 0 248.98 20Phillip Is ...... 4 2 0 103.43 20MDU........... 4 2 0 288.04 16Foster .............2 4 1 112.60 14Inv-K’wak .......3 5 0 54.34 12Toora & Dist... .2 3 1 113.50 1 0 Tarwin ............2 5 0 49.14 8Yarram ...........2 5 0 37.97 8Stony Creek ....0 7 0 13.41 0DWWWW .......0 6 0 6.07 0

UNDER 15LADDER

W L D % Pts Kor-Bena ..... 7 0 0 1305.77 28Dalyston ...... 6 1 0 494.87 24Inv-K’wak..... 6 2 0 401.13 24Phillip Is ...... 5 2 0 344.51 20Yarram ........ 5 3 0 163.80 20Fish Creek .... 4 3 0 117.55 16MDU ...............4 2 0 108.11 16Foster .............4 4 0 71.20 16Stony Creek ....3 4 0 52.41 12Kil-Bass ..........1 6 0 53.70 4DWWWW .......1 6 0 20.93 4Tarwin ............0 7 0 11.89 0Toora & Dist... 0 6 0 4.20 0

GOALKICKERSJ. Fowles (Kor-Bena) .......... (7) 38D. Pruysers (Dalyston) ..... (11) 25J. Kyle (Kor-Bena) .............. (5) 23M. Dickason (Kil-Bass) ...... (4) 20K. Taylor (Phillip Is)............ (0) 17N. Osler (Kil-Bass) ............. (5) 16R. Birnie (Dalyston) ............ (7) 15S. Ambler (Phillip Is) .......... (0) 15L. Wilkinson (Dalyston) ...... (0) 15J. Sheerin (Inv-K) ............... (3) 10

GOALKICKERSJ. McMillan (MDU) ............. (8) 32T. Hamilton (Dalyston) ....... (5) 32J. Buckland (Fish Ck) ......... (6) 28B. Doran (Toora & Dist) ..... (2) 24J. Andersen (Kil-Bass) ....... (0) 23Z. Walker (Kor-Bena) .......... (2) 20J. McDonald (Yarram) ........ (0) 20N. Somerville (Kor-Bena) ... (0) 15B. Jones (Kil-Bass) ............ (2) 13J. Hopkins (Kor-Bena) ........ (2) 12

GOALKICKERSJ. Black (Phillip Is) ............. (0) 36X. Hughes (Inv-K’wak) ....... (7) 23D. Crook (Kor-Bena) ........... (4) 22L. Bentley (Yarram) ............ (0) 19A. Toussaint (Inv-K’wak) .... (5) 18T. Van Dyke (Foster) ........... (1) 16B. Rogers (Fish Ck) ............ (2) 16J. Macri (Kor-Bena) ............ (2) 15C. McKenzie (Inv-K) ........... (1) 14M. Marotta (Dalyston) ........ (2) 13

Engine room: Korumburra Bena gain another clearance out of the centre.

• Toora v. Korumburra/Bena

Bulldogs outgun Toora WITH both teams coming off good wins the previous Satur-day the stage was set for an interesting en-counter but sadly this did not eventuate, Korumburra Bena

proving far too strong on the day.

After early drizzle the day cleared and with the Toora oval looking great, conditions for football were almost perfect with winter sunshine and only a slight breeze favouring the Toora end. Toora was

sadly weakened by the ab-sence of Webster who was ill.

The game began slowly with both defences on top early and the fi rst major did not happen until KB’s An-thony scored at the eight minute mark. KB quickly added two more before Toora’s Doran marked strongly and kicked truly but another KB goal off the ground saw the scores at quarter time KB 4.2 Toora 1.2

The second opened with a goal to Toora’s Haddad before KB took control and with a seven goal to three quarter put the game out of Toora’s reach with Bradley win-ning in the ruck and Mul-lens and Chris Urie giving them great drive. At ½half time KN led 11.5 to Toora 4.3. Toora had great triers in Mills and Dyson and its defence of Maurelli-Pull-in, Bloink and Clavarino prevented a far greater blowout of the scores.

KB went on its merry

• Kilcunda Bass v. Fish Creek

Inaccuracy proves costly

Hard at the ball: Fish Creek’s Andrew Seccull and Kilcunda Bass player Ja-son Wells fi ght for possession of the ball.

AN ordinary day down at Bass on Saturday and with the ground having had consider-able work done to it, it still needs plenty more with some signifi cant holes forming during the course of the day.

One change to the Fish Creek side with the late withdrawal of its new recruit Buckley, Rhys Staley was el-evated into the side. Kilcun-da won the toss and kicked with the wind advantage to the northern end.

Fish Creek as it has done so often this year attacked early, and it was the young Rising Star Gus Staley who was the fi rst to register a goal after he took a strong con-tested mark against the KB assistant coach. Smith pro-ceeded to give away a 50m penalty with an undisciplined act after the marking contest, this sent Staley to the edge of the square where he slotted the fi rst of the day.

The footy was hotly con-tested and there was a bit feeling from both sides. It took Killy Bass 10 minutes to register its fi rst score, a point from a cheap free kick going to Bergles who had former Poowong teammate Macri following him for the day.

This was followed short-ly after by its fi rst goal of the day again from a fairly cheap free kick going to Ja-son Wells.

