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● Senior Constable Mathew Malusa, Senior Member of the Year, First Constable Bailey Robertson ■ Manningham Mayor, Cr Deirdre Diamante, dropped in for morning tea at Doncaster Police Station, where she presented a plaque in honour of officers awarded the annual Doncaster Member of the Year accolade.

Cr Diamante congratulated Mentor of the Year, Senior Constable Mathew Malusa, Senior Member of the Year, First Constable Bailey Robertson and Junior Member of the Year, Constable Olivia Nation for being voted the 2022 recipients by their peers.

“I’m so proud to have the honour of presenting this plaque today. We enjoy a very close relationship with Doncaster Police and are lucky to live in one of the safest municipalities in Victoria. This plaque is our way of saying thank you for your selfless efforts,” Cr Diamante said.

First Constable Robertson received the Senior Member of the Year award for his leadership qualities, work ethic, positive attitude, policing skills and assisting peers with investigations.

Constable Nation was recognised as the Junior Member of the Year for her positive attitude, work ethic and eagerness to learn and take on investigations.

Senior Constable Malusa was honoured for taking on an active mentoring and coaching role with junior members, assisting with their investigations and for his positive attitude, work ethic and policing skills.

All three recipients were complimented for ● Cr Deirdre Diamante, encompassing the Victoria Police Values and Mayor of City of Manningham their positive influence at the police station.

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■ Marjory Long, matriarch of The Local Paper/Melbourne Observer, has died, 10 days short of her 99th birthday.

Mrs Long, mother of Editor Ash Long (and Denise Meikle and Greg Long) was born on February 25, 1925.

She passed away last Wednesday (Feb. 15).

Marjory Norah Lawrence was raised in Thornbury, daughter of Albert (‘Bert’) and Honora, and sister to Jack, Joy (Wood), Sylvia (McPhee) and Bobby.

She attended Wales St State School, Preston Girls’ High School and Stotts Business College, before starting as a stenographer at Club Motor, the insurance arm of the RACV. The family ran Lawrence Leathers, a tannery.

The Lawrence were one of the first land holders at Merricks Beach, with several properties taken by family members from the mid1920s. Members of the family still retain holdings there.

At age 19, she volunteered for the Australian Women’s Army Service, serving as a Craftswomen, located at centres including Darley, Seymour and Bandiana.

It was at the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering workshops that she met her husband-to-be, Warrant Officer II James Long.

After their wedding in February 1945, they lived at Albury, Moreland, East Preston and Reservoir.

The family home was a happy one.

Denise attended Wesleigh and Coreen schools, with both sons completing theior secondary education at Ivanhoe Grammar School.

Family was central to Marjory Long, and she was involved and proud with her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

After the untimely of Jim Long at age 66 in 1987, Mrs Long lived in locations including Benalla, Grenfell, Camperdown, Ivanhoe, and at the Royal Freemasons Homes for the past 10 years.

In her youth, Marj participated in Brown-

Police Briefs Teen’s burglaries

■ A 17-year-old boy has been charged as part of Operation Fortress, which is tackling burglary and vehicle crime across the eastern suburbs.

Investigators spotted a Ford Futura sedan speeding along Burwood Hwy about 1.40am on Monday, February 13.

Police followed the vehicle into Pippin Court before attempting to intercept the vehicle.

The Ford crashed into a fence on Pippin Court trying the evade officers.

It is alleged the driver rammed a police vehicle before fleeing the scene on foot towards Burwood Highway.

Police cordoned then area and with assistance from police airwing and canine units, the youth was located hiding in the front yard of a home in Holland Rd. No one was injured during the incident.

A Richmond boy has been charged with reckless conduct endangering life and other related offences.

He has been remanded to appear at a children’s court at a later date.

Kew crash fatality

■ A motorcycle crash in Kew East early on Sunday, February 12 has turned fatal.

It is believed the rider was exiting the Eastern Freeway at Burke Rd just after 7.30am when he has lost control.

The rider, a 29-year-old Yarrambat man, was located by passing emergency services and medical attention was given.

He was transported to hospital in a critical condition but has since died.

Ringwood stabbing

● Marjory Long

Long Shots

with Ash Long, Editor Celebrating 54 years in local media Winner, Best Local Reporting Award Victoria-wide Westpac Award Direct: 0450 399 932 E: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Web: www.LocalPaper.com.au Personal: www.AshLong.com.au “For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do” ies, Guides and Rangers, and also became a Cub leader.

There wa plenty of sport with tennis and basketball, as well as ice skating and ballroom dancing.

The Merricks Beach connection meant swimming, fishing and friends.

The neighbouring Brooks family had a piano. All the families were involved in bringing the big fishing nets in. She said the haul was plenty of sea-

weed, shells .... and, on the odd occasion, even fish.

In later years, she also owned a weekender at Hastings, in its days as a seaside village.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Long family began its association with newspapers, first with a weekend distribution business connected with titles such as the Sunday Observer and Nation Review.

Marjory took a

keen interest in the family business, and she known to be bundling newspapers at 4am Sundays, in those early days.

Marjory was a keen reader, and a great conversationalist, noted for her rapid wit. Her past-times including doll collecting and craft.

In their few years of retirement, Marjory and Jim motored around Australia. After his passing, Majory undertook a number of trips to the United Kingdom, Europe and America.

Marjory was a member of the Country Women'sAssociation, joined Probus, participated in Adult Education, was involved with Legacy and the War Widows.

In later years, she showed courage and resilience, especially after a bad fall in which she broke both shoulders.

She beat a number of health challenges.

In recent times, Marjory decided it was time to “go home”.

A funeral service was held at Cordell Chapel, Fawkner, on Monday (Feb. 20), followed by interment at the Fawkner Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements were in the hands of Bethel Funerals.

Marjory Long was a loved and loving mother. and lived a good, honourable and useful life.

■ Maroondah Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a teenager following a stabbing in Ringwood on Sunday, February 12.

Officers located a 21-year-old man with a stab wound outside a licensed premises on Maroondah Hwy just before 3am.

The Kilsyth man was taken to hospital in a critical condition but is now stable.

An 18-year-old Kalorama man was arrested and has been charged with intentionally cause serious injury.

He was bailed to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

Police will allege both parties are known to each other.

Wandin N. crash

■ Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal two-car collision in Wandin North on Saturday, February 11.

It is believed the vehicles collided at the intersection of Wellington and Clegg Rds just before 4pm.

The driver of the first vehicle was treated for minor injuries and his two passengers were not injured.

The driver of the second vehicle and two passengers were all taken to hospital.

One of the passengers of the second vehicle, an 89-year-old man, later died in hospital.

The exact cause of the collision is being investigated

Glen Waverley fire

■ Police will prepare a report for the coroner following a fatal house fire in Glen Waverley on Saturday, February 11.

Emergency services responded about 6.30am to the Vermont St house which was fully engulfed.

Fire crews extinguished the fire, and a body was located.

The deceased person s believed to have been an occupant of the home.

Detectives from the Arson Squad and a fire investigator attended. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined but it is not being treated as suspicious at this stage. ● There are no ad charges for private sellers’ notices in The Local Paper. Lodge your details at AdvertiseFree.com.au

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● Police want to speak with these two males about armed robbery.

Detectives are appealing for assis tance from the public following an armed robbery in Doncaster. Officers have been told the victim, a 16-year-old Doncaster East boy, was standing at a bus at a shopping centre off Doncaster Rd about 9.50pm on December 20. Two males approached the victim and threatened him with a machete before stealing his shoes and jacket. The males then ran off towards Williamsons Rd. The victim was not injured in the incident. Investigators have released images of two males they believe may be able to assist with their enquires.

A second person has died follow ing a car crash in Seville last month. The driver of one of the vehicles, a 48-year-old Mooroolbark man, passed away on February 12 in hospital after being airlifted with lifethreatening injuries. The driver of a second vehicle, a 30-year-old Pheasant Creek woman died at the scene. It is believed three cars collided at the intersection of Queens Rd and Beenak Rd just before 8am on January 17. A man and woman traveling in the third vehicle, a Hilux towing an empty horse float, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a child was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating and will prepare a report for the Coroner.

■ One in every 70 motorists tested was caught drink driving during a weekend operation on Melbourne’s Monash Freeway.

The alarming result – detected on Friday (Feb. 10) and Saturday night (Feb. 11) – included some drivers who shouldn’t have any alcohol in their system at all.

One in every 301 motorists tested was caught drink driving during Victoria Police’s most recent statewide operation.

There were 41 drink drivers detected from 2893 preliminary breath tests during Operation Colossus, which ran on the evenings of 10-11 February.

Twelve of those caught were required to have zero blood alcohol content.

They included a probationary driver who recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.192. The driver’s vehicle was immediately impounded, and their licence suspended.

Operation Colossus – conducted by Southern Metro Division 3 Highway Patrol with support from the Road Policing Drug and Alcohol Section and Transport Branch - saw police targeting impaired drivers on the Monash Freeway.

An additional six drivers were detected on drugs from 79 preliminary oral fluid tests.

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● Lord Mayor Sally Capp There is speculation that Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp may be named as the next State Governor of Victoria, after Linda Dessau stands down mid-year.

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Hawthorn MLA John Pesutto (State Opposition Leader) has queried road tolls to a question to Roads Minister Melissa Horne. “ Transurban announced recorded toll revenue for the first half of 2022–23, with CityLink toll revenue up 42 per cent to $446 million, partly through toll escalations. With household cost-of-living pressures rising, is it fair that motorists are paying increased tolls for a tunnel that has not been built?”

Police Beat

Pair arrested over burgs ■ Eastern Region Crime Squad have arrested two men following a string of commercial burglaries across Melbourne’s eastern and southeastern suburbs.

Detectives will allege the two men were involved in 28 burglaries of commercial venues including RSL’s, licenced entertainment venues, laundromats, milk bars, cigarette stores, and service stations between December and February.

Cigarettes and commercial safes were most frequently targeted during the burglaries, with jemmy bars and sledgehammers allegedly used to gain entry.

Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives executed search warrants on Monday last week (Feb. 13) at addresses in Doveton and Dandenong which led to the arrests of two men including: ■ A 36-year-old Doveton man who was charged with 52 offences in relation to 28 burglaries. Charges include burglary, attempted burglary, theft, and theft of motor vehicle.

■ A 40-year-old Noble Park man who was arrested and charged with 65 offences in relation to 22 burglaries. Charges include burglary, aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, pos-

sess heroin, possess methylamphetamine, and possess drug of dependence.

Both men are facing a collective 117 charges and were remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Friday (Feb. 17).

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Sculpture planned ■ A bold sculpture with intricate detailing that plays with line, light and shadow has been announced as the public artwork to feature in the revitalised Eltham Gateway.

The sculpture has been created

by Nillumbik artist Maureen FayeChauhan and celebrates the Shire’s unique bushland and the traditional owners, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people.

Wurundjeri Elders have chosen the title for the sculpture, ‘Gunga winhanga warr bundha ba winhanga warr djurring’ in traditional Woi wurrung language, meaning ‘Take what you need and not what you greed’.

The artwork announcement comes as landscaping works started this week on the Eltham Gateway project, which will see both sides

of Main Rd rehabilitated and landscaped with significant plantings of native vegetation.

The project is a collaboration between Nillumbik Council, Major Road Projects Victoria, Eltham MLA Vicki Ward and community group The Southern Gateway Renewal Group.

Made of weathering steel and measuring more than 2m tall and 5m wide, the sculpture will be located north of Main Rd between the flower stand and the Diamond Creek Bridge.

“I’m passionate about the bush,” Maureen says. “Walking through the bush, it changes every day. You see the different forms of branches and rocks.”

It’s the exploration of form that has formed the basis of the artwork.

■ Boroondara Council is running a series of free Come and Try sessions at the Seniors Exercise Park in Victoria Park, Kew. These sessions will be run by a group of 11 volunteers from the community who have undertaken training with the National Ageing Research Institute.

This friendly, enthusiastic team is now equipped to run Come and Try sessions at the park, and demonstrate how seniors can use the equipment safely and effectively.

Come and Try sessions will continue being run throughout February and March, and peoplecan attend as many of these as they like.

■ Tuesday, February 21, 9.30 am to 11 am* ■ Tuesday, February 28, 9.30 am to 11 am* ■ Friday, March 3, 9.30 am to 11 am ■ Tuesda, March 7, 9.30 am to 11 am* ■ Friday, March 10, 9:30 am to 11 am ■ Tuesda, March 14, 9.30 am to 11 am ■ Friday, March 17, 9.30 am to 11 am.

The dates with asterisks are to show which sessions will have a Mandarin-speaking volunteer in attendance.

Play and Gather

Court Lists Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, February 22 Abdulnasir, Yusef Adelinis, Anthony Aloi-Farah, Yusuf Amos, Peter Gordon Austin, Caleb Boskovic, Natalija Bretes, Matthew Broderick, Harley Caffyn, Shayne Callen, Jack Camenzuli, Bree Canevski, Boris Carlos, Dillon Chand, Sanjay Pravin Clemmet, Christopher Coghlan, Marc Collins, Beau Cox, Dylan Cvetkov, Keti Dagher, Daniel Dautcehajic, Medina Delaney, Jaidyn Di Federico, Kara Di Pasquale, Sebastiano Dib, Ibrahim Difederico, Kara Easton, Steven James Ebreo, Cara Edwards, Christopher Ennis, Scott Michael Erol, Guven Ferraiolo, Frankie Fitzpatrick, Aaron Gadze, Dominic Galota, Vincent Geary, Deborah Goulter, Bonnie Guled, Abdulkadir Hahling, Janne Hawkless, Glenn Hearty, Michael Hellyer, Dylan Huynh, Ngoc Illin, Leandro Ismail, Yusef Javed, Romika Jennings, Andrew Johnstone, Joe Jones, Danielle Jose, Alisha Kalajdic, Ashlee Kalogeropoulos, Matthew Kandiah, Aaron Karimkhani, Ali Kerr, Dylan Kesic, Nenad Kniese, Matthew Lagousakos, Georgia Lawry, Lisa Linton, Christopher Littleton, D'angelo Loza, James Macsporran, Finulla Malceski, Ice

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■ Maroondah Council wants to know where people play and gather.

The feedback will help inform Council’s new Play and Gathering Places Strategy, with the vision to provide inclusive places within open spaces that aim to cater for all cohorts within the community.

These places will promote gathering, interaction, connection, wellbeing and liveability while being thoughtfully and sustainably planned to honour Maroondah’s natural environment and culture.

Maroondah Mayor, Cr Rob Steane, said the strategy will impact residents throughout Maroondah.

“Whether it’s a play in a park, a walk with a friend, a family picnic, a workout or an adventure in our bushland, we want to know what you enjoy and what you think could improve your experiences in open spaces in Maroondah,” Cr Steane said.

“This important strategy will impact everyone in Maroondah, so I encourage you to share your thoughts.”

Snap Send Solve

■ Whitehorse City Council has been voted 2022 Solver of The Year.

Whitehorse is the Victorian state winner of Snap Send Solve’s Snapper’s Choice award, as voted by the community.

The Snap Send Solve app allows users to snap a photo of an issue and send it through the app for Council to solve.

App users were asked to vote for their favourite service provider and Snap Send Solve received thousands of nominations for Whitehorse City Council, out-performing 169 Victorian organisations to receive the most votes.

Nappy program

■ Monash Council is one of 14 Melbourne councils working together to develop a targeted education program that will increase the use of reusable nappies and reduce waste to landfill. Led by Glen Eira City Council, the Resuable Nappy Program will start in 2023.

Participating municipalities include Bayside, Boroondara, Brimbank, Glen Eira, Knox, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Monash, Moonee Valley, Nillumbik, Stonnington, Yarra, Yarra Ranges and Whitehorse.

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■ Manningham Council is launching Find Your Local on March 1. It is abusiness promotion initiative complete with its own Instagram page.

To celebrate the launch, a 30 faves in 30 days competition will be hosted on the new @findyourlocalmanningham Instagram page. The competition is a way for locals to nominate or tag their favourite businesses (in a different category each day) and go into the daily draw to win a $50 gift voucher.

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Agatha Christie originally wrote the story as a short radio play entitled Three Blind Mice, ■ Police are investigating the circumstances which was broadcast in 1947 as a birthday surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in present for Queen Mary.

Williamstown North on Thursday fternoon Christie eventually adapted the work into a (Feb. 16). short story before again rewriting it for the stage Officers have been told a car crashed into as The Mousetrap. a parked truck on Kororoit Creek Rd about Christie did not expect the play to run for 1.30pm. The driver of the car died at the more than a few months and stipulated that no scene. film of The Mousetrap be made until at least Police have spoken to a number of people six months after the West End Production at the scene including the driver of the truck closed. 70 years on, a film adaptation looks unand the investigation is ongoing. likely at this stage.

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Trustless Trustee: Weaponization of the DOJ by the Chinese Communist Party

promise espionage targets. One well-known example is that of Representative Eric Swalwell, DCalif., who had a relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese espionage operative.

After federal investigators met with Swalwell in 2015 and gave him a “defense briefing,” he broke off ties with the suspected “honey trap” spy.

“However,” as the New York Post reported, “Swalwell wouldn’t be the first or last political figure to be “honey-trapped”—with multiple former intelligence officials surmising that such schemes carried out by Chinese spies have long played out on U.S. soil, and remain ongoing.”

“I can say with a high level of confidence that there are many more of these women out there,” Daniel Hoffman, a retired CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer, told Fox News. “China’s MO is to flood the zone.”4 China’s BGY Program is a direct violation of our nation’s sovereign interests and a threat to our national security. Its presence in the American justice system is a stain on the good will America needs to maintain in its relationships within the international community. However, prosecution of those violators caught in the act treats the symptoms without addressing the cause, ostensibly costing American taxpayers millions of dollars and tying up DOJ agents that could be addressing other threats. Enforcement, as opposed to prevention, also does not protect the victims of these crimes.

The CCP’s unrestricted warfare infiltration hits home It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), currently led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, has engaged in unrestricted warfare against the United States for decades in a massive effort to become the world’s sole superpower. Yet little is known by U.S. lawmakers and the public of the CCP’s tactics and the scale of its influence inside its own government institutions.

That war of “malign influence,” infiltration, and lawfare has grown exponentially in scope and threat level—especially over the last few years—making the CCP threat, by many accounts, the biggest existential challenge to America’s national sovereignty today.

