WINTER Olympian alpine skier Harry Laidlaw was knee deep in powder at Mt Hotham at the weekend after more than 20cm of fresh snow blanketed the resort. Hotham’s snow base is closing in on the magic metre mark with more snow forecast this week.
FUNDING for Victorian mental health service
NewAccess is ending this August, leaving North East advocates disappointed and prompting calls for the service to continue.
According to an email sent to Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre manager Trish Dixon from a NewAccess practice lead, the mental health coaching service was to stop taking clients from June 30 to ensure all clients could finish the program before its cessation on August 11, as the funding extension request for the program to the State Government had
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been refused.
“Working to support the bushfire-affected areas in the region, the team has supported more than 290 people in North Eastern Victoria, and seen 62 per cent of participants achieve recovery from their initial reported symptoms,” the email said.
“Additionally the team
have also supported postpandemic to the wider state of Victoria, supporting over 1300 people with 64.7 per cent achieving recovery.”
New Access is a free guided 6-session self-help program using low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy developed by mental health not-for-profit Beyond Blue and delivered by service provider Wellways.
According to Beyond Blue, it aims to provide affordable therapy for issues such as coping with stress, life changes, natural
disaster recovery and financial worries.
Ms Dixon said the program’s end couldn’t come at a worse time, with local residents still feeling the impacts of the Bogong High Plains Road landslide, the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019-2020 bushfires.
“We’re still getting over all the tragedies and disasters that have happened,” she said.
“There’s still a lot of flood recovery work trying to help with the landslide.”
According to Ms Dixon, strong demand remains for the mental health program
run out of the Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre once a week.
“They’ve been coming every Tuesday and the day is full,” she said.
“And it’s been like that for the last two years.”
“If people needed to be referred to other services, then they had the knowledge and the resources to be able to do that.”
Ms Dixon said she is hoping to apply for grants that may help the program continue.
Nicole Stephens, the program’s mental health
coach who works at the neighbourhood centre, said she provided telehealth services to the whole Alpine Shire and confirmed there was nothing to replace the mental health coaching program.
She said it was disappointing the program was finishing, and while there are plenty of mental health services in metropolitan areas, remote and rural areas can miss out.
Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy is expected hold a press conference today in Mount Beauty calling for the program’s funding to continue.
MYRTLEFORD’S footballers and netballers will be raring to get stuck back into the season after taking the week off
The Saints’ three football squads, as well as the A and B grade netballers, sat the weekend out with the scheduled bye against Corowa Rutherglen, due to the Roos not fielding squads in those competitions this season.
While the rest of the Saints were enjoying the bye, three netball grades turned out to Corowa to take on the Roos.
The 15 and under squad continued their stellar year to take a 24-18 win, keeping the Saints in third overall on the ladder, while the C graders dominated with a 43-29 thumping.
The 17 and under side had a
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difficult match but performed extremely well, downed 25-42.
Myrtleford co-president Luke Chapman said the time off was beneficial to all players.
“There’ve been a lot of byes in the Ovens and Murray this year, more than normal – some people like them and some people don’t, but I haven’t heard a lot of complaints from our players yet,” he said.
“A bye is always good for a bit of a rest and we’ve got a few people travelling so it breaks up the year a bit which
helps them and keeps them motivated.”
The footballers will hope to reignite their season after a run of losses, while multiple netball squads are all but locked into finals contention.
“Obviously the wins haven’t been consistent in all (football) grades, we knew at the start of the year it was going to be a difficult year in relation to the wins and losses, but Craig (Millar) and the coaching panel have done a fantastic job with the group,” Chapman said.
“They’ve been motivating them each week and things have been great.
“With the netball sides, they’re flying, four out of five sides are in the five at the moment so fingers crossed it
stays that way – some of our sides look fairly cemented in the five.
“It’s a very good vibe around the place in both the football and netball side of things.”
All grades will be in action this weekend at WJ Findlay Oval, taking on the Wangaratta Rovers in what’s sure to be a fiery contest across football and netball.
“They’re our arch-rivals, really, our nemeses,” Chapman said.
“There’s always a big rivalry between the Wangaratta sides and Myrtleford – it’s probably as close to a derby as we can get.
“Myrtleford sides generally play well at WJ Findlay Oval as well, so fingers crossed we can do that again.”
THE Alpine Shire Council has allocated $95,000 for the concept design of the redevelopment of the Mountain View Children’s Centre (MVCC).
The funding comes amid agreement an updated centre is needed to cater for Myrtleford’s growing population of young families and prepare for the Victorian Government’s investment in early childhood education.
Under the Victorian Government’s ‘Best Start, Best life’ reform kinder is free for three and four-yearold children at participating
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kindergarten programs, three-year-old kinder will increase to 30-hours a week by 2029, and by 2032 four-year-old kindergarten will transition to Pre-Prep, a universal 30-hour a week program, up from 15 hours a week.
Council’s manager of engineering and assets, Sarah Buckley, said funding
has not yet been secured for the upgrade of the centre, but she said the redevelopment would cater for increasing demand caused by Myrtleford’s growing population and the government reforms.
According to Ms Buckley, the redevelopment design was made possible through the Victorian Government’s ‘Building Blocks’ program, which funds upgrades, refurbishments and renovations to early learning facilities.
Ms Buckley said the
childcare services in the town.
redevelopment will aim to allow for more licensed childcare places, including additional kindergarten places and space for additional support services, such as maternal child health and immunisation services.
“This will enable MVCC to continue to deliver and maintain a quality kindergarten program that will meet current and projected demand for funded kindergarten places,” she said.
“This is an infrastructure
project, and while council can provide the facilities, our service provider, Alpine Children’s Services, who do a fantastic job providing childcare throughout the Alpine Shire, are responsible for staffing and delivering the service.”
Ms Buckley said the project is currently in detailed design phase.
Alpine Children’s Services chief executive officer Tanya Scott also said more young families are moving to Myrtleford, increasing the need for an upgrade of
“Myrtleford is expanding as a community, we’re finding that young families are increasingly moving from Bright to Myrtleford,” she said.
“This will provide much needed places for working families and children.”
Council voted for a series of budget amendments at their meeting last month, which included the $95,000 for the children’s centre concept design, as well as $20,000 for the Alpine Outreach Mobile Health Facility.
IN preparing for the 2023 Bright Iconic Rod and Custom Club event, Alpine Shire Council is taking a different approach to the management of road closures and traffic detours within the town centre.
At their meeting last month, councillors approved the alcohol restriction during the period 10pm Thursday, November 9 to 7am Monday, November 13 for the event that had been in place since 2019.
Councillors also noted that the Bright Iconic Rod and Custom Club Inc hold a ticketed event in Pioneer Park which is yet to be permitted by council, The Alpine Hotel must apply for a separate event permit to extend their redline to the front of the hotel and council officers will work with licensed operators in the restricted area to support them to operate within their redline area in line with event permit requirements.
The recommendation read for past events the Bright Rod and Kustom Club has been considered responsible for traffic management in Bright town centre, which has been facilitated and funded by council as in-kind event support through the annual Events Funding Program.
This year council will apply for funding through the Events Funding Program to coordinate the town centre-based aspects of the weekend, recognising that the unofficial attendees for the weekend are often not connected to the Bright Rod and Kustom Club event in Pioneer Park.
This funding will support traffic and waste management, extra Local laws service provision, permitting requirements and any further costs for event operation.
This approach will separate the formal Bright Iconic Rod Run event organised by the Bright Rod and Kustom Club from the informal attendance of car enthusiasts who do not pay to be involved in the formal event but cause significant changes to how the town centre operates.
Pre-planning for the 2023 event between council officers and members of the Bright Rod and Kustom Club has commenced to discuss early plans for the event that organically occurs in the Bright town centre and the official event hosted at Pioneer Park.
As in previous years, council will offer exemptions to the restrictions to licensed premises that hold the appropriate licence to sell alcohol outside their premises with the understanding that the premises must manage patrons within their venue and red line area.
The Alpine Hotel is anticipated to apply for an event permit and occupation of council land to utilise council land in front of the Alpine Hotel over the duration of the event restrictions.
The permit application will be reviewed by the Event Risk Assessment Panel.
SHIRE residents have been getting used to their new food organic, garden organic (FOGO) bins this month, with the first collections taking place last week, but reactions are mixed to the new kerbside collection service.
The new bins complement the shire’s recycling and general waste bins, taking all manner of garden and food waste, including meat scraps and dairy products, to be processed in a composting facility.
According to council, the three bin system will cost the majority of ratepayers an additional $95 in waste charges compared to the charges applied this year, pending the adoption of the 2023/24 budget.
The $95 increase will apply to around 5000 properties within the Alpine Shire that will move to a fortnightly 80 litre waste and fortnightly 240 litre recycling collections, as well as a weekly 240L litre FOGO collection.
Bright sustainability advocate Dennis Lambert voiced his support for the new bin collection, but said he and his wife will rarely use the FOGO bin because they
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compost their green waste.
“We will happily pay the levy as it is essential that organic material does not go to landfill,” he said.
“Organic waste in landfill generates methane gas resulting from anaerobic decomposition, which in turn results from the lack of oxygen.
“Methane absorbs 12 times more heat than carbon dioxide, thus warming our earth faster.
“FOGO bins, which are for composting, help to reduce this happening.
“The Alpine Shire FOGO bin levy is an inconvenient yet small cost to pay in trying to reduce our carbon footprint.”
According to council, the collection is currently optional for commercial CBD businesses, to which Mr Lambert suggested having more businesses in the scheme could lower the levy for all shire residents.
Freeburgh resident Sally Peet
was displeased that she has to pay the increased cost for the extra bin as she said all her garden and food waste is either composted or goes to her chickens.
“I’ve got 45 acres - why wouldn’t I recycle my waste and use it?,” she said.
“There is no need for us to have this extra-large bin sitting empty for 12 months.”
She said she has spoken to other residents in her area that agree the FOGO bin is unnecessary.
“I completely understand what it must be like if you live on a small block of land and you can’t be as environmentally friendly as you want to be, but we have the privilege that we can, and we do,” she said.
The Alpine Shire Council’s website says adopting an opt-in system would render the service unviable due to council’s small size and fewer resources for providing public services.
According to council, around 76 per cent of Victorian councils that have introduced a FOGO service don’t provide an opt-out service, and the vast majority of councils that do are either metro,
or large regional councils.
Two Myrtleford residents were concerned they don’t have gardens big enough to fill the 240 litre bins.
89-year-old Margaret Morrison said it would “take a month of Sundays” to fill the bin.
“I would have liked it half as large,” she said.
Kevin Tyrell, 88, felt his wouldn’t get much use either.
“I try and be careful that I’ve got no waste,” he said.
“The only waste I get probably would be perhaps potato peelings or vegetable peelings.”
The bins can also take kitty litter, but Mr Tyrell said his cat is well-trained and rarely uses litter.
However, Mr Tyrell was happy with the information provided by council about the new bins.
“As somebody who’s lived in several different shires I would rate the Alpine Shire probably number one,” he said.
For more information about the new waste collection, visit council’s FOGO webpage at https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/ residents/food-organics-gardenorganics-kerbside-collection.
A CAR crash down a ravine near Falls Creek on Saturday left all four car occupants without major injuries, according to Senior Sergeant Doug Incoll of Bright Police.
Sen Sgt Incoll said a family of four from South Australia were travelling south to Falls
Creek when the driver, in his 50s, had a medical episode and fell unconscious.
He said the front seat passenger attempted to steer, but the car drove off the Bogong High Plains Road and plunged around 20 metres into a ravine, where it was stopped by a
number of large ferns and fallen trees. Ambulance Victoria and Wodonga Highway Patrol attended the incident, and the driver was taken to hospital and the other occupants were taken to the Falls Creek Medical Centre.
By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
MYRTLEFORD Show Society last month received a $5000 grant to update the cattle yards at the pavilion, with works expected to be complete by show day in October.
The grant went to 28 community-led projects, who shared in $123,850 in grants, thanks to a partnership between FRRR and the Gardiner Dairy Foundation.
Myrtleford Show Society president Debbie Geddes said the upgrade was something she’d had on her list since joining the society in 2017.
“The Myrtleford Show Society needed to upgrade the cattle yards at the pavilion to help display the cattle on show day, help with stock confinement and for the RDA and the Myrtleford Pony Club to have extra yards,” she said.