The Panthers were now on the board and well and truly involved in the game. Unfortunately for Fish Creek, Kilcunda Bass was using the ball better, fi nding targets and making the most of its opportunities. Goals to Danny Wells, Dakin and a couple more to Jason Wells

who was running rampant and the Panthers had the mo-mentum and the score on the board heading into the fi rst break 23 points ahead.

Both coaches reasonable happy with their respective teams performances and Fish Creek’s Seccull asking his side to now take their oppor-tunity with the wind advan-tage. The second quarter un-derway and Fish Creek was again attacking early, Pratt was moved into the ruck and Manne went forward and this paid an immedi-ate dividend with Pratt’s tap down to Rouda who passed to Hooker and onto Cooper who goaled early.

The next play went much the same way with Pratt to Rouda to Sperling to Jake Staley who goaled, two in two minutes to open the term and it was game on again. Fish Creek now with the as-cendancy continued to attack and another goal to Hooker from the boundary had the margin back to 5 points only 10 minutes into the quarter.

This was followed by a couple of sickening events, fi rstly after a contest be-tween the KB’s Smith and F-CK’s Andrew Seccull, it was Seccull who came off second best after getting his elbow caught in one of the sand heaps on the ground. His body continued with its momentum with the end re-sult a dislocated shoulder. He was taken from the ground immediately and the Kangas were without their leader.

Only fi ve minutes later another big blow to Fish Creek when Pratt on a lead landed awkwardly on the un-even soft turf and dislocated his knee. He was stretchered off and the Kangas were reduced to 19 men. They weren’t about to lie down however and another two

goals to one for Kilcunda Bass and the margin was at three points at the main break. Seccull on his way to hospital to have his shoulder put back in was still giving directions via the phone and at the resumption both sides were ready to go.

A very tight opening made scoring diffi cult with both defenses under enor-mous pressure but standing up.

Gus Staley providing jus-tifi cation of his Rising Star award was going well and the battle between Macri and Bergles was a beauty. The all-important fi rst goal of the half went to Fish Creek after Price marked the ball in the centre of the ground and a frustrated Bergles infringed and gave a 50 metre pen-alty which took Price into the scoring zone where he converted and handed Fish Creek back the lead.

The Panthers would an-swer shortly after with a big goal from inside the centre square to Evans and KB had the lead back again. Back and forward footy and Fish Creeks Jake Staley had the chance to regain the lead again but his shot on goal missed only for the ball to go back to the other end. The ever dangerous Jason Wells made something out of a half chance to register another goal and he was proving the difference up forward con-verting his chances where the Kangaroos were once again letting themselves down. Further behinds to Fish Creek was frustrating and not fi nishing its good work, none more so than what would have been undoubt-edly the play of the day when Lachie Park gathered the ball on half back, he has a freak-ish turn of speed and strength and he cut a sway through

four to fi ve opponents before his kick from just inside 50 metre faded and registered only a behind. At the other end it was J.Wells again once again provided his team with another highlight of its own when he again left his op-ponent for dead to mark and goal to extend the Panthers lead to 11 points.

Fish Creek had one more chance to goal right on the three quarter time siren and J.Staley kicked a ripper from just on the 50, on a tight angle that just cleared the line and had the crowd buzz-ing and the lead back to fi ve points.

The fi nal quarter and again the fi rst goal was very important, it went to the Panthers along with a little breathing space. Fish Creek answered through Adrian Seccull who was back in front of goals and looking right at home. Bergles had a purple patch and was able to break the Macri shackles for the fi rst time in the match. The result a goal and again some breathing space for his side. Ireland for Fishy

had been his normal persis-tent self and he gathered and kicked a beauty from just inside 50.

Neither team could re-ally get control and it was a costly turnover to Fish Creek that put the ball in the hands of Law for the Panthers and his goal was going to make things very hard for Fish Creek with time count-ing down. No one told the Kangaroos that though and Adrian Seccull marked tight

in the pocket on the bound-ary and never looked like missing, the margin back to seven.

A couple more scoring opportunities but no further goals and in the end it was Kilcunda Bass that run out seven point winners. Both sides will be looking forward to a week off after a tough physical contest and Fishy will give the MRI machine a work over with some worry-ing injuries.

way in the third quarter kicking four more goals to Toora’s one but the scores probably were not a true refl ection of the game. The main difference being KB having many avenues to goal whereas Toora, as usual, struggled in the for-ward line. three quarter time KB 15.8 Toora 5.5

The last quarter be-

longed to a bigger and stronger KB who added a wasteful 4.7 while keeping Toora scoreless to run out easy winners 19.15 to 5.5.

In a fortnight’s time Toora host IK which could be an interesting game whereas KB are at home to MDU which should be a win for them on current form.

