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Lockdown has ended and the snow beckons THE lockdown has ended just in time for the Year 10 and 11 students at St. Arnaud Secondary College to be able to attend the snow fields after missing out on going to the snow last year due to the pandemic.

However, the curve ball thrown this week was the need for compulsory COVID testing for anyone entering the Alpine Region.

Following an exceptionally tumultuous day, receiving

conflicting advice and making and changing arrangements several times, the school received an offer to hold the testing at school on Sunday.

Staff from East Wimmera

H e a l t h S e r v i c e , Tr a c y E d w a r d s a n d Ve r o n i c a Wilson offering their time and skills to save staff and students a great deal of time and hassle that would have been involved if they had to do the testing out of town.

The School received official notification that their students and staff are not required to quarantine

following this COVID -19 test unless they are experiencing symptoms, are a close contact, have been to an exposure site or advised by the Department of Health, which means they are able to continue with normal activity, including work commitments on Sunday and schooling on Monday.

Above: The late Bill Ezard with his wife Noela.

Lane named in honour of the late Bill Ezard approved by Council LONG has the unnamed road between Gordon Street and Kimberley Street, St. Arnaud been known as Ezard Lane and now after the Northern Grampians Shire Council meeting of last Monday this lane name has been formalised.

This road was given the informal name of Ezard Lane as Bill’s property backed onto the lane.

Members of the St. Arnaud community submitted requests to Council that the name be adopted formally.

Citations were received from Jennifer Bibby, Colin Forster and Jim Anderson citing the honour was in recognition of 25 years of service with the Shire.

Mr Ezard was a well-respected and admired member of the St. Arnaud community.

He was known for his devotion to the town he loved, working as a maintenance employee for the Town of St. Arnaud and then following amalgamation, Northern Grampians Shire Council from 1986 through to 2016, a total of 30 years.

A motion to accept the naming of the road was put by Cr Tony Driscoll stating that William “Bill” Ezard was a ‘community citizen’ meaning family and community were important to him.

“Bill was a community member, where his contributing was done when no one was looking.

“I commend this resolution.”

Cr. Eddy Ostarcevic noted that Bill’s past was significant and the community has rallied to nominate him, “which is a recognition of his worth to the community.”

Cr Kevin Erwin said Bill Ezard was “the salt of the earth.”

Above: Staff from St. Arnaud Hospital, Tracey and Veronica, attended St. Arnaud Secondary College on Sunday to carry out the testing of students for the School Camp.

A chip off his mother’s block for a good cause SHELDON Burke recently completed a 10 hour non-stop run (73.16km and 78,000 steps), supported by his mother Michelle (nee Evans) Burke who has completed a couple of marathons and therefore proved to be worthy to call herself trainer.

Above: Sheldon and his mother Michelle start out on the 10 hour non-stop run.

Sheldon, son of Kieran and Michelle Burke and grandson of Lee and Lindsay Burke and Lyn and Robin (dec) Evans of St. Arnaud, is in his final year of Paramedicine and according to his uncle Shane Burke, ‘a high achiever’.

He saw a cause, Maddie the sister of his girlfriend, and wanted to help in any way he could.

So he recently completed the 10 hour non-stop run on the O’Keefe rail trail.

The cause of the ‘Go Fund Me’ page was Maddie Burt, who is currently undergoing her second battle with leukaemia after being in remission for 12 months.

Maddie is a speech pathologist who helps people day in and day out to further develop their communication skills.

She has also just brought her

Above: Sheldon Burke, who completed a massive effort to raise funds for his girlfriend’s sister, Maddie Burt. first home which means her first mortgage and not being able to work is going to make things very tight for a while and she will be on medication for life.

“This run I am doing is all about setting Maddie up for the future after she kicks cancer’s ass for the second time” says Sheldon on the ‘Go Fund Me’ page.

Sheldon’s run raised $21,929, far exceeding the goal of $5,000, with a another event the Golden Square Hotel goods auction to come.

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Children are the losers in a world going backwards

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When we as adults fall upon hard times or have a critical situation to take care of, the children who are not involved in solving the problem are often overlooked in the big picture of world dynamics. So when we examine how the world has changed for children, we see that COVID19 has affected their lives dramatically, that displacement due to war and famine have affected their lives on top of COVID-19 and that more than any other group it is the children who suffer the most in these situations.

Now that COVID-19 is now present in virtually every country this year there is in particular the sense that the worst perhaps is still to come. With business as we know it gradually grinding to a halt across the world and more are out of work and more at being locked down.

Around the world child poverty rates have increased particularly among children in femaleheaded families, or single income families. These increases reverse the trend of improving the child poverty rates of the last few years and the pandemic has also widened the differences by race and family structure.

Many children around the world including those that have been displaced by conflict are living in vulnerable conditions, some in camps, and the crisis has resulted in the closure of many of the ‘free school meals’ that 130 countries have now abandoned. For many children these meals must be provided at home, and sadly some of those homes are not the safe haven they should be.

UNICEF predicts in a ‘worst case scenario’ that the current pandemic will increase the number of children living in poor households by more than 142 million by the end of this year, bringing the total number of children living in unacceptably poor households to a mind-blowing 725 million.

Any increase will add to the numbers that are at risk due to the rise in sexual abuse reported due to lockdowns and loss of work.

Without COVID, without a war in our country and therefore no displacement of families, there are those however that still experience domestic violence, those that experience sexual abuse and sexual assault. In research recently released from the Kids Helpline it was reported there has been an increase of nearly 50% nationally in sexual abuse by family members over the past six months of this year. Because we know that sexual abuse often exists behind closed doors this increase is more than likely due to stay-at-home rules, lockdowns that attempt to contain the virus, but cover up more dastardly activity.

There has been an additional 210 contacts from young people (totalling 663) in the last six month period with Kids Helpline. Each of these contacts have raised the issue of being sexually exploited by family members, those that have responsibility for their care. These staggering figures highlight the vulnerability of children in their own homes.

In Victoria alone there has been an increase of 70% in contacts from minors and an increase of 19% for reports of sexual assault just in that six month period.

Many of us would say with regard to the pandemic ‘kids are effected less so we target protecting our elderly more’ but who of us see that lockdown with on the whole less outside activity that it is our children that are suffering more.

Charities will be called upon to do more with less and we, all those whose circumstances have changed little, except for disruption to our activities, need to do more to turn this situation around, in particular for our children.

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PROUD parents Hayley and Ben Francis have welcomed their son, Harrison Adam Francis, into the world.

Harrison was born at Ballarat Health Services on 30th June.

He is the first grandchild for both sets of grandparents, Craig and Michelle Watts of Coonooer Bridge and Adam and Sharon Francis of Ross Creek. Congratulations to all.

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To the Editor Medical experts provide accurate Covid information Dear Editor I must disagree with the sentiments of the letter written by William Rowe on the Suspension of Human Rights during this Covid 19 epidemic.

I urge the public to get information on the Covid 19 virus from reliable expert medical Doctors and epidemiologists.

Dr. Norman Swan comes to mind.

Do not listen to the spiel of the so-called experts on social media from groups such as Q Anon conspiracy theorists, Anti-Vaxers and Trumpites.

The sheer ignorance and selfishness of these groups is breath-taking.

We in Victoria are lucky to have a Premier who takes his advice on this matter from genuine medical experts.

My thanks to Daniel Andrews and his team during this serious Covid 19 epidemic.

Yours sincerely, Julia Morant St. Arnaud

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Police Report CHARLTON More on motorcycle theft On Thursday 22nd June, 2021 Charlton Police assisted Donald, Birchip and St. Arnaud Police in the arrest of a 33 year old male in Donald for the theft of two motor vehicles and a motorcycle.

The vehicles had been stolen from Donald and Ballarat and the motorcycle had been stolen from St. Arnaud.

Call for information Police at Charlton would like to hear from anyone that can assist with identifying the owners of an orange

coloured Trail type Motorcycle and a red coloured trail type motorcycle.

The rider of the orange motorcycle was wearing a full leather motorcycle outfit.

The unregistered motorcycles were travelling in the Teddy Waddy area and along the Glenloth Road at about 3.30pm on Sunday 25th June, 2021.

Unregistered motorcycles Police have been receiving reports on weekends of unregistered motorcycles being ridden in the Glenloth area so targeted police patrols will operate in the area to deter this activity.

Penalties for riding unregistered motorcy-

cles on roads is quite expensive.

COVID restrictions Even though COVID lockdown has restricted vehicle movement police would also like to remind drivers to take extra care on the roads with the wet weather of late making conditions dangerous.

Take the extra time to monitor your vehicle speed and rest regularly, as it is better to take longer to get to a destination than not get to the destination at all.

Anyone with information to assist police is requested to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Back to school again with friends STUDENTS at St. Arnaud Primary School were all smiles when lockdown finished last week and they were back with their friends.

Above: (left to right) Noah Hando, Amelia Watts, Sami Weir, Sam (standing), Kenna Lurusso, and Harmonie Medlyn.

Above: Scott Wilson (Community Bank Director), Casey and Bruce Hando (St. Arnaud Agents), Kristy Jones (Relationship Consultant) and Andy Reid (Community Bank Branch Manager).

Sportfirst store sold but Community Bank is here to stay THE Avoca District Co-operative Limited has announced that the Bendigo Bank agency in St. Arnaud is set to re-locate in the coming months, but that its’ long-term future is safe and secure.

The Co-operative oversees the management of the agency in St. Arnaud, and the Community Bank branches in Avoca and Maryborough.

The agency is currently located in a shared space in the Sportfirst store in St. Arnaud, managed by owners Bruce and Casey Hando.

Bruce and Casey have recently sold the premises, resulting in the Co-operative needing to find another business with which to partner the agency.

Co-op Chairman, Lloyd Gollop reassured the community of St. Arnaud and the surrounding districts that the organisation is committed to providing continued Bendigo Bank services to customers and ensuring that the future banking needs of the community are met.

“We realise that

change can be worrying, but this is also an exciting time for our business and the community,” said Mr Gollop.

“We will establish ourselves in a new location and continue to provide the high-quality banking services that people in St. Arnaud have come to expect and appreciate.

“We recently expanded our services with Relationship Consultant, Kristy Jones, available in St. Arnaud three days per week which will continue.

