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RURAL RUN TIME

HUNDREDS of people will be out connecting rural communities this Sunday for the Loddon’s first Run for Resilience.

The run is promoting strength and wellbeing of farmers, rural towns and residents and is organised by Active

Farmers. The run will have participants from across the region.

The more adventurous will tackle a 25km course starting in Inglewood at 8am while shorter 10km and 5km courses will traverse tracks along the

Loddon River at Bridgewater from 9.30am. With more than 300 already registered and runner cheer squads being assembled, Run for Resilience will be one of the region’s largest events in more than a year.

Claire Harrison, who is driving the new event, was joined at the weekend in training by Zoe Simons, Leila Pell and Tracey Webb.

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LODDON BUSINESS NETWORK DINNER

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E’VE had some good conversation with regular OTF correspondents Will and Glenn in the last week. Both avid participants in our weekly quiz and keen observers of goings on around the Loddon. You might remember Will was being thrashed by his cousin in the UK when conversing the other side of the world because he thought our quiz questions were too skewed towards Pommy knowledge. “Just thought I would take this opportunity to congratulate you on the diversity of the questions in the last edition of the Loddon Herald,” he emailed the other day, hinting that the weekly scorecard may now be in his favour. But he did take exception to one recent question asking for Ariana Grande’s brother’s name. “Seriously ... even the crew from The Chase Australia would have trouble with that one, and they obviously memorise the questions lol.”

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LAD you’re a fan of The Chase, Will. So are we and we love those moments that always pop up on YouTube of UK version host Bradley Walsh absolutely buckling with laughter when reading out some of the answer options - Dick Tingeler, Helmut Schmacker and Willi Wakker.

And perhaps Bradder’s greatest, former German alpine skier Fanny Schlemmer.

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OW Glenn is a versatile chap and a bit of your typical all-round Aussie sportsman.

These days, he is often seen on Saturday afternoons with whistle in hand keeping 36 blokes on the football field in order. Bumped into him at one of the local pubs last week and he, having been a “man in white” for a few years, told us about the business sponsors of umpires over the years. For some reason, they have enjoyed the financial sponsorship of optometrists - gives a new meaning to the old days of supporters asking from the sidelines whether the ump saw this or that! Of course, it not’s just around here that the well-trained eye people have sponsored football umpires. Some of the

bigger players in the eye game are focused on having their visible branding on the clothing of umps and refs at more elite levels.

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NCE upon a time, umpires were regarded as part of the theatre by the crowd. And of course, no one does theatre like the Yanks.

One time during a Triple-A baseball game, umpire Tim McCelland was confronted by Jack McKeon, the manager of the home team. He told McCelland, “I know you got that call right, but I have a big, full house here and my team isn’t playing very well. Can we just stand out here and argue for a bit? I am just going to stand out here and bob my head and raise my hands a little bit, but I am not mad at you. I just want to put on a little bit of a show. When I’m done you run me and I’ll go to the dugout.” McCelland replied, “That’s fine, whatever you need to do, go ahead and do it.” He told McKeon that he had a good dinner the previous night at a restaurant, and he asked if he’d ever been there.

He said no, kicked some dirt, raised his hands and said, “Maybe I should try it sometime!”

Then he said, “Well, I think this was enough, why don’t you run me now?” So McCelland did and McKeon walked away.

SMALL business owners from across the Loddon attended this week’s business network function, including (above) Justine Smith, Julie and Benny Riley and (below) Mark and Christine Gilmore.

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Lodge guaranteed ... but ‘not in writing’ DJAARA chief executive officer Rodney Carter has confirmed that historic Catto Lodge will be retained in the revamp of Kooyoora State Park.

But he says the commitment will not be in writing.

“We are prepared to earn trust but don’t want to be dictated to,” the Bendigo-based Aboriginal co-operative leader said on Monday.

Mr Carter said Djaara wanted to be positive and constructive in leading the park works.

Following release of park revamp plans two weeks ago, there was concern in Loddon communities that brochures made no mention of Catto Lodge

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Meetings with community and Catto family representatives in late January secured a verbal commitment to retain the lodge but they have continued to call for the undertaking to be put in writing.

Mr Carter said: “We have not moved on our previous position.”

He said calls for a written undertaking were thought to be a heavyhanded demand.

“The only evidence will be in the design concept to show that it (the lodge) is present,” Mr Carter said. “I don’t want people to feel concerned.”

Mr Carter confirmed he would be making a presentation to Loddon Shire Council this week on redevelopment plans.

A meeting is also scheduled this week with district residents and the Catto family.

A date was also being sought for a similar briefing to Ripon MP Louise Staley, Mr Carter said.

The Loddon Herald understands Djaara has formed a Wartaka or “champions group” of Dja Dja Wurrung Traditional Owners to ensure the site has the correct cultural identity and that the new designs and infrastructure reflect the Dja Dja Wurrung.

Catto Lodge was built in the 1950s and improvements made

to the Melville Caves area over the next 20 years were funded by concerts held at the park.

“It would be good to have this in writing and clear things up once and for all,” Matt Catto said in last week’s Loddon Herald report.

District residents have said the development, provided it includes Catto Lodge, will be a welcome investment in Melville Caves and Kooyoora State Park.

They say the park has been neglected for infrastructure and access funding over recent years.

Mr Carter said on Monday that Djaara had to become better at sharing information on the park’s development.

Coffees perk up main street MOVE over Lygon Street, Wedderburn is fast becoming the destination for eating out and chatting over a coffee.

The town has seen the opening of two new cafe coffee shops in recent months.

Joining 24 Karat Cafe as a culinary destination for locals and visitors have been the Goldseeker Motel and the Odd Cup Cafe.

Rohan Barnes has turned the motel’s dining area into a cafe and also hopes to attract conferences to the town.

And Lorna Nuovo has just opened the Odd Cup Cafe, four years after making the treechange from office work in Melbourne to Wedderburn.

“It’s something I have always wanted to do and when we saw this building, it was just right and we’ve had good feedback since opening two weeks ago,” Lorna said.

She said there were also plans to incorporate a bistro in coming months.

IN BRIEF Trains are back TRAINS have returned to the Swan Hill line following a two-week blitz of major signal and structure renewals aiming to provide safe, comfortable and reliable services for passengers.

Acting Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan said more than 500 people worked around-the-clock to complete $21 million worth of infrastructure upgrades on the Swan Hill, Bendigo and Echuca lines as part of V/Line’s major maintenance and renewals program.

Buses had replaced trains on the Swan Hill Line, including those stopping at Pyramid Hill and Dingee stations, during the work.

Museum date set INGLEWOOD’S Eucalyptus Distillery Museum will reopen next month.

Closed since COVID restrictions last year, the museum committee is working on being open from August 1, the date of the centre’s 10th anniversary.

Network dinner MORE than 60 people attended last week’s Kooyoora Women’s Network Dinner.

Members and guests came from many Loddon communities for the regular function. Guest speaker was Loddon Herald managing editor Chris Earl.

He spoke on the birth and journey of the Loddon’s own local newspaper in its first six months.

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Hydraulics get traction during gold mine visit

VINTAGE tractor enthusiasts from across central Victoria made the trek to Maxwell Gold’s Inglewood mine site on Saturday where engineer Steve Hawkes demonstrated the hydraulic processes used in mining.

Among the tractor drivers seeing another kind of hydraulics in operation were John Wright of Arnold, Peter Robinson of Bendigo, and John Leach of Rheola.

Maxwell Gold has de-watered the mine to level three (210 metres) and hopes mining will resume on the site next year. The mine has five levels.

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THE committee organising centenary celebrations of the Mysia War Memorial School in October has released further details of the day. They include a plaque unveiling ceremony and planting of a Lone Pine seedling.

The October 10 celebrations will also be a reunion for ex-districts residents.

Hori’s farewell CFA volunteer and member of sporting organisations in Inglewood, Hori Rewetti, was farewelled on Monday by the community and family. Hori died suddenly two weeks ago.

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Early year centre a ‘serious option’

AN EARLY years centre was the only realistic inclusive option to end the region’s child care crisis, Wedderburn College principal Danny Forrest said this week.

Mr Forrest said the Loddon campaign wanted to achieve an inclusive solution. ““We want to be inclusive.

Anything other than an early years’ centre is only a Band-Aid, a short-term fix and then only for a few,” he said.

“We need long-term strategic thinking and the investments in assets for the future of local communities.

“Family day care as an option only helps a few. We need to be helping everyone.”

Child care working group member Maddi Postle said a Loddon-wide petition was being circulated in local communities.

“We are aiming for more than 1000 signatures before the final day for signatures on July 27.

This Saturday we will have vol-

unteers at the Wedderburn versus Wycheproof Narraport football, netball and hockey games collecting more signatures ... ironic really with Wycheproof now having their own early years’ centre,” she said.

“The feedback for the petition has already been amazing in communities across the Loddon with the forms in many local businesses. Afterall, this is a Loddon Shire-wide petition for an issue that is affecting all the communities,” she said.

Maddi said it was also exciting that Loddon Shire was planning to appoint a project officer devoted to challenges around child care.