In July of 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship for the Hudson Institute, “We’ve now reached the point where the FBI is opening a new Chinarelated counterintelligence case about every 10 hours,” and “Over the past decade, we’ve seen economic espionage cases with a link to China increase by approximately 1,300 percent.”1 The US House of Representatives Takes Action The U.S. legislature must address this serious “lawfare” threat through investigations, legislation and other means at its disposal, and it seems that the process has finally begun in earnest.

The U.S. House of Representatives showed their concerns in a rare bipartisan vote on January 10 to create a new Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP. As reported by The Epoch Times, “A succession of speakers from both parties extolled creation of the new panel, with Rep. Andy Barr (RKy.) telling colleagues that ‘this select committee will examine the threats from the Chinese Communist Party with a fine-tooth comb and expose them for the American people and for the whole world to fully understand.’”5 No one understands the plans and no methods of the CCP better than prominent Chinese dissident Mr. Miles Guo He’s intimately familiar with the CCP because he’s been their primary target. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Some U.S. national security officials view Mr. Guo, who claims to have potentially valuable information on top Chinese officials and business magnates and on North Korea, as a useful bargaining chip to use with Beijing.”2 As the highest-profile defector from Communist China, Guo is an invaluable asset of unparalleled strategic importance of U.S. national security. Guo has spent nearly three decades inside the small yet exclusive circle of both past and present decision-makers of the CCP, accumulating personal knowledge of the CCP’s most hidden secrets that are indispensable to our understanding of America’s arch nemesis: the CCP. And the CCP has been abusing the American judicial system to silence Mr. Guo through infiltration, bribery and threats.

All Eyes on the Prey: Modern-Day Bounty Hunters In 1992, the CCP officially changed its policy and began allowing foreign law firms to establish offices and practice law in China. However, unlike in the U.S., China’s communist regime requires that “laws should respect the CCP; the law should be interpreted according to the CCP’s orders, directives, and interests, and the basic requirement for legal service personnel is to uphold the leadership of the party.”1 This would be like one of the U.S. political parties demanding that laws and legal decisions conform to the desires of that party (by some accounts, this is happening in the U.S. with increasing regularity). Furthermore, lawyers are not even allowed to cite their own constitution as a source of law.

Law firms doing business in and on behalf of China are subject directly to the malign influence of the CCP Law firms doing business in and on behalf of China are subject directly to the “malign influence” of the CCP in a shockingly direct and obvious conflict against the interests and security of the United States, not to mention the “dissidents, political rivals, dissidents, and critics”1 who have trusted our government’s laws protecting those seeking asylum from hostile foreign governments.

The CCP’s weaponization of U.S. legal justice system to extend its influence in the U.S.—including attempting to extradite Guo back to China using extrajudicial means—“flies in the face of significant corroborated information supporting [Guo’s] fears and will naturally lead to a lack of confidence in the [judicial] process as well as unwarranted stress to [Guo] and his family, several who have been jailed and tortured by China,” said Aaron Mitchell, an attorney representing Guo. Federal Title 8 U.S. Code § 1158 confers the protection of asylum to “any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality…who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” Once an application for asylum is filed, the U.S. Government is bound by law to protect the asylum seeker.

It appears this legal protection for asylum seekers is being actively violated in Mr. Guo's current Chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut (Case No. 22-50073 and 22-05032) by none other than a branch of the Department of Justice itself.

Inserting a Bounty Hunter in the Courthouse: Luc A. Despins On June 15, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order directing the United States Trustee’s Office (UST)—a branch of the Department of Jus-

tice—to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee Mr. Guo’s assets during court proceedings. Attorney Joe D. Whitley was vetted and signed a sworn Declaration of Disinterestedness under penalty of perjury, after which UST nominated Mr. Whitley for appointment as Trustee on June 30, 2022.

Paul Hastings, LLC, is a firm with a significant presence in China, which has done significant business representing CCP-controlled state entities Five days later, in an unprecedented move, UST withdrew the nomination, and recommended Luc A. Despins, a Partner of Paul Hastings, LLC, a firm with a significant presence in China and Hong Kong, which has done significant business representing CCP-controlled state entities.

According to a letter by Mitchell, The U.S. Trustee’s Unusual Action to Withdraw its Appointment of Mr. Whitley was spurious: “On June 30, 2022, just before the 4th of July weekend, the UST in light of its excessive delays in appointing a trustee for this matter, filed a motion for an expedited hearing for the Court to approve Mr. Whitley as the trustee. This motion was granted on the same day it was filed with an expedited hearing scheduled on July 5, 2022. Just hours before the expedited hearing was to begin and with no advance notice to the Debtor (and possibly all parties), the UST took the unusual action of unilaterally withdrawing its Notice of Appointment of a trustee and its request for Court approval of the proposed appointment.”

Asked to explain their rationale, the UST refused to answer, citing “government privilege.”

Mitchell asked for an explanation of “how the U.S. Trustee, in light of the information previously presented by the debtor as well as information available to the U.S. Department of Justice demonstrating that the Debtor is a high-level political target of the authoritarian ruling Chinese Communist Party, believes that the trustee of a firm [Paul Hastings, LLC] with a significant presence in China and Hong Kong and which has done significant business representing Chinese-controlled state entities, can remain a neutral and disinterested party with the ability to avoid undue influence and interference from the Government of China.”

The conflicts of interest in having Luc A. Despins, a partner of Paul Hastings, LLC as trustee are many.

Despins has developed business relations with PAG in a $671M bid for Spring REIT. According to sources, entities represented by Paul Hastings include HNA Group, BioNTech SE, Evergrande, Binance and many other companies tied with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Not only is the Chinese Communist Party a client of Paul Hastings, they also control the licenses to keep their law offices open in both China and Hong Kong. Effectively, the CCP controls the purse strings to hundreds of millions of dollars for Paul Hastings and Mr. Despins as a partner in Paul Hastings. This allows the CCP to exert tremendous influence and pressure on law firms like this to achieve their objectives—as indeed they already have.

The UST has shown that it is incapable of identifying and appointing a disinterested trustee in this case.

The UST, as part of the DOJ, is aware that the DOJ is currently suing casino tycoon Steve Wynn for acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China due to his attempt to have Mr. Guo extradited under threat of losing his gambling licenses in Macao.2 At best, assuming it was incompetence rather than malice, the UST has shown that it is incapable of identifying and appointing a disinterested trustee in this case.

The appointment of Despins has obvious conflicts of interest and also reflects the infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system by the CCP using unrestricted warfare tactics.

The letter continues, “At the hearing, the Bankruptcy Judge pointed out the unusual nature of this action by the UST and questioned the UST legal authority to do so. The UST did not provide a detailed explanation for this rash action at the hearing nor was Mr. Whitley called to explain the conflict to all parties and the Court. The UST simply swept Mr. Whitley away from the Debtor, the parties, and the public.”

Asked to explain their rationale, the UST refused to answer, citing “government privilege.” In the present political climate, and in light of revelations such as those brought to light from Elon Musk’s Twitter drops, the American people may not accept such a lack of transparency.

The FBI and the DOJ especially have lost the benefit of the doubt In A ugust, The Federalist senior editor Chris Bedford explained to Fox News why Americans should be holding the Justice Department and FBI accountable:7 “Right now the plurality of Independents, according to polling, and the majority of Republicans are saying, ‘Hold on, FBI. The ball's in your court. You show us what you have because right now, we don’t trust you.’"

Former Trump White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on CNN that the FBI and the DOJ have "lost the benefit of the doubt" with Republicans in the U.S. “I think if you’re a conservative Republican who follows politics, the FBI and the DOJ especially have lost the benefit of the doubt. Because of the way they have behaved in the past, the burden is on them to actually show information”8 justifying their actions.

According to a 2022 Convention of States-Trafalgar poll,9 when asked for their opinion on the Department of Justice and the FBI, 46.2% of respondents said they are "too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted." The poll had 68.3% of Republicans and almost half of people reporting no party affiliation saying the DOJ and FBI are "too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted."

The Biggest Kleptocracy Case In DOJ History: CCP Infiltration Because Guo has worked tirelessly to expose the CCP’s “hunting dogs,” including their “legal beagle” lapdogs, it has become increasingly difficult for these criminals to hide their conflicts of interest and payoffs. This is why Xi’s CCP has engaged middlemen within the U.S. legal system— government officials, law firms, lawyers, journalists, lobbyists, and more—who are attempting to extradite Guo back to China; this is also why family and associates of Guo still in China have been brutally persecuted, arrested and imprisoned.

Guo has worked ceaselessly for years to alert the U.S. and the world about CCP's long-planned scheme to undermine the U.S. Guo has worked ceaselessly for years to alert the U.S. and the world about CCP's long-planned scheme to undermine the U.S. as the world's superpower and replace it with CCP's authoritarian regime. As a whistleblower, Guo has perhaps received more attention from the CCP than from the U.S. government. Court documents reveal that as early as May 2017, high-ranking CCP officials worked constantly with its unregistered agents in an effort to deport Miles out of the U.S. back to China.

In 2017, Guo brought to light the secret plans of the CCP as detailed in two programs: BGY (an acronym for Blue, Gold, and Yellow) and 3F (Foment weakness, Foment chaos and Foment the destruction of America).

Blue represents an array of technology-related tactics including hacking, malign social media influence campaigns, media control, spying and surveillance. The CCP hackers are sophisticated enough to breach even the highest security databases, including those that control U.S. power and other critical infrastructure. These hackers have nearly unlimited black budgets and the organizational flexibility afforded by the CCP’s other operations. They can also access your detailed financial records, personal health data, your daily activity, and location, as well as the potential to develop AIdetermined estimates on the individuals’ vulnerabilities to blackmail, corruption, or even simple spearphishing.

The CCP has been harvesting the data of millions of unsuspecting individuals in innocuous-looking mobile apps like TikTok and WeChat and by selling its Trojan-horse-like surveillance camera systems to the world.10 Gold represents money and bribery using direct or indirect financial benefits to influence and control individuals, institutions, and businesses.

Sometimes that influence is indirect, as may be the case with the recent revelation that the University of Pennsylvania received a total of $54.6 million from 2014 through June 2019 in donations from China, including $23.1 million in anonymous gifts starting in 2016. “Most of the anonymous donations came after the university announced in February 2017 that it would create the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement” according to the New York Post. “Joe Biden, whose term as vice president had just ended, was to lead the center and was also named a professor at the university.”3 Multiple former intelligence officials surmise that such schemes carried out by Chinese spies have long played out on U.S. soil and remain ongoing Yellow represents the use of “honey traps” to com-

Addressing the Threat One of the stipulations negotiated by the U.S. House Freedom Caucus before Kevin McCarthy could be voted in as Speaker of the House was “to look into the weaponization of the FBI and other government organizations.” It is incumbent, then, that our legislators enact sanctions and/or other responses to confront the weaponization of the U.S. legal system and prevent the CCP from hunting and persecuting dissidents like Guo who have come to the U.S. for sanctuary.

As Founder of the New Federal State of China (NFSC), Guo has been providing the U.S. with crucial assistance in its battle against the CCP. NFSC’s mission is simple: Taking down the Chinese Communist party. As a significant number of NFSC members are American citizens or residents, NFSC is concerned with preventing what they or their families have experienced in China from taking place in the United States. The organization is funded by two foundations: the Rule of Law Foundation, a 501(c)(3), and The Rule of Law Society, a 501(c)(4). Each of the foundations has its own independent board of directors and mission statement.

Miles Guo issued this call to action on GETTR: “If the newly elected Speaker of the House is serious about taking on the CCP with substantive actions, he must seize all CCP’s overseas assets, stop the U.S. media, technology companies, Wall Street, law firms, etc. from continuing their collusion with the CCP, and have the Congress thoroughly inves tigate the CCP enablers lurking inside American government agencies especially in judiciary sector.”

Speaker McCarthy, make it so.

Op-ed by Kelly John Walker #####

Postscript Evaluating the specific case of the CCP’s persecution of a Chinese resident who has been providing valuable whistle-blowing intel is in the best interests of United State national security. FreedomTalk is taking a deep dive into the case and will be unpacking the details of this attempt by the CCP to extradite a protected dissident back to China by lawfare and force.

1. Hudson Institute: China’s Attempt to Influence U.S. Institutions: A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray. July 7, 2020 2. The Wall Street Journal: China’s Pursuit of Fugitive Businessman Guo Wengui Kicks Off Manhattan Caper Worthy of Spy Thriller. October 22, 2017 • New York Post: $54M in Chinese gifts donated to UPenn, home of Biden Center: April 9, 2022 1. New York Post: China ‘honey trap’ plot could span thousands of operatives: December 11, 2020 2. The Epoch Times. New Select China Committee Approved by House on Bipartisan Vote: January 10, 2023.

3. www.NSFCofficial.com 4. https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-bedforddoj-lost-american-peoples-trust August 31, 2022 5. https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump -raidmick-mulvaney-tells-cnn-fbi-doj-have-lost-benefitdoubt-with-republicans August 11, 2022 6. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-fbidoj/2022/08/25/id/1084605/ August 25, 2022 7. https://gnews.org/articles/198009

About Kelly Walker Kelly John Walker is an American statesman, accomplished writer, branding professional, and entrepreneur. He is Founder of FreedomTalk, Host of FreedomTalkTV, and a senior writer for The Epoch Times. Kelly holds a BA in English & Theology, and a Master of Science degree on a graduate fellowship with the US Department of Defense. He had a distinguished career as a conservation professional before founding two award-winning advertising agencies.

About NFSC The New Federal State of China (NFSC) is a group of freedom-loving individuals united by the common goal of taking down the Chinese Communist Party. Many of its members have experienced or witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist Party. NFCS opposes the Chinese Communist Party on every front—organizing protests, assisting CCP dissidents, and sharing their knowledge of the CCP with the rest of the world. As a staunch adversary of the Chinese Communist Party, supported by The Rule of Law Foundation, NFSC seeks to prevent the destruction of America by communist infiltration and corruption.

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The Third Warfare In its relentless quest for global hegemony, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knows no bounds. Arguably the world’s most oppressive regime, the CCP has one overarching goal: to promote the interests of the Party, spreading its ideology and control to every corner of the globe. That said, the United States and its western allies stand firmly in their way.

The CCP is keenly aware that it is not yet able to destroy the West at a kinetic level of warfare. In a head-to-head confrontation with the U.S. and its allies, China would be outmatched — literally outgunned, militarily. However, there are devastating ways to wage asymmetrical warfare to undermine and weaken the U.S. while simultaneously AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File bolstering the CCP’s military objectives including two partners. The complaint and capacity to wage war in multiple legal and ethical standards that it has no intention of following itself. Lawfare, stems from filings by those Paul theaters. wrote Dean Cheng, a former senior re- Hastings LLP attorneys in an ongoing search fellow at the Heritage bankruptcy proceeding (case number The Three Warfares Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, “in- 22-50073) in Connecticut involving The CCP works from a premise of volves ‘arguing that one’s own side is Miles Guo. “three warfares” (san zhan): public obeying the law, criticizing the other opinion warfare, psychological warfare, side for violating the law, and making Dordick posted the entirety of his comand legal warfare. These three interre- arguments for one’s own side in cases plaint to Twitter, asking, “Why would lated and mutually reinforcing systems where there are also violations of the these Paul Hastings LLP attorneys recan hamstring the strategic and tacti- law.’” peatedly cite a notoriously antisemitic, cal capacities of the U.S. and its allies — racist, anti-immigrant website in fedeven including their military capabili“Like the Soviets, the CCP’s dictators eral court to attack a Chinese dissident ties. are never shy of saying that law is the seeking asylum in the U.S. without telling the court of the nature of their The CCP has learned to use the robust party’s instrument to destroy en- source?”

U.S. legal system to weaken America’s emies,” wrote Bradley A. Thayer and standing as the world’s leading super- Lianchao Han, and “the Communist The source in question is The Unz Repower. Tactics collectively known as Party always remains above the law.” view, a website founded by Ron Unz, “lawfare” exploit both the strengths who the ADL said “has denied the Hoand weaknesses of American law and The ends sought by the CCP justify the litigation to tie up, obstruct, undermine, means, even if the means include de- locaust, endorsed the claim that Jews and divide the U.S. internally and on ceit, racism, and human rights abuses. consume the blood of non-Jews, and has claimed that Jews control the media, the global stage.

As Cheng wrote, “current PRC behav- hate non-Jews, and worship Satan.” ior suggests that one should not necesLawfare is a major component of fifthgeneration warfare, which uses infor- sarily expect the Chinese to refrain According to Dordick’s complaint, mation and data to exploit and rede- from engaging in activities they con- Chapter 11 Trustee Luc Despins and other Paul Hastings attorneys substanfine cognitive biases, manipulate demn in others.” worldviews, and destroy opponents tively cited The Unz Review at least five This approach is essentially “unre- times over several pages to justify their from within. stricted lawfare,” the use and abuse of beliefs about Guo’s alleged actions. The “The CCP understood they needed the the U.S. legal system by the CCP to Unz Review article cited by Despins and West to advance, and they are still tak- weaken America, break the will of the the other Paul Hastings LLP attorneys ing advantage of that,” according to re- people, and exert its political influence was written by Pepe Escobar, who the tired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert beyond its own borders, weaponizing U.S. State Department said is involved Spalding. “Thus, the only option is for the American judicial system to perse- in disinformation campaigns by foreign, us to completely decouple and prevent cute Chinese dissidents on American authoritarian states. our citizens from engaging with China.” soil and punish whistleblowers.

Dordick pointed out that while Despins It is critical that U.S. lawmakers, and the other Paul Hastings LLP attorThe CCP has demonstrated before the policymakers, and military leadership understand China’s three warfares watching world a willingness to use neys made sure to remind the bankstrategy and meet their threat head- mass murder to further its agenda, so ruptcy court of its obligation to view the on. A merely defensive posture plays it comes as no surprise that Department of Justice-appointed bankruptcy trustee’s evidence with deferinto the CCP’s intent to immobilize U.S. antisemitism is not off-limits. ence, they “conveniently” failed to mencompanies, governmental agencies, and military powers through endless litiga- Antisemitism as a Weapon: A Current tion noteworthy aspects of the tion and the manipulation of public Case Study evidence’s source. opinion.

Witness the legal persecution of high- On Twitter, Dordick continued, “I’m Ultimately, lawfare is a means of achiev- profile Chinese dissident, Ho Wan stunned to see this coming from such a ing military objectives — while conprestigious firm. I took it upon myself straining the West’s ability to employ Kwok (“Miles Guo”). This ongoing battle to file the ethics complaint attached to its martial advantages — making it a is a cautionary tale in real-time that these posts immediately upon discovserious threat to U.S. national security. needs to spark a conversation about ering their actions. This legitimization The first step in defeating these tactics whether U.S. law firms should repre- of such an outrageous source has no is to, as Sun Tzu wrote, understand the sent the interests of the CCP, knowingly place in our courtrooms.” enemy. The second is to use that un- or by default. derstanding to formulate offensive and preemptive strategies to beat the CCP In early December 2022, Elliot Dordick Infiltrating the DOJ at its own game.