Mr Gollop expressed his heartfelt thanks to Bruce and Casey Hando, who have held the Community Bank agency agreement since 2013.

“We extend our sincere thanks to Bruce and Casey as they have been wonderful ambassadors for the Community Bank,” said Mr Gollop.

“As a local family and business owners, they understand how impor-

tant it is to retain banking services in the community.”

“Their professional service, community engagement and commitment to the agency has helped customers achieve their goals and in turn, generated profits that have been returned to the community through important projects and activities,” Mr Gollop concluded.

Recent projects that have been supported by the Community Bank include contributions towards the St. Arnaud Silo Gateway Project, East Wimmera Health Services, St. Arnaud Men’s Shed and St. Arnaud Primary School.

News regarding the Agency’s location will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Special letters for students at Charlton College LAST term the Year 5/6 students at Charlton College were studying the text type of letter writing. The students all wrote a letter to one of their favourite authors and last week the students started to receive letters back. Four students received letters from Andy Griffiths and one student received a letter from Amelia Mellor.

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St. Arnaud 100 Years Ago - 29th July - 4th August 1921 Methodist Church

Methodist Church has commenced work.

The ceiling will be lowered over the rostrum and choir platform to improve the acoustics and lighting, while the interior walls

Mr A E H Preece, contractor for the internal alterations and general renovation to the St. Arnaud

will be painted a lighter colour.

Sunday services will be conducted in the school hall while the work is in progress.

The Methodist Young People’s Guild a debate, ‘City v’s Country’, the team for city - Mr H C Shaw, Miss Whitney and Mr Trevena were beaten by the team for the countr y, Mr K McMillan, Miss McGee and Mr T Dunstan.

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The former Mc Brides shop on the corner of Napier and Raglan Sts which had been purchased to use as club rooms for the R S L has been purchased by Mr P W Smith for £1,200 and he intends moving his photography business into this building which is adjacent to the Town Hall Hotel.

Deaths Sixty-six year old Samuel Davy died suddenly of a heart attack leaving a widow Nellie

and seven children.

Sam came to St. Arnaud 45 years ago from Forest Creek, and drove the Cobb and Co coach between St. Arnaud, Moonambel and Ballarat before going to work at the Lord Nelson mine.

In 1903 he opened a fruit shop in Silvermines Road and another one in Napier St opposite the Town Hall Reserve, which was carried on by his son and daughter.

In days gone by he was a well-known comedian and very popular as ‘Tambo’ in the Christy Minstrels entertainments held in St. Arnaud.

A pioneer resident of Emu Mr Paul Cameron died age 74 years also of heart failure and was buried at Bealiba.

Paul was born in Scotland and lived in Victoria for 69 years.

His wife, who is a daughter of William Male of Emu, and their two sons Francis and John live at Emu.

St. Arnaud Hospital Annual Meeting Receipts £3,36817-10, expenses £3,04311-6, patients admitted during the year 302 male and 243 female, total cases treated 578, deaths 43, discharged 498, remaining in hospital at the end of June 1921 – 37.

Outpatients – new cases 30, previous cases 60, diphtheria cases 76 with no deaths, operations - 70 major and 118 miner.

The Hospital Sunday movement made £1,591-15-11, with Bands collections, St. Arnaud £568-10-4, Birchip £537-6-0, Donald 356-10-0 and Watchem £120-16-7, plus many bags of wheat were donated.

The Wood Bee was a success and was managed by Mr W Wright.

Throughout the year there were entertainments, church collections etc to raise

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ON Tuesday there were only four new locally acquired COVID-19 cases recorded on Monday and all of these were linked to the current outbreak and were in quarantine during the infectious period.

A Department of Health official said one of the new cases was a household contact of a case from the AAMI Park cluster and the other was a household contact of the testing site worker who tested positive last week.

There were 21,417 test results received in the 24 hours to Monday morning.

On Sunday 15,000 vaccine doses were administered at staterun vaccination hubs.

Eight cases in hospital, including three in intensive care

Slight easing of restrictions Changes to restrictions from midnight yesterday (Tuesday) relate to group bookings at hospitality venues, tours and gyms where there will no longer be limits.

Minister for Health Martin Foley said the broader density limit of one person per 4 square metres would continue to apply.

On Sunday Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said that the state was “tracking well” for an anticipated easing of restrictions

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on Wednesday (today).

In other welcome news, Professor Sutton also highlighted that recent cases who were fully vaccinated experienced mild symptoms at worst, emphasising the protection offered by both AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines.

Border restrictions In a frantic effort to contain the spread of the virus the border into NSW has been tightened.

Residents in the Victorian/NSW bubble will only be able to enter Victoria without a permit for six essential reasons from midnight Tuesday.

Reasons are for medical care and COVID vaccinations, compassionate reasons, paid and voluntary work, education including childcare, and sport and exercise.

The Health Minister emphasised that the rules would also apply to Victorian residents travelling into New South Wales, meaning their travel into NSW must be essential if they wish to re-enter Victoria without a permit.

The restrictions do not apply in emergencies or if someone is escaping family violence.

Indicating his awareness of the difficulties this would impose, Mr Foley acknowledged the tightened restrictions would cause stress and difficulty for border communities, but said previous protocols were not drawn up with the Delta variant in mind.

“We know that will have an impact on many border residents but we also know that an outbreak of the Delta variant on our doorstep will have an even more negative impact on our border communities," he said.

South-east Queensland became a red zone under Victoria's traffic light system on Saturday night, as that region entered a lockdown.

Mr Foley said most of those who had returned from southeast Queensland as orange zone travellers over the weekend had tested negative at this time.

Exposure sites There have been no new COVID -19 exposure sites added in Victoria since Saturday.

money plus many people donated fruit, vegetables, honey, books and old linen.

Dr C H Fleming remains as chief medical officer with Dr Doyle giving assistance when needed.

Elections - President Tom Grant [replaces Mr Mewkill] Vicepresidents H J Rowe [town] B Lavery of Watchem [country], Treasurer H W Dunkley, Committee J Worsdell, G McKechnie, G McGlashan, J Lockwood, W A Hearn, John Hodgson, T Proctor and W McNabb.

Gold found at Rostron Mr A Murray picked up a slug of gold 4-5 pennyweight on an old tailings heap at Rostron.

Stuart Mill The Stuart Mill State School will be closed for a fortnight due to an outbreak of diphtheria in the district.

Football St. Arnaud played Watchem at St. Arnaud there scores being – ¼ time St. Arnaud 1-1 Watchem 0-0, ½ time St. Arnaud 1-1 Watchem 2-4, ¾ time St. Arnaud 3-3 Watchem 3-4, and the final score St. Arnaud 45 defeated Watchem 3-7.

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Donald 12-19 defeated Birchip 5-7 at Birchip.

In the Junior Association held at Coonooer Bridge, the home team 6-10 defeated St. Arnaud who did not score for the entire game.

Tenders Called To build a reinforced concrete bridge over Jardine’s Creek on the Navarre – St. Arnaud Road.

Sales Mrs R Edelsten has sold her well known property at Carapooee consisting of 1,506 acres and 700 sheep on a walk in walk at basis to Mr H L Doyle.

Mr S Sloane sells house and land in McMahon St to Mrs R Edelsten.

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Risk of misinformation on the rise THE power of social media to influence people’s behaviour is on the rise as other forms of communication become less effective.

This is a key finding from the latest Togetherness Index released recently by strategic communication consultancy SenateSHJ. Social media is playing a significant role in motivating people to change their behaviour, which amplifies the risk of misinformation as well as helping to connect people.

A third of those surveyed found communication on social media from sources other than friends and family effective. A quarter trusted this information while a fifth of people say they have changed their behaviour because of what they have found on social media.

Darren Behar, Managing Partner at SenateSHJ, said the proportions have held up despite warnings about the influence of social media and of misinformation found on these platforms.

He said: “At the same time the influence of business, government, local community leaders and even friends and family have slipped.

“It would seem we are less engaged with traditional sources of information, perhaps because of COVID-19 fatigue.

“People are turning to social media for information, and while they may find trusted sources, the risk of exposure to misinformation is heightened” he said.

Nationally, less than four in 10 Australians are engaging with gove r n m e n t communication, slipping from almost 50% during the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic, and media now only influential with one in four according to the annual Togetherness Index.

Fewer than one in three respondents gave a lot or some thought to communication from

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community leaders, while 24% did so to communication from leaders of large businesses – also down on last year.

Concerningly the most powerful influ encers of our behaviour, family saw the most significant drop from 57 to 43%.

Jodie Wrigley, Head of Health and Social Change at SenateSHJ, said it is now more important than ever to ensure people can spot misinformation.

“Eighteen months into this pandemic people are engaging less with communication from businesses and leaders in the community showing they are fatigued and

potentially complacent.

“This is to be expected” Ms Wrigley said.

“It’s important to keep bringing the community together, to appeal in many ways to different sectors of the community and to do so in a variety of ways, including at the community level.

“We must also make sure people who are turning to social media know where to go for trusted information, and how to pick up on misinformation” she said.

The Togetherness Index is based on a sur vey of 1,000 Australians.

The original research explores what components of communication contribute to togetherness, or social cohesion, within the community.

Local Council CEOs propose plan to transform Grampians Tourism Board COUNCILS of Northern Grampians, Horsham, Ararat and Southern Grampians have responded to the Regional Tourism Review and agreed to transform the structure of the board membership, funding commitment and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and key goals.

At Monday’s meeting of the Northern Grampians Shire Council a new MoU was adopted in response to the agreement.

In March 2019 the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Martin Pakula announced the Review of Regional Tourism to identify opportunities to better support tourism in the region, enhance private investment and create more regional jobs.

This review resulted from the four year Visitor Economy Recovery and Reform Plan in 2021.

The board decided that from 1st July 2021, members of the association will be comprised of the CEO from each local government area (LGA) and up to three persons appointed based on their skills and experience.

In addition, the board approved the LGA financial contribution to Grampians Tourism for the 2021-

22 period with each LGA committing a $35,000 contribution toward resourcing and a $15,000 contribution t o w a r d m a r ke t i n g activity, relevant to regional tourism development and marketing.

The revised MoU acknowledges that Grampians Tourism has relationships with several stakeholders and funding bodies and the MoU relates particularly to the relationship between Grampians Tourism and the member councils.

