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Share Your Soles Much needed service welcomed to district drive finishes this week IF the numbers of people that turn up to an Information Session are an indication of its importance then those in St. Arnaud and district are very keen on the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) program the Community Transport Service.

TIME spent in the Northern Territory by Chloe Douglas gave her an acute awareness of what children there were missing out on and when involved in a Share Your Soles campaign there thought that it would be a good idea for St. Arnaud.

The idea of the campaign is for people to donate their unwanted sports shoes so that they can be sent to aboriginal communities in the Tiwi Islands and used by them.

Chloe said that the kids there really appreciated them.

“The footy shoes went first” she laughed.

“Seeing their faces light up when they saw the boots was super beneficial” said Chloe.

Torneys Fighting Fit Gym has filled two boxes already and the campaign finishes this Friday.

The boots and sports shoes will be sorted and shipped up to the Tiwi Islands for use by the kids there.

Donations can be left at Torney Fighting Fit Gym, the St. Arnaud Physiotherapy Centre, Driscoll Douglas East and the St. Arnaud Football and Netball Club.

Last Friday it was a big turnout for the session where Hayley Wallace, the Community Transport Coordinator, introduced the details of the service.

There were those that wanted to utilise the service and also those who found the idea of volunteering to be a driver attractive – both attended.

The service which will commence in a couple of months will take people within a radius of 45 km from St. Arnaud to medical appointments in Ballarat, Bendigo and Horsham.

Right: Hayley Wallace (right) gives details of the service to Colleen Bond.

Council to keep up the pressure to save Teddington Reservoir THE engineering report from Parks Victoria, on which we are lead to believe the decision to decommission Teddington Reservoir was made, has finally been provided to Cr Ostarcevic.

Below: The Share Your Soles donation box outside the St. Arnaud Physiotherapy Centre.

Above: Years of neglect from Parks Victoria have resulted in a dry Teddington Reservoir.

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Cr Ostarcevic noted in the Northern Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) meeting of last Monday 5th June that the report was written in 2018.

“The report contains no grounds for arguing against the decision, however, it was made in 2018” noted Cr. Ostarcevic.

“At the point when the decision was made there had been no public consultation.”

Cr Ostarcevic stressed therefore that it was possible that if community and other interested and relevant stakeholders had been involved that the decision may have been different.

NGSC will be involved in keeping up the pressure and are attempting to have a meeting with the Minister for the Environment Ingrid Stitt to put forward their views.

“It is only reasonable that Parks Victoria follow the same protocol that we are all obliged to follow” said Cr Ostarcevic.

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Red tape is killing a culture of giving

Volunteering has not ‘snapped back’ since the COVID pandemic and a recent North Central News editorial examined just that, but now closer to home we see that during those three years the world has changed a little and what we in St. Arnaud and district knew before does not exist anymore.

Red tape appears to be now impacting on volunteers and could spell the demise of volunteering as it acts as a handbrake on economic activity, costing $176 billion in foregone output each year.

Interestingly since the pandemic and the decline in volunteering, or more precisely formal volunteering, such as with large organizations, informal volunteering is on the rise.

While more and more people are moving away from volunteering in formal organisations, research has shown informal volunteering is increasing.

This form of volunteering is not associated with a volunteer organization and informal volunteering can include anything from organising local garden clean-ups and running a street library to helping out neighbours.

Informal volunteering may take as much time as G formal volunteering however, its informal nature allows people to be more flexible about when they offer their time. They are also able to pick and choose activities that best suit their interests and skills.

Informal and local-scale volunteering is not new, of course. But the COVID pandemic did result in an increase in informal volunteering. Up to half of all Australians did it in some form.

Throughout the pandemic, stories emerged of local communities rallying together to support each other.

There were ad-hoc social events, community choirs, food drives and other local initiatives.

Although the growth in informal volunteering is good news, the need to curb the decline in formal volunteering remains important as formal volunteering underpins essential services such as emergency work and social care and support. Sporting and cultural events also rely on regular, volunteer-provided services.

A After the publication of the volunteering editorial North Central News was visited by a lovely lady who wanted to share her experience with the St. Arnaud F Information Centre. As you may be aware the Northern Grampians Shire Council has recently takenE over the running of the Information Centre from Grampians Tourism. It would not be a stretch to say that this has meant a change from informal volunteering to formal volunteering and has resulted in the loss of some of the ladies that volunteered at the centre and whose invaluable knowledge and love of this town and district is now lost to visitors.

When the Council took over the Information Centre, the volunteers who had run themselves quite satisfactorily and efficiently were then subject to providing full birth certificates or current Australian passport, drivers licence, medicare card and/or C debit/credit cards details. Also required was a copy of their digital COVID-19 vaccination certificateQ and a working with children check. As this particularC volunteer stated in her letter to the Northern Grampians Shire “I have not changed. I have been there for five years …. Why is it necessary for this overkill?”

Why indeed is there a need for this unnecessary documentation and time wasting expense? Our volunteer asked this question also explaining that volunteers are hard to come by and these rules don’t encourage anyone to sign up.

The reply from the Chief Executive Officer was ‘times have changed and simply relying on good-will does not give us sound enough basis…’

Volunteers are not looking to replicate the experience of paid work and although they might draw on knowledge and skills from their working lives past or present, volunteering is about more than simply the labour they are providing.

The growth of informal volunteering shows Australians are still willing to volunteer, if volunteering can fit in with the other demands of their busy lives and allow them to attend to what they do with less red tape.

The St. Arnaud Information Centre lost a wealth of knowledge and the passion of this lady and others, we are informed, due to the growth in red tape.

Council appalled by Option 5A that steamrolls over community concerns saw any contrition from AEMO about the process followed the bungled publishing of information about their final recommendation on Thursday evening.

“The planners involved seem more concerned with their Gjobs than the toll the decisions they make have on other people's lives.

“Council continues to strongly support our farming community recognising the lack of meaning and deliberative engagement with the communities asked to live with it and host it in their backyards.”

NORTHERN Grampians Shire Council is appalled that widespread community opposition has had no material impact on Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) final recommended alignment for the controversial VNI West power transmission project.

Now branded as Option 5A, the final proposal for the 500 kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission lines are to commence from a new terminal station at Bulgana, traversing a 70-100 metre wide easement over prime farmland before exiting the shire north-west of St Arnaud.

Mayor, Cr Kevin Erwin, said he was astonished at the brazen disregard for community views following the publication over the weekend of the preferred corridor for the project.

“This community have spoken up often and spoken up loudly since the proposal was first announced in February,” Cr Erwin said.

“AEMO’s own report notes that 53% of the total individual submissions received were from farming communities within the Northern Grampians Shire.

“Of those submisQld sions, the majority 4215 are outright opposed to the project on the basis it1 800 will652 have 284 an irreversible and detrimental impact on their homes and businesses and this cost will be generational.

“In the absence of any answers to landowners' concerns about how transmission will impact the normal operation of farm enterprises, this is the only logical Ted Whillier position they could reach.

10092 “We have continued Peta Mandrakas to put to AEMO via our formal submission and in a series of online forums council initiated, the legitimate concerns of landowners about permitted farming on the easement, biosecurity, emergency management and compensation.

“Landowners need clear and concise answers to the questions they have asked and not simply to refer them to some other arrangement as a reference to how it might work here.

“We have repeatedly implored AEMO to treat the community with respect. If people are being asked to host nation building infrastructure, they need to

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“This report and the accompanying government order continues with accelerating the infrastructure, with the D community asked to respect the process when no respect has been shown or trust established.

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Tiffany graduates from La Trobe University Webster bats for families in Childcare limbo in Buloke

FORMER student and College Captain of St. Arnaud Secondary College Tiffany Bussem Jorgensen received her University degree at the Ulumba Theatre on Tuesday 23rd May 2023.

BULOKE Shire has been excluded from the Federal Government’s Community Child Care Fund (CCF) says Member for Mallee Anne Webster.

Tiff received a degree in Bachelor of Planning (Honours) from La Trobe University, completing her four year course in 2022.

At the beginning of 2022 Tiff began working with a private consultancy company Spiire Australia as a town planning consultant in Bendigo working on a number of large developments around Greater Bendigo and smaller development's in other municipalities such as Mount Alexander and Greater Shepparton.

Congratulations Tiffany

Right: Tiffany Bussem Jorgensen, graduates with a Bachelor of Planning (Honours)

Wycheproof wetlands precinct to boost nature based tourism A new wetlands precinct set to attract more visitors and create more local jobs is a major tourism boost for the Loddon-Mallee region, with Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos announcing construction will soon begin on the Wycheproof Wetlands Precinct.

Mr Dimopoulos said the Loddon Mallee region is an iconic tourism destination, with thousands of visitors each year flocking to attractions like the magnificent Silo Art Trail and waterways.

“We’re proud to be backing a project that’s encouraging people to enjoy our great outdoors and putting Wycheproof on the map as a naturebased destination of choice – that’s great for visitors and for local jobs.”

The project is helping to create a 70,000m2 wetland system, transforming the area into a world-class nature-based tourism experience while offering new recreation opportunities.

Native trees and vegetation plantings will improve the habitat for local wildlife, and a new jetty will be built to allow nature enthusiasts to walk out over the water.

The project also includes a skate park, bike racks and a sensory play area for children, encouraging visitors to enjoy the outdoors. The project will create six jobs during construction

Dr Webster has written to Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly urging her to intervene in Charlton’s Child Care Desert.

“The CCCF was established by the Coalition Government with the purpose of addressing the issue of Childcare Deserts, ensuring that families in regional areas have access to the vital support they need so that parents that want to can get back to work,” Dr Webster said.

“As with all other services, childcare is in short supply in regional communities.

“This means parents who could be working, in the healthcare system as nurses for instance, are prevented from doing so for want of adequate childcare.

“This is a perverse situation when you consider how badly nurses – among a range of other professions across many sectors are needed in the regions.”

Construction of a Long Daycare Centre, funded by the State

Government, was finished in June 2021 but since then a provider has been unable to be found.

The lack of access to the CCCF has been cited as a reason.

A kindergarten room opened in the same building but only offers part-time hours.

“What exacerbates this issue is the absence of alternative childcare options nearby, Dr Webster said. “The next closest childcare facility is a 120-kilometre daily round trip - a journey that is simply unfeasible for parents living in Charlton.

“As a result, these parents find themselves in a deeply distressing situation where they are unable

to return to work due to the lack of accessible and affordable Child Care services.”

State Government’s policies on Child Care have focussed on subsidy over ser vice, which has not helped the many regional towns who do not have access to Child Care.

“I implore the Minister Aly to act on the glaring inequity faced by the parents of Charlton and other regional towns in Mallee like Donald, Horsham and Nhill and take swift action to rectify this situation,” Dr Webster said.

“Families, regardless of where they live, ought to have equal access to quality childcare services so they can contribute to the desperate workforce shortfalls across the nation, especially in regional towns.”

and two ongoing fulltime roles when complete next year.

The new wetlands precinct will be connected to the Wycheproof Recreation Reserve and Wycheproof Caravan Park, encouraging visitors to stay longer and spend more, while exploring nearby towns including Charlton and St. Arnaud.

Victoria’s naturebased offerings are a significant attraction for local and international holidaymakers, with 19 per cent of all visitors in 2019 enjoying a naturebased experience. The project is expected to attract an additional 3,000 visitors to Wycheproof in the first twelve months.

The Wycheproof Wetlands Precinct project strongly aligns with the recently launched Experience Victoria 2033 strategic plan, which aims to support and grow experiences in five key pillars including Nature, First Peoplesled experiences, Wellness, Arts and Culture, and Food and Drink.

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St. Arnaud 100 Years Ago: 1st – 7th June 1923 Lost in the bush

lent him a horse to ride home.

Mr H Coleman of Paradise lost his bearings when out hunting and wandered through rugged country between Beazley’s Bridge and Carapooee West.

He eventually arrived at the local Post Office and Mr Benson

Growing Tobacco At the request of the Stuart Mill State School teacher a tobacco expert inspected the area and held a meeting to advice residents on growing tobacco.

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He said the soil was suitable and tobacco plants should do well, however it is difficult to determine how much salt was in the soil and this could affect the burning quality of the tobacco.

He went on to explain the preparation of soil and seedbeds and curing on a small scale.

Former St. Arnaud resident Mrs Gunnell of Footscray died age 55 years, leaving two children.

She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs George Ditchburn and worked as headmilliner at Baird & Hogan’s Drapery, Napier St, before her marriage.

Goals kicked for St. Arnaud by Thompson and Goltz 2 each, Millgate, Feeny and Kennedy one each and for Watchem Perry 1 and Hogan 2.

Central Umpire Mr Rowle from Melbourne and goal umpires E Goldsbury of St. Arnaud and W N Donohue of Watchem.

St. Arnaud Team – Caine, Fithall, Griffiths, Hobby, Thompson,

Hicks, J and L Crone, Cousins, Constable, Millgate, Cadzow, Goltz, Kennedy, Cecini, Moran and Bradshaw.

Watchem Team – Wilkinson, Blair x 2, Donohue X 2, Gilchrist x 2, Hogan x 3, Richmond x 2, Perry, Gesler, McErvale, O’Reilly, Miller and Holden

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Girl Guides A meeting was held at the Town Hall to establish the St. Arnaud Branch of the Girls Guides Movement.

Twenty-one ladies joined and elected President Mayoress

by Heather Pritchard Mrs Osborne, Vice-Presidents Mrs Dunkley and Mrs Mitchell, Hon. Secretary Mrs Mowbray and Treasurer Miss McLay.

Weather Heavy frosts spoiled potatoes, dahlias and chrysanthemums.

St. Arnaud Hospital Report for May – 39 patients admitted, 39 discharged, 9 outpatients treated and 2 deaths.

Dr G V Doyle donated an Oakdale surgical bed and the Matron has been given two weeks leave to recover from influenza.

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The first match of this season of the North Western District Association was held at King George’s Park between St Arnaud and Watchem.

Watchem came on the train but didn’t arrive to ¼ past 3, so the quarters were reduced to 20 minutes each.

However it was nearly dark during the last quarter and it was impossible to see players any distance away.

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Above: Teacher placements from Federation University (left to right) Rebekah Hibberd, Emily Cullinan, Jasmine Muric and Brittany Achkar.

Teacher placements gain experience in St. Arnaud FOUR student teachers from Federation University have begun a three week placement at St. Arnaud Secondary College and St. Arnaud Primary School.

Rebekah Hibberd, Emily Cullinan, Jasmine Muric and Brittany Achkar are participants in the ‘Teach Rural’ pilot program being delivered by Countr y Education Partnership and funded by the State Government.

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Catholic Education Week 2023 at St Joseph’s School LAST week we celebrated Catholic Education Week, recognising our school as part of the Diocese of Ballarat. - Mary Hogan Principal It has been a fitting time to reflect on the significance of a Catholic Education.

I believe there are a number of aspects which make Catholic education special and I feel privileged to be in the position of leadership at St Joseph's School, Charlton.

Catholic education aims to integrate learning with faith, providing an education which encompasses academic knowledge alongside the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church.

It also aims to instil in students a sense of personal integrity, compassion, social justice, respect and care for our environment.

St Joseph's aims to foster a strong sense of belonging and community and works to develop the whole person - academically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.

Students are encouraged to live their learning by serving the community and being involved in social justice actions; teaching them responsibility, empathy and the fact that they can

make a difference in their world.

Finally, students are invited to explore questions of faith, to engage in dialogue and develop their own understanding of the world in which they live and learn!

I am grateful for the staff who teach, guide and nurture our students each day and thank them for their on-going dedication and commitment to Catholic Education.

I also continue to be grateful for the continued support of all families within the St Joseph's school and wider community.

O n We d n e s d a y 24th May, we journeyed to St Mary's in Donald to join our cluster group, which also includes St Patrick's, St Arnaud.

We celebrated Mass together, enjoyed a performance called “Happiness Habits” and shared a meal.

To conclude our week, we had a live puppet show visiting St Joseph's School on Friday, with a performance based around making and maintaining friendships.

Last week the

Right: On stage (left to right) Jaxon Krause, Madelyn Winslade, Anna Joseph, Morgan Greenaway, Cooper McGrath, Arley Reyne, Ella Wait. senior students took the opportunity to reflect on Catholic Education and being at St Joseph's School.

“St Joseph’s School teaches me how to be a better person and all the basics of learning.

“My principal, Mrs Hogan, gives us great learning opportunities, and opportunities in general. I think I am very privileged to go to a Catholic school in Charlton with amazing, caring staff.”

Rosie “At my Catholic school I learn all about the example Jesus gave us about how we should treat each o t h e r.

St Joseph’s is a great school because the teachers make a great effort showing us how to treat others with respect.”

Darcy “The things I like about St Joseph’s School are that they make me feel safe, you learn more and people are nice.”

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Dangerous and noisy heavy vehicles using local roads KINGS Avenue and Napier Streets are often used by heavy vehicles and has been the subject of complaints by residents regarding the dangers and the noise that this entails.

One local, Barry Robertson, recently requested information from the Northern Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) on this issue and received a length reply from David George, Acting Director of Infrastructure and Amenity.

Heavy vehicles are

managed by the National Heavy Ve h i c l e R e g u l a t o r (NHVR), and some are restricted to use routes that are either preapproved for that type or require a permit issued by the NHVR. General Access Vehicles do not require a permit to access road networks.

These vehicles have an as-of-right access to the network unless otherwise restricted by signposting (eg. A load limit on a bridge).

Some types of General Access Vehicles that are eligible to use network roads include 3 and 4 axle trucks with 3 and 4 axle dog trailers up to 20m in length, 2 – 4 axle prime movers with up to 4 axle semitrailers, and 3 axle prime mover B-doubles.

Mr George pointed out that 7 and 8 axle Bdoubles may be considered as a General Access Vehicle (subject to mass limits) and have a right to use Napier Street and Kings Avenue.

This is different to the 9 axle B-doubles which are a PBS level 2 and are a Restricted Access Vehicle.

Traffic counters Traffic counters were placed on Napier Street from 24th March to 30th March 2023 to determine the type and frequency of vehicles using this street.

From the traffic counts it was ascer-

tained that the average annual daily traffic was 3,290 vehicles per day (all types).

Of the 20,126 vehicles recorded, 7,917 were heavy vehicles (i.e., small rigid truck or larger) and of the 7,917 heavy vehicles, 16 were B-doubles or larger.

VicRoads had placed traffic counters on Dundas Street between Alma Street and Grant Street in February 2021.

From those traffic counts the average annual daily traffic was 1,639 vehicles per day (all types) Of the 11,473 vehicles recorded, 4,005 were heavy vehicles (i.e., small rigid truck or larger) and of the 4,005 heavy vehicles,

114 were B-doubles or larger.

Approximately 14% of the vehicles that are categorised as B-doubles use Napier Street and Kings Avenue and 86% use Dundas Street.

Some of these vehicles may have the right to use Napier Street and Kings Avenue.

Mr George stated that Northern Grampians Shire Council, although as road manager forms part of the process for issuing permits by the NHVR, however, they have no legislated powers to enforce vehicles to use the pre-approved or permitted routes as these powers reside with other authorities.

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Charlton 100 Years Ago: 2nd June - 6th June 1923

by Charlton Golden Grains Museum

Teddywaddy School We have been favored by Mr I. J. Weaver, M.L.A, with the following letter, forwarded to him from the Education Department, with request to the Teddywaddy schoolhouse:“With reference to your representations on behalf of the residents of Teddywaddy, I have to inform you that a report has been furnished by the District Inspector in regard to the application for the removal of the school to a new site”.

The report states that four parents representing 13 children in attendance, with two children under age, favor the present site, while nine parents, five of whom have 12 children in attendance, with 17 children under school age, favor a site near the railway station.

All the children in attendance live within the three mile radius.

Under the circumstances, the Department

regards the present site as the more suitable, but further consideration will be given to the matter if the application be renewed at a later date.”

Fancy Dress Ball The annual ball of the Ex-Students’ Association was held in the Victoria Hall.

The popularity which this event has attained assured a brilliant gathering.

There was a large crowd of onlookers, and about 80 couples took part in the dancing. The display of fancy dress presented a pleasing spectacle.

The winners were:Best hired set: The Arabian nights (Misses M. Drew, A. Kirk, J. Drew and D. O’Meara, and Messrs D. Vickers, G. Kirk, V. Burton and N. Jenkyn).

Most original locallymade set: Good Luck Set (Mrs Nolting, Misses M. Bennett, D. Dew, E. Wandel and Messrs Wylie, Turnbull, Hutchinson and Bertoli).

Best dressed couple:

The “Oriental Couple” (Miss G. James and Mr McKeown).

Best sustained character: “Ruin” (Mr E. Jenkyn), the Man of the Crooked Path. The music was supplied by the Charlton orchestra.

A first-class supper was served.

Partnership dissolved Owing to inability to obtain an extension of their lease, Messrs Fox and Thompson, blacksmiths, wheelwrights and farriers, have resolved to dissolve partnership.

Methodist Guild The third year of the Guild commenced at the school hall.

There were over 50 present, and an enjoyable social evening was spent.

The meetings are to be held on Thursday evening of each week, at 8 o’clock precisely.

The team colours chosen were silver and green.

Attendance will be recorded by each member placing a penny in

St. Arnaud Depot: 5956 Sunraysia Hwy, St. Arnaud, Vic 3478

the Guild money-chest in the compartment allotted to his special color.

These pennies are given at the end of the year to Home and Foreign Missions equally.

Any member more than 10 minutes late forfeits the right to place his penny in the chest.

At the end of the year the team having the least number of pennies, and thus having the least number of

recorded attendances, has the privilege of entertaining the winning side at a banquet.

Football Charlton visited Narraport on Saturday, this being the opening of the Association matches.

The visitors put up a good fight. In the second quarter only were they outmatched.

Arundell, for Charlton, won the toss, and had the benefit of a slight fall in the ground,

the wind not being of much help throughout the day.

Final Score: Narraport 9 goals, 7 behinds. Charlton 5 goals, 10 behinds.

Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild Intended for use in the Wycheproof hospital, an autograph quilt is being designed, to which the public will be entitled to contribute payment of sixpence a square.

The money should be paid to Mrs W. G. Fitzgerald, of the Manse, or to Mrs A. L. Flockhart, Cricket Club Hotel, in trust for the Ladies’ Guild, which is supplying material, and will make up the coverlet.

The quilt will be sent to the Wycheproof Hospital, and the profits therefrom to the Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild.

(Information from East Charlton Tribune)

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AUCTION SATURDAY 17th June @ 6.30pm at St. Arnaud Sporting Club, and SUNDAY 18th June @ 9am at Driscoll Ag for BBQ breakfast and wood, grain and hay auction to follow A selection of the items that will be on offer, this and much more.

ITEM

DONATED BY

ITEM

DONATED BY

•3 hrs mechanical labour

O'Connors machinery

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Wingara - Derek & Darcy Cameron

•2 x Days JCB hire

Andrew Weir

•Kids table and x4 chairs

Ross and Michelle Kirk

•4hrs excavator / grader work

AP Earthmoving

•$100 weirs Voucher

John and Brenda Beggs Isaac Johns and Nathan Saludes

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Belbourie Merino and Poll Merino

•5 x bags of kindling

•Dozen Eggs

Bobby and Bowie Baldwin

•12mths Subscription to Buloke Times

Buloke Times - Electronic Version

•Thursday night meals for remainder of season (min 10 meals)

Brad Organ and Nick Birthisel

•2 x tickets to Flemmington Spring Carnival

Carl Hufer

•Corporate Box, Lord Nelson Park

Netball Club

•1 x Tonne bulka bag Hay pellets

Carl Leach

•Cat filters

Casey Truck and Tractor

•2 nights accommodation @ Lady Bay Apartments

Zach and Indiania Notting

•2 Hrs Mechanical Labour.

Caseys Truck & Tractor

•Whiper sniper

Brett Kay

•Filters (Detroit) Oil & Fuel

Caseys Truck & Tractor

•Fire pit

Lawrence Meagher

•Filters (Cummins) Oil & Fuel

Caseys Truck & Tractor

•200 sheep shorn

Will Jackson and Jamie Beavis

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Chris Arbuckle

•Garden tools

John and Brenda Beggs

•8 Hours labour

Country Home Renovations

•2 x nights, powered site at Lake Boga

Kurt torney

•2 x Large Pizzas

Country Kitchen

•Grazing Box (ready to eat on the night)

JackDeck Catering

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Dan Gifford

•Fruit Cake

Tammy Wright

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Dean Wandel

•Fruit Cake

Tahli Wright

•Pot Belly Heater

Gerard and Dan Goode

•Portaloo Hire

Hockey Club

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Glendemar MPM (Ben Duxson)

•Cleaning of Standard Size Loungeroom

Gold Country Carpet Cleaning

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Greg Baldwin / Cooks Choice

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Ivan and Trudie Jackson

•AA 30 Gunjet to suit 12volt Sprayer

Jamie Patching

•4 x hours excavator work

Jarryd Ezard Construction

•Day Labour Concreting (Labour)

Jarryd Ezard Construction

•3 x Red, 3x white wine Blue Pyrenees Estate

John & Brenda Beggs

•$300 worth of Gypsum Spreading.

L & D Meagher.

•10 tonne seed grading with 10L EverGol

Luke Maffescioni & Bayer Crop Science

•Fairy Floss Machine for one event hire

Kate Gifford

•Truck Load of Mulch

Tom Hamilton Greentime Nursery

•Dessert Box (ready to eat)

Kate Gifford

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Ben Batters

1 x Large Bale Vetch Hay

Darren Petrie

1 x Large Bale Oaten Hay

Goode Family

1 x Large Bale Oaten Hay

Goode Family

5 x 25kg bags of wheat

Jake Male

6 x Bags of Oats

Jesse Wandel

•6hrs Electrical Labour

Middle Creek Electrical

1 x Large Bale Oaten Hay

Zach Notting and Roy Posthlewaite

•45t of spreading (Lime/super etc.)

Nick Coghlan

1 x Large Bale Oaten Hay

Zach Notting and Roy Posthlewaite

•Local Cartage of 1 x B Double Load of Grain. Nick Coghlan

2 x Large Bales Vetch Hay

Bromley Park

•Annual Subscription.

North Central News.

100kg feed barley

Zach Notting

•Thermal Oil Skin Vest

Nutrien Ag Solutions

Load of Wood (6x4)

Nick Birthisel Brad Organ Torin Petrie

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Peter & Bill Knights / Cooks Choice

Load of Wood (6x4)

•20lts RX Motor Oil.

Pickthall Transport

Load of Wood (ute)

•Compression Sprayer

Rogator / Spray centre

Load of Wood (10x6)

Torin Petrie

•2mtrs Concrete (within 20km radius)

Corbin and Elisha O’ Donnell ( Boral )

Load of Wood (7x5)

Zane Bigmore

•2 Light Truck Tyres (185 x 14/8ply)

St Arnaud Tyre Service

Load of Wood (10x5)

Nick Baldwin

•Excavator hire

TBD Agtrade - Tristan Douglas

Load of Wood (8x5)

Luke Ezard

•1 x blundstone boots anysize

Tom Bertalli

Load of Wood (7x5)

Josh Hicks

•1 x 20L Bar Oil

Toms Small Engines

Load of Wood (10x5)

Jake Hicks

•Chainsaw

Toms Small Engines

Load of Wood (12x6)

Jake Male

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Tony Pickthall / Cooks Choice

Load of Wood (8x5)

Darryl Baldwin

•Dressed Lamb - Cut up by Cook's Choice

Warren McRae / Cooks Choice

Load of Wood (8x5)

Abby Weir

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Steph Smith

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‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ at the REX

Winter Wanders AVON Plains Banyena Landcare Groups first Winter Warmer Walk on Sunday 4th June.

Creswick Well Prue, Don, Carol, Anne, Deb, Maddie (our new President) and two visitors Annette and Merilyn met at Grays Bridge Cemeter y to make their way to Creswick Well, an isolated and remote parcel of wetland sitting in the midst of a very flat and somewhat barren landscape.

A ‘perched’ Avon River runs to the north.

It was beside the River that two arrivals to the Colony built a home on a sand-bank at York Plains.

Remnants of their home and crockery were found on a previous Winter Warmer walk.

Two brothers, Charles and John Creswick, arrived in the district in the 1840’s but sadly Charles drowned in the Avon River shortly after and became the first white-man to be buried north of The Great Dividing Range.

He was buried by the River which later became the Grays Bridge Cemetery.

Creswick Swamp, or Murt as it was known to the aboriginal inhabitants, was a “never failing” waterhole. In the drought of 1866 the Creswick family dug a well 6 metres deep, which saved the district's settlers and their valuable stock during three significant droughts through the 1800’s.

Close by the well (now filled-in) is a stone engraved monument marking the contribution the brothers made to the early settlement.

The NCCMA introduced Environmental watering at Creswick Swamp which aims to support a range of water dependent ecological values.

The scale of environmental water delivery to this site is relatively small (1.5 metres deep) and is predominantly focussed on the dam itself and the wetland bed immediately surrounding it.

Specifically, environmental water aims to support Eastern Long-necked Turtle and frog species (Spotted Marsh Frog and Eastern Sign-bearing Frog), promote aquatic vegetation and provide a water source for terrestrial fauna

LOOKING for a lighthearted, undemanding session at the movies?

- Contributed such as woodland birds.

Noted, in times of flood, the Swamp supports a significant array of waterbirds and wetland flora.

In recent flood events, waterbirds were numerous and aquatic plants also responded positively.

The wetland bed supports Plains Grassy Wetland (Lignum Swamp Complex), which is considered an endangered Vegetation Class (EVC) in the Wimmera Bioregion.

Flora surveys have identified several rare/threatened species at Creswick Swamp, including Fine hairy speargrass, Turnip Copperburr, Chariot Wheels and Spiny Riceflower.

These are just a few of those identified and in the process of identification. These small plants survive amongst a variety of invasive weeds.

Historical records indicate the endangered Marbled Marshwort (Nymphoides spinulosperma), an attractive yellow flowering water lily, existed relatively recently at the site (1988).

It may still survive in the seedbank but we have yet to sight it.

There is also an historical record of Brolga breeding at the Swamp in the 1980s.

Banyena Cemetry After Creswick Well we drove to the sheltered Banyena Weir for a very late morning tea.

We then visited Banyena Cemetery and assessed the rabbit problem and spiked some Wheel cactus to rid the Cemetery of the pest.

The naturalists amongst the group were delighted at the sightings of some woodland birds rarely seen in the area in the stand of bulokes at the back of the cemetery.

The Avon Plains Banyena L andcare Group is continually aiming to add to local knowledge and provide information to Victoria’s ecological data bases such as Birdlife and Water Watch to provide updated and relevant information to aid further research and education.

Above: Carol Campbell, Evie Young and Anne Hughes exploring Creswicks Well.

Rich Avon East Reserve and Swanwater West Cemetery Our next Winter Warmer walk is on Sunday 16th July at Rich Avon East Reser ve and Swanwater West Cemetery (meet at Rich Avon East Reserve, midway on Grewar Rd, via Cope Cope at 10am.

Our guide and local Historian, Ann Dunstan, will share her knowledge of the area around Rich Avon East Reserve and the Cope Cope Lakes.

We will walk through Black Box forest rich in cultural heritage from times past and look over the lakes as the people of the Dja Dja Wurrung nation did.

We will also explore the West Swanwater Cemetery which is also rich in local history and which may host rare plants as Cemeteries have been protected from grazing pressure and major soil disturbance.

If you wish further information ring Carol on 0499 586008.

Further walks are scheduled during August and September 2023.

In search of the Plains Wanderer This month the Birchip L andcare Group and Trust for Nature organised a trip of discovery for the enigmatic Plains Wanderer and kindly extended the invitation to BNG L andcare Network members.

The Plains Wanderer is a quaillike bird that likes to frequent sparse grassy plains historically found in areas across South Eastern Australia and extend-

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ing up to Queensland.

Primarily due to the loss of habitat, it is now listed as Critically Endangered. but there are a couple of populations across the Northern Plains of Victoria.

In fact the Plains Wanderer is ranked number one in Australia, or fourth in the world, on a list of 9,993 recognised bird species we could least afford to lose because of its evolutionary distinctiveness.

So where would we be going to learn about this rare bird?

To the African savannah plains - at the Werribee Open Range Zoo of course.

And did we find them fossicking amongst the eland and hippos?

Not surprisingly we did not, however we did see the enclosures where Zoos Victoria is running a captive breeding program.

Because of the shy nature of the birds we did not get to see one, but staff involved in the program were able to give us a first-hand account of the program and its challenges and successes.

We found it very reassuring to see a cross section of organisations doing so much to protect this species, including a cash injection of at least $5million/

Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network (BNGLN) There, is a whisper that, thanks to funding from the Parks Victoria Volunteer Innovation Fund, the BNGLN will be hosting a Nature Festival in Spring this year.

Named by the Dja Dja Wurrung as 'galng-

ga' ('celebrate' in Djaara language) the festival will include Arts, Music, Relaxation and Biodiversity on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

The program is still being put together, but this Festival is going to be 'Awesome!' More details to follow.

$$$ It has been a busy month for Landcare Groups across the North Central Catchment as L andcare Victoria grant submissions closed mid-May. Groups within the Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network (BNGLN) have put in at least 5 projects but it seems the demand is twice that of the $300,000 bucket of money that is available.

We will need to keep our fingers crossed.

The BNG Landcare Network has a membership of 18 Landcare and other groups, generally located across those areas of the Victorian Shires of Buloke and Northern Grampians that lie within the North Central Catchment Management Authority region.

It is roughly centered on both the catchments of the Avon- Richardson River System, and the catchments of the Upper and Middle Avoca River.

The Network’s purpose is to support community-based L andcare, and the building of sustainable, rural communities and a healthy, diverse and productive environment.

We hope to keep you up to date with the activities of the groups throughout our region in a regular spot in this paper or you can follow us on facebook: bnglandcarenetwork

Well, ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ might just tick the box when it screens at the Rex this weekend.

The reunion of star actresses Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mar y Steenburgen from the original movie sets the girls up for another escapade as they take their book club to Italy for the girls’ trip they never had.

Now, five years on and with one COVID pandemic in between, the four have reunited again in person.

The headstrong Vivian (Fonda) is about to marry Arthur (Don Johnson), the former flame she hooked up with at the end of the previous movie.

Carol (Steenburgen) is fretting over husband Bruce’s (Craig T. Nelson) health, Diane (Keaton) is settling in with not-sonew-love Mitchell (Andy Garcia) and Sharon (Bergen) retired from her judgeship.

- Contributed Carol convinces the group that they need to take that girls’ trip to Italy they had planned and abandoned decades ago.

Vivian’s pending nuptials is the perfect excuse – it’ll be a hens’ holiday.

When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.

Set against the glorious scenery of Rome, Tuscany and Venice, this movie is an enticement for Mediterranean travel, and is sure to banish the winter blues (if only for an hour or two)!

“Book Club The Next Chapter” M (Coarse language and sexual references) 108 mins screens: Saturday 10th June at 8pm, Sunday 11th June at 2pm and Tuesday 13th June at 8pm.

Comedy Night with ‘Aden and Friends’ STAND-UP comedy is coming to The Rex when ‘Aden and Friends’ take the mic on Friday 16 June at 8pm.

Fresh from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival following his first solo show – ‘Everything I've Got’ - emerging comedian, Aden Hitchins and his three mates are setting up a night of laugh-out-loud comedy as they hit the country roads.

Melbourne based, Aden is a proud GunditjMirring man, and has been honing his passion for comedy.

A self-confessed ‘class clown’, he has performed at Blak stage - a First Peoples’ open microphone session at the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick – as well as performing with Aboriginal comic Shiralee Hood at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

The Rex looks forward to welcoming Aden as he shares his evolving talents with the bush.

Supporting Aden is Tim ‘Cavie’ Barrot, the comic who thinks PC stands for ‘Proper Comedy’!

A graduate of the Hard Knock Knocks

- Contributed stand-up comedy course, Tim is a renowned sports commentator, who was looking for a challenge and found stand-up comedy.

On stage he is a larrikin, the bloke you want to have a beer with, and his style is defined as adventurous, eclectic and relatable, all delivered with an engaging honesty.

Joining the troupe is Nick Trapani, a comedian who edges towards the touchy subjects, pushing the boundaries of the social norms.

Rounding out the team is fellow comic, Drago Ivan.

So, grab a group, and set yourself up for a night of comic relief at The Rex! “Aden and Friends” Live at The Rex, Friday 16th June at 8pm.

Tickets $20 Bookings: https:// events.humanitix.com/ aden-and-friendsstand-up-comedy-show or at the door.

St. Arnaud Orchid meeting - Contributed

AT the last meeting of the St. Arnaud Orchid Club held on 12 t h M ay g u e st speaker for the night was Roy Lee who did an excellent presentation on Cymbidiums and Native Dens.

You always learn new things out of these talks.

Going Going Gone...

Above: Guest speaker Roy Lee.

WORK on the demolition of the old football rooms for the St. Arnaud Football Club begun last week at Lord Nelson Park.

Northern Grampians Shire Council contracted the demolition on the building and the old toilet block in the car park.

It is believed that community engagement will be held to consider an alternative purpose for the land that will now be vacant.

Above: Plant of the Night Division 1. Zygo Zest ‘Toni’ x Kiwi ‘Dark’ R and B Wacker.

Above: Demolition underway at the back of the Club rooms.

Above: Plant of the Night Division 2. Milt. Royal Robe ‘Jenny Pick’ Warren Nightingale.

Above: The cleared area of the Club rooms.

Above: John Welsh (right) presents Anne Gardiner with a trophy from our October Show 2022 for Best 1st Flowering Seedling

Above: First flowering seedling won by John Welsh

Above and right: Before and after - the old toilet block in the car park.

St. Arnaud & District Orchid Society Inc Report BEATE and Rolf Wacker and Jenni Drury from the St. Arnaud Orchid Society were invited to the Lions Club of Donald, to give an - Contributed informative talk on orchids.

It was an excellent night and well received by everyone.

A good discussion on orchids was had, a lovely dinner and a successful raffle was held with orchids donated by R and B Wacker.

We would like to thank the Donald Lions Club for inviting us to give us the opportunity to demonstrate how to grow orchids.

Above: (left to right) Jenni Drury, Beate Wacker, Lion Brian Brasier a former Teacher of St. Arnaud Secondary College and past Principal of Donald High School.

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Applications in writing, delivered to:Alan & Mark Esmore St. Arnaud Apex Service Station 1 Silvermines Road, St. Arnaud. Vic. 3478

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EVENT!!

Burra Antique Buyer in St. Arnaud Friday 9th, June.

Paying top cash for all enamel signs, petrol bowsers, oil bottles, tea/tobacco/fuel tins, rabbit/dingo traps, peddle cars, badges, medals, tin toys, old bottles, anvils, camp ovens, Harley or Indian motorcycles or parts, farm gates.

Anything old, travel anywhere.

Phone Stuart(08) 8892 2279 or 0408 922 279.

WHATS ON

St. Arnaud & District Orchid Society Friday 9th June 7.30pm Guest Speaker: Stephen Stebbing Catholic Parish Centre, On the corner of Queen’s Ave and Alma St.

Uncle Bob’s

Market Fair Saturday, June 10th, 2023.

9am - 2pm Enquiries phone 5495 1743

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Solicitor 116 Napier St., St. Arnaud

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0400 451 432 or 5495 1108

IN MEMORIAM

Craig and Shelley Pickthall together with Chris and Bernadette Prestwood are very happy to announce the

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CHURCH NOTICES DISTRICT CATHOLIC CHURCHES East Wimmera Parish BIRCHIP

Sunday June 11th 10.30am Live Stream in BOORT

Sunday June 11th 10.30am Live Stream in

ST. ARNAUD UNITING CHURCH Sunday 11th June ST.ARNAUD 9.30am G. Postlethwaite STUART MILL 11.00am G. Postlethwaite PARISH OFFICE Chris & Rob Batters Pastorial Co-ordinators Enquiries 5495 6223

Sunday June 11th 8.30am Mass

ANGLICAN PARISH OF ST. ARNAUD

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Saturday June 10th 7.00pm Mass ST. ARNAUD

Sunday June 11th 10.30am Live Stream out to churches without Mass WYCHEPROOF

Wednesday 14th, June - 6.00pm

Cnr. Queens Ave & Alma St. Learning to follow Jesus Thu 8th June 10.30 a.m.: Faith Group Sun 11th June 9.45 a.m.: Prayer Group 10.30 a.m.: Worship & Communion After Service Prayer for Healing with Anointing with Oil. Speaker: Andrew George All welcome Enquiries: Brian Eccles Ph: 5495 2267

BANYENA No Mass CHARLTON

Sunday June 11th 10.30am Live Stream in Parish Coordinator: Noeline Hogan 0476 617 976

St. Arnaud VFF

BURGE - Marj 23.11.40 - 6.6.22 Missing you always, forever in our hearts.

“Our ever so special lady” Bernie and family.

Christ Church Old Cathedral Friday 9th June 9am Morning Prayer St. Arnaud 9.30am Every Sunday Eucharist Bealiba 8am 2nd/4th Sundays All Welcome Locum Priest Archdeacon Peter Blundell Enquiries phone: Phone: 0427 694 720

KELL FUNERALS Est 1860

St. Arnaud Sporting Club

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• Any Resolution For Conference July 25th.

• Future of the Grains Group.

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Weddings

and died 27-6-1923 age 88 years.

Miss Beatrice Bayles age 88 years.

Charles Marshall of Marnoo, age 83 years, [1st A I F, sailed 27 -5 –1916, with 39th Battalion and was wounded in arm in Births February 1917.]

Roy and Cynthia LySimon James Adamness nee Allen a son, son age 6 months, son of Adrian Robert.

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John and Terry 21st Birthdays Mrs Hilda Gook nee Richards, a son Roger Gill.

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Amos nee Cameron, a Deaths age 81 NATIONAL CROSSWORD 13 X 13 David Haynes Release N son Craig Edward.

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GRID 18 Harry and Marion original ANZAC who Mrs Dorothy AlexanGoss a son Matthew took part in the landing der widow of Stan James. on Gallipoli, then served Alexander formerly ran a Bill and Marilyn in France where he was cake and confectionary Knights nee Sanderson, wounded and returned business in St. Arnaud home in November 1918 during the 1930’s. a daughter Karen Jane.

Lynette Walker and Bernie Torney.

Mary Rose McKew and Francis James Colosimo.

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The 2023 Interhotels Pool comp season ROUND Seven of the Inter-Hotels’ Pool Competition, played on Wednesday, 31st May, was the conclusion of the first encounters between each of the teams and on this final day of autumn we now have a clearer indication as to who will prevail at the top of the tree during the approaching winter as to those who have fallen in the manner of leaves during the autumnal season.

It was fitting that this term should conclude with a top-ofthe-table clash and this was to occur at the Royal hotel where the untarnished ladderleaders Royal One side hosted the secondplaced Country Club One combination and, with the score locked at five games apiece at the end of the singles rounds the match was certainly in keeping with the exalted positions of these two powerhouses of the competition.

This did not appear to be a likely scenario however when, at the top of the second round of singles Mean Machine captain Paul Mullins had muted Sam Postlethwaite’s performance to advance the Clubbers to a four games to one lead, thereby placing the rattled Royalists undefeated status in serious jeopardy.

Earlier, Troy Shields and Jacob Vanrenen had won their opening frames against Dave Russ and Thomas Watts while Des Moulday had been their only casualty, not just losing his opening frame to Daniel Needs but coming within one ball of having to present his white posterior to the black Napier street night, at least he would have satisfied with the colour combination.

Tables can turn quickly in pool matches so when Dave and Tom both squared their matches against Troy and Jacob while Daniel had plucked Des’s magpie feathers the match was suddenly evenstevens at the end of the second round.

Dave then polished off Troy in the third round to hoist the Royalists into the lead for the first time but Jacob was to halt their resurgence by handing Tom his first defeat for the season.

It was now just a matter as to who would prevail in the doubles and it was to be the rampaging Royals who were to demonstrate why they are the kings of the castle as they were to triumph in both for a seven games to five win, thus retaining their unbeaten status at the top of the ladder.

There was to be an interesting contest in the middle region of the ladder when the Royal Two team travelled to the Pub in the Scrub to tackle the Loganites’ side.

The home team’s Ben Pell dispatched Nick Birthisel in straight

sets while Steve Rodger had succumbed in similar fashion to Dillon Baldock but it was to be a mixed night for the Avoca Forester’s McNaulty siblings with Shaun being successful against Harry Bigmore after Jason had fallen before the flashing cue of Simon Elliott.

Shaun’s win in the final singles frame had left his side trailing by just one game at the end of the singles matches but they had run their race, the Royalists going on to win both doubles to make the trek home with the points by seven games to four.

The home derby of the night between the two Farmers’ Arms One teams was expected to be a no-contest but the floundering Farmers’ Two team were to give a reasonable account of themselves with Trevor Merrin relegating Ben Medlyn to the bar and smokers’ lounge, Logan Hines took one frame off Hayden Perry and the pairing of Logan and Kelly Pole securing a doubles victory against Leigh Watkins and Hayden however earlier the Welsh wizard Leigh had cruised past Bianca Cannon and the Batlow bruiser Geoff Watts had beaten up Kelly.

A win in the final doubles saw the Farmers’ Arms One team victorious by seven games to four.

As if it is not confronting enough for the kangaroos at the Country Club requiring dark glasses there was high drama when the Sporting Club side arrived there to find the Club in stygian darkness and there was even a suggestion that military-grade night vision goggles may be required however the situation was subsequently resolved with the arrival of their opponents, the Country Club Two team.

The dramatics were not to conclude at this juncture however as the match was to eventually progress to a tiebreaker in another mixed night for a pair of brothers, this time the Pitt boys.

For the Sporties, Dayle was to prove too good for Grant Doyle while Danny was to crash against the Rollers and Floggers’ skipper, Harley Durward.

The Sporties’ Reg Nazifouski had eliminated Will Jackson but then his teammate Jesse Cook crashed against Jake Male to have the match level at the end of the singles.

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- by Bob Wooley then shared to therefore invoke the necessity for the tiebreaker and the Country Club was to prevail in this encounter for a seven games to six victory to retain their hold on fourth place on the ladder.

Association Day for the North Central Indoor Bowling - Contributed

THIS was held on the 21st of May 2023 at Charlton It was a great day, meeting other club members is always good, lots of fun bowling with supper and raffle to follow. Thanks to Charlton for hosting this Event. Visiting Clubs were: Boort, Wedderburn, St. Arnaud.

Winners for the Day: Malcolm Campbell (S) St. Arnaud, David Mills Boort, Leonie McLean Wedderburn.

Runners-Up: Alan Stringer (S) Boort, Cen Cowen Wedderburn, Nola Stringer Boort.

Third - Bob Nichols (S) Wedderburn, Jenny Welsh Charlton, Aileen Morris Boort, Wendy Mills Boort.

Above: Troy Heenan (left) leading A grade, Jeff McLoughlan leading C grade. Brendan Byrne B grade leader absent, had rushed home to show wife Marie his score card.

Charlton Men’s golf NINETEEN men hit off in perfect conditions on Sunday to compete in the first round of the Championships.

Above: (left to right) Enjoyable company, Darren Petrie, Dale Stevenson, Andrea Tyler, Terry and Anne McSwain after an enjoyable afternoon of bowls.

Let the sun shine on them BRIGHT sunshine brought out 26 bowlers last Sunday afternoon at the St. Arnaud Bowling Club for the third round of Winter Bowls.

The beautiful sunshine attracted bowlers from Wedderburn and Charlton, and several Country Club players.

Dale and Helen Stevenson from Wedderburn, were welcomed for their first game of the Winter Bowls season.

Two games of 10 ends were played in the very enjoyable conditions.

There were five 2game winners- Leon Lynch and Lloyd Goddard 8 shots up, Kerryn Dyke, Faye Rodger and Graham Simpson 9 up, Terry McSwain, Darren Petrie and Andrea Tyler 11 up, Greg McNally and Helen

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Stevenson runners-up with 12 shots up, and the winners were Col Marchment and Terence Robertson 16

- Contributed shots up.

The next round of Winter Bowls at the St. Arnaud Bowling Club will be held on Sunday June 18th, names in by 12.30 for a 1.00pm start.

Quickly out of the starters blocks in A grade was Troy Heenan, to return a very credible 78.

Only a few shots behind is Matt McGurk on 82 and Kirk Boyle with an 83.

It should be a great contest with all 3 players in good form.

In B grade Brendan Byrne has shown early form and thrown out the challenge to the field with an 86, being the only sub 90 in B grade.

However, should Wooza look over his shoulder, he will see a strong field of 'old' B grade champions, all waiting for him to stumble.

On 90 is Clinton Olive and John Headon and just a further stroke behind is Anthony Hargreaves and Trevor McGurk, all sharing hard luck stories and wondering if Wooza's nerve holds?

C grade seems a one horse race, with Jeff McLoughlan, his first

- Contributed foray in C grade for over 30 years, returning a 93.

Jeff has a comfortable lead of 9 strokes, over his nearest rival Ian Jenkins.

The Winner of the daily competition was Brendan Byrne, winning 3 balls with the best net, 86-16-70.

Winning 2 balls each, was Troy Heenan and Matt McGurk, both recording 71 nets.

Receiving one ball each were Jeff McLoughlan with 73 net, Kirk Boyle, Clint Olive and Trevor McGurk, all with 74 nets.

Nearest to the par 3 pins were Chris Mathews on the 2nd, Trevor McGurk on the 7th and Anthony Hargreaves on the 14th.

The second round of the Championships will be played on Sunday 14th June starting at 12.30, good luck to all golfers.

First round of Ladies Championships Above: Happy Chappies. (Left to right) Col Marchment and Terence Robertson clear winners of the 3rd round of Winter Bowls.

Below: We've got the shot. Helen Stevenson holds up one finger while Garry Smith blocks out the sun - or hides his head in shame?

THE first round of the St. Arnaud ladies Golf Championships was played last Wednesday on the course in magnificent condition.

Sharyn Erwin (95) is leading A Grade from Glenda O’Neill (97) and Chris Batters (105) leads Lyn Freeman (108) in B Grade.

In the day’s event the winner was Lyn

with Sharyn runnerup on a countback from Glenda.

Nearest the pins – 6th Bernice Fithall, 8th Brenda Proctor, 18th Glenda O’Neill.

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Ensuring contact for horse owners in times of need Week ending Wednesday 31 May 2023

— By Glendon Hancock

ALTHOUGH the Australian wool market has recorded an overall loss for the third week in a row, not only was the fall minimal, but there were also positive signs late in the series.

There were initially 47,041 bales rostered for sale, after 11.7% was withdrawn prior to sale, the national offering was reduced to 40,106 bales.

Of this offering, 11.7% failed to reach seller reserve, leaving just 35,417 bales making its way into exporters hands.

In the Eastern centres the prices on offer did not vary greatly from those of the previous series.

The movements in the Individual Micron Price Guides (MPGs) in Sydney and Melbourne for merino fleece all ranged within 20 cents of the previous week.

With the crossbred, carding and skirtings sectors also recording minimal change for the week, the movement in the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) was also marginal.

The EMI fell by 4 cents for the series, closing at 1,210 cents.

As mentioned earlier, the week finished in a strong fashion.

The Western region, which was selling last, had a late upward surge.

The Fremantle fleece MPGs added between 19 and 34 cents for the final day and between 26 and 44 cents for the week.

Noteworthy this week, t h e 1 P P c o m m i t te e approved a line of wool from KINGSTON/TASMANIA. To be recognised as 1PP, there is strict criteria to be met and the wool “must exhibit superlative quality, style and soundness and be prepared in the best possible manner”.

This was the first 1PP lot in the Southern region

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As this is traditionally a quiet shearing time in the West, as many farmers are well into their cropping programs, quantity dictates that no sale is needed in Fremantle next week.

With only Sydney and Melbourne in operation the national quantity drops.

Currently, there is expected to be 36,300 bales on offer.

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VICTORIAN horse owners are being asked to take a simple step for a special friend and register for a Property Identification Code (PIC).

Agriculture Victoria Manager Livestock Traceability Ben Fahy said PICs provided horse owners an extra level of protection during emergencies.

‘If there’s a flood, fire or disease outbreak, we may need to reach out with concerns specific to your animals, or for emergency relief and recovery activities within an impacted area,’ Mr Fahy said.

‘Getting a PIC is quick, easy, and free via the Agriculture Victoria website – all that’s required is your contact details, the number of horses and the parcels of land where they’re kept.’

All Victorian properties with livestock, including horses, are required by law to have a PIC, an eight-character code essential for contact and traceability purposes.

‘PICs are required whether you keep a horse for recreational, agricultural or competitive purposes – even for your brood mare in the paddock,’ Mr Fahy said.

‘When horses are on agistment away from

home, it’s essential that those properties have PICs, which can be applied for by the horse owner or service provider.’

Based in Warrnambool, Katrina Routson is one of Australia’s largest Friesian horse breeders and said that PICs provided peace of mind in case of emergency.

‘If a bushfire comes through someone would know that we have animals,’ Ms Routson said.

Livestock owners should regularly review their PIC details, and update any changes that have occurred such as change in property address, species of livestock or changes to personal details.

When livestock are offered for sale, given away or bartered via online or print media, the PIC of the property at which the livestock are kept must be included in the advertisement.

Register for a Property Identification Code today via the Agriculture Victoria website, or call 1800 678 779.

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Arnaud Natte Bealiba St.Netball scores Netball funds from

AS we enter round eight, we were faced with one of our toughest rivals, Carisbrook who gave all the girls across the board a good run for their money.

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Above: Singles winner Flo Andison (left) and Lyle Streeter.

Above: Pairs winners - Dot Baldwin (left) and Kaye Smith.

St. Arnaud Indoor Bowls BOWLING results for May 2023.

Good start in May at our Indoor Bowling, first week was our Birthday week, Happy Birthday to Bill Deanshaw, Betty Mazucco, Jenni Drury.

We also had an invitation to Charlton for their Opening Season.

We had a busy day Bowling in the afternoon at St. Arnaud then to Charlton for night-time bowling.

It was a good night.

It is always great to catch up with other Clubs.

Winners for the 2nd May 2023 - Elaine Palmer (S) Maria Hills, Brenda Beggs with 36 points Open Season Nighttime Bowling at Charlton Flo Andison (S) Brian Boyton, Brad Chester, Denise McDougal winners with 41 points Played 2½ games each Bob Nichols (S) Rolf Wacker, Jenny Walsh, Wendy Mills Runner up with 38 points Played 2½ games each Winners for the 9th May 2023 Beate Wacker (S) Rex Salter, Rolf Wacker with 34 points Winner for the 16th

May 2023 Singles Competition Lyle Streeter versus Flo Andison.

Won By Flo Andison.

Winners for the 23rd May 2023.

Flo Andison (S) Jenni Drury, Brenda Beggs with 47 points Winners for the 30th May 2023 Pairs Competition.

- Contributed Dot Baldwin (S), Kaye Smith versus Lyle Streeter (S) Maria Hills.

Won by Dot Baldwin (S) Kaye Smith.

Above: Opening Season at Charlton from left Flo Andison S, Brian Boyton, Brad Chester and Denise McDougal winners with 41 points.

Above: Played 2 ½ games each from left Bob Nichols S, Rolf Wacker, Jenny Walsh, Wendy Mills Runner up with 38 points.

Bealiba Hall Indoor Carpet bowls THE scoreboard didn’t always reflect the - Contributed quality of bowling this week.

There were some close games, some thrilling shots and as usual, lots of laughs.

Congratulations this week to the team of Pam Brightwell and Gary McClelland and also to the team of Malcolm Campbell and Heather Cooper with two wins each.

See you all again next week.

Right: The bowling doesn’t get much closer than this, the bowler was Gary McClelland.

MCDFNL round 8 results Seniors Campbells Creek 2.1-13 Dunolly 29.21-195 Royal Park 9.2-56 Marybor’gh Rovers 8.14-62 Talbot 7.7-49 Lexton 7.14-56 Newstead 9.13-67 Maldon 7.7-49 Carisbrook 9.7-61 Natte Bealiba 7.4-46 Navarre 8.7-55 Harcourt 15.11-101 Trentham 30.6-186 Avoca 3.10-28

Reserves Campbells Creek 0.2-2 Dunolly 29.17-191 Royal Park 7.7-49 Marybor’gh Rovers 8.13-61 Talbot 16.11-107 Lexton 1.1-7 Newstead 3.6-24 Maldon 9.11-65 Carisbrook 15.9-99 Natte Bealiba 5.7-3 Navarre 9.5-59 Harcourt 15.9-99 Trentham 34.17-221 Avoca 1.6-12

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It was a tight game in very wet conditions for the 11 & Under’s unfortunately having our first loss, 7 to 9.

Zeva Missen, Evie Ross, Charli Catto and Scarlette Palmer were stand out players who made Carisbrook earn their goals.

The awards went to Zeva Missen for her continued effort on the ball.

13 & Under The 13 & Under team had a tight first quarter with scores level at the first break.

However the girls managed to win the next three quarters finishing with an 8 goal win against Carisbrook 33 to 25.

The glass award went to Asha Ross and the Reformed Pilates award went to Eve Mortlock.

15 & Under The 15 & Under’s had a tight tussle against Carisbrook in drizzly conditions!

They lead at every change however Carisbrook stormed home to get the win 26 to 33.

BMPT Award went to Ella Gourley for a strong game in WA while Milla Boyes received the club award for her defensive pressure in GK. 17 & Under The 17 & Under’s worked hard against

Carisbrook.

With a tight four quarters the end of the game resulted in a draw 23 all which we were super proud of.

Awards went to Aleah Johnson and Reannen Tobin.

C Grade The C Grade girls played well but unfortunately went down to Carisbrook 30 to 35.

Awards went to Anita Ross for her consistent attacking game and Kylie Mortlock for her performance in the goal ring.

B Grade A really hard fought win by the B Grade girls.

They had to fight right until the end and were rewarded with an exciting one goal win, 32 to 31.

Awards went to Jess White who had a great game in goals and Kayla Stewart who was solid in the midcourt.

It was a tough game for the A Grade girls this week.

Carisbrook came out very strong and we struggled to maintain any momentum, going down 28 to 35.

Defenders Naomi Medlyn and Maddie Farrell played a great game and Ella Tranter was solid and reliable in the midcourt.

Awards went to Ella Tranter and Naomi Medlyn.

North Central Hockey Association results Under 12: Birchip Watchem 4 Boort 1, Sea Lake Nandaly 0 Wycheproof-Narraport 1, St. Arnaud 11 Wedderburn 0, Under 15: Birchip Watchem 3 Boort 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 0, St. Arnaud 15 Wedderburn 0, Women: Birchip Watchem 3 Boort 1, Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 3, St. Arnaud 13 Wedderburn 0 Men: Birchip Watchem 1 Boort 6, Sea Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 3, Ladders Under 12 pts St. Arnaud 15

Wyche-Narraport Charlton Birchip-Watchem Donald Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn Boort Under 15 Sea Lake Nandaly Birchip-Watchem St. Arnaud Boort Charlton Donald Wyche-Narraport Wedderburn Women Charlton Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Birchip-Watchem Boort Wedderburn Sea Lake Nandaly Donald Men Boort Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Sea Lake Nandaly Donald Charlton Birchip-Watchem

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the Sports Grants ST ARNAUD Netball Club Corporation received $1000 from the Sports Grants and was one of seven grassroots sport and active recreation organisations across Ripon set to bolster their coaching skills and administration expertise, or score new sports equipment.

This was a total of $10,000 from the State Government for clubs within Ripon.

Member for Ripon Martha Haylett announced the successful local applicants of the latest round of the Victorian Government’s Sporting Club Grants Program.

Ms Haylett said that the Sporting Club Grants Program was giving grassroots sports clubs across our region the support they need to grow their ranks and help more locals of all ages play the sports they love.

“Victorians love their sport and that’s why it’s important to support our sporting clubs so they can be accessible and inclusive for all members of our community.”

The grants provide clubs up to $1,000 for new uniforms and equipment, up to $2,000 for training coaches, officials, and volunteers, and up to $5,000 to improve club operational effectiveness.

The Program is part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to making community sport more accessible and inclusive, stimulating local economies, building sustainable sport and recreation and volunteer opportunities, and increasing local participation.

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St. Arnaud Hockey v Wedderburn - Contributed

WHAT an incredible day v Wedderburn!

Thank you to HeadSpace Bendigo who were on-site for all three codes on Saturday – Clinicians delivered a short speech to players about mateship, mental health and importance of community sport and chose the 'Heads On Awards' – players who seek help from others on the team, someone who makes plays to support and help others on their team, someone who encourages their team members in the face of difficulty or error.

Players selected were awarded an Evolution Headspace Hockey Stick.

Minkey: Leo Kay (St. Arnaud) Under 12’s: Bastian Noordennen (Wedderburn) Under 15’s: Sullivan Steel (Wedderburn) Womens: Neve Nisbet (Wedderburn) Ever yone also looked fabulous in their headbands for Annie Anderson.

Annie was a huge sponsor and supporter of all things Hockey.

Her zest for Hockey and life was contagious.

She is missed by

so many clubs.

Annie spent a lot of time coaching the current and next generation of goalies, spending time with some of the North Central locals who miss her dearly.

Hockey Clubs of Victoria wore headbands for their games in remembrance of Annie and it sounds like a few might stay as a regular occurrence!

Minkey: Game 1: Ella Coleman, Layla Culliver, Torah Watts.

Game 2: Friendly Match: Leo Kay, Chad Polkinghorne Minkey Sponsors: Hockey Club Drinker, Weirs IGA, PhysioBiz, GM RealEstate, MCL Legal.

U12s

Women:

11-0 Indi Johns Six2Six, Hannah Stones - MCLLegal Bag, Zach Green – JPX. Goals: Lewis Lowe (2), Lewis Ezard, Ned Ezard, Zach Green, Sam Greenaway, Duncan Kirk, Hannah Stones, Finn Wilson, Patrick Zsigmond, Indi Johns.

13-0 Bridgette Douglas PhysioBiz, Beth Miley - Moolerr Olives Hand Towel, Jayde Abbott Sporting Club Goals: Johanna Meagher (4), K ate Gifford (3), Georgia Douglas (2), Beth Miley (2), Nic Kirk, Bridgette Douglas, Jenny Bibby.

U15s:

Mens No Game.

15-0 Hannah Stones Wright Play of the Day, Mara Reynolds - RMB Pizza, Finn Green Weirs IGA Choc Goals: Austin Lowe (8), Hannah Stones (3), Duncan Kirk (2), Mara Reynolds, Finn Green.

Thanks to our incredible umpires, tech bench officials and spectators today!

Huge shout out to Andy Thomas for volunteering to umpire for Wedderburn who were short on the umpire front!

Above: Womens Teams showing off their headbands for Annie and celebrating Headspace Round with Headspace Clinician Millie in front.

Below: Beth Miley (right) from St. Arnaud locked in a fierce battle with Susan Smith from Wedderburn.

- Photos Tara Lowe.

Kids Night THE St. Arnaud Hockey Club annual KIDS NIGHT was a hit on Saturday night.

With the Football running the Bar, Netball running the BBQ and Hockey running everything in between, it was an amazing collaborative effort from the three codes coming together as one club for this function.

The St. Arnaud Kindergarten Parents Committee also involved themselves, joining forces to run a Wood Auction – raising funds for 2024 Bush Kinder.

All loads were sold during the night!

Jade Miles helped the Hockey Club promote kids night and the auction!

The St. Arnaud Kindergarten Parents Committee donated the door raffle won by; Sherridan Coleman – Halls Gap Family Pass and Hamish Tannock

- Contributed – Village Cinema Family Pass and Movie Snacks.

The Carisbrook and Charlton Lions Club were a hit with the Clown Trailer, Jumping Castle and Train!

The Fairy Floss and Popcorn proved most popular followed by Balloon Darts!

It is always an incredible evening where Kids can be Kids, playing games for loose change and ever yone heading home with some sort of prize, it was hard to find any person without a smile on their face the whole night.

When the question was asked “Has everyone had fun?”, there was a huge roar of ‘YES!” from the kids!

That’s a pretty good review for the night!

Above: Johanna Meagher, Tammy Wright and Jen Greenaway meeting and greeting at the entrance!

Below: Carisbrook Lions Train was a huge hit!

Above: Chad Polkinghorne enjoying the last of his Fairy Floss.

Left: Luke Green having a go at “Cup Pong”.

Right: Ben Greenaway running the Balloon Darts with Duncan Kirk ready to have a go!

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St. Arnaud vs Wedderburn Under 14’s THE youngest Saints were up and about on a chilly morning, taking on Wedderburn for Headspace round at Lord Nelson Park.

Above: Under 14’s Wedderburn and St. Arnaud players and coaches gather together after their match for a photo as part of the Headspace round at Lord Nelson Park on Saturday.

Above: All smiles Saints’ Finn Wilson, was awarded the Headspace award by the umpires for Best Team Player on the day.

Above: Saints’ Coach Harley Durward and Assistant Coach Tom Bertalli address the under 17s at three quarter time.

Right: Saints’ fast moving Frankie Donald, one of the best on ground looks for options up forward in the under 17s match on Saturday.

Under 17s Saints vs Redbacks IN a very fast paced and skill filled game, both sides were attacking the ball with great guts - Contributed and skill.

St. Arnaud found the ball quickly from the centre bounce with Owen Lowe able to strategically read the taps from the opposing ruck and send it surging into the Saints forward line.

A cultivating, and confident use of the ball resulted in goals to Ben Greenaway, Frankie Donald, Owen Lowe, Blayne Piper and a special mention to Hamish Darby who kicked his first goal in five years.

St. Arnaud 5-3-53 to Wedderburn 0-0-0.

The second quarter picked up where it left off at the end of the 1st quarter with the same fastpaced ball movement.

Players from both sides displayed a great set of knowledge and skills but Wedderburn players were unable to match the energy pouring from the St. Arnaud players as they ran away with the game.

Ryan Bigmore’s pressure on the ball made him a key player during this quarter, helping to award goals to Tyson Funston, Kynan Torney, Aidan Wickham and Owen Lowe.

Half time scores St. Arnaud 10-7-67 to Wedderburn 0-1-1.

St. Arnaud came out firing once again in the third quarter with every single player displaying great ball skill and knowledge.

Each player fought hard for the ball, put in the 1% and used every opportunity they got to hit the scoreboard.

Best players for the quarter consisted of Chase Zander, Kynan Torney, and Ryan Bigmore.

Goals to Owen Lowe (3), Sean Bridgeman (2), Jackson Needs (1) and Aidan Wickham (1).

3rd quarter scores St. Arnaud 17-12-114 to Wedderburn 0-1-1.

The final quarter was again dominated by the Saints, who continued to surge with confidence and show off their immaculate teamwork skills resulting in a big win which now sees them sitting on top of the ladder.

This win well and truly sends the boys on their merry way to a stella season and makes for an interesting coming weeks when they take on Boort now 2nd and Birchip 3rd.

Final scores St. Arnaud 22-19-151 to Wedderburn 0-1-1.

Best for the Saints consisted of Frankie Donald, Jackson Needs, Tyson Funston, Owen Lowe, Kynan Torney and Joshua Hilton.

The first quarter saw Chad Hendy with 3 goals on the scoreboard in quick succession, and a few unselfish plays to his teammates trying to share the ball around.

Isaac Johns kicked his first goal for the season and Sami Weir, Max Ezard and Finn Wilson ably assisted in the Saints forward line to finish strongly at the first siren.

Big changes to the Saints line up in the second quarter saw Archer Reyne kick 4 goals, with Ollie Hand and Bob Donald also on the scoreboard.

Finn Green showed his skills with the footy and the e v e r- r e l i a b l e J a c k

- Contributed Batters and Austin Lowe also had plenty of the ball.

Half time saw the Saints up 10.7.67 to 0.0.0.

Wedderburn put the pressure on in the third quarter, keeping the Saints to 2 goals for the quarter and hitting the scoreboard with much excitement in the crowd.

A couple of goals to Charlie Baldwin, and singles to Jack Batters and Austin Lowe in the last quarter, sealed a convincing win by the Saints at full time.

A special mention to Finn Wilson, who was awarded the Headspace award for Best Team Player on the day.

Final score - St Arnaud 16.8.104 to Wedderburn 2.3.15.

Goals – Archer Reyne (4), Chad Hendy (3), Jack Batters (2), Charlie Baldwin (2), Isaac Johns, Hamish Tannock, Ollie Hand, Max Ezard, Austin Lowe.

Best Players – Finn Green (Banavie Merino Stud), Max Ezard (Uniting Church), Archer R e y n e ( Pa r k v i e w B a ke r y ) , H a m i s h Tannock (Canteen), Chad Hendy (Sonya’s Hair Directors), Finn Evans (Croplands).

Left: Saints’ Under 14s Finn Green, one of the best on ground get his kick away.

Photo Tara Lowe

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THURSDAY NIGHT MEAL t h i s w e e k : pie night w/ mash bake + veg kids from 6pm | adults from 7pm

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whats coming up

•|THIS saturday |• ROUND 8 | away vs boort |awards in rooms after game

•|coming up|• round 9 | home vs bir/watchem | goods and services auction

saturday june 17 | sporting club @ 6:30pm labour | experiences | trips | dressed lambs & more! sunday, june 18th | driscoll ag @ 9am wood | hay | grain | merchandise & more! see page “9“ for more information round 10 | bye round 11 | home v nullawil | awards @ club rooms round 12 | away v slnt | tba round 13 | home v charlton | netball club event round 14 | away v w.-N'port | awards @ farmers arms round 15 | home v donald | awards @ sporting club round 16 | away v wedderburn | awards @ farmers arms round 17 | home v boort | saint olympics round 18 | away vs bir.-watchem | royal hotel september 23rd | st arnaud saints black tie vote count & presentations

Saints vs Redbacks in the inaugural Headspace Round LAST Saturday, North Central Footy continued at Lord Nelson Park with round seven action, the inaugural “Headspace Round 7.”

Headspace Round is designed to start the conversation about supporting your mates, both on and off the field or court.

“With just over half of young people experiencing some form of mental health challenges on their own, rather than speaking to someone, we are sharing a message that it is just important to support your teammates off the field or court, as it is to do so on the field or court.”

The St. Arnaud Saints, alongside the Wedderburn Redbacks would like to thank Headspace Bendigo for being a part of the day, and hopefully; we have together been able to help spread that message.

Senior Football The Saints went into the game looking for a strong start, and some early scoreboard pressure.

Unfortunately Wedderburn had other ideas.

The Redbacks got the first centre clearance, with a long kick out of the center, landing in the hands of Tom Campbell.

He kicked truly, and in the first 25 seconds, Wedderburn had their first.

Just a couple of minutes later, Danny Benaim found himself roving the pack, as the Redbacks put on their second.

Their third came just moments later, after Mitch Egan paid top dollar for the candy that Sam Barnes was selling, as Barnes kicked his first, and his career 597th for the Redbacks.

Throughout the subsequent moments of the quarter, the Saints were able to lift considerably throughout general play, however, were unable to take advantage of opportunities in front of goal.

There were misses from Jake Tillig off the ground, Will Bertalli from 25m after receiving an incorrect disposal free kick, and Brad Organ in a roving effort 20m out.

Danny Benaim would kick his second, and the teams fourth at the 17 minute mark of the quarter, again roving the pack in the goal square.

Jake Tillig had a running shot on goal, which was touched on the line, and soon after, Kurt Torney was awarded a free kick for holding the ball, and missed to the right 30m out, directly in front.

Shortly after, down the Wedderburn end,

Tom Campbell received a free kick for a ruck infringement, and kicked truly for his 2nd, and his teams 5th.

The Redbacks immediately followed up with another centre clearance, with Tom Campbell on the receiving end, kicking truly for his third, and the sixth in the quarter for Wedderburn.

The scores at the first break had Wedderburn 6.2 to the Saints 0.5.

Unfortunately, the Saints were again slow out of the gates, giving up three goals before kicking into gear.

The recent story of being unable to create opportunities in front of goal didn’t apply here, however to their detriment, their inability to convert in front of goal certainly did.

Of their 5 scoring shots in the first quarter, there were were at least 3, probably 4, which on another day, would have been converted.

Wedderburn took just a few minutes of the 2nd quarter to add to their tally, with Darcy Jackson kicking truly from 45 on the run.

It was clear however, that the Saints had lifted around the ground again, and a Brad Organ kick from 50m at the eight minute mark of the term, finally got the Saints on the board.

We had another period of backwards and for wards, football, before Robert Whyman roved the pack, and kicked his first of the day.

They followed up with another a few minutes later, after play on call was made by the umpires, which appears the Saints player did not hear.

Sam Barnes kicked his 2nd.

The Saints cleared the ball out of the middle, which made its way to Mitch Egan, who missed to the left from 50.

A few minutes later, the ball made its way to Sam Barnes, 35 meters out, and he doesn’t miss from there, ever…

He missed.

Play moved its way back towards the Saints end of the field, where Jake Hicks found himself on the end of a hand pass, and kicked his first, on the run from 48m.

Half Time came, and it was Wedderburn 9.7 to the Saints 2.6.

It was a definite step up in play by the Saints during the 2nd quarter, despite the margin creeping out by a further 10 points.

Coming back from

the main break, the Saints were determined not to let the Redbacks get off to the same start that they did during the first term.

The Saints struck just a couple of minutes into the third term, as Jake Male put one on the outside of his boot, straight through the big sticks.

Following 15 minutes of backwards and forwards play, with neither side able to take the ascendancy, Jake Hicks converted for his 2nd, following a short pass from coach, AJ Bourke.

Soon after, Nathan

Coghlan found himself on the end of a downfield free kick, and kicked truly, for the Saints 5th, their 3rd of the term.

Wedderburn 9.8 to Saints 5.8 This quarter was certainly the Saints best team quarter for the year, and at threequarter time, with the margin, down to just five goals, the Saints faithful were wondering “what if?”

We d d e r b u r n weren’t having a bar of it, and smacked on a further 6 goals, to blow the game apart, and eventually run out 62 point winners.

Final Score:Wedderburn 15.11-101 d. St Arnaud 5.9-39

Best:- H Durward, W Bertalli, Goode, S Male, Organ, M Birthisel.

Reserves After showing a considerable improvement across recent weeks, the Saints reserves were finally able to get their first win on the board for season 2023.

They were aided by a handful of returns, including speedster Will Jackson, as well as veterans Heath McNally, and Jarryd Kell.

The Saints were able to come out of the blocks quick and fast, piling on a handful of goals in the opening minutes, and took a handy 24 point lead into

- Contributed

the first break.

Wedderburn lifted in the second term, creating a handful of opportunities in front of goal, however the Saints were still able to extend their margin out to 28 at the main break.

During the third term, the Saints were again able to extend the margin, out to 34 points.

The final Quarter saw both sides, go goal for goal, finishing with the final margin of 34 points Saints 13.10-88 d.

Redbacks 7.12-54 Throughout the game, it was the pace and skill of Will Jackson and Zac MacDonald, alongside the precision ruckwork

of Simon Elliott who, all afternoon, was feeding the ball to the likes of Jarryd Kell and Zach Notting.

Rod Kirk playing primarily out of the forward line, was able to find the big sticks on 3 occasions.

Will Jackson was in the book for 3 goals, and Heath McNally 2, however snicko and hotspot would later show that McNally got a boot to one of Jackson’s goals.

Jarr yd Kell and Zach Notting kicked two each, while Kynan Torney got one of his own.

Best:- Jackson, Kell, Kirk, Elliott, Notting, MacDonald

North-Central Football Roundup Goldacres Seniors

6.2 9.7 9.8 15.11 (101) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.5 2.6 5.8 5.9 (39) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Goals for Wedderburn: Sam Barnes 4, Tom Campbell 4, Robert Whyman 3, Danny Benaim 2, Darcy Jackson, Hamish Lockhart. For St Arnaud: Jake Hicks 2, Nathan Coghlan, Jake Male, Brad Organ.

Best for Wedderburn: Luke Holt, Hamish Lockhart, Samuel Lockhart, Darcy Jackson, Adam Postle, Sam Barnes. For St Arnaud: Harley Durward, William Bertalli, Matthew Goode, Sam Male, Bradley Organ, Mitch Birthisel.

BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1 6.3 8.6 13.8 (86) BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1 4.2 5.4 5.5 (35) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon 4, Daniel Castellano 3, Nicholas Rippon 3, Lachy Foott 2, Patrick Sheahan. For Boort: Brayden Aitken 2, Ethan Coleman 2, Jarrod Fitzpatrick.

Best for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon, Jos Builder, Patrick Sheahan, Lachlan Ryan, Daniel Castellano, Samuel Simmons. For Boort: Nathan Twigg, Keiren Wilson, Ryan McGhie, Jarrod Starr, Keanu Padula, Ethan Coleman.

DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2 5.7 7.9 9.14 (68) 1.4 4.5 6.6 8. 8 (56) NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Goals for Donald: Sam Dunstan 4, Ryley Barrack, Ryan Bath, Keiran Bell, Hayden Geddes, Blake Grant. For Nullawil: Mitch Farmer 4, Lucas Caccaviello, Andrew Casey, Dean Putt, Adam Thomson.

Best for Donald: Ryley Barrack, Jesse Wallin, Josh Potter, James Wall, Rory O’Shannessy, Ryan Bath. For Nullawil: Patrick Kelly, Lucas Caccaviello, Billy Forrester, Dean Putt, Jordan Humphreys, Andrew Casey.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.4 3.8 5.8 9.13 (67) 1.0 2.1 3.4 5. 4 (34) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy Mcinnes 2, Tyson Mckenzie 2, Charlie Cox, Lance McClelland, Austin Mertz, Will Simpson, John Summerhayes. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Aaron Bateson, Matthew Beckmans, Hunter Connolly, Cody Green, Gedd Hommelhoff.

Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Jack Poulton, Trent Donnan, Ryan O’Sullivan, Luke Martin, Kane Donnan, Jai Wright. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Gedd Hommelhoff, Damien Horbury, Justin Bateson, Aaron Bateson, Jed Bish, Hunter Connolly.

Bye: Charlton.

Haeusler’s Reserves

ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2 7.5 10.7 13.10 (88) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2 2.7 4.9 7.12 (54) Goals for St Arnaud: William Jackson 3, Rodney Kirk 3, Jarryd Kell 2, Heath McNally 2, Zachary Notting 2, Kynan Torney. For Wedderburn: Gerald RIley 3, Jake Hayes, Cameron Lang, Matthew Lockhart, Jacob Piccoli.

Best for St Arnaud: William Jackson, Jarryd Kell, Rodney Kirk, Simon Elliott, Zachary Notting, Zaccariah MacDonald. For Wedderburn: Finn Turnbull, Mackenzie Smith, Matthew Lockhart, Jake Hayes, James Falconer, Coby Cunningham.

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.5 8.8 9.14 12.16 (88) BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.0 1.0 2. 3 3. 3 (21) Goals for Boort: Willem Toose 3, Frasier Holland 2, Nathan McNally 2, Nathan Gooding, Dylan Hatcher, Jacob Mulquiny, Patrick O’Rourke. For Birchip-Watchem: Callum Goode 2, Bailey Baxter.

Best for Boort: Matthew Hodoras, Jack Hall, Matthew Kane, Cameron Ross, Frasier Holland, Nathan McNally. For Birchip-Watchem: Jacob Noonan, Julian Liston, Jak Goldsmith, Ashleigh Samuels, Lachy Randall.

NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.3 9.5 14.10 16.12 (108) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.4 0.5 0. 5 3. 6 (24) Goals for Nullawil: Sam Goldsmith 6, Jarrod Taylor 5, Nicholas Williams 3, Joshua Bowyer, Jason Perry. For Donald: Kalon Green 2, Glenn Pearse.

Best for Nullawil: Jarrod Taylor, Dude Kelly, Joshua Bowyer, Sam Goldsmith, Lachlan Braine, Jason Perry. For Donald: Kalon Green, Gavin Beckham, Joshua Talty, Brady Griffiths, James Heslop, Noah Berry.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2 8.5 12.8 17.12 (114) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

0.0 0.0 0.0 0. 0 (0) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy Poulton 10, Brock Crowe 3, Damon Bailey, Joel Clohesy, Rylee McGarry, Nathan Wight. For Wycheproof-Narraport: nil.

Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy Poulton, Cooper Roberts, Chase Tait, Max Cahoon, Brock Crowe, Dylan Hickey. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Jackson Caulfield, Kirk Henshaw, Private Player, Xavier McKersie, Tom Metcalf, Matt Hall.

Community Bank Charlton & District Under-17s

ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.3 10.7 17.12 22.19 (151) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.0 0.1 0. 1 0. 1 (1) Best for St Arnaud: Frankie Donald, Jackson Needs, Tyson Funston, Owen Lowe, Kynan Torney, Joshua Hilton.

For Wedderburn: William Cunningham, Maikia Punguika, Flynn Lock, Deacon-James Tansley.

BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4 3.8 BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.1 4.1 Best for Birchip-Watchem: Riley Hogan, Charlie Frank, Connor Lee. For Boort: Lachlan Hall, Brodie Arnold, Beau Herrington, Max Beattie.

5.9 5.4

DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1 2.1 4.7 NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.2 1.4 2.5 Best for Donald: Noah Berry, George Morgan, Lachlan Clark, Nathan Hepworth.

For Nullawil: Max Fawcett, Tynan Perry, Sol Kelly, Jason Box, Thomas Mitchell.

6.10 7. 4

9. 9 3.10

(46) (46)

(63) (28)

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4 4.12 9.13 11.19 (85) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

1.2 3. 5 5. 7 7. 8 (50) Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Isaac Durie, Lucas McInerney, Jack Stacey, Ethan Ellis, Callum Mott, Hamish Pickering.

Wycheproof-Narraport: Hunter Connolly, Locke Coles, Xavier McKersie, Thomas Cotton, Heath Senior.

Next Round

Boort v. St Arnaud Wedderburn v. Nullawil

Round 8, Saturday, June 10 —

Donald v. Sea Lake-Nandaly Wycheproof-Narraport v. Charlton Bye: Birchip-Watchem

Uniting Church Under-14s

ST ARNAUD 16.8 (104) d. WEDDERBURN 2.3 (15).

Best for St Arnaud: Finn Green, Max Ezard, Archer Reyne, Hamish Tannock, Chad Hendy, Finn Evans.

For Wedderburn: Fabian Guzzo, Bianca Mansell, Jayden Baltas-Brew, Luke Martin, Bastian Noordennen.

BOORT 12.6 (78) d. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM 0.0 (0).

Best for Boort: Darby F Perryman, Owen Byrne, Liam King, Samuel McClelland.

For Birchip-Watchem: Jack McAuliffe, River Ryan, Garth Kilroy.

DONALD 10.14 (74) d. NULLAWIL 2.3 (15).

Best for Donald: Marty Burke, Baxter Donnellon, Jack Reilly, Lyric Davis.

For Nullawil: Tiger Vearing, Harry Humphreys, Nate Harrison, Andrew Teece, Smith Morrison.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY 16.5 (101) d. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT 2.0 (12) Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Coby Wight, Tom McClelland, Judd O’Sullivan, Ryder Newick, Archie Alday, Jacob Cox. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Riley Beattie, Finbar Polzin, Adele McNaughton, Ryder Harrison, Levi Hall.

Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

P 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

P 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6

Pts 24 16 16 16 14 12 10 4 0

% 242.79 177.14 176.80 127.84 81.02 107.73 103.77 39.47 31.93

W 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 0

L 0 2 3 2 3 3 3 5 6

Haeuslers Reserves Pts 24 20 20 16 12 8 4 4 4

% 370.54 339.22 333.10 146.33 80.47 47.90 42.28 41.40 39.79

W 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

L 0 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 5

D 1 1 -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

For 556 558 686 427 431 474 413 298 212

Ag 229 315 388 334 532 440 398 755 664

D -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

For 478 519 483 439 309 205 211 224 191

Ag 129 153 145 300 384 428 499 541 480

Community Bank Charlton and District Under-17s

Teams St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

P 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6

Pts 24 22 22 14 12 8 6 4 0

W 6 5 5 3 3 2 1 1 0

L 0 0 1 2 4 4 4 5 6

D 1 1 1 1 -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

D -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Uniting Church Under-14s P 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6

Pts 24 24 16 16 12 12 4 4 0

W 6 6 4 4 3 3 1 1 0

L 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 6 6

Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award

Voting for round 7: Wedderburn: Luke Holt 3, H. Lockhart 2, D. Jackson 1 St Arnaud: B. Organ 3, H, Durward 2, M. Goode 1.

Birchip-Watchem: N. Gordon 3, J. Builder 2, P. Sheahan 1.

Boort: N. Twigg 3, R. Wilson 2, R. McGhie 1.

Donald: R. Barrack 3, J. Wallin 2, J. Potter 1.

Nullawil: P. Kelly 3, L. Caccaviello 2, D. Putt 1.

Sea Lake-Nandaly: J. Poulton 3, B. Delmenico 2, R. O’Sullivan 1.

Wycheproof-Narraport: J. Kenny 3, G. Hommelhoff 2, M. Beckmans 1.

Saturday’s Leading Goal Kickers Seniors

Reserves

Sam Dunstan (Donald) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Ben Edwards (Bir.-Watchem) 0 . . . . . . . .27 Billy Mcinnes (SLNT) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Gedd Hommelhoff (W-N) 1 . . . . . . . . . . .19 Adam Thomson (Nullawil) 1 . . . . . . . . . . .19 Mitch Farmer (Nullawil) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Sam Barnes (Wedderburn) 4 . . . . . . . . . .18 Nathan Gordon (Bir.-Watchem) 4 . . . . . . .17 Daniel Castellano (Bir.-W) 3 . . . . . . . . . . .17 Tom Campbell (Wedderburn) 4 . . . . . . . .16

Billy Poulton (SLNT) 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 2 . . . . . . .20 Sam Goldsmith (Nullawil) 6 . . . . . . . . . . .18 Ben Brennan (W-N) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) 3 . . . . . . . . . .15 Patrick O’Rourke (Boort) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Tison Wiantara (Bir.-Watchem) 0 . . . . . . .11 Riley Doran (Bir.-Watchem) 0 . . . . . . . . . .11 Jason Perry (Nullawil) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

CHS Broadbent Club Championship

(Senior win 10 pts., Reserves 6, Under-17s 4, Under-14s 2) Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Snr. 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0

Res. 6 0 6 6 0 0 6 0 0

U-17 4 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 0

U-14 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0

Ttl. 122 94 87 78 72 67 38 36 28

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Five at Mildura for Ryan A hole in one for Bill - Contributed

CHARLTON reinsman Ryan Sanderson has done more laps of the Mildura track recently than a Merry-go-round does at a country show but his efforts paid off on Friday night when he drove 5 winners and 2 placegetters.

Four of the wins were for Mildura trainer Andrew Vozlic and the fifth was aboard “Cutty Sark” whose win made it a big 24hrs for his Birchip owners.

The previous night at Kilmore their star 3yo “Dangerous” was never off the bit in winning against the older horses with a margin of 11.9m and rating 1.57.4

GOLF was played on both days over the weekend at St. Arnaud.

- by Inside Running for the 2180m.

The colt had been away from the racetrack for 88 days.

At Pinjarra, WA, on Monday Noel and Kaye Boyd’s “Luvaflair” took her career win total to 13 when she won a 2692m MS and her earnings now total $112,953.

Above: 19yo Charlton driver Ryan Sanderson with star 3yo “Dangerous” who’s Kilmore victory was the first of 6 for the young driver in a little over 24hrs. Photo. Swan Hill HRC.

The highlight being on Saturday with Bill Rodger getting his first hole in one after a lifetime of trying.

As a reward the clubhouse got to enjoy a beer on Bill.

We hope you get a few more soon.

Sunday was the first round of the club championships with a field of twenty two in three grades.

In A grade the evergreen Bill Rodger leads Scott Wright by 3 shots from Jake Male a further 3 shots back.

The real contest is in B grade with 3 shots separating the whole field.

John Nevill, Trevor Stewart and Mark Sloan hold a 2 stroke lead over Jimmy Coloe, Rob Batters and Arnold Bond with Lindsay Baldock 1 stroke further back.

In C grade Tom Douglas holds a 1 shot lead over Dillon Baldock with Ernie Scilini 1 shot further back.

Three matches in singles knockout were completed with Head greenskeeper David Lanyon defeating Head irrigation expert Arnold Bond.

Ernie Scilini was too consistent for Colin Reyne and Lindsay Baldock held on to defeat Tom Douglas on the first extra hole.

The winner in division 1 was Bill Rodger with 67 net from Scott Wright with 73 net.

In division 2 the winner was Mark Sloan with 71 net from Trevor Stewart with 72 net.

Nearest the pins were John Nevill on the 6th, Scott Wright on the St. Arnaud caravan park 8th, Leigh Hines on the 10th and Chris Campbell in his comeback on Weirs IGA 18th.

Next Saturday is the Midwest Marathon over 18 holes.

The format will be 4BBB with drawn partners.

Above: Bill Rodger scored a hole in one last Saturday on the 6th hole of St. Arnaud golf course.

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