Kilcunda Bass 12.11.83Fish Creek 10.16.76Kilcunda Bass Goals: J. Wells 6, K. Bergles 2, D. Wells 1, B. Law 1, J. Dakin 1, J. Evans 1Fish Creek Goals: J. Staley 2, A. Seccull 2, T. Manne 1, T. Hooker 1, G. Staley 1, B. Cooper 1,T. Price 1, A. Ireland 1Kilcunda Bass Best: C. Endres, L. Harrison, B. Law, J. Attenborough, J. Wells, K. Asa LeausaFish Creek Best: A. Ireland, J. Shaw, C. Macri, G. Hoskin, L. Park, C. ParkRESERVESKilcunda Bass 19.6.120Fish Creek 5.4.34Leading Goalkicker: N. Osler 5 (K)Kilcunda Bass Best: L. Smith, M. Thompson, J. Good, J. Joyce, S. Johnstone, J. TregearFish Creek Best: S. O’Shannassy, C. Hudd, P. Mueller, T. McGannon, D. Hanratty, J. McDonald-Eckersall

THIRDSKilcunda Bass 10.8.68Fish Creek 9.4.58Leading Goalkicker: J. Buckland 6 (F)Kilcunda Bass Best: M. Homer, J. Homer, B. Egeberg, T. Thatcher, C. Smith, J. AndersenFish Creek Best: Z. Price, J. Buck-land, J. Flanders, T. Redpath, S. Buckland, R. McGannonFOURTHSFish Creek 9.6.60Kilcunda Bass 5.5.35Leading Goalkickers: L. Buckland 2, B. Rogers 2, M. McGannon 2 (F), W. Musgrove-Arnold 2 (K)Fish Creek Best: M. McGannon, J. Walker, R. Pridham, L. Buckland, G. BattenKilcunda Bass Best: A. Brown, S. Casey, B. Andersen, R. Cousins, T. Burgess, E. Garratt

Korumburra-Bena 19.15.129Toora & District 5.5.35Korumburra-Bena Goals: L. Car-penter 5, M. Cooke 4, B. Fitzpat-rick 2, C. Urie 2, B. Anthony 2, J. Smith 2, T. Wyatt 1, R. Mullens 1Toora Goals: K. Holmes 1, B. Doran 1, M. Haddad 1, B. Scam-mell 1, P. Grant 1Korumburra-Bena Best: M. Brad-ley, C. Urie, R. Mullens, M. Urie, B. Fitzpatrick, M. CookeToora Best: J. Mills, K. Sparkes, J. Maurilli-Pullin, M. Harris, Z. Clava-rino, C. HanrattyRESERVESKorumburra-Bena 34.19.223Toora & District 0.1.1Leading Goalkicker: J. Fowles 7 (K)Korumburra-Bena Best: C. Pater-son, J. Kyle, N. Cant, D. Lloyd, D. Muir, N. WalkerToora Best: B. East, C. Johnston, N. Nicholls, K. Kokoras, B. Stone,

D. KneeTHIRDSKorumburra-Bena 12.19.91Toora & District 4.3.27Leading Goalkickers: Z. Walker 2, J. Harris 2, A. O’Neill 2, J. Hopkins 2 (K), B. Doran 2 (T)Korumburra-Bena Best: J. Hop-kins, Z. Mayo, B. Dorling, J. Harris, A. O’Neill, L. AuddinoToora Best: S. Argento, D. Wilson, M. Harris, R. Rawson, J. Mason, L. Chatfi eldFOURTHSKorumburra-Bena 22.17.149Toora & District 0.0.0Leading Goalkickers: D. Crook 4, C. Trewin 4 (K)Korumburra-Bena Best: J. Macri, C. Trewin, J. Celebrine, J. Ander-son, M. Kennewell, B. WalkerToora Best: T. Koolen, K. Swart, A. Hewson, C. Walker, C. Jenkin Brown, H. Miles



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MEENIYAN won its fi rst ever Division One men’s pennant golf title with a thrilling win against Lang Lang at Korum-burra on Sunday.

Graham Hoskin, who has been trying to win the title for at least 25 years, was delighted with the win.

Hoskin was a member of the pennant side which lost five titles in a row to Wonthaggi. He said this win was a long time coming.

A big crowd had gathered at the 18th green at Korumburra to watch as Ryan McKnight was putting for a birdie which would

secure for Meeniyan an unbeat-able 4-2 lead in the best of seven groupings.

McKnight made no mistake with the putt which gave Meeni-yan the title.

Hoskin said the win was fan-tastic for the club which he said was “the smallest” in the region.

Pennant scores Division OneRick Miller (M) defeated

Wayne Kennedy (LL) 3/2Tim Miller (M) defeated Peter

Sellers (LL) 2/1Brad Lovitt (LL) defeated Gra-

ham Hoskin (M) 3/2Adam Haywood (LL) defeated

Alex Cairncross (M) 1-upRyan McKnight (M) defeated

Scott Milnes (LL) 1-upAndrew Dunne(M) defeated

Colin Casey (LL) 3/2Brett McKnight (M) and An-

drew Villenger(LL) all squareResult Meeniyan 4and a half

defeated Lang Lang 2 and a half.In Division Two the title went

to Lang Lang 5-2The Division Three title saw

another win to Lang Lang, defeat-ing Wonthaggi 4-3.

And in Division Four it was Leongatha winner, defeating Won-thaggi 4-3.

MEENIYAN it fi t f M i b t Al C i (M) 1

Meeniyan pennant glory

Division One golf pennant: winners, Meeniyan, from left, Rick Miller, BrettMcKnight, Graham Hoskin, Andrew Dunne, Tim Miller (capt.), Ryan McK-night and Alex Cairncross.

Division Two golf pennant: winners, Lang Lang, from left, Tony Andrews,Craig Thatcher, Nick Dehey, Jack Ingram, Grant Johnson, Chris Roberts and Gary Oswald.