— a Jewish-American lawyer — filed an Guo has said in several videos posted ethics complaint with the attorney to GETTR that Despins has a close conUnrestricted Lawfare grievance committee of New York’s nection to and partnership with the First Judicial Department against Paul Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) in commuIt is important to understand that the CCP will hold its opponents to Hastings LLP and four of its attorneys, nist China.

“The appointment,” according to an Aussie Brief News story, “has an obvious conflict of interest and also reflects the infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system using unrestricted warfare tactics.

Luc A. Despins is a partner of the law firm Paul Hastings LLP, which has developed business relations with PAG in a $671M bid for Spring REIT … and many other companies tied with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

Guo has also “questioned the appointment of Luc A. Despins,” according to the Aussie Brief News, “asking why such appointment will be allowed by the U.S. Department of Justice. He said the appointment is unbelievable and that the CCP can heavily influence the U.S. Department of Justice.”

“The infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system accumulated over the years,” according to the report, “as the CCP’s judicial unrestricted warfare plan intended.”

Dordick requested that the attorney grievance committee office to which he submitted his complaint investigate Paul Hastings LLP, Despins, and other Paul Hastings LLP attorneys for potential ethics violations of rules related to dishonesty, deceit, and misrepresentation, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, conduct that adversely reflects on a lawyer’s fitness as a lawyer, and the failure to adequately supervise lawyers at the firm.

“How could Paul Hastings LLP possibly claim it properly oversees its attorneys if they lend credibility to sources of hatred in federal court?” Dordick wrote in a post on GETTR. Supporters of the New Federal State of China (NFSC), a movement seeking to take down the CCP and liberate the Chinese people, flooded the comments sections of Dordick’s social media posts with messages of support and solidarity with the Jewish community. Comments on his posts indicate NFSC supporters’ strong opposition to any promotion of antisemitic outlets in federal court by anyone, let alone attorneys at influential or respected law firms.

Additionally, several noteworthy figures in the Jewish community, including but not limited to, former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim, Newsweek Opinion Editor Josh Hammer, and former New York State Representative Dov Hikind shared Dordick’s social media posts.

The struggle between Guo and Paul Hastings LLP is just one battle amid a war for hearts, minds, and, ultimately, global hegemony. The U.S. government would do well to commit significant re sources and scrutiny to ensure this is a war it does not lose.

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Local Theatre Shows

■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Family Values (by David Williamson) Until February 25 at the Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre, 39-41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Ian Frost. Bookings: www.lilydaleatc.com ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: All My Sons (by Arthur Miller) Until February 24 at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Loretta Bishop. Bookings: www.wlt.or.au ■ Peridot Theatre: Night Must Fall (by Emlyn Williams) Until February 19 ar the Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Alison Knight. Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: Confusions (by Alan Ayckbourn) (a series of five one-act plays, featuring the same cast) Until March 4 in The Lowe Auditorium, The 1812 Theatre, Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter and five other directors. Bookings: https://www.1812theatre.com.au/.../2023-season/confusions/ ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: The Ladykillers (by Graham Linehan) Until March 4 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Chris McLean.

Bookings: 9457 4117 or email boxoffice@htc.org.au.

■ The Revlon Girl (by Neil Anthony Docking) Until March 4 at the Brighton Cultural Centre, Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Natasha Boyd.

Bookings: www.brightontheatre.com.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: The Effect (by Lucy Prebble) Until March 4 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Claire Abagia. Bookings: 9587 5141 or www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ Maffra Dramatic Society: God of Carnage (Yasmine Reza) February 24 – 26 at the Stratford Courthouse, 66 Tyers St., Stratford; March 4 - 6 Newry Hall (Upper Maffra Mechanics Institute).

Bookings: maffradramatics.com.au ■ CPAC Musical Theatre: Jersey Boys Musical February 25 – March 11 at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham. Director: Lee Geraghty; Choreographers: Ashlee Holdsworth; Nicole Everitt; Musical Director: Kent Ross. Bookings: cpacmusicaltheatre. com ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Ladies’ Day (by Amanda Whittington) Until March 4 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Pip Le Blond.

Bookings: www.malverntheatre.com.au ■ The Basin Theatre Group: Two and Two Together (by Derek Benfield) February 23 – March 5 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Bob Bramble. Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Fortune’s Fools (by Fredrick Stroppel) February 23 – March 4 at Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: Audrey Farthing. www.stagtheatre.org ■ The Mount Players: The 39 Steps (by John Buchan) (adapted by Patrick Barlow, Nobbie Dimon and Simon Corble) A play for radio adapted and directed by John Rowland.

February 24 – March 12 at The Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: John Rowland. Bookings: www.themount players.com ■ Eltham Little Theatre: A Play in a Day (or Two) February 24 and 25 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Bella Preston. Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au ■ Wonthaggi Theatrical Group: School of Rock the Musical, March 3 – 18 at 7.30pm at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, 96 Graham St., Wonthaggi. Bookings: wtg.org.au ■ Gemco Players (A Gemco in the Park Production): Much Ado About Nothing (by William Shakespeare) March 3 at 6.30pm; March 19 at 6.30pm at the Gus Ryberg Amphitheatre, Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Rd., Emerald. Director: Sharon Maine.

If weather is unsuitable for outdoor performance, the show will be presented at The Gem, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Bookings: www.gemcoplayers.org ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Encore (showcase concert) March 4 at 7.30pm at the Williamstown Town Hall, 104 Ferguson St., Williamstown. Seating at tables. All tickets $40. www.wmtc.org.au

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Confidential Melbourne

Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

MYSTERY IN A BLIMP ■ The Shift Theatre presents Mystery in a Blimp from March 23 to April 2 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8A Hyde St, Footscray.

Promotional descriptions of Mystery in a Blimp include: 'A dangerously farcical joyride, comedy as anti-theatre, a murder mystery mashup. a play that self-references to the point of implosion, and 'an absurdist take on play writing and fringe theatre'.

Written by Nathan Curnow, the Melbourne work has references to local theatre culture and the difficulties of staging a new play.

“With a distinct Dadaist bent, identity formation, the creative process and the act of collaboration are explored and exploded – with no safe landing guaranteed.”

The story tells of Hershall waking up on a blimp but nobody knows where they are going or how they even got on board. It’s all the writer’s fault. “He’s 10 pages into it, the drugs have worn off and he doesn’t know how to finish.”

Mystery in a Blimp is directed by Kevin Hopkins with design by Greg Carroll. The cast features Brian Davison, Helen Hopkins, Mia Landgren, Claire Nicholls, Gabriel Partington, Lachlan Watts and Cristina Wells.

Founded in 2009, The Shift Theatre is focused on presenting dynamic works with strong roles for women, both from existing texts and in the development of new works.

The company's aim is 'to provide a stimulating and collaborative platform for directors, actors and a creative team who share our vision for a vibrant ensemble company and stories that capture the heart and the imagination.'

Performance Season: March 23 - April 2 Venue: Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8A Hyde St., Footscray Bookings: www.trybooking.com/CFJPW - Cheryl Threadgold

Virginia

■ Edna O’Brien’s play Virginia takes its entire dialogue from Virginia Woolf’s writing, her letters and diaries, and those of her husband Leonard Woolf and her sometime lover Vita Sackville-West.

Essentially a monologue played out in scenes from Virginia Woolf’s (Heather Lythe) life, the dialogue is interspersed with scenes with Leonard ( Mark Opitz) and Vita (Beth Klein).

The loss of her mother and half-sister and her brother's death in the First World War are pitched beside the struggle she faced as a woman for acceptance as an equal intellectual.

“The world belongs to men,” she tells us.

The narrative moves between Virginia’s work and her reminiscences of her fellow Bloomsbury group peers, that of her sister Nessa, Clive Bell, Sidney Turner, Lytton Strachey and her husband, Leonard Woolf.

Other modernist writers are mentioned in passing, lunching with W.B. Yeats and “the suave sausage,” Gertrude Stein.

Self-absorbed and introspective, moments of clarity about her work are punctuated with dayto-day activities and sketches of social life.

She addresses the audience directly, stepping in and out of scenes with her characteristic stream-of-consciousness descriptions of her thoughts.

Director Nicholas Opolski’s simple set helps to make the transitions between monologues effective.

Special mention to the choice of costumes that work to tie the narrative to its time.

The audience follows the monologue thread as Virginia shape-shifts between flirtatiousness and an increasing dread that her “crack-brained” illness will prevent her from writing.

What is first and foremost is Virginia’s battle with increasing bouts of depression and her fear of being sent away for “rest cures”.

Lythe brings a brittleness to Virginia that works well.

Both Klein and Opitz are worthy foils, but Lythe’s portrayal of Virginia Woolf anchors the performance.

Local Theatre Shows

■ Theatrical: Green Day’s American Idiot, March 9 – 26 at Chapel off Chapel, Prahran.

Director: Scott Bradley; Musical Director: Tahra Cannon; Choreographer: Grace Collin.

Bookings: theatrical.com.au ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Theatre Trivia, March 10 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Eltham. Director: James Chappel. Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre. org.au ■ Beaumaris Theatre: Puffs (Two Act edition by Matt Cox) March 10 – 25 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Directors: Dan Bellis and Kristina Doucouliagos. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au

Auditions

● Nanna threatens the whole family with her kitchen knife - just one twist on the traditional ‘who done it' in Mystery in a Blimp. (From left) Mia Landgren, Brian Davison, Lachlan Watts, Cristina Wells, Claire Nicholls, Gabriel Partington and Helen Hopkins Performance Details: Until February 26 Venue: La Mama HQ, 205 Faraday St., Carlton Bookings: www.lamama.com.au - Review by Kathryn Keeble

Family business

■ The family dynasty of writers continues for Barry Dickins, with his son Louis Dickins now also a successful playwright and film-maker.

Louis Dickins attended his father's event at The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne, where Barry Dickins shared entertaining stories about his life and work as a Melbourne playwright for nearly 50 years, in conversation with Dr Cheryl Threadgold.

The booked out event was well received by the appreciative audience, with a second event likely to be scheduled next year.

A two-part Theatre Heritage Australia oral history interview with Barry Dickins, interviewed by Cheryl Threadgold, can be found on https://theatreheritage.org.au/digital-collection/oral-history-interviews/item/857-barrydickins

● Barry Dickins with son, Louis Dickins, at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Photo: Malcolm Threadgold

Media Flashes

■ Nick Ludlam has started as the International Editor of SBS World News. He was most recently the Foreign Editor for Nine.

■ James Preston has started at Fox Sports News as a News Anchor. He is also a Weather Presenter at Sky News Australia.

■ Broede Carmody has stepped into the role of State Political Reporter at The Age. ■ Seven will welcome television presenter Chris Brown to the network in July.

■ Journalist hires at the Herald Sun are Alexandra Middleton, Carly Douglas, Laura Placella, Owen Leonard and Sarah Perillo.

■ Peridot Theatre: #BacchaeToo (based on The Bacchae by Euripides)Adapted and directed by Elise D’Amico and Joe Dias. The directors seek a dynamic and diverse cast for this modern adaptation. Initial audition will be a self-tape and must be submitted by Wednesday, February 22. If required, callbacks will be held at Fleigner Hall, 31 Highland Ave., Oakleigh East. Full details: https:// www.peridot.com.au/auditions ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): An Inspector Calls, February 26, 27 from 7-10pm at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: Roderick Chappel. Further information from the director via http://www.stagtheatre.org/ auditions/ ■ PLOS Musical Productions: Strictly Ballroom February 25 – 28, Call-backs March 1 4. Further details: www.plos.asn.au ■ Avid Theatre and Ardour Productions: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (by William Shakespeare) March 14, 7pm – 10pm; March 18, 2pm – 5pm at Malvern Community Church Hall, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Nicholas Opolski.

Audition enquiries: nopolski@hotmail.com or 0400 507 788.

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Summer of the Seventh Doll (by Ray Lawler) March 19 from 2pm and March 21 from 7.30pm at Factory 8/417-419 Warrigal Rd., Cheltenham.

Director: Martin Gibbs.Audition enquiries: mandcgibbs@tpg.com.au or call 0411 645 003.

- Cheryl Threadgold

White Season

■ Melbourne independent author Brian Sherlock's newly-released novel, White Season, is an adult comedy-drama set in the Victorian snowfields in fictional Mount Frogmore in the winter of 2019.

The novel's setting has been inspired by the winters Brian has spent as a seasonal worker in Victoria's alpine region. Family relationships and the Deaf are explored, CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and LGBTQ communities.

White Season tells of two seasonal workers, Toby and EJ, who are on personal journeys to find themselves in the snowfields.

Toby is a first time winter seasonal and a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) who, on account of outside influences, has developed a fierce resistance to verbal communication and accepting blame for wrongs he hasn’t committed.

EJ is a far more experienced seasonal and bisexual who is attempting to better himself and his lifestyle – he is the victim of several betrayals and as a result is unwilling to create familial connections with those around him.

Toby and EJ commence the season on bad terms, but soon form a friendship which allows for both to achieve their goals.

The novel is classed as new adult fiction and contains adult language. The targeted audience is 18+.

White Season sells as an ebook or paperback from Amazon, and is freely available from Kindle Unlimited.

- Cheryl Threadgold ● Digital editions of The Local Paper and Melbourne Observer are published weekly, February-December. You can have a copy emailed to you, free. Simply register at FreePaper.com.au

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What’s On Bearded

● Bek Schilling (Bet Rawler) and Sean Donehue ( Ace McKinnon) and composer/co-writer in Bearded.

■ Musician Sean Donehue and writer Nick Waxman have created Bearded: a New Queer Aussie Musical to be presented at Frankston Arts Centre's Cube 37 stage from March 1 3.

Bearded has been in development since 2019 with support from the Australian Music Theatre Festival, the Victorian College of the Arts, Home Grown Theatre Company and supported by Frankston City Council's Artist Project Grant Program.

The show raises the question, 'So what’s it like figuring out you’re queer in 2023?'

For best-friends Bet and Ace, it’s not great.

In order to appease the masses, escape the spotlight, and just be seen as “normal” for once, Bet and Ace decide to “date” one another; be each other’s beards.

However, living comfortably in their lie can only last so long. The cracks begin to form as Ace falls for an older boy and Bet learns things about her family that have long been hidden. No matter the lie they live, it would seem the truth will always find a way to reveal itself.

Despite the show’s Queer context, Bearded is ultimately a story about family, given and chosen. This new musical is like reading the diaries of two Aussie queer teenagers; it is intellectual but it sounds and speaks like the youth of today.

Bearded doesn’t deny the fact that queer youth are still subject to blatant queer-phobia and abject hatred, however it also explores distinctly 21st century problems like queer misrepresentation, tokenism, gaslighting and toxic positivity.

Performance Season: March 1 - 3 Venue: Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre Tickets: artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au Further enquiries: bearded.musical@ gmail.com or 0407 550 391 - Cheryl Threadgold

Puffs

■ Beaumaris Theatre opens its 2023 season with Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, from March 10 - 25 at 82 Wells Rd, Beaumaris.

The two-act edition is written by Matt Cox and co-directed by Kristina Doucouliagos and Dan Bellis. Puffs tells of 'a certain boy wizard who for seven years went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil.'

This, however, is not his story, but is the story of the Puffs who just happened to be there, too. Puffs is promoted as 'A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.'

Puffs is not authorised, sanctioned, licensed or endorsed by J.K.Rowling, Warner Bros. or any person or company associated with the Harry Potter books, films or play.

Performance Details: March 10 - 25 Venue: Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre. com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Entertainment

‘TEMPEST’ AT MALVERN ■ The Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns to Central Park, Malvern with their adaptation of The Tempest.

This new musical production is the brainchild of Melbourne director Chelsea Matheson (Telling Tales) with Musical Direction from Benjamin Colley (As You Like It) and Movement Direction from Tref Gare (The King’s Player).

Returning to Central Park, Malvern for the first time since their sell-out season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Melbourne Shakespeare Company is ready to take audiences back to the '80s, imbuing this Shakespeare classic with punk rock.

Whilst audiences know Melbourne Shakespeare Company for their outdoor productions, The Tempest is going to take that concept and turn it up to 11.

With hits like Holding Out for a Hero, It’s Raining Men, and Final Countdown performed live by the cast of actor musicians, a rock concert will accompany the picnic in the park.

Director Chelsea Matheson says: “It’s The Tempest like you’ve never seen it before. As a group of magical outcasts thrive in the sub-cultural landscape and image of 1980's Punk, we take an engaging story of exclusion and rebellion, and set it against the clear and colourful world of commercial 1980s pop culture.”

“As a returning Melbourne Shakespeare Company collaborator, Chelsea also says: ‘Seeing a Melbourne Shakespeare show is the perfect summer activity in the park for the whole family. Melbourne Shakespeare Company truly relishes the art of creating engaging and exciting outdoor Shakespeare.

“Audiences can expect not only an entertaining day in Malvern’s beautiful Central Park, but a show that is colourful, bold, hilarious, and filled with familiar music we all know and love.”

The cast of 13 includes Aram Geleris as Prospero, Katherine Pearson as Ariel, Liliana Dalton as Miranda, and Michael Sakinofsky as Caliban.

For Melbourne Shakespeare Company being able to perform in beautiful outdoor locations like Central Park, comes with a responsibility to look after the spaces in which they rehearse and perform.

That’s why they are proud to be industry leaders in sustainable theatre-making, empowering designers to make environmentally conscious choices.

Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket or a foldable chair and to sit back and relax whilst Melbourne Shakespeare rocks their socks off. Protective sun-wear is recommended for matinee performances. Tickets are now available at melbourneshakespeare.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Much Ado About Nothing

■ Gemco Players present William Shakespeare's MuchAdo About Nothing from March 3 - 19 at the Gus Ryberg Amphitheatre, Emerald Lake Rd, Emerald.

This Gemco in the Park production of one of Shakespeare's most widely performed plays, is directed by Sharon Maine.

The themes of love, mistaken identity, sexual jealousy, honour, betrayal and friendship all play out against the background of the Sicilian countryside.

If the weather makes it impossible for an outdoors performance, the show will be presented at The Gem, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald.

Performance Details: March 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 17,18,19.