Also acknowledged and defined are the particular goals for Grampians Tourism that meet the strategic intent of the member councils in the visitor economy.

The document also includes the key goals of brand development, destination marketing, digital collateral development and strategic product identification and support.

The MoU will expire in June 2024.

Mayoral Matters - July As the month draws to a close, I just want to commend everyone in Northern Grampians Shire Council for their dedication to keeping our community safe from Coronavirus this month.

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Vaccination clinics: East Wimmera Health Service Telephone: 03 5477 2100 starnaud@ewhs.org.au St Arnaud pop up clinics Telephone: 03 5477 2129 I see you wearing masks, sanitising, Charlton pop up clinics keeping your distance and staying Telephone: 03 5476 8000 home where possible. I see St Arnaud Medical Clinic businesses abiding by the new The Clinic welcomes new clients for regulations to display QR codes for COVID-19 vaccines - AstraZeneca in customers to check in. Your efforts stock (no Pfizer). have contributed no doubt to the Telephone: 03 5495 1766, reassuring news that we continue to admin@starnaudmedical.com.au have zero local cases of Coronavirus: a Resources testament to your commitment to COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline abide by the restrictions.

Telephone: 1800 020 080 (open 24/7) and general website on vaccines As we know, vaccination is your best www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/vaccine defence against Coronavirus, and I Call for nominations for encourage you to speak to your GP the Walkers Lake about your eligibility and health concerns and if you can, roll up your Advisory Group sleeve and get the jab. Our customer Council is currently seeking service staff and the council website nominations from the community to has current information from local join the Walkers Lake Advisory Group. health authorities on where to get the The group is comprised of community vaccine. members and representatives from key stakeholder organisations who To date, Victoria is leading the charge assist council in the management of in the Australia-wide vaccination the Walkers Lake Reserve. program; more than 1.5 million Interested residents are invited to Victorians have participated. nominate for the community positions Nationally, 45% of us over the age of 16, have had the first dose and I look on the Walkers Lake Advisory Group forward to seeing that percentage rise, with nominations closing Sunday, because it will see the return of many 22 August 2021. freedoms that we miss.

Nominations can be entered online at www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/WalkersLake

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In The Paddock New generation takes Telehandler tragedy a catalyst for new guidance to online whole farm planning A tragic incident at a Wimmera feedlot in November 2020 was the catalyst for a new Telehandler Safety handbook for Victorian farmers.

OVER the past 2 decades, thousands of farmers have benefitted from Agriculture Victoria’s Whole Farm Planning course.

Farmers of all ages and experiences, on properties of all sizes have participated in FarmPlan 21, to outline the vision for their livestock or mixed farming operation, and identify the steps they need to take to make it a reality.

N o w, a s w i t h so many education courses, FarmPlan21 is being delivered online.

Agriculture Victoria’s Tess McDougall said the move to online has been positive, making the course available to a whole new group of landholders. “ We a r e s e e i n g younger people complete the course, the next generation of farmers who may have been out working and have now come back to the farm and want to know how they can put a plan in place to achieve their goals.

“We are also seeing more women take up the course, women who have had careers o f f- f a r m a n d h a v e taken up agriculture later in life” Tess said.

In the past FarmPlan21 has been

a six-day course run at a fixed location for six hours a day.

The new free online course is run over 12 sessions, with two sessions a week. Each session takes about two hours and the sessions are recorded, so those who can’t make the scheduled time can catch up when it suits.

“More families are a b l e t o t a ke t h e course, and we are also seeing multiple people from the same farm business complete the course together,” Tess said.

“Most farm businesses can only spare one person at a time to attend an off-farm course. But this way, couples can do the course together, we have a mother and daughter team enrolled, it’s opened it up to so many more people.”

FarmPlan21 covers soils and land classing, farm design and layout, farm water supply and emergency preparedness, pasture and grazing management, biodiversity and shelterbelts, farm biosecurity, climate, and outlining your

farm vision and goals.

The online version of the course also includes digital farm mapping, where participants learn to use farm planning mapping systems and work on a map of their own farm.

An online course for fire and flood affected farmers, consisting of 11 two-hour online sessions, will be held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, running from 24th August to 14th September 2021, then 8th February to 22th February 2022.

The summer break will provide an opportunity for participants to begin their farm plan mapping, practice mapping skills and take soil samples and participate in onfarm visits.

“It’s a great course for people who want to define their farm’s vision and goals to give their business more structure,” Tess said.

For more information or to register for the course, visit https://agricul ture.vic.gov.au/support-and-resources/ev ent-listing/farmplan21-whole-farm-pla nning-course-eastgippsland-online or contact Tim O’Donnell at tim.odennell@agriculture.vic.gov.au

Twenty per cent of on-farm injuries are caused by farm machinery, including telehandlers.

Key risks include tipping by over-balancing the load, failing to see workers while reversing, creating a blind spot by not lowering the boom, and touching high voltage power lines.

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Farm Safety Team partnered with the TeleScopic Handler Association to develop the Telehandler Safety handbook, a practical guide for farmers that

THE National Farmers' Federation is seeing red at the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and has urged the Government to do its best to stop uninformed and alarmist outcomes being supported.

The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), Pre-Summit underway in Rome and online this week, is advocating a so-called UN-backed international dietary framework that ‘allows’ for the consumption of no more than 14g of red meat per day – equivalent to the size of three blueberries.

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• High Risk Work Licences are required for operators of telehandlers with a load capacity over three tonnes.

For telehandlers with a load capacity under three tonnes, the TSHA Operator Gold Card training is strongly recommended.

In addition to this guidance document, two safety advisors are available to provide advice and support to all Victorian farmers, free of charge.

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A two-page flyer is also available that can be printed for employees, posted on noticeboards or made available in machinery sheds and tea rooms.

Key messages for telehandler users: • Make sure that the view from the cab is not obstructed by the boom, cab pillars or other parts of the machine • Lower the boom during travel to lower the centre of gravity and maximise stability and avoid contacting overhead powerlines

undertaking safety audits and consulting with farmers.

The VFF Making Our Farms Safer Project is funded to deliver this work by the Victorian Government through the Growing Victoria’s Agriculture election commitment and Smarter Safer Farms program.

To contact the VFF Farm Safety Team, phone Farm Safety Advisors John Darcy on 0432 156 223 or Richard Versteegen on 0499 772 472.

You can also visit the Making our Farms Safer page on Facebook or Twitter.

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Dairy Platform and other nations, who share our concerns, in responding to the UNFSS. "The Summit seems dogged in its efforts to make livestock production the scapegoat for the globe’s climate change challenges and to drive a reduction in meat consumption," NFF CEO Tony Mahar said.

"The NFF is bewildered as to why this forum has been created as the new home of international dialogue on food and climate matters, when up until now the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations had been the logical place. The Summit does not adhere to normal negotiations by sovereign nations under the banner of the UN. "Unbelievably the Summit’s process has been largely informed by the extreme activist start-up EAT Lancet.

Mr Mahar said the NFF's goal was to ensure the Federal

Government did not endorse the outcomes of this questionable UN talkfest and to influence the debate to incorporate a balance of views.

"Accordingly, we call on the Government to make the important points to the Summit that 1) animal agriculture has an essential role to play in global sustainable healthy and nutritious diets and 2) animal agriculture is sustainable and continues to work to improve its environmental credentials.

"The Australian Government must pro-

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In The Paddock Hay disease remains a risk for Victorian growers OATEN hay growers are being warned to keep an eye out for red leather leaf with recent wet weather providing the ideal environment for the common foliar disease to flourish.

Red leather leaf (RLL) is the most common foliar disease of oats in the medium and high rainfall zones of south-eastern Australia, causing yield losses of 10–22 per cent, in susceptible varieties.

These losses are due to reduced biomass and stem thickness.

But many growers do not realise the scale to which RLL can infiltrate crops or the damage it can inflict.

Agriculture Victoria cereal pathologist and National Hay Agronomy (NHA) trial member Hari Dadu said dry weather reduces the amount of disease, but it does not take long to reemerge following wet weather.

“Even though this season had a late break, the disease can develop

quickly, especially for those who grow oats on oats, as the disease is already there on the stubble residue,” he said.

“Last year, the disease was present in many crops in June, it developed slowly in July due to below average rainfall and once August came, and it rained again, the disease built up very quickly and up to 100 per cent of leaves were infected in experiments at Horsham and Inverleigh.”

Close rotation of oats increases the risk of loss due to RLL, as the disease is carried over on stubble.

Supported by the AgriFutures Export Fodder Program, the NHA research in Victoria last year, revealed RLL was the

most common foliar disease of oats – visible in 80 per cent of crops.

Bacterial blight was the next most prevalent, found in 55 per cent of crops.

The most severe case of RLL resulted in a hay yield loss of up to 22 per cent at the higher rainfall trial at Inverleigh.

This demonstrated how damaging RLL could be, especially in wetter environments.

Dr Dadu also noted that every 10 per cent increment in infection may result in a 1 per cent yield loss due to reduced biomass.

Currently there are no registered fungicides for use on RLL in oaten hay crops.

Growers on the lookout for RLL should watch for the emergence of small bluish, white dots on the leaves of oat crops, which turn a red, brown colour before merging.

Dr Dadu said many

growers confuse the symptoms of RLL with those of bacterial blight.

“The different diseases of oats can be difficult to identify accurately, especially when two or three diseases are present,” he said.

“Growers should talk to their agronomists to become familiar with the signs of RLL and the damage it can cause late in the season.”

But it is not all bad news, if a grower finds RLL in their oaten hay crop.

“Our experiments have shown that RLL doesn’t cause any losses to hay quality traits such as crude protein, acid detergent fibre (ADF), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and digestibility,” Dr Dadu said.

“So, the hay is still likely to be useful for fodder even if the colour is affected.”

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Above: Agriculture Victoria cereal pathologist and National Hay Agronomy (NHA) trial member Hari Dadu says dry weather reduces the amount of disease but it does not take long to re-emerge following wet weather. ported by the AgriFutures Export Fodder Program, focusing on improving the quality of export hay in Australia.

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Charlton Lions 2021 Swap Meet MEMBERS of the Charlton Lions Club have been very active in recent days organizing - Contributed their 2021 Swap Meet.