Division Three golf pennant: winners, Lang Lang, from left, John Ruddy, Jim Martella, Ray Zammit, James Cecil, Mark Hutchinson (pennant player repre-senting Mario Dubuisson –absent), Geoff Cohen (capt), and Mick Fahey.

Division Four golf pennant: winners, Leongatha, from left, Ben Ferrari-Mela, Sam Nasreddin, Dean Brown, Denis McDonald, Brendan Simon, Chris Indian (capt.) Dan Poynton, and Brian McCorkell.

All fi nished: Meeniyan’s Ryan McKnight shakes hands with Lang Lang’s Scott Milnes after Ryan birdied the last to win him the match and Meeniyan the Division One title.

The putt: this was the putt Ryan McKnight holed on the 18th to sink Lang Lang’s pennant chances and take an unassailable 4-2 up in the best of seven fi nal. Meeniyan eventually won it four and a half to two and a half.

MeeniyanSATURDAY was the fi nal round of the club cham-pionships and with all grades very close it was going to be an interesting days golf.

The A Grade and club champion was Brett McK-night fi nishing one shot clear of his brother Ryan in a very hard fought last round.

The B Grade winner was Phil Johnston fi nishing some seven shots clear of Paul Vndermeer.

C Grade was won Reg Hannay in a tight tussle from Lloyd Redpath.

D Grade was won by the evergreen Jim Cusack with Chalie LePage the next nearest.

Congratulations to all who competed throughout the championships.

The club would also like to thank Michael McGrath

for his much appreciated sponsorship of the mens championships.

Saturday night saw the presentation dinner which was well attended and good night was had by all who at-tended.

In the days event which, was sponsored by Van-dermeer Builders the A Grade winner was Brett Mc Knight with a net 72 on a count back from Allan Kuhne with 72 net.

The B Grade winner was Henry Mueller with a net 75. Runner up in B Grade was Jim Cusack with a 76 net on a count back.

Balls down the line went to Ryan McKnight 74, Bob McGeary 76, Ian Warman 77 and Daryle Gregg with 78.

Nearest the pin on the 2nd was won by Daryle Gregg and the pro pin on the 14th was won by Cal Eagle.

The members draw was John Stefani who was not present.

The raffl e winners were Wino Reilly and Paul Van-dermeer.

Sunday saw our Divi-sion One boys travel to Korumburra for the fi nal against the undefeated Lang Lang golf club and in a fan-tastic result for a small club like Meeniyan the guys had a great 4 ½ to 2 ½ win.

This is our fi rst Divi-sion One fl ag so it cannot be underestimated how big an achievement this was by the guys.

Tuesday’s Single Sta-bleford winner was David Baggallay with 35 points.

Balls down the line went to Lloyd Redpath 32 pts, Daryle Gregg 32 pts, Cal Eagle 31 points and Lloyd Hemphill 29 points.

Best nine was won by Ian Warman with 16 points.

Nearest the pin on the 11th was not won.

Thursday’s event was washed out.

Next Saturday is a 4BBB stableford event.

Mirboo North Thursday Results

Competition: Stabl-eford

Date: 16/ 05/ 2013Day Winner: Mal

Payne (8) 42 PtsDTL’s: Charlie Rog-

ers 40PtsSaturday resultsCompetition: Stable-

ford – Captain’s Trophy 1st Playoff

Date: 18/ 05/ 2013Day Winner: Steve

Bickerton (9) 38 Pts C/B

DTL’s: Neil White-law 38 Pts, John Mc-Farlane 37 Pts, Peter Chapman 37 Pts, Eddie Dudek 36 Pts

2nd shot NTP 1st hole: Terry Bradshaw

NTP4th: John Blunsden6th: Joe Kus13th: No-one16th: Terry DonnisonCaptains Playoff:Neil Whitelaw def

Phil Stimson 6 and 4

Terry Donnison def Ian Evison 2 and 1

Stan Evison def Mark Heiberg 4 and 3

Terry Bradshaw def Ray Matthews 4 and 3

Next Week Neil Whitelaw vs Stan Evison

Terry Bradshaw vs Terry Donnison


Evelyn Indian, while Pam Christensen 113/32/81 is currently the leader in C Grade.

The Monthly medal and B Grade event was won by Evelyn Indian. Mary Brew-is won A Grade, the scratch event and the putting com-petition with 26 putts. Life member, Pat West, won C Grade with 77 net.

Down the line balls were won by Nancy Sperling and Wendy Parker 76 net, Sharyn Rayson 77, Anne Gibson, Maxine Eabry and Shirley Welsford 80, and Trish Owen, Jocelyn How-son, Dot Stubbs and Pam Christensen 81 net.

Nearest the pin on the 14th was Evelyn Indian and on the 16th Mary Brewis.

Saturday May 18Winner: Wendy Parker

32 pointsDown the line: Dot

Stubbs 29 points, Anna de Bondt 27 points.

Leongatha ladies’ golf: club captain Toni West with club life member Pat West who was the C Grade winner.

KorumburraTHERE were 43 players on Saturday, May 18 for the Alan Varley memo-rial stableford competition which was sponsored by Charlotte Varley.