“It will also be very help-
ful in times of emergency when animals need to be placed at the showgrounds when there are evacuations due to bushfires, floods or extreme weather events.
“It will mean new yards for the RDA group to use and the Myrtleford Pony Club, Ovens Valley Horse Riders Association, Myrtleford Rodeo and Alpine Region Horseman’s Association.
“The Gardiner Foundation who make yearly grants available to communities in the dairy industry have kindly granted us this grant which will help display our dairy cattle on show day.
“We look forward to the upgrade.”
Ms Geddes was recently appointed board director for the Victorian Agriculture Show, and attended the state conference in Geelong.
“It was not on my radar six months ago, but I have been completing some leadership courses recently and
thought I could have a go,” she said.
“It will be a new adventure that I am looking forward to.
“I am proud to be supporting getting more women
on boards, representing the North East of Victoria, Myrtleford and helping the many show societies in Victoria.
“The main event of the
weekend was the presentation of the Junior Show Ambassadors at the dinner held at Kardianna Park.
“Show secretary Amy Kirk, vice president Liz
THE Whorouly Village Fair is back this October 22 at the Whorouly Recreation Reserve after a three year hiatus, thanks to local organisers and positive interest from the community.
Organiser Robyn Hajek said a small group of locals met at the Whorouly Cafe around four months ago to discuss the fair, with enough attendees showing interest for organisers to start contacting former stallholders.
Ms Hajek said they have had positive interest from around 20 stallholders and they are now seeking registrations.
“It would be good to get the community together just to socialise and catch up with people – that doesn’t happen often enough,” she said.
“Even if we only get half of what we had at the last one it’d still be a big boost to the economy and local businesses.”
Before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic the fair had been growing since its beginning in 2014, according to organiser Jennifer Garrett.
She said the first fair had about 1000 visitors, but this grew to between three and four thousand attendees in 2019.
According to Ms Garrett, in 2019 the fair consisted of around 60 market stalls, an exhibition of local art and industry, and AFL great Eddie Betts signing books and even kicking a footy
around.
In previous years Ms Garrett said they have also had a jumping castle, face painting and a dunking machine.
“It’s just great to see everyone come together and have a fun day, but it’s also a way to showcase what we have here in Whorouly,” she said.
As to what the fair will hold this year organisers said it’s too early to say.
“Right now we’re calling for stallholders,” Ms Garrett said.
“Whether it’s as big as the last one, or we’re going to build it up again, the primary purpose is an event for the whole community to come together.”
Salmon, and treasurer Michelle Hunt also attended representing the Myrtleford and District Agricultural and Pastoral Society.
“I am looking forward to seeing the international guest speakers at the Australian-wide conference in August and new ideas that shows are incorporating for their shows this year.
“It will be great to be there with other states and what they do in preparing for their shows every year.
“I am also in this year’s cohort of the Department of Agriculture Victoria 2023 Rural Women’s Leadership Program.
“I am looking forward to meeting other women in the state who have been selected this year and what industries they represent and how they help their local communities.
“Also I am looking forward to this year’s show; it will be bigger and better than ever.”
THE Alpine Shire Council reappointed Julie Guest as an independent member and chair of council’s audit and risk committee at their meeting last month.
Ms Guest is a board director for Bank WAW, and according to council, brings direct finance, accounting and local government audit and risk committee experience to the group.
Numerous councillors voiced their appreciation for Ms Guest.
“Ms Guest is forensic, she is constructive and quite outward looking as well,” councillor Simon Kelley said.
“She has broad experience outside of Alpine Shire and into other local government areas and I thank her for her commitment and I’m looking forward to her ongoing contribution.”
According to the commit-
MY wife, Jill and I, moved to Myrtleford in 1980.
From day one, we were welcomed into the community.
Margaret Goodman, on behalf of the high school council, greeted us on arrival.
John Taylor showed us the local sights, such as Mount Buffalo.
Our children learnt to ski on the Cresta run (these days, devoid of snow).
Brian Souter mowed the lawns of our new house before we arrived.
We have enjoyed 40 blissful years in the best town in
tee’s charter, the audit and risk committee is an advisory body comprising councillors and independent members.
The committee has a series of responsibilities, including reviewing and providing advice on council’s governance processes, reviewing key policies, assessing council’s procurement framework, and monitoring council’s financial and performance reporting.
Victoria, retiring from teaching in the year 2000.
Myrtleford has everything that a person could need. For recreation, you have skiing, and several streams abounding with fish.
Most sports are catered for with excellent facilities.
Big ticket items, like cars, can be bought in Wangaratta or Wodonga.
The CAE offers courses in any subject, tapping into local talent.
With two excellent schools, students are catered for from prep to year 12.
The Ovens Valley attracts tourists from all over Australia. The deep, rich soil of the valleys was perfect for tobacco
AUDIT AND RISK: Alpine Shire Council reappointed Julie Guest as an independent member and chair of council’s audit and risk committee at their meeting last month.
and now supports the lucrative hops industry. Thanks to all the locals who helped make the last 40 years so happy for us, the friends we made, the shopkeepers, and the folk we worked with.
John Parkes, CarltonI WANT to take this opportunity to say a huge congratulations to the Bright Rotary Club on an excellent night to mark the changeover of the board. It was a well-attended night and just goes to show what an
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impact Rotary has on the local community.
I would like to congratulate incoming presidents Patrick O’Shea and Sue Manning on being chosen for that important position.
I have no doubt that they will carry on the work of Rotary with gusto and continue to support the community.
To all involved in the night, a big thank you and congratulations.
It is always a pleasure to support groups like Rotary who are full of community minded members.
All the best for the rest of the year!
Tim McCurdy MP, Member for Ovens Valley
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MYRTLEFORD local Val
McPherson was celebrating her 90th birthday last week, but that didn’t stop her from attending her weekly Wednesday morning fitness group that have been meeting at Ivo and Maria Rinaldi’s Myrtleford gym for many years.
Ms McPherson said the group warm up for around 10 minutes and then workout on the individual exercise machines, before ending the session with a warm down and stretches.
“It’s a great group, we have good fun, we enjoy ourselves and at the same time we exercise,” she said.
“And then we go for coffee and cake somewhere which is also very pleasant.
“My theory is you move it or you lose it.”
After their warm down, Ivo and Maria Rinaldi presented
Ms McPherson with flowers, a balloon and a present to mark the occasion.
To celebrate her 90th birthday she had a gathering of family and friends the Sunday before at a Whorouly function centre, while her actual birthday last Tuesday was taken up with phone calls and text messages from well-wishers, and a lunch with her husband, she said.
Ms McPherson was born in Myrtleford and has lived there almost her whole life.
She is also a regular member of the Wangaratta Family History Society and travels to the Wangaratta Library once a week to help people with genealogical enquiries.
“It keeps my brain active, it’s given me lots of opportunities for travel, for meeting people and for doing research,” she said. Later this year she is travelling to Queensland to visit family and friends.
ALPINE Shire Council last month unanimously committed to offsetting residual emissions from the 2022/23 financial year (FY) as part of the Climate Action Plan adopted in 2021.
The recommendation before council said council would also note that the final calculation of 22/23 FY offsets will likely be available from October 2023, council continue to investigate the opportunity to deliver offsets within the Alpine Shire in a
cost-effective way and consider a recommendation on the approach to offsetting the 22/23 FY residual emissions at a future council meeting.
Council’s Climate Action Plan 2021-2024 was adopted by council on September 7, 2021.
In the Climate Action Plan it is stated:
“We are committed to the ambitious target of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions from council operations by July 2023.
“Residual emissions will be offset through purchasing
of carbon credits to achieve net zero from July 2023.”
The report read that emissions abatement activities conducted to date have reduced council’s corporate emissions from the baseline year by approximately 60 per cent, leaving in the order of 900 t CO2-e residual emissions to be offset for the FY 22/23.
Council’s carbon accounting assesses emissions each financial year and the exact total emissions for the first year from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 will be confirmed once the data is col-
lated for FY 22/23, likely by October 2023.
The biggest residual emitters from council operations are the closed landfill sites and heavy fleet operation.
Abatement in these areas is constrained by available technology and prohibitive pricing.
Residual emissions must therefore be offset to achieve the net zero target.
The recommended hierarchy for offsetting residual emissions from highest to lowest is:
Insets; offsetting emissions through carbon re-
duction or removal projects within the shire boundary directly funded by council;
Directly funding projects that create offsets and;
Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs); offsetting emissions through investing in carbon reduction projects reviewed and approved by Climate Active Australia.
The report read that investigations will continue into suitable opportunities for future residual emissions offsetting through development of a diverse plan of suitable planting sites.
Cr Sarah Nicholas said acting locally is important for the global picture of environmental impact.
“I think it’s really important that, as a council, we continue to support our community to enable them to move into a low carbon future,” she said.
“One of the ways we do that is to show leadership, so offsetting those emissions from June 30 is something really critical to show it’s an important thing to start moving towards zero emissions.”
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ACCORDING to Bright-based Dr Rowan Purtell, symptoms of prostate cancer can present with issues around urinating, like going to the toilet frequently without emptying the bladder, but often the condition is asymptomatic.
However, that doesn’t mean early screening is the answer, the local GP said.
Dr Purtell said medical opinion remains divided over the need for early screening of prostate cancer, as treatment may be unnecessary and possibly harmful.
He said prostate cancer is generally less aggressive, and often a cancer of older men, meaning it may cause no issues during a person’s remaining years.
“Most men with prostate cancer will die with it, not from it,” he said.
“So you’ll get diagnosed with prostate cancer in your 80s, but you’ll die from a heart attack at 85 and the prostate cancer would never have caused you any trouble.”
But often if prostate cancer is found men will elect to have it removed, which may cause incontinence, erectile dysfunction or other problems, Dr Purtell said.
“You can actually cause harm by treating a cancer that was never going to cause them any problems to begin with,” he said.
Myrtleford resident Col Byrne had surgery for prostate cancer in 2012, and he reminded locals that it’s not just a condition for particularly senior men, as he was only around 60 when he had the condition.
After receiving several blood tests, showing elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), Mr Byrne said he underwent a biopsy which found an aggressive form of prostate cancer, and he was promptly booked in for surgery.
“If I had’ve waited for symptoms I probably wouldn’t be here,” he said.
However, nowadays Dr Purtell said biopsies are less common due to prostate MRIs, and usually prostate cancer is not aggressive.
According to the the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), many prostate cancers that are detected are lowrisk and slow-growing, and would never have caused harm, but test-
By BRODIE EVERIST
A MELBOURNE man was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for two years for refusing to take an alcohol blood test, the Myrtleford Magistrate’s Court heard last Friday.
According to the police prosecutor, the man was driving on the Kiewa Valley Highway when he was intercepted by police in Tawonga and underwent a preliminary breath test.
The man told police he had drunk four pints of beer from around 4pm that afternoon.
The police prosecutor said the driver was accompanied by police to the Mount Beauty Police Station where he provided two breath samples, however the testing machines were unable to measure his levels of intoxication.
ing for and treating these cancers can cause harm.
Instead they recommend concerned men, especially those with a family history of the condition, visit their GP to make an informed decision around testing and possible treatment.
Dr Purtell agreed.
“Talk about your concerns with them and we can decide if it’s necessary,” he said.
He also said men don’t need to be worried about a digital rectal exam for initial testing.
“It’s just a simple blood test,” he said.
“Depending on what that blood test shows, there may be more investigations or examinations that are needed.”
The prosecutor told the court they had no information on why the testing didn’t work.
The court heard the driver refused a police request to visit the Mount Beauty Hospital for a blood test.
The defence lawyer said his client refused the test because he believed he was under no further legal requirements after having undergone a preliminary test and providing two breath samples at the police station.
The magistrate ordered the driver pay a $500 fine, disqualified him from driving for two years backdated from May 19, 2023, but did not record a conviction.
BRIGHT Lion’s Club last month saw member Andrina Crome enter her fifth year as president in her 26 years as a Lion.
The Lions Club has been volunteering and working with the community in Bright for the past 46 years and are looking forward to celebrating 50 years in 2026.
Ms Crome said she was extremely pleased that her club honoured her with the position of president again.
“This year’s changeover was held at the Bright Chalet on Friday, June 30 with a great attendance of 32,” she said.
“The numbers were made up of Lions members, Lions Ladies Auxiliary, three guests from Bright Rotary, Alpine Shire representative Simon Kelley and Alison and Steven Kazenwadel from Wangaratta Lions Club.
