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All signs point to triumphant return of rod run to Bright

By BRODIE EVERIST

POWDER DAYS A FRESH dump of 17cms of snow overnight welcomed skiers, such as Amy Seedsman, at Mt Hotham yesterday, while Falls Creek visitors enjoyed 14cms of fresh snow.

The falls saw both resorts surpass an average snow depth of 1.5 metres for the first time this season, with more snow forecast today and tomorrow. PHOTO: Chris Hocking MORE ALPINE RESORT NEWS PAGES 15, 17

$8b promise of hope Coalition focus on regional health could help Bright hospital’s bid

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE A COALTION promise of an $8 billion boost into regional health, if elected to government in November, has raised hopes of attracting the $12 million plus from state coffers for redevelopment of Bright Hospital, as part of Alpine Health’s ambitious $40m Bright Health Precinct plan.

Nationals’ leader Peter

Walsh last week announced the Coalition would shelve the $35 billion Cheltenham to Box Hill rail line in Melbourne and redirect $8b to regional hospitals to “address the health crisis”.

Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy, who is assistant shadow minister for regional health, said the announcement “recognises the plan to fix the health crisis in Victoria”.

“We are under pressure like never before to provide ambulance services, doctors, dentists, and many other health services,” he said.

“This will allow the Ovens Valley to secure providers and assurances that we can see a doctor when we are sick.

“Alpine Health needs help to deliver basic services and we are committing to make this happen.

“This decision is a

watershed moment for health in every community, including the Ovens Valley community.”

Mr Walsh said under the guarantee he and Liberals’ leader Matthew Guy made, 25 per cent of the $35b will go to regional hospitals.

“We need the nurses, we need the doctors, we need the health professionals as much as Melbourne,” he said.

“Victorians know we’re

facing a healthcare crisis, and this commitment to redirect $35 billion into fixing that crisis will mean fewer people on elective surgery waiting lists, fewer people dying while waiting for an ambulance, and fewer people dying from a lack of healthcare professionals.”

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PLANNING is well on track for Bright’s Iconic Rod Run to make a triumphant return to the town on November 4 to 6, after having been cancelled for the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Event co-ordinator Mike Dealy said despite being a “bit rusty” after a couple of years off , there were already good entries and “all the components are falling into place\”.

Hundreds of hot rods from across the country and thousands of spectators flock to Bright for the event.

The Bright Rod and Kustom Club recently received a $32,500 grant from the Alpine Shire Council for the event, initially allocated for 2020, but held over when both the 2020 and 2021 runs didn’t go ahead.

Mr Dealy, who is also treasurer of the club, said the grant was mainly for traffic management and waste, and is a standard commitment by the council for major events.

“It’s the shire’s commitment to maintaining the event,” he said, but he also emphasised the need for good traffic management because of the popularity of the run.

“It’s for getting people in and out of the roads and for essential services,” he said.

According to Mr Dealy, this will be the eighth time the club has run the Iconic Rod Run, meaning the club and council are well-accustomed to working together to plan the event.

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SOLD: The Tobacco Cooperative of Victoria property in Myrtleford has been purchased by Hops Products Australia.

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$20m reasons for our town to cheer Former home of tobacco industryy sold,, to be repurposed p p for brewingg industryy

HOPS Products Australia (HPA) has bought to former Tobacco Cooperative of Victoria (TCV) property in Myrtleford and will transform it into a state-of-the-art pellet plant, packaging line and cold storage facility as part of a $20 million project.

HPA said the site - containing four separate buildings totalling more than 22,000 square metres - is to be a fully operational pellet plant by 2024.

The project will include the purchase of brand-new pelleting and packaging equipment that effectively doubles HPA’s current processing capacity.

The company said the development is a “necessary requirement” following its $50 million investment in acreage

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expansion over the past eight years.

The additional capacity will allow HPA to process its increasing volume of hops in a timely fashion, ensuring it produces consistently high-quality hop pellets so its brewing customers can make consistently high-quality beers.

The new facility will support the centralisation of pelleting and packaging hops from HPA’s Victorian and Tasmanian growing regions which will total 900 hectares or an estimated 2400 metric tonnes by 2024.

The new facility will handle every

hop bale pressed from crop 2024 onwards, producing in excess of 50 tonnes of pellets per day.

In addition to a fully refrigerated pelleting and packaging line, the site will become the administrative headquarters for HPA’s Victorian operation, including laboratory facilities and significant cold storage for both bales and finished goods.

It will also be used as a training hub to develop the skills of HPA’s existing and future workforce.

HPA’s managing director, Tim Lord, said the company has had its eye on the property for “quite some time”.

“Fortunately, the timing was right when it was offered for sale,” he said.

“We’re thrilled to announce we’re continuing the expansion of our

Victorian operation, which simply wouldn’t be possible without the support of our brewing customers and the local community.”

Myrtleford Chamber of Commerce president Jim van Geet said it was “fantastic news” for the local economy.