Above: Charlton Lions Club are pushing ahead with this year’s meet on 10th October.

The decision to hold the Swap Meet again this year is of course dependant on the COVID rules at that time but given the time it takes to plan and organise the event the Lions are proceeding with a good deal of ‘good faith’.

The event will again be held on the second Sunday (10th) in October at Charlton Park commencing at 8 am.

Members anticipate that the format of the Swap Meet will be similar to previous years with a variety of different sites including car parts, tools, plants, preserves and other items.

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Event organiser Lion Kevin Willey said that he has been working on the stall holders list for some time and to date has been promised great support for this year’s meet.

“The stall holders were, in the main, very happy with the 2019 meet and all have expressed a keen interest in attending this year’s event” Kevin said.

The committee in an endeavour to further promote the static Car Display have agreed to again add two prizes of a $50 Fuel Voucher for the ‘Best Presented Car’.

The event coordinator Garry Larmour said that the success of the Static Car display at the 2019 Swap Meet, supported by the many compliments the Club received after the 2019 event, the Club believe the static display had a significant impact on the success of the event.

“The Lions Swap Meet suffered severely several years ago from a bad weather experience however the event has been building up over the past couple of years the committee believe it is fast becoming a social event not to be missed so we recommend that you put the date in your diary” Garry said.

If you would like to have a stall in this year Swap Meet please contact Kevin Willey, Ross Lane or Garry Larmour who will be very happy to make the necessary arrangements for you.

It will be a fun day on 10th October in Charlton with hopefully the Swap Meet, the Rotary Art Show and the Garden Clubs Garden displays all happening again.

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With the on-again, off-again notices, Rex patrons would be forgiven for wondering if they were ever going to get the chance to see this feel-good movie.

So once again, this is the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender ‘Jan Vokes’ (played by Toni Collette).

Convincing her neighbours to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites, their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope for their struggling community.

Strongly supported by actor, Damian Lewis (‘Homeland’), the movie was filmed in Wales.

The story is filled with warmth and emotion, but it’s the race sequences which ramp up the tension as the viewer is taken into the action on course.

A star turn by Toni Collette is the linchpin of this movie, and with the emphasis on community and solidarity, this is a pleasant and uplifting film with appeal for all.

‘Dream Horse’ (PG 113 mins) screens on Saturday 7th August 8pm, Sunday 8th August 2pm and Tuesday 10th August 8pm.

Community Bank Grant Program Opens APPLICATIONS are now open for the 2021 Community Grant Program, proudly provided by the Community Bank Avoca, Maryborough and St. Arnaud.

The grant pool of $50,000 is open to community groups from the Avoca, Maryborough and St. Arnaud region.

Andy Reid, the new branch manager, is encouraging local groups and organisations to consider applying for assistance through the program.

“The program will again focus on the three key elements of our vision, so we encourage anyone looking to apply for a grant to clearly define how their project fits in with our vision of strong, connected and vibrant communities”, said Andy.

The community bank model ensures that a portion of profits from Community Bank Avoca, Maryborough and St. Arnaud are given back to the community via grants, donations, sponsorships and member contributions.

Since 1999, over $1.5m has been contributed to over 500 projects.

“Come and talk to our staff today and learn more about how banking with your local community bank branches can help your community thrive. Simply put, the more our customers bank with us, the more our community banks can invest back into our local communities.” Andy concluded.

A recipient in the 2020 Community Grant program was the CGLLEN’s TAC L2P Program.

CGLLEN Acting Executive Officer, Jane Moriarty said the organisation was extremely grateful for the funding that Avoca District Co-operative and Community Enterprise Foundation has provided to their TAC L2P Program.

“The grant allowed us to expand this fantastic driver mentor program to St. Arnaud and give local youth the chance to gain a lifelong skill that supports them to access further employment and training opportunities.

“In addition, it provides opportunities for members of the community to get involved as driver mentors and

Dance your way ‘In the Heights’ at St. Arnaud Cinema THIS is a love story musical and with a PG rating, a movie that youngsters and adults will enjoy.

It is about two young couples who are all friends.

In the story, there is Usnavi who likes a girl called Vanessa who works in a beauty parlour, and there is Usnavi’s friend Ben who likes Nina.

But Nina’s relationship with her father becomes strained when she decides to quit university.

Described as catchy and big-hearted, this movie is certain to warm you up with its vibrancy and high energy.

It’s a story of second generation of dreamers.

The movie is set against the background of the Puerto Rican community in a working-class neighbourhood of New York.

People of all ages will love the big Bollywood-style street-dance scenes, and who doesn’t love great music to go with all those great dance moves?

This is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

The movie screens on Friday 6th August at 7.30 pm and Sunday 8th August at 2pm.

Masks must be worn, signing in and other COVID protocols must be adhered to at all screenings.

have a positive influence on the life of a local young person” Ms Moriarty said.

The 2021 program is open until Friday 17th September and will be administered through the Community Enterprise Foundation.

All applications must be submitted online via the website https://cia.communityenterprisefoundation.com.au/Pr ogram/Index/1 Further information can be found on the Community Bank website at www.bendigobank.com.au/avoca

Above: CGLLEN’s TAC L2P Program were recipients of the 2020 Community Grant Program.

Pictured (left to right) Russell Marland, Casey Bertalli, Rebecca Reynolds, Anthony Hand, Calvin Taylor and Clinton Lobley took part in mentor training in St. Arnaud during April.

BULOKE PLAYSPACES TRAIL INFORMATION SHEET What is the project?

How can I have my say?

The Buloke Playspaces Trail involves the construction of five destination playspaces in Berriwillock, Birchip, Charlton, Donald and Wycheproof. The playspaces will accommodate play equipment which combine adventure activities, variety, innovative design and a social atmosphere. They have been planned to reflect the cultural and environmental features of the local Buloke townships, with diverse activities to appeal to young people from infants to advanced teenage years, supplemented with social facilities to cater for families and group gatherings.

Members of the community will have an opportunity to have their say by:

Why are we developing the Playspaces Trail?

Rationale for this project stems from a range of Shire and regional strategies, including the recently adopted Buloke Playspaces Strategy which includes high level concept plans for each playspace developed through the Buloke Playspaces Project in 2020. These strategies have emphasized the need to build on Buloke’s emerging tourism industry by diversifying and adding value to available visitor experiences, as well as enhancing the lifestyle of current and future residents of Buloke through maintaining current infrastructure for the community to enjoy.

Attending a ‘listening post’ (a casual chat) With the project team. See below for the time and location of the listening post in your town.

Completing a community survey The survey is currently live and can be found on the Buloke Shire Council website.

BERRIWILLOCK Playspace Location: Theme: Listening Post:

Tynan Park Ball Play 3pm - 5pm ,Tuesday 10th August at Tynan Park

BIRCHIP Playspace Location: Theme: Listening Post:

Soldier’s Memorial Park Water Play 12noon - 2pm , Wednesday 11th August at Soldier’s Memorial Park

CHARLTON Playspace Location: Theme: Listening Post:

Gordon Park Adventure Play 9am - 11am ,Tuesday 10th August at Gordon Park

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Where do I go for more information?

Visit buloke.vic.gov.au or contact the Buloke Shire Council on 1300 520 520 or buloke@buloke.vic.gov.au

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WYCHEPROOF Playspace Location: Theme: Listening Post:

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Skin Checks come to Wedderburn AUSTRALIA has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world and Lions Clubs in Victoria and Southern NSW are doing something practical about reducing that level and its impact on families.

The Lions Club of Wedderburn is announcing that the Skin Check van will be visiting Wedderburn on 15th and 16th October at the Town Hall.

The van will provide a free skin screening service to local people and will be operated by fully trained, certifi-

cated and professionally supervised volunteers.

The unit will also be a valuable resource for local people to access not only the skin check, but valuable and timely information about skin

care and self-checking techniques.

It is known early detection of skin lesions potentially saves lives, so this visit will be a timely support and reminder to local people of the need to take care

of their skin.

Following the skin check, visitors will be issued with a referral to their GP if there are any suspect spots or lesions.

The Unit is not a medical clinic, so diag-

nosis or treatment requirements are not discussed – it simply provides the skin check and alerts the visitor to skin lesions that require further checking and attention: a great first step in ensuring

urgent needs are addressed.

The airconditioned van has three fully equipped screening rooms and an entry foyer, as well as a disabled lift and entry at the rear.

Victorian Business Support Package to relieve local businesses A new jointly funded package from the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will give Victorian small and medium businesses extra support and confidence as they recover from the recent lockdown.

The new Victorian Business Support Package will deliver an additional $400 million in support to thousands of businesses, with funding to be split 50/50 between the Commonwealth and Victorian Government.

The package includes a new $85 million Small Business COVID Hardship Fund and $156 million Business Continuity Fund, as well as delivering support for commercial tenants and landlords.

It will also build on Victorian Government support for licenced hospitality and alpine venues, with $70 million for the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021 and $9.8 million for Alpine

CHURCH NOTICES ANGLICAN PARISH OF ST. ARNAUD Services Friday 6th August 9.00am St. Arnaud Morning Prayer Sunday 8th August St. Arnaud Eucharist.

9.30am, CCOC. All Welcome The Rev’d Canon Jan Harper Enquiries phone: 5495 1813

Business Support.

The programs will be administered by the Victorian Government.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Victorian businesses had borne the brunt of the heavy cost of lockdowns that kept the state and Australia safe.

“Together we can and we will recover from this,” the Prime Minister said.

“We’ve done it before, and we’ll do it again.

“Last year, Victoria and our nation faced heavy blows from COVID, but with the right supports in place our economy and businesses came back strongly and a million people returned to work.

“We will continue to do what is necessary to support Victorian businesses as we face the evolving challenges of COVID-19.”

The Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews said the package is all about jobs, protecting and growing jobs to support Victoria’s economic recovery.

“With this funding we’ll continue driving jobs and economic recovery here in Victoria, and for the nation” he said.

The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Morrison Government supported Victorians during the crisis and will continue to support them to the end of this crisis.

“Having battled five lockdowns Victorian businesses have

been amongst the hardest hit in the nation,” the Treasurer said.

“No amount of support can make up for what business owners have experienced over the last year and half, but this latest package will support them as they reopen after this latest lockdown.”

Business continuity fund A Business Continuity Fund will be established to deliver $5,000 grants to up to around 30,000 businesses that remain impacted by capacity limits placed on businesses by necessary public health restrictions.

Twenty-four eligible sectors are covered

by the fund including gyms, cafes, restaurants, catering services and hairdressers.

Recognising businesses located in the CBD will continue to be impacted due to restrictions on the number of staff allowed in office buildings, they will be eligible to receive an additional $2,000 recognising reduced foot traffic due to office density limits.

All recipients must have received or been eligible for the previous Business Cost Assistance Program.

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Back to Golf in St. Arnaud ON Wednesday, in very cold and blustery conditions, six brave ladies felt that they needed to get back into golf after missing out over the last few weeks due to lockdown.

Maybe it would have been better to stay in lockdown was the feeling when they came in after playing!

The two ladies who decided to play 9 holes thought that they were very clever and missed the rain and the wind.

However, one, who I will not mention, didn’t put her buggy and sticks away on return from playing and left them in the rain anyway.

Obviously a farmer’s wife!

Winner of the day was Brenda Proctor with a stableford score of 25 points.

The scores indicated that the course is fairly heavy and we would now appreciate a little bit of sunshine

- Contributed to dry things up a bit.

Glenda O’Neill and Bernice Fithall played their next round of the Brian Amos Singles knockout with Glenda being successful and progressing through to the next round.

This Thursday 5th August, Sharyn Erwin will represent the Club in the Silver Division (A Grade) of the Champions of Champions and Carmel Weir will play in the Bronze division (B Grade).

This event will be held at the St. Arnaud course and we wish both girls all the very best on the day.

Good hitting to all, especially our St. Arnaud representatives.

will receive a $70 million boost, with grants of up to $20,000 to be made available to support licensed venues as their operations continue to be impacted by current restrictions.

These grants recognise that larger venues depend more on dinein and have higher operating costs, so need more support than smaller operations.

To receive this funding, venues will need to have received or been eligible for the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021.

Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme and Landlord Hardship Fund The package, to be fully funded by the Victorian Government, will deliver $80 million to provide support to landlords that provide rent relief to their tenants.

The Commercial Tenancies Relief Scheme will be rein-

stated to provide rent relief to small to medium commercial tenants and their landlords with more details on the roll out to be provided by the Victorian Government soon.

Small Business COVID Hardship Fund A new $85 million fund will be available to support small businesses not eligible under existing business support funds.

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Charlton’s Annual Tournament and Golden Putter PREMIER Dan Andrews relaxed the sporting lock down restrictions last - Contributed Tuesday night.

Golfers were permitted to play competition golf and people were able to travel as far as they wished.

Charlton Golf Club made the decision to proceed with its annual tournament.

Several weeks ago Covid influenced the ladies decision, to hold the Annual Putter Day as the Tournament Ladies Day 29th July.

In two days enthusiasm had buoyed and the women had the putter event on schedule and in readiness for the 42 ladies who entered the event.

Players travelled from Axedale, Boort, Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Kerang, L akeside, Murray Downs, Quambatook, Sheep Hills, St. Arnaud, Warracknabeal, Wedderburn, and Wycheproof.

The 4 Ball Aggregate event was played on a beautifully prepared course, and the weather gods were kind.

The players were happy to be once again out and about playing golf.

The winners of the putters for 2021 were Julie McLennan and Leanne White from Wycheproof, on a count back from Debbie Burton and Margot Paynting from Donald.

Both pairs had 68 points.

Best Individual score Division 1: Glenda Bird (Wedderburn) 37 points.

Runner up: Rebecca Heenan (Charlton) 35points.

Division 2: Meryl Cameron (Quambatook) 36 points.

Runner up: Leanne Saunders (Sheep Hills) 34points on a countback from Shirley Jenner (Kerang) and Kim Laffin (Charlton).

Nearest the pins: 2nd Margot Paynter (Donald), 7th Ruth Iser (Axedale) 14th Deb Barling (Warrackna-beal) Men’s events A blistering round by Boort's home grown champion, Andrew Kane propelled him into the record books by equalling the course record at Charlton's Annual Tournament on Saturday.

By recording a 3 under par score of 69 for 18 holes, Andrew becomes only the third player to achieve this feat in Charlton Golf Club’s long history.

He now joins Ian Bath and Daniel Hendy as the only three players to hold this record.

Andrew, who plays off an extremely low handicap of Plus 3 means his net score becomes an even par 72.

A wonderful achievement.

St. Arnaud Country Club Men’s Golf 31st July A small field of men played a stroke round on Saturday 31st July in good conditions after a forced lay off due to Covid restrictions. - Contributed The winner was Ivan Jackson who has returned to golf this year after several years in retirement.

Ivan had a score of 90/22/68.

Runner up was David Lanyon 84/10/74.

There was one Kevin Nevill singles knockout played where Lindsay Baldock defeated David (choker) Lanyon on the 19th.

Ivan Jackson took out the Don’s Kitchen score of the week with his fine 68 net.

Nearest the pins 6th Bill Rodger.

8th St. Arnaud Caravan Park Bill Rodger.

10th Ivan Jackson.

18th Weirs IGA Lindsay Baldock.

Next Saturday the 7th August will be stableford and the final of the VL Mewkill.

Sunday will be the wood auction.

N.C. Hockey results Men Birchip-Watchem 1 Charlton 3, Donald 0 St. Arnaud 7, Sea Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 6, Under 12 Birchip-Watchem 0 Charlton 3, Donald 0 St. Arnaud 3, Sea Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 0, Under 15 Birchip-Watchem 0 Charlton 0, Donald 0 St. Arnaud 3, Sea Lake Nandaly 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 2, Women: Boort 11 Wedderburn 1, Birchip-Watchem 2 Charlton 0, Donald 0 St. Arnaud 7, Sea Lake Nandaly 3 Wycheproof-Narraport 2

Tournament results as follows: Friday 4BBB attracted 32 pair and played in two divisions.

Division 1 winners: Peter Noonan/Bernie Monaghan 47 points.

Runners-up Brian Bird/John Tormey 45 points on countback Brian and Troy Heenan 45points.

Division 2 winners: Jamey Soulsby/Peter Sexton 46 points, on countback Wayne S o u t h w e l l / Wa y n e Keenan 46 points.

Winners of Kew Vs Charlton challenge, J.Soulsby/P.Sexton.

Nearest the pins: 2nd G. Nesbitt, 7th C. Morrison, 14th Mark Hamley.

Saturday Division 1 30 hole scratch: Andrew Kane 47-69 (course record)=116 18 hole scratch: Craig Burn 74 12 hole scratch: Peter Noonan 49 30 hole hcp: Adam Gould 119 1/3 18 hole hcp: Warren McGurk 69 12 hole hcp: Richard Turner 46 2/3 Division 2 30 hole scratch: Mark Trollope 59-86=145 18 hole scratch: Clinton Olive 86 12 hole scratch: Chris Mathews 60 on countback J.Soulsby, W.Keenan.

Above: Winners at Charlton Putter Day last Thursday (left to right): Margo Paynting and Debbie Burton ( Runners Up) and Julie McLennan and Leanne White (Putter Winners on the day).

30 hole hcp: Anthony Hargreaves 118 2/3 18 hole hcp: John Headon 72 on countback B.Heenan 12 hole hcp Wayne Keenan 45 1/2 Nearest the pins: 2nd Mark Trollope, 7th Ryan Casey, 14th Chris Mathews.

Dr Geoff Wilson Trophy winner: Anthony Hargreaves.

Sunday Mixed Pinehurst event: Winners scratch: Mark Hamley /Wendy Laffin 82 on countback Debbie and Robert Burton 82 Handicap winners: Ian Jenkins/Eily Rosewall 68 1/2 on countback Dot Beattie/Brett Schofield.

Nearest the pins: 2nd Keith Bird, 7th Troy Heenan, 14th Wendy Laffin.

The Charlton golf

Above: Previous achiever of the course record Dan Hendy (left) and Andrew Kane who equalled the course record at Charlton’s Annual Tournament on Saturday 31st July. club extends sympathy to the Noonan family on the passing of club stalwart and past President Leo. A well remembered

personality to have around the club for many years.

Keep in mind the Annual North West Ag Golf day on Friday

August 6th, 2 person Ambrose, 11.30 am includes BBQ lunch and afternoon tea.

Proceeds to Prostate Cancer research.

Charlton vs Birchip Netball AFTER a second mid season break thanks to COVID, Charlton and Birchip-Watchem’s 13’s started the game quietly, but both teams still showed their skills developed throughout the year - Contributed had not fallen away.

Final scores were Birchip Watchem 26 to Charlton 7.

REX Cinema Coaches went to Deliah Harris and the Bendigo Bank Coaches to Sarah Blair for Charlton.

Charlton’s, North West Ag Sportsperson Award recipient was Maggie Riley.

Sharp’s Bakery/Mallee Shearing Towel went to Gracie Ferrier and Kawaii Kids/Mallee Branded Glass went to Asha Lee for Birchip-Watchem.

Under 16B Final scores Birchip

Watchem 38 to Charlton 16.

Bendigo Bank Best went to Isabel Soulsby and Emmy Nelson received the REX Cinema Coaches award for Charlton.

TMCenviro/Mick Foott Grain and Livestock Haulage Towel went to Matilda Rickard and the Birchip Café/Greg’s Digging Glass was awarded to Sassia Coffey for Birchip-Watchem.

C Grade Final scores Birchip Watchem 42 to Charlton 23.

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B Grade: Charlton’s Ellie Rae (GD) attempts an intercept from Abigail Flowers (GS) with assistance from Megan Bruns (GK) with Ebony Frank (GA) looking on.

Charlton Massage Best went to Rebecca Sexton and Tracy Mulquiny received Perry Contractors Coaches award for Charlton.

Bowen’s Sports Store Voucher went to Petria Frank and Alexandra Randall received O’Connors Birchip/ Mallee Steel Glass for Birchip-Watchem.

B Grade Final scores Charlton 33 to Birchip Watchem 29.

Stacey’s Dental Best for Charlton went to Emily Lanyon, while Madelyn Sinclair received O’Donnell’s Café and Wine Bar Best for Birchip-Watchem.

Megan Bruns received the Walsh Motors Coaches award for Charlton and Mick Foott Grain and Livestock Haulage/ Wimmera Mallee Accounting glass went to Birchip-Watchem’s, Hannah Cook.

A Grade Final scores Charlton 34 to Birchip Watchem 33.

Roberts Windrowing and Fencing Contractors Best on Court for Charlton was Kirsty McKenzie, while her direct opponent for two quarters, Demi Foot received O’Donnell’s Café and Wine Bar Best for Birchip-Wachem.

Maddy Tormey received Charlton’s, Tormey’s IGA Coaches award and Gabrielle Rule received Andrew and Sarah Barber/O’Connor’s Birchip glass.

Throughout the day, Charlton had three girls gain their C Grade Umpiring Badge.

Zara Jenkyn who umpired the 16 & Under A game, Abby Thompson who umpired the C Grade game and Maddison Fitzpatrick who umpired the B Grade game.

A credit to all three girls for the work they have put in to gaining this accreditation.

The 2021 Inter-Hotels Pool Comp Season ROUND Thirteen of the 2021 Inter-Hotels’ Pool Competition was played on Wednesday, 28th July, after a week’s hiatus brought about by the snap lockdown number five. However Tuesday afternoon’s worst-kept secret, the official unveiling of the eased restrictions that had already filled the airwaves in the pre-dawn darkness, were to be announced too late for the Farmers’ Arms to be able to assemble their number One team for this round thereby forcing them to forfeit their match against the Royal One.

Above: The eyes tell the tale!! The masks hide their big smiles. Elizabeth Trainer and Phil McRae after a very successful bowls afternoon.

First-time Bowler Big Winner SUNDAY was the first day of August, the first day of Winter bowls for the month, and for some time, the first time this lady bowler had played a competitive game, appearing for the first time at the St. Arnaud Bowling Club’s Winter comp, and to cap it all off she was a first time winner.

- Contributed She was probably fortunate to have a St. Arnaud Bowling Club champion as her first playing partner in Phil McRae, but Elizabeth Trainer showed surprising ability for a first time bowler (she played a couple of devastating drives).

Introduced to the game by Terrence Robertson, Elizabeth obviously enjoyed her

first match on a bowling green, and it is hoped she returns from Melbourne for some more bowls in the future.

Only eight players contested two games of 10 ends of 4 bowl pairs, in cool but quite pleasant conditions.

Phil and Elizabeth were the best performers over the two games, winning their first game 16 shots to 4, and

their second against Paul Mullins and Terrence Robertson 16 shots to 8,- 20 shots up overall.

Col Marchment and Faye Rodger were the runners-up, also winning their two games, by 9 shots, and one shot – 10 shots up.

The next Winter Bowls Sunday games will be held on August 15th, names to be in by 12.30 for a 1.00 pm start.

With the Sporting Club One relaxing with the bye, this left the top side Logan as the only team in the top four with a match in this round and as this was against the cellar-dwelling Farmers’ Arms Two team it was expected to be just a percentage-boosting formality for the all-conquering Mean Machine and at the end of the first round of singles this anticipated climax appeared to be just a matter of time as the Farmers’ boys were struggling against the t i d e o f t h e Av o c a Forest virus, down by three games to one with their only success having been in the opening frame where Will Jackson had inflicted Des Moulday with a Colliwobble attack.

It is written that the prophet Nostradamus foresaw the current pandemic

but even he could not have predicted what was to happen in the second round of this match as Will converted Des’s Colliwobbles into a full-blown epidemic by eliminating him and this stimulated the antibodies of his teammates Jake Male, Tom Watts and Harley Durward to attack their first round contaminators Ben Jackson, Paul Mullins and Troy Shields to see the flying Farmers out in front at the end of this round by five games to three, thereby conjuring up the image of a massive upset in the making.

This euphoria for the home side was to be short-lived however as, with debilitated Des banished to the black –and-white naughty corner, the remaining members of the Mean Machine shook off their apathy and went on to see that the Farmers boys

did not infect another frame in the third round then going on to triumph in both doubles to eventually escape with an eight games to five victory An intriguing contest was to take place in the Mine Shaft at the top of Lord Nelson Pa r k w h e r e t h e Sporting Club Two team played host to the Royal Two side.

The position of the teams on the ladder augured well for a close contest and that was precisely what was to unfold as the match went virtually frame for frame.

Simon Elliott got the Royals off to a good start when he took the opening frame off the queen of the baize, Ebony Kirkpatrick however P h i l Wa l l a c e a n d Dayle Pitt put the Club in front against Dillon Baldock and M i c k Ke e l y w h i l e Mick’s teammate

- by Bob Wooley Peter Tannock was to level the match by winning his frame against princess Mandy Pearse at the end of the first round.

All of these results were to be reversed in the second round to leave the battle still in parity but the Royalists were to sneak out to a twogame lead in the third round when Simon and Dillon eliminated Ebony and Phil however Dayle and Mandy struck back, knocking out Mick and Peter to level the match once again.

When the doubles were shared it was time for the tie-breaker and Amazon Ebony opted crucially to go with her male warriors Phil and Dayle while Simon took the punt on his venerable veterans, Mick and Scruff and, despite the lateness of the hour senior subtlety was to be superior to junior joviality and the relieved fifth-placed Royals had kept themselves in touch with the top four with an eight games to seven success.

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North Central Football Association summaries • From page 16.

The Redbacks needed the win to help them cement a top two finish but at the moment the cement’s still a little bit wet and their chance to hold onto the double chance will be decided in the final two rounds against Donald and Birchip-Watchem.

Boort after kicking the first goal of the game was the only time in the game that they held the lead as the Redbacks took control and kept the Magpies at bay for the remainder of the game’

Royal Blues Book Finals Berth Last Saturday’s round of North-Central football has all but guaranteed Donald a place in

this year’s finals.

The Royal Blues’ win against St. Arnaud takes them to 22 points, while losses by nearest rivals, Charlton and Boort, leave them 10 points adrift, with only two rounds to play.

For most of Saturday afternoon, conditions were ideal for football, with just a sprinkle of rain late in the day.

Whilst Covid restrictions applied to the number of spectators allowed at the Donald ground, there were sufficient vehicles lining the boundary, and action out in the middle, to reassure passing motorists that they were not driving through yet another ghost town.

Both senior sides were unavoidably without a number of players, while Donald lost halfback flanker Tom Letts

through shoulder injury as the result of a heavy clash in the first term.

With dark clouds threatening, senior teams were out of their rooms shortly after three-quarter time in the reserves, for an extended session of drills before the main game began.

A cross-ground breeze gave no advantage to either team, and with both defences alive and kicking, goals were scarce in the opening term.

A corkscrew kick gave Donald’s Brendan Goss the first of his six goals for the day.

His second goal came shortly after Will Bertalli’s pass found Harley Durward, for St. Arnaud’s first.

With honours about even at the first change, term two was to be

Above: In the seniors match St. Arnaud’s Harley Durward takes the mark over Donald’s Daniel Pearce with (front) Donald’s Tom Letts and St. Arnaud’s Jason Rogers waiting for the crumbs.

Donald’s break- out quarter.

Kicking to the river end, and while holding the Saints scoreless, the Royal Blues took control, doing everything right – except in the accuracy department.

By Half-time, Donald had added 5 goals and 9 behinds, giving it a commanding lead, at 7.10 to 1.3.

So often it was a case of “from Ross to Goss”, with the irrepressible Ross Young repeatedly directing traffic towards the leading goalkicker, and his henchmen, Jordan Bath, Leigh Burke, Mick Foster and Rian Mcgough.

Another Donald player to provide continuous drive, from mid-field and from around-theground ruck duels, was Josh Potter, whose high leaping and welldirected “hand-ball”, repeatedly gave his team the advantage.

With three-quarter time scores at 15.10 to 3.4, the Saints could have been excused for dropping the bundle.

Instead, they regrouped, went in hard, and matched the four last-quarter goals kicked

by Donald, which finished with an impressive score of 19.16.

In reply, last-term goals in quick succession, by Tom Douglas and Brad Organ, lifted St. Arnaud’s total to 7.4.

Best for Donald: Ross Young (on-ball), Josh Potter (ruck), Rian Mcgough (on-ball), Brendan Goss (full-forward), Michael Foster (on-ball), James Wall and Daniel Pearce (defence).

For St. Arnaud: Daniel Gifford (half back), Mitch Birthisel (wing), Brad Organ (onball), Conlan Gunn (on-ball), Matthew Goode (half-back), and Jason Rogers (wing).

Goals for Donald: Brendan Goss 6, Jordan Bath 3, Leigh Burke 3, Mick Foster 2, Rian

Mcgough 2, Cooper Anderson, Cody Brooks, Ross Young.

For St. Arnaud: Tom Douglas 3, Dillon Baldock 2, Harley Durward, Mitch Egan, Jarryd Kell.

Bulls Sink Plucky Navies Any chance Charlton may have had of forcing its way into finals calculations took a fatal hit at the hands of potential premiership contender, BirchipWatchem, at Charlton on Saturday, as NorthCentral football resumed after a twoweek COVID-19 hiatus, albeit in most unusual circumstances, without the benefit of supporters to enjoy the action.

The Navy Blues needed a win to stay in touch with the top four, but with Donald’s resounding victory over St. Arnaud, and their own loss, the die is now cast and their season will finish in a fortnight’s time.

Birchip-Watchem has much more to look forward to, however, and if local football can navigate its way through the next fortnight and move into finals mode, the Bulls are a definite chance to take out the sport’s greatest team prize.

But they didn’t get it all their own way on Saturday, particularly in the first half, as they struggled to find the flow in their game that has made them one of the competition’s most dangerous combinations this season.

Birchip-Watchem can further fine tune its game for its upcoming finals campaign, with games to come against St. Arnaud and Wedderburn (a clash that potentially will decide which of the pair secures the double chance in the finals).

Final scores: BirchipWatchem 16.14 (110) d.

Charlton 6.6 (42).

Best for BirchipWatchem: Will Sheahan, Clayton Hinkley, Stefan Pye, Brady Hore, Daniel Castellano, Paddy Hogan.

For Charlton: Luke Mulquiny, Joe Tormey, Jason Collins, Angus McKenzie, Rhys Thompson, Tom Finlay.

Boort v Wedderburn Redbacks

Above: St. Arnaud’s Jarryd Kell cuts a “sharp Tbone turn” as he weighs up his opponent Pat Morgan (Donald) in the seniors match. Donald’s James Wall and St. Arnaud’s Jake Patching run in to assist.

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With a slim chance to make this year’s finals the Boort Magpies needed to topple the second placed Wedderburn Redbacks to keep their dream alive against a side who also had a bit weighing on the result.

The Redbacks are currently in second spot just two points clear of Birchip-Watchem and a

win against the Magpies would keep the Bulls at bay for another week, and as we stand at present, we may not know the final outcome for those two clubs until the two sides meet in the final round of the home and away season.

Boort won the toss and elected to kick with the aid of a slight breeze, and it turned out to be the right choice early in the quarter where they were first to register a major score and boost the spirits of the Magpies in their quest to play finals.

Wedderburn Redbacks 9- 11, 65 defeated Boort Magpies 6 – 5, 41 Best for the Redbacks: Corey Lowry, Jordan Rosengren, Joe Lockhart, Louis Holt,

Jackson Guan and Hamish Winter Irving.

Goals: Ben De Araugo, Tom Campbell, Jordan Rosengren 2, Danny Benaim, Jackson Guan and Louis Holt 1 each.

Best for Boort: Keiran Wilson, Matthew Chisari, Jesse Muscatello, Alex Davis, Levi Roberts-Moss and Jack Smith. Goals: Levi Roberts-Moss, James Falconer 2, Cody Gunn, and Jack Smith 1 each.

Next week’s matches Wedderburn Redbacks v Donald St Arnaud v BirchipWatchem Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers v Boort WycheproofNarraport v Charlton?

Round 14 St. Arnaud Junior Football A disappointing day for our two Junior sides on Saturday as we returned from another lockdown, and in quite odd circumstances without any general - Contributed spectators.

It was top of the table clash for the Under 13’s, and the Under 16’s side is eager to concrete a place in the top 4 to enjoy finals football.

A few unavailable players for the Under 13’s saw an opportunity present for some new players, our club and team welcomed Isaac Johns and Duncan Kirk for their first game of competition football.

Both these young boys were fantastic contributors on the field, and certainly didn’t look new to the game.

Donald were extremely quick out of the blocks and gave themselves every opportunity to control the game from the very first bounce, with a big first quarter and perhaps in a way sending a wave of shock throughout our side it was a tough gig to gain any momentum for the Saints.

There were still many great plays, unfortunately Donald managed to respond at every chance.

This young side will regroup at training, and confidence restored, ensuring they continue with the same belief they have had throughout this season.

Final results St A 2 . 5 - 17 defeated by Donald 11 . 3 - 69.

Awards F. Donald, S. Bridgeman, A. Weir, M. Ezard, D. Kirk, I. Johns Goals - R. Winters and A. Wickham These 2 teams will go in to finals having won 1 game each from their 2 meetings, setting up an exciting finals campaign.

Under 16s With a fair bit of pressure on the Under 16’s side to make sure of their position on the ladder, they went in to the match welcoming back Jonty Arbuckle from injury and some confidence.

It was soon realised that they were coming up against 4th placed and hungry Donald, who are in a fight of their life with 5th placed Charlton to determine their season.

Donald started the game hard and fast and never took their foot of the pedal until the final siren.

And much like the Under 13’s, this Under 16’s side were quite shocked.

This defeat leaves this side just 1 game clear of the risk of falling out of the 4.

In the final 2 rounds we will take on 6th placed Birchip and 5th (and possible finals contenders) placed Charlton.

Two wins will not only be the best outcome, but will also see momentum and confidence return heading into the finals.

It is also worth mentioning that this young side has every opportunity to cause some upsets in the finals and we all look forward to them doing just that.

Final score St A 2 . 7 - 19 defeated by Donald 18 .

13 - 121 Awards T. Myers, S. Male, J. Arbuckle, L. Gifford, K. Torney, D. Bridgeman Goal kickers - J. Arbuckle and Rory Bigmore.

This Saturday with similar restrictions as last week we will welcome Birchip to LNP. We wish all our players the very best, and whilst spectators will be limited we encourage those parents/guardians, volunteers etc to cheer loud and proud for these teams!

Under 13's Wow it seems like we only just played Birchip Watchem not that long ago after the last lockdown, the players had been waiting and training for this for what seems like a lifetime ago.

Like after the last lockdown the sun was shining at Charlton Park and everyone was keen to get the game underway.

With no spectators allowed due the Covid restrictions it was different to be only playing in front of coaches, trainers, parents and only essential volunteers but nevertheless the game was played with the same passions as always.

Charlton got off to a very strong start registering two goals and two behinds and kept Birchip Watchem scoreless.

In the second quarter Birchip put some pressure on and managed to score 2 straight goals, with Charlton adding an additional 2 goals and 1 behind to go into half time 15 points up.

Having Connor Frazzica back from his family holiday boosted Charlton’s forward line and with Minnie Cotton having a solid game we were in for a great game.

After the half time break both teams came out all guns blazing and both had many entries into the forward 50, with both backlines playing well, both teams managed 2 goals a piece, with Charlton heading into

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Charlton Junior Football the last quarter 15 points in front.

Sebastian Zagame was in good form all around the ground along with Jye Roberts who was using his skills to get the ball forward and also pressure the ball in defence.

Younger players Charlie Zagame and Cooper McGrath were contributing well when needed and Sam Olive was fabulous in defence.

The last quarter saw all the kids up and about all putting pressure on Birchip and trying to keep the forward of the centre so that the forwards could add to the score.

Charlton added 2 goals 3 behinds and kept Birchip to 1 goal to come out winners by 18 points.

Charlton 7.6.5.0.30 Goal Kickers: Connor Frazzica 4, Sebastian Zagame, Ollie Daykin, and Minnie Cotton 1 each.

Awards winners: GMG Financial Group Best on Ground: Sebastian Zagame, Heenan's Charlton Authorised Newsagency: Ollie Daykin, Signwise Solutions: Leigh Van Boven, Gulthul Pty Ltd (Will & Jac Leslie): Connor Frazzica, Roberts Windrowing & Fencing Contractors: Minnie Cotton, Clifford Construction: Charlie Zagame, Auxiliary Mars Bar: Cooper McGrath

Under 16's The boys were also happy to be out on the ground after the lockdown and were keen to repeat the result from their last encounter.

Charlton started well and were being live streamed on Facebook for their family and friends to be able to be part of the game due to their being no spectators due to the Covid restrictions.

Charlton were on the board quickly with a

great centre clearance to Oscar Bourke and a long goal to Nick Thompson.

Charlton were impressive in their defence throughout the quarter keeping Birchip to 2 single points while Charlton added another 3 goals off the boots of Bailey Dixon and Nick Thompson and 2 points to lead at the first change by 4 goals.

The second quarter belonged to Birchip Watchem 3 goals 4 points to Charlton’s 1 goal 1

behind to go into half time with Charlton leading by 9 points.

After some words from the coaches at the half time break Charlton were back at the scoring end and added 3 goals 2 behinds through some great play by their forwards in Jacob Olive and Harry Conroy.

The backline lead by Will Allan were very disciplined and kept the pressure on the BW forwards which kept them to only 1 single point for the quarter.

Goldacres Seniors

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

3. 3 5. 7 10. 9 16.14 (110) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. 2 4. 3 6. 4 6. 6 (42) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: W. Sheahan 5, D. Castellano 4, C. Hinkley 2, M. Chol 2, S. Pye, D. Ratcliffe, R. Vesikuru.

For Charlton: J. McGrath 3, R. Thompson, Sean O’Connor, A. Judd.

Best for Birchip-Watchem: Will Sheahan, Clayton Hinkley, Stefan Pye, Brady Hore, Daniel Castellano, Paddy Hogan.

For Charlton: Luke Mulquiny, Joe Tormey, Jason Collins, Angus McKenzie, Rhys Thompson, Tom Finlay DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. 2 7.10 16.11 19.16 (130) ST. ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. 3 1. 3 3. 4 8. 4 (52) Goals for Donald: B. Goss 6, J. Bath 3, L. Burke 3, M. Foster 2, R. Mcgough 2, C. Anderson, C. Brooks, R. Young.

For St. Arnaud: T. Douglas 3, D. Baldock 2, H. Durward, M. Egan, J. Kell.

Best for Donald: Ross Young, Josh Potter, Rian McGough, Brendan Goss, Mick Foster, James Wall.

For St. Arnaud: Mitch Birthisel, Jason Rogers, Brad Organ, Lachlan McQuilken, Mitch Egan, Matthew Goode.

WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. 4 5. 5 8. 9 9.11 (65) BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. 0 2. 3 4. 3 6. 5 (41) Goals for Wedderburn: T. Campbell 2, B. DeAraugo 2, J. Rosengren 2, D. Benaim, J. Guan, Louis Holt.

For Boort: L. Roberts-Moss 2, J. Falconer 2, C. Gunn, J. Smith.

Best for Wedderburn: Corey Lowry, Jordan Rosengren, Joe Lockhart, Louis Holt, Jackson Guan, Hamish Winter-Irving.

For Boort: Keiren Wilson, Matthew Chisari, Jesse Muscatello, Alex Davis, Levi Roberts-Moss, Jack Smith.

Wycheproof-Narraport forfeited to Sea Lake-Nandaly

Uniting Church Under-Thirteens

Charlton 6.6 (48) d. Birchip-Watchem 5.0 (30).

Best for Charlton: Seb Zagame, Ollie Daykin, Leigh Van Boven.

For Birchip-Watchem: E. Dean, Jeswin Daniel, Kobe Hamilton.

Donald 11.3 (69) d. St. Arnaud 2.5 (17).

Best for Donald: Luca Rice, Mitchell Godkin, Chase Campbell.

For St. Arnaud:Frankie Donald, Sean Bridgeman, Abby Weir.

Boort 6.3 (39) d. Wedderburn 4.7 (31).

Best for Boort: Finlay Arnold, Noah Howe, Jake O’Flaherty.

For Wedderburn: Kalais Crees, Evan McCoy.