“Alison is our zone chairman and did the induction of the executive members.
“Our Ladies Auxiliary president gave a lovely speech and informed us they would be in recess for the winter and resume their activities again in September.
“Lions secretary Graham Badrock was the emcee for the evening and although there was business to discuss he made the night a fun and lighthearted event with a few jokes and organising a guessing competition which was a lot of fun.”
Ms Crome said Lions Club’ involvement with markets and stalls was ongoing this year and the club hope to continue that into the next year.
“We have worked alongside Bright Rotary for a long time now and we intend to be very involved with them for further upcoming events,” she said.
“In conjunction with Rotary, we again continued our Allan J Findlay Bursary Award to seven young local students who showed promise in volunteering their services to our local community and those overseas.
“It was very challenging choosing an outright winner, so we gave an award to each of two outstanding applicants.
“The other five participants received great recognition for their efforts.
“Lions Duck Race in memory of Allan J Findlay was held in January and was a huge success with profits going directly to Life Ed to assist local schools.
“Our local brass band with Michael O’Sullivan at the helm was great to listen to on the day.
“Some very positive feedback came from people who attended.
LOCAL deacon Reverend Lesley Lewis is moving to the parishes of Beechworth and Yackandandah following her last service with the Alpine Anglican Parish last Sunday.
St Paul’s Church in Myrtleford held a combined service at 11am, with attendees from Whorouly, Myrtleford and Bright, according to Rev’d Lewis.
Rev’d Lewis thanked the community and said “it’s been a brilliant experience”.
The deacon grew up in Gapsted and said the 14 months with the parish was a chance to make new relationships and refresh old ones.
Rev’d Lewis said she is looking forward to meeting new people and continuing God’s mission in her new role.
“Gala Day saw our club members dress up as rubber duckies to parade down the street and advertise our ongoing duck races on Morses Creek which we hope will become bigger and better as the years go on.
Ms Crome said the Lions would like to thank the local community and visitors for their ongoing support of their wood raffle, other raffles and market stalls in various locations in Bright.
“Our motto is ‘we serve’ and lions rely on and are very grateful to everyone who gives us all this support to continue to uphold this motto,” she said.
COMMONWEALTH Bank
has committed to keeping all its regional bank branches open for at least another three-and-half years, amid an ongoing Senate inquiry into regional bank branch closures.
Last week the banking giant announced they would not close any regional branches until the end of
2026, an extension of a commitment made in February to pause branch closures until the conclusion of the inquiry in December.
“We recognise the way people are banking is changing, with more customers adopting the benefits offered by digital and phone-based services,” CBA retail banking services group executive
How long have you lived in the area?
Seven years.
What do you do for a living?
I own a crystal store called Be Someone’s Rock.
How did you get into that?
I’ve only been open for six weeks but I’ve worked in retail and hospitality for most of my working life, and I love crystals. I’ve been collecting them for a long time and decided to put my skills from retail and my love of people and crystals together and set up this shop.
What are your hobbies and interests?
Crystals is my number one hobby and interest. I love the nature around here, so walking my dog in the pine forests and doing a bit of hiking.
What do you like about the
Angus Sullivan said.
“Through this time of change we want to support customers in regional areas who prefer banking in branch and so we will maintain our existing face-to-face services in these communities.
“We look forward to working closely with regional communities over
the next three years to refine how we better support and familiarise them with all the CBA banking services available.”
The bank said they would consider converting more regional branches to ‘multichannel’ branches that close to local customers at 1pm, at which point branch staff join their colleagues in CBA’s
Where do you live?
I live in Wodonga.
Why do you come to Myrtleford?
I like to come and see my grandparents and play lots of sport. Nonno takes me to the squash court.
What are your hobbies and interests?
Australian-based contact centres.
Despite CBA’s suspension of regional bank branch closures, banks maintain there has been a significant decline in usage of bank branches that has accelerated since the COVID-219 pandemic.
According to the CBA’s submission to the Senate in-
quiry into bank branch closures in regional Australia, in the five years to 2019 their regional branches saw a 42 per cent average decline in transactions.
The Australian Banking Association told the inquiry that over-the-counter transactions had declined by 36 per cent in regional branches since 2019.
area?
I love the energy of the place, I think it’s really beautiful. It’s a peaceful area, I love the forest and it feels very grounded here. There’s a really nice group of people that I’m always in contact with, which is really nice as well. And it’s a bit quieter than where I came from.
Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?
I would definitely go to Mount Buffalo. I would bring
them to Be Someone’s Rock crystal store. Take them on a walk around the general area because it’s so beautiful, around the river and up around Mystic.
Is there anything you would change about the area?
I would like to see more affordable residential housing for those who want to live here and that there be enough rental properties to house the staff that’s needed within the town.
I love lots of sport like running, squash, and soccer.
Why do you like them?
I like that you can get really fit and I really like how there’s lots of running in them.
What do you like about the area?
I love that there’s lots of fun things to do, like the rock climbing place and lots of parks and cafes.
I come here for Christmas and Easter.
When it’s Christmas, I run straight to the Christmas tree and I look in my stockings
and there’s lots of presents. At Easter, when we wake up in the morning, I always go outside but this year we had to go in inside for the hunt, and we’re still finding eggs.
What would you like to do when you leave school?
I want to be really good at squash, and for my job I would like to be a designer. What have you been doing in the school holidays?
We go to Wangaratta and we usually go bowling and go to the movies.
By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
LOCAL fire brigades last month came together to celebrate the service provided by emergency personnel during the 2019/20 bushfires, with 13 Myrtleford members also receiving The National Medal on the day.
Myrtleford captain Gloria Pizzolitto said the bushfires heavily impacted many residents of the Alpine Shire.
“We had 35 National Emergency Medal recipients and their distinguished guests travelled from fire brigades in Bonegilla, Browns Plain, Buffalo River, Dartmouth, Dederang, Falls Creek, Gapsted, Harrietville, Mount Beauty, Mount Hotham-Dinner Plain, Mudgegonga, Myrtleford, Ovens-Eurobin, Wooragee and Yackandandah,” she said.
To mark another special occasion, 13 well deserving Myrtleford Fire Brigade members also received The National Medal on the day.
The National Medal created by Royal Warrant, is awarded from the Governor General to personnel in Australia’s emergency services, for at least 15 years of diligent and high level of service.
“The award recognises prolonged exposure to hazard in the service to the community and is Australia’s most awarded civilian medal,” Ms Pizzolitto said.
“It was a very special occasion for all, and great to see so many being recognised and thanked for all they do for the community.
“A special thankyou to Club Savoy for hosting the day.”
A MOTORIST who reached just shy of 150kph while exiting the township of Everton earlier this year has been told his driving behaviour was “obscene” and placed other road users at serious risk of death.
The 39-year-old faced Wangaratta Magistrates Court on Monday, pleading guilty to driving in a manner dangerous after he accelerated to a speed of
146kph while driving north along the Great Alpine Road around 3pm on May 2.
The court heard police had been completing speed measuring outside of their vehicle, and had first noticed the accused’s black Maserati coupe travelling at 60kph through the nearby school zone.
They returned to their cars to affect an intercept, following as the accused
accelerated to more than 45kph above the speed limit as he exited the township.
He subsequently pulled to the side of the road as police activated their red and blue lights.
Police prosecutor Constable Imogen Akers said the accused had not been under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the offending.
Defending himself in
court, the accused said he had shown “a lack of judgment” and was very remorseful for the offending, which he said had occurred in line with ongoing mental health struggles.
He said despite police contending the road had been subject to medium levels of traffic, the roads had been “empty”.
“There was no one on the road at all – I drove through
a town that was dead,” he told Magistrate Ian Watkins.
“I put my foot down for about three seconds – there’s no excuse.”
Mr Watkins said if the high-speed driving had occurred through the 60kph zone within the Everton township, the accused would have been serving a prison sentence as a result.
Instead, he convicted and fined the accused more
than $1500, and banned him from driving for the next 12 months.
He also ordered the accused to complete a safe driver program before becoming re-licenced.
“That’s an obscene speed on that road,” he said.
“Simply because you’re a driving a Maserati doesn’t mean you have any entitlement to drive at that obscene speed.”
OVENS Valley Tim McCurdy has said he is bitterly disappointed with the state government for failing to fund ongoing mental health support services, following the cessation of funding for Victorian mental health service NewAccess.
Run out of the Mount Beauty Neighbourhood House, the program has been well received by the community, and has seen demand for the service reaching unprecedented levels, according to Mr McCurdy.
“Mount Beauty is a relatively remote community, and at the best of times has a great deal of trouble accessing services,” he said.
“Going over the mountains to Bright seems easy on a map, yet oftentimes is too difficult for residents.
“Further, a trip to Wodonga takes an hour, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to access mental health support there.
“We need to ensure we look after those who are struggling with mental health issues and provide them with the services they need.”
Mr McCurdy said the government should get out of Melbourne to understand how regional communities work.
“It isn’t like Melbourne where you can stop funding and tell everyone to go to the suburb over.
“These services are provided to the community through experts coming into the community for a day a week from somewhere else.
“You cannot cut funding and expect people to easily access new support networks.
“What looks like an easy decision on paper can have huge unintended consequences in reality.”
NewAccess is a support mental health support service funded by the State Government and provided and run by Wellways out of the Mount Beauty Neighbourhood House, allowing weekly access to mental health support and numerous free sessions.
According to Mr McCurdy, funding for the program is due to end on August 11.
ALPINE resorts saw a liberal dumping of snow over the weekend, with Falls Creek pipping one metre of snow depth, which was a boon for skiers but also led to some dangerous road conditions.
Mount Hotham saw around 20cm of snow fall last weekend, with current snow depth on Tuesday around 78cm, according to the resort, while Falls Creek had an average depth of 94cm with the Village Bowl at 103cm.
But the snow came with a downside - the Great Alpine Road was closed for almost 24 hours last weekend due to icy
conditions on the approach to Mount Hotham.
According to Senior Sergeant Doug Incoll the road was closed heading from Harrietville from 8:30am on Saturday until 6am on Sunday due to treacherous weather.
He said it was reopened once the weather front had passed and snow had been cleared from the road.
Len Dobell, general manager of operations at Hotham, said the closure of the road had an impact on visitation, especially stopping day trippers, but it was still quite busy with people who had arrived on Friday and were staying for the weekend. The one-metre mark of snow
depth is often a good indicator that all terrain will be open, but Mr Dobell said all the Hotham terrain is currently open at around 75cm of depth, and the weekend snow had been good quality, dry-powder snow.
According to Mr Dobell, visitation over the school holidays had been strong.
“We’ve had very busy days,” he said.
“We were lucky to have all the lifts open, which certainly helped spread the visitation across the whole mountain.”
Lisa Logan, president of the Falls Creek Chamber of Commerce, said the school holiday visitation had been strong, though not as much as 2022.
“It’s probably better than 2019, but not as strong as we saw last year,” she said.
She also said they had recently experienced windy, wet weather, leading to some tree falls and icy conditions.
Ms Logan and Mr Dobell said they are looking forward to more snow later this week, with promising forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
As of Tuesday morning, the BOM was predicting possible snow falls at Falls Creek from Friday, July 14 to Monday, July 17, while Hotham was predicted to receive possible snow showers from today until until next Monday.
SNOWED IN: A dumping of snow over the weekend left cars at Falls Creek in need of some clearing. PHOTO: Falls
NORTH East residents will be able to have their say on the nation’s renewable energy transition, as part of an independent inquiry into how renewable projects and infrastructure will impact regional communities across the country.
By ANITA MCPHERSON
ARTISTS from across the country are encouraged to express their interest and pitch proposals for site-specific installations which will be installed at 15 locations in Beechworth on the March long weekend, as part of the Beechworth Biennale 2024.
Exhibition sites in the historic town include a barrel cellar below the Hotel Nicholas, built in 1854, an old hotel ballroom, the grand Italianate façade of the town’s former lunatic asylum, a main street churchyard and an abandoned swimming pool in the former gaol.
Biennale creative director Nina Machielse Hunt said Beechworth’s spectacular goldrush-era streetscape offered a unique setting for the event which runs from March 8 to 12 in 2024.
“For 2024, the committee managing the Biennale have expanded the number of installation places to 15 from one end of town to the other with the generous
help of people, businesses, community organisations and Indigo Shire Council which own or operate the sites selected,” Ms Machielse Hunt said.
“We’re asking artists from all stages of career and practice to submit proposals.
“We’re looking for site-specific experimental proposals from artists that move beyond the traditional subject, materials and gallery context and prompt audiences to question ‘What is art?’.”
A selection panel including Benalla Art Gallery director Eric Nash, Shepparton Art Museum curator Indigenous Belinda Briggs, Gundowring artist and Beechworth Contemporary Art Award 2022 finalist Susie Losch will consider all proposals and nominate the exhibitors.
Artists can view the Biennale installation site list and lodge proposals online at https://beechworthbiennale. com.au/beechworthbiennale-2024/. Applications close on October 2, 2023, with those artists selected to participate to be named by October 16.
Recently announced by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, the review hopes to enhance community support and ensure electricity transmission and renewable energy developments deliver for communities, landholders and traditional owners.
Independent Indi MP Helen Haines said she had worked closely with Mr Bowen to ensure the terms of reference would properly cover the opportunities and challenges being faced in Indi and across the country.
She said the impact of large-scale renewable energy projects on regional communities had not received enough attention, and noted the same communities would bear the risks of the energy transition, despite the Indi community being largely supportive of the shift to renewable energy.
“Regional Australia will be the home of this country’s renewable energy transition,” Dr Haines said.
“The vast bulk of our renewable energy system will be built in regional Australia, stretching from Esperance to Gippsland to Cape York.
“Renewables are being developed at a lightning pace right across our continent – but we must listen to the
communities affected and make sure we get it right, or we risk failing to meet our emissions reduction and renewable energy targets.
“We can’t have big companies roll into town, steamroll the objections of communities, then take all the benefits offshore, leaving locals with nothing.
“We need to ask who benefits from renewables infrastructure, and are the host communities being brought along in the process?”
Dr Haines said she had worked alongside ACT Independent Senator David Pocock to ensure the review would consider issues important to her community, including the impact of renewable energy projects on agricultural land, emergency management, fire and biosecurity risks and increases in insurance premiums for landholders.
She noted the review would also investigate benefit-sharing with local communities, exploring finan-
cial benefits, employment opportunities and skills development for locals.
“Everyday regional Australians should get a fair share of the benefits of the current boom in renewable energy projects – this means jobs, training, and the opportunity to take up a stake by co-investing in local projects,” Dr Haines said.
“We should harness the power of the renewable energy industry to deliver a generation of prosperity for everyday regional Australians – we can’t be left behind in the renewable energy transition.”
Regional and rural roundtables are set to be conducted as part of the review, led by Australian Energy and Infrastructure commissioner Andrew Dyer and involving community, worker, farmer and industry participation.
Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) communities, of which there are two in the Indi electorate (Ovens Murray REZ, encompass-
ing Eildon to Dederang, and Northern REZ, which encompasses Glenrowan across to Shepparton), will be required to host a number of roundtables, with an eye to a final report being delivered by the Minister for Environment by the end of the year.
Mr Bowen said the review was the next step to ensuring the nation’s energy market rules and reforms were fit for purpose to engage properly with communities.
“The government is working with states, territories, communities, market bodies, and energy companies to ensure community consultation on new energy infrastructure isn’t just a ticka-box exercise,” he said.
“Our reforms are focused on giving better information to landholders and communities about their rights, involving communities earlier and more effectively, and properly handling any complaints.”
LOCATED in the sought after Cambridge Estate, this exceptionally well maintained, quality home provides everything you need for relaxed and functional family living.
It comprises four spacious bedrooms with full ensuite to the master bedroom and formal lounge room or parents’ retreat.
The entertainer’s kitchen includes quality appliances and open plan living
Large glass sliding doors look out from the family/dining space to the covered alfresco and amazing parkland and river redgum views that this unique position offers.
With great access to the riverside pathways, schools, and only a short commute into the CBD of the city of Wangaratta, this is a location you will simply love calling home.
The property also includes ducted gas heating, evaporative cooling, double garage plus additional storage.
Full rear access also facilitates a range of leisure and practical opportunities.
This very private home is ideally located on a 1007m2 (approx.) allotment, all that is left to do is move in and enjoy the serenity. Contact Garry Nash & Co to arrange your private inspection today.
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Garry Nash & Co 5722 2663
$959,000 44 Cambridge Drive, Wangaratta
24 Mackay Street, Eldorado
• Positioned on the historic ‘Star Hotel site’
• Ample space to escape the hustle & bustle
• 26m bore and power line in Mackay Street
• Located 25km to Wangaratta, 29km to historic Beechworth & 21km to Milawa Gourmet Region
• Short walk to swimming holes, Reedy Creek, National Park, waterfalls & the McEvoy Tavern
• A quantity of Eldorado stone on the land provides for future landscape opportunities
• Fantastic opportunity to secure land in
Prime Location
1/45 Evans Street
• Situated in a prime location in Wangaratta
• Recently updated with a ‘Scandinavian’ feel
• 2 spacious bedrooms both with BIR
• Generous sized North facing lounge room overlooking the ‘Rose Gardens’
• Heating & cooling for all year round comfort
• Private, secure rear yard with sep. car space
• Schools, parks & sporting grounds close by
• Seller happy to stay on & rent back
FOR SALE $360,000
The
Lot 6 / 246 Old Hume Hwy, Glenrowan
• Exceptional opportunity to own a piece of land in a highly sought-after location
• A picturesque setting for your dream home
• Generous land size of approx 5.49Ac & large building envelope, provides ample space
• Situated on the historic Old Hume Hwy, easy access to major transportation routes, only 20 minutes from Wangaratta or Benalla
• This property presents limitless possibilities. Don’t miss out on making this exceptional land yours!
Central & Neat
1/30 Norton Street
• Charming 3 bed double brick townhouse that blends convenience with period charm
• Centrally located with public transport at your doorstep & only a short stroll into CBD, train station, cafes or schools & Tafe
• Central kitchen, living room & formal dining
• Central gas heating, reverse cycle aircon, along with the original open fireplace
• 476m2 approx. allotment with double carport & lock up storage shed
A Home or Office
1 Mackay Street
• Close to CBD/Coles in mixed residential/ commercial precinct
• Walking distance to Wangaratta Train Station
• Recently renovated with new flooring, bathrooms, split systems and wiring
• Very well maintained building set on approximately 638m2 land
• Rare Council permitted office in a Residential Growth Zone
FOR SALE $529,000 3
family
Function, Views & Privacy
44 Cambridge Drive
• Exceptionally well maintained quality home providing a functional family floorplan
• Spacious 4 bedroom, full ensuite to master
• Formal lounge room or parents retreat
• Functional kitchen with quality appliances & open plan living
• All year alfresco entertaining enjoying the unique parkland views & amazing Red gums
• Ducted gas heating, evap cooling, double garage plus additional storage
• Very private, ideally located on a 1007m2 (approx.) in the popular Cambridge Estate
FOR SALE $959,000
• Property could continue to be an office or used as a residence FOR
BUSINESS FOR SALE
FOR SALE $425,000
Vacant Land - 5.49 acres
3 1 2
FOR SALE $435,000
42A Arlington Park Avenue
• Brand new 3 bed, 2 bath home in the highly sought after Arlington Park Estate
• Spacious open plan living area at the rear of the home connecting to the kitchen featuring modern white cabinetry, WIP & freestanding gas cooktop with electric oven
• Master bedroom offers spacious ensuite & walk in robe. Along with 2 more bedrooms
• Modern fixtures, double garage & ducted reverse cycle heating & cooling, all set on a generous size allotment of 627m2 approx.
3
Touchstone Pianos
35 Warby Street, Wangaratta
• Over 30-years history as one of the regions premier piano sales & servicing businesses
• Customer base from the Riverina to NE Vic
• Accredited KAWAI dealer selling & servicing grand, upright, and digital pianos.
• Various staples for the guitar enthusiast, ample scope for growth to include more
• All tooling and delivery vehicles included
FOR SALE $190,000 + SAV
No GST Going Concern
23 Baker St, Wangaratta | Ph: (03) 5722 2663
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Luxurious Haven
130 Old Hume Hwy, Glenrowan
• Spacious & elegant grand home with 4 bedrooms, study, 2 bath & powder room
• 2715m2 parcel of land, ample outdoor space
• Well-designed floor plan with generous living areas, perfect for entertaining guests
• Modern kitchen, stone benchtops, high-end appliances & plenty of storage space
• Master suite upstairs, luxurious ensuite & WIR
• 3 additional generous bedrooms with BIR
• Two garages for vehicles & belongings
3 2 2
FOR SALE $729,000
COMMERCIAL FREEHOLD
Rock Solid Real Estate
229 Tone Road
• 1,835m2 Industrial 1 Zone fronting major arterial
• New commercial building and impressive feature rock wall
• Fully landscaped front yard to enhance customer experience
• Good rear yard accessed via 4mtr high motorised roller door
• Various sheds/structures with upgraded power supply
• Opportunity for further development STCA
FOR SALE $1,070,000
Plus GST
4 2 6
FOR SALE $829,000
2 1 1 Station Precinct Freehold 40 - 46 Norton Street
• Substantial 1,976m2 freehold in CBD fringe
• Attractive location opposite railway Station and next to Tafe
• 900m2 (approx.) building footprint with 50m+ shop frontage
• Building would lend itself to multiple premises
• Mixed Use Zoning with large, secure rear yard with car parks
• Regional 50% stamp duty concession avail
MIXED USE OPPORTUNITY FOR SALE $1,900,000
No GST
New 6.5hp Millers Falls petrol motor, Stihl MS170 chainsaw, CIG portable welder with electrodes, heavy duty steel pedestal stand, Polaris Ranger 500 (approx. 20hrs (as new) w/manual, Husqvarna chainsaw, Ariens ride on mower, Deutscher mulcher with Honda GX200 motor, Ford Fairmont (unregistered) 2003, Mazda BT50 c/w racks & tool box (unregistered) 2007, Mobilco swing saw, Black Diamond 40 tonne wood splitter, Massey Ferguson 135 diesel, 4ft slasher, Fordson tractor rims and tyre, Lamb marking cradle, Adjustable portable sheep yard drafting race, Wool table, Ripper, Fordson Turbo tractor c/w forks & bucket, portable fire fighting trailer 5.5 Honda motor 1000ltr tank, 3 P/L scoop, portable irrigator, 3 P/L Massey Ferguson spring tyne scarifier, Alfa Laval hammer mill, 3 P/L super spreader, 3 P/L lifting jib, 3 P/L forks, John Berends 3 P/L forks with adjustments, selection of treated pine posts, Easymix cement mixer, light buck rake, 3 P/L grader blade, New Holland hayliner 69 baler, 4 disc hay mower, Trailer & stock crate, Cooper shearing plant and hand pieces. 2 Stanley wood planes, Dawn vice, pipe bender, timber storage cupboard with 6 shelves, Paslode fixing gun with nails, Paslode nail gun, Hitachi hammer drill, Makita router, Makita electric drill, Ryobi jigsaw, Makita circular saw, Stihl blower, AEG steel nibbler & wire strippers, Milwaukee angle grinder, tool box with tools, pipe cutters, Stanley socket set, tap & die set, Peerless drill press 12 speed 3/4HP, Bossweld mig welder, heavy duty home made pipe bender, TTII double ended bench grinder, double ended GMF bench grinder, Rockwell drop saw, CMG heavy duty steel saw, portable steel workbench, Hitachi 240v jack hammer model H65SA, Millers Falls fence post hole auger, surveyors tripod and level, Honda 11hp motor, Cher electric bandsaw, Honda FG110 rotary hoe, step ladder, new Topcon rotating laser complete kit, post lifter, Giantz Pro 62cc pole chainsaw, Honda brush cutter four stroke, aluminium platform, firewood holder, stand with roller and pipe clamps, Jackaroo professional 4 series 4 burner BBQ, heavy duty car ramps, light duty car ramps, fence extensions, sprinkler heads 25 approx, 4 saw horses, 4” treated pine posts (large quantity), wire spinner, cement mixer, bricky’s wheelbarrow, sheep yard gates & yard panel, wool press, selection of light tubular steel, ferret box and stand, 5 temp fence panels, Husqvarna garden trailer, welding table, colourbond sheets (several), timber & steel frame, plus a host of sundry items too numerous to list.
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Wangaratta 7 White Street
573m23 11
Tranquil Setting
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Nutrien Harcourts Wangaratta
Harcourts Wangaratta
671m23 11
Well presented 3 Bedroom Home, Private Yard
For Sale $495,000 View by appointment, wangaratta.nutrienharcourts.com.au/L23153504
Nutrien Harcourts Wangaratta
Joe McKenzie
M 0423 655 179
Harcourts Wangaratta
626m23 22
Just Move In For Sale $630,000-$650,000 View by appointment, wangaratta.nutrienharcourts.com.au/L22944767 Nutrien
588m24 22
Quality & Design
For Sale $719,000
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Danial Siperki M 0400 027 473
Harcourts Wangaratta
Milawa 36 Lauriston Avenue
4121m23 12
Milawa Lifestyle Living
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Danial Siperki M 0400 027 473
Harcourts Wangaratta
Wangaratta 42 Park Lane
855m24 22
Renovated Family Home
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Harcourts Wangaratta
Wangaratta 47 Park Lane
711m25 22
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Waldara 15
Drive
Greta South 414 Fifteen Mile Creek Road 207Ac5 22
Private oasis on 207 acres just 25mins to Wangaratta CBD
dishwasher formal lounge shedding etc. under cover. held area
For Sale
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Hugh Amery M 0487 777 311 Nutrien Harcourts Wangaratta
Greta South 114 Thomas Lane 816Ac 4 12 312
plus road leases
Main Residence: 2nd Residence: ‘Kimberley Fields’
and two living areas all under cover irrigate along with a further 16 Dams.
For Sale
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Hugh Amery M 0487 777 311 Nutrien Harcourts Wangaratta
Wangaratta 42-48 Osboldstone Road 6070m2
Possession market. variety of businesses
Auction View by appointment, wangaratta.nutrienharcourts.com.au/ L22947041
Hugh Amery M 0487 777 311 Nutrien Harcourts Wangaratta
IN the process of researching this story I came across a review by one of my esteemed colleagues.
Not once did he mention the fact that Nissan X-Trail and Mitsubishi Outlander are one in the same car, sharing a platform and drivetrains.
That makes Outlander, the X-Trail’s most direct competitor, or so I would have thought.
Of course, they don’t look the same and there are plenty of other differences, but you wouldn’t buy one without checking out the other first.
Then again, the latest XTrail is probably the pick of the mid-sized SUVs at the moment -- and that’s a pretty big call.
The styling is evolutionary rather than revolutionary and it is clearly recognisable as an X-Trail, but looks more sophisticated.
Inside, it is a very different story where the car has undergone a complete makeover and looks nothing like the previous model.
It feels bigger inside, although slightly shorter than before (4680mm) with the same 2705mm wheelbase.
At the same time, it’s 20mm wider and stands 15mm taller, and somehow, they’ve managed to find more rear legroom, with rear doors that open wider for easier access.
While they call it a 4WD, it’s really all-wheel drive, in the sense that it doesn’t have
a transfer case or low range gearing like a Patrol.
Special attention has been paid to ergonomics and tactile feel of the switchgear and buttons used in the cabin to lend them a high-quality feel.
Research has shown a preference for easy-to-use core functions, so X-Trail features simple, intuitive heating/air-conditioning controls, as well as buttons that govern the central screen functions, such as audio and navigation.
It rides on 17-inch alloys, with LED head and tail lights, along with auto high beam and dusk-sensing activation plus auto fold, heated exterior mirrors, push-button start, an electric parking brake and rear parking sensors.
By the time you reach the Ti-L (subject of our test), there’s larger 19-inch wheels, tan or black quilted Nappa leather, three-zone climate air, a heated steering wheel, intelligent rear-view mirror, matrix 12-element adaptive headlights and a power tailgate with hands free opening.
X-Trail is covered by a 5-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty along with roadside assistance during this period.
Fourth generation X-Trail offers a revised 2.5-litre fourcylinder petrol engine with 135kW of power and 244Nm of torque – 9kW and 18Nm more than before.
This will be joined shortly by e-Power hybrid versions, based on a 1.5-litre three-cylinder engine, but with more power and torque, available
with ST-L, Ti and Ti-L grades.
Available in two- and allwheel drive configuration, all models are fitted with an Xtronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) along with steering wheel mounted paddle shifters and shift-bywire technology.
SAFETY
X-Trail scores a full five stars for safety.
Dual front, side and curtain airbags are standard, along with a centre airbag which provides added protection to front seat occupants in side impact crashes.
Autonomous emergency braking (Car-to-Car, Vulnerable Road User, Junction Assist and Backover) as well as a lane support system with lane keep assist (LKA), lane departure warning (LDW) and emergency lane keeping (ELK) and an advanced speed assistance system (SAS) are also standard.
DRIVING
The seats are generous, supportive with a Euro feel reminiscent of a Pug.
Key aerodynamic features include “3D” tyre deflectors in the lower front fascia and an active grille to control air flow to the engine compartment.
Specially shaped A-pillars and underbody covers manage air flow under the vehicle and a unique “air curtain” directs air from the front to the sides of the vehicle.
In the load area, a clever false floor composed of two panels can be lifted and fixed vertically to separate the load area into two sections.
There’s also under-floor
storage for smaller items and room for a space saver spare.
A central console-mounted rotary selector offers five drive modes: Off-Road, Snow, Auto, Eco and Sports.
Fuel consumption is a claimed 7.8L/100km for the Ti-L.
It takes standard unleaded and we were getting 8.9 from the 55-litre tank after close to 400km.
The previous X-Trail offered perky if ultimately uninspiring performance.
Like its predecessor, the ‘all-new’ model is a bit of a mixed bag in this department.
Although the numbers are slightly larger, the naturally aspirated engine lacks torque down low where it is needed and has to be pushed hard to get it going.
This brings on the awful zoominess that we’ve come to associate with CVTs, together with higher fuel consumption.
Off the boil and cruising the open road performance is relaxed, smooth and relatively effortless.
In this context, demanding drivers will most likely find the way the car performs more than acceptable – and really, that’s all that matters.
On the plus side, the ride quality is much improved, with little road noise penetrating the cabin.
You’ve gotta like that.
Large, bright, impressive digital displays for the driver and infotainment help the car standout too, with separate controls for most used features.
Of special note, the 10.8inch head-up display in our
MODEL RANGE
X-TRAIL ST 2WD $36,750
X-TRAIL ST AWD 7 SEAT $37,790
X-TRAIL ST-L 2WD $43,190
X-TRAIL ST-L AWD 7 SEAT $46,290
X-TRAIL TI AWD $49,990
X-TRAIL TI AWD EPOWER HYBRID $54,190
X-TRAIL TI-L AWD $52,990
X-TRAIL TI-L AWD EPOWER HYBRID $57,190
Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Nissan dealer for driveaway prices.
SPECIFICATIONS (Nissan X-Trail TI-L AWD 2.5L 4-cylinder petrol, CVT automatic, AWD SUV)
RATINGS:
Looks: 7.5/10; Performance: 7/10; Safety: 8/10; Thirst: 7/10
Practicality: 8/10; Comfort: 7.5/10; Tech: 8/10; Value: 8/10; Overall: 7.6/10
Ti-L is one of the few, if not the only example we have ever encountered that is visible through polarised sunglasses.
Yay, team!
SUMMING UP
I still remember driving the first-generation X-Trail.
It was surprisingly good off road and a dream to drive compared to the big, clumsy 4x4s that ruled the roost
back in the day.
X-Trail was late to the compact SUV party but it was well worth the wait.
I really liked the previous model I drove not so long ago, but this one is so much better it doesn’t bear comparison.
Good work, Nissan!
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Five years / unlimited kilometres
ACROSS
1 What is the leather or cloth covering for the lower leg and ankle (6)
7 Which term describes the countries in the West (8)
8 Name an arithmetical calculating device (6)
9 Name an Australian island State (8)
10 To be less difficult, is to be what (6)
11 What is another term for a rebellion or revolt (8)
14 Which term suggests “in the open air” (8)
18 Which extraneous radio noises are caused by atmospheric disturbances (6)
19 Name an alternative term for an edible snail (8)
21 What was the former name for Commonwealth Day (6)
22 Who makes out a will (8)
23 Which long bands of silk, etc, are worn over one shoulder or around the waist (6)
DOWN
1 Name the hairless area of bone between the eyebrows (8)
2 What is a plan or procedure for achieving a desired end (6)
3 Which platforms, stages, or the like, are used for public speaking (8)
4 Name the fifth book in the New Testament (4)
5 What are standards of perfection or excellence (6)
6 What is a flag or banner, as of a nation (6)
12 Name the males of domestic fowls (8)
13 Which extended masses of ice move very slowly (8)
15 Who was the first surgeon to use antiseptics in surgery, Joseph ... (6)
Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.
16 Which term describes baked dinners (6)
17 What are the grounds of a university called (6)
20 What is a movable barrier, as a swinging frame in a fence (4)
Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.
a)
b)
c)
Build it yourself using the clues and each of the twenty-four letters once only to form ten words: five across and five down. A key word (bold clue) builds on the letter set in the grid.
CLUES:
After ninth (5)
As well (3)
Choice: one or ... (5)
Contraction: he is (3)
Costly (coll): a bit ...
Jump on one leg (3)
Low scrubland (5)
Mint alcohol (7)
Short
That
Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.
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BOHUN, Albert Edwin “Bert”.
24/3/1940 – 2/7/2023
Passed away peacefully at Violet Town Bush Nursing Centre on July 2, 2023.
Husband to Norma for 53 years. On death we did part, now free from pain. Eldest son of Albert and Daisy Bohun (both dec). Brother and brother-in-law to Ron and Nancy, Lindsay and Shirley and uncle to their families.
“Go Pies, make this year a winner.” As Bert’s wishes, a private cremation will take place.
A heartfelt thank you to all who attended the service for Frederick “Fred” John Neal. Thank you for your lovely messages,
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An extended thank you to North East Funerals, Myrtleford Uniting Church, We will all miss Fred dearly, as he remains in our hearts forever. ~ Frances and family.
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The family of Rosie Moldenhauer is saddened to announce her passing aged 89. A light has gone out in our world. “Loved beyond words, missed beyond measure”.
FUNERAL NOTICES
The requiem mass for Mr Carmelo Leggio will be offered at St Marys Catholic Church, 29 Lawrence Street, Myrtleford on Friday, July 14, 2023, commencing at 1pm. Burial will follow in the Wangaratta General Cemetery, vault section.
The graveside service to celebrate the life of Mrs Rosie Moldenhauer will be held at The Bright Lawn Cemetery, 20 Coronation Street, Bright on Friday, July 14, 2023, commencing at 10.30am.
Karl Heinz. 9/7/1940 - 15/6/2023
Jeanette Schulze and family would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts, on Karl's passing. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be missed by many.
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THE Wangaratta and District Cricket Association could grow in season 2023/24, with a single-team club formally asking to join the competition.
Strathbogie Cricket Club has applied to join the WDCA for the upcoming season, beginning with a
single C grade squad. Despite sitting over an hour away from the association’s heart in Wangaratta, a remote club joining the WDCA is not unprecedented action, most recently highlighted by Merton CC’s inclusion into the fray.
The request was sent in
by Strathbogie CC’s Bradley James, who said he had a g roup of 14 players eager to swing the willow after multiple years out of the game.
“If introduced, our team will go by the name of ‘the Bogie Panthers’ in correlation to the myth of the big
black can that supposedly roamed the hills up here for years,” James said in his application.
“The ground harbours an artificial turf wicket, which honestly needs a good touch up but wouldn’t need much to get back to playing grade.
“The guys and I would
love to enter into a C grade division, as most of us blokes haven’t played in more than five years.”
James has been invited to speak to clubs tonight at the WDCA annual general meeting, where the clubs will vote on the inclusion of the Bogie Panthers for the up-
coming cricket season, requiring a two-third majority for the motion to be passed. The AGM will also detail how the various senior and junior competitions will look for the upcoming summer, as well as the make-up of office bearers and any potential rule changes.
LIKE everywhere else in the region, the Bright Golf Course was impacted by this week’s rainfall, limiting the amount of action which could take place.
Veterans, Monday, July 3, Stableford
A grade winner: Michael O’Shea (16) 38 points. B grade winner: Glenn O’Connell (18) 39 points.
NTP – third: Allsion Gilbert, sixth: Don Grimes, 11th: Jenny Ritcher, 16th: Marg Curtis.
Men, Thursday, July 6, Stableford
A grade winner: Michael O’Shea (16) 39 points. B grade winner: Graham McElvenny (24) 33 points.
NTPs – third: Graham McElvenny, sixth: Sam Hall, 11th: Bill Kelty, 16th: Sam Hall.
BEST: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Samuel
Patterson, Isaac Parkinson, Archie Johnson, Lukas Cannata, Tyson White, Charlie Wright. MYRTLEFORD – BLACK: Blake Parolin, Hunter Szaraszek, Xavier Millar, Zahra Hazeldine, Billy McMahon, Nash Durling. GOALS: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Archie Johnson 2, Jimi Pell 2, Liam Bott 1, Lukas Cannata
1. MYRTLEFORD – BLACK: Xavier Millar
3, Billy McMahon 1, Blake Parolin 1.
BEST: IMPERIALS: Gus Marek, Crosbie Govers, Ryley Davies, Samuel K Savage, Wally Startin, Sam Newton. MYRTLEFORD – RED: William Koers, Claye Corcoran, Milla Corcoran, Jake Jennings, Gemma Corcoran, Orlando Hunkin. GOALS: IMPERIALS: Gus Marek
2, Samuel Savage 2, Finn Hughes 1, Sam Newton 1. MYRTLEFORD – RED: Judd Carroll 1. Bright - Bye
BEST: MANSFIELD YELLOW: Andrew Friday, Samuel Kain, Felix Smith, Henry Banks, Gus Robinson, Judd Turner. BRIGHT: Noah White, Lachlan Russell, Harry West, Oscar Lewis, Cash Garratt. GOALS: MANSFIELD YELLOW: Andrew Friday 2, Rory Christopher 1, Nicholas Hoskin 1, Samuel Kain 1, Xavier Maroney. BRIGHT: Cash Garratt 4, Darcy Andersen 2, Gabriel Banks 2, Fraser Stephens 1, Alex Tanaskovic 1.
BEST: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Zach Bott, Kalti Ross, Joel McNeill, Sam McIntosh, Leo Sammon, Baxter McLeod. MYRTLEFORD: Noah Robb, Sam Muraca, Hudson Durling, Jade Hazeldine, Leon Gabler, Thomas Griffiths. GOALS: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Will James 3, Zach Bott 2, Archie Johnson 2, Joel McNeill 1, Leo Sammon 1. MYRTLEFORD: Lucas McKeone 1.
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POSITIVITY will be the key for the division one Savoy men as they tackle uncertainty ahead of their crucial clash with Albury Hotspurs this week.
The postponed fixture against Melrose at the weekend put a pause of sorts after the Savoys’ best month of the season so far, winning three of their past four games with the late collapse against Boomers as their only blemish.
Coach Richard Morgan said over the past two weeks the boys have been cutting back on training and heading to indoor cen-
By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN
A WIN on Sunday could go a long way towards securing the division two minor premiership for the Savoy women.
The second placed Albury Hotspurs will be a mighty challenge for the Savoys as they look to level with Myrtleford on points in the standings with a win.
Both teams enter the clash on a four game winning streak with the Hotspurs’ last loss coming against the Savoys back in April.
Coach Gabby Paglia said despite the circumstances of their home pitch, excitement is glowing in the side with the unexpected rest on Sunday helping significantly with player availability.
“It could go either way and hopefully it’s going to be a good hard game,” she said.
“It’ll be great to have Sophie [Sacco] back on the pitch with the girls; she’s only played two games this year and has been out for the rest of the year with injury.
“We’re going to try and crack down more at trainings and
tres in Wangaratta and Myrtleford when they can to maintain touch.
“Everybody should be well rested, a few of the boys were disappointed we couldn’t play but the grounds were just in no state for it,” he said.
“I think we’ll be looking to use one of the indoors for training this week if we can and just look towards the game on the weekend.
“It probably puts us at a little bit of a disadvantage with other clubs who are able to use their grounds but we’ve just got to go with it.”
The Savoy men sit second last in ninth but can jump to as high as sixth with a win against the Hotspurs, who are just two points ahead on the standings.
The Spurs will be entering the match on Sunday on a three game skid after a tough stretch of games against Boomers, Cobram and Wangaratta.
Morgan said it would be an excellent opportunity to start making strides up the table as the season winds down, but the team can’t be too distracted by their current circumstances.
“Everybody needs to be positive; because it’s too easy once
someone starts to be a little bit negative to have niggles at one another and we definitely don’t want that,” he said
“We can’t get too far behind; we’re going to have to catch up on the game we missed on the weekend some stage in the next few weeks.
“We’re living in some hope for some sunny weather like I think everyone else is.”
Myrtleford will be dealt two blows with the unavailability of Josh Zito and Lewis Holloway due to suspensions they were scheduled to serve in their postponed match against Melrose.
really try and push these girls for the next few weeks.”
Despite Melrose forfeiting before the cancellation of play last Sunday due to the poor conditions at Savoy Park, the teams will be given the chance to elect a re-scheduling of their match later in the season.
As all Savoys grades juggle with the unavailability of Savoy Park, Paglia said it’s nothing the club hasn’t become used to in recent years, with the redevelopments of the ground
restricting use for the first half of this season.
“We’re making do with what we’ve got, but anything that we can kick a ball around is handy for us,” she said.
“We want to use the grounds as much as we can to get the feel of it, it’s always better to train on an actual pitch but we’re just trying to think of alternate things like personal trainer sessions, boxing and all these other things we’ll still get a bit of a work-out from.
“I think we’re just kind of used to it by this stage, we had a bit of it last year as well so it’s a lot of taking things as they come, we’re not really too fussed on making sure things happen, we’re happy to go with the flow.
“We’re all working together to figure out different ideas but if we have to cancel a training session here and there we’ll do it… we might watch one of the World Cup games one night, that might be enough of a training session I think.”
ALL Myrtleford Savoys matches have been shifted to the Albury Hotspurs’ Aloysius Park this weekend due to unsafe playing conditions at Savoy Park.
The Savoy teams postponed their fixture with Melrose on Sunday due to the unsafe playing conditions.
Acting president Danielle Caponecchia said the club met on Monday night to make the decision to forfeit their home ground advantage which has
experienced a build-up of water which has caused havoc on the surface.
“We’ve discovered we have a major block in our irrigation on ground two so the grounds aren’t draining,” she said.
“Coming up against Hotspurs this week was going to be a big decision purely because we were going to have a full load on both pitches.
“Unfortunately, unlike football when you can deal with those sort of circumstances, when you’re playing soccer and the ball is on the ground the ma-
jority of the time it just doesn’t work.”
Teams have been unable to train on the pitch since their last home game against Albury United after being forced to play their first half of the season away from home due to resurfacing works, utilising indoor facilities in Myrtleford and Wangaratta.
Caponecchia said the club will monitor the situation as the team is scheduled to play in Wangaratta after their Hotspurs fixture, with hopes they can see action back at Savoy Park against Wodonga Heart on July 30.
“It’s a day by day thing, the forecast is supposed to be drying up but whether that does or not we’ll see,” she said.
“At the moment just with the amount of water that’s sitting we would do more damage playing on it and I don’t think it would recover in time for the rest of the year and also it’s not a good thing for the start of next season.
“We tried to resurface it as best as we could this year and it’s still quite new; it’s still a baby sort of grass so it doesn’t have the strength behind to hold with that sort of pounding.”
WANGARATTA 4.3 6.7 9.12 12.14.86
YARRAWONGA 2.2 4.3 8.5 13.9.87
GOALS: WANGARATTA: Callum Moore 2, Michael Newton 2, Cameron Barrett 1, Matthew Kelly 1, Liam Mcveigh 1, Will O’keefe 1, Daine Porter 1, Ben Reid 1, Jessie Smith 1, Murray Waite 1. YARRAWONGA: Leigh Williams 5, Cameron Wilson 3, Dylan Conway 1, Nicholas Fothergill 1, Bailey Frauenfelder 1, Max Hemphill 1, Leigh Masters 1. BEST: WANGARATTA: Daniel Sharrock, Matthew Kelly, Liam Mcveigh, Callum Moore, Cameron Barrett, Michael Newton. YARRAWONGA: Cameron Wilson, Leigh Williams, Lach Howe, Harrison Wheeler, Mark Whiley, William Wheeler.
GOALS: WODONGA RAIDERS: Tom Bracher 2, Nick Bracher 1. WODONGA: Oscar Willding 5, Jett Cassidy 2, Nicholas Hynes 2, Adam Jorgensen 2, Angus Baker 1, Kade Mimmo 1, Noah Spiteri 1, Matthew Wilson 1. BEST: WODONGA RAIDERS: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen, Nelson Bowey, Bradley St John, Alex Daly, Hayden Clarke, Lewis Waters. WODONGA: Thomas Johnson, Joshua Mathey, Charlie Morrison, Jett Cassidy, Noah Spiteri, Matthew Wilson.
A GRADE
Wangaratta 38 def by Yarrawonga 42
BEST: WANGARATTA: Issy Newton 3, Brooke Pryse 2, Hannah Grady 1.
YARRAWONGA: Laura Davis 3, Emily McNamara 2.
GOALS: WANGARATTA: Georgia Clark 23, Amanda Umanski 9, Kellie Keen 6.
YARRAWONGA: Madeleine Allan 17, Hidden Player 17, Kaleisha Pell 8.
Lavington 60 def Wangaratta Rovers 31
BEST: LAVINGTON: Tayla Furborough 3, Brooke Wilson 2, Kate Mastronardi 1.
WANGARATTA ROVERS: Samantha Kreltszheim 3, Kelsie Wilson 2, Molly Murray 1.
GOALS: LAVINGTON: Hidden Player 41, Olivia Sanson 14, Brooke Wilson 5.
WANGARATTA ROVERS: Rebecca Kreltszheim 16, Samantha Kreltszheim 15.
Wodonga Raiders 71 def Wodonga 38 Albury 33 def by North Albury 43
B GRADE: Wangaratta 28 def by Yarrawonga 35;
Wodonga Raiders 45 def Wodonga 35; Albury 42 def by North Albury 59;
Lavington 53 def Wangaratta Rovers 39.
C GRADE: Wangaratta 34 def Yarrawonga 32; Wodonga Raiders 35 def by Wodonga 42; Lavington 44 def Wangaratta 22; Albury 28 def by North Albury 37; Corowa-Rutherglen 29 def by Myrtleford 43.
17 & UNDER: Corowa-rutherglen 42 def Myrtleford 25; Lavoington 30 def by Wangaratta Rovers 45; Wodonga Raiders 50 def Wodonga 37;
Wangaratta 49 def Yarrawonga 39; Albury 26 def by North Albury 67.
15 & UNDER: Corowa-Rutherglen 18 def by Myrtleford 24; Wodonga
Raiders 28 def by Wodonga 40; Lavington 22 def Wangratta Rovers 17;
Wangaratta 57 def Yarrawonga 8; Albury 7 def by North Albury 31.
Wangaratta 8.13.61 def Yarrawonga 4.5.29
BEST: WANGARATTA: Harry McMonigle, Max Bihun, Cooper Newton, Blake Newton, Kaeden Burrows, Keahn Driscoll. ARRAWONGA: Hunter Frauenfelder, Lochie Forge, Mitchell Parker, Jack Eales, Ned Harvey, Toby Farrell. GOALS: WANGARATTA: Max Bihun 3, Hunter Graham 2, Blake Newton 1, Charlie Ross 1, Asher Simmonds 1. YARRAWONGA Geoffrey Montgomery 2, Jack Eales 1, Hunter Frauenfelder 1.
Wod. Raiders 8.4.52 def Wodonga 4.5.29
BEST: WODONGA RAIDERS: Harry Sweetman, Oliver Robertson, Cohen Trujillo, Connor Howells, Archer Scammell, Fraser Jensen. WODONGA: Coen Ainsworth, Jack Mathey, Jackson Dines, Reuben Bourke, Hugh Venturoni, Isaac O’Neill. GOALS: WODONGA RAIDERS: Finn Gray 2, Lincoln Reed 2, Seth Albon 1, Ethan Deery 1, Tyrone Ellis 1, Tom Johnson 1. WODONGA: James Grohmann 2, Daniel Finnimore 1, Hugh Venturoni 1. Lavington 0.9.9 def by Wang Rovers 7.6.48
BEST: LAVINGTON: Xavier Russell, Jack Costello, Lochie Semmler, Ryan Lord, Oscar Lyons, Cruz Nash. WANGARATTA ROVERS: Harry Nolan, Jai Dal Zotto, Zak Sartore, Judd Schubert, Ned Turner, William Ashton. GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Jai Dal Zotto 2, Ned Turner 2, Samuel Comensoli 1, Judd Schubert 1, Oliver Sharp 1. Albury 10.7.67 def North Albury 7.12.54
BEST: ALBURY: No best players have been selected.
NORTH ALBURY: No best players have been selected.
GOALS: LAVINGTON: Ewan Mackinlay 2, William Glanvill 1, Tim Hanna 1, Tom Hargreave
1, Jake O’Brien 1. WANGARATTA ROVERS: Alexander Marklew 3, Thomas Boyd 2, Brodie Filo 1, Justin Lewis 1, Alex McCarthy 1, Dylan Wilson 1. BEST: LAVINGTON: Shaun Driscoll, William Glanvill, Jonathon Spina, Tim Hanna, Ewan Mackinlay, Christopher Annett.
WANGARATTA ROVERS: Will Nolan, Brodie Filo, Alexander Marklew, Samuel Murray, Alex McCarthy, Cody Schutt.
GOALS: ALBURY: Jeff Garlett 3, Riley Bice 2, Jim Grills 1, Kolby Heiner-Hennessy 1, Rhys King 1, Tom O’Brien 1, Elliott Powell 1. NORTH ALBURY: Joshua Minogue 2, Kade Brown 1, George Godde 1, Layton Taylor 1. BEST: ALBURY: Riley Bice, Isaac Muller, Hamish Gilmore, Jacob Page, Brayden O’Hara, Max Byrne. NORTH ALBURY: George Godde, Jack Reynolds, Cayden Winter, Isaac Campbell, Hayden Cooper, Joshua Minogue.
YARRAWONGA vs WODONGA RAIDERS
WODONGA vs LAVINGTON
WANGARATTA ROVERS vs MYRTLEFORD
COROWA-RUTHERGLEN vs ALBURY NORTH ALBURY vs WANGARATTA
*Ladder correct at time of print from Ovens and King website.
A GRADE:
Goorambat 34 def North Wangaratta 27, Benalla All Blacks 32 def by Moyhu 48, King Valley 43 def Whorouly 38, Greta 69 def Bright 5, Bonnie Doon 43 def by Milawa 56
B GRADE:
Goorambat 36 drew North Wangaratta 39, Benalla All Blacks 50 def Moyhu 19, King Valley 44 def by Whorouly 49, Greta 55 def Bright 25, Bonnie Doon 28 def by Milawa 63
B RESERVE:
Goorambat 37 def North Wangaratta 25, Benalla All Blacks 47 def Moyhu 16, King Valley 15 def by Whorouly 41, Greta 25 def by Bright 41, Bonnie Doon 38 def Milawa 33
C GRADE:
Goorambat 53 def North Wangaratta 25, Benalla All Blacks 33 def Moyhu 20, King Valley 16 def by Whorouly 46, Greta 27 def by Bright 46, Bonnie Doon 54 def Milawa 18 15 & UNDERS:
Goorambat 23 def North Wangaratta 21, Benalla All Blacks 15 def by Moyhu 24, King Valley 20 def by Whorouly 37, Greta 23 def Bright 10, Bonnie Doon 29 def Milawa 6
SATURDAY, JULY 15
BONNIE DOON vs GOORAMBAT MOYHU vs KING VALLEY BRIGHT vs BENALLA ALL BLACKS MILAWAvsTARRAWINGEE
GRETA vs NORTH WANGARATTA
WHOROULY - BYE
Albury ..................22.13.145
North Albury..............2.0.12
BEST: ALBURY: Jacob
BRUNNER, Harry Cameron, Spencer Jones, Cooper Page, Chas Retallick, Max Bruton NORTH ALBURY: Connor Bradbury, Joel Gare, Joshua Mercieca, Riley Webster. Lavington ..................8.6.54
Wangaratta Rovers .....6.7.43
BEST: LAVINGTON: Judd Mcleod, Bailey Pirnag, Darcy Hennessy, Hunter Galvin, Neil Smith, Darcy Smith.
WANGARATTA ROVERS: Rufus Niedra, Noah Amery, Zak Sartore, Connor Crimmins, Brodie Paul, Kyle Smith. Wodonga Raiders .........1.1.7 Wodonga ................13.15.93
BEST: WODONGA RAIDERS: Aaron Spencer, Wade Knights, Bailey Phillips, Angus Eberle, Kieran Jones, Alex Jamieson.
WODONGA: Myles Jewell, Kade Brown, Riley Gill, David Kapay, Jack Chesser, Dylan Bramble. Wangaratta................5.3.33 Yarrawonga ...............5.8.38
BEST: WANGARATTA: Waitai
Tua, Josh Tweedale, Ryan Battin, Josh Nanson, Braeden Marjanovic, Patrick Wright.
YARRAWONGA: Jarryd Hatton, Tim Lawrence, Douglas Arnold, Jack Forge, Beau Seymour, Ross Mulquiney.
# TEAM %PTS
1 Lavington...............206.07 40 2 Albury.....................289.11 36
3 Yarrawonga............221.98 36
4 Wang Rovers..........180.92 24
5 Wodonga ...............176.60 24
6 Wangaratta ............113.64 20
7 North Albury............29.81 4
8 Myrtleford ................27.34 4
9 Wodonga Raiders....14.20 4
GOALS: GOORAMBAT: Travers Nolan 2, Aaron Blackburn 1, Ryan Burns 1, Benjamin Reaburn 1. NORTH WANGARATTA: Jack Brown 2, Jamie Berry 1, Adam Enever 1, Tyler Nanson 1, Matthew Prestianni 1. BEST: GOORAMBAT Ryan Burns, Jim Taylor, Tim Colville, John House, Wil Hoskins, Alexander Moloney. NORTH WANGARATTA: Jay Barker, Adam Enever, Patrick Kelly, David Killen, Timothy Wilson, Daniel Williams.
GRETA
GOALS: GRETA: Brenton Newbold 2, Joshua Bell 1, Frazer Judd 1. BRIGHT: Dylan Bursill 2, Guy Campbell 2, Nathan Lyons 2. BEST: GRETA : Zac Northey, Brenton Newbold, James McClounan, Bradley Whinray, Joshua Bell, Lachie Kennett. BRIGHT: Joe Gray, Michael Elliott, Bradley Nightingale, Reuben Jamieson, Dylan Bursill, Tex McIntosh.
BENALLA ALL BLACKS 0.2 1.4 5.8 6.10.46
MOYHU 1.2 1.5 3.8 6.10.46
GOALS: BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Jayden Brady 2, Cody Crawford 1, Albert Hill 1, Tom Levy 1, Brendon Smith 1. MOYHU: Jacob Beattie 1, Jared Lea 1, Jett Roberts 1, Nick Stewart 1, Charlie West 1, Bailey Zimmermann 1. BEST: BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Kyle Collisson, Cody Crawford, Chelton Orchard, Jesse Walker, David Button, Jack Melrose. MOYHU: Bailey Zimmermann, Matthew Thrum, Lukas Jakobsson, Liam Cook, George Hearn, Jack McKinley.
KING VALLEY 2.0 5.1 6.1 7.3.45
WHOROULY 2.0 2.1 4.2 5.3.33
GOALS: KING VALLEY: Anthony Ciancio 3, Charlie Arthur 1, Jack Davies 1, Hayden Sims 1, Thomas Wright 1. WHOROULY: Riley Calvene 1, Simon Chalmers 1, Adam Harris 1, Lachlan Moore 1, Cameron Wood 1. BEST: KING VALLEY: Sam Evans, Charlie Davies, Beau Wheeler, Jack Davies, Anthony Ciancio, Ryan Wait. WHOROULY: Darcy O’Shannessy, Edward Bramich, Paul Glanville, Matthew Vescio, Andrew Newton, Samuel Piazza.
BONNIE DOON
MILAWA
GOALS: BONNIE DOON: Luke Murray 2, Al Bennett 1, Joel Sanford 1. MILAWA: Harry Allan 2, Luke Toohey 1. BEST: BONNIE DOON: Luke Murray, Matthew Hedin, James Fox, Campbell Smedley, Joel Sanford, Morgan Evans. MILAWA: Luke Toohey, Aiden Bihun, xavier Ham, Josh Owen, Liam Murphy, Brent Newton.
Goorambat ...............2.1.13 North Wangaratta .23.17.155
BEST: GOORAMBAT: Daniel Hooper, Todd Wapling, Aiden Phillips, Todd Haslam, Andy Ellis, Lawrence Richards. NORTH WANGARATTA: Blake Marlborough, Luke Brown, Joshua Ismale, Dylan Fischer, Chase Jackson, Cameron McCormack. Greta ........................2.8.20 Bright .......................9.8.62
BEST: GRETA: Joshua Cleeland, Damiun Cassidy, Jason Humphries, Aaron Cleeland, Charlie Hernandez, Craig Williams. BRIGHT: Brodie Brain, Jed Pryor, Callum Smith, Nick Howell, Thomas Gray, Jesse Bilkey. Benalla All Blacks ...19.6.120 Moyhu ......................4.5.29
BEST: BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Eoin Fitzgerald, Karl Mullins, Tomás Ó Suilleabháin, John Hughes, Joshua Kotvas, Harry Moran. MOYHU: Jaden Scobie, Tom Bannon, Harrison Bell, Ryan Hargreaves, Anthony Welsh, Jack Manners. King Valley ................7.8.50 Whorouly ..................4.2.26
BEST: KING VALLEY: Josh Brown, Joel Burchall, David Lang, Alex Tatulaschwili, Bradley McPoyle, Shane Lindsay. WHOROULY: Damien Kleine, Marc Costenaro, Ryan Harris, Jake Morey, Jack Rufford-Sharpe, Jed Marek. Bonnie Doon .............3.7.25 Milawa .....................3.5.23
BEST: BONNIE DOON: James Trellu-Coker, Andrew Marshall, Shane Polkinghorne, Trent Smith, Jason Heathcote, Luke Jenkins. MILAWA: Jonathon Campbell, Tim Leslie, Michael Box, James Peck, Daniel Larkings, Luke Niklaus.
A COMPREHENSIVE victory in difficult conditions has given Dederang-Mount Beauty a boost in their pursuit to play finals footy for the second consecutive year.
On a day where goals could have been hard to come by, the Bombers recorded a much-needed win against Wahgunyah Lions by 105 points – 19.22 (136) to 5.1 (31).
A four-goal final quarter by the Lions and inaccurate goalkicking from the Bombers prevented the margin from blowing out even further.
It was one-way traffic at Dederang as the home team entered the quarter-time huddle with a 42-point lead but were wasteful in front of
goals – kicking five goals and 12 behinds.
The margin increased to 68 points at half-time and 119 points with a quarter to play, with Wahgunyah kicking only one goal up until three quarter-time.
To their credit, a defiant Wahgunyah won the final quarter easily, but the margin could not be brought back to double figures.
It was a memorable day for the club as they celebrated the 20-year reunion of their 2003 senior premiership, with former Hawthorn captain and two-time AFL premiership player Ben McEvoy in the crowd to support his old club.
On the field, teenager Will Hocking was the star of the
show with a career-best five goal haul.
Sam Creamer impressed with three goals of his own, while Cody Hewat and Matt Lee chipped in with two goals each.
Making the margin even
more meritorious was the absence of key midfielders Jordan Harrington and Phil Bellingham.
After 12 rounds of the Tallangatta & District Football League season, Dederang Mount-Beauty remain two
games outside the final five, but within distance of fifthplaced Barnawartha.
Dederang-Mount Beauty will travel to Mitta to take on the Mountain Men in what could be considered an elimination final, with both sides
currently on five wins and separated only by percentage. Wahgunyah were not able to field a reserves team this week, so there was no game for DMB’s reserves side, who sit in ninth position on the ladder with four wins.
By DANIEL SAVILLE
THE Dederang-Mount Beauty
A grade netball side have lifted themselves into the top five of the Tallangatta & District Netball Association ladder after a convincing win in slippery conditions on Saturday.
A ruthless Bombers outfit didn’t let the rain dampen their spirit as they led comfortably from start to finish to record a percentage-boosting 53-goal win against Wahgunyah Lions.
In a game that they were expected to win, the Bombers raced to an 8-goal lead at quarter-time, then extended the lead to 22 at the end of the half, with Wahgunyah netting only five goals to this point.
A miserly DMB defence took it a step further by letting through
only one goal in quarters three and four.
At the other end of the court, the Bombers piled on 33 goals in conditions that weren’t necessarily conducive for scoring.
The goals were shared between Alysha de Koeyer (32 goals), Caitlin Grambau (18 goals) and Mandy Fairbairn (10 goals).
Fairbairn was named in the Bombers’ best for her efforts in the attacking third, along with defensive pairing Emily Jansen van Beek and Dani Beer.
A margin of only six goals separated these teams last time they met in the season opener, highlighting the improvement from a Dederang-Mount Beauty side that is growing in confidence and belief every time they take to the court.
The 60-7 scoreline in their favour has increased the Bombers’ percentage by more than 11 per cent and the dominant win could prove to be telling with only one third of the season to go.
Dederang-Mount Beauty can consolidate their place in fifth position with an away win against fellow finals contender Mitta United, with the winner of this weekend’s clash guaranteed to be in the final five by late Saturday afternoon.
Four teams are vying for the last of the available finals spots up for grabs, including Mitta United, who sit only two points from the Bombers.
All DMB senior netball teams enjoyed victories on the weekend, with B grade winning by 62 goals (72-10) and C grade winning by 24 goals (47-23).
GRETA’S undefeated run in the senior Ovens and King football competition was ended by a surging Bright squad in trying conditions on Saturday, the Mountain Men home 5.8 (38) to 4.9 (33).
In cold, wet and muddy circumstances, both teams battled hard to find any legitimate scoring shots, but Bright went into the first break with a seven point lead.
With rain never really far away, Greta seemed to click into gear, capitalising from turnovers and poor execution from the Mountain Men to hit the front with a four goal term, with Brenton Newbold picking up two.
The slog continued after halftime but neither side was able to find the middle of the goals with any great effect, with eight behinds and only one major score kicked through the third term, with Greta up by seven points heading into the fourth quarter.
Bright managed to pick up two goals in the final quarter while the Blues’ chances went wide, taking the win and ending Greta’s undefeated season.
Bright coach Paul Harrison said his side performed well given the trying conditions.
“It was a hard game all day, and we knew it was going to be a close game,” he said.
“They kicked four goals in the first half and we probably gave them two or three ourselves, just trying to be a bit too pretty early in the game and hitting those short 45s instead of getting the
IT was a mixed bag of results for Bright’s netballers at Greta on Saturday, with the five grades battling it out in cold and rainy conditions.
The day got underway with the under 15s, who showed great improvements against the ladder leaders, eventually going down 23-10.
Bright did well to limit the top team early, but couldn’t maintain the pressure for the entire match, with Zoe Whitty and Heidi
McKee playing well.
Bright’s netballers notched up their first win of the day in the C grade, with a dazzling 46-27 win over the fellow top four side.
The C graders showed why they’re on top of the ladder with an explosive second term, increasing their margin from their goals to 10 by half-time.
Centre Chloe Pasquinelli, goal attack Hannah Witts and wing attack Lexi Matters were among the best on court, with Witts contributing 25 of her team’s goals.
The strong form contin-
ued in the B reserve match, with Bright taking the win 41-25.
Greta managed to stay with Bright for the first half, before the visitors locked down defensively and kept Greta to just 10 goals for the rest of the match while piling on 25 of their own, with shooter Taykea Boogaard performing well.
The B graders had a difficult match against the Blues, downed 26-55.
Bright were within four goals at quarter time before Greta began to push the lead out, with the talented
Charlotte Kilner-Wheeler, Monique Martin and Brydee Bond all turning in terrific performances across the court.
It was a tough day for the A grade squad up against the four-time flag winners, with Bright defeated 69-5. Greta were in control for the entire match, as the visitors fought valiantly but only managed a single goal in the first half.
Jess Carnes and Lara Lock were among the best for Bright, who will face up against Benalla All Blacks this weekend at home.
ball long down the line.
“We knew at half-time we were going to still maintain momentum and have the majority of the play, so if we could just get back to basics, be one-on-one across the ground and just play a bit of surge footy we could get the ball forward and get numbers running onto the ball and probably run over them.
“The boys kept getting the ball in there and thankfully we were able to get a couple on the board and get in front, and we defended really hard over the last couple of minutes to hold onto the win.”
Joe Gray, Michael Elliott and Dylan Bursill performed well in the wet for the Mountain Men, while club stalwart Brad Nightingale had a terrific game in his 300th outing.
For Greta, Brad Whinray and Zac Northey were prominent, while James McClounan and Lachie Kennett turned in solid games.
“After playing Bonnie Doon and Greta we were confident they’re no better than us, we had our chances to win both those games when we played them the first time, so we went in confident, knowing we were in with a big shot,” Harrison said.
“Guys like Dylan Bursill impacted the game in patches when he had to and did his job, Joe Gray was really good in the ruck all day, gathered plenty of the ball around the ground.
“Michael Elliot was really good down back for us, Reuben Jamieson held Frazer Judd to just one goal.”
The Blues are now just one game clear of Bonnie Doon on top of the ladder, while Bright sits another game back in third.
By NATHAN DE VRIES
A SODDEN and chopped up Whitfield Recreation Reserve produced a prime example of wet weather footy on Saturday, with Whorouly’s senior squad coming up short against King Valley 5.3 (33) to 7.3 (45). Even before the reserves game the ground had water sitting on top of it, and coupled with intermittent rainfall and an entire game of football played on the oval, by the time the senior match
rolled around the ground was a veritable mudpit.
While both sides picked up two goals in a challenging first term, King Valley managed to break out to a three goal lead by half-time, putting the Lions on the back foot.
Whorouly started playing more to the conditions and pegged the margin back to under two goals in the third quarter, but couldn’t manage to overcome the deficit.
Coach Riley Calvene said being slow to adjust to the
wet conditions was costly.
“I reckon it’s probably up there with one of the wettest and sloppiest conditions I’ve played in for a while - it definitely changed the way both sides played,” he said.
“I think we had an OK first quarter then dropped away in that second quarter.
“We struggled to adapt to the conditions, tried to play dry weather footy instead of wet weather footy and King Valley were able to get on top of us there.
“Defensively we were pretty good, I thought Darcy O’Shannessey and Ben Harrington had pretty strong games down back.
“It’s hard to catch up in conditions like that because the ground gets heavier, the conditions get harder, so it was hard to come back in that second quarter.”
The Lions will take this week off with the bye, before an extremely difficult run through the last five rounds sees them face the top four sides.
WHOROULY’S A graders fell victim to a hungry King Valley side for the second time this year, going down in the cold at Whitfield 38-43 on Saturday.
Looking to pay the Roos back for their nine goal loss in round seven, the Lions were put on the back foot early from immense pressure from the home side, with the Roos turning a four goal lead at quarter time to a six goal margin by the half.
A wet court and cold conditions made it difficult to string together solid passes, as King Valley tried to extend their lead but couldn’t
get past Whorouly’s defence.
Despite winning the final term by two goals, the damage had already been done, with the Roos home by five goals.
Coach Ebony Allen said her side played pretty well to the challenging conditions.
“It was a wet, cold day but the girls adapted to the conditions pretty well,” she said.
“King Valley came out firing, they put a lot of pressure on early and got an early lead.
“We probably didn’t capitalise and make the most of every ball we got which meant we were playing catch up for the rest of the game.
“There were a few silly
errors here and there that in games like those we can’t afford, but it’s all learning curves and we will go back and work on those through the next few weeks.”
Whorouly’s defenders were prominent all day, with Sally Wood and Ebony Hughes picking up intercepts and affecting turnovers, while Katie Ivone shot 19 goals at an accuracy of 86 per cent.
The Lions’ defeat brings the middle of the A grade ladder even tighter, with only two games separating fourth (Bonnie Doon, 32 points) from seventh (King Valley, 24 points).
Whorouly still resides in the top six for finals conten-
tion, sitting fifth ahead of Goorambat on percentage heading into their bye this weekend.
“This is our last bye before the run to the end of the season so we will take it as an opportunity to rest up and regroup,” Allen said.
“We will use the time to address any areas we feel we need to work on and get ourselves ready for the last five rounds.”
It was a complete performance in the other Whorouly netball grades from Saturday, with the under 15s (37-20), C grade (46-16), B reserve (41-15) and B grade (49-44) sides recording solid wins in the rain.
Whorouly sits in the top six on percentage, meaning they’ll need some big upset wins to make finals.
“We’ll have times this year where we’re challenged and it’s just really important we can keep battling away,” Calvene said.
“There’s no doubt we’ve got a tough road home, but I think our best footy can still stack up against anyone, so we’ve just got to play our best every week and see where that gets us – we can’t
think too far ahead, we’ve just got to take it one week at a time, put our best foot forward and see where that takes us.
“The bye has come at a good time, we’ve had a lot of sore bodies over the last fortnight and played on some heavier decks, so I think it’s a well-needed week off mentally and physically.”
The Lions reserve squad also suffered a close loss in tough conditions, downed 4.2 (26) to 7.8 (50).
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Round 13
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Thurgoona v Beechworth
Chiltern v Yackandandah
Tallangatta v Rutherglen
Mitta United v Dederang
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TIPSTER TOTAL:
Jimmy Thomas ..........................104
Alanna McLees ............................99
Tracey Grenfell ............................98
Regan Alexander .........................97
Rebecca Healy .............................97
Geoff Zach...................................96
Amanda Toner .............................95
Kyle Arter ....................................93
Gerard Gray .................................92
Cesare Rizzi ................................92
Paul Maskell .................................91
Katie Ivone ...................................91
Jo Ross-Jackson .........................89
Mark Ditcham ..............................89
Helen Haines ...............................82
Thursday, Jul 13
Sydney vs. Western Bulldogs
Friday, Jul 14
Melbourne vs. Brisbane
Saturday, Jul 15
Collingwood vs. Fremantle
Gold Coast vs. St Kilda
Carlton vs. Port Adelaide
Geelong vs. Essendon
Adelaide vs. GWS
Sunday, Jul 16
Nth Melbourne vs. Hawthorn
West Coast vs. Richmond
MYRTLEFORD’S footballers and netballers will be raring to get stuck back into the season after taking the week off
The Saints’ three football squads, as well as the A and B grade netballers, sat the weekend out with the scheduled bye against Corowa Rutherglen, due to the Roos not fielding squads in those competitions this season. While the rest of the Saints were enjoying the bye, three netball grades turned out to Corowa to take on the Roos.
The 15 and under squad continued their stellar year to take a 24-18 win, keeping the Saints in third overall on the ladder, while the C graders dominated with a 43-29 thumping.
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difficult match but performed extremely well, downed 25-42.
Myrtleford co-president Luke Chapman said the time off was beneficial to all players.
“There’ve been a lot of byes in the Ovens and Murray this year, more than normal – some people like them and some people don’t, but I haven’t heard a lot of complaints from our players yet,” he said.
“A bye is always good for a bit of a rest and we’ve got a few people travelling so it breaks up the year a bit which
helps them and keeps them motivated.”
The footballers will hope to reignite their season after a run of losses, while multiple netball squads are all but locked into finals contention.
“Obviously the wins haven’t been consistent in all (football) grades, we knew at the start of the year it was going to be a difficult year in relation to the wins and losses, but Craig (Millar) and the coaching panel have done a fantastic job with the group,” Chapman said.
“They’ve been motivating them each week and things have been great.
“With the netball sides, they’re flying, four out of five sides are in the five at the moment so fingers crossed it
stays that way – some of our sides look fairly cemented in the five.
“It’s a very good vibe around the place in both the football and netball side of things.”
All grades will be in action this weekend at WJ Findlay Oval, taking on the Wangaratta Rovers in what’s sure to be a fiery contest across football and netball.
“They’re our arch-rivals, really, our nemeses,” Chapman said.
“There’s always a big rivalry between the Wangaratta sides and Myrtleford – it’s probably as close to a derby as we can get.
“Myrtleford sides generally play well at WJ Findlay Oval as well, so fingers crossed we can do that again.”