“We’re grateful that the shire is showing some support and ac-

tion too. It’s a step in the right direction,” she said. “We genuinely appreciate everyone who has signed the petition so far and every business that has hosted it and encouraged signatures.

“It’s a sign of the community camaraderie that we see so often in Wedderburn and towns across the Loddon.

“We’ve had locals ask how they can extend their support beyond a signature and the best way is to share the petition among your friends and family; take it to work, take it to your club, take it to family dinner.”

Local MP Louise Staley launched the petition in May after concern the lack of child care was impacting businesses, schools and families.

being the option of well-being counselling, to ensure anyone working with a financial counsellor is fully supported.

“We are only a phone call away if you need someone to talk to about your business issues and we can help in a number of ways. It costs nothing to have a chat and appointments with our counsellors are always free.”

RFCS West was one of 10 services named in the 2021 tender announcement to continue delivery of the RFCS program across Australia. It is jointly funded by the Australian and Victorian Governments.

POLICE are investigating damage to a V/Line bus shelter.

Leading Sen. Constable Ray Stomann, of Boort police, said a glass panel in the Godfrey Street shelter was shattered overnight last Wednesday.

“It may have been kicked in and anyone with information should contact us,” Sen. Const-

able Stomann said. “This is not something that would normally happen.”

Meanwhile, Sen. Constable Stomann said two motorists had received infringement notices for speeding on the BridgewaterSerpentine road in the past week.

Detected speeds were 118kmh and 123kmh.

Travelling the border bubble LODDON residents can travel within the border community bubble while the Victorian border is closed to New South Wales and the ACT. Strict border closures came in Monday morning as COVID cases rapidly climb in NSW.

Cross-border residents must carry proof of address (such as a driver’s licence) and travel only within the bubble.

People who have been in a red zone outside of the cross-border area must obtain a red zone permit.

Boundary review

If you have mobile and broadband connectivity issues in the Loddon Shire, now is your chance to get these issues noticed.

The Victorian Government is asking for your feedback about connectivity issues where you live or work, and when you’re out and about – to help understand where mobile and broadband improvements are needed across Victoria.

The feedback is part of the $550 million Connecting Victoria program, under which the Victorian Government is fast-tracking

better mobile coverage and broadband across the state.

To find out more and take the survey visit engage.vic.gov.au/connecting-victoria

Bridge replacement works People travelling in the Derby district are reminded that the Baileys Road Bridge, Baileys Road, is closed to through traffic.

Bridge replacement works started and the bridge it is expected will be closed for 8 weeks. Any further changes to the closure will be advised through Council’s Facebook page.

Cr Wendy Murphy Inglewood Ward 0436 457 170

RURAL financial counselling services for the Loddon have been merged into a larger region.

Until this month, the Loddon Shire was part of RFCS North West when the area was rolled into the new RFCS Victoria West based in Hamilton.

Executive officer David Stafford said: “We continue to offer the same level of service the Loddon region has always enjoyed, as RFCS Victoria West.

“Primary producers and small business owners are supported with rural and small business financial counselling, with a new service for the Loddon region

Bus shelter glass smashed

Mobile and internet connectivity survey

Mayor Cr Neil Beattie Boort Ward 0427 552 468

Rural finance service takes on bigger area

Cr Linda Jungwirth Tarnagulla Ward 0428 259 082

Cr Dan Straub Terrick Ward 0429 236 399

Cr Gavan Holt Wedderburn Ward 0408 943 008

The Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) is asking Victorians to have their say regarding new State electoral boundaries.

Every eight years, Victoria’s State electoral boundaries are reviewed and adjusted to make sure that each of the State’s 88 districts and eight regions represent an approximately equal number of enrolled voters.

This formal process is called a ‘redivision’, and one is currently underway in Victoria. The EBC is the independent and impartial statutory body responsible for a redivision, which is a consultative process that invites submissions from the public.

People interested in making a submission can map their proposed boundaries using the Public Submission Tool available on the EBC website.

A copy of the proposed boundaries is available for inspection at Council’s Wedderburn office.

A reminder that entries for the Loddon Healthy Minds Network art competition close Monday 2 August.

Categories include an open section for those aged over 18 years (or under 18 if no longer attending secondary school), upper secondary students in years 9 to 12 and middle school students in years/grades 5 to 8.

There are also two junior students’ categories – grades 3 and 4 and grades Prep to 2.

The competition also includes literary entries between 500 to 1000 words.

Find out more about the competition and download an entry form from: www.loddonhealthyminds.com.au

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Network starts review of region health needs LODDON residents are being encouraged to take part in online conversations aimed at understanding local health care needs.

The conversation is part of Murray Primary Health Network’s three-yearly health needs assessment.

The network says population health figures show the Loddon region has higher than state average rates of smoking and alcohol use, as well as people living with mental health and chronic conditions - such as heart and lung disease – resulting in preventable hospital stays.

Loddon also rates high on the index of relative socio-economic disadvantage, which is based on unemployment, low income or education levels and lack of internet access.

“All of these can be barriers to people accessing the care they need,” the network said.

Murray PHN CEO Matt Jones says that while data analysis offers strong insights, it is local experience that provides deeper understanding, context and perspectives to the figures.

“People who use and work in local health services are best placed to share what is or isn’t working well,” he said.

“We want to hear about the

things that make accessing services difficult, as well as any ideas for improvement.

“The more people who participate and tell us what is important to them, their families and community, the more meaningful our planning will be.

“Having a comprehensive view of health helps us work towards making the local primary health care system as effective, efficient and equitable as possible,” Matt said.

Murray Primary Health Network also reviews regional health data annually to help guide its funding decisions to support and improve the primary health system.

The health needs assessment is also shared with local organisations, including the Loddon Shire Council that shares its municipal public health and well-being plans with Murray PHN. Next Tuesday’s online conversation for community members will follow an earlier session for health professionals.

Murray PHN is a part of the national network of 31 primary health networks across Australia working with the primary health system to identify opportunities to improve health outcomes in the community.

Cafes for COVID PYRAMID Hill Bakery is providing meals in a community collaboration under the Cafe for COVID initiative.

The project in collaboration with United Filipino Organisation, St Patrick’s Parish and Bendigo Foodshare and will run for six weeks with 26 people receiving weekly meals.

History tour KEVIN POYSER led a tour of historic areas around Powlett Plains on Sunday.

The group from Inglewood Historical Society visited the Coutts’ family church now located at the Powlett Hall reserve and the former Fiery Flat school site.

Meanwhile, the Tarnagulla History Archives held its monthly open day on Sunday and again there was a steady flow of visitors keen to discover local history.

Battery funds PYRAMID Hill Lions Club is collecting old car and truck batteries, raising funds for future projects in the town.

Local role in 100k milestone MORE than 86,000 people across northern and central Victoria have received the first dose of the COVID vaccine.

Murray PNH said GP clinics and health services had also administered 14,000 second doses in

Business help slow in arriving, says Walsh MURRAY Plains MP Peter Wants wants the State Government to speed up delivery of promised help for small business after recent COVID lockdowns.

Mr Walsh said the Government should stop playing games with regional Victoria’s crippled small businesses.

He said it was more than six weeks since small businesses support was promising after they were devastated by Victoria’s record fourth lockdown.

“Six weeks and too many small businesses owners have received nothing,” Mr Walsh said.

“There’s no question this Government doesn’t get it; but I think the biggest crime here is it simply doesn’t care.

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“It has been spelt out to them so many times the river economies in particular have been paralysed by lockdowns but just as clearly Andrews Inc don’t give a damn that these small businesses simply can’t afford to wait weeks and weeks for the government to finally provide them with support,” he said.

“It’s easy for the Premier, it’s easy for his bureaucrats – they haven’t missed a pay cheque this entire pandemic.

“But small business owners, their lives are on the line, and it’s time for the Government to actually give them the money,” Mr Walsh said. ““Show them the money, Premier – you promised it to them, they deserve it, they need it.”

the Loddon Mallee region. Local clinics participating in the vaccine rollout include Inglewood Medical Practice and Boort where Dr Chris Olise (pictured) was featured in the network’s 100k campaign last week.

Talk cancelled YESTERDAY’S planned talk by author Tania Farrelly on her debut book The Eighth Wonder at Dingee Library was cancelled. Goldfields Library and the publicist apologised for any inconvenience with the late cancellation.

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11 appointed to waste resource pilot group

A COMMUNITY interest group for Pyramid Hill’s waste to resources energy project is expected to have its first meeting this month.

Advanced Energy Tech directors Adam Riley and Drew Chislett said 11 people would be on the group.

They are Cr Dan Straub, Adam Gould, Tom Burrowes, Matthew Ladson, Rachel Cain, Graeme and Rosi Bear, Vincent and Cheryl Bartels and Neville and Michelle Miller.

Construction of the building that will house the demonstration gasification technology facility has been completed.

Advanced Energy Tech says it is currently working towards obtaining the correct permits and approvals to operate the facility.

The interest group will look at Advanced Energy Tech’s waste management processes and outcomes, as well as environmental impacts and provide an understanding of the unique perspectives of Pyramid Hill and surrounding communities.

“The feedback of the local businesses and residents is of great importance in our research and development as it ensures our processes and techniques have a positive impact on the local environment and the sustainability of the region” said director Adam Riley.