Venue: Gus Ryberg Amphitheatre, Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Road, Emerald (alternative indoor vene, The Gem, 19 Kilvington Drive) Bookings: www.gemcoplayers.org - Cheryl Threadgold

Nosferatu

■ There is satirical bite in Keziah Warner’s, Nosferatu (pun intended). Invited to invest in a small Tasmanian town by local entrepreneurs, Count Orlok (Jacob Collins-Levy), a venture

● Katherine Pearson (Ariel) in The Tempest. Photo: Chelsea Neate capitalist, bleeds the town dry. Developers Tom (Keegan Joyce) and Knock (Max Brown) debase themselves to win Orlok’s favour and even the local journalist, Ellen (Shamita Siva), will do anything to achieve a story, despite initially exposing the toxic foundations of the development site with its cobalt blue tarn.

We are reminded here of Queenstown’s denuded mining landscape. This leaves the local doctor, Kate (Sophie Ross), as the last bastion against rampant capitalism.

The effectiveness of Warner’s script lies in its ability to balance the comic nonsense of a much vaunted myth with the deeper message of individuals giving in to their baser desires for success and wealth.

Director Bridget Baladis keeps the pace moving on an open stage with its chequered parquetry like a mesmeric variegation and a backdrop of doors that suggest the foreboding of other worlds (Romanie Harper).

Paul Jackson’s lighting facilitates the transition between interconnected scenes where the same character can almost appear in two moments simultaneously.

This adds to the momentum of the production. Nosferatu’s shadow, a bloody table and Orlok’s vanishing are well handled staging effects, there also being enough gore to capitalize on the tropes associated with Dracula’s lust for blood.

The double entendre of the lines delivered by Collins-Levy are a comic delight, but each character suggests a different type of loss. Joyce plays a well-meaning but lost individual, Brown, a greedy developer, Ross a doctor facing the loss of her mother and those she is caring for and Siva, a journalist who, against her better judgement, having exposed the fault lines in the original development, still falters.

There is something in this play for everyone; blood, carnivorous plants, environmental degradation, venture capitalism and moral corruption.

The integrated theatricality of it all balances the comedy with the gore and has the audience questioning the cause of social disintegration.

Performance Details. Until March 5 Venue: The Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse, Southbank Bookings: www.malthousetheatre.com.au - Review by David McLean

Sculptures on move

■ Five significant sculptures from Arts Centre Melbourne’s Public Art Collection are temporarily located at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery and Heide Museum of Modern Art during the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation.

Sculptures, Rhythms of Life, Family of Man I, Family of Man II, formerly located around Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres building, were installed at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery last week.

Observations Horror and crime

● Robert Hood ■ Author Robert Hood has been described as one of the grand masters of Australian horror writing.

In his latest novel, Scavengers, he has married horror and crime, with his main character, Mike Crowe, being a not exactly legal private investigator.

Mike is blackmailed into tracking down a serial killer the media calls The Scavenger, who is notorious for cutting up his victims.

At the same time, he finds himself increasingly plagued by visions - and eventually visitations - of a young girl he failed to save from being murdered a decade before.

While Mike Crowe doesn't believe in ghosts, it seems there's one ghost that believes in him.

But can Mike escape the attention of a serial killer long enough to help her, and are these things connected?

These are the questions that Mike must answer in his journey to discover the truth.

Mike must scavenge through the debris of a world going to pieces around him - at first just to survive, then to find answers to questions he'd rather hadn't been asked.

As an author, Hood has long been known for his inventive and creative mind, and in his earlier life spent many years as a journalist.

While studying for his Master of Arts (honours) at university, he analysed the monster imagery in the works of English literary giant William Black.

A career as an English teacher followed, before he eventually left teaching in the 1980s to focus on full time writing.

Hood has published over 120 short works of fiction in Australia and overseas and his work has been included in anthologies and major magazines. His short fiction has spanned a number of genres, including horror, science fiction and crime.

Scavengers is available through www.clandestinepress.net Julie Houghton

Lovers’ Vows

■ 24 Carrot Productions presents Lovers' Vows at Mansfield Park from February 22 26 at Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, in the Bishop's Parlour space.

The show is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, following Fanny Price, the biracial cousin to the Bertram family who has never quite fitted in with all their privilege.

When the family decide to take advantage of their father's absence to stage their own play, sparks fly and somehow Fanny manages to be in the centre of it all.

There is intrigue, scandal and scheming, but also kindness and love in the face of family pressure and social expectation. The show delves into themes of race, colonialism and discussions on slavery and abuse.

Performance Details: February 22 - 26 The performances on February 22-23 will also be live streamed and available for viewing for up to two weeks following the event for patrons with an online access code.

Venue: Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St., Abbotsford in the Bishop's Parlour space.

Bookings for the in-person or online event: https://www.trybooking.com/events/ landing?eid=1001011& - Cheryl Threadgold

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Entertainment

THE REVLON GIRL

● The Revlon Girl cast: Casey Bohan (Jean), Jen Bush (Sian), Tanya Wade (Rona), Kaila Michael (Marilyn) and Jessica Symonds (Revlon).

■ Brighton Theatre Company pre- complete beginner, the program of March 5 - 26 at theTemperance Hall sents The Revlon Girl until March 4 classes has something for all.”

199 Napier St, South Melbourne: at Brighton Theatre, Cnr Wilson and “(Change from Aotearoa)” is a Ausdance VIC partners with three Carpenter Sts, Brighton. talanoa/exchange between street choreographers and dance leaders; Written by Neil Anthony Docking dance leaders exploring the currents Caroline Bowditch, David Prakash, and directed by Natasha Boyd, The and tides of dance in Te moana nui a and Phillip Adams to investigate the Revlon Girl is a story of grief, hope, Kiwa and open to all advanced mov- ability to create, consider, connect, guilt and makeup set in the aftermath ers over the age of 16 at Dancehouse. and curate, and collaborate beyond of the 1966 Aberfan Welsh Village At The Substation, “DaS” exists as our individual reality through a series coal mine disaster. a form of training for dance artists of exploratory workshops and an inIn this tragic incident 144 people, and musicians to practice live perfor- dustry-led interactive forum. Held on including 116 children, were killed mance together.

Sunday afternoons, the sessions are when a mountain of coal waste “Dancing outside the Frame” pre- a holistic dive into dance and discuscrushed homes and a school in the sented by Ausdance on Sunday after- sion. small Welsh town. noons throughout March will be deMarch 1 - 31 at WXYZ Studios,130 While the immediate aftermath livered with choreographic artists Dryburgh St, North Melbourne:Lucy was recently portrayed in The Crown Caroline Bowditch, Phillip Adams Guerin Inc (LGI) offers a regular Series 3, this play is set eight months and David Prakash. program of dance classes at WXYZ after the disaster and depicts four beMarch 10 atThe Substation, 1 Studios in North Melbourne, part of reaved mothers who meet with a Market St Newport: “DaS #7” is fa- the company’s ongoing commitment Revlon makeup artist in the local pub cilitated by The Substation resident to supporting the continued developone evening to talk, cry and even laugh artists Melanie Lane and Jo Lloyd ment of Melbourne’s dance artists. without feeling guilty - all while navi- and soundtracked by a live set from Morning Classes are taught by a gating how to cope with heart-break- artist and musician Female Wizard. selection of highly-experienced ing loss.

Imagined as an experience of 'cho- teachers, providing a rich diversity of Performance Details: Until March reography and sound', “DaS” exists techniques, styles and 4 as a form of training for dance artists celebrate the inauguralapproaches.To Frame, LGI Venue: Brighton Theatre, Cnr. Wil- and musicians to practice live perforMorning Classes will be free of son and Carpenter Sts., Brighton mance together. Open and free to all charge for the month of March.

LGI Bookings: www.brightontheatre. practising dance artists, “DaS” focom.au cuses on listening; to sound, to the Morning Classes are recommended - Cheryl Threadgold body, to space and considers this as a for dancers with some training or exframe to transport, transform, share perience including recent graduates, current students, trained and practicand rupture.

March 18 at the WXYZ Stu- ing dancers.

March 20-29 at Dancehouse, 150 ■ Frame: A biennial of workshops, dios,130 Dryburgh St, North talks and performances will be held Melbourne: Over a 12-hour cycle no- Princes St, North Carlton. Presented at various venues from March 1-31. tions of sleep/lessness will be ex- by Dancehouse, these workshops are (Venues are listed below) plored as a corporeal practice; as sites suitable for advanced movers over the age of 16. “Vogue Runway and EsThe inaugural Frame will host a of unlearning and resistance. set of workshops where dance stuConsidering relations between sence” with Jaycee Iman. Learn the dents and independent artists can ex- standing and falling, activity and pas- essence of Vogue and strut it down a perience a rich diversity of techniques, sivity, doing and undoing, “Sleep Ac- catwalk. This class includes working styles and approaches, taught by a tivism” declares itself first and fore- on Essence, a term used in ballroom selection of highly experienced teach- most a choreographic practice in to explain performance quality and ers. which our bodies become sites of en- movement expression rooted in genEach morning during March, counter. This workshop is suitable for der empowerment. “ Waving” with classes at Chunky Move and Lucy artists of any discipline who are inter- Ooschon. Join waving champion Guerin Inc are completely free. In a ested in collective, durational, emer- Ooschon for their first Naarm joint statement, Antony Hamilton gent, and generative choreographic masterclass as they share the fun.

(Chunky Move) and Lucy Guerin Inc practices. You don’t need to be a proFor a complete list of workshops (LGI) said “We’re delighted to offer fessional dancer to engage in this lab, and talks please visit these free Morning Classes across but need to be open and willing to www.framebiennial.com.au March. Whether you’re a regular or a move.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Frame

Rourke’s Reviews Decision To Leave

■ (MA). 138 minutes. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Director Park Chan-wook has built up an impressive career since bursting on to the international scene in 2000 with JSA : Joint Security Area, then subsequently cementing his place as a world-class film-maker with Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002) and especially Oldboy (2003), which should have won the Palme D’Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Park’s latest sees him in a refined, even restrained mode, but he continues to lead his characters down dark tunnels from which they may not be able to escape from.

Park Hae-il (of The Host fame) stars as Hae-jun, a Busan detective who is known for his meticulous work ethic.

Married to Jung-an (Lee Junghyun), Hae-jun focuses on the job 24/7, and his latest is the death of a prominent immigration officer who fell to his death while mountain climbing.

When the deceased man’s Chinese wife, Seo-Rae (Tang Wei) is interviewed, everyone except Haejun suspects her of murdering her husband, and as the dedicated detective surveils the woman, he begins to have deeper feelings for the person he should just be investigating.

Park and his regular co-writer, Jung Seo-kyoung (Thirst, The Handmaiden), set up a traditional noir plot before fracturing and twisting it into different directions, and it is a joy to see this gifted film-maker carefully guide us through an increasingly bleak journey, but one typically containing moments of dark humour.

Like Park’s previous films, the frame is filled with exquisitely detailed patterns, symbols and colour schemes.

As his 2012 English language debut, Stoker, was a homage to Hitchcock’s Shadow Of A Doubt (1943), Decision To Leave is a loving tribute to Vertigo (1958), and Park confidently combines the love he has for a bone fide classic with the story he wants to tell here.

As usual, Park surrounds himself with a first-rate crew, and everyone, from cinematographer Kim Ji-yong (A Bittersweet Life, The Age Of Shadows), editor Kim Sang-beom (The Man From Nowhere, Inside Men), production designer Ryu Seong-hie (Mother, Assassination) to composer Jo Yeong-wook (The Spy Gone North, The Man Standing Next), are at the top of their game.

The acting is equally fantastic.

Wei (Lust, Caution) gives a powerhouse performance, while Park

Hae-il perfectly encapsulates Haejun’s growingly illogical behaviour.

Decision To Leave is a masterful piece of cinema from a true cinematic master, but unlike Drive My Car and Parasite, the Academy has bizarrely ignored what was easily one of the most celebrated films of last year (it was my favourite for 2022). It is a glaring omission that has left a bad taste in the mouths of movie fans around the world.

RATING - ****½

Everything Everywhere All At Once

■ (MA). 140 minutes. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Imagine if Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry directed Jet Li’s The One, and you’ll be on the way to understanding what kind of journey you will be taking. Michelle Yeoh is terrific as Evelyn Wang, a Chinese-American who runs a laundromat with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan, who most audiences won’t have seen on screen since the mid 80’s, in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and The Goonies), and has a tempestuous relationship with her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu). Her very traditional father, Gong Gong (a superb James Hong), also lives with them. While going through a particularly difficult audit with a tough IRS agent (Jamie Lee Curtis, having a whale of a time), Evelyn is suddenly made aware that the universe she lives in is not the only one, and that hundreds of others exist, each containing an alternate version of herself, and if she is unable to tap into their various skills, she won’t be able to defeat a powerful entity who wants to destroy everything. Directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (who helmed the frustrating misfire Swiss Army Man) have carefully thought through their script, which is meticulously plotted, and the world building is convincing and enthralling. Unfortunately the emotional core doesn’t resonate as much as the film-makers would like, so the epic nature of the story doesn’t fully work, which in turn makes the 140 minute running time feel somewhat unjustified. Due to this, some elements fall into repetition. Production values are strong. While not a total bullseye, this is good fun, where everyone fully commits to the material. A breakout box-office hit last year, and has received a massive eleven nominations at this year’s Academy Awards, this entertaining film will achieve Oscar glory, and personally I really hope Yeoh wins for Best Actress.

RATING - ***½ - Aaron Rourke

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■ American actress Mamie Van Doren was born Joan Lucille Olander in South Dakota in 1931.

In 1946 Joan began working as an usher at The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

Film producer Howard Hughes "discovered" the beautiful 18-year-old in a beauty contest.

She was given the screen name of ‘Mamie Van Doren’. It is said that ‘Mamie’ came from Mamie Eisenhower, the wife of President Eisenhower.

Hughes arranged bit parts for Mamie in RKO Films and this led to a contract with Universal Studios.

My first memory of seeing Mamie Van Doren in films was in the 1954 comedy Francis Joins The WACS with Donald O'Connor and Francis the Talking Mule.

Mamie appeared in many films which included - Yankee Pasha, Running Wild, Born Reckless and High School Confidential.

The 1950s was the era of the ‘sexy blonde bombshells’ and Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren were known as the big three.

In a radio interview Mamie told me that in 1957, when she was appearing at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley came backstage to ask her for her autograph and then took her on a date to see Louis Prima at the Sahara Hotel.

In 1958 Mamie made her most memorable

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film when she co-starred with Clark Gable and Doris Day in Teachers Pet. Mamie had actually known Marilyn Monroe from about the age of 12. They lived very close to each other and Mamie used to watch Marilyn (then Norma Jean) doing modelling work.

The photographers would say "Get that kid out of the picture!"

In later years they shared the same drama coach and became good friends. They met for the last time at the Russian Tea Rooms in New York, two weeks before Marilyn died.

Mamie realised that Marilyn was not well but was shocked to learn of the news of her passing.

In the 1960s Mamie organised her own tour

● Mamie van Doren of Vietnam to entertain the American troops. film appearance was in Slackers in 2003. These She became very ill and spent three months in days Mamie still makes personal appearances and has her own website.

Saigon before returning to the United States.

Kevin Trask Over the years Mamie appeared in many Kevin can be heard on 3AW stage productions including Wildcat, Gentlemen The Time Tunnel - Remember When Prefer Blondes, Dames at Sea and Chicago.

Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady By the 1970s the era of the sex symbols was and Simon Owens. over, Marilyn and Jane were gone, and things And on 96.5 FM changed for Mamie Van Doren.

That's Entertainment - Sundays Mamie was married five times and her last at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

NEW EXHIBITION AT ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT

Public Palaces: Expanded Textiles & Fibre Practices.

Includes new commissions and recent works by AkiraAkira, Sarah Contos, Lucia Phrmann, Mikala Dwyer, Janet Fieldhouse, Teekah George, PaulKnight, Anne-Marie May, John Nixon, Kate Scardifield, Jacqueline Stojanovic, and Latie West. It is curated by Karen Hall and Catherine Woolley.

The exhibition takes its title from a 1957 essay by celebrated Bauhaus artist Anni Albert who sought to rethink weaving through the lens of architecture, interpreting textiles as fundamentally structural and endlessly mutable.

The exhibition presents works that experiment with materiality. Special fluidity, and process and features painting, assemblage, sculpture, video, sound, and installation, It reflects artists’ use of textiles and fibre to chart social and cultural change, respond to historical modes of production and representation and test formal properties through weaving. Embroidery, knitting and sewing.

Exhibition opens March 4 and closes April 30.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St, North Ballarat

Develop

■ The works on display have been selected from the vast talent that emerged from Melbourne’s tertiary institutions in 2022.

For this year’s Develop we see a large range of issues exploring the personal to the universal, including cultural identity, mental illness, diaspora and love letters to places.

Showcasing a variety of styles and techniques, this is a celebration of the next generation of Australian photographers.

Exhibition opens March 4 and closes April 16.

Monash Gallery ofArt 869 Ferntree Gully Rd. Wheelers Hill

At Mildura

Percos – Andrea J. Smith Andrea J. Smith is a classically trained painter and whose work marries classical still life and portraiture

The Arts

and Sophia Cal presents a performance lecture with K-Pop fans and a dance troupe on March 18 from 3pm.

Exhibition opens February 25 and closes on April 1.

Hours Wednesday-Saturday 11am6pm. Or by appointment 9380 8888.

Project8 Gallery Level 2/ 427 Collins St, Melbourne - Peter Kemp

OK. With John O’Keefe Michelle refuses lead role

Pink in Melbourne

with Peter Kemp with contemporary style and technique.

Having spent more than 25 years overseas, away from her Australian roots, she has exhibited internationally and founded schools both in New York and Rome.

Her latest exhibition Percoso will show around 199 works from her various studios; a journey of perennial musings recorded on Paint.

Andrea is a Mildura expat, who has created an extraordinary, internationally based career, and who we are honoured and privileged to share her artworks, her story and her journey – her Percoso.

Exhibition opens February 24.

Mildura Arts Centre 109 Coreton Rd, Mildura

Experimental

Recreation: Art sport and leisure Project8 Gallery presents Recreation, an exhibition that explores the human inclination toward play through the experimental realm of art.

Bringing together the work of 11 artists who reflect broadly on leisure activities, this exhibition looks across sporting and artistic histories, themes and forms.

Two performances will also take place during the exhibition. Mark Shorter presents a 30-minute durational performance inside a netted enclosure on March 19 from 6pm,

■ Three-time Grammy Awardwinning singer, performer, and international pop icon Pink has announces her highly anticipated return to Australia with a massive tour in February, 2024.

As part of this tour, Pink will head to Marvel Stadium on Friday, February 23, 2024.

The announcement of Pink’s Summer Carnival tour of Australia coincides with the release of her highly anticipated new album, ‘Trustfall’.

Play On The Plains

■ Organisers have advised that Play on the Plains scheduled to take place in Deniliquin on Saturday, March 11, will not be proceeding.

Play on the Plains is a community run, not-for-profit event which would have had its third iteration in 2023 but due to poor ticket sales it is not viable for the organisation to continue and suffer a financial loss.

Jazz concert

■ Cardinia Shire Council is hosting the RoyalAustralian Navy Jazz Band – Melbourne Ensemble at Emerald Lake Park for a free concert from 1.30pm-2.30pm on Saturday (Feb. 25).

The band features seven of the Royal Navy's finest jazz musicians, including a rhythm section, trumpet, saxophone, trombone and vocalist.

- Contributed

● Michelle Pfeiffer ■ Michelle Pfieffer is a super strong willed lady. She speaks her mind and this time has refused the lead role in the celluloid remake of ‘ Silence of the Lambs’. When questioned on her decision Michelle said ‘I was uncomfortable with such evil in the film’, The remake will still go ahead with a yet to be announced leading lady.

Positive out of pandemic

■ Australia is currently experiencing boom times when it comes to film production in our wide, brown land. Overseas owned production companies have engaged 11,000 locals for on location jobs adding $ 1.47 billion into the Australian economy.

What’s Tom up to?

■ Avid TV viewers have fond memories of Tom Selleck, the actor with the most famous mo in Hollywood. Remember him in various series of the seventies, then he rose to fame in Magnum PI that was a favourite on our screens for eight seasons.Tom even took time to film Quigley Downunder in the Alice. These days the affable Tom lives on a 60-acre ranch outside of California where he grows advocados.

Danger money

■ Former NRL player Beau Ryan hosts The Amazing Race series on Ten. Beau has to do all the daredevil stunts prior to the other contestants. He is said to have left a video to his wife and kids just in case one of the stunts proves fatal. For the three months he is away filming Beau was paid $800,000, or $ 61,538 a month .

Kate Ceberano is isolation

■ Kate Ceberano was a Melbourne girl until she got the urge to shift to Sydney to be closer to Sony, her recording company. Kate’s timing meant she faced a couple of weeks in isolation in the Harbour City. Rather than staring at blank walls she wrote two new songs that feature on her latest release. Songs are titled ‘Sweet Inspirations’ and ‘Hold On’.

- John O’Keefe

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PRESENTATION FOR HISTORIC ROUTE 66

■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Out and About

Days of The Trop

■ Fifty years ago, The Tropicana in West Hollywood was home to the stars and also the junction of the famous Route 66, which served as America’s east-west artery towards California.

This site is now the Ramada West Hollywood, built in the 80s.

It remains home to the stars and has become a famous Aussie watering hole.

The old Tropicana is where Jim Morrison of The Doors lived and where Janis Joplin partied, where the Beach Boys, The Byrds, Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses and Eddie Cochran, to mention a few, would hang out.

The Trop, as it was affectionately known, was the place to hang out in LA when you made it in the recording capital of the world.

The Ramada Plaza Hotel on Santa Monica Blvd, recently held a special event marking the further western placement of a historic Route 66 sign.

The Ramada Plaza is located at the western end of the historic and romanticised Route 66 which began in Chicago and travelled through the midwest ending at the Pacific Ocean.

Established in 1962, Route 66 signified the first all-weather highway that linked Chicago to Los Angeles, making the route popular for motorists who drove west to pursue better lives, symbolizsing unprecedented freedom and mobility for citizens who owned cars. The road was the first transition from dirt road to superhighway and linked “small town” USA to major metropolitan cities.

Where are my kids?

● Pictured at the historic Route 66 sign at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites at 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood is Ramada Managing Director Alan Johnson with Countdown Motion Pictures founder Gavin Wood.

Beware Smoothies

■ It’s very likely that you are getting more calories and sugar when you drink a smoothie than when eating whole fruits or vegetables, said Sarah B. Krieger, a registered and licensed dietitian nutritionist who spoke for theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional trade group.

Smoothies enjoy a “health halo” that can be misleading, “but the bottom line is quantity, and people are often consuming a 20- or 24-fluid-ounce smoothie. That’s a lot.”

Even if you’re making your smoothie at home, using only fruits and vegetables with no other added ingredients, you can drink it in just a few minutes, compared with the 15 or 20 minutes it would take to eat the same fruits or vegetables whole, Ms Krieger said.

And if you’re drinking smoothies frequently, you may be consuming a lot more fruit than you would otherwise. The fibre in whole fruit “acts as a net” to slow down the process by which the body turns sugar from food into blood sugar, Ms Krieger said, and though the smoothie still contains fibre, it has been pulverised during the blending process.

As a result, you’re likely to feel hungrier again sooner after drinking the smoothie than you would have had you eaten the same fruits and vegetables whole.

And if you aren’t preparing your own smoothies, buyer beware. Commercially prepared and store-bought smoothies often contain added sugar, honey or other sweeteners, protein powder that’s often sweetened, or milk, yogurt, nut butters and other ingredients that make them more filling and more palatable but also add calories.

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

Education fails

■ National test scores released recently show the largest math declines ever recorded for fourth and eighth grade students across the country, while reading levels dropped to the lowest level since 1992. The results are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” which tests hundreds of fourth and eighth graders and was administered for the first time since 2019. The results are considered the first nationally represented study of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on learning. The findings show math scores for eighth graders fell in nearly every state, with the average math score dropping eight points since 2019, from 282 to 274, out of a possible The average math score for fourth graders fell by five points.

■ Fifteen years ago, there was a lot of talk about the obesity 500.

In reading, both grades’ averages fell three points. Researchers epidemic. In 2008, Michelle Obama started a government pro- say a 10-point decline or gain is equivalent to about a year of gram called “Let’s Move!” that sought to reduce childhood obe- learning. sity.

You might remember the First Lady teaming up with everyone from Beyoncé to Big Bird to promote exercise and better eating habits.

■ If you are considering coming over to California for a holiday, Unfortunately, the program was largely a failure. And the obe- then I have got a special deal for you. sity statistics continued to rise. 74 per cent of Americans today We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and are either obese or overweight.

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And yet, we’re no longer talking about it.

I have secured a terrific hyoliday deal for readers of the The national conversation around health and weight has turned Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper. Please mention away from things like good nutrition, weight loss and the impor- ‘Melbourne Observer’ when you book to receive the ‘Special tance of physical fitness, and instead adopted phrases like “fat Rate of the Day’ for your advance bookings.

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■ Actress Megan Fox is clapping back at a social media user after being asked about her kids’ whereabouts.

The Jennifer’s Body actress, 36, shared a series of sultry selfies on Instagram, where she poses in a fuzzy burgundy hat, a black corset bodysuit and black pants.

“Pick me energy [heart and 1/4 moon emojis],” she captioned the photo carousel, garnering tons of comments on her look from fans.

Fox however replied to one user who commented on the photo, “where your kids at?” “Wait, wait, wait, I have kids?!?” she sarcastically wrote in response.

“Oh my god I knew I forgot something!!” “Quick, someone call the valet at the Beverly Hills hotel. That’s the last place I remember seeing them,” she added. “Maybe someone turned them into lost and found.”

World goes completely mad

■ Now Disney is ditching its “fairy godmothers.” Its theme parks will now use the more gender-neutral title “apprentices” for cast members working at its dress-up salons.

You have got to love the World Health Organisation.

New WHO guidance says that “Sex is not limited to male or female.” It says that it was going “beyond” the use of binary terms to “recognise gender and sexual diversity.”

Oberlin College was assessed $36M in defamation damages to a family-run bakery in Oberlin, Ohio, over false racism claims. The college has now been assessed $4M in interest fees for refusing to pay the money it owes.

The Michigan Attorney General says “drag queens make everything better” and suggests a “drag queen for every school.” Now, I am the last person to suggest that drag queen shows are not fun. But for schools?

NPR is being mocked for a tweet warning that the tampon shortage is a problem for “people who menstruate.” Gee, I wonder who those people are.

The Air Force Academy is promoting a Fellowship Program for “gender minorities.” “Cis gender” men need not apply. (Does that mean you and me?) Eligible applicants must be cisgender women, transgender women, non-binary, agender, bigender, two-spirit, demi gender, genderfluid and gender queer. Why can cis gender women join but not cis gender men?

Another one from the Air Force Academy. The Academy’s diversity training tells cadets to use words that “include all genders,” dropping of course “mom and dad.”

They advise cadets to use “person-cantered” and genderneutral terms. Consider “parent or care-giver” rather than mom and dad. You can’t say that you are “colour-blind” or that you “don’t see colour.” You must be colour conscious.

Not sure how “person-cantered” fits in here.

The Navy has been advised to rename the USS Chancellorsville to avoid ties to the Confederacy. We all know that this is a guided-missile cruiser that was named after General Robert E. Lee’s most famous military victory during the Civil War. Why has it taken so long?

Rushdie loses sight

■ Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after he was brutally stabbed in the neck during a literary event in upstate New York two months ago, his agent said.

The 75-year-old author, whose novel The Satanic Verses has prompted calls for his death, was stabbed in the neck and torso as he walked on stage to deliver a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on August 12.

His agent Andrew Wylie gave an update on his condition in an interview with the Spanish newspaper, El País. “[His wounds] were profound, but he’s [also] lost the sight of one eye,” said Wylie.

“He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso. So, it was a brutal attack.”

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Doing Judy proud

■ Standing ovations were the order of the day at the National Theatre production of Judy Australia 1964.

The three shows relived both the music and drama that Judy Garland created all those decades ago. Nina Ferro played Judy and was the perfect choice for this intriguing two-part presentation.

Her powerful voice effortlessly brought to life the timeless classics that were synonymous with the late electrifying entertainer.

Matt Hetherington as the concert promoter Harry M. Miller was outstanding too with an engaging narration and vocal contribution that added to the emotion and excitement of the show.

Along with a seven-piece band masterfully directed by Phillipa Blandford, the show left the audience clearly understanding the story that surrounded this concert tour that made headlines around the world.

Wyreena Music Cafe

■ Liz Frencham and Robbie Melville will perform at the Wyreena Conservatory Café Croydon on Friday (Feb. 24).

Wyreena hosts a live musical event featuring some of Victoria’s most talented artists each month.

Frencham and Melville share a love of jazz, pop and folk.

They instinctively blend their influences into a warm, earthy sound - like red wine on a winter's night, says the media release. For more information, phone 9298 4598.

- Rob Foenander

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‘COMING OUT’ AT CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL ■ The loft at Chapel off Chapel was a great venue for this premiere production - Coming Out. This is almost two shows in one, a cabaret/drama, highlighting the reactions of various characters when secret relationships are revealed, offering various points of views.

Whilst an interesting concept, this play written and directed by Scott Taylor (who also played Simon) did not have enough diversity in the drama to warrant a 2½hour running time.

There was a feel of ‘theatre in education’ and I think would do very well in a shorter format as a piece of theatre for an audience unfamiliar or not open to the issues being presented.

This piece also lacked direction and whilst long, the dialogue felt rushed, less sincere than could have been. The plot twists are too obvious. More unspoken communication would have allowed the audience to catch up and find the ‘ahhh’ moments for themselves. Perhaps this will settle as the run continues.

Stephen Loftus was the best of the cast, capturing the emotions of Cole. He belted out some good tunes (written by Robert Taylor) with his singing improving once the show got going. The songs were catchy, yet wordy and fast, sometimes difficult to hear all the lyrics.

I felt privileged to be a part of the audience in this thought provoking commentary, learning some

new things, yet would recommend Coming Out more highly after an edit, with a non-cast member directing it with fresh eyes.

- Review by Elizabeth Semmel

Dear Doris

■ I knew where they were headed as I caught up with a huge stream of 50 +s heading towards the Hamer Hall. They were surely going to Dear Doris, the tribute to the great legend of song and film of the 50s and 60s, Doris Day. A packed Hamer Hall was appreciative of the warm voice of Tamara Kuldin as she introduced us to the long and illustrious list of hit songs and memorable films that the all-American beauty and idol Doris Day thrilled us with.

After a brief introduction to Day’s life, Kuldin drew us in with what is considered almost an anthem to WWII, Sentimental Journey.

In the second half of the hour the audience were delighted to be able to join in singing imprinted phrases such as Que Sera , Sera and Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

Melbourne is fortunate that our Arts Program includes Morning Melodies, where for reasonable cost, patrons can sit in the comfortable Hamer Hall and enjoy an hour’s varying styles of music, dance or band.

But it is disappointing that series such as these don’t include a

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program, because it would be appropriate to mention here the names of the marvellous eightpiece band that accompanied Kuldin, with the violinist and trumpeter even adding to the vocals.

Kuldin’s vintage bluesy voice carried well in the wide variety of songs. But her projection dropped back a little during some of the easy chat moments, losing momentum.

And I would question the need to have the gorgeous Calamity Jane visual towering over centre stage for most of the hour. A little distracting when gentle changes in lighting over Kuldin could have intensified the sentiment of the moment.

Some in the younger demographic could learn something from attending a few short shows like these where the art of projecting clarity of words and using gentle audience interactions are on proud and successful display.

Morning Melodies are a monthly event at Arts Centre Melbourne. www.artscentre melbourne.com.au - Review by Maggie Morrison

At Gasworks

hearing people from around the country.

The exhibition theme ‘Heroes and Leaders’ explores who the budding artists, aged 8-23, identify as a hero or leader and why. Artworks include visual and digital art across portraits, paintings, photography, digital illustrations and more.

The exhibition will showcase all the competition entries including the finalists and winners selected by a panel of professional deaf artists.

“We’re excited with the calibre of entries in this year’s exhibition from budding young deaf and hard of hearing artists,” says Deaf Children Australia CEO, David Wilson.

“Getting creative is a great outlet for everyone, especially deaf and hard of hearing young people because they often feel isolated and lonely, as they can be the only deaf and hard of hearing person in the family, community, school or work place.

“So, expressing themselves creatively is great for their mental health and wellbeing.”

The exhibition will be at Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham St, Albert Park, from Monday, April 3 to Sunday, May 7 (excluding April 7-10), 9:30am to 4pm, and entry is free.

- Cheryl Threadgold

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THE TOP 5 NEWS ITEMS WE’RE YET TO SEE. 5. Joe Biden shoots down Daffy Duck.

4. Matthew Guy seen at Weightwatchers having a meal with some “heavies”.

3. Andrew Lloyd’s new musical “Vladimir and his Amazing New Technicolor Balloon”.

2. Paramount’s new seasons TV shows now available for sale at Camberwell Sunday Market.

1. Altona RSL “Over 80s” team beats Australia XI by an innings and 350 runs.

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Sport

SYDNEY COLT HOT FOR BLUE DIAMOND

■ The classy Sydney two-year-old, Barber, looks the one to beat in next Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes classic to be run at Sandown.

He made it three on end, with a gutsy win after the downhill start over 1100 metres, showing he will have no worries with the additional 100 metres of the final.

His rider Jamie Kah was full of praise for the son of Exceed and Excel, well named, being out of the smart mare Trim.

She said he handled the track well and there’s room for a lot of improvement seeing he hasn’t had a race start since he won back in November last year.

One that has been heavily supported is the, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained filly, Steel City, and has moved into second spot in the market for the big one.

You have to go on her run in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill where she was narrowly beaten by another possible star on the horizon, Learning to Fly, who made it two from two, with an outstanding win last start.

The Peter and Paul Snowden team have the smart King’s Gambit hopefully going around despite being scratched from the Coolmore Pierro Plate at Randwick.

A late report said that they may run him in the Silver Slipper and give the Blue Diamond a miss.

One of the big chances in the Diamond was Learning to Fly, who had won in brilliant style at her first two starts, but will now go for a spell.

The filly, in the care of Annabel Neesham, is one of the best fillies going around, especially after her outstanding win in the Inglis Millennium over 1100 metres.

The Western Australian galloper, Brave Halo, ran a good fourth behind Barber, after failing to get a run in the latter stages, in the Prelude.

His connections were deciding whether to pay the late entry fee of $55,000 to run in the classic.

Overall, I like the Sydneysider, Barber, who looked good at his first crack at Sandown.

His rider, Jamie Kah, was a big rap for him, and said after his victory, he was never going to get beaten.

The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace filly, Steel City, has been heavily backed, but is yet to crack it for a win, although has run some good places.

Of the others, I like the Gai WaterhouseAdrian Mott trained The Instructor who won well on the first day of the preludes at Sandown.

● Barber winning at Sandown. Racing Photos. ing at 10am, Lots 271 through to 540. On the final day, March 7, from 10am, it is lots from 541 through until 615 inclusive.

Young Victorian entire, All Too Hard, has nine colts and two fillies representing him, and are sure to sell well.

Another leading sire, who is producing speed machines is Brazen Beau, who will be led by 10 fillies and eight colts, which are sure to attract serious bidding.

The English stallion, Camelot, sire of the good galloper, Russian Camelot, has three fillies and three colts to be sold.

A former Golden Slipper and Sires winner, Capitalist, has nine colts and five nice fillies to be sold, which could bring some good dollars.

A prolific sire of speedsters, Deep Field, is sure to attract buyers with his team of seven colts and six fillies.

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Inglis big sale

■ Racing folk are gearing up for the popular Inglis Yearling Sales to be held from Sunday March 5 through until March 7 inclusive, at their sales complex at Oaklands, near the Tullamarine Airport.

As mentioned in a previous column, many a top galloper has gone under the hammer at their yearling sales in the past.

These include the best sprinter in the world, Nature Strip, Masked Crusader, Santa Ana Lane, Gytrash, Ollie Kirk, Hey Doc and Bella Nipotina.

His progeny always attract those looking for speedsters. One sire that is taking all before him is the New Zealand entire, Dundeel, who has a big team of 27 entries to go under the hammer.

They always attract a good price and he has 16 fillies and 11 colts, to be knocked down.

The former Blue Diamond Stakes winner, Extreme Choice, has only two entries from the sales, which is disappointing, as I feel that his progeny will race well.

He has two fillies, one out of the American mare, Leamington, and Steady Hand.

The next sire represented, I Am Invincible, could top the sales as his brood are winning races all over Australia in major events. He has top of 10 youngsters representing him, five fillies and five colts. They are expected to bring a top dollar.

One of the younger entires, Microphone, formerly trained, by James Cummings, has only three nominations, two fillies and a colt, which should attract a good dollar, if you are looking for speed..

Here is one I really like: Russian Revolution, who is breeding good young winners at present. Russian Revolution has nine colts and five nice fillies, ready to be sold.

A former winner of the Cox Plate, Shamus Award, from Rosemount Stud, under Anthony Mithen, has 12 fillies and 14 colts, ready to be knocked down. His progeny racing at the moment are winning races all over Australia.

The ever reliable, and possibly Australia’s leading stallion, Snitzel, has only six fillies and one colt to go under the hammer.

Former Cox Plate winner and placed in the 2010 Melbourne Cup, So You Think, has a top of 28 entries, which include, 15 colts and 13 fillies. So You Think stock, have generally been good sellers at previous auctions.

Then you also top flight stallions represented: Starspangledbanner, Street Boss, The Autumn Sun, Written Tycoon Toronado, Yes Yes, and Zoustar.

The cream of Australia’s best sires are represented.

Commencing on Sunday March 5, at 10am, Lots 1 to 270, will go under the hammer.

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Sport

SMALLISH SEVEN-CARD EVENT AT WARRAGUL ■ A smallish seven event card at Warragul opened the week on Monday February 13 and Maude trainer John Kendall snared a double during the afternoon with A Rocknroll DanceHelen Wheels filly Sherocks Sherolls taking the 1790 metre Downtowner 3Y0 Maiden Pace and 4Y0 Art Major-Miss Mach Kana gelding Ooga Chaka the HockingStuart Pace over the same trip, both horses driven by Maryborough youngster Luke Dunne.

Sherocks Sherolls bred and raced by Mark Lawrence led virtually throughout to score by 1.9 metres over Johnthebullshark which trailed using the sprint lane, with Bulletproof Kid (three pegs – outside the winner from the bell) third a head away. The mile rate 1-59.

■ Kendall would certainly have been ‘hooked on a feeling’ after Ooga Chaka raced by his company Kenlach Standardbreds greeted the judge.

Going forward from gate three only to be trapped outside polemarker Lorimer Lady, Ooga Chaka gained cover when Damysus was sent forward from the tail to race in the open. Easing three wide in the last lap, Ooga Chaka sustained the run to defy all challengers in defeating Fightnfury along the sprint lane off the back of the leader Lorimer Lady by 1.2 metres returning a mile rate of 1-57.7. Shallow Beach which trailed the winner home from three back was third a head away.

■ Coimadai trainer Steven Zammit combined with Anthony Butt aboard 4Y0 Stunin CullenLittlemishollywood mare Strapping Red to easily land the Liberty Maiden Pace over 1790 metres, leading all of the way from the pole to score by 5.1 metres from Stanton Break which trailed moving to the outside on turning, with Daisy Starzzz third 6.4 metres away after following the pair. The mile rate 2-00.8.

■ Melton trainer/driver Ken Tippet’s 5Y0 Rock N Roll Heaven-Universal Alice mare Kia Ora Beauty was a huge victor of the 2210 metre Total Span Pace.

Beginning swiftly to lead from gate three, Kia Ora Beauty left her rivals standing on the final bend to register a 16.3 metre margin in advance of Illawong Danny from the tail returning a mile rate of 2-01.2.

Deft Touch after moving to race uncovered with two laps to travel was third 1.5 metres back.

Thrilling finish

■ The fast class race at Mildura on Tuesday – the Zilzie Wines Pace over 2190 metres resulted in a thrilling finish with equal favourite Dancing Finn dead-heating with Dennis as called by broadcaster Luke Humphreys.

Dancing Finn a 5Y0 ARocknroll Dance-Anna Finn mare trained at Globe Derby Park in Adelaide by Lance Holberton was going for four straight Mildura victories and did exactly that to share the major prize.

Driven by Ellen Tormey, Dancing Finn starting from gate two on the second line settled with most of the field ahead of her as polemarker and equal favourite Foolish Pleasure (James Herbertson) led from the pole copping pressure from Regal Scribe a stablemate of Dancing Finn whereas Dennis trained by Aaron Coad and driven by Wayne Hill pushed through from inside the second line to trail the leader.

Going forward three wide on the back of Major Mal in the last lap which quickly dropped off, Dancing Finn made the final bend three wide with three in line on turning after Dennis had angled through a narrow opening to join the leader.

In a three horse titanic battle all the way up the running, the judge was unable to separate Dancing Finn and Dennis, with Foolish Pleasure 1.2 metres away third. The mile rate 157.9.

■ Red Cliffs trainer Kate Attard’s 9Y0 For A Reason-Czarina Katerina gelding Stormont Star was a tough victor of the McDonalds Pace over 1790 metres.

Driven by Jordan Leedham who has been a regular at most Mildura meetings, Stormont Star (gate two on the second line) was set alight from five back with a lap and a half to travel to join the pacemaker Loseashoe (gate three).

In an impressive staying performance, Stormont Star raced clear in the straight to reg-

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with Len Baker ister a 5 metre margin over Loseashoe in a rate of 1-57.6. Heavily supported favourite Arockatthepark was a disappointing third 2.4 metres away after trailing the leader and easing three wide on turning.

■ Local Nichols Point trainer Ian Campbell was successful with 8Y0 Artesian-Goodtime Evie gelding Another Sparky who is relishing the Mildura sunshine.

Driven by Alex Ashwood for Heathcote owner Terry French, Another Sparky registered his 14th victory in 144 outings by leading all of the way from the pole in defeating Montana Pride (gate two) which trailed by 3.9 metres in a rate of 2-01.7. Only In Rome (gate five) was third 1.6 metres away after racing uncovered.

Charlton, Shepp.

■ Wednesday was double day with Charlton racing in the afternoon and Shepparton at night in extremely warm conditions.

Carlsruhe part-owner/trainer/driver Jack Sullivan loves the trotters and 5Y0 Majestic SonSullanders Pride gelding Sonnyboy led throughout from gate five to land the Ace Radio Trotters Mobile over 2100 metres at Charlton. Bowling along at his leisure, Sonnyboy never looked like stopping, scoring from Maori Muscle (three pegs) and Ivar (one/one) which dropped to trail the winner into the straight.

The margins 3.8 by 6.1 metres in a mile rate of 2-0.8. It was Sonnyboy’s first success since December 2021 at the same track, ■ Five year old Bettors Delight-The Presidentslady mare Royal Cadence trained on the track by Greg Norman who is shortly to shift to Avenel, also led throughout in the 1609 metre Bubbles In The Bush March 19 Pace.

With Kerryn Manning in the sulky, Royal Cadence was always in control and greeted the judge 7.3 metres in advance of Straight Up (four pegs) which eased wide approaching the home turn. Mynameisruby which trailed the winner was third a half head away. The mile rate 200.9.

■ At Shepparton the second heats of the Lyn McPherson Memorial Breed For Speed Trotting Series (1690 metres) were held, the first being the Bronze with Ardmona trainer Donna Castles snaring the quinella with 6Y0 Bacardi Lindy-Tender Annie mare Lindy Grace defeating Dances in a mile rate of 2-00.5.

Going forward from gate five with Mark Lee in the sulky, Lindy Grace led throughout to register a 4.7 metre victory over Dances (Doc Wilson) which trailed. NSW visitor Sally Em was third off a mid-field passage 2.2 metres back.

■ Heat two - the Silver saw Muckleford trainer Chris Angove’s 4Y0 Andover Hall-Shez Almighty mare Ebonys Avenger bring up two wins in succession, leading throughout from gate three with Ryan Duffy in the sulky.

Coasting along at her leisure, Ebonys Avenger had plenty in reserve at the finish to record a 9.8 metre margin over Violetta Gift (gate two) which trailed, with polemarker Abbie using the sprint lane from three pegs for third a half neck away.

The mile rate 1-58.

■ Three quality mares (Sleepee, Hopeful Beauty and Im Ready Jet) looked head and shoulders above their rivals in Heat three – the Gold and that’s how it turned out, but not the way that punters anticipated with the third elect Hopeful

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Beauty ($4.60) the victor. Trained by Anton Golino at Cardigan and driven a treat by Ryan Duffy, Hopeful Beauty after beginning safely from gate five slotted on the back of Sleepee ($3.30) which flew away to lead easily leaving Ready Jet ($1.70) from gate six parked outside the pair.

With reinsman Josh Duggan aboard Sleepee not allowing the favourite to cross, the race was to develop into a tactical affair. Joining Sleepee on the home turn, Im Ready Jet couldn’t get past in the straight with Hopeful Beauty using the sprint lane to blouse Sleepee by 1.3 metres and Im Ready Jet a head away third after locking wheels momentarily with Sleepee resulting in Nathan Jack lodging a protest against the runner up which was subsequently dismissed.

In quarters of 28.9, 30.5, 28.2 and 28 after a lead time of 5.3 seconds, Hopeful Beauty a 6Y0 French bred daughter of Brilliantissime and Beauty Life returned a scintillating mile rate of 1-55.2 which was a new track record.

This Week

■ Wednesday – Mildura, Thursday – Melton/Echuca, Friday – Ballarat, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Horsham (Cup), Monday – Maryborough, Tuesday – Kilmore.

Ballarat fast-class

■ The fast class race at Ballarat on Friday – the www.ballarattrottingclub.com.au Pace over 2200 metres was a terrific race going the way of Melton part-owner/trainer Charlie Mizzi’s most consistent 6Y0 Tintin In America-Willow Rosenberg gelding Wotdidusaaay who by winning registered his 14th victory when making his 90th race appearance.

Driven by Jackie Barker, Wotdiduousaaay starting outside the front line enjoyed a cosy trip three back in the moving line as roughie Small Town first up since December led from gate five.

Not rushed three wide in the final circuit, Wotdidusaaay dashed to the front on turning, holding off a defiant Captain Pins (four wide home turn) after following the winner home.

Hot favourite Imperials Reason was held up in the straight on the back of the weakening leader until too late and flashed to the wire late for third. The margins 2.4 metres by a neck in a mile rate of 1-57.4.

■ Shelbourne trainer Kate Hargreaves combined with Shannon O’Sullivan to land the Interpath Pace over 1710 metres with Wipe The Canvas, a 5Y0 daughter of Art Major and Wenona Maggie, leading all the way from gate two to account for Jasperine (three pegs) which gained an inside run in the straight by 1.7 metres, with Island Caesar (three wide home turn) from mid-field third a head away.

The mile rate 2-00.9.

Day racing

■ Day racing at Hamilton was Thursday’s venue with a compact eight event card.

Long time industry participant Russell Maisner was in the winners stall as owner/driver of 4Y0 Art Major-Aleppo Heiress gelding Anotherbigman which led throughout from outside the front line to land the Finchetts Plumbing Pace over 2160 metres.

Trained by the Stewart/Tonkin combination, Anotherbigman notched up his 4th success in 26 outings, scoring by 1.8 metres from Senna Storm (one/two) and Reason To Be (one/one) who was 1.6 metres away third. The mile rate 1-57.7. Russell has now driven 8 winners from 113 drives.

■ Portland trainer Emily Hinch combined with Kerryn Manning aboard 8Y0 Shadow Play-Roman Abbey mare Abbey Fields to snare the 1660 metre Become A Club Member Now Pace, leading all of the way from the pole to account for Surfsup Tigerpie along the sprint lane after trailing by a half neck Luv Me Or Hate Me (one/ one) was third 8 metres back in a mile rate of 157.8.

■ Mattie Craven’s 5Y0 Mach Three-Shes A Cool Lady gelding Hes A Cool Mac chalked up his seventh victory in 39 outings by leading virtually throughout in the Matthews Petroleum Pace over 2160 metres with Dunnstown’s Declan Murphy in the sulky.

Showing sparkling speed from gate five to cross hot favourite Eyethink (gate two) and lead on the first turn, Hes A Cool Mach never looked like being caught, but after kicking clear on turn

ing, just held on by a head from Jilliby Ripper (three pegs) which flashed late in a mile rate of 1-56.1.

Eyethink given every opportunity after coming away from the markers in the straight was third 2.4 metres away. The mile rate 1-56.1.

Entertainment Extra

30TH ALBUM FOR CEBERANO ■ Australian music royalty Kate Ceberano will celebrate her illustrious 40-year career with the release of her 30th album, My Life is A Symphony, and a national concert tour that debuts with recording partner, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, at Hamer Hall this May. Kate will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at Adelaide Cabaret Festival on the Festival Theatre stage in June, with further national dates to be announced.

Singer, songwriter, performer, artist, icon, legend of Australian rock, pop, soul and jazz, Kate Ceberano has enjoyed one of the most enduring and inspirational careers in Australian music.

My Life Is A Symphony is a celebration of Kates’s songwriting from across her 40-year recording career. The MSO and Kate will take audiences through her incredible catalogue from pop anthems Brave and Pash to the iconic songs she has interpreted along the way I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Some Day I’ll Fly Away and more.

“Recording the album with the MSO was a musical joy – the full backing of a symphony orchestra elevates some of my favorite songs to new heights,” said Kate. “I am thrilled to release the album and embark on a national tour

to perform the music live for fans across the country with Australia’s great symphony orchestras.”

The album will be released on May 12, two weeks before the concert with the MSO at Hamer Hall. It can be pre-ordered through ABC Music and with MSO concert tickets now on sale at mso.com.au Kate Ceberano burst on the music scene as a teenage sensation in 1983 fronting seminal band I’m Talking, becoming a superstar of the ‘Countdown’ era.

Since then, she has effortlessly moved across genres as a soulful tour-de-force, racking up 11 platinum albums, 10 Top 10 singles and countless awards and accolades.

The most prolific Australian female artist of the era, Kate has forged an unassailable distinction through more than 8000 live performances spanning every concert, theatre and festival stage in the country and beyond.

My Life Is A Symphony is an album and tour that brings Kate Ceberano back to her essence as a musical force and an electrifying live performer. Witness the voice of a generation as she celebrates four decades of music at Hamer Hall with the MSO. - Prue Bassett

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Set amongst lush, tropical gardens, each of our fully selfcatering, air-conditioned 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments are well appointed and feature full kitchen and laundry facilities, a spacious open plan dining and living area, a private verandah and free WIFI and FOXTEL. Free off-street parking is also available for in-house guests' vehicles.

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PRIME MANAGEMENT RIGHTS BUSINESS WITH HIGH RETURNS IN BROOME The business is ideally located in the prime Cable Beach area next to great amenities and is a short 500m walk to beautiful Cable Beach.

• Long-term agreements • Close to everything Broome has to offer • Set amongst tropical landscaping • Body Corporate salary of over $129k • Well-appointed two-bed, one-bath unit with large office and storeroom on the one title. Available for $560,000 • Located in one of Western Australia’s most sought after destinations • Property inspections are by appointment only NET PROFIT: $381,153. PRICE: $1,143,459

Interested? Why not give Glenn Millar a call on 0412 277 804 or glenn@resortbrokers.com.au

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Feb. 10 matches

Results from local cricket comps.

■ Premier Cricket. Men’s Premier Firsts. Melbourne v Carlton 7/277 HJ Smyth 110* NJ Ross 52 MW Harvey 34 C Rutland 28 KR Williamson 2/55 GJ Hannah 2/58. CaseySouth Melbourne 245 LJ Sperling 67 LJ Shelton 53 DB Webb 45 A Deshpande 27 U Butt 5/33 J Vine 2/48 MC Birthisel 2/53 v Footscray.

Richmond 0/10 v Geelong 219 EN Gay 120 JB Larkin 28 S Mills 3/23 AJ Humphries 2/32 W Parker 2/36 RT Mark 2/65. Ringwood v Northcote 6/235 A Crispe 62* JR Koduru 46 MC Phelan 45 B Baker 35* J Sundberg 30 MF Fotia 2/47 PS Patil 2/77. Frankston Pennsula1/28 v Greenvale Kangaroos221 CJ Hayes 62 J Bracey 51 MW Archer 26 JA Nanopoulos 4/47 BJ Symons 3/67. Melbourne University7/ 274 J Prakash 74* B Reed 67 F McKenna 46 Y Singh 41 SM Beer 3/49 AI Wheeler 2/39 v Prahran. Fitzroy Doncaster 2/18 SR Paramesh 2/4 v Kingston Hawthorn215 S Chopra 37 S Evans 36 JT Lewis 34 KW Heigl 29 N Sathyajith 28 K Smith 3/33 N Fletcher 3/41 SM Elliott 3/47. Dandenong7/313 T Donnell 66 A Newman 65* MN Wilson 64 B Allison 38 SP Newell 26* MN Marinic 25 WG Walker 4/70 AW Gorvin 3/75 v Camberwell Magpies.

Essendon 1/2 v St Kilda230 JA Merlo 68 JG Bartlett 42 AJ Crosthwaite 36 LF English 35 M Hussain 5/59 L Molloy 2/29.

Men’s Premier Seconds. St Kilda3/103 TM Hale 48 v Essendon184 N Pottabathini 102 WH Fraser-Smith 5/45 LA Destito 2/28 LJ Gandy 2/44. Northcote9/360 M O'Sullivan 160 DJ Lalor 54 A Lalor 34 EJ Brandon-Jones 32 B Hosemans 27 TS Sugumar 4/69 GJ Lawson 2/79 v Ringwood3/30. Camberwell Magpies v Dandenong 4/315 GE Seneviratne 110* DI Malik 67 AG Fernando 54 AJ Fernando 48 JS Lyndon 2/47 CJ Fitzsimmons 2/105.

Geelong153 FJ Cozens 59 M Robb 35 J Hesline 2/18 J D'Rozario 2/21 B Fletcher 2/34 v Richmond0/45 J Hinds 27*. Greenvale Kangaroos v Frankston Peninsula 9/312 LA McConnell 127 R Shelton 86 SE Van Wijk 29 H Kremer-Slevin 3/51 I Zmak 3/51 JG Taylor 2/54. Footscray 8/ 341(dec) A Nadeem 142 ND Caulfield 41 J Pace 38 S Mihelakos-James 36 TM Hughes 33 MJ Walker 2/24 EM Allaway 2/51 IC Jassal 2/57 v Casey-South Melbourne1/18. Carlton 6/323 A Poppa 141* D Sullivan 100 TA Mileto 46 WT O'Brien 3/45 v Melbourne. Kingston Hawthorn 256 UL Weragala 84 MG Vailisseri 56* JP Ellingworth 3/57 CJ McIlveen 3/74 C Simondson 2/23 I Dhanoa 2/54 v Fitzroy Doncaster 1/9. Prahran5/116 A Turner 70* H Sheahan 2/17 v Melbourne University128 L Melican 54* H Bienvenu 32 H Birchall 4/40 J Boyce 2/24 LG Brown 2/48.

Men’s Premier Thirds. Casey-South Melbourne 1/41 v Footscray 121 A Harding 41* C Robinson-Cay 5/25 B Lambden 3/27.

Richmond v Geelong 9/183 J Baldi 46* C Snookes 32 T Hewson 25 T Cashman 2/15 D Mihiripenna 2/38. Essendon 9/196(cc) J Chapple 45 SN Phillips-Williams 39 M Arsalan 35 AY Bhatia 27 LO Sellenger 3/35 JD Gray 3/42 v St Kilda. Ringwood 8/313 IG Macklin 68 LJ Quinn 56 BT Box 51 MJ King 36 JC Meyers 32 TL Webb 29* T Pegler 2/43 V Vasan 2/63 v Northcote. Frankston Peninsula 5/327 T Harrison 107 JD Edwards 66* S Parker 65 L Curtis 51* KH Noronha 4/68 v Greenvale Kangaroos. Melbourne University 1/38 v Prahran173 J Agar 38 L Pike 34 BM Moon 26 DL Malcolm 25 L Hatzoglou 5/27 S Goel 2/ 34. Melbourne 148 MJ Cheesman 48 AP McCooke 41 JW Beer 6/28 T Marchant 2/33 v Carlton1/36. Fitzroy Doncaster3/120 SJ Reynolds 47* M Sacchetta 31 v Kingston Hawthorn95 O Stalder 31 KA Turner 7/22 JP Trevenen 2/25. Dandenong6/325 S Thomas 146* J Singh 70 SE McKean 41 LM Antonello 40 F Tucker 2/53 BL Jowett 2/62 v Camberwell Magpies.

Men’s Premier Fourths. St Kilda202 G Singh 72 DS Mason 40* RA Talwar 31 P Ketheenshwaran 3/32 A Sandhu 2/42 v Essendon. Camberwell Magpies v Dandenong.

Greenvale Kangaroos v Frankston Peninsula 8/ 206 E Sidhu 78* K Malik 56 F Evemy 3/14 P Patel 2/30. Footscray 8/367 K Bollu 116* J Boulton 102 G Sapukotana 42 D Kumar 28 J Burns 26 SS Pawar 2/61 MR Blanch 2/85 AJ Blanch 2/88 v Casey-South Melbourne. Kingston

Hawthorn183 BM Foreshew 89* R Verma 50 JD Wessels 4/26 RR Sacristani 2/28 JW Arandt 2/40 v Fitzroy Doncaster1/16. Geelong 9/282 N Donazzon 67 DN Fanning 66 O Haberfield 44 O Rodgers 43 C Montgomery 5/33 v Richmond. Northcote 5/341(cc) R Alexander 109 TS Ryder 92 S Rousch 63 D Goela 39 SA Wade 3/63 v Ringwood. Carlton v Melbourne 5/208(cc) HC Hyslop 77* U Boezaart 47 RC Edwards 32 J Sagoo 28*. Prahran121 TL Perera 3/32 O Patel 2/33 v Melbourne University 4/51 H Cummings 2/13.

■ Diamond Valley Cricket Association.

Barclay Shield. Banyule 90 JD Poyser 30 AA Elward 4/31 DR Gilbert 3/6 DH Bedurke 2/ 7 and 84 DR Gilbert 5/21 AA Elward 4/29 def

by Diamond Creek 3/114(dec) RA Phelan 53* T McLean 48 JN Wilson 3/26 and 3/61 RA Phelan 26 JC Mahar 2/13. Research Eltham Collegians 116 D Sampimon 4/25 DD Wickramarathna 3/18 R Sharma 2/12 def by Rosebank 5/239(cc) T Tenuta 88 D Sampimon 43 R Shaman 35* J Klaster 2/30. North Eltham Wanderers 6/161 A Tsapatsaris 57 JC Young 28* L McLeod 28 L Camuncoli 26 LA Money 3/40 def Riverside 159 S Villani 37 A Villani 32 R O'Donnell 5/43 DS Lakhi 2/26 JC Young 2/69. Epping 9/180(cc) T Emmins 43 NJ Gardiner 30 SA Barker 28 O Toussaint 5/ 55 def Rosanna 143 R O'Sullivan 34 DC Marsh 28 BJ McKeown 3/25 J Henkel 2/26 R Tinsley 2/27. Heidelberg 160 J Smith 62 P Cashen 35 A Fotinopoulos 25 R Wise 6/34 T Poulsen 2/16 def by Macleod 164 S Lumsden 39 I Spencer-Jones 34 A Fotinopoulos 3/52 C Gogerly 2/30.

Money Shield. Bundoora Park 64 N Sharma 5/17 SS Taggar 4/21 and 10/76 SS Taggar 3/9 S Adams 2/2 J Kaminski 2/11 N Sharma 2/27 v Bundoora 8/111(dec) R SinghDhillon 31 B Healy 3/19 H Culph 2/3 S Patil 2/17 and 1/32. Lower Eltham 112 R Mitchell 28 JJ Nixon 4/32 A Abbas 2/10 JW Scott 2/ 24 def by Lalor Stars 3/114 A Abbas 47 MA Hayse 27*. Laurimar 9/122(cc) H Foster 34* AJ Drinkwell 31 L Wilson 4/45 M Hogg 2/18 def by Eltham 9/209(cc) M Chrimes 50 S Sceney 49 P Richardson 4/33. Bundoora United 4/291 J Thompson 151 G Turner 48 L Joyce 36 C Cogan 26* S O'Brien 2/77 def Montmorency 8/290(cc) R Coleman 79 J Taylor 73 A Bennett 49 J Crook 42 R Commandeur 3/30 RM Gaylard 2/86. Plenty 7/274(cc) TK Rajarathna 102 CC Prasad 97 M Johnson 38 M Edwards 3/53 A Mitris 2/48 def Mernda 9/ 200(cc) MR Russell 38 S Wright 33 D Chesterton 31 J McLagan 27 TK Rajarathna 2/23 C Barclay 2/49.

Mash Shield. Panton Hill 227 LJ Taylor 48 M Stamkovski 34 G Motschall 27 R Ford 26 MK McAuley 3/55 TK Groom 2/39 def by Mill Park 2/229 TK Groom 129* R Hillyear 81 B Young 2/46. Greensborough 8/137 UJ Ranasingha 63* M Willis 3/23 BA Jenkin 2/ 25 v Lower Plenty 7/134(cc) AC Horner 29* LM Sirianni 29 MJ Cheung 2/17. Thomastown 146 M Di Battista 79 M Ceravolo 29 def by Hurstbridge 9/203(cc) T Sanjeewa 80* T Vandekolk 50 N Somerville 4/59 C Aitken 3/ 47. South Morang 101 R Lee 45 S Apostola 4/18 RG Patterson 3/30 GS Mahal 2/1 and 0/ 35 v Thomastown United 6/165 D Lakmal 83* KS Heckmann 2/19 N Tsimiklis 2/26 B-Grade. Diamond Creek 158 M Keenan 61 LK Sewell 26 NR Sawant 3/18 BM Johnson 3/41 TC Hall 2/19 FA Davis 2/37 def Banyule 138 JK Aleksandrov 30 NR Sawant 26 M Keenan 3/10 LK Sewell 3/43. Rosanna 121 I Yarlagadda 29 J Wilkins 4/39 J Kearney 3/22 E Kunelius 2/12 def by Epping 5/134(dec) SC Trowbridge 51 T Kunelius 39 S Kearney 28.

Montmorency 9/182(cc) J Hansen 74 H Jones 3/38 M Zealley 3/41 JG Moloney 2/27 def Bundoora United 165 LJ Kerr 47 J Hansen 4/ 11 JH Andrew 3/15 D Compton 2/32. Lalor Stars 9/264 S Kemp 93 KD Beaumont 52 N Mittica 33* S Byrne 4/78 CS Bedi 3/44 T Balcombe 2/89 def Heidelberg 263 J Gedye 92 LJ Balcombe 67 S Mortell 53 J Abbas 5/ 71 JA Griffin 3/58 S Kemp 2/37. Riverside 9/ 204(dec) M Brooker 46 L Morgan 40* T Hewett 31 X Mitchell 2/16 D Hooper 2/27 B O'Donnell 2/47 def North Eltham Wanderers 97 BC Money 3/15 SJ Veal 3/28 D Rowley 2/7.

C-Grade. Diamond Creek 158 M Keenan 61 LK Sewell 26 NR Sawant 3/18 BM Johnson 3/41 TC Hall 2/19 FA Davis 2/37 def Banyule 138 JK Aleksandrov 30 NR Sawant 26 M Keenan 3/10 LK Sewell 3/43. Rosanna 121 I Yarlagadda 29 J Wilkins 4/39 J Kearney 3/22 E Kunelius 2/12 def by Epping 5/134(dec) SC Trowbridge 51 T Kunelius 39 S Kearney 28.

Montmorency 9/182(cc) J Hansen 74 H Jones 3/38 M Zealley 3/41 JG Moloney 2/27 def Bundoora United 165 LJ Kerr 47 J Hansen 4/ 11 JH Andrew 3/15 D Compton 2/32. Lalor Stars 9/264 S Kemp 93 KD Beaumont 52 N Mittica 33* S Byrne 4/78 CS Bedi 3/44 T Balcombe 2/89 def Heidelberg 263 J Gedye 92 LJ Balcombe 67 S Mortell 53 J Abbas 5/ 71 JA Griffin 3/58 S Kemp 2/37. Riverside 9/ 204(dec) M Brooker 46 L Morgan 40* T Hewett 31 X Mitchell 2/16 D Hooper 2/27 B O'Donnell 2/47 def North Eltham Wanderers 97 BC Money 3/15 SJ Veal 3/28 D Rowley 2/7.

D-Grade. Hurstbridge 0/0(dec) and 10/ 158 V Dua 42 P Holzer 38 S Fraser 3/21 T Centorino 3/36 D Morter 2/25 v North Eltham Wanderers 8/181(cc) DA Morter 48 C Katsaros 48 P Holzer 4/40. Rosebank 118 L Pappas 32 CP Strongman 3/9 MJ Laurie 2/20 R Plant 2/21 C Daw 2/25 v Montmorency 2/40 K Keating 35*. Thomastown 136 D Selvaraj 32 J Cugnetto 30 C Mamidanna 28 def by Bundoora Park 2/138 ZP Howell 59* D Doddato 38 S Miller 26* L Cope 2/32. Diamond Creek 86 R Tomasiello 36 S Cullen 4/30 D Cocking 3/13 J Goodwin 2/15 def by Plenty 111 N Curtin 35 A King 30 C Sexton 2/12 LA Shallard 2/12 J Connell 2/25. Mill Park 167 B Van Driel 34 D Kumar 30 M McMaster 25 TR McNamara 4/57 A Choudhary 3/28 def by Greensborough 203 CW Rathnayake 61 JD Perichon 56 JL Marenos 42 M McMaster 5/ 47 S Ullah 2/32.

E-Grade. Riverside 9/416(cc) T Gilmore 223 G Smyth 57 TG Money 34 D Juchnevicius 30 S Valenti 3/41 N Mirzaee 2/54 def Greensborough 160 N Mirzaee 46 N Silva 35 J Bohan 3/18 N Hoobin 3/28 D Juchnevicius 2/17. Thomastown United 95 D Cooray 37 T Luke 3/19 N Sriskandharajah 2/24 and 61 E Elango 5/14 S Nagasanthakumaran 3/11 def

by South Morang 2/171(dec) JN Ramalingam 68* N Hettiarachchi 66. Mernda 171 R Virtue 87* B Thomson 27 R Hobbs 4/27 A McCrabb 2/66 def by Panton Hill 320 A McCrabb 74 K Toulson 61 FH Tod 55 KJ Hart 45 S McCarter 4/50 J Kawhe 2/50 G Greenough 2/83. Bundoora 94 RJ Pratt 5/18 NA Heaney 5/39 def Whittlesea 92 NA Heaney 48 AE Madsen 5/9 N Pearce 2/24 S Kolluri 2/ 26.

F1-Grade. Banyule 45 D Gattuso 4/14 G Watson 2/3 H Woodhouse 2/19 and 128 DA O'Connor 50 BA Oliver 28 D Gattuso 5/41 H Woodhouse 2/28 def by Heidelberg 5/104 T Marshall 25* HW Stephens-Block 2/27 and 2/70(cc) G Watson 26* J Stevens 25*. Lower Plenty 7/169(dec) C James 74 G Turner 51 M Douglas 2/16 D de Run 2/18 def Bundoora United 101 BJ Giarrusso 25 E Brookes 5/47 J Nailer 2/7 and 1/58 WP Gelling 47*. Lalor Stars 7/206 J Vasilev 85 MI Godinho 61* E Kitchen 3/30 CJ Lea 2/41 def Riverside 9/ 205(cc) C Skiba 95 M McMaster-Smith 51 S Hayse 3/33 MS Gill 2/17. Rosanna 7/226(cc) S Madan 53 MR Jackson 39* E Rao 31 A Dickson 27* v Epping 107 N Spokes 4/21 J Janezic 3/36 A Dickson 2/24 and 9/207 E Rao 3/33 A Dickson 3/38 MR Jackson 2/35.

F2-Grade. Montmorency 220 J Davies 64 DA Barnett 52 M Eason 33 MP Trainor 3/21 def by Diamond Creek 4/223(cc) MJ Rolfe 53 TP Ladd 50 JA Bellingham 33 T Jones 27*.

Laurimar 96 A Najeeb 30 M Liversidge 27 S Eda 3/25 E Buchan 3/33 B Jones 3/36 def by Research Eltham Collegians 130 C Dornan 34 A Barber 5/26 M Liversidge 2/21 SR Winstone 2/27. Mill Park 214 A Henderson 54 S Pillai 47 A Sacco 29 D Luke 2/20 B Kay 2/22 P Vasanthanathan 2/36 def by South Morang 266 B Slater 63 P Vasanthanathan 42 AA Huybers 32 D Luke 29 R Sidhu 26 A Sacco 3/43 C Dasanayaka 2/24 A Mangrolia 2/54. Eltham 191 M Decker 33 S Luckman 25 N Strangwick 3/22 J FitzGerald 2/15 K Volpe 2/ 24 def by Plenty 8/289(cc) G King 86 J Bedford

72 J FitzGerald 27 M Decker 3/41 W Addison 2/60.

F3-Grade. Bundoora Park 203 RW Taylor 80 S Pullar 29 JJ McCaig 2/25 Ha Almatrah 2/33 J Antonio-Taylor 2/44 def by Rosanna 5/204 Ha Almatrah 43 L Anderson 39* I Gordon 30 A Culph 2/27 M Arshad 2/42. Diamond Creek 6/130 B Hardman 58 G Rolfe 29* JT Cleary 2/26 L Grech 2/60 def Macleod 126 R Dahiya 28 J Leeson 3/15 C Parker 2/10 B Collis 2/39. Research Eltham Collegians 7/ 161(cc) D Ellis 64 A Perrett 35* D Jenkins 2/ 31 def Laurimar 157 DS Crain 69 S Lewin 32 D Palladino 28 D Wilcox 5/7 B Perrett 3/35.

Thomastown United def by Riverside F4-Grade. Lower Plenty 8/207(cc) A Tsardakis 90 B James 45 T King 2/18 T Lafford 2/43 M Devedi 2/47 def South Morang 181 V Sharma 41 J Davidson 25 S Caldera 2/24.

Greensborough 5/229 A Don 100* L Dassanayake 51 A Koratiapally 2/53 v Bundoora 10/187 R Manu 25 A Van Roon 2/ 17 M Crapis 2/34 L Dassanayake 2/34 S Afridi 2/38. Hurstbridge 2/161(dec) M Ward 85 P Ward 38 and 0/0(dec) v Research Eltham Collegians 57 A Beasley 2/3 N Kent 2/6 M Ward 2/7 and 5/102 S Horn 36* R Widdup 26 J Hayes 2/9. North Eltham Wanderers 5/168 L Drakes 2/27 def Mernda 9/166(cc) C Smith 87 L Drakes 27.

G1-Grade. Rosebank 6/197(cc) S Cassar 50* R Clark 46 F Carelli 37 D Lucia 28 M Talbot 2/32 def by Laurimar 7/201 M Talbot 51* M Moroney 51* BR McDonald 27 D Lucia 3/28 I Browne 2/17. Montmorency 5/164 D Keating 51* J Stacy 51* def Bundoora Park 9/ 163(cc) R Keating 3/18 S Woodhouse 2/16 D Keating 2/20. Panton Hill 92 E Turner 39 P Jenkin 3/26 R Ackland 2/6 S Sinclair 2/17 def

by Lower Eltham 2/95 S Goel 36*. Mernda 5/ 129 EL Frawley 50* J Muggivan 46 d e f Bundoora 128 EL Frawley 3/14 J Muggivan 3/ 20 G2-Grade. Plenty 8/153(cc) D Barnett 40 T Weir 39 T Merrett Collie 31 N Pal 3/28 S Ethiraj 2/18 v South Morang 117 T Harvey 71* J Callegari 2/7 J Edis 2/9 K Axton 2/11. North Eltham Wanderers 5/138(cc) def by Bundoora United 4/142 L Seccombe 50* T Anderson 34*.

Laurimar 2/189 J Rodda 53* N Key 53* TJ Braddy 2/26 def Banyule 6/187(cc) MM Schoen 37 SM Pinner 36 A Mittal 32 JA Marks 29 J Keena 2/24. Riverside 6/213(cc) P Cecala 53* M Rowley 49* A Newell 31 M Newell 28 S Stewart 2/31 PJ Stewart 2/33 def by Thomastown 7/215 J Gammino 54* D Cugno 53* PJ Stewart 42 J Thompson 2/36 M Newell 2/47 G3-Grade. Lower Plenty 4/174(cc) D Taylor 50* S Nayef 33* HD Chesser 25* ID Chesser 25 D Slater 2/38 def by South Morang 4/177 P Narendranathan 50* S Sritharan 50* JD Pierce 35. Macleod 3/183(cc) D Langford 50* R Scanlon 43* B Chamberlain 35* def Greensborough 99 C Bosso 3/20 R Scanlon 2/ 4 N Sadiku 2/20. Heidelberg 2/175(dec) S Kathi 50* NC Bennett 36 JL Bennett 33 def Diamond Creek 8/165(cc) ML Vassallo 53* J Boustead 43 NC Bennett 3/22 GN Bennett 2/ 18.

■ Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association. Division 1.

Brimbank Strikers170 S CHACKO 60 J Malik 3/19 F Mohammed 2/16 MR Ahmed 2/18 I Ahmed 2/23 def by Truganina CC7/171 M Hasan 76 I Ahmed 43* J Murali 3/29 A KJ 2/ 19. Western Leadbeaters CC v West Point.

Tarneit Central CC Red5/176 def United Tarneit SC8/174(cc). Williams Landing SC0/99(cc) R Bhinder 62* B Nadeem 32* def Tarneit Central CC Blue97 JB Singh 46 R Bhinder 3/13 AA Banga 3/45 M Bhaskar 2/20.

Division 2. Tarneit Central CC Green196 def Williams Landing SC186. Truganina Strikers v Tarneit Central CC Gold. One Melbourne SC4/175 R Beera 51 S Kotagiri 51 def Mambourin CC172 R Beera 4/22 P Britto 3/ 30 J Saini 2/25. West Point Cricket Club189 AL Singh 4/36 P Singhria 2/32 def by United Tarneit SC8/204(cc) M Nadola 62 Bd shah 47 P Bhakoo 37 H Dhindsa 25*.

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Feb. 10 matches

Scores from Association fixtures

■ Eastern Cricket Association. Dunstan Shield. Old Carey v East Doncaster 9/207(cc) HE Dearden 94 R Jones 29* T Merry 5/66 R Singleton 2/22. Bulleen 92 J King 26 NM McNally 3/17 C Parker 3/22 B Chapman-Lilley 2/7 TM Freeman 2/22 v Mont Albert 4/71 JK Blair-Holt 29* MG Simpson 28* MG Berryman 4/13. North Balwyn 138 L Stacker 37 J Binney 29* N Stone 5/43 M Saunders 3/37v Glen Iris 4/24 J Binney 2/12. Marcellin OC 123 A Evans 36* M De Silva 27 CA Moore 5/31 SP Seymour 3/9 v Canterbury 1/47 LJ Streat 25* Wright Shield. Heathmont 6/281 LJ Grierson 69 D Howard 58* T Delany 41 S Peiris 33* H Nirmal 28 J Latchford 3/36 v Ashburton Willows. Mazenod OC 0/0 v Deepdene Bears 291 MA Perera 133 J Rymell 74 BP Keppetipola Widanalage 25 J Devlin 3/31 N Jago 2/24 A Riaz 2/41 HI Paulas 2/60.

Mulgrave 0/2 v St Kevins OC 242 TS Vanderslik 100 PL Gheller 32 SD Vitharana 5/32 MR Dean 2/43 B Madhushanka 2/52.

Hawthorn 266 OD Chauhan 118 L Hutchinson 59 TN Karunarathne 31 J Tuffin 4/51 JM Taylor 4/67 v Surrey Hills A Turf. La Trobe University v Boronia 205 C Blease 64 N Sopariwala 45 R Mc Kendry J 37 R Kumar 4/67 A Rasheed 2/25 YR Kommula 2/25. Richmond City 0/23 v Ashwood 99 TJ Williams 29*. Mont Albert 2/63 BB Giudice 2/6 v Burwood 98 B Samarakkody 30 CS Thorn 5/22 GJ Cull 2/4 DG Chippindall 2/20.

Edinburgh 2/50 J Speer 2/19 v East Malvern Tooronga 107 G Waring 34 S Randiv 5/27 J Graham-Perez 2/13 C Hastings 2/21.

B Turf. Burwood v North Balwyn 210 J Syslo 64 M Rigoni 47 H Gairns 41 H Mounas 6/47.

Canterbury v Marcellin OC 8/262(cc) A Mathur 76* M Sethia 62 D Patel 34 J Kazalac 26 L Ross 3/68 S Townsend 2/48. Richmond Union 0/22 v Heathmont 270 J Moore 76 L Tie 52 TG Swoboda 39* D Baynes 38 S Musgrove 4/ 87 R Hilton 2/23 C Farley 2/40. Balwyn Saints 1/10 v Old Carey 192 D Bulner 34 DJ Smith 30 W Khan 4/66 MW Steinschulte 3/2 C Turf. East Malvern Tooronga v Bulleen 191 IT Barassi 57 ME Andrews 38 D Chesney Jnr 31 Z Maillard 3/47 E Maillard 3/62.

Deepdene Bears 0/14 v Mazenod OC 151 R Jayaweera 52 J Paulas 34 J Watt 5/38 P Slingo 3/34. Boronia v Hawthorn 7/286(cc) M Smit 2/26. East Doncaster 1/67 J Vaiano 30* v Mont Albert 75 FA Baddon 34 MG Thompson 6/7 J Vaiano 2/8 D Turf. Ashburton Willows v Edinburgh 322.

Glen Iris 9/330(cc) BA De Koning 106 LA Gatehouse 61 L Cash 59 K Paulpillai 44 L Knox 2/53 P Saluja 2/54 v Old Carey. St Kevins OC 10/266(cc) TJ Schofield 108 S Steinwall 66 R McDonald 27 LP Grima 4/41 L Harris 4/ 80 v Mulgrave. Surrey Hills 92 v La Trobe University 3/230 E Turf. Ashwood 60 A Jones 6/6 B Phelps 3/15 v Richmond City 2/77 C Lovell 26.

Edinburgh 3/138(dec) v Balwyn Saints 28 and 1/20. East Malvern Tooronga 10/222 v Richmond Union. Hawthorn 0/4 v Deepdene Bears 224 RM Khaleel 6/40.

F Turf. Richmond City v Heathmont 9/ 304(cc). Surrey Hills 1/39 v Bulleen 93 H Ferns 2/13 DE Rabel 2/15 C Chambers 2/25.

Mazenod OC v Boroondara.

G Turf. Deepdene Bears 8/275(cc) v East Malvern Tooronga. Mont Albert 7/340(dec) LA Heath 3/50 D Patel 2/76 v Surrey Hills 2/17.

Heathmont 0/0 v St Kevins OC 8/295(cc) ■ Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association. Provincial Firsts. Baxter 249 D Warwick 129* T Johnston 34 L Stewart 26 P Jackson 4/79 BJ Humphrey 3/56 def by Pines 7/336(cc) H Peace-Stirling 108* J PeaceStirling 80 D Jackson 54 N Christides 33 Y Maddege 5/73 J Mack 2/65. Sorrento 4/ 181(dec) C Harris 110* J Falck 33 def Long Island 161 T Matson 36 A Mckenna 28 L Janssen 6/20. Baden Powell 5/298(cc) R Elmi 93 T Kellerman 70* DT Elmi 47 CE Chernishoff 32 S Prosser 2/48 def Langwarrin 5/294(cc) MJ Prosser 97 C Brittain 68 T Smith 44* IA Cockbain 30 S McEvoy 28* Z Klan 3/10. Old Peninsula 157 G Prendergast 51 D O'Malley 41 SP Dart 7/39 CA Dew 3/40 v Red Hill 1/ 70 L Robertson 43*.

Peninsula Firsts. Flinders 119 S Gove 31

RS Kodithuwakku 5/33 R Opatha 2/6 TA Baron 2/46 and 5/164(dec) S Beggs 43* B HoganKeogh 41 M Kleinig 25 RS Kodithuwakku 4/ 65 def by Mt Eliza 5/126(dec) R Opatha 79 M Kleinig 3/71 M Mail 2/44 and 1/158 R Opatha 73 RS Kodithuwakku 45* CK Wickramasinghe 39*. Heatherhill 6/222(cc) K Miller 102* L McLoughlin-Dore 31 W Symes 2/25 K Ekanayake 2/38 def by Dromana 8/224 KK Voelkl 67 A McKenzie 28 D Irving 25 D Lanati 25 JA Lavery 3/49. Moorooduc 174 J McCleary 57 B Williams 38 S Hockey 4/22 CH Moon 2/ 29 MT Goddard 2/32 def byMornington 194 T Panich 42 Z Garnet 36 RJ Smith 30* R Cordeux 3/38 S Premathilake 2/25 RS jayaweera 2/28. Somerville 210 A Kaddatz 42 J Kennedy 38 J Barbour 38 R McNamara 33 M Carroll 4/54 LP Cox 4/76def by Seaford Tigers 7/273(cc) MC Gardner 112 BJ Roscoe 67 LS Kranzbuhler 47 A Kaddatz 3/59.

District Firsts. Carrum Downs 114 B Lockhart 37* JE Quarmby 35 L Hulett 6/42 J D'Atri 3/39 def by Carrum 10/150 M Boland Delacombe Park 111 B Daffy 28 def by Seaford 174 M Anderson 43 Z Staggard 37 JM Bardwell 31 A Stapleton 3/41 F Walker 3/46 L Walker 2/10. Main Ridge 7/212(cc) T Barker 64 G Wyatt 47* S Lyons 47 def Crib Point 6/141(cc) T Harrison 2/25 J McWilliams 2/37. Hastings 0/1 v Rosebud 196 PJ Nagel 48 A Mills 29 L Collett 29 A Nagel 28 RA Regan 4/55 J Rumbold 2/18 T Finn 2/40.

Sub-District Firsts. Ballam Park 98 C Hardy 28 PN De Silva 26 A Zeeshan 5/22 I Ahmed 3/29 and 5/140 PN De Silva 67 Z Clements 30 OA Dawood 2/17 def Skye 120 W Borthwick 4/43 B Lewis 4/62 T Baron 2/15 and 107 KM Perera 34 R Fisher 3/19 W Borthwick 3/49 A Aughtie 2/2 B Lewis 2/34.

Tyabb 166 PW Nelson 45* ST Holland-Burch 34 AM Pateman 25 J Greenwood 3/19 def by Frankston YCW 231 J Duncan 46 B Williams 29 M Fisher-White 26 LF Hose 6/50 JW Mialitsis 2/27. Pearcedale 142 JA Swainston 41 NC Prosser 28 P Nickeas 4/8 L Hewitt 2/ 23 J Hewitt 2/61 and 6/188 B Scoble 55 NC Prosser 39 JA Swainston 30 TJ McGeachin 25 BA Regan 2/10 def by Balnarring 4/308(dec) L Hewitt 112 J Hannah 59* J Hewitt 48 B Taylor 38* M Walles 29. Rye 75 WR Palleguruge 26 B Stallworthy 4/14 T Walker 3/15 C Caldecott 2/24 def by Mt Martha 7/169(cc) S Street 59 C Holcombe 44 WR Palleguruge 3/ 54 J Barnes 2/45.

Provincial Seconds. Long Island 4/174 P Conell 49 A Tweddle 41 M Burke 39* def Sorrento 5/172(cc) WX Jewell 69 MF Walker 47 S Hughes 32 P Hartle 2/54. Langwarrin 207 F Bartlett 53 P Edwards 43 K Mitchell 34 MJ Bartlett 27 def by Baden Powell 6/217 M Coutts 2/54. Pines 7/214(cc) J Jaensch 55 GM Humphrey 51 MA Wilson 32 J Jewiss 28 v Baxter. Red Hill v Old Peninsula 6/300(cc) B Lawler 113* C Collopy 86 A Groves 29 J Hannemann 2/5.

Peninsula Seconds. Mornington 126 NC Williams 29 R Shewell 3/13 A Murray 3/21 D Greensmith 2/20 def Moorooduc 7/124(cc) D Greensmith 44* M Storr 3/13 T Storr 2/8.

Seaford Tigers 8/137(cc) BW Millar 29 L O'Halloran 28 A Ridout 2/36 def by Somerville 7/174(cc) M Eager 39 M Davie 36 T Threlfall 3/31 J Cameron 3/37. Dromana 110 A Cameron 25 T Brown 4/4 D Albert 3/37 K Lenehan 2/39 def by Heatherhill 309 C Heath 114 DC Hille 66 J Avery 48 A Salerni 30 C Johnson 6/69 J Adcock 2/62 J Voelkl 2/72.

Mt Eliza 9/163(dec) W Ross 59 O Rivett 48 def Flinders 61 H Chapman 9/34 and 0/29 District Seconds.Crib Point 223 E Carter 92 BM Jones 38 B Bryant 5/73 J Porter 4/21 v Main Ridge 10/147 B Bryant 52 E Carter 5/ 45 R Thompson 2/22 J Scanlan 2/30 . Rosebud 130 D Craig 28 P Hewitt 5/16 B Staff 3/ 65 v Hastings 4/136 L Moynihan 71* S Barry 3/45. Seaford 115 J Armstrong 35 S Blight 5/39 M McDonald 3/36 and 126 J Desmond 29 F Reynolds 3/29 J Carroll 2/4 M McDonald 2/22 S Blight 2/26 def by Delacombe Park 4/ 221(dec) D Gray 105 D Burns 55* B McFarlane 30 and 0/26. Carrum 148 P Kennedy 68 JA Brown 5/52 J Bradshaw 2/15 def by Carrum Downs 5/192 J Bradshaw 100* DK HallMcNish 25 J Cookson 3/0

Sub-District Seconds. Balnarring 207 A Shannon 80 X Warmbrunn 42 M Rupe 5/67 J Scarlett 3/66 def Pearcedale 190 D Carson 52 R Weiser 3/42 D Perry 2/14 B Milham 2/ 36 C Price 2/72. Boneo 85 MR Giarrusso 5/6 v Tootgarook 6/312(cc) MR Giarrusso 140 C Dennis 39 D Fowler 33 C Peirce 33* J Lane 28 L Peirce 3/74 T Peet 2/35. Mt Martha 9/ 157(cc) R Godwin 48 H Collins 31 J Brown 3/ 13 GT Glaum 2/23 S Tweedly 2/23 def Rye 88. Frankston YCW 6/180(cc) A Kitson 33 J Hannah 33 M Black 32* P Filippone 27* TJ Di Iorio 2/22 def Tyabb 9/171(cc) AH Slocombe 58 JJ Guinea 41* JM Nelson 31 S Fulton 8/ 56. Skye 237 S Khalid 72 J Patel 50 J Farrell 41 T Clappers 3/11 B Jones 3/45 K Flint 2/25 def by Ballam Park 6/241 N Dyke 74* B Jones 35 D Roach 33 N Keon 32 S Varvaruc 30 N Ahmad 4/32.

■ South East Cricket Association.

Longmuir Shield. Bentleigh Uniting 16/193 B De Alwis 77* M Silva 53 L Russell 25 A Howard 3/34 J Murphy 2/31 def Elwood 17/ 191(cc) SA Clark 49 A Howard 46 L Harris 37 HJ Lockwood 26 G McCormick 2/54. Brighton Union 15/198(cc) VS Thind 64 S Ali 58* J Munnings 3/42 T Malan 2/32 def East Sandringham 1180 B Pryor 80 S Gara 3/50 M Rasheed 2/30 WS Dilranga 2/31 J Donohoe 2/34. Kingston Heath 18/242(cc) HS Alles 55* O Gribben 54 A Birt 32 B Whittenbury 3/69 T Cleaver 3/85 def by CHAG 14/246 T Cleaver 115* C Charity 92 HS Alles 2/41 AT Bailes 2/ 75. West Bentleigh 19/182(cc) BL Poll 63 J Murphy 52* OL De Silva 2/26 E Capp 2/34 PL Mentiplay 2/36 def by Le Page Park 13/183 G Czosnek 75 PL Mentiplay 38 SW McConchie 38* J Morgan 3/23.

Woolnough Shield. Cheltenham Park 1195 M Hargood 48 L Haig 40 JB Voss 31 OM Clarke 26 M Freeman 3/32 H Hill 2/36 G Fry 2/41 def by Hampton United 17/240(cc) OR Gunning 78 M Murray 63 F Murray 35 M Hargood 3/28 G Hick 2/36. Omega 1211 J Hampson 48 A BYCHKOV 46 KA O'Toole 41 I Delac 30 J Gibson 3/24 A Williams 3/39 C Blaskett 3/42 def Cluden 1151 M Balmer 61 P Burnell 8/39 L Nunn 2/22. Carnegie South 1167 K Pereira 57 T Cameron 29 AM Fernando 4/22 A Tyrone 3/27 SD Udagedara 2/48 def by Bentleigh ANA 15/264(cc) TK Scott 152* L Domaschenz 40 R Jayawardhana 2/ 29 J Davis 2/52. Mackie 14/194(cc) B Trotter 58 J Barker 56* M Withers 31 N Haggalla 30 def by Washington Park 17/199 G Perera 58* TE Bishop 48 L Smith 34 H McKenzie 25 S Jadhav 3/20.

Quiney Shield. Elwood 24/218 L Baillie 58 S Jones 50 R Purkiss 45 Z Leiser-Moore 37* A Swann 2/78 def Bentleigh Uniting 2216 C James 69 P Dessent 39 R Wilson 26 W McCarthy 4/30 C Tanner 4/47. Le Page Park 2154 B Peace 27 MJ Harris 25* A Vanek 2/ 14 J Wilson 2/18 L Wescombe 2/19 A D'Amico 2/32 def Omega 2128 M Fletcher 29 L O'Meara 5/39 O Bolt 3/42. Washington Park 2155 A Jewell 56 R Lokuge 28 T Richards 3/ 18 N D'Rozario 2/17 A Gribben 2/30 def by Kingston Heath 28/156 D Davis 49 J Wheeler 25 R Lokuge 3/38 J Jasani 3/40. Hampton Central 13/81(dec) D O'Brien 44* HJ Ryan 2/ 20 def East Sandringham 278 A Hunter 30 C Wilkinson 3/12 J Wilkinson 2/6 B Layzell 2/16 and 4/113 D McCartney 35 M Burns 26* L Geleit 2/13.

Pullen Shield. Bentleigh ANA 27/209(cc) L Forrest 70 KA Perry 39* S Kumar 4/25 def CUCC Kings 1147 N Shaik 36 S Kumar 32 V Konamaneni 25* J McKay 5/27 E Ekanayake 2/26. Melbourne Wanderers 1168 G Shaw 34 R Oberoi 33 M Lienert 26 J Blenkinsop 3/34 P Niblett 3/34 CV L'Huillier 2/16 V Arya 2/30 def Mackie 290 U Ghuliani 6/25 M Lienert 2/ 23. Brighton Union 29/212(dec) PV Falvo 68 NW Daou 35 BB Geleit 7/67 N Rodwelll 2/42 def Cheltenham Park 2167 J Hick 40 BB Geleit 25 AK Malhotra 3/26 AM Malhotra 2/27 J Ekanayaka 2/32. Cluden 2117 AF Bath 42 J Spicuglia 29* P Donlen 5/17 L Massey 2/35 def by West Bentleigh 2133 A Coe 27 J Gatt 5/16 J Stewart 3/14

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