A Grade (12 hcp): M. Garnham 37 pts, runner-up T. O’Neill 36 and K. Pope 35.

Balls down the line: N. Perks 34, J. Ingram 34, A. Brocklebank 34, T. An-drews 33.

B Grade (16 hcp): M. Webb 35 pts, runner-up R. Olsen 33.

Nearest the pin: 1st M. Deleeuw, 7th T. O’Neill, 10th J. Watts, 13th J. In-gram (Lang Lang).

NAGA: Alan Twite 24 pts.

Tuesday’s winner was N. Perks with 35 pts on countback. There was no Thursday competition.

Please note spotters are needed for the pennant fi -nals on Sunday.

Korumburra ladies

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DOT Christie has now won an amazing 43rd Meeniyan ladies’ golf club championship.

The 2013 ladies championships are complete with some great contests played out in each grade last week.

Dot won with a gross score of 258 two shots clear of Andrea Thorson. This was a tight tussle with the fi nal day beginning with Dot just three shots clear.

After nine holes, it was back to one shot. The B Grade Champion is Faye LePage for the second year in a row with a score of 296 from Linda Brown. C Grade champion went to Nereda Scholte with a gross score of 337 one shot clear of Nancye Hammet.

The D Grade champion Helen Helms Boyle is playing great golf now and is on a winning stretch, Jenny Cope was the runner up in this grade. Dot Christie also won

the 54-hole handicap section along with the senior lady champion.

Congratulations to all the ladies who played each of the three rounds. A big thank you must go to IGA Meeniyan for their sponsorship of the ladies championships over the past three weeks. To David Thomson and the greens committee, a huge thank you for their hard work in getting the course up in fantastic condition.

Meeniyan ladies’champions for 2013: from left Helen Helms Boyle D Grade Champion, Nereda Scholte C Grade Champion, Dot Christie Club Champion and Faye LePage B Grade Champion.

• Meeniyan Ladies Golf

Dot wins title number 43

WooraylOUR fourball par event was sponsored by Colliers Independent Floors and it was also the qualifying round for the A. and G. Wilson trophy.

The winners with +10 were Dean Dwyer and Zac Trease, they won from Michael Grist and Frank Dekker. The ball distribu-tion was D. Lim, S. Sulli-van; I. Atcheson, B. Rob-jant; G. Winkler, J. Howard; W. Turner, N. Lovie and P. Burgess, J. Redmond.

The A. and G. Wilson qualifi ers were Dean Dw-yer, Zac Trease; Michael Grist, Frank Dekker; Den-nis Lim, Simon Sullivan; Ian Atcheson, Brendan Robjant.

The nearest the pins went to Jason Redmond and Rob Gourlay.

The ladies played a sin-gle par event and the win-ner was Due Wakefi eld.

Next week will be our medal day sponsored by Geoff McKinnon, Peter Burgess and Jason Red-mond.

There will also be a put-ting competition for Di and John O’Connor’s trophy and it will also be the third round of the Ian Balfour trophy.

Woorayl ladiesAMONGST the wintery weather we seem to be into now, we had a clear patch for the 4BBB played last Wednesday.

Pomegranate Clothing was our sponsor, with both the winners and runners up very happy to receive their vouchers.

Sue Wakefi eld and Jenny Riseley won the day with 37 points on a count-back from Marlene Ray-son and Lois Young with 37 points. Balls down the line went to Ros Blew and Inge Giliam with 36 points and Melinda Martin and Fay Maynard, also 36 points.

Nearest the pin on both the 11th and 17th was Karin McKenzie. This was the fi nal of the Dianne and John O’Connor 4BBB board event, with congrat-ulations to Sue and Jenny who were the winners by one point from Ros and Inge.

Next week is our an-nual social day with the Meeniyan ladies, with assembly at Meeniyan at 9am. This is always a great day so let’s hope the rain stays away for us.

LeongathaTHE Leongatha Division 4 Pennant side celebrated

a stirring victory on Sun-day, beating arch rivals Wonthaggi 4/3 at the Ko-rumburra course.

Ably led by skipper Chris Indian it was a great team effort with all players fully committed and con-tributing at various stages during the season and in the fi nal.

Dean Brown (3/2), Dan Pointon (3/1) and Denis McDonald (2/1) all had solid wins in their matches whilst Brendan Simon had a runaway victory winning 6/5 in his. Chris Indian and Sam Nasreddin both had close matches but went down in tight fi nishes. Ben Ferrari was leading his match but was not needed as a result had already been reached.

Congratulations to Chris and his team who all worked hard during the year and deserved their well earnt victory.

On Saturday 55 players took part in a Stableford event with David Forbes winning A Grade on a countback with 35 points. Ron Findlay took out B Grade with 34 points and John Eabry was successful in C grade with 37 points.

Pro pin on the 14th was taken out by Trevor Rickard and Russell Williams was NTP on the 16th.

BTL : A. Sparks, T. Lund, D. Clemann, T. Rick-ard, R. Davies, A. McFar-lane, B. Hutton, D. Malone, M. Stubbs, B. McCorkell, R. Williams, K. Castwood and C. Hams.

A Stableford competi-tion was held on Tuesday with 32 players taking part in very good conditions.

Andrew Henley (18) won the day with 36 points.

NTP winners were Ken Gardiner on the 14th and Mike Street on the 16th.