Chicken farms in solar push LODDON businesses and community groups considering rooftop solar panels and other renewable energy infrastructure could benefit from the Community Power Loddon Mallee project.

Bendigo Sustainability Group was last week named manager for the project that includes the Loddon Shire.

The project has “implementation ready” plans for rooftop solar projects of over 500kW in combined capacity, as well as battery storage at sites.

“Two of the implementation ready projects are Lockwood and Marong Hazeldene’s Chicken Farms,” said the group’s research and project officer John McDonald. He said the project also offered benefits for Loddon investment in renewables.

The regional power hub, one of seven in the state, is part of a $3.73 million Sustainability Victoria fund for community renewables.

Market stalls grace street THE street market kicked off a new era in Inglewood for the local Lions Club fundraiser on Saturday. A handful of stalls have given the club a foundation to build the monthly market in a new location.

Among the stallholders was Anni Maraldo (above) who has followed the market from Bridgewater to its new location in Brooke Street while Lions, including Murray Baud, were on hand preparing egg and bacon breakfast rolls and cooking sausages. The RSL sub-branch museum was also open during the morning.

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Health appointment expected soon AN INTERIM manager is expected to be announced within days for Inglewood and Districts Health Service.

Board chairman Michael Oerlemans said it was hoped to have details of the appointment next week.

Tracey Wilson resigned as the service’s chief executive officer last month after five years in the position.

Bush checks coming after ‘gold hole’ find PARKS Victoria will conduct inspections around Inglewood Nature Conservation Reserve and Glenalbyn Bushland Reserve after reports of unfilled holes in the area.

Area chief ranger Karen Doyle said: “We have not found any registered approval for these works, such as an exploration or prospecting licence, which would have been required for the scale of works that have taken place.

“There are designated areas in various parks and reserves where recreational prospecting and fossicking is allowed.

“Recreational fossickers need to apply for a Miner’s Right and follow prospecting rules and responsibilities.

“These include using only hand tools and restoring any damage made by mining activity, such as backfilling holes and replacing leaf litter,” she said.

The Loddon Herald last week reported that a large unfilled hole had been found off Christie Road.

Resident Simon Taylor said the size posed a risk to people and animals. The hole was more than one metre deep at its centre.

Simon believed amateur prospectors might have been responsible.

He reported the find to Parks Victoria.

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Historic mudbrick store ready for big makeover STANDING sentinal on a prime corner of Mysia, the former general store was one of two big steps forward for the town in 1883.

Opening of the mudbrick and timber store and extension of the railway line through town to Boort happened within months in that year.

Now long closed, the store is in the market for a new owner wanting a major renovation project.

“The historic store has prime position on the road between Boort and Wedderburn and is ready for a real makeover,” said real estate agent Greg Fa-

thers, of Property Plus, agents for sale of the property.

“The town and district once had a population of several hundred people who would buy supplies and provisions from the store.

“Along with the school just up the street, this typical country town store was at the heart of the local community.”

Greg said the four-bedroom house on 1.25 acres “needs substantial renovations although in recent times there have been works to the external roof and a power board upgrade”.

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Organisers dig away at anniversary plans LAANECOORIE is preparing for the 10th anniversary of its gold bash with organisers working through COVID compliance measures.

Secretary Di Hodgson said early indications were that more than 600 people would attend the October three-day event.

The gold bash will raise funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation. ““We’re collecting donations, there’s already been a great response and people are wanting to attend,”

she said. “We had more than 600 people in 2019 and we expect as many provided COVID doesn’t have people locked away.”

Di said Laanecoorie was a great location for the annual gold bash, being in the Golden Triangle, starting in 2011 after a group of gold detecting enthusiasts meeting online decided to have an inperson event. “The numbers have grown each year”.

Di hopes to recruit more volunteers to assist with running the weekend.

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All hands on deck TONY Holt and Elizabeth Canfield are excited to be leading Wedderburn Golf Club in the centenary year of the annual tournament.

Hundreds of golfers from across regional Victoria will be at the town’s golf course over the four days of the tournament, one of the longest running in the Loddon.

“The tournament has been a huge part of the club’s calendar since 1920,” said Tony, the men’s president.

“We don’t have much information about the very first tournament but we do know it started because of their enthusiasm for the sport among club members and the ‘return to normal’ after World War One. “Our links are regarded as some of the most picturesque in northern Victoria and that, together with the club’s famous hospitality, has been at the

heart of keeping this wonderful event going for a century.”

Elizabeth, who is serving as the club’s ladies’ president, said members were excited to be celebrating the centenary.

“It’s a very special milestone for our club that traces its formation back to a mixed foresome event played on the Princes of Wales’ holiday in 1906,” she said.

“We all enjoy being together for our regular Saturday and mid-week competitions.

The centenary celebrations will be even more enjoyable ... it’s not every day a 100th birthday comes along,” Elizabeth said.

Tony and Elizabeth say the tournament’s success will be a team effort.

“Every member is pitching in to make it a great golf party,” they said.

CLUB PRESIDENTS: Tony Holt and Elizabeth Canfield.

GOLFING PIONEERS: Families at one of the Wedderburn tournaments.

Memories of wandering sheep and surviving the empty racecourse saddling yard

I’M NOT sure when the Wedderburn golf course was established but the earliest I remember it would be in the World War One years – 1916 or thereabouts. Both my parents were golfers and kids were allowed, on sufferance, to wander around with them on odd days and I also did my share of caddying for them; and occasionally, we were given an old ball to knock around with a discarded rusty old iron – a ‘lofter’ it was called. Playing with our parents like this, we not only learned something about hitting a golf ball but we were drilled in the etiquette of the game and that wasn’t a bad thing.

The club did not own any land in those days but we rented Rose’s paddock (the owner retained his grazing rights, I think, as wandering sheep were always a hazard); and there were holes around the golf course paddock which also often carried stock.

The first tee was at the west end of Rose’s paddock, being moved later further west towards the town to a spot

near the land running down the Korong Vale road past the red brick house (then Kil Gray’s).

The first green was at the top of the rise where this is now a privy and a group of saplings. From there you played diagonally across to the second green on the bluff overlooking the Vale road, skirting Rose’s dam on the right; and then down to the third green in the south-west corner of the paddock.

All holes bogey fours so far.

The fourth, a par three, was “over the pines” - terrifying to the novice; about 120 yards from the tee alongside the third green, over the road and the line of pine trees along the racecourse fence (quite vigorous in those days, about 40 feet high I would guess) onto the green in the south-west corner of the racecourse paddock The fifth, par five, was played down the racecourse to a green near a big tree, about half-way down, the tee being inside the fence then. The sixth hole was among the yellow boxes in

the south-east corner; and you then played across to the north-east corner, both fours I think; the short dam hole was a later addition to the card. From there on my memory is a bit vague but I think the next hole was the “long hole”, an enormous trek which took you nearly up to the old racecourse pavilion with its sheds and outhouses enclosed in the saddling paddock.

Next the “saddling paddock” hole, which required you to hit across the whole caboose to a green beyond, and many’s the drive which ricocheted around the empty saddling paddock.

If you survived this hole, and wanted to play 18, you then hit across the top of the racecourse to a green near the fourth whence you picked up with the fifth and so round the racecourse paddock again. There wasn’t much congestion in those days.

Recollections of the early days of golf in Wedderburn written by Peter Sutherland.

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Legend of the local course always looking towards his next great round KEITH Bird has been playing the Wedderburn course for almost 60 years.

A hole-in-one, 26 club championships, a few tournament wins and a career-low handicap of three have made Keith a legend of the club.

“I started playing seriously in about 1962.

My father played golf, my mother took up the sport and my younger brothers and sister too ... it was a gradual process for the whole family,” he said.

“We didn’t talk about much else other than golf at the dinner table.

“And I’ve got lucky a few times. Had a holein-one on what was then the 15th hole (now the 16th) in 1968, both my wife Glenda and mother also had holes-in-one. Dad missed out I think.”

But Keith says he hasn’t kept count of championship and tournament wins.

“You’re only as good as your next one,” said Keith who these days plays off a local handicap of 10, “I’ve drifted out a few strokes over the last two or three years.”

Keith has also shared great occasions on the Wedderburn course, playing with David Cooper the day he hit a course record 64 in 1973 and then a few years later with Ben Miles

Keith Bird when he hit 63. “They were both wet days, too,” said Keith.

The former club president and captain - he was at the helm when Wedderburn hosted the Victorian Men’s Sand Scrape Championships in 1998 - is looking forward to the 100th tournament.

“It brings visitors from north and south of Wedderburn. We’re ideally located and the

climate and the grass make for good golf,” he said, “And it’s a nice course to play. That’s why there are always good quality fields, particularly in the open event. Most of the top players from Bendigo come and there’s also been quite few from Maryborough in recent years.”

Keith has a few words of advice for golfers at this year’s tournament - be careful on the 15th hole.

“It was a par four, and became a longer par four that at other clubs could be a par five. Unless you get a good drive, the tree in the middle might give you grief,” he said.

“Years ago course curator Joe Johns, who always mowed the course beautifully, drilled some holes (in the trunk) and for a few years the tree look quite sick. Then it sprouted again and is now bushier than ever.”

Keith says the Wedderburn club and the tournament have been well served for more than a century by the wonderful volunteer spirit. “And of all the names on our club honour boards, there’s only a few I have not known,” Keith said.

Wedderburn and Inglewood Express reports on the club’s 57th annual tournament when more than 600 golfers played the course.

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Show puts farming careers in spotlight

Local farmer workshop key speaker Dr Kate Burke.

Workshop looks at cutting crop and farm risks AGRICULTURAL scientist and author Dr Kate Burke will speak on “excellent farming” at a workshop in Wedderburn next week.

Led by Agriculture Victoria, the workshop will cover crops, people and money, and the influences that inform both business and personal decisions.

With 30 years’ experience in agriculture working with farmers, students, investors and regional communities in northwest Victoria, Dr Burke will provide valuable insights in managing risk on cropping farms and mixed farms.

Dr Burke uses evidence, experience and humour to shine a light on what matters for sustainable, profitable farming. She is also author of the new book ‘Crops people money and you, the art of excellent farming and better returns.

Dr Burke said that managing the “external noise” and uncertainty with less stress is a skill that can be learnt. This handson, interactive ‘masterclass’ will

teach those skills, combined with practical risk management.

“The Wimmera and North Central’s start to the season has been eventful”, she said.

“We are seeing record land prices on the back of good seasons.

“This year we are also dealing with price volatility, staggered crop emergence and challenging nitrogen decisions.

“Some farmers are pessimistic about the season while others are optimistic.”

Topics covered at this workshop will include: ● Better returns - what really drives profit? ● What drives potential and revenue at the whole farm level? ● The influence of climate ‘moods’ on your farm performance. ● Yield targets for guiding nitrogen management and grain marketing decisions; thinking in options, rather than averages. ● Money: taking the whole of farm long-term view to generat-

ing revenue and spending wisely. ● People: decision-making for robust and regret-free farming. ● You: the role you play in risk management.

Farmers are asked to bring farm maps, grain yield and gross margin records for crop types the more years the better.

Dr Burke is the founder of independent agricultural consultants Think Agri, formed after identifying a need for corporate and institutional investors to have access to astute experience based advice when considering key agri-investment decisions.

The workshop is funded by the Victorian Government’s Smarter, Safer Farms initiative through its skills program which provides targeted training to build capability in financial literacy, risk management, farm planning and adaption to climate change.

Registrations are required for Monday’s workshop.

Ideal trade lambs remained the hot spot of the auction, with the best presented 20 to 22kg types continuing to trend over 900c/ kg cwt.

Competition for heavy lambs in the 26 to 30kg range was again boosted by domestic competition as buyers were keen on size and paid from $235 to $258/ head, or averaged from 850c to 880c/kg cwt depending on size.

Heavy export lambs sold to a top of $290 and was one of just a handful of sales to go above $280/head. Most of the export lambs over 30kg sold from $250 to $275/head to average over an estimated 800c/kg cwt this week.

The sheep sale was rated as firm to dearer, with buyers quoting an estimated range of 680c to 730c/kg cwt for the better lines of Merino and crossbred mutton.

&M Ryan (54) Pyalong $282, SJ & AK Perry (6) Rushworth $282, Wanalta Past (48) Colbinabbin $280, T & S Lockhart (57) Berrimal $280, RE & SL Pederson (36) Kamarooka $276, KJ Micheel (37) Elmore $275, BJ & LE Jones (96) Castlemaine $275, A & T Cole (23) Neilborough $273, Torrins Past (9) Bridgewater $272, GK & TA Turnbull (94) Bridgewater $271, A & C Branson (126) Colbinabbin $269, DL & TM Jensen (31) Diggora $268, GR Dobson (30) Echuca $267, PW Slatter (8) Rochester $263, C & J Martin (12) Inglewood $260, Gall Farming (37) Goorambat $258, NW & ER Davis (12) Sutton Grange $254, JL McCarthy & Co (42) Lancefield $250, Andrew Broad (44) Bridgewater $250, R & C Stephenson (70) Fentons Creek $247, Saxilby Park Past (49) Kyalite $240, Douglas Payne (32) Kilmore $237, BS Cossar & Co (99) Charlton $230, HC & JL Buzza (48) Tatura $228, M & J Evans (87) Echuca $225, G & C Canfield (20) Powlett Plains $223.

HIGHLGHTING pathways to careers in agriculture, veterinary science, agribusiness and ag skills training will be a focus at this week’s Australian Sheep and Wool Show.

Co-ordinator of the show’s careers and technology hub, Mac McArthur, said: “New seminars, forums and agricultural education and skills training information sites are the mustsee opportunities for people seeking to join our thriving primary industry sector.”

He said Jobs, Jobs, Jobs was this year’s theme.

“One Australian university’s recent B.Agr.Sc. degree course intake jumped by 50 per cent on the previous year and 55 per cent applying for entrance were not from an agricultural or rural background,” Mr McArthur said.

“The major reason given for students selecting the course was their search for a sustainable future.

“With world food production required to double present production rates to meet the demands of the predicted 9.8 billion world population by 2050, the hunt is on for the farmers, scientists and agri-

business champions of the future.”

Mr McArthur said an exciting new seminar Attracting Youth into Agriculture, the career and technology hub’s popular Young Voices from the Land forums and the Ross McKenzie scholarship program were aimed at encouraging high school students, their parents and teachers to consider training and careers in a wide diversity of agribusinesses.

“Universities, agricultural colleges, high schools and TAFE providers of agricultural education and skills training in Southern Australia will have information sites promoting their courses and scholarships,” he said.

“Exciting state of the art new digital agricultural technologies including a data farm, Internet of Things (IoT), state of the art watering monitoring systems and electronic livestock identification innovations will be demonstrated and discussed throughout the sheep show.”

The sheep and wool show in Bendigo starts tomorrow and finishes Sunday.

Dairy change analysis support

Trent talks on succession plans

DAIRY farmers who plan to change their businesses to zerograzing and contained housing systems will be supported by a new economic and risk analysis collaborative project led by Dairy Australia, Agriculture Victoria and NSW Department of Primary Industries.

The project aims to support dairy farmers who are evaluating their options and who may decide to move down a path that transitions them to a new feeding or housing system.

ESTATE planning lawyer Trent McGregor will be at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show this week discussing farm succession planning.

Trent, of law firm Robertson Hyetts, presented a special sixpart series on farm succession in the Loddon Herald earlier this year. He says that conversations about will and succession planning are easy to put off but many costly problems can be minimised with disciplined forward planning.

MERINO WETHERS

this week. Quality and competition was good, and prices held fully firm across the yarding from last week’s market.

Steers reached a top of $4.16 per kilo , Vealers sold well reaching a top of $4.80 per kilo.

Feeder cattle ranged from made a top of $4.80 per kilo .

Cows made to a top of $3.00per kilo.

Steers: CD Hepburn Strangways $2232. Vealers: E Maslo Knowsley $1483.30. Cows: E Maslo Knowsley $2654.55, A & J Stone Strathfieldsaye $1582.60. Heifers: CD Hepburn Strangways $2047.50.

SHEEP AND CATTLE THERE was a slight increase to lamb numbers with around 14,000 head yarded.

Presentation and finish remained mixed, with quality slaughter lambs in the trade and heavy categories still in short supply against plainer winter affected stock.

There was a couple of changes to the buying field, with one exporter returning after a maintenance shutdown while there was a couple of other orders that were either quiet or didn’t purchase.

The market was strong with agents quoting heavy lambs as $5 to $10/head dearer, while trade lambs fluctuated around price levels of a week ago.

Some of the plainer light lambs were cheaper on quality.

There was interest for feedlot lambs to go onto grain provided they displayed good breed type and frame.

Plainer and light lambs mostly sold from $120 to $160/head to processors, with little to suit restockers at this time of year.

CROSSBRED LAMBS SN & DA Collins (23) Bridgewater Nth $290, Lislea Lodge (64) Shepparton $289, RW & AL Baker (116) Dingee $287, G & S Cox Farms (106) Moama $284, M

MERINO LAMBS T & S Lockhart (59) Berrimal $245, D & S Erwin (135) St Arnaud $236, Cocamba Farms (229) Manangatang $225, Ben Collins (6) Bridgewater Nth $220, Craig Newnham (57) Tabilk $216, CJ & ST Fawcett (149) Nullawil $211, P & C Mason (80) Rheola $200, G & C Canfield (30) Powlett Plains $196, C & S Mackrill (41) Nanneella $184, A & W Hargreaves (63) Lake Marmal $180.

Derby Downs Poll Dorset Stud (113) Marong $230, G & W Collins (155) Fentons Creek $228, K,E & J Leach (170) Rheola $223, Colvin Family Trust (26) Axedale $216, JAH & JA Munckton (5) Via Kilmore $168, KP & EV Sait (162) Wycheproof $162.