“It’s a great property and it’s been sitting vacant for so long despite some attempts made to use it before so it’s good to see it’s now going to be utilised by HPA. “It will be great for the community of Myrtleford and will hopefully provide some more local employment.”

The new pellet plant is scheduled to be operational by March 2024, with the first pellets produced by the facility available in May 2024.

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Man charged after alleged glassing AN alleged glassing at a Myrtleford nightspot on August 13 left a victim with serious head injuries.

A police spokesperson said a 31-year-old Ballarat man had been allegedly glassed to the head outside the venue during an altercation early on Saturday morning, suffering serious injuries as a result.

A 22-year-old Myrtleford man was subsequently arrested and charged with intentionally causing injury and affray.

He will face Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on November 7.

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Contenders call-out Nationals’ Tim McCurdyy onlyy confirmed starter to contest Ovens Valleyy seat

By STEVE KELLY WITH less than 100 days to go until the Victorian state election the only person to publicly confirm they will contest the seat of Ovens Valley is Nationals’ incumbent Tim McCurdy.

But it’s been all quiet on the Ovens Valley front from key challengers last time around, with Tammy Atkins who obtained a strong portion of the vote as an

Independent saying “it’s not something I’m actively considering at this stage”.

As for the Labor Party, ALP Victoria could not confirm when it might be making the name of its preferred candidate public.

Back in 2018 when the last election was held, the Nationals’ MP claimed 44.46 per cent of first preference votes, followed by Labor’s Kate Doyle (20.58pc) with Ms

Atkins (19.16pc) closely behind.

Others minor vote-getters included Australian Country Party’s Julian Fidge (8.59pc), Greens’ candidate Vicki Berry (4.51pc) and another Independent Ray Dyer (2.71pc).

The 2022 state election is set for November 26 this year and nominations will open on November 2 and close for registered political party endorsed candidates

SES respond to fallen trees, watching for floods

Speed reductions are now in place

By BRODIE EVERIST BRIGHT SES were called out to fallen trees and a small landslip over the weekend.

According to deputy controller Graham Gales, the SES assisted North East Civil Construction in the clean up of a small landslip, covering approximately one lane of Tawonga Gap Road on Sunday night.

On Saturday morning two trees fell from a paddock, one going falling across Mountain Creek Road, the other falling across powerlines.

Another tree, measuring around 32 metres tall, fell across a minor road in Wandiligong on Saturday.

As of Monday, flood warnings were in place for the Kiewa, Ovens, King and Buffalo rivers, with rainfall totals of 15-30 mm, and isolated totals up to 50 mm, predicted during Monday and into Tuesday morning.

Festival of Light sculpture celebrates 75 years of Falls Creek THE Falls Creek resort has unveiled a new light sculpture (pictured above) at Slalom Plaza in celebration of the village, in conjunction with Falls Creek’s 75th birthday.

Lighting up the plaza at night, the Festival of Light cculpture depicts

all the lodges in the village in order of when they were built and shines onto the snow each night.

The sculpture has the image of a chairlift running around the top, paying homage to Hymans chairlift the first chairlift in Falls Creek, built in 1957.

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Around the bottom of the steel sculpture are cut out silhouettes recognising the mountain peaks of Ropers, Spion Kopje and Mount Bogong, which surround the village and make for the spectacular alpine views.

SPEED limit reductions in Tawonga South and Mount Beauty CBD came into effect on Monday this week.

The speed limit in the Mount Beauty CBD has been reduced from 50km/hour to 40km/hour.

The Mount Beauty CBD speed reduction encompasses the CBD roads from the Kiewa Valley Highway roundabout onto Lakeside Avenue, Hollonds Street, Park Street and Kiewa Crescent.

The speed limit has also be reduced from 60km/hour to 50km/ hour along the Kiewa Valley Highway in Tawonga South.

The speed change in Tawonga South encompasses a length of the Kiewa Valley Highway of approximately 1.2 kilometres, a stretch of road that is seeing increasing pedestrian and cyclist use.

The Upper Kiewa Valley Community Association (UKVCA) raised safety concerns on behalf of the community about speed limits in the Mount Beauty and Tawonga South CBD last year.

Earlier this year Alpine Shire Council voted to support the speed reductions and requested Regional Roads Victoria to approve a change to speed limits.

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Voices for Indi campaigns, first making national headlines when Cathy McGowan won the federal seat of Indi off the Liberal party in 2013.

The rise of Independents federally in May was off campaign platforms such as action on climate, integrity and gender equality.

Climate200, which financially backed these campaigns, has put a call out on its website for potential candidates to make contact.

on November 10 at 12 noon, and 24 hours later for Independents.

Several commentators say that the rise of Independents at the federal election in May could be repeated to an extent at the state election.

A ‘Teal’ candidate for the marginal seat of Caulfield emerged this week under the group titled Voices for Caulfield, which piggybacks off the successful

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Calls for drainage solution

By BRODIE EVERIST MEMBERS of Myrtleford’s sporting community are quickly searching for answers to solve McNamