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Research shows shire a short-term rental hotspot, p , with Bright g p particularlyy afflicted

THE Alpine Shire has been confirmed as a magnet for shortterm rentals, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and rental analytics company AirDNA. As of Thursday last week, AirDNA data shows the Alpine Shire had 1196 short-term rentals available - around 18 per cent of the total private property stock in the shire.

AirDNA and ABS data combined show other popular local government

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areas for tourists have significantly lower rates of short term rentals.

In the Surf Coast Shire only eight per cent of properties are short-term rentals, while in Hepburn only 10.2 per cent of properties are short-term rentals.

Mansfield has only 7.6 per cent of properties listed in the short-term

rental market.

“Alpine is much higher than other attractive tourist areas in Victoria,” Brightbased town planner Cazz Redding said.

Ms Redding said her own research of the AirDNA data had found more than 900 of the short-term rentals were in the Bright and the surrounding suburbs, including Wandiligong and Porepunkah.

ABS data of Bright, Freeburgh, Porepunkah and Wandiligong shows the four suburbs have a total of 2501 private properties.

When overlaid with the AirDNA data, this would suggest around 36 per cent of the properties across the suburbs are short-term rentals.

Ms Redding admitted there is a housing availability and affordability problem in the Alpine Shire, but said there were no easy solutions to the issue.

“I think it’s fair to say that there’s been a market failure, so the market’s not delivering the type of housing stock that our communities need, when

they need it,” she said.

“That’s why we need an innovative approach to addressing the problem - we can’t keep doing what we’ve always done in the past.”

According to the 2021 national Census, Bright had a unoccupied property rate of 31.5 per cent, compared to 11.1 per cent across Victoria.

Ms Redding was certain the high number of unoccupied homes in Bright was due to holiday homes.

“It’s something that happens in other places in Victoria which are popular

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as holiday areas - in the Surf Coast it happens, Bass Coast Shire it happens,” she said.

Gerard Gray, principal at Dickens Real Estate, said Bright is popular for holidays homes used for weekend getaways, meaning it has always had a high rate of unoccupied homes.

“For a lot of people they don’t need to be rented out so they sit unoccupied,” he said.

“At the moment, a lot of those ‘unoccupied properties’ are doing very well in the holiday rental pool.”

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Landcare saving our threatened Stony bush-pea

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ALL SMILES: Myrtleford P-12 College grade two students (from left) Nova Mooney, Harlow Mitchell, Heidi Barry, Lola Michelini, Max Kleine and Cooper Vescio, with teacher Daniel Sgambelloni, are excited for the $9.34 development to begin.

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$9.43m works approved

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE MAJOR works at Myrtleford P-12 College are poised to begin after the final approval from the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) was granted.

The $9.43m development, funded by the State Government, will include a new indoor sports centre, along with a new prep to year two building and office/ administration building.

Principal Zlatko Pear said Wodonga firm JWP Architects was chosen for the project back in May 2021, designs were done

MYRTLEFORD and District Landcare and Sustainability have been hard at work restoring the Stony bush-pea, planting 240 of the shrubs at Reform Hill last Saturday.

The group also put in 100 eucalyptus trees.

Secretary Glenda Janas said the Landcare group has been working over a number of years in conjunction with DELWP, Friends of Reform Hill and Myrtleford Secondary College to restore the Stony bush-pea (Pultenaea Lapidosa).

“The threatened flora only grows in the wild in three locations in Victoria; Reform Hill in Myrtleford, Mt Tambo in Omeo and Mt Samaria, south of Benalla,” she said.

“It was a beautiful morning on Reform Hill and our enthusiastic members of all ages put in a great effort.”

For more information on the Ladcare group contact Glenda on 0447 650 403 or landcaremyrtleford@gmail. com

School S h lh hoping pi g b build ild can ggett underway d y this thi year y r and with the last approval things should happen quickly now.

“We’re very excited and we’ve got five or six different areas we’re looking at building but it’s all dependent on tender,” he said.

“The prep-2 building which will have seven rooms will be built, the gymnasium at the old secondary school site will definitely be built and then after that in priority order will be the office/admin building, an upgrade of the current admin building to turn it into a music, arts and drama area, and

we’d love to move the bus line to a safe lane further down Mummery Road and then landscaping around the place to tie it all in together.

“We understand it has to go to tender so that will hopefully happen within the next two to three weeks and be appointed within late October/early November, then everything happens pretty quickly.

“They’re all separate builds so it could happen simultaneously depending on the capacity of the builder.

“As far as the builder goes, we’ll have some input into the choice but the reality is you have to be on certain list of approved builders to tender for jobs and the VSPA have the most control over that and the final say.

“Our preference would be to pick a builder that will use local tradespeople to support the local community.

“We’re really excited it’s all happening and can’t wait to see the final product.”

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ALL AGES FUN: Ivy Lewis and Serge Broz were among those helping at the shrub planting on Reform Hill on Saturday.

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Reading the signs National fire danger g system y to p provide localised risk assessment

By RYAN MALCOLM A NEW Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) which came into effect on September 1 will simplify decision-making for households and provide a more accurate appraisal of conditions in the local area.

The refined four-tier system will replace the six-tier warning system previously visible along roadsides and online through the CFA website.

UPCOMING CHANGE: Fire danger New ratings of moderate, high, rating boards are set to be extreme and catastrophic fire danreplaced. PHOTO: Nathan de Vries ger are designed to create a clearer approach to managing fire danger on fuel hazards across the landand risk, with clear and concise in- scape and terrain and the Bureau structions for each escalation, such of Meteorology (BoM) inputs their modelling on what the weather will as: be like over the next one to seven • Moderate - plan and prepare; days,” he said.

• High - be ready to act; “We went from the existing two • Extreme - take action now to fire danger models for forest and protect life and property; and • Catastrophic - for your survival, grassfires to eight across the state but not all of them are applicable to leave bushfire risk areas.

CFA state deputy chief officer Victoria.

“There are always differences Alen Slijepcevic said the new nation-wide system would unify key based on the fuel type and the safety messaging and could provide weather - if we’re in the Mallee, we a detailed synopsis of anticipated will use the Mallee fire behaviour fire behaviour tailored to regions model, if we’re in the hinterlands we can use the hinterlands model. within a fire district.

“The new national system is truly “Agencies provide information

ratings) will not change but we will have a more sophisticated decisionmaking engine behind it.”

All existing automatic and the majority of the state’s 380 manual fire danger signs are set to be replaced by December 1, with the North East anticipated to record another summer free of significant bushfire threat.

“As we’re going through the replacement we’ll be making sure they are in appropriate locations and it is reasonably safe for volunteers to change those signs - we’ll progressively replace them based on the fire danger periods,” Mr Slijepcevic said.

“Having a third La Nina in a row, it is likely that we will have a very similar fire season, likely to be dominated by grass and crop fires rather than forests.

“The North East and Gippsland forests are pretty saturated which from the fire perspective is a good position to be in, especially when we’re going through a significant change like this one.”

For more information about fire danger ratings, visit https://www. cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/total-fire-bans-and-ratings/ about-fire-danger-ratings.

national, so as people move across the borders between the jurisdictions they will see the same signs with the same categories and hear the same messaging of what the actions the communities need to undertake are, and that will help quite significantly.”

Mr Slijepcevic said CFA officials would utilise a four indices system which would dictate a township’s fire danger rating, taking into account the probability of a fire staring, its potential behaviour, the chance of the fire being suppressed in specific conditions and then modelling potential damage a blaze could cause.

He said climatological data accumulated during the upcoming fire season could be used to lead a review of existing fire weather districts ahead of the 2023/24 summer.

“This year we are running with the existing fire weather districts but we’ll do the reanalysis of the climatological data sets and it’s likely to change so we might group things based more on local government areas (LGAs) that are more similar in their climatological data sets,” he said.

“As we develop the system it will become even more sophisticated the public displays (of fire danger

Council to discuss community satisfaction and sport master plan

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Alpine Shire Council was to discuss the results of the shire’s 2022 community satisfaction survey and their Sport and Active Recreation Master Plan at their monthly meeting yesterday afternoon.

The annual Community Satisfaction Survey is coordinated by Local Government Victoria (LGV), consisting of a group of ‘core’ questions that are asked on behalf of every council that participates, plus a suite of ‘optional’ questions.

The 2022 Alpine Shire survey consisted of phone interviews with 400 residents selected to match to the demographic profile of the Alpine Shire according to the most recently available Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates.

The shire’s Sport and Active Recreation Master Plan was to be discussed, as a recommendation to award a contract for further development of the plan was to be placed before council.

The contract is for the master planning of three priority locations - Pioneer Park, Mount Beauty Sports and Education Precinct, and Myrtleford township.

Council was also to decide on the public exhibition of the draft plans for the Alpine Better Places Tawonga Project.

We’ll have full coverage of last night’s meeting - held after we’d gone to press in next week’s edition.

MAGPIE SEASON: Native birds such as the magpie are expected to commence swooping in the coming weeks as they enter their breeding season.

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Spring here and Magpies set to swoop LOCAL residents are being urged to plan routes around known swooping hotspots, as native territorial birds approach their breeding season in the coming weeks.

According to Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) senior wildlife projects officer Therese Davis, 10 per cent of native birds such as magpies and masked lapwings would often swoop humans and animals during a six to eight week period before their young left the nest.

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“Swooping can catch us by surprise, but it is normal behaviour for some territorial birds,” she said.

“Swooping is basically a scare tactic to warn people and animals not to come near their nesting young - birds may swoop people or animals, so be mindful of your dogs too.

“However, not all birds swoop to protect their eggs and young during the breeding season, so don’t be concerned simply because there are magpies or other common swooping birds in the area.”

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If travelling through a swooping hotspot, residents are urged to move quickly without running, and cover the head with a hat, helmet or umbrella.

It is illegal to harass or harm native birds and other native wildlife without authorisation.

To file a swooping report, visit https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/ managing-wildlife/swoopingbirds.

Drop in Alpine COVID cases, work from home recommendations lifted

By BRODIE EVERIST ACTIVE cases of COVID-19 in the Alpine Shire have dropped over the past week, in line with the national trend, while the Victorian Government lifted work from home recommendations last week.

One new case of COVID-19 in the Alpine Shire was recorded in the 24 hours prior to last Sunday 9am, bringing the total number of active cases to 33 - nine cases fewer than last week.

According to coronavirus. vic.gov.au, most surrounding municipalities have either recorded a decrease in cases or case numbers have remained steady.

In the 24 hours preceding Sunday 11am, the Rural City of Wangaratta recorded 12 new COVID cases, bringing its total to 73 active cases (down from 101 last week).

Indigo Shire has 37 active cases, with six new cases recorded in the 24 hours before Sunday - down from 51 active cases last week.

Wodonga has seen an uptick in cases, with nine new cases recorded in the 24 hours preceding Sunday 11am, bringing their total number of active COVID cases to 107, up from 51 cases last week.

Benalla has 82 active COVID cases, up from 78 last week, while eight new cases have been recorded in the 24 hours preceding Sunday 11am.

Moira has recorded six new COVID cases, with a total of 69 active cases, down from 80 last week.

Mansfield has recorded one new COVID case, and currently only has 10 active cases - the same number as last week.

From last Thursday, the Victorian Government have lifted work from home recommendations.

According to Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas, the move is in line with the current public health recommendations, which recommended that during the peak periods of COVID transmission in July and August, people worked from home when practical to do so.

Employers and staff may still consider remote working arrangements that are most appropriate for their workplace and employees based on individual requirements.

Following the winter peak, the Premier has also requested and received public health advice to confirm that the pandemic declaration should remain until at least October 12, prior to which new advice will be requested.

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Fewer occupied homes nearer snowfields, according to ABS

By BRODIE EVERIST PROPERTY occupancy rates show significant variance across the Alpine Shire, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with towns towards the snowfields seeing a greater rate of unoccupied homes.

The 2021 Census recorded only an 11.7 per cent rate of unoccupied homes in Myrtleford, a similar rate to the 11.1 per cent Victorian average.

However, on Census night Porepunkah recorded an unoccupied rate of 12.2 per cent,

while Bright recorded an unoccupied rate of 31.5 per cent.

Mount Beauty recorded an unoccupied rate of 27 per cent.

Hotham Height recorded 82.2 per cent of its properties as unoccupied, equating to 152 properties in total.

Across the Alpine Shire, 21.5 per cent of dwellings were recorded as unoccupied - around 1430 properties in the shire.

This is a decrease on 2016 unoccupied property numbers.

In 2016 the Alpine Shire recorded 25.3 per cent of its properties as unoccupied, while

Bright, Mount Beauty, and Myrtleford and surrounds all recorded larger rates of unoccupied homes in 2016.

However, according to the ABS, the increase in occupancy rates was expected during the pandemic, with many parts of Australia in lockdown at the time of the Census, taken on the night of August 10, 2021.

At the time regional Victoria had come out of a lockdown only a day before.

Changes between the 2016 and 2021 polls can also be attributed to improvements in

data collecting, with the ABS using administrative data to better determine occupancy rates.

Bright-based town planner Cazz Redding also warned that small changes in occupancy rates were likely statistically invalid due to the small number of properties in each suburb.

For example, Bright’s 1.6 per cent change between 2016 and 2021 would equate to around 27 properties - not necessarily enough to demonstrate a larger trend.

EAT HEALTHY: Future Healthy coordinator Sue Ronco (second from right), with workers at the Thamururr Youth Indigenous Corporation (from left) Alex Kuringaiyi, Simone Dole, Gabriel Warnir and John Warnir.

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Healthy initiative looking for volunteers

By BRODIE EVERIST A NEW Bright-based initiative is looking for volunteers to help hold workshops that promote healthy food choices and explore how people experience cultural identity through food.

Future Healthy coordinator Sue Ronco said the workshops will involve interactive cooking demonstrations with audience participation to help teach healthy eating, basic nutrition and learn about different cultures.

“It’s aimed at young people

around the age of 18 to 25, but anyone’s welcome,” she said.

According to Ms Ronco, volunteers don’t need to be experienced or have highly refined culinary skills.

“We just need some motivated community-minded people who are willing to work with us and spare just a few hours of time - we are very flexible,” she said.

The initiative is looking for six volunteers or groups of volunteers for six different workshops, planned to be

held over 12 months.

Ms Ronco said most of the workshops will be held in Bright’s Dumu Balcony Cafe, but they may also hold some in Myrtleford or Mount Beauty.

She said the Bright Food Co-op will provide the food and all the cooking equipment using a grant funded by Vic Health in an initiative called Future Healthy.

Future Healthy is a $45 million investment in locallyled initiatives to improve access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food;

and build meaningful social connections and inclusive environments.

The Bright Food Co-op, located in the Dumu Cafe, sells local produce in bulk directly to the public.

“We ask people to bring their own containers and fill up their own containers from our bulk storage, and that way we’re reducing waste and reducing cost,” Ms Ronco said.

To get involved with the initiative call Sue Ronco on 0416 599 355 or email sue@ty.org.au.

Speed believed a factor in serious crashes

By BRODIE EVERIST POLICE responded to two serious traffic incidents within the Alpine Shire last Sunday, with officers attributing both to speeding motorists.

At around 2am on Sunday, a male driver, with a front seat passenger, were travelling south on the Myrtleford-Yackandandah Road when the driver lost control of the car.

According to Senior Sergeant Doug Incoll of the Bright police, the car rolled seven times.

He said both the passenger and driver left the crash on foot and were found by police around two kilometres from the crash and were taken by ambulance to Wangaratta hospital.

Snr Sgt Incoll said at around 6:15pm a male driver with a suspended driver’s licence was travelling south on the Buckland Valley Road and hit an embankment near the Porepunkah Airfield, causing the vehicle to roll around 100 metres.

Police said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt, and was thrown from the vehicle and found about 10 metres from the crashed car.

He was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment.

Enquiries are ongoing, but Snr Sgt Incoll said excessive speed was believed to be a factor in both incidents.

He reminded motorists to follow the speed limit, drive to conditions and avoid drugs and alcohol when driving, and said both drivers were lucky to have survived the crashes.

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Stay of execution on brumbies NATIONALS’ MP for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has lauded the recent motion in the Legislative Council to force the State Government to end the barbaric shooting of wild brumbies in the Victorian High Country.

Mr McCurdy accused the government of having shown “little regard for the people in regional Victoria when it comes to our brumby populations”.

STOP THE CULL: The State Government has to cancel any current or “We have been constantly callplanned brumby shooting operations, as well as lift the suspensions ing on the government to stop the on rehoming. PHOTO: Christine Mendoza on Unsplash shootings, and only now are they ceived many calls from locals who trapping the wild horses. being forced to listen,” he said.

“The current method of shoot- are concerned with the culling of “There are better and more humane options for dealing with the ing the wild horses and leaving the the wild horse population and are wild brumby population, through carcass to rot is not good enough.” wanting change.

“I am pleased to say that the NaMr McCurdy said he had remethods such as rehoming, and

tionals’ backed motion means the government has to cancel any current or planned brumby shooting operations, as well as lift the suspensions on rehoming,” he said.

“By leaving rotting carcasses, the government is only working to perpetuate an existing problem with feral animals like dogs, foxes, and cats feeding off the carcass.

“The government has unfairly targeted wild brumbies, and ignored the real problems caused by other feral and wild animals such as pigs and deer.

“I continue to fight everyday for our high country and the precious environment and animals that live there. It is time for the government to do the same.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Have your say on biosecurity planning VICTORIANS have the opportunity to shape the future of biosecurity as the Andrews Labor Government works to safeguard the agriculture sector.

The Labor Government has released a discussion paper setting out key topics to guide reforms to Victoria’s biosecurity legislation.

Public feedback on Victoria’s current biosecurity system is vital to ensure it remains effective, including the legislation that underpins it.

Strong and modern biosecurity laws will ensure Victoria maintains its reputation as a producer and exporter of safe and high-quality produce.

Legislative reform also provides an opportunity to develop laws that address risks, and support new ways for government, industry and the community to work together.

Combining the laws relating to animals, plants and pests currently provided across multiple pieces of legislation into a single Biosecurity Act will help make everyone’s responsibilities clear.

There is also opportunity to consider how biosecurity legislation can emphasise that biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility, and to recognise Traditional Owner rights and knowledge systems in Caring for Country.

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The reform delivers on the government’s ambitious 10-year agriculture strategy, ensuring the sector is well-placed to guard against future risk.

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Driving volunteers celebrated

By ANDY WILSON YOUNG Myrtleford drivers over the past decade have praised the efforts of volunteer mentors from the community group L2P as it celebrated 10 years of helping learner drivers qualify for their probationary car licence.

Around 50 volunteers and friends celebrated the program’s birthday at a luncheon last Wednesday, at which several successful provisional drivers praised those mentors who had helped them.

Program coordinator Jenny Corser said that the courses were more than just about driving.

“It’s about connecting young people, it’s about saying, we see you, we value you, we are really committed to making sure that you get what you need to get a leg up in life,” she said.

Myrtleford Rotarian Alan Garside said the local Rotary club would continue its support of the program into the future.

“We have been sponsors from the start, and having trained my two kids, I know how terrifying it is,” he said.

“It’s a great program especially for those who, for whatever reason, can’t get access to a car when they need one.”

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HAPPY HELPERS: L2P volunteers (from left) Alan Garside, Rodney Browning, and Jeanette McLaren enjoyed the anniversary luncheon.

A DECADE OF SUCCESS: Alpine Shire mayor Sarah Nicholas and Steven Bowmaker from the Department of Transport helped marked a decade of the L2P program. missioned by the TAC, has been developed to help drivers between the ages of 16 and 21 who have limited access to a supervising driver or a suitable vehicle.

Alpine Shire mayor Sarah Nicholas said the program was

more than just learning about the basics of safe driving.

“We see it as not just helping the youngsters get their licences but bringing a range of ages together, and the building of trust between people in the commu-

nity can be really valuable as people mature and grow,” she said.

Bright volunteer Jeanette McLaren said the program was something useful to do for the community and she was currently mentoring

two female drivers from Nepal and Myanmar.

“It would be good to get more females into the program,” she said.

Steven Bowmaker from the Victorian Department of Transport praised the volun-

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teers in his speech and said the program had made a large impact on reducing the number of young drivers involved in car crashes.

“Your investment of time and energy is helping to keep young probationary drivers focused on achieving a significant milestone and helping them to become lifelong safe drivers,” he said.

The L2P program is aimed at reducing road trauma, and it successfully runs 56 programs across Victoria.

According to Mr Bowmaker, the Alpine Shire has trained 45 volunteers and helped 128 learner drivers qualify for their provisional licence since 2012.

He said under the Graduated Licensing System (GLS), young learners had opportunity to learn the technical skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to become safe independent drivers.

“The GLS has been successful in driving down the rate of involvement of young people in crashes,” he said.

“We know this because, sadly, for young drivers aged over 21 who aren’t required to do 120 hours of supervised driving, the involvement in crashes has not reduced significantly.”

Young drivers who are eligible for the program can contact L2P by phoning 5755 0555.

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Love, awards, at Alpine Light

By ANDY WILSON A PHOTOGRAPHY couple from Bright have both won an Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) award as part of the 2022 Photographer of the Year awards.

Matt Palmer and Mieke Boynton, who own the photo gallery Alpine Light, both took home an accolade in separate categories at last month’s awards.

Ms Boynton’s award was in aerial landscapes while Mr Palmer was awarded the honour in the category for documentary features.

Ms Boynton said that being announced as finalists was a big surprise.

“We never expected to win - in fact we had actually gone travelling and didn’t stay for the announcements,” she said.

This is the second win each of the prestigious award.

Mr Palmer’s photographs featured athletes competing in Muay Thai kick boxing while Ms Boynton was recognised for her aerial landscapes on a theme of land-based water bodies.

“Water is one of the weathering forces that creates beautiful shapes and patterns and textures of land,” she said.

The couple’s success has come hard on the heels of their personal story of finding love at the start of the pandemic and the opening of their Gavan Street gallery just before lockdowns began.

They met in a series of online events organised by Mr Palmer

for AIPP members which involved guest speakers invited to talk about their journeys in photography.

“And Mieke was one of those speakers,” Mr Palmer said.

The couple soon found a bond greater than their interest in photography.

Ms Boynton had just launched the first two of nine workshops when lockdowns began.

“I then very quickly switched to online for all of the lockdowns, and it was great,” she said.

“I got to interact not only with local people but with others nationwide and some international participants.”

The nature of Mr Palmer’s work was entirely online.

“Many creatives - all visual and performing arts - really suffered, particularly with their mental health, but the lockdowns really opened up a lot of opportunities as well,” he said.

The AIPP was not so fortunate in surviving the pandemic and in November 2021 went into voluntary receivership due to cancelled memberships, forcing the awards to be run by New Zealand’s equivalent body which this year opened a new category for Australian photographers.

Mr Palmer recognised the different journeys he and Ms Boynton took through lockdown.

“My experience during lockdown was a little bit of a struggle but Mieke was a lot better in that regards and became more creative whereas I plateaued a bit,” he said.

Ms Boynton used the time to delve more into her backlog of photos and edited the work for exhibition.

The couple believe their love story laid the foundation for their creativity and success.

“We are both very competitive people but because we prefer different subjects in our work, we have found the success of the business relationship possible,” she said.

Alpine Light will be closed until September 20.

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Don’t forget Memorial Park UPGRADES NEEDED: Ovens Valley United Cricket Club vice president Kane Fitzpatrick agrees Memorial Park needs ground and facility upgrades.

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Cricket club wants ground, ffacility upgrades considered C AMID funding calls for drainage works at Myrtleford’s McNamara Reserve, Ovens Valley United Cricket Club (OVUCC) president Tom Chettleburgh wants Memorial Park also considered for ground and facility upgrades.

“Although it’s only a synthetic wicket, it’s still the main training base for a club that holds four senior teams, four junior teams and blasters - there’s a fair bit going on there,” he said.

“I think it’s sub-par for what we need as a big cricket club for the Ovens Valley or Alpine Shire.”

As reported in recent weeks, the McNamara Reserve oval was the subject of a complaint last month after particularly muddy playing conditions for an O&M O& M senior football match, leading to calls for drainage le ead a works wo or at the oval - predicted to cost around $500,000. to Mr Chettleburgh said he felt Memorial Park had been largely ignored by the McNamara Reserve committee, despite the grounds being under their purview.

“They’ve put all their

primary focus into McNamara Reserve,” he said.

“Fair enough - it’s the home of Ovens and Murray football - but Memorial Oval seems to get left high and dry.”

Mr Chettleburgh also said there are drainage issues at Memorial Park.

“Our home training base is Memorial Park and if we went down there, we’d be ankledeep in water,” he said.

According to Mr Chettleburgh, teams in the cricket club play at both McNamara Reserve, Memorial Park, Whorouly Recreation Reserve, and in Bright, but he emphasised that Memorial Park is the spiritual home of the club.

“That’s where our DNA is, that’s where our club rooms are,” he said.

McNamara Reserve committee president Bob McNamara said the McNamara Reserve is currently a priority for the drainage works, but recognised the need for upgrades at Memorial Oval.

“We’ve got to look at the overall picture and see where that fits,” he said.

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the Alpine Shire to develop a larger plan for recreational facilities across the shire, including another oval in Myrtleford.

“There is definitely a need for a second oval and we are looking at how that works and where that goes,” he said.

Alpine Shire Council acting director of assets, Elaine Burridge, said a review of sport and recreation facilities will kick off soon, as council begins master planning for key precincts.

“The Alpine Sport and Active Recreation Plan was adopted by council in March 2022,” she said.

“Through the development of this plan, three key community locations have been identified for master planning to ensure they meet the existing and future needs of the community Bright’s Pioneer Park, Mount Beauty Sports and Education Precinct and Myrtleford Town Centre sport and active recreation facilities.

“This work will give us a strong understanding of existing facilities and the sport and recreation needs of our communities into the future.”

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Grinduro cycle race set for Falls Creek AFTER two years of postponement, Falls Creek will be hosting the inaugural Australian Grinduro gravel festival, this December 2-4, featuring three days of riding, live music, bike exhibitions and ambassador talks.

The major cycling race an 80km loop of gravel, jeep trail and forest roads - will go ahead on December 3 through the Bogong High Plains, while there will be a prologue 35km ride on Friday, and a post-race ride on Sunday.

“After what seems like an

age in planning we finally are getting to realise our dream of bringing the Grinduro party to the Southern Hemisphere,” Grinduro Global’s Paul Errington said.

“We couldn’t be more excited to ride with the gravel fans in Australia at what we think will be an amazing weekend.”

Sarah Watt, director of marketing and communications at Falls Creek Resort Management, said they are extremely excited to launch Grinduro Australia at Falls Creek.

“The inaugural Australian event has been gaining great interest and we can’t wait to see everyone here enjoying the alpine environment and beauty of the Bogong High Plains in December,” she said.

Participants will wind their way for 80km throughout the Bogong High Plains, while the main stage will take competitors up to the highest drivable point in Victoria - Mt McKay - and back through the mountains, before finishing in Falls Creek.

GET READY: The major Australian Grinduro race is an 80km loop through the Bogong High Plains on December 3.

Building our jobs and skills ONE of the key outcomes of the federal Jobs and Skills Summit for Indi independent MP Helen Haines, is a bigger focus on regional areas.

Dr Haines was one of three crossbench MPs who attended the summit last Thursday, a day where much of the focus was on under participation in the workforce.

She said the summit identified three groups who were held back from participating as much as they would have preferred due to structural issues.

“Women are often prevented from working more

Indi MP attends summit that will better nation’s future hours due to the availability and lack of flexibility of childcare,” Dr Haines said.

“People with a disability can be prevented from taking up employment due to workplaces not being set-up to properly cater for them and often due to employees’ attitudes towards them.

“Pensioners who wish to work to boost their income are often prevented due to the income affecting their pension.”

While Dr Haines said not every issue raised at the summit could possibly be

solved in two days, there were already some key announcements being made and she expected even more to come.

“There has already been an announcement about funding for 180,000 new TAFE places for instance and I think we could see an announcement about the pensioners for instance very soon,” she said.

“The afternoon session focused on clean energy including what it meant for regional Australia.

“With the amount of inter-

est shown in that session, it means I’m not the only one saying it.

“What are the tech skills needed to make that happen?.

“We need to make sure the skills of the future are being offered at TAFEs, the tech skills to go with that renewable energy push.

“I spoke to Brendan O’Connor (Minister for Skills and Training) about how we need to invest in infrastructure so apprentices aren’t training on combustion engines when they need to work on electric vehicles.

“He agreed to come down to Indi and have a look and I will be working with his office and GOTAFE to make that happen.”

Dr Haines said those who declined to participate at the summit missed a major opportunity to advocate for their cause, whether it was their electorate, or business, or community.

“If you don’t show up you don’t get a say, or have the chance to interact with people,” she said.

“I met some young innovators in technology, which

could benefit agriculture and spoke to them about how we can make that happen on farms in my patch; the same with Fiona Simpson, president of the National Farmers Federation.”

Dr Haines said there was widespread agreement on a number of key issues on the day with people offering ideas and discussing them, as opposed to the confrontationist approach over the last decade or so.

“We’ve just fought about things, important things and haven’t achieved what we should have,” she said.

“This is a very different approach.”

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PEOPLE AROUND TOWN

Ian Craig

MT BEAUTY

What do you do?

I own the Sweet Retreat in Bright.

What are your hobbies and interests?

Trail walking, walking, running, bike riding, doing some woodwork at home when I have the chance; gardening sometimes.

What do you like about the area?

I love nature, Mount Buffalo, the river, and we’ve got a great bunch of people throughout the area.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

To Mount Buffalo for sure.

Harrietville’s quite unique as well.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

Not really. It’s a beautiful natural area that everyone comes here to see, I think.

FREEBURGH

Elizabeth Rose How long have you lived in Mt Beauty?

I’ve been in Mt Beauty for just under six years. My family moved here in 2017 when Mum got a job at the high school.

What is it you like about living in the area?

I like living here because it’s a very beautiful and peaceful place to live.

Would you like to see any changes or additions to the place?

There’s nothing that I feel is “needed” in Mt Beauty, although it would be nice to see more people come in and set up their own businesses to grow the town.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I like to do art and read in my spare time. During summer I enjoy swimming at the river with friends.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

I would take them around Mt Beauty, and to all the nature walks we have here such as Pebble Beach and The Gorge. To the market that happens in town every few weeks is also something I would love them to see.

There are so many hiking tracks around in the nearby mountains for those who are interested.

Celeste Botton

MYRTLEFORD

How long have you lived in the area?

Two months.

What do you do?

I’m a clinical myotherapist and a French translator.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I do a lot of trail running, mountain biking and skiing.

What do you like about Myrtleford?

I really like that it’s close to the mountains and I’m really enjoying the small town community around here.

Where would you take

visitors to showcase the area?

I would take them to the top of Reform Hill and go see Lake Buffalo.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

I would probably change the roundabout in town on a Sunday afternoon - it’s busy with people coming back from the snowfields.

Do you have any plans for the future?

Just to grow my therapy business and introduce clinical myotherapy to the community to improve health and wellbeing.

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Berry growers feel squeeze Costt off production, C p d ti , workers k a growing g i g concern

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Merriang berry grower Stefan Saric was equally vocal about the hourly wage, saying it encouraged inefficient workers.

“If you’re working next to a workmate who’s picking 10 buckets and the next is picking two and getting the same money - what are you gonna do?” he asked.

“You’re gonna pick two buckets.”

Under the new horticulture award pickers must be paid an hourly rate, but can earn more if their piece rate exceeds the hourly wage, according to the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Since July 2022, the hourly rate for a full-time and parttime level one picker is $21.38 per hour, and $26.73 for level one casual workers - not much more than a reasonable picker would have received under the old system, according to Rachel Mackenzie, executive director of Berries Australia.

“If people had been previously applying the piece rate properly then the increased cost should not be that significant,” she said.

But she admitted the lack of

workers meant berry growers can’t easily replace bad workers.

“If there were heaps and heaps of workers it wouldn’t matter so much because you’d just get rid of the ones who are underperforming,” she said.

However, even for berry growers who are less impacted by the hourly wage, the pressures are considerable.

Smoko mixed berry farmer Rocky Russo said the new hourly wage for pickers wasn’t an issue for him as he already paid an hourly rate, but he cited rising costs of insurance, electricity, and packaging, as well as trouble finding workers as reasons why he was considering downsizing or moving to a pick-your-own setup.

“Why do I want to work 12 hours a day and not get anything for it?” he said.

Meanwhile, options for the mechanised picking of the delicate fruits are limited.

“There are quite a lot of horticultural commodities that are hand-picked, but we are very labor dependent,” Ms Mackenzie said.

Mr Russo knew of no berry growers near him that use mechanical harvesting.

“You can get mechanical harvesting, but it’s mainly for jam,” he said.

NOT BERRY NICE: Berry grower Guido Cossignani won’t be replanting his blueberry bushes because of increasing production costs, as well as concerns over finding workers and the new hourly wage for pickers.

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OME of the blueberry bushes on Guido Cossignani’s half-acre plot at Gapsted have grown old and unproductive, but he won’t be replacing them.

“I have replanted a bit, but I’m not doing it anymore because of what’s happening in the industry,” he said.

Like other berry growers in the alpine region Mr Cossignani is considering downsizing his berry plot due to the rising costs of berry production.

Many of the issues cut across the whole fruit and vegetable industry, including increasing costs of transportation, packaging, and fertiliser.

But growers like Mr Cossignani are also being squeezed by a lack of workers and the new hourly award wage for pickers in the labour-intensive berry industry.

Without many workers available growers are concerned they may employ inefficient pickers under the new hourly wage, and there won’t be better pickers to replace them.

“If we go to an hourly rate, the person picking six buckets an hour is at a disadvantage to the person picking two buckets,” Mr Cossignani said.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t got the worker numbers so we have to put up with it.”

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UPPER KIEWA VALLEY NEWS

Lions kick off wood raffle SHED BUILD: The proposed south-west perspective for the ANARE shed.

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THE Mt Beauty Lions Club will hold its ‘wood raffle’ at the community market in Hollonds Street, Mt Beauty on the first Saturday of the month.

A trailer load of wood, or a $100 voucher is the prize.

Club president Joanna Macklan said the raffle has been going for more than 20 years, with all funds raised going towards community projects.

At present the club is looking at a replacement vehicle for the L2P (Learner to Probationary driver) program.

Lions club members volunteer as mentors for learner drivers.

Ms Macklan said the club is always looking for new members - enquiries can be forwarded to joannamacklan@gmail.com THE Mt Beauty Dragon Boat Club is launching its 2022-23 season with PRIDE. Join club members at their ‘Waking the Dragon’ ceremony this Sunday, September 11 at 9am at the Mt Beauty pondage.

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To show their

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THE Mt Beauty Mens’ Shed will hold its annual general meeting on Friday, September 16 at 11.30am, including a barbecue lunch costing $7 (please bring exact amount to pay).

The shed has been currently working for many months on a very large project to create murals on the north and south walls of the Mt Beauty Neighbourhood Centre.

Artist Tom Lawlor is using shed space, tools and other members to complete this work.

Tom said the finished product will be “really something”.

The shed sells kindling for $10 per bag and it is very popular - so much so that the shed is looking for more wood, so if anyone knows of a source please contact the shed.

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PUBLIC feedback is continuing to be sought on Falls Creek’s Lakeside Trail Head and Foreshore Redevelopment Project.

Falls Creek Resort Management is looking at clearing the 1.6km stretch of the Bogong High Plains Road from Windy Corner to Rocky Valley Dam of snow during winter.

It wants to allow vehicles all-year access and provide an additional 100 car parking spaces as part of its plans to redevelop the current Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) shed at the dam, as part of its lakeside precinct project.

The project will also have a visitor information precinct, education and interpretation centre and a meeting place for traditional owners.

Consultation is currently being undertaken and a Lakeside Precinct Activation Survey is now available for the community to fill out.

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Dinner Plain community invited to have a say on snow gun plans

By ANDY WILSON RESIDENTS of Dinner Plain and surrounding areas are invited to share their views on key concept plans announced last week by the Alpine Shire Council.

The Dinner Plain ‘Activation Phase 2’ and a snowmaking enterprise are important elements of the overall village rejuvenation project.

Elaine Burridge from the Alpine Shire said council wants to be sure the community has opportunity for sharing any feedback before plans are finalised.

“We’re confident that the current plans strike a balance between affordability and delivering the priorities of both the community and visitors, but before we move to the next stage of the project we want to make sure we have it right for the community,” she said.

The plan includes improvements to recreation spaces, improved connectivity in the village centre and key infrastructure upgrades.

“With the rising costs of

construction materials, we’ve needed to adjust the scope of phase two to ensure the essential needs of the project are being met,” Ms Burridge said.

“Important upgrades to infrastructure and facilities will boost visitor numbers and increase amenities for residents.”

Ms Burridge said the proposed scope has been workshopped with the local community stakeholder committee, to align with the project objectives and provide the best outcome.

The $2.37 million project is being funded through a $2 million grant from the Federal Government’s Bushfire Recovery program and a $370,000 council contribution.

The current proposal recommends the purchase of a portable snow factory and two snow guns to be erected on Peashooter toboggan slope.

Ms Burridge said the council believes the plan will deliver the most reliable snow conditions for the start of the snow season and its duration.

“The snow factory will pro-

vide a snow base on Peashooter early in the season, which will capture more of the early natural snow fall and create the canvas for snow making with the snow guns,” she said.

The project has additional support from the Victorian Government’s regional infrastructure fund, which aims to stimulate economic and community development.

Dinner Plain residents, business operators and property owners are encouraged to visit council’s website to view the plans and complete a short survey.

Ms Burridge said this is a valuable opportunity for the Dinner Plain community to have their say on how key infrastructure works will impact it.

“This is the community’s chance to let us know what it thinks,” she said.

The survey closes on Sunday, September 18.

More information is available at www.alpineshire.vic.gov. au/community/have-your-say/ have-your-say-dinner-plain-activation-project.

BOOSTING SNOW: Dinner Plain is looking to boost snowmaking facilities which would benefit the Peashooter toboggan slope.

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Skier’s $50,000 fundraising odyssey

AMAZING FUNDRAISING: Huw Kingston is skiing and walking the 700km length of the Australian Alps this winter to raise $50,000 for Save the Children’s Our Yarning project.

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IN a journey expected to take some 50 days, Huw Kingston is skiing and walking the 700km length of the Australian Alps and, along the way, skiing at each of the 12 snow resorts.

By Monday last week the 59-year-old had made his way from Mount Buller to Mount Hotham and Dinner Plain, and then across the High Plains to Falls Creek, before skiing at Mount Buffalo.

Mr Kingston’s ‘Alpine Od-

yssey’ aims to raise $50,000 for Save the Children’s Our Yarning project, fundraising to support First Nations’ children to learn their own stories from books written and illustrated by Indigenous authors and illustrators.

“It took me five days to reach Mount Hotham from Buller - five days of walking in generally low, snow-free Alpine country,” he said.

“Getting over Mount Despair, The Razor and The Vi-

king was pretty challenging, particularly when the weather turned ugly.”

On August 27 Mr Kingston joined almost 1000 other skiers in the 30th edition of the Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia’s largest cross-country ski race.

“It was great to finally race the hoppet after all this time and do it on a perfect bluebird day,” he said.

“It was the furthest distance I’ve gone in one day in the shortest time during my Al-

pine Odyssey but I just ended up back where I started.”

Mr Kingston was planning to head to Mount Bogong and then continue towards New South Wales, expected to reach Thredbo last Sunday.

Full details on Kingston’s Alpine Odyssey can be found at www.huwkingston.com/ alpine-odyssey, with the fundraising page at https://ouryarning-save-the-childrenhuw-kingston-fundraiser. raisely.com/.

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Father’s Day festivities enjoyed

By BRODIE EVERIST AROUND 80 parents, grandparents and guardians attended the Father’s Day breakfast at St Mary’s Primary School last Friday, enjoying bacon and egg rolls, cereal, fruit, juices and coffee and tea.

Father Toney Shallue led a Father’s Day prayer before a performance by the St Mary’s school choir, where they sang three pieces - Banaha, an unaccompanied Swahili piece sung in a two-part round; Firefly, a piece about fireflies; and Sara Bareilles’ 2013 hit song Brave.

School deputy principal Leigh Corcoran said he was pleased to have so many

attend the event in acknowledgement of fathers, carers and other special family members.

“To get such a great turnout this morning has been fantastic,” he said.

“A gathering like this really helps us to get together and reconnect, especially after the last few years.”

After the choir performance, a raffle was held with prizes donated from local businesses.

Across the shire, students at Tawonga Primary School also enjoyed a special Father’s Day breakfast last Friday, with each father and child planting a special tree and enjoying pancakes around the school’s new fire pit.

BARBECUING BUDDIES: Teacher Adam Davis and Michael Kidman were on egg and bacon duty last Friday at St Mary’s Primary School.

FATHER’S DAY GATHERING: Parents and children enjoying the new fire pit at Tawonga Primary School.

FATHER’S DAY FUN: Grade three student Cameron Bonacci with his father Roni Bonacci.

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Approved by the MCAV board during 2022, the research grant is designed to help finance projects that can be applied to everyday management techniques.

“The project does not need to promote the MCAV cause, but should contribute to the MCAV’s objective of better land management and/or enhancing the recognition of the High Country’s early pioneers,” MCAV president, Bruce McCormack, explained.

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Four local groups share in grants THANKS to grant funding obtained from Global Giving, Into Our Hands Community Foundation has awarded several community groups with funding to assist with community strengthening and resilience projects.

More than $8000 will be distributed to four local groups to undertake projects to assist with community recovery, fire preparedness, community strengthening and resilience.

The grant recipients in-

clude Whorouly Football Netball Club who will receive $2200 to purchase a 200 capacity pie warmer to support the club with catering and food preparation for community events, disaster response and emergency personnel catering.

The Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre will receive $2000 to support its large kitchen and catering facilities upgrade.

The centre is the hub for local disaster response and

provides broad benefits to the local community via their social enterprise café, open five days a week.

Everton Community Hall will receive $2000 to purchase a new defibrillator for the complex and community members will also receive important training to use the machine.

OAK FM in Wangaratta will receive $2000 to upgrade its radio control dashboard equipment and sound equipment.

A local community broad-

caster, their service is important during times of natural disasters for communication and message promotion.

“We are very grateful to Global Giving for this funding,” Into Our Hands executive officer Sarah Thompson said.

“To be able to continually support fire-affected communities during the past 10 years is a rewarding effort to be involved in.”

Into Our Hands Community Foundation (IOHCF)

was created in 2012 to continue the community recovery process after one of Australia’s worst natural disasters, the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.

Into Our Hands was allocated $1 million from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund to assist medium and long term recovery needs of fire affected communities over a 10 year period.

Since 2020, Into Our Hands has had a relationship with Global Giving who has been a critical support

in getting international donated funds for the 2020 fires into Australia and directly supporting affected communities.

This December, Into Our Hands celebrates 10 years of giving, having awarded more than 170 grants and distributed more than $1.2 million back into the community.

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Ovens Valley Canine Club members enjoyed masterclass

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“We teach them the basics so that if they choose to compete, they can go on and build on those behaviours,” she said.

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Once a month for women of all ages. Get to know the normal look and feel of your breasts.

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Every two years from age 50–74. Women with higher risk or family history of breast cancer may need to screen earlier/more often – speak to your GP.

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It’s time to put health checks back on agenda THE past few years have been a bit of a blur.

Things that would normally make our ‘to do’ lists have slipped off or been edged out.

We’ve been bombarded with health news, learnt a new lingo of PCR tests and RATs. We’ve been vaccinated and boosted, had COVID, and recovered from COVID. More than ever, we’ve wondered about that tickle in our throat… weighed up our wellness.

For many of us, health has been so front of mind that part of our personal health care has fallen off the radar: health checks.

The 2022 Jean Hailes National Women’s Health Survey revealed that these important appointments have taken a backseat.

Nearly one in three women have not visited their dentist in the past 12 months because of the pandemic.

One in five women have missed a health check with their GP, and cancer screenings have also been impacted.

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That’s why Jaen Hailes is kicking off Women’s Health Week by bringing health checks into the spotlight.

This week is all about getting back on track and taking the time to put yourself first.

One in five women have missed a health check with their GP, and cancer screenings have also been impacted.

If you’re fearing judgement from your doctor about an overdue health check, Dr Newman says she’s never disappointed or angry with patients for delaying their checks.

“As doctors, we’re on your side,” she said.

“We want to put you in the best position possible for good health.”

For other women, lack of time, lack of urgency or fear of the test results are the reasons behind their delay.

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reminds us, the benefits of these appointments and screenings are far-reaching.

“Not only do health checks help your doctor diagnose health conditions such as high blood pressure, they can also reveal early warning signs of several other conditions,” she said.

“In this way, a health check can be the first step in doing something about a health issue before it really becomes an issue.”

If you’re still feeling hesitant and unmotivated to make that appointment, consider taking a support person along, or set up a ‘health check challenge’ with your family or friendship group with a reward for those who tick off the tasks.

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Ladies, let’s talk at the hub on Friday

By ANDY WILSON AFTER two years of interruptions and reschedules, a key women’s event is returning to the Alpine Allied Health Hub in Myrtleford.

The annual ‘Ladies Let’s Talk’ event is planned for this Friday, September 9 at the Hub and is being hosted by Flexout Health.

Now in its third year, the event is part of Women’s Health Week - a nation-wide campaign of events and online activities.

According to event organiser Rebecca Piazza, the week-long activities are designed to help women improve their health by making healthier life choices.

“Women’s Health Week is about women supporting women to improve their health and wellbeing, and a timely reminder to set aside time for yourself,” she said.

The expectation this year, as has happened in previous years, is the event selling out.

This year’s event will be held at the new Alpine Allied Health and will feature guest speakers,

WOMEN’S HEALTH: Looking forward to this Friday’s ‘Laides Let’s Talk’ event in Myrtleford are (from left) exercise physiologist Greta Donaldson and physiotherapist Jacinta Hayward with event organiser Rebecca Piazza.

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including exercise physiologist Greta Donaldson from Alpine Active.

Ms Donaldson, who specialises in chronic disease management, will be outlining the importance of exercise in helping women manage life during perimenopause and into their postmenopausal years.

“Cardiovascular health is very important in maintaining muscle mass and bone density,” she said.

Other speakers include mental health social worker Kelly Riley, physiotherapist Jacinta Hayward, and Wangaratta GP Dr Shannon Elliot.

Food will be provided by Korci Kitchen and there will be lucky door prizes and giveaways.

Ms Piazza said women need to look after themselves better than they do.

“Women are notorious for taking care of everyone around them, and often neglect their

own health,” she said.

“The night is a great opportunity for women to make an appointment for a health check, get active, join an event or simply connect with other women. You don’t have to do it alone.”

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LOOKING AT OUR PAST

A night to remember

PART ONE

By JOHN TAYLOR OAM, Myrtleford and District Historical Society Inc.

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n the 1930s, as the nation emerged from the Great Depression earlier in the decade, the Myrtleford district took to the dance floor to renew social connections and raise funds for worthy causes.

Residents had seen reticulated water and electricity arrive in town and a resurgence in commercial building in the town’s CBD. Out of town dairying, grazing, forestry and the growing of tobacco and hops were offering new opportunities for employment - it was time to celebrate!

In small rural communities and in town, locals and visitors attended an array of annual balls to support worthy causes, whether it be the CWA and infant welfare, returned servicemen, sporting clubs, churches or a hall building or maintenance program.

Reports in the ‘Myrtleford Times’ record the atmosphere at these events: On April 18, 1934, Happy Valley’s sixth ball, attended by pioneering families, soldier settlers and visitors was one that “will long be remembered by all who attended.....dancing was kept in full swing until the early hours of Thursday morning.”

On October 13, 1937, the Catholic community of Mudgegonga attracted 100 couples.

“An energetic committee was headed by Cr. Wm. Carroll...The hall was tastefully decorated, the multi-coloured streamers mingling well with the wisteria and other seasonal flowers....ticket box duties were carried out by Mr. J.F. Pini, with Mr. H. DePiazza attending the door.”

On May 31, 1939, Myrtleford’s Empire Day Ball attracted 125 couples, despite similar functions being held at Albury and Beechworth.

EMPIRE DAY BALL, MYRTLEFORD, May 24, 1939: A patriotic event to support the work of the RSL is held in the Memorial Hall, unknowingly just four months before Great Britain and the Empire are at war.

QUEEN CARNIVAL CORONATION BALL, MYRTLEFORD, December 28, 1938: The three Queens, attended by members of the ‘Royal Household’, raised a total of 307 pounds: Miss D. Glazebrook (Queen of Roses), Miss V. Clemens (Queen of Marguerites) and Miss E. Carthew (Queen of Carnations) on stage at the Memorial Hall.

CATHOLIC BALL, MUDGEGONGA, October 6, 1937: A large attendance of 100 couples was present and “everyone was unanimous in the opinion that it was one of the most sociable and enjoyable experienced at the Hall.”

HAPPY VALLEY ANNUAL BALL, April, 1934: At the Happy Valley Hall on April 11, an estimated 200 attended from near and far and “a flashlight photo was taken of the gathering”.

“Mr. M. Ellen was master of ceremonies and a good programme of modern and old-time dances was greatly appreciated...A buffet supper was served in the supper room, where tables had been lavishly prepared with many good things.”

Occasionally, district get togethers used a ‘Carnival Queen’ approach whereby a Queen of Queens competition was organised.

This involved local groups each fundraising on behalf of their own queen, with every penny raised counting as one vote in the queen competition.

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he earliest Queen of Queen competitions began in Napier, New Zealand in 1913 and in Australia at Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart in 1915.

These early events were associated with fundraising as expressions of patriotism during World War 1 or to support local hospitals and allied health services.

The winning queen was the one who raised the most money and her coronation followed at a grand ball or carnival when counting was over.

The glamour, the costuming and goodhumoured community rivalry generated plenty of enthusiasm.

Sporting clubs, churches, hospitals and hall committees all became involved.

Myrtleford’s early version of a Queen of Queens competition was conducted

by St Mary’s Parish in 1921, when Elaine Connors of Whorouly was declared ‘Queen of the Parish’ by Archbishop Mannix in the presbytery grounds.

Four queens had raised funds for the parish.

Progress voting in these queen competitions was reported in the ‘Myrtleford Times’ and the final announcement of the winner was anxiously awaited, usually in Memorial Hall or out in the street.

A photographer was present to capture the

announcement and the atmosphere.

The town’s biggest ‘Queen of Queens’ competition occurred in December 1938 when it was part of a ‘Back to Myrtleford’ program.

The ‘Times’ reported that a committee of 18, led by Mr. J.B. Robertson, “eulogised the efforts of the Queens and their committees...the cooperation of all had meant the whole function was a success”.

Funds raised at the various events in 1938 went to support projects and organisations including Myrtleford Public Park (vicinity of lawn bowls and tennis courts today), the fire brigade, swimming club, CWA, Memorial Hall, Memorial Park and a new town flag!

During World War 2, competitions focused on the Allied cause, contributing to the Comfort Fund for service men and women.

After the war, queen competitions gradually declined in number; across Australia, entrants were sought for the Miss Australia Quest and Miss Australia Charity Queen and a variety of other locallysponsored events became prominent.

Whilst different in nature to events early in the century, the Myrtleford district retained a regular Queen Competition, commencing with the first Tobacco and Hops Festival Queen, Bruna Fox, being crowned in February, 1961, a tradition which has continued well into the 21 century.

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Double garage, older charming shedding as well as the better hayɀǝƺƳِ RȒɖɀƺ ɵƏȸƳً ɮƺȸƏȇƳƏً ƳƺƬǸǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ƺɮƺȇ Ɏǝƺ ɀȵȸǣȇǸǼƺȸ ɀɵɀɎƺȅِ Thirty plus paddocks set for high

production, silage and hay history has been excellent.

Rotational grazing set and operational as it has been for decades as the results show. ¨ȸǣɮƏɎƺ ƏȇƳ ȸɖȸƏǼ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒȇɮƺȇǣ‫ٮ‬ ence of a quick commute to Wangaratta, Moyhu, Glenrowan or Benalla out the back.

Part of the larger Tanner Estate ȵȸȒȵƺȸɎɵ ƏɮƏǣǼƏƫǼƺ ƏɎ ɖƬɎǣȒȇِ This 169 acres is situated central to Ɏǝƺ ‫ ׏אב‬Ƭȸƺɀ ƏȇƳ (Əǣȸɵ Ȓȸ Ɏǝƺ áȒȅƫƏɎ Gully 71 acres.

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The importance of a property inspection when buying your home Written by | realestateview.com.au FINDING your perfect home can involve a lot of trial and error and before you commit to any big investment, it’s wise to have as much information about it as possible.

When buying a new home, having a property inspection can be the deal-breaker for buyers.

Discovering out your dream property has had dodgy renovations by previous owners or is battling a termite infestation would put anyone off.

That’s why you should always be prepared before signing on the dotted line.

Knowing the ins and outs of your new home will avoid any unwanted surprises after you’ve settled in.

After organising an initial list of homes you’re interested in purchasing you should, if possible, arrange an in-person inspection with the real estate agent.

If you are purchasing f rom interstate or overseas, you can ask the agent to send you video and images of the property and any selling features they might like to point out.

A buyer’s agent can help you save thousands on a bad investment by representing you during the process.

When inspecting a property, among other things, keep an eye out

for the following: O Has it had flood damage or is it in a flood zone Check if the neighbourhood is noisy or if there is construction nearby O Check for signs of termites, mould and rot O Check the water pressure in the taps and bathroom O The current tenancy rate if purchasing as an investment New homeowners should also consider including a building inspection as part of the contract for the purchase.

A properly conducted building inspection will provide potential owners with information that could ultimately influence their decision to purchase the property and will assess whether the house is structurally sound.

In a perfect world, the building inspection should be completed before making an offer to purchase a property, although this can cause delays.

The majority of buyers will include a building inspection as a condition to an offer which will include information about structural defects, any actions to be taken on the property and a completion date.

If the report comes back with negaɎǣɮƺ ˡ ȇƳǣȇǕɀً Ɏǝƺ ƬȒȇƳǣɎǣȒȇ ɀǝȒɖǼƳ

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If the seller refuses to comply, the buyer should have the option of terminating the contract.

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By ANDY WILSON THE challenge of closing the gap between students from diverse socioeconomic groups is something the parents club at Myrtleford P12 College continually tackles with pride.

The group runs fundraising events throughout the year and is looking forward to hosting a movie night thin Saturday, September 9 at the EMPAC in Myrtleford.

Melissa Barry, from the parents club, said that their fundraisers provide support for students who may have financial challenges that impact on their involvement in excursions, extra-curricular activities and external learning programs.

“We help break down any barriers for students who might not be able to afford such things as end of year leavers’ tops,” she said.

“We help to take pressure off kids who may struggle in their learning and engagement at school and try to raise $50 per student per year.

“We also help fund the purchase of equipment on the school grounds.”

This year’s movie is the animated family film The Ogglies: Welcome to Smelliville.

The event will be accompanied by a sausage sizzle beforehand.

Another fundraiser the group wishes to bring back is their weekly bingo afternoon, and they are seeking a suitable volunteer from the community to host its return.

To get involved with the parents group email mp12parentsclub@gmail.com, or call president Marg Phillips on 0428 503 951.

Colourful characters at Book Week St Marrryy’s

DEEP SEA: Lexi Piazza and Niamh McManus.

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE

ST MARY’S Book Week was full of wonderful characters acters this year, thanks to the theme “dreaming with your eyes open”.

Teacher Lucia Southern said the theme was aboutt country, dreaming and “all the things that are hidden but also o seen”.

“It allows us to step into our own story and adapt it into our own dreams and ambitions,” she said.

“Do you dream of what you’ll be when you grow up? p?

“Perhaps you want to be a rocket scientist, with a white lab coat.

“Maybe becoming a doctor is what you’ve always wanted to be?

“This year, make your dreams come true by dressing up as your dream job.”

HARD AT WORK: St Mary’s students (from left) Mitch McMasters and Oscar Szaraszek with Marion College’s Mackenzie Lynch.

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By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE SCIENCE experiments were on show at St Mary’s in Myrtleford last month as students worked with Marian College to learn about chemical science.

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FLY HIGH: Poppy Montgomery dressed as the Dragon Girls.

LOOKING GOOD: Isabelle McAlpine dressed up as EJ12, Judd Carroll dressed up as James and the Giant Peach, Lexi Piazza dressed up as Deep dive into Deep sea and Clkaye Corcoran the Lone Ranger.

WORKING TOGETHER: St Mary’s students (from left) Judd Carroll, Benjy Lupo and Ebony Wilkinson with Marion College’s Emily Masin.

HAVING FUN: St Mary’s students (from left) Harry Purss, Chayse Coleman, Ben McLean, Cooper Carroll with Marion College’s Lily Cuskelly.

Myrtleford students work together on science Flint-Chapman said her daughter, Arabella, was asking questions about science after school which sparked the idea.

“I suggested she could come in for some experiments and it went from there,” she said.

“It was such a great experience

for both schools, to let the students come and experience a real lab environment with chemicals and bunsen burners was very exciting for them.

“We had 44 St Mary’s students, ten year 10 helpers and myself and Maria Blesser running the two sessions.

“The first session was looking at physical changes and the second session was about chemical changes.

“It was definitely a worthwhile experience; science and steam programs are so important and to be able to introduce it to students

at primary school is amazing.

“My passion for teaching science stems for getting students to have a love for science and the want to know how thing work, so to get an opportunity to do this before secondary school was a chance I jumped at.”

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NAIDOC WEEK: St Mary’s students (back from left) Aimee Pozzan, Zaraha Hazeldine and Annie Kerlin; (front, from left) Sarai Barnes, Lara Nannipieri and Poppy Montgomery with their artwork.

MYRTLEFORD’S St Mary’s Primary School recently celebrated local Indigenous culture for NAIDOC Week by painting their own artworks as a class.

Students were challenged to create a class artwork on a 30cm x 40cm canvas to symbolise their interpretation of local Indigenous culture.

These pieces of art would

then be shared at Book Week, which had the theme of ‘Dreaming with eyes open’.

Every class created inspiring pieces of art that are now displayed in the school office.

The artworks represent the aspects of the Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education (FIRE) schools; local totems, reconciliation, connection and the story of Country.

State opposition to overhaul river frontage camping laws BENAMBRA MP Bill Tilley has backed a state opposition plan to overhaul river frontage camping laws if elected when Victoria takes to the polls in November.

New regulations came into operation in September last year, permitting recreational camping along certain stretches of river-fronting crown land throughout Victoria.

However, Mt Tilley, who is the shadow minister for fishing and boating, said it was important to remove any ‘grey area’ around the rule.

A plan outlined by the Liberal and Nationals opposition

last month would see landholders given veto power over who is permitted to camp on their leased river frontages and could also grant seizure powers to officials for the confiscation of fishing and camping equipment, as well as vehicle and vessels of those in breach of the rules “Landholders are understandably worried and despite repeated requests they remain uneasy about the threat of being sued,” Mr Tilley said.

“No one is opposed to the recreational use of this land but the failings of the current laws are real and need to be fixed.

“For decades an informal system has operated with farmers allowing campers when asked they don’t have a problem with that, but the current rules are a free-for-all.

“We will change them.”

More than 17,000km of river frontage crown land was deemed suitable for recreational camping last year, an outcome Liberal leader Matt Guy said would promptly come under review in an effort to assess the potential for biosecurity threat and potential environmental damage.

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tional users would still be permitted to access frontages and would have reasonable access for camping following a review of sites which had already been green-lit under the Labor government. “(Mr Tilley) and I have met with farmers and it’s clear that we need to strike a balance between access to public space and the potential threat to our livestock industry,” he said.

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Most Consistent - Blake Parolin.

Coaches Award - Ashton McManus.

Leading Goal Kicker - Max McMahon (12 goals).

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Coaches Award - Cristian Borsi.

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Great awards night for development netballers A SUCCESSFUL netball season was celebrated by Saints’ development players and their families at last week’s presentation night.

The two Saints teams played in the Wangaratta Netball Association Saturday morning competition this season, and both teams made it through to the finals in their respective divisions.

Saints Black, coached by Davina Perkins, made it all the way through to the grand final where they were defeated by Wangaratta Rovers by six goals in a hard-fought game.

Saints Red, coached by Janelle McMasters, finished the season in third place, which is an especially great effort considering this young team were elevated into an older division after the first three rounds.

Skylah McPherson (Saints Black) and Gemma Corcoran (Saints Red) were both awarded most valuable player, while Tessa Howden (Saints Black) and Billie Prestage (Saints Red) received the coaches’ awards, and Brooke Parolin (Saints Black) was awarded best on court in the grand final.

WHAT A YEAR: Both Myrtleford development netball sides and coaches at last week’s presentation night.

TWO OF THE BEST: Saints Red’s Gemma Corcoran (MVP) and Billie Prestage (coaches’ award).

FINAL PLAYERS: Saints Black players (from left) Brooke Parolin, Skylah McPherson and Tessa Howden, who narrowly went down in the grand final.

Course creates issues for Mount Beauty golfers ON Wednesday, August 31, nine players took to the Mt Beauty golf course for a Front Nine Stableford comp, and despite the weather being fairly reasonable, judging by the scoring it was pretty hard going.

Scoring 16 points each was visitor B Henning who pipped Dave Browning on a countback.

NTP on the seventh and the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office went to the Club, and the ninth to Dave Browning.

A few days later on the first Saturday of the month the battle was on between 22 players for the Monthly Medal.

Once again the course proved to be the main obstacle for the day with the winner, Taf Sullivan, having a net 73 round on a countback from Sam Bellchambers.

Net 76 was shared by Peter Hertzog, Alan Retallick and Peter Johns.

NTPs were seventh and the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office was given to Peter Dilley, ninth to Peter Partington, 17th Fred Gerardson and the 18th with the money, to Dave Browning.

Congratulations to all who took to the field for the coveted Monthly Medal.

Myrtleford golfers return to course Shewell 37, C Piazza 34, J Martin 33, S Dowling 32.

Foodworks NTPs - first: Craig Piazza, fifth: Paul Evans, 10th: David Clark, 14th: Alan Rockliff.

Raffle Winner: George Browne.

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Men’s A Grade Winner: David Clark (17) 38pts.

Men’s A Grade Runner Up: Craig Shewell ( 17) 28 pts.

9 Hole Winner: Carol Ames (48) 13pts.

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RUNNERS UP: The under 11 Porepunkah Panthers team (back, from left) Harvey Hughes (on shoulders), Ollie Brown (holding Harvey), Paige Anders, Paul Meddings (coach), Jai Gribble, Yuna Meddings, Heath Anders (coach), Lisa Meddings (scorer), Randy Skippen (coach), (kneeling, from left) Heath Hughes, Wes Booth, Lincoln Hughes, Eamon Thomson, and Julian Toy (laying).

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Junior Panthers fall two runs short of glory IN a memorable grand final, the Porepunkah Panthers under 11 team narrowly went down to the North Albury Bears, 16 runs to 14.

In perfect weather, both sides got away to a good start Porepunkah sent seven batters to the plate, and with singles by Paige Anders, Ollie Brown, Jai Gribble and Eamon Thomson, as the Panthers finished with five runs.

The Bears responded with five runs also, but were so close to being restricted to a smaller total - Lincoln Hughes, at second base, threw out a batter and tagged out a runner later on.

In the second and fourth innings, the Panthers were kept scoreless, despite Yuma Meddings (wild throw) and Wes Booth (single base hit) getting aboard.

The Bears were restricted to just one run in their second innings - Anders threw out two batters from her pitcher position, while Thomson’s throw from shortstop was in time to close the innings.

Unfortunately, in the third and fourth innings, the Bears had repeat scores of five runs, although there was only one outfield hit recorded by them.

Gribble, at third base, threw out a batter, while pitcher Heath Hughes and Anders at first base combined for consecutive outs in the fourth innings.

The Panthers’ third innings opened with a smoking stand up double to centerfield by Anders.

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by Brown and an error at short-

BEST ON: Paige Anders (batting) was voted best on ground for the grand final. stop on Gribble’s hit, to score two runs before a double play closed the innings.

Down 16-7, the Panthers began their fifth innings with singles by Anders, Brown, Gribble and Thomson, while Hughes’ hit drew an error at first base.

Julian Toy’s infield hit brought in Hughes for the fourth run, while Thomson scored on the number seven batter rule.

In the field, ‘Punkah was outstanding - a catch by Toy, at shortstop, was turned into a double play with a throw to Anders for a tag on the early leaving runner.

The next batter’s high fly ball was caught by Hughes at second base.

Into the last innings, and with the scores 16-12, the Panthers were looking for another big innings.

Meddings beat out her short infield hit, and when Hughes’ similar hit was thrown wildly, the Panthers had runners at second and third bases.

Anders’ single scored both of them, but the Bears rallied and caught a fly ball and threw out another batter at first base.

The Panthers’ defence again showed determination with third baseman, Gribble, fielding and throwing out a runner at second base.

A ground ball to Anders at first, and a return hit to Hughes, the pitcher, saw the Bears kept

scoreless in their last two innings.

All members of the team can be proud of their efforts on the day, and during the season they certainly outhit the Bears during the day.

After the presentation of medallions, the Best Player in the Grand Final was announced, and went to Paige Anders - four safe hits from four plate appearances, including one stand up double, four put outs at first base and two assists when in the pitcher position.

This capped off a very good year for her, as on Friday night, at the NEBA Presentations, she was announced as the Best Player for Porepunkah, and was Runner Up in the Association votes.

Also announced on Friday was the Association best Player for the Under 15 age group, which went to Makiah McCallum of Porepunkah.

While she predominantly played first base with a safe pair of hands, she also pitched six innings.

She also attracted the umpire’s attention with her bat, having a regular number of safe hits - three being for extra bases, to bring in runners to score, as well as putting herself on base for stealing opportunities, in a well-deserved award.

Match Details Panthers 5-0-2-0-5-2=14 runs, 14 safe hits-P Anders 4, O Brown 3, J Gribble, E Thomson 2 ea, W Booth, Y Meddings 1 ea.

Bears 5-1-5-5-0-0=16 runs, 11 safe hits.

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New-look Harrietville half marathon getting ready to run

By NATHAN DE VRIES RUNNERS from across the North East and the state will descend on Harrietville in early October, for the return of the beloved Harrietville Half Marathon.

After three years of inactivity, the Harrietville Half Marathon is set to commence on Sunday, October 2, this time with a new course layout.

The new start point for the 21.1km and 10km runs will be from the corner of Tawonga Gap Road and the Old Harrietville Road, and run along the Great Valley Trail.

Robyn Downey, part of the organising committee, said the inclusion of the trail was fantastic for the half marathon.

“This year, there are a lot of new things that are exciting - it’s a new course, we’re going to do it entirely on the Great Valley Trail, the new trail between Bright and Harrietville,” she said.

“The 21km (run) and the 10km will be on the trail - the 5km and 2km events always were, they started at the trout farm then Howards Bridge.

READY TO RUN: Harrietville half marathon organisers (from left) Jo Parker, Patsy Buchan and Robyn Downey are excited about the event in October.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist “All events will be on the trail this year so we won’t have to close the road.

“Plus, we’re allowing adults to run in the 2km event, so parents can run with a number to accompany their children if they

want to, so there’ll be an open prize category for that.

“We’re also offering for people to form teams to do the 5km if they want to, they can dress up if they want to as well - we thought maybe footy teams would want to

do it, or businesses and our sponsors, things like that. “ The event was last run in 2019, and while last year’s event was unfortunately cancelled less than two weeks out from the starting date, interest in the event is

at an all-time high.

When Downey and two friends ran the Adelaide Marathon on August 21, they were sporting Harrietville Half Marathon shirts, and it looks like word has spread like wildfire.

“As we came through, people were asking about it and calling us ‘The Trio’,” she said.

“We’ve already got nearly 50 people registered, which is more than we normally have at this time.

“Registrations have been open for a couple of months now, the early bird price will finish in the middle of September.

“Looking back at our previous events, we didn’t ever have as many in at this stage before the event as we do this year.

“I’m thinking that we will have big numbers - we normally expect to get around 200, so whether we’ll get many more than that, I don’t know, and whether we can cope with many more than that, I don’t know.”

There’s still plenty of time to get some training in for every event before the Sunday, October 2 start date.

The organisers ask cyclists to not ride on the Great Valley Trail until after 10.30am on the start date, to minimise the impact on runners.

For more information or to register, visit harrietvillehalfmarathon.com.

UNDER 12 BOYS: (from left) Players player - Massimo Perri, B&F - Hugo Rodda, Coaches award - Charlie Bos.

Junior Savoy stars awarded VALUED: “Vic Pin” club person of the year 2022 Leanne Anders (left) with vice president Pete Sacco.

LAST Saturday, the junior teams of the Myrtleford Savoy Soccer Club gathered at the club rooms to celebrate the incredible year they’ve had and to recognise some of the best the club has to offer.

Under 12, 13, and 16 boys, and under 14 and 17 girls players came together to put a cap on the year - while most sides had finished playing, the under 14 girls side are still in the finals, and will compete in the grand final this weekend.

UNDER 16 BOYS: (from left) B&F - Bodie McCabe, Players player - Jack White, Coaches award - Jac Lewis.

UNDER 17 GIRLS: (from left) B&F - Amber Howell, Players player - Maddy Sandow, Coaches award - Chiara Esposito.

UNDER 14 GIRLS: (from left) Players player Dot Michie, B&F - Carmela Perri, Most Improved - Elsa Wilkinson (absent).

UNDER 13 BOYS: (from left) Coaches award - Harry White, Most Improved - Rylan Frecklington, Players Player Oliver Read.

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Tigers begin to stir ahead of cricket season

By NATHAN DE VRIES AS winter turns to spring and the days start heating up, cricketers across the Ovens Valley are digging out the kit and gingerly rolling the arm over, with the start of the Wangaratta and District Cricket Association just over a month away.

The Ovens Valley United Cricket Club (OVUCC) committee is working hard behind the scenes to get everything ready for round one on October 15, but committed training won’t begin until the last remnants of winter depart.

“As a cricket club, we’ve put training and whatnot on the back burner for the moment, just due to the weather and all the facilities being pretty soaked, which is a bit annoying,” OVUCC president Thomas Chettleburgh said.

“But we’ve also put it to the playing group that we’re going to let the footy finals play out - we’ve got to be mindful that no one has played footy finals since 2019, and with the Bright boys and Myrtleford for that matter playing in finals, we’re just going to let them play those out and not over-

load everyone’s commitments.

“The last few years, people have been pretty up and down with their sports, not able to play football finals and whatnot, so we’d just let them enjoy that for what it is, and we’ll get stuck into cricket in the next couple of weeks.”

Chettleburgh said captains of the senior grades from last season would begin doing the ring-around, gauging players’ commitment for the 2022/23 season.

“Recruitment’s been challenging - I think everyone’s workload in life in general,

everyone seems to be very busy these days, I don’t know what’s happened, but that’s what it feels like,” he said.

“We’re very confident with the group we’ve got.

“Our core group of youngsters is coming into a good age, they’re finishing year 12, so it’s going to be a good year for them to really break out and lead from the front, and we’ll just play second fiddle to them.”

Anyone interested in playing cricket for OVUCC in 2022/23 can contact Thomas Chettleburgh on 0499 334 404.

KEEN CRICKETERS: Kane Fitzpatrick, vice-president of the Ovens Valley United Cricket Club, and senior cricketer Seamus Phillips are ready for the start of the cricket season.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist

Basketball star jets to Spain K

IEWA Valley-based basketballer Jackson Townsend has received a scholarship of around $11,000 to study at a US university in Madrid and train at the Torrejon Basketball Academy.

After graduating from a US college in April, the 21-yearold was contacted by a representative of the College for International Studies (CIS) in Madrid, who encouraged him to apply to the college and train at the nearby Torrejon Academy.

“It’s an experience of a lifetime,” Townsend said.

“After the US I really want to see a different kind of scenery.”

Townsend said he would love to play basketball professionally in Europe or Asia.

“It’s something I honestly didn’t think I would be good enough to do, but with the opportunities I’ve been getting it’s something I can definitely see happening,” he said.

“Being paid to play a sport is really enticing - it’s something I really want to do.

“It’s not every day you can call yourself a professional athlete.”

In 2020 Jackson received

READY TO FLY: 21-yearold basketballer Jackson Townsend has received a scholarship to study in Madrid and train at the Torrejon Basketball Academy.

BY BRODIE EVERIST beverist@ nemedia.com.au

around $11,000 for a scholarship to study at Southeast Community College in Nebraska, from which he recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

Jackson said going from Australian to US college-level basketball was a big shift; at 196cm tall he went from a ‘big man’ power forward or centre to being one of the shorter team members playing as a shooting guard or a small forward.

Due to the number of talented individual players, he said there are more ‘iso-ball’ plays - one-on-one matchups where players use their superior skills to pass an opponent.

“The basketball they play is a lot different,” he said.

“Here in Australia we really emphasise team basketball; in the states there’s a lot more iso-ball because there’s so many talented players that can score on their own.”

Townsend was due to fly to Spain last weekend.

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BACK AT IT: Porepunkah local and Winter Olympic alpine skier Greta Small is already looking ahead to her fourth Games, and has been training at Falls Creek and Mt Hotham over the past month.

PHOTO: Chris Hocking

Small has big plans for future

A

FTER seven months skiing the world, Porepunkah local and Winter Olympian Greta Small has been enjoying some downtime back home with family.

The homegrown talent achieved her best result at her third Winter Olympics in February this year, finishing 13th in the Alpine Combined event; the third best ever result for Australia in the event and the country’s best in 20 years.

Small then finished her World Cup season in Europe at the end of March before returning home to “decompress”.

“It was so nice to come home and not have to quarantine back in Australia so I could decompress a little,” she said.

“This year it’d been a bit longer since I’d been home due to COVID .

“Having not spent much time at home over the last three years I definitely took time to have a month off hereto relax and work

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out where my motivations were to continue in the sport, so I’m really looking forward to the next four years training for the next Games.

“Through early autumn I spent my time riding the trails around the area and spending time with family before I headed to Canberra when the season started again.

“I did some strength and conditioning training at the Australian Institute of Sport before spending the last month skiing up at Falls Creek and Hotham and doing some mentoring with the local race clubs.

“Astra at Falls Creek are always amazing, their one of my main supporters and sponsors and such a great family business.

The big goal for the season and the next four years is building into my fourth Olympics so I’ll continue to do those seasons each year, building up my world ranking and experience and placing through World Championships every two years.

- GRETA SMALL “I loved being home and it’s such a nice time to make use of the high country.

“I wanted to make sure I spent time with the kids in the clubs so I’m visible and accessible because I didn’t meet anyone at Olympic level of the sport when I was growing up.”

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ooking ahead, Small said she was excited for the World Championships in 2023 and the next Olympics in four years time.

“This week I’m flying to South America for a training camp before coming home for a bit and

then heading off to Europe in October for the next World Cup season,” she said.

“The big goal for the season and the next four years is building into my fourth Olympics so I’ll continue to do those seasons each year, building up my world ranking and experience and placing through World Championships every two years.

“I’ve also been nominated to be on the olympic committee athletes commission which is a four year term so I’m really excited about being and athlete voice.

“It’s something I’m really interested in; using opportunities with the Olympic movement to spread those values.”

Small is also in her third year of a Bachelor of Communications with Griffith University and is hoping to graduate in the coming year.

“I’ve been studying part time while skiing full time professionally and I love it,” she said.

“I’d love to do a post grad in international relationships to continue my education while I’m professionally skiing so I have that career afterwards.

“Who knows what’s down the track but I’m laying the ground work and seeing what opportunities are ahead.

“I really encourage all young people to be inspired and find a dream they’re passionate about, whatever that is.

“I love coming home to see the local kids and giving back to the community in that way.”

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Saints crash out of finals ■

From back page With the season over, Simpson and the rest of the playing and coaching group will take some time to reset and aim for a bigger season 2023.

“We finished fifth, and that’s probably exactly how we’ve seen it - we’d win a couple, lose a couple, win a couple, lose a couple,” he said.

“We probably feel like we’ve underachieved in a sense that what we came out to achieve was a top three finish and a premiership.

“There’s obviously a lot of hurt

amongst the group at the moment with bowing out, but at the same time there’s a lot of upside for the future.

“There’s some really good young players in the side who’ve come a long way this year, we’re excited for the years to come.

“Next year’s obviously going to be a very big year for the footy club, we’ve got to get back to work and try and improve and get back after it - you’ve got to stay around the mark for a few years to get success, so we don’t want to drop away, we want to keep knocking on the door.”

QUALIFYING FINAL YARRAWONGA ALBURY

1.1 4.5 1.5 2.8

5.8 5.9

6.15.51 6.10.46

GOALS: YARRAWONGA: Leigh Williams 2; Lach Howe 1; Jackson Meade 1; Harrison Wheeler 1; Mark Whiley 1. ALBURY: Jacob Conlan 2; Jeff Garlett 2; Riley Bice 1; Jim Grills 1.

BEST: YARRAWONGA: Ryan Einsporn, Lach Howe, Jack Sexton, Will Sexton, William Wheeler, Caleb Mitchell. ALBURY: Jessy Wilson, Brydan Hodgson, Shaun Daly, Connor O’Sullivan, Lachlan Taylor-Nugent, Riley Bice.

ELIMINATION FINAL WANGARATTA ROVERS 6.2 10.6 13.12 14.15.99 5.3 6.3 8.4 12.5.77 MYRTLEFORD GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Thomas Boyd 4; Alexander Marklew 4; Jayden Bear 1; Todd Bryant 1; Jack Gerrish 1; Lukas Webb 1; Elijah Amery 1; Cameron Chamberlain 1.

MYRTLEFORD: Malachi Owers 2; Brody Ricardi 2; Ryley Sharp 2; Tom Cappellari 1; Sam Martyn 1; Daniel Roche 1; Murray Waite 1; Nicholas Warnock 1; Ryley Bouker 1.

BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Todd Bryant, Jace Mcquade, Brodie Filo, Alexander Marklew, Samuel Murray, Jack Gerrish. MYRTLEFORD: Malachi Owers, Callum Crisp, Ryley Bouker, Matthew Dussin, Kurt Aylett, Brody Ricardi.

BITTERSWEET: Mitch Dalbosco played his 150th game for the Saints on the weekend.

RESERVES RESULTS

ONE ON ONE: Myrtleford ruckman Callum Crisp and Rovers’ Alex Marklew tussle for front position.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

THIRDS RESULTS

NETBALL SCORES

QUALIFYING FINAL - SEPT 3

QUALIFYING FINAL - SEPT 3

QUALIFYING FINALS - SEPT 3

Yarrawonga 12.9.81 defeated Wodonga 6.5.41

Wangaratta Rovers 6.6.42 def by Wangaratta 10.10.70

A GRADE:

GOALS: YARRAWONGA: Tyler Lovell 3; Jacob Adkins 2; Ross Mulquiney 2; Reid Clarke 1; Jack Forge 1; Connor Griffiths 1; Xavier Leslie 1; Matt McCabe 1. WODONGA: Zac Harding 1; Casey Marr 1; Ethan Ritchie 1; Jack Stefani 1; Brett Doswell 1; Will Bradshaw 1.

GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Judd Schubert 3; William Ashton 1; Joshua Cresswell 1; Harry Nolan 1. WANGARATTA: Jayden Adamo 3; Max Bihun 3; Xavier Laverty 2; Joe Berry 1; Charley Holland-Dean 1.

ELIMINATION FINAL - SEPT 4

Wodonga Raiders 6.14.50 def by Corowa-R’glen 16.3.99

Albury 17.6.108 def Myrtleford 3.11.29 GOALS: ALBURY: Zach Sears 4; Oscar Hayes 3; Zach Bye 2; Jamison Scott 2; Harry Cameron 1; William Haberecht 1; Darcy Harrington 1; Jake McGrath 1; Campbell O’Brien 1; Mitchell Scott 1 MYRTLEFORD: Tex McIntosh 1; Addison Bedendo 1; Josh Jones 1.

ELIMINATION FINAL - SEPT 4

Yarrawonga 51 def Lavington 40 B GRADE: Corowa-R’glen 44 def by Albury 45 C GRADE: Albury 38 def Yarrawonga 32 17 & UNDER: Wodonga 51 def Yarrawonga 46

GOALS: WODONGA RAIDERS: Kaiden Withers 2; Nelson Bowey 1; Beau O’Neill 1; Zac Whitsed 1 ; Private player 1. COROWA-R’GLEN: Patrick Lavis 6; Ryan Beveridge 4; Jedd Longmire 2; Matthew Bush 1; Jesse Johnstone 1; Taj Smith 1.

SEMI FINALS - SEPT 10 & 11

SEMI FINALS - SEPT 10 & 11

Wangaratta Rovers vs Yarrawonga @Corowa Wodonga vs Albury @ Wodonga

Albury vs Wangaratta @Corowa Wangaratta Rovers vs Corowa-R’glen @Wodonga

ELIMINATION FINALS - SEPT 4 A GRADE:

Wangaratta 39 def Albury 36 B GRADE: Myrtleford 43 def Yarrawonga 42 C GRADE: Corowa-R’glen 32 def North Albury 30 17 & UNDER: North Albury 50 def Cor-R’glen 45

SECOND SEMI FINAL

FIRST SEMI FINAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 2PM JOHN FOORD OVAL, COROWA

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 2PM JOHN FLOWER OVAL, WODONGA

WANGARATTA VS YARRAWONGA

ALBURY VS WANGARATTA ROVERS

WINNERS AND LOSERS

FINALS

SCOREBOARD

BONNIE DOON

GRETA

70 23 10.10 3.5

GOALS: BONNIE DOON: Al Bennett 6; James Law 3; Joel Sanford 1. GRETA: Daniel Cassidy 2; Shane Graham 1.

BEST: BONNIE DOON: Zak Bailey, Zac Tanner, Al Bennett, Campbell Smedley, Joel Sanford, Andrew Hill. GRETA: Bryce Ralph, Mark Wettern, Tom Baker, Bradley Whinray, Tom Fursdon, Joshua Bell.

PRELIMINARY FINAL

GRAND FINAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 2PM TARRAWINGEE RECREATION RESERVE T

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 @ 2.15PM SA WJ FINDLAY OVAL (WANGARATTA ROVERS FNC)

BRIGHT VS BONNIE DOON

B BENALLA ALL BLACKS VS BRIGHT OR BONNIE DOON B

OR

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Bi h Bright B grade full of excitement with grand final spot at stake

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN

ROUGH AND READY: Nick Howell laying an aggressive tackle at Bonnie Doon the last time the Mountain Men met the Bombers, where they will hope for a replica of the 55 point win to book a spot into the grand final.

KICKING AWAY: Harry Jameson getting a kick away against the Bombers.

PHOTOS: Charlotte Kilner

Mountain Men have their eyes on prize

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN BRIGHT senior footballers will be looking to replicate their final round heroics against Bonnie Doon in the preliminary final this weekend to book a spot in the Ovens and King Football League grand final.

The Mountain Men spent the week off last week not knowing who their opponent would be, as the Greta and Bonnie Doon semi-final had yet to play out.

Coach Paul Harrison said 20 of his players were down at North Wangaratta on Saturday to watch the game after an extra session that morning.

Harrison said he hopes the hour and a half extra training at North Wangaratta keeps his side focused on the task at hand.

“We didn’t want to have two weekends without footy in close succession,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s not actually an advantage having an extra week off and we just want to make sure the boys are switched on and that it doesn’t take us a bit of time to get into the game.

“We had a really good workout to keep that fitness up and that touch with a bit of game sense style of play going through into next week.”

The team has made an emphasis on sticking together through the fi-

Bombers frustrated in heated finals clash loss ■

From back page With only seven minutes to the end of the match the Hawks again widened the margin, only to have Hewat take another long-distance goal, however this effort was not enough.

By the final siren the Hawks had held out the Bombers to a six-point margin.

Co-captain Elliott Powell’s commanding presence during the game and capacity to overcome significant pressure from the Hawks saw him named best on ground, with special mentions for Joshua Kable, Sam Creamer, Jordan Harrington, Brady Johnson and Cody Hewat.

GOAL SCORER: Dederang-Mount Beauty’s Nicholas Hynes, pictured earlier this season, kicked the first goal of the finals match on Sunday. PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

nals series, making a commitment to each other to stay alcohol free and going out for meals regularly.

Harrison said he hopes the team building experiences can elevate his side to another level on the field.

“Even just having the boys together on gameday you get a good feeling out of it and that excitement grows for the following week,” he said.

“The boys got a bit out of it, we took note on how they moved the ball out of the midfield and across the ground, it was definitely worth it.”

The last time they met the Bombers, the Mountain Men secured a

top two finish in the last game of the season with a comprehensive win.

Harrison said he will be trying to keep it simple throughout the week, which has proved successful throughout the year.

“They looked pretty good in the midfield on the weekend, so for us the focus will be on the contested ball in the midfield and making sure we’re on top at the stoppages,” he said.

“On the Thursday night we have a bit of a routine going where we have a pre-game structure set up so just making sure we’re going through the same structures, warm ups are solid, we’ve gone through what we want to do, nothing changes.”

BRIGHT’S B grade netball team will be fresh and ready for the challenge of breaking through to a grand final against Bonnie Doon this weekend at Tarrawingee.

All netball grades gained an additional bye week due to the postponement of the senior football semi final.

Last time they met was the last game of the regular season, where the Bombers defeated Bright by 22 goals, and also beat them by nine goals in their first encounter of the year.

To reverse those results Bright will be banking on the impressive run of form from defenders Kristi Hacket and Amy Ford.

After two exhilarating wins, the girls will be going into the game full of confidence and will be hoping the bye doesn’t cull their momentum.

Bright have not played in Tarrawingee since 2019.

Bright’s B grade will be the last Bright netball team standing as both football reserves and seniors will be fighting out for a spot in the grand final at Tarrawingee.

SCOREBOARD

64 58 KIEWA

DEDERANG

9.10

8.10

GOALS: KIEWA: Connor Newnham 4; Joshua Hicks 2; Jack Andrew 1; Jake Hicks 1; Ryan Wallace 1. DEDERANG: Cody Hewat 2; Nicholas Hynes 2; Jaydn Chalmers 1; Damien Jones 1; Elliott Powell 1; Nathan Gleeson 1.

BEST: KIEWA: Jack Di Mizio, Joshua Hicks, Nathan Vogel, Nic Carney, Jack Andrew. DEDERANG: Elliott Powell, Joshua Kable, Sam Creamer, Jordan Harrington, Brady Johnson, Cody Hewat.

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Reserve Saints bundled out of finals

GRAND FINALS

By NATHAN DE VRIES MYRTLEFORD’S reserve footballers were handed a 79-point loss in their elimination final clash with Albury Tigers on Sunday, ending their season and shot at a flag.

The Tigers came out with intent, taking a 31-point lead by quarter time and restricting Myrtleford’s scoring chances in front of goal.

The Saints were kept scoreless through the third term with just five minor scores, while Albury kicked ahead to a 66-point lead heading into the final period of play.

Myrtleford found their rhythm in the fourth quarter, but their repeat shots on goal earning a small yield, as the Saints ended their season with a 3.11 (29) to 17.6 (108) final scoreline.

Reserves coach Shane Laracy said the result wasn’t the way the side wanted to end their season.

“It wasn’t how we envisioned it going, but I think we took a while to settle into the game,” he said.

“It just didn’t go our way.

“I thought we won most of the ruck comps, but our structure sort of fell in and didn’t hold up, then the ball sort of bobbled up for them.

“There were a few missed shots, but our delivery into the forward line probably wasn’t as direct as we would’ve liked.”

Will McKerral dominated the ruck taps, with Jordan Eaton, Tyler Harrington and Ryley Forrest also among the best on ground.

B grade Saints advance by barest margin IT was a finals match for the ages on the netball court at the Albury Sportsground on Sunday, where Myrtleford’s B grade netballers fought out a one goal victory over Yarrawonga to advance to next week’s semi-final round.

Despite having the lead at the first two breaks, albeit by slim margins, it was a tight contest all day with scores level at 35 apiece at three-quarter time.

With one minute to go, scores were even until Rhiannon McIlroy took a strong defensive rebound to send the Saints back into attack and safely into Morgan Byrne’s hands to convert the crucial final goal.

With the final centre pass, the Saints maintained possession to secure the win.

In warm conditions, Shanae Gribbin continued her great form running out the game in centre, while Emma Sharp (16 goals) and Byrne (27 goals) combined well with Jaclyn McAlpine in wing attack to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Tight defence all game by Rhiannon McIlroy, Tayla Cartwright and Tara Breen had Yarrawonga making a number of changes to counteract the Saints’ pressure.

In a great team effort, Emma Sharp was awarded best on court.

The girls now look forward to next week in what is likely to be another close game against Corowa-Rutherglen after playing out a draw with them last week in the final home and away game of the season.

The semi-final will be played at Martin Park in Wodonga this Sunday, September 11, starting at 1.45pm.

SNAPSHOT: Tyler Thomason goes around the corner and takes a shot at goal.

FOOT RACE: Cooper Howden sprints to the ball.

PHOTOS: Janet Watt

CAN’T CATCH ME: Thomas Morgan provides some run off half back.

Junior Saints come up short in grand final

By NATHAN DE VRIES

UNDONE: Myrtleford’s under 17 squad couldn’t get the job done on Sunday in their grand final clash with Mansfield.

UNDER 17 SCOREBOARD GRAND FINAL Mansfield Myrtleford

4.0 6.2 8.3 9.5.59 2.3 2.5 3.8 6.12.48

BEST: MANSFIELD: William Friday, Jack Marks, Hunter Reee, Benjamin Reardon, Kai Longstaff, Samuel Guppy. MYRTLEFORD: Jude Browne, jetson walton, Tyler Thomason, Jack Hazeldine, Thomas Morgan, Lachlan Stripeikis.

GOALS: MANSFIELD: Oscar Clelland 3; Benjamin Elliott 1; Samuel Guppy 1; Riley Hall 1; Jack Marks 1; Riley Northcott 1; Adam Storer 1. MYRTLEFORD: Jetson Walton 3; Harry Stripeikis 2; Tyler Thomason 1.

A FAIRY-TALE, come from behind grand final win was almost a reality at the Wangaratta Showgrounds on Sunday, but unfortunately for the under 17 Saints, it was not to be.

The Saints showed heart and staged a strong comeback, but weren’t good enough to overcome the Mansfield Eagles, going down 6.12 (48) to 9.5 (59).

Errant goal kicking kept Myrtleford off the pace through the first term, a weakness Mansfield was able to exploit through the second quarter to take a 21-point lead by half-time.

Momentum continued the Eagles’ way, up by 25 points heading into the final term, but a huge late-game surge from the Saints brought them within 11 points of the flag.

Jude Brown was best on ground for the Saints, while Jetson Wal-

UNDER 14 SCOREBOARD GRAND FINAL Imperials Mansfield

1.4 3.9 5.13 7.14.56 1.2 3.4 5.5 5.9.39

BEST: IMPERIALS: Charlie Maher, Kai McPhan, Archer Direen, Nicholas Kjar, Jed Marek, Charlie Flynn. MANSFIELD: James Benton, Andrew Friday, Edwin Morphett, Hamish Yencken, Harry Yencken, Liam Smith.

GOALS: IMPERIALS: Max Marek 3; Harry Allen 1; Nicholas Kjar 1; Charlie Maher 1; Will Prebble 1.

MANSFIELD: Harry Craddock 2; Astin Browning 1; Christopher Caminos 1; Edwin Morphett 1.

ton (three goals) and Harry Stripeikis (two goals) led the way on the scoreboard.

Coach Rory Hazeldine said while the result was disappointing, the boys should be proud of their efforts all year.

“Mansfield started out strong but we responded in the first quarter, their run and carry was hard to contain through the middle of the game,” he said “We kept trying to adjust match ups, the boys kept working hard and we started to claw back.

“We finished with a strong last quarter but we had left our run too late.

“It was a disappointing end to a great season and I know how hard the boys have worked.”

In other junior footy grand finals, the under 12 Kangaroos smashed College 13.2 (80) to 3.4 (22), and the Imperials proved too strong for Mansfield in the under 14 match, home 7.14 (56) to 5.9 (39).

UNDER 12 SCOREBOARD GRAND FINAL Kangaroos College

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BEST: KANGAROOS: Hudson Wallace, Mitchell Murphy, Archie Symons, Urban Holt, Kieran White, Isaac Chilcott. COLLEGE: Cooper Bowman, Zeke Peebles, Joshua Duffy, Luke OBrien, Tate Llewellyn, Charlie OBrien.

GOALS: KANGAROOS: Isaac Chilcott 3; Earnest Byrne 2; Oscar Edwards 2; Archie Symons 2; Hudson Wallace 2; Cooper Borschmann 1; Kieran White 1.

COLLEGE: Luke OBrien 2; Cooper Bowman 1.

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BOUND FOR NATIONALS: Myrtleford’s Summer Caponecchia will play at a state level when she runs out for NSW Country at the National Youth Championships this month.

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By NATHAN DE VRIES ONE of Myrtleford’s brightest young female soccer talents is taking the next step on her journey to play professional sport.

Summer Caponecchia has been named in the 16-person New South Wales Country under 16 girls squad for the upcoming National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour from September 19.

The squad has brought in players from soccer associations across NSW, from regions like

Wagga Wagga, Blacktown, Illawarra, and the Albury Wodonga Football Association.

Never a stranger to selection in AWFA representative sides, Caponecchia said the National Youth Championships were definitely a step up.

“I’ve been to some higher matches, but this is the highest I’ve made it,” she said.

“I got selected into this training program called a TSP (Talent Support Program) and then from that, we did a couple of matches with other TSPs around Victoria.

“From those matches, I got selected to go trial - I went up to Sydney for a three-day camp and they chose the team out of all those girls that were there.”

Despite living in Victoria, Caponecchia was selected to represent county NSW because the league in which she plays, the AWFA, is run by Football NSW. “I just feel a part of NSW now, I’ve been there so long it doesn’t feel any different,” she said.

“From the Albury Wodonga Football Association, everything there is NSW.

“I think there are only three clubs that are from Victoria in the AWFA league, so everything that happens at the next level up is in NSW.” The Country NSW squad has already met to begin preparations for the National Youth Championships, which could see one or more up-and-coming athletes drafted to professional football sides.

“There are going to be a few scouts there, I’m very nervous,” Caponecchia said.

“I’d like to go to a higher club,

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because rep finishes and I’d like to go to the next level, maybe an NPL squad or something like that.

“Depending on what happens at this tournament for state, I’ll see if I get picked up there or not.”

If her recent form for Myrtleford’s senior women is any indication, she is sure to dazzle onlookers with her speed through the midfield and goal kicking savvy.

The National Youth Championships kick off in Coffs Harbour on September 19.

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By BRODIE EVERIST THE Dederang-Mount Beauty senior footballers were outclassed in a fiery match last Sunday, their finals hopes extinguished by the Kiewa Hawks 8.10 (58) to 9.10 (64) at Sandy Creek Recreation Reserve.

Dederang-Mount Beauty started strong, with Nicholas Hynes booting a goal within 25 metres of the sticks for the first points of the game.

Soon after the Bombers’ Damien Jones booted more points, taking advantage of a minor scuffle between the teams to run the ball to the goal.

However, after a few failed attempts to convert opportunities, the Hawks returned fire with four goals in quick succession to lead the first quarter 4.3 (27) to the Bombers’ 2.3 (15).

The Bombers kept pressure on the Hawks throughout the second term, but their opposition still managed to grow the margin slightly, leading by 14 points going into the second half.

Passions remained high, and another scuffle broke out between players as they left the ground.

A strong defence from the Bombers largely managed to hold out Kiewa in the third quarter, but the Bombers were also unable to take advantage of opportunities, including a missed goal from Elliot Powell early in the term.

Leading into the final quarter the Hawks remained 12 points ahead, but the highintensity tussle continued.

Almost eight minutes into the final term Nathan Gleeson managed to take a major during a clash in the goal square, leading to a six point margin.

Soon after, Kiewa hit back with a goal, but this was quickly answered with a long-distance shot from vicecaptain Cody Hewat.

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Saints crash out of finals THE 2022 season ended on Sunday for Myrtleford’s senior footballers, following a 12.5 (77) to 14.15 (99) loss at the hands of Wangaratta Rovers at the Albury Sports Ground.

The first quarter of the elimination final was an even affair, with Rovers up by five points at the first break, but soon accelerated to lead the Saints by 27 points by the half.

Myrtleford couldn’t limit the Rovers’ leg speed and ball movement up the ground, and repeated forward 50 entries battered the Saints defensive unit.

Momentum continued against Myrtleford until the final quarter, where a six-goal streak gave the Saints a look at victory, but in the end time simply ran out.

“We’re disappointed, there’s no

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sugar-coating it, we just didn’t play good enough for long enough,” Myrtleford co-coach Dawson Simpson said.

“It’s a bit of a heartbreaker with the fact that we still felt like we had more to give and we just weren’t able to do it on the day.

“We knew we didn’t necessarily want to get into a shootout with Rovers, because they’re a high-calibre team that likes to move the ball quickly, and we wanted to be able to slow their ball movement down which we weren’t able to do.

“The boys are disappointed,

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and it’s a hard way to go out and finish the season when you feel like you’ve got so much left to give.”

Several Saints stood up and performed well, including cocaptain and 150 gamer, Mitch Dalbosco.

“There were a few standout performances, Malachi Owers was probably our best player on the day,” Simpson said.

“He’s been building form for the last two or three weeks, he’s very clean, he attacked the ball hard, he was aggressive with his tackles, he kicked a few goals - he was just at the intensity required for a final, which was really pleasing.

“Callum Crisp in the ruck was quite good, and our wingers were pretty good in Brody Ricardi, Riley Bouker and Kurt Aylett.”

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BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Todd Bryant, Jace Mcquade, Brodie Filo, Alexander Marklew, Samuel Murray, Jack Gerrish. MYRTLEFORD: Malachi Owers, Callum Crisp, Ryley Bouker, Matthew Dussin, Kurt Aylett, Brody Ricardi.

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