CROSSBRED EWES JM Hiscock & Sons (60) Pyalong $266, Crowden Weeks P/L (75) Serpentine $264, DJ & ED Lees (62) Rochester $260, SN & DA Collins (12) Bridgewater Nth $255, R & G Thurecht (5) Harcourt $253, Wanalta Past (33) Colbinabbin $250, Ian Whatley (15) Goornong $250, I & A Rathjen (22) Colbinabbin $240, M & A Broadbent (88) Yarraberb $240, Cameron Lancaster (38) Picola $238, AD,SE & DJ Collins (75) Bridgewater $238, MM Davis (14) Sutton Grange $224.

MERINO EWES Pompapiel Past (71) Pompapiel $240, D & S Erwin (23) St Arnaud $230, Fairfields @ Mysia (57) Mysia $230, FX & S Coghlan (68) Bridgewater $228, I & A Rathjen (32) Colbinabbin $218, T & S Lockhart (55) Berrimal $214, CL & DS Liphuyzen (74) Deniliquin $214, P Gooch (23) Kyneton $205.

CATTLE A better size yarding this week with 80 cattle coming forward

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grAiN BOORT Grain Co-op prices as at Tuesday.

Wheat - H1 $284, H2 $284, APW1 $281, ASW $281.

Barley - PL1 $236, SP1 $223, BAR1 $223, New crop - APW MG $278, BAR1 $221, Non-GM canola $733.

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FEATURES

1. Who starts first in chess?

2. What was Britney Spears’ first song?

3. What did Queen Anne die of?

4. Groups of lions are known as what?

5. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?

6. What language has the most words?

7. What’s the most expensive home in the world?

8. Kodiak island is in which US state?

RURAL community engagement is helping develop an improved sense of determination and confidence.

A new report by the Australia Institute for Active Farmers, the national group with a Loddon presence, also found engaged rural people used that confidence and determination to manage the changes and ups-and-downs in their lives. “(This) suggests that the Active Farmers program is contributing to their adaptability,” the report said.

As the Loddon prepares for the Active Farmers’ Run for Resilience on Sunday, the Australia Institute report has identified the benefits of participation in this region’s program - one of only two in Victoria - and its links with physical and mental health. The evaluation report follows a study involving Active Farmers’ program participants across Australia.

Key data includes that 98.1 per cent of respondents scoring their mood at least a four out of five after attending an Active Farmers group or event “whilst 87.3 per cent experienced an improvement in their general mood”.

“The most common factors contributing to improvement in mood were regular physical activity, regular social connection, and taking time out,” the report said.

Feelings of perseverance, adaptability, determination, optimism and self-esteem are also boosted.

The impacts for participants on their day-to-day life include greater happiness,

positivity and confidence, more energy during the day, finding work easier and feeling more motivated.

The report also said people who participated in activities “consistently noted the benefits of participating in the Active Farmers program for their day-to-day, and long term mood.

“This was attributed strongly to not only undertaking regular physical exercise in the group but also to the opportunity to take time out of their normal routine and to meet up with other people.

“Participants identified that the groups gave people the opportunity to come together, train and share what they were

Connections helping to build self-esteem, resilience going through, which often made them feel less alone.

“The majority of participants are making wellbeing changes and seeking to maintain them, which speaks to their sense of perseverance and determination.

Participants are more motivated and determined on a day-to-day basis, to exercise and improve, and to achieve the goals they set for themselves.

“Self-esteem was a common theme within the data – participants highlighted that their self-esteem improved and stabilised in relation to their capacity for ex-

ercise and fitness, their body image, and general confidence.

“It was evident that the changes in their confidence was an important benefit for participants and encouraged them to work towards their fitness goals, try new things, and interact with new people,” the report said. However, it highlighted the need for more men to be involved in rural community-based programs with participation levels at just 25 per cent.

The evaluation sought to understand the impacts of the Active Farmers program on its participants in terms of improved physical and mental wellbeing, social connection with communities and overall community resilience.

“Noting the long-term nature of these impacts and the relatively short period of time Active Farmers has been operating, the evaluation specifically focused on indicators that would point towards achievement of these long-term outcomes,” the report said.

Active Farmers is a not-for-profit, public health charity with a mission to improve the physical and psycho-social wellbeing and community resilience of farming communities across Australia.

Sunday’s Run for Resilience at Bridgewater - the 25km course starts in Inglewood - is bringing people together to connect, promoting phsyical and mental health in Loddon communities. zz ThezLoddonzHeraldziszazsponsorzofzRunz forzResilience.

10. How long does it take to hard boil an egg?

11. What nationality was Marco Polo?

12. Which scientist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?

13. Name the world’s largest ocean.

14. What did the Crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? 15. Which actress said, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night,” in All About Eve? 16. Zurich is the largest city in what country?

17. How many phases of the moon are there?

18. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?

19. What year did the Korong Bush Nursing Hospital open?

20. When will the 2022 Victorian election be held?

ANSWERS 1. White. 2. Baby One More Time3. A stroke. 4. Pride. 5. Two. 6. English. 7.

Buckingham Palace. 8. Alaska. 9. Beaumaris. 10. Seven minutes. 11. Venetian.

12. Albert Einstein. 13. Pacific. 14. An alarm clock. 15. Bette Davis (as Margo Channing). 16. Switzerland. 17. Eight.

18. None. 19. 1938. 20. November 26.

Strengthening rural minds

9. Which castle is on the island of Anglesey?

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SPORT AROUND THE LINKS

Rounds of tricky luck WHAT a wonderful event the Lucky Five Golf event was at the Tarnagulla Golf Club, The day was beautiful and a typical Tarnagulla sunny winter’s day.

There were teams of golfers on every hole and everyone enjoyed the tricky course with its beautiful bushland vistas.

Around the course, cheerful banter and laughter could be heard all around.

Three children took turns to choose the five holes that were to be counted and there were Oohs and Ahhs when the various holes were drawn out.

Women: Sharon Coghill from Meredith Harwood.

Men: Dave Shay from Peter Ravenhall.

Longest drive: Trevor Hickson.

Nearest the pin: Peter Ravenhall.

BOORT

Newbridge’s Tommy Hobson eyes the handball as Mean Machine defender Joe Mayes comes in for the tackle on Saturday. LH PHOTO

Peter on target THERE was a large turnout of 16 players for the Victoria Hotel Pyramid Hill dart competition Monday night, New players included Tennile Thompson, Paul Schuemaker and Trevor Walters.

First round winners: Telisha Briggs, Paul Schuemaker, Tammy Peter, Luke, Leigh Manton, Rob Peter, Genevieve Trice. Second round winners: Telisha Briggs, Peter Luke and Rob Peter.

The night’s winner was Rob Peter.

Squad selection BOORT’S Madeleine Lanyon and Luke Boyd have been selected in the under 13 academy squads following the recent junior hockey state championships.

Badminton results RESULTS from recent Boort badminton competition - July 1, 20 players, top scorers Jesse Rye, Graham Broad. Last week,

IN BRIEF 18 players, top scorers Doug Perryman, Shirley McDonald.

Terrain riding BENDIGO Motorcycle Club conducted the first round of its 2021 natural terrain event in Pyramid Hill on Sunday.

The second round is scheduled for next month with the championship in October.

Cup between oldest SATURDAY’S Loddon Valley football match between Bears Lagoon Serpentine and Inglewood contested the Bonnie Ward Cup. The cup was inaugurated in 2001 and is played between the clubs who first faced off in 1876.

Bonnie was a life member of Inglewood club and long-time ladies’ committee secretary.

BEAUTIFUL sunny conditions greeted the half dozen players who fronted up to this week’s stableford competition. Fresh from his wedding last Saturday, the ever-improving Damien Lanyon continued his dominant form with a solid 35 points to claim victory and also this month’s Privilege Cup. Hot on his heels was Shayne

Morris in second spot on 34 points, while Andrew Kane rounded out the ball pool on 32 points.

The nearest the pins were all spread around this week; Damien won the 8th , Hamish Lanyon won the 9th, Tim Lanyon won the 13th, Shayne won the 15 th, while Andrew took out the 18th.

Next week it is our annual tournament, kicking off with ladies’ day on Thursday, a four-ball on Friday, individual 27 holes stroke on Saturday, and mixed foursomes on the Sunday.

WEDDERBURN THIRTEEN golfers enjoyed a sunny Saturday. The good scores reflected perfect conditions.

Graham Nesbit shot a personal best score of 71-9-62-43 Stableford points in the final round of the John Sommerville four ball best ball event.

In ladies’ golf, the monthly medal was won by Shirley Postle with 34 points.

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SPORT LODDON VALLEY NETBALL

Lake Nandaly Tigers 9, Donald 18 d Wycheproof Narraport 14, St Arnaud 18 d Wedderburn 16.

A GRADE: Bridgewater 55 Newbridge 40, Mitiamo 56 lost to Calivil United 60, Pyramid Hill 28 lost to Marong 30.

Mitiamo Maiden Gully Calivil United Bridgewater Marong Pyramid Hill Newbridge Inglewood

136.50 117.47 119.19 113.19 100.23 98.76 63.91 60.50

Donald Boort Birchip Watchem St Arnaud Wedderburn Wycheproof N Sea Lake Nandaly Charlton

36 32 28 28 20 16 8 8

150.72 142.57 116.50 115.53 99.31 94.53 75.60 84.46 51.52

Maiden Gully Bridgewater Newbridge Marong BL Serpentine Calivil United Mitiamo Inglewood Pyramid Hil

158.36 139.36 125.49 146.76 98.87 94.24 92.60 44.02 60.82

34 32 30 28 16 16 16 4 0

C RESERVE: Bridgewater 39 d Newbridge 21, Mitiamo 49 d Calivil United 25, Pyramid Hill 26 lost to Marong 44, Inglewood 37 d Bears Lagoon Serpentine 25.

Maiden Gully Bridgewater Marong Mitiamo Newbridge BL Serpentine Calivil United Inglewood Pyramid Hill

267.20 161.48 103.39 93.52 109.24 81.44 70.71 70.13 49.35

36 36 24 24 20 12 12 8 4

17 and under: Bridgewater 51 d Newbridge 32, Mitiamo 32 lost to Calivil United 52.

Maiden Gully Bridgewater Calivil United Newbridge Marong Mitiamo Inglewood

MEN: Birchip Watchem 0 lost to Boort 13, Charlton 2 d Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers 1, Donald 0 lost to Wycheproof Narraport 3,

32 32 32 24 20 16 12 8 0

C GRADE: Bridgewater 36 d Newbridge 22, Mitiamo 36 lost to Calivil United 41, Pyramid Hill 13 lost to Marong 43, Inglewood 34 lost to Bears Lagoon Serpentine 63.

371.65 177.22 165.10 88.55 54.41 58.49 29.89

36 36 32 20 20 16 12

32 28 24 24 16 12 4 4

NORTH CENTRAL HOCKEY

B GRADE: Bridgewater 28 lost to Newbridge 35, Mitiamo 35 lost to Calivil United 47, Pyramid Hill 24 lost to Marong 63, Inglewood 67 d Bears Lagoon Serpentine 35.

Marong Calivil United Bridgewater Newbridge Mitiamo Maiden Gully Pyramid Hill Inglewood BL Serpentine

170.75 182.18 161.62 147.13 134.04 108.00 26.58 11.11

Boort St Arnaud Charlton Sea Lake Nandaly Donald Birchip Watchem Wedderburn

Bears Lagoon Serpentine’s Keria Tuohey passes to Ebony Twigg in their under 13 match against Inglewood., LH PHOTO 15 and under: Bridgewater 48 d Newbridge 35, Mitiamo 11 lost to Calivil United 39, Pyramid Hill 29 lost to Marong 30.

Maiden Gully Newbridge Calivil United Bridgewater Marong BL Serpentine Pyramid Hill Mitiamo

185.20 163.97 118.37 168.24 108.53 58.72 84.83 23.14

36 32 28 24 24 16 8 4

Nandaly Tigers 41, Donald 59 d Wycheproof Narraport 45, St Arnaud 28 lost to Wedderburn 97.

Wedderburn Boort Charlton Birchip Watchem Donald Sea Lake Nandaly Wycheproof N St Arnaud

174.10 144.60 106.77 101.62 101.93 93.47 72.30 45.57

36 28 24 22 14 12 4 4

13 and under: Mitiamo 4 lost to Calivil United 36, Pyramid Hill 22 d Marong 19, Inglewood 8 lost to Bears Lagoon Serpentine 24.

B GRADE: Birchip Watchem 25 lost to Boort 34, Charlton 41 d Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers, Donald 70 d Wycheproof Narraport 13, St Arnaud 50 lost to Wedderburn 61.

Calivil United Maiden Gully Bridgewater Marong BL Serpentine Mitiamo Inglewood Pyramid Hill

Donald Wedderburn Charlton Boort St Arnaud Birchip Watchem Sea Lake Nandaly Wycheproof N

279.37 238.16 193.42 100.56 71.74 42.54 46.20 67.46

40 32 32 18 16 16 14 8

NORTH CENTRAL NETBALL A GRADE: Birchip Watchem 52 d Boort 37, Charlton 50 d Sea Lake

223.91 142.81 87.53 130.51 102.68 101.29 68.44 29.45

32 30 22 20 20 16 4 0

C GRADE: Birchip Watchem 31 lost to Boort 37, Charlton 20 lost to Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers 38, Donald 53 d Wycheproof Narraport 24, St Arnaud 21 lost to Wedderburn 57.

Donald

225.24

36

Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn Boort Charlton Birchip Watchem St Arnaud Wycheproof N

158.12 138.20 115.48 78.35 75.88 57.10 43.08

28 26 24 14 8 4 4

16 and under A: Birchip Watchem 21 lost to Boort 55, Charlton 28 lost to Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers 32, Donald 35 d Wycheproof Narraport 19.

Donald St Arnaud Boort Birchip Watchem Sea Lake Nandaly Charlton Wycheproof N

276.74 236.11 183.22 102.56 42.81 52.38 40.95

32 22 22 16 8 6 2

16 and under B: Birchip Watchem 14 lost to Boort 39, St Arnaud 51 d Wedderburn 10.

Boort Donald Sea Lake Nandaly St Arnaud Wedderburn Birchip Watchem

271.58 144.25 96.62 116.24 33.87 49.27

24 16 16 12 4 4

13 and under: Birchip Watchem 21 d Boort 16, Charlton 10 d Sea

27 27 12 8 7 4 3

Women: Birchip Watchem 2 d Boort 1, Charlton 4 d Sea Lake Nandaly 0, Donald 1 lost to Wycheproof Narraport 3, St Arnaud 11 d Wedderburn 0.

Charlton Birchip Watchem Boort St Arnaud Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn Redbacks Wycheproof Narraport Donald

22 21 17 17 13 9 6 0

Under 15: Birchip Watchem 1 lost to Boort 4, Charlton 4 d Sea Lake Nandaly 2, Donald 4 d Wycheproof Narraport 1.

Boort Charlton Donald Birchip Watchem St Arnaud Wycheproof Narraport Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn

25 16 17 15 10 9 6 0

Under 12: Birchip Watchem 0 drew Boort 0, Charlton 5 d Sea Lake Nandaly 0, Donald 4 d Wycheproof Narraport 0.

St Arnaud Charlton Donald Sea Lake Nandaly Birchip Watchem Wycheproof Narraport Boort

21 18 14 11 9 3 1

NORTH CENTRAL JUNIOR FOOTBALL

UNDER 16 Boort 0.2 Birchip Watchem 1.1

3.7 3.2

5.10 4.2

UNDER 13 8.14 (62) 5.4 (34)

Birchip Watchem 2.2 Boort 0.0

3.3 0.1

6.3 0.1

7.3 (45) 1.2 (8)

GOALS - Boort: Frasier Holland 3, Alex Cockerell 3, Brodie Arnold, Zak MacIntosh. Birchip Watchem: Samuel Hogan 3, Connor Boyle, Jesse Comer.

GOALS - Birchip Watchem: Jack Knights 2, Roshan Herath 2, Kobe Hamilton, Jeswin Daniel, Oliver Cook. Boort: Cooper Gooding.

BEST - Boort : Frasier Holland, Samuel Barraclough, Dylan Leersen, Jack Potter. Birchip Watchem: Samuel Hogan, Ty Colbert, William Marks, Connor Lee, Austin Dean, Harry Cook.

BEST - Birchip Watchem: Jeswin Daniel, Charles Barber, Chriswin Daniel, Kobe Hamilton, Roshan Herath. Boort: Deacon Hird, Chaise Hird, Cooper Gooding, Darby Perryman, Brodie McPherson

St Arnaud Wedderburn

St Arnaud Wedderburn

2.2 2.0

7.8 2.0

12.11 19.16 (130) 4.0 5.1 (31)

4.2 2.1

7.3 4.1

11.5 5.3

12.5 (77) 9.7 (61)

GOALS - St Arnaud: Rory Bigmore 6, Frankie Donald 3, Deon Tannock 3, Tyson Funston 3, Kaden Ross 2, Baxter Cheesman, Blayne Piper. Wedderburn: Not supplied.

GOALS - St Arnaud: Aidan Wickham 4, Archer Reyne 2, Riley Winters 2, Rylan Leach, Sean Bridgeman, Otis Patton, Austin Lowe. Wedderburn: Kalais Crees 2, Deacon Tansley, Noah Winslett.

BEST - St Arnaud: Tyson Funston, Deon Tannock, Rory Bigmore, Frankie Donald, Owen Lowe, Hamish Darby. Wedderburn: Not supplied.

BEST - St Arnaud: Frankie Donald, Sean Bridgeman, Aidan Wickham, Otis Patton, Archer Reyne, Chase Hendy. Wedderburn: Not supplied.

Boort Sea Lake N St Arnaud Donald Charlton Birchip Watchem Wedderburn

Donald St Arnaud Sea Lake N Charlton Birchip Watchem Boort Wedderburn Wycheproof N

8 8 7 7 8 8 8

8 7 4 2 3 3 0

0 1 3 5 5 5 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

719 165 595 231 472 459 389 314 435 408 324 498 209 1068

435.76 257.58 102.83 123.89 106.62 65.06 19.57

36 32 24 16 16 16 4

7 8 9 9 9 8 8 4

6 7 7 6 3 2 0 0

1 1 2 3 6 6 8 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

374 449 461 370 268 128 176 108

124 201 173 249 358 407 553 269

301.61 223.38 266.47 148.59 74.86 31.45 31.83 40.15

32 32 28 24 12 12 4 0

Bears Lagoon Serpentine’s Breanna Chambers helps her team to a win in C Grade on Saturday. LH PHOTO

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SENIORS BL Serpentine Inglewood

10.6 0.0

16.15 28.19 38.21(249) 0.1 0.1 0.1 (1)

SENIORS

GOALS - Bears Lagoon Serpentine: Jesse Evans 6, Darcy Poulter 4, James Rippingale 4, Justin Laird 4, Brodie Hawke 4, Rhys Smith 3, Bailey O’Connor 3, Tannar Cerrone 2, Bailey Harrison 2, Andrew Gladman 2, Nathan Twigg 2, JeanMiguel Podosky 2.

Joshua Martyn (Bridgewater) 4 Braidy Dickens (Pyramid Hill) 1 Kain Robins (Marong) 3 Brandyn Grenfell (Marong) 7 Tyrone Downie (Mitiamo) 6 Bailey George (Pyramid Hill) 2 Alex Powell (Bridgewater) 4 Ryan Wellington (Mitiamo) 8 Timothy Brooks (Mitiamo) 5 Mitchell Cheesman (Pyramid Hill) 1

BEST - Bears Lagoon Serpentine: Darcy Poulter, Justin Laird, Nathan Twigg, Jesse Evans, Andrew Gladman, Brodie Hawke. Inglewood: Cody Stobaus, Matthew Rowe, Jasper McClelland, Thomas Alexander, Kyle Simpson, Jaxon Billett.

Bridgewater Newbridge

1.5 3.1

5.11 3.1

8.15 15.17 (107) 6.2 9.7 (61)

GOALS - Bridgewater: Alex Powell 4, Joshua Martyn 4, Boden Alexander 2, Jarrod Fitzpatrick 2, Matthew Bourke, Mychael Baker, Harry Symons. Newbridge: Christopher Dixon 5, Harry Whittle 2, Aidan Moore, Brandon Etherington.

RESERVES Rowan Pollock (Pyramid Hill) 0 David Blume (Marong) 4 Alex Capman (Mitiamo) 0 Brayden Baines (Mitiamo) 0 Mitchell Dingwall (Pyramid Hill) 0 Joseph Doolan (Maiden Gully) 0 Michael Brooks (Bridgewater) 0 Xavier Ryan (Pyramid Hill) 2 Cameron Berry (Marong) 0

BEST - Bridgewater: Boden Alexander, Jarrod Fitzpatrick, Michael Brooks, Xavier Henderson, Matthew Bourke, Caillum Brady. Newbridge: Ryan Burt, Thomas Hobson, Christopher Dixon, Logan Dixon, Jordan Anderson, Harry Whittle.

Mitiamo Calivil United

8.1 1.1

14.4 1.2

17.7 1.5

24.9 (153) 2.7 (19)

GOALS - Mitiamo: Ryan Wellington 8, Tyrone Downie 6, Timothy Brooks 5, Kyle Patten, Ross Turner, William Spicer, Braydan Riddell, Brent Downie. Calivil United: Jake Lawry 2

3.5 0.0

10.7 1.0

BEST - Maiden Gully YCW Eagles: Cody Riddick, Harvey Beale, Oscar Keogh, Austin Long, Connor Lee, Cooper Hale. Bridgewater: Toby Naughton, Jack Langtree, Eli Woodhatch, Cale Woodhatch, Hunter Daldy, Will Stringer.

MITIAMO, the reigning champions and undefeated in 2021, face off against the pouncing juggernaut Marong this Saturday.

The Panthers literally made mince meat of Pyramid Hill last round and may just have that killer momentum playing the Superoos at home.

However, Mitiamo have met and answered the challenges and the critics at every bounce so far this season.

This encounter is looking as a grand final preview. The clash of a slick and skilled machine may be too much though for the brute style of Marong.

Won’t be much in it, but until proven otherwise it’s Mitiamo.

Bridgewater will want to snap out of its little trough. Just as Newbridge startled the contenders in last week’s opening term and Inglewood the week before, the same could happen against Calivil on Saturday. But in the end, the Mean Machine will prevail.

Serprentine should further consolidate their top five spot against Newbridge while Pyramid Hill will be back as winners.

Maiden Gully Marong Bridgewater Inglewood

Calivil United v Bridgewater, Marong v Mitiamo, Maiden Gully v Pyramid Hill, Bears Lagoon Serpentine v Newbridge.

13.10 16.12 (108) 3.1 4.1 (25)

GOALS - Marong: Brandyn Grenfell 7, Adrian Pappin 4, Kain Robins 3, Cory Jacobs 2. Pyramid Hill: Adrian Holland, Jacob Heavyside, Mitchell Cheesman, Braidy Dickens.

BEST - Marong: Harry Graham, Richard Tibbett, Adrian Pappin, Nathan Devanny, Corey Gregg, Adam Ward. Pyramid Hill: Billy Micevski, Matthew Ladson, Benjamin Dalton, Bradley Ladson, Dylan Morison, Tom Brennan.

Mitiamo Bridgewater Marong Pyramid Hill Bl Serpentine Maiden Gully Newbridge Calivil United Inglewood

10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10

10 9 8 6 5 3 2 1 0

0 1 2 4 4 6 8 9 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1203 1315 1244 1037 872 730 500 349 202

374 538 473 549 664 704 1020 1349 1781

321.66 244.42 263.00 188.89 131.33 103.69 49.02 25.87 11.34

40 36 32 24 20 12 8 4 0

RESERVES BL Serpentine Inglewood

3.1 1.1

6.3 1.1

9.5 2.3

11.10 (76) 4.6 (30)

GOALS - Bears Lagoon Serpentine: Kyale Paxton 4, Jordan Shelton 3, Brock Baldwin-Cole 2, Jaye Farnsworth, Blake Finlay. Inglewood: Ryan Barns-Johnson, Kristopher Doran, Nolan Meek , Darcy McKinley.

BEST - Bears Lagoon Serpentine: Jaye Farnsworth, Brock Baldwin-Cole, Conor Hamilton, Jordan Shelton, Joe Stuart, Kyale Paxton. Inglewood: Jack Smith, Brodie ReddinJowett, Connor Filcock, Jason Lamprell, Lachlan Nemet, Malcolm McLean

Bridgewater Newbridge

0.3 1.0

3.7 1.0

6.10 3.1

6.15 (51) 3.2 (20)

GOALS - Bridgewater: Hudson Pidoto 2, Jackson Davis, Declan Maher, Seth Hoskin, Samuel Harrison. Newbridge: Jirah Dawkins 2, Cameron Grant.

BEST - Bridgewater: Nicholas Harris, Will Stringer, Hudson Pidoto , Tyler Estrada, Jay Bowen, Grant Hansen. Newbridge: Jack Teasdale, Cameron Grant, Matthew Harvey, Jack Murray, Matthew Harris, Brandon Butler.

40 32 28 17 16 13 13 13 12

THIS WEEK

BEST - Mitiamo: Ryan Wellington, Ross Turner, Ben Bacon, Timothy Brooks, Matthew Grant, Jarryd Wiegard. Calivil United: Jake Lawry, Brady Childs, Jedd Thompson, Keelan Beattie, Tain Piercy, Samuel Green.

Marong Pyramid Hill

53 47 44 34 33 28 27 27 26 19

Zane Hoiles clears play in Saturday’s game against Newbridge. LH PHOTO Mitiamo Calivil United

5.4 0.0

10.6 0.1

GOALS - Mitiamo: Alex Chapman 9, Jamie Twyford 3, Ethan Hocking 2, Jarad Webster 2, Daniel Whitfield, Mason Storey, Thomas Grant. Calivil United: Patrick Hansford, Dennis Ryan.

BEST - Mitiamo: Jarad Webster, Stephen King, Ethan Hocking, Thomas Grant, Alex Chapman, Hayden White. Calivil United: Benjamin Baker, Nicholas McPherson, Oliver Murphy, Caleb Smith, Patrick Hansford, Corey Henson.

Marong Pyramid Hill

2.2 2.2

10.3 3.2

11.6 4.5

14.8 (92) 4.7 (31)

GOALS - Marong: Lachlan Frankel 4, David Blume 4, Daniel Bourke, Carl Thiesz, Bradley Matthews, Jimmy Gadsden, Jarrod Harris, Rhian Hender. Pyramid Hill: Xavier Ryan 2, Nicholas Skinner, Jack Hickmott.

BEST - Marong: Jimmy Gadsden, Lachlan Frankel, Callum Williamson, Daniel Bourke, Carl Thiesz, Benjamin Langridge.

Pyramid Hill: Mitchell Dingwall, Bradley Moon, Matthew Moon, Jayson Carroll, Nicholas Skinner, Xavier Ryan.

Marong Mitiamo Bridgewater Pyramid Hill Maiden Gully Bl Serpentine Newbridge Calivil United Inglewood

10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10

10 8 7 6 6 3 2 2 0

0 2 3 4 3 6 8 8 10

UNDER 18

16.7 19.10 (124) 1.1 2.1 (13)

0 1021 264 0 1001 377 0 737 364 0 1008 385 0 590 370 0 426 640 0 305 739 0 202 1135 0 104 1120

386.74 265.52 202.47 261.82 159.46 66.56 41.27 17.80 9.29

40 32 28 24 24 12 8 8 0

Marong Inglewood

6.6 1.0

14.11 22.15 26.22 (178) 1.0 2.0 2.0 (12)

GOALS - Marong: Noah McCaig 4, Fraser Stewart 4, Thomas Wilson 4, Blake Howarth 4, Mitchell Bowen 2, Tomas Dingfelder 2, Sean Bell, Tristian Rowe, Jay Cummins, Tyler Kinnane, Bailey Holland. Inglewood: Not supplied.

BEST - Marong: Noah McCaig, Blake Howarth, Sean Bell, Tomas Dingfelder, Callum Miller-Govett. Inglewood: Harrison Noble, Tyler Rasmussen, Jye Rasmussen, Tyler Murphy.

Maiden Gully Bridgewater

4.4 1.0

9.11 3.0

12.17 18.21 (129) 4.1 5.1 (31)

GOALS - Maiden Gully YCW Eagles: Cody Riddick 7, Max Ludwig 4, Austin Long 3, Ian Formentera 2, Cooper Hale, Tyler Wastell. Bridgewater: Toby Naughton 2, Mitchell Flood, Hudson Pidoto, Mitchell Spurr.

12 12 12 12

11 9 4 0

1 3 8 12

0 1270 436 291.28 44 0 1058 410 258.05 36 0 739 698 105.87 16 0 238 1761 13.52 0

NORTH CENTRAL GOALKICKING

SENIORS Birchip Watchem 5.1 Boort 3.4

SENIORS Billy Mcinnes (SLN) Daniel Castellano (Birchip Watchem) Will Holt (Wedderburn) Wade Donnan (SLN) Angus Grant (St Arnaud) Cody Gunn (Boort) Brendan Goss (Donald) Will Sheahan (Birchip Watchem)

28 24 20 19 18 18 17 17

RESERVES Daniel Needs (St Arnaud) Nathan Wight (SLN) Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) Samuel Griffiths (Boort) Callum Goode (Birchip Watchem) Matthew Ryan (Birchip Watchem)

Sea Lake Nandaly 13.15 (93) d Charlton 7.7(49) Donald 27.12 (174) d Wycheproof Narraport 5.7 (37)

41 30 26 21 18 18

9.6 4.8

12.9 16.15 (111) 9.10 9.11 (65)

GOALS - Birchip Watchem: Daniel Ratcliffe 4, Will Sheahan 3, Jacob Christie 3, Daniel Castellano 2, Lachlan Foott 2, Riley Hogan, Ruben Vesikuru. Boort: Lance Malone 3, Keanu Padula, Cody Gunn, Jarrod Starr, Mitchell Buchanan, Braeden Deary.

BEST - Birchip Watchem: Lachlan Foott, Stefan Pye, Jacob Christie, Dale Hinkley, Daniel Ratcliffe, William Lowe. Boort: Braeden Deary, Matthew Chisari, Keiren Wilson, Jack Smith, Jesse Muscatello, Tom Potter.

Wedderburn St Arnaud

3.1 2.0

9.2 6.1

13.5 19.11 (125) 7.6 8.6 (54)

GOALS - Wedderburn: Ben DeAraugo 8, Danny Benaim 3, Tom Campbell 3, Louis Holt 2, Isaac Holt 1, Jordan Rosengren, Corey Lowry. St Arnaud: Jason Rogers 2, Jake Male, Thomas Dyke 1, Bradley Organ, Mitchell Egan, Lachlan McQuilken, Angus Grant.

BEST - Wedderburn: Ben DeAraugo, Joseph Lockhart, Tom Campbell, Hamish Winter-Irving, Louis Holt, Corey Lowry.

St Arnaud: Billy Lovel, Jason Rogers.

Sea Lake Wedderburn Birchip Watchem Donald Charlton Boort St Arnaud \Wycheproof N

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

8 7 7 4 3 3 2 1

1 1 2 4 6 6 7 8

0 1047 342 1 712 475 0 798 414 1 625 549 0 455 705 0 488 757 0 432 800 0 404 919

306.14 149.89 192.75 113.84 64.54 64.46 54.00 43.96

32 30 28 18 12 12 8 4

RESERVES Birchip Watchem 1.8 Boort 0.0

2.12 3.1

2.13 6.4

St Arnaud Wedderburn

4.3 2.2

8.6 5.3

13.6 7.4

15.8 (98) 9.5 (59)

GOALS - St Arnaud: Daniel Needs 4, Jacob Patching 3, Nathan McNally 2, Rory Bigmore 2, Joshua Hicks 2, Bailey Durward, Jackson Birthisel. Wedderburn: Sam Johnston 3, Ryan Butters 2, Gerald Riley 2, Jacob Piccoli, Jayden Leach.

BEST - St Arnaud: Bailey Durward, Jarryd Kell, Nathan McNally, Daniel Needs, Jackson Birthisel, Beau Knight. Wedderburn: Matthew Lockhart, Christopher Hargreaves, Robert Tonkin, Liam Ritchie, Nathan Leist, Cameron Lang.

Sea Lake Nandaly 25.11 (161) d Charlton 0.2 (2) Donald 17.8 (110) d Wycheproof Narraport 4.7 (31)

4.16 (40) 6.4 (40)

GOALS - Birchip Watchem: Matthew Ryan 2, Jak Goldsmith, Alex Noonan. Boort: Samuel Griffiths 3, Patrick O’Rourke, Nathan Gooding, Conor Churchin.

BEST - Birchip Watchem: Jak Goldsmith, Brenten Delaney, Jack Ryan, Matthew Ryan, Alex Noonan, Cormacc Wilson.

Boort: Joey Kane, Jack Kerr, Christopher O’Rourke, Jayden Beqir, Angus Potter, Willem Toose.

St Arnaud Birchip Watchem Boort Sea Lake N Wedderburn Donald Wycheproof N Charlton

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

8 7 5 5 5 4 1 0

1 1 3 4 4 5 8 9

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

799 319 778 278 501 471 797 390 594 556 569 514 270 921 164 1023

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250.47 279.86 106.37 204.36 106.83 110.70 29.32 16.03

32 30 22 20 20 16 4 0

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Thursday July 15, 2021

BIGS GUNS HIT SLUMP TIMES

By CHRIS EARL

PREMIERSHIPS are not won in July or even August.

That’s the good spin for premiership aspirants Pyramid Hill and Bridgewater.

But with five games left in the home and away season, results and performances since returning from the COVID Lockdown 4.0 hiatus do not bode them well for the finals’ series.

The Mean Machine, still sitting second on the ladder and having lowered the colours just once (to reigning premier Mitiamo) have been hit by suspensions and injuries.

Also missing since that fiery clash against Pyramid Hill three weeks ago is the team’s mojo.

Brilliant patches without four quarters of consistency and the return of question marks when under pressure.

Saturday was a classic display of irregular spark. Nearby neighbour Newbridge were ahead at quarter time and apart from a dramatic fade in the second term, were not intimidated by the normal strength of Bridgewater.

Newbridge worked overtime to limit scoring opportunities.

They held Josh Martyn to just four majors after his career-best 15 the previous week.

Have no doubt, Newbridge have improved as the season’s progressed.

After coming so close against

Six-goal bursts do trick TWO six-goal quarters set up a commanding win by Wedderburn Redbacks over St Arnaud.

The North Central league match also saw Ben DeAraugo in his second game back with the Redbacks kick eight goals in a best-on-ground performance.

The Redbacks’ coaching team will also be impressed with accuracy in front of goal in a performance that had seven players find the sticks.

Back home at Donaldson Park this Saturday against Wycheproof Narraport, the Redbacks should again win.

Meanwhile, Boort could not match Birchip Watchem after quarter time and the Pies were held to just one behind in the final term.

This coming round the Pies are home to Charlton, above them on the ladder by just 0.08 per cent.

It’s a chance at redemption for the Pies who have lost spark since going down to Wedderburn in the Loddon Derby a few weeks back.

SPECIAL FEATURE INSIDE THIS WEEK COMMITMENT: Bears Lagoon Serpentine’s Darcy Poulter take the mark. LH PHOTO Bridgewater and consolidating on-field presence against Calivil, Pyramid Hill literally crashed at the weekend against Marong now boasting the lethal combination of Grenfell, Pappin and Robins who kicked 14 of the Panthers’ 16 goals.

More worrying, the Bulldogs

could only rattle the scoreboard for a solitary goal in the first half.

Billy Micevski was one of the few shining lights in a dim day at the kennel.

And what about Bears Lagoon Serpentine? They kicked a season high at the weekend against

Inglewood and now sitting well clear in fifth position on the ladder, may be finding solid form at the right time.

At the moment, Miti, Marong and Serp are the form sides. The other contenders have a slump to snap and pronto.

WEDDERBURN Golf Club is preparing for its 100th tournament starting next week.

The Loddon Herald has a special two-page feature on the club and the tournament ahead of centenary celebrations.

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