DTL Balls : J. Eabry, G. Hines, K. Gardiner, R. Jamieson, D. Verwerg, A. Clemann, B. McCorkell, and P. Seth

The good weather did not continue and Thursday’s competition was called off due to rain. Next Thursday is the Inverloch Publican’s Day with an Open Ambrose event.

Leongatha ladiesWednesday May 15THIRTY-SIX ladies

competed in the May monthly medal played in conjunction with the fi rst round of the club champi-onships.

Mary Brewis, with 80/8/72, has a 6 stroke lead in the championship. Lead-ing the B Grade fi eld, with an excellent 96/26/70, is

warmth we were enjoy-ing in recent times have abruptly fi nished and last week we had a real re-minder of winter with a variety of cold, wet and windy conditions.

The qualifying round of the McLaren 4BBB Par was played last Wednesday, with 11 pairs competing on the day. Many thanks to Di Freene, for sponsoring the day and providing generous and useful trophies.

The winners, with a great score of +5, were Moira Rogers (15) and Pam Eyres (42). Runners-up were Norrie Little (17) and Chris Rickard (20) with +3, on a count-back from Ju-lie Brannigan (19) and Di Freene (32).

Balls down the line went to Julie Brannigan and Di Freene (+3), Lyn McIvor and Janice Follett (+1) and Jan Hewitt and Virginia Wagner (+1).

Beryl Brown was near-est the pin on the 1st and 10th greens, and Virginia Wagner on the 13th.

Four pairs fi nished with +1, so there were many count-backs to decide the fourth place in the play-offs, which need to be played on or before May 29. Semi fi nalists for the McLaren Memorial 4 Ball Par are Moira and Pam versus Lyn and Janice, and Norrie and Chris are to play Julie and Di.

Lee Clements, Betty Thomson and Jean White travelled to Welshpool on Friday to play in the three-person Ambrose event. Unfortunately, there was no luck with the golf but the team won the general knowledge quiz and Jean won a raffl e.

There was no women’s competition on Saturday due to the inclement weath-er so next Saturday May 25, will now be a Stableford event and the second round for the Lee Clements Tro-phy.

On Monday, we are hoping for good weather as over 50 golfers will be travelling from surrounding clubs to play in the SGLGA Bowl at Korumburra.

This Wednesday, is the Captain’s and President’s Day, with a Stableford com-petition.

A reminder about the Family Golf Day on next Sunday, May 26, starting at 10 am. It is an Ambrose game over nine holes and team numbers can be varied. This is intended to be a fun day with family and friends and non-golfers are most welcome and encouraged to

join in on the day. Lunch is included in the cost, which is $15 for adult players, $10 for adult non-players and $5 for children. If you are interested or would like fur-ther information, phone the Korumburra Golf Club on 56551886 or David Enbom on 0408515622.

FosterCONDITIONS - Finally some decent rain has dulled the fairways and scoring will be a little more diffi cult from now on. It will be interesting to see who can hold their reduced handicaps earned over the prolonged dry summer and autumn.

Tuesday, May 14: There was only a small fi eld and Fred Tyers (11) had the best score with 32 pts. Nearest the pin was Robert Fulton.

Thursday, May 16: Play was rained out.

Friday, May 17: David McIntyre (15) had the good score of 20 pts to take the chook. Gary Phelan took the down the line ball with 16 pts and also nearest the pin.

Saturday, May 18: This was a 4 BBB par event .

Winners were Kane Es-ler (16) and Cam Downing (11) with +9. Down the line balls went to Don Cripps (19) and John Warren (21) on +8 and Andrew Naylor (18) and Tim Dykes (19) on +7. The nearest the pins were Steve Reid and Phil Schofi eld.

Ladies - there was only a small fi eld and all play-ers had an off day - the best score was Jocelyn Towns (27) with 24 pts. Nearest the pins were Jocelyn Towns and Val Gow.

Sunday May 19 - Pen-nant Final: We played Lang Lang in the Division 2 pen-nant fi nal at Korumburra. It was typical Korumburra conditions - cold, moist and misty. We went down 5/2 after a tight tussle.

Winners were Pat Mc-Kay 5/4 and Paul Robertson on the 19th. Losers were Norm Cooper 3/2, Greg Cox on the 20th , Steve Reid 3/1, and Jim Freeman 5/4. We have been runners-up on numerous occasions now, so let’s hope we can go one better next year.

Congratulations to Meeniyan Golf Club for winning the Division 1 Pennant Final against Lang Lang. A great effort to win out against the other larger clubs in Division 1.

Members draw May 17: Rabbit Best missed out on the $550 in the members draw. You need to be in the

Wonthaggi ladies winners: from left, C winner Anne Poulton, B winner Ivy Ruby, and A winner Chris Yann.

I found it very disap-pointing that very few of our members turned up to sup-port our players. Thank you to those brave few who did and thank you to Damien for the great breakfast.

This Saturday night at 7pm we are holding our men’s pennant break-up which is always a fun night and will include the ‘Horn’ medal vote count.

Congratulations to Meeniyan Division 1 pen-nant side on winning for the fi rst time in 55 years. Next year it will be our turn again.

I look forward to seeing you all on the golf course and many of you on Satur-day night.

Wonthaggi ladiesWEDNESDAY was a pretty“tough day at the offi ce” and being the middle of the club championships all bravely ventured out expecting the worse conditions to happen and with the wind and rain we weren’t disappointed.

The conditions made putting on the 17th very perilous and many chips were followed by a race up the green to mark the ball before the shot had to be replayed again (from the same spot!).

However as always there is always a winner on the day and while the scores refl ected the tough condi-tions some handled them better than others.

A Grade winner was Chris Yann 93 (16) 77 net, B Grade was won by Ivy Ruby 101 (23) 78 net while C grade was won by Anne Poulton 107 (28) 79

NTP 2nd Marg Johnson, NTP 17 Anne Walker, Pro Pin 8th Anne Tschiderer

BDL C Yann 77, A Walker 78, A Tschiderer 78, I Ruby 78, P Hanley 79, A Poulton 79, D Grimmond 80, I Walsh 80, J Beaumont 80

Good luck to everyone for the Championship fi nal round next week

clubhouse between 7pm and 8 pm to be eligible to win. The draw will be for $600 next week, so come along for a chance to win big.

Coming events: Thurs-day, May 23 - Stableford. Friday, May 24 - Chicken run - holes 10 to 18. Satur-day, May 25 - Stableford - Larry Giddy trophies. Tues-day, May 28 - par.

The Happy Hooker.

Vet’s golf date change

SOUTH Gippsland Veter-an golfers are advised that the regular monthly game at Korumburra scheduled for May 16 was resched-uled for this Thursday, May 23 at the same course due to adverse weather.

It will be Ambrose Pairs and a shotgun start. Be there by 8.30 am for a 9 am start.

WonthaggiWE concluded our four-ball Ken Chisolm champi-onships on Saturday with some great scores.

The day’s scores were as follows: A Grade D. Crellin and M. Scott +10, B Grade D. Birt and D. Tiley +10, C Grade L. Strosser and P. Foon +9.

Balls down the line: E. Vanagtmaal and D. Vanagt-maal +7, C. Andrew and J. Andrew +6, P. Foon and D. Mackie +6.

Nearest the pin: 2nd B. Vanagtmaal, 8th F. Ander-son, 13th J. Davies, 17th H. Mackinder.

The winners of the Ken Chisolm Shield were D. Birt and D. Tiley +16 on countback from D. Crellin and M. Scott +16.

The winners of the scratch were D. Crellin and M. Scott with scores of 67 and 63.

The pennant fi nals were played at Korumburra on Sunday, with both Divi-sion 3 and 4 sides narrowly defeated. Well done to our boys who had worked hard all year and came up just short.


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SENIORSWonthaggi 29.12.186 dMoe 8.3.51Wonthaggi goals: A. Cook 7, D. O’Connor 6, T. Harley 4, A. Mur-ray 3, A. Ware 3, B. Marshall 1, N. Jones 1, L. White 1, T. Krause 1, J. Blair 1, L. Warnett 1.Wonthaggi best: D. O’Connor, A. Ware, A. Murray, A. Cook, L. War-nett, M. Coyne.Moe goals: S. Spiteri 2, A. Vesty 2, T. Long 2, T. Brown 1, G. Harrison 1. Moe best: T. Long, B. Morrow, P. Ainsworth, J. Blaser, T. Brown, C. McIntosh.RESERVESWonthaggi 22.16.148 dMoe 1.0.6Wonthaggi goals: N. Garnham 6, S. Dennis 4, R. Todd 3, S. Roche 2, A. Ferreira-Neto 2, A. Zanella 1, J. Hill 1, T. Keating 1, J. Rocotas 1, B. Foon 1.Wonthaggi best: T. Keating, N. Garnham, A. Zanella, S. Dennis, J. Rocotas.Moe goals: Not supplied. Moe best: N. McGrath, A. Bodak, A. Gould, D. McIntosh, R. Poxon, M. Camilleri.

UNDER 18sWonthaggi 22.14.146 dMoe 5.1.31Wonthaggi goals: J. Zahra 5, J. Waters 4, A. Ferreira-Neto 4, M. Combridge 3, T. Landells 2, J. Thomas 1, S. Scott 1, P. Ryan 1, S. Joma 1.Wonthaggi best: J. Van Zanen, A. Ferreira-Neto, T. Landells, P. Ryan, J. Zahra, L. O’Connor.Moe goals: D. Grech 1, J. Hecker 1, G. Low 1, L. Ryan 1, M. Hibbs 1. Moe best: S. Skinner, D. Grech, J. Hecker, J. Weir, M. Hibbs, C. Allen.

UNDER 16sMoe 14.9.93 dWonthaggi 5.6.36Moe goals: J. Appleyard 5, C. Allen 2, R. Farmer 2, B. Smith 2, T. Mor-row 1, G. Low 1, L. Nambirajan 1. Moe best: B. Buckley, S. Hiriart, J. Appleyard, L. Nambirajan, T. John-son, C. AllenWonthaggi goals: J. Taylor 3, K. Brann 1, C. Gilmour 1.Wonthaggi best: L. Membrey, A. Edwards, C. Gilmour, J. Taylor, J. Sanna.

• Wonthaggi - Power v Moe

Power smashes Moe LionsTHE Power stamped its authority early in game and ran out

easy winners over a struggling Moe on Saturday.