Team

Haeusler’s Reserves

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

0. 3 2. 6 8. 7 12. 9 81) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. 1 3. 2 5. 4 5. 4 (34) Goals for St. Arnaud: Josh Hicks 3, Jake Male 3, Ben Batters, Jackson Birthisel, Riley Burke, Lochlan Flanagan, Nathan McNally, Daniel Needs.

For Donald: Will Burke 2, Jett Adams, Charlie Campbell, Josh Talty.

Best for St. Arnaud: Jacob Patching, Lochlan Flanagan, Jake Male.

For Donald: Ryan Bath, Josh Talty, Charlie Campbell.

Team

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

6. 4 12. 6 20. 9 25.12 (162) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0. 1 0. 1 0. 3 1. 3 (9) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: C. Goode 7, N. Ryan 5, M. Berry 4, M. Ryan 3, T. Brain 2, A. Noonan, B. Baxter, S. Lowry.

For Charlton: L. Zagame.

Best for Birchip-Watchem: Not providedf.

For Charlton: Darby Fitzpatrick, Brodie Grylls, Damien McIntyre.

Charlton & District Community Bank Under-Sixteens

CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. 2 5. 3 8. 5 9. 5 BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0. 2 3. 6 3. 9 5. 9 Goals for Charlton: N. Thompson 4, B. Dixon 2, H. Conroy, J. Olive, C. Boyle.

For Birchip-Watchem: C. Boyle 3, C. Frank, T. Colbert.

Best for Charlton: Cooper Boyle, Will Allan, Bailey Dixon.

For Birchip-Watchem: Ty Colbert, Sam Hogan, Harry Cook.

(59) (39)

3. 4 7. 9 13.13 18.13 (121) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

0. 3 1. 5 2. 5 2. 7 (19) Goals for Donald: N. Berry 8, J. Donnellon 3, J. Adams 2, B. Grifffiths 2, B. Hollis 2, L. Clark.

For St. Arnaud: J. Arbuckle, R. Bigmore.

Best for Donald: Will Burke, Harry Forrest, Brady Griffiths.

For St. Arnaud: Tom Myers, Sam Male, Jonty Arbuckle.

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

2. 5 7.13 12.15 18.19 (127) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. 0 1. 0 1. 0 1. 0 (6) Goals for Boort: S. Barraclough 4, A. Cockerell 4, B. Arnold 3, F. Holland 3, B. Wagner 3, K. Streader.

For Wedderburn: Not provided.

Best for Boort: Alex Cockerell, Kobie Streader, Lachlan Hall.

For Wedderburn: Dylan Caruana, Zac Slide, Junior Wyman.

East Charlton Hotel Club Championship

(Senior win 10 pts., Reserves 6, Under-16s 4, Under-13s 2).

Snr. Res. U-16 U-13 Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . . . .

0 0 0 Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . . . .

10 6 0 0 Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 0 0 0 Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0 6 4 2 Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 0 4 2 St. Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0 6 0 0 Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0 0 4 2 Wycheproof-Narraport . . . . . .

0 0 0 0

Ttl. 152 149 115 111 105 104 60 16

Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors

Sea Lake Nandaly . . . . . . .

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

Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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

Wycheproof-Narraport . . . .

Team

Wycheproof-Narraport forfeited to Sea Lake-Nandaly

Above: Sebastian Zagame kicking the ball into the forward line during Saturday's game against BW received the Under 13's GMG Financial Group Best on Ground for his efforts.

Going into the last term Charlton needed to keep the Birchip forwards in check as they were now heading to the scoring end.

Charlton’s only score of the quarter came from a fantastic mark to Cooper Boyle who went back and slotted his kick straight through the big sticks.

The backline were under pressure from Birchip and managed to add a couple of goals and points to their tally but they ran out of time and

North-Central Football Roundup

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

3. 3 7. 6 12. 7 15. 8 (98) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. 1 2. 3 5. 5 8. 9 (57) Goals for Boort: S. Griffiths 7, N. Gooding 4, M. Hodoras 2, N. Maw 1, P. O’Rourke.

For Wedderburn: C. Hargreaves 2, G. Riley 2, J. Piccoli, N. Leist, D. Kleehammer, S. Johnston.

Best for Boort: Samuel Griffiths, Nathan Maw, Will Perryman.

For Wedderburn: Robert Tonkin, Liam Ritchie, Cameron Lang.

Above: Charlton Mensland Best on Ground Cooper Boyle clearing the ball out of the centre during Saturday's game against Birchip Watchem at Charlton Park.

Charlton hung onto the win.

Charlton 9.5.59 def BWFC 5.9.39 Goal Kickers: Nick Thompson 4, Bailey Dixon 2, Jacob Olive, Cooper Boyle & Harry Conroy 1 each.

Charlton Mensland Best on Ground: Cooper Boyle, Snows Shearing: W i l l A l l a n , Wa l s h M ot o r s : E l l i ot t Fitzpatrick, Nutrien Ag S o l u t i o n s : F l et ch e r Holmes Brown, Wrights Carpentry & Digging: Joe Monaghan, Bill Russell: Angus Soulsby, Auxiliary Mars Bar: Angus Johnstone

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

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

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

Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . .

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

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

Wycheproof-Narraport . . . .

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

W

8 8 8 5 3 3 2 1

L

1 1 2 4 7 7 8 8

D

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

B

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Haeusler’s Reserves P

10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10

W

L

9 1 8 1 6 3 5 4 5 5 4 6 1 8 0 10

D

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

B

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F

For Agnst

P

9 8 8 8 9 9 9

W

9 7 4 3 4 3 0

L

0 1 4 5 5 6 9

D

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F For Agnst

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

F

1 2 2 2 1 1 1

Uniting Church Under-Thirteens

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

Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . .

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

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

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

Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . .

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

P

W

8 9 9 10 9 10 9

7 7 7 7 3 3 0

L

1 2 2 3 6 7 9

D

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

%

Pts

%

Pts

%

Pts

%

Pts

1 1047 342 306.14 36 0 777 516 150.58 34 0 908 456 199.12 32 0 755 601 125.62 22 0 529 822 64.36 12 0 497 815 60.98 12 0 484 930 52.04 8 0 404 919 43.96 4 880 940 599 797 651 603 270 173

353 287 528 390 654 595 921 1185

249.29 327.53 113.45 204.36 99.54 101.34 29.32 14.60

846 171 595 231 491 580 510 333 494 447 363 557 215 1195

494.74 257.58 84.66 153.15 110.51 65.17 17.99

443 461 466 418 167 298 207

314.18 266.47 172.59 149.82 38.13 73.40 34.97

Charlton & District Community Bank Under-Sixteens

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

Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . .

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

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

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

Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . .

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

Team

P

9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9

F

2 1 1 0 1 0 1

For Agnst

For Agnst

141 173 270 279 438 406 592

36 34 26 24 20 16 4 0

40 36 24 20 20 16 4 36 32 32 28 16 12 4

Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award Voting for round 10:

Charlton: Luke Mulquiny 3, Jason Collins 2, Joe Tormey 1.

Birchip-Watchem: Will Sheahan 3, Clayton Hinkley 2, Stefan Pye 1.

Donald: Ross Young 3, Josh Potter 2, Rian Mcgough 1.

St. Arnaud: Daniel Gifford 3, Conlan Gunn 2, Brad Organ 1.

Sea Lake-Nandaly: No voting.

Wyche.-Narraport: No voting.

Boort: Keiren Wilson 3, Jesse Muscatello 2, Matt Chisari 1.

Wedderburn: Corey Lowry 3, Joe Lockhart 2, Jordan Rosengren 1.

Leading Goal Kickers Seniors

Billy McInnes (Sea Lake-Nandaly) 0 .

Daniel Castellano (Bir.-Wat.) 4 . .

Brendan Goss (Donald) 6 . . . . . . . .

Will Sheahan (Birchip-Watchem) 5 Will Holt (Wedderburn) 0 . . . . . . .

Cody Gunn (Boort) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wade Donnan (Sea Lake-Nandaly) 0 .

Joe McGrath (Charlton) 3 . . . . . .

Angus Grant (St. Arnaud) 0 . . . . .

28 28 23 22 20 19 19 19 18

Reserves

Daniel Needs (St. Arnaud) 1 . . . .

Nathan Wight (Sea Lake-Nan.) 0 . . .

Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) 2 . . .

Sam Griffiths (Boort) 7 . . . . . . . .

Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 7 . . . .

Matt Ryan (Bir.-Watchem) 3 . . . . . . .

Josh Hicks (St. Arnaud) 3 . . . . . . . . .

Kris Clifford (Charlton) 0 . . . . . . . . . .

Anthony Tormey (Wyche.-N’port.) 0 .

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Above and below: The Donald ground during COVID-19 restrictions without spectators. Taken at quarter time in the seniors football match (above) the cars on the left are netballers in the sports stadium, showing that everyone was abiding by the restrictions. The ground (below) would normally be ringed with spectators’ cars, but is a dismal comparison during this pandemic.

North Central Football Association summaries AFTER missing rounds 12 and 13 due to Covid restrictions we have just two rounds to go in North Central Football before we start our finals series for 2021, we have four sides locked in, Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers, Wedderburn Redbacks, Birchip-Watchem, and Donald.

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In our round fourteen fixture where most clubs were keen to get back into the action, we only had three games played w i t h Wy c h e p r o o fNarraport football electing not to play and forfeit their match against ladder l e a d e r s S e a L a ke Nandaly Tigers, while there are no crowds allowed.

If this is still the club’s call on this week’s fixtured game against Charlton, then the Navy Blues will get four points, but it will be too late to see them make it into this year’s playoffs.

Donald who has been the form team of the competition in recent weeks have a g a i n k i c ke d t h e sweep kicking all but twenty goals, in a game where the quarters of playing time were shortened to protect player welfare.

Donald easily accounted for St Arnaud and are now locked into this year’s finals and with just

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St. Arnaud had a spirited last quarter, but it was all too late in a year the Saints would prefer to forget with injuries being a major contributor to their present ladder position.

Birchip-Watchem had a tight first half with the Navy Blues but from thereon it was all one way.

The Bulls outscored the Navies by eleven goals to two in the second half before recording a win of near seventy points.

Will Sheahan was again the shinning light up forward for the Bulls finishing the day with five goals in a best on ground performance.

At Boort the magpies needed to win their game against the Redbacks to keep their slim chance to play finals alive but fell short by four goals at full time.

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