Despite the cool condi-tions the ground was in ex-cellent order considering the heavy rain during the week.

Wonthaggi’s record against Moe over the past season has been good but up to date this season Power hadn’t registered a win at home despite its encourag-ing form so far.

A couple of late changes to the Power side in Drydew and Shaw out, Wayne Luke and Ben Graham in.

Power continued it’s good starts to games, full of running and fi erce attack on the ball. But Moe was not going to be intimidated and made every contest diffi cult for Wonthaggi.

Troy Harley, Dom O’ Connor and Adam Cook were presenting well up for-ward and their accuracy on the scoreboard was excel-lent.

Wylie in the ruck was giving fi rst use of the ball to

Warnett, Ware and Murray and Power was dominating play even at this early stage.

Long, Morrow and Ainsworth along with con-sistent contributors Blaser and Brown showed the Li-ons fi ghting spirit but Moe looked destined for a long day. Power lost Guilmartin in a solid clash.

Power continued to hit its targets with accurate handball and kicking and Moe was already in damage control with its back men re-ally under pressure. To their credit they bounced back through goals to Vesty, Long and Spiteri as Wonthaggi continued to push ahead on the scoreboard. At half time Wonthaggi had a sizeable lead.

Wonthaggi appeared to take the foot off the pedal early in the second half and Moe began to move the ball more freely now the inten-sity had dropped. However

this was only a minor re-spite as Power lifted again and piled on a further seven goals for the quarter to two from Moe.

O’Connor, Cook and Harley were creating oppor-tunities for themselves and teammates.

It was pleasing to watch the Power youngsters in Murray, Blair, Graham and Kelly providing the running game and delivering the ball well.

The fi nal quarter saw Wonthaggi build even fur-ther on the scoreboard and ran out easy winners in an excellent team performance. The young Moe side strug-gled but never gave in and fought out the game to the end. Moe’s fi ghting qualities certainly earned the respect of the stronger opposition on the day. Both sides will enjoy a short break this week be-fore facing up to Bairnsdale and Warragul respectedly.

Wind lures trio to AfricaBy Brad Lester

THREE members of the Inverloch Wind-surfi ng Club are bound for Africa in a bid to make speed sailing history.

Andrew Daff of Sandy Point will join Craig Spot-tiswood of Beaumaris and Jacques Kint from Drysdale at the Luderitz Speed Event in Namibia in October.

The trio will vie to be the fastest along the Lud-eritz channel – a 1.2km, six to eight metre man made channel cut through the desert on the edge of

the ocean.All have established

reputations in the sport, having competed at the Australian and world lev-els.

Daff, 61, is now the fastest in the world for his age group, having sailed at an impressive 47 knots or 87 km/h.

“I won’t challenge for the outright record but I will be trying to set a mark in my age group that won’t be beaten in a long time,” he said.

“I want to be sure I’m able to reach my poten-tial. I want to go as fast as I possibly can.”

The Inverloch club sees Luderitz as an op-

portunity to promote its windsurfers on the world stage.

“The opportunity over there is much more con-sistent for people to reach those peak speeds,” Daff said.

The world 500m wind-surfi ng record of 52 knots was set at Luderitz last year but at just eight me-tres wide at the maximum point, windsurfers appre-ciate the risk of injury is real.

“We are pretty well practised at sailing one and a half to two metres from the bank at Sandy Point,” Daff said.

“Hopefully we can live up to our expectations as

well as everyone else’s.”Preparation for the

African trip is underway, securing hire vehicles and other travel plans for the 1200km journey across the desert from Cape Town in South Africa to Luderitz.

Daff is honing his fi t-ness by swimming, walk-ing, stand up paddleboard-ing and windsurfi ng when weather suits.

Daff has been involved in windsurfi ng since 1980 and was part of speed sail-ing at Shallow Inlet from 1981-1985. He has been Victorian slalom cham-pion and ranked in the world’s top 10 for many years.

Kint, of Drysdale near Geelong, has been ranked in the top three speed sailors in Australia since 2010 and last year, missed on fi rst place by a point.

Spottiswood, of Beau-maris in Melbourne, is now ranked third inter-nationally in the overall fi ve by 10 second world rankings.

He is ranked sixth in the world for the nauti-cal mile average, and has been one of only two Aus-tralians to reach 50 knots on a windsurfer.

The evolution of GPS units has allowed speed surfers to forgo their re-liance on burdensome timing equipment and the need to rearrange courses when wind changes. Now, a surfer can don a GPS unit and view their speed instantaneously.

Travelling at nearly 90km/h above water wearing nothing but a wetsuit and helmet does not faze Daff.

“You get used to it because there are not a lot of things to give you

that reference to speed at Sandy Point. You are run-ning alongside a feature less sandbar,” he said.

Away from his role as a humanities and outdoor education teacher at Sale College, Daff advises sailmakers KA Sails and fi n developers.

“Boards are always very light weight and pre-cisely shaped, so there is quite a lot of high tech in it. You have to get that combination exactly right for the conditions,” he said.

Right circumstances: Luderitz in Namibia is a man made speed channel cut into harsh desert surroundings. Africa bound: the Victorian Speed Sailing Team, from left: Craig Spottis-wood, Andrew Daff and Jacques Kint.

Far from still: C Wylie moves the ball towards Wonthaggi’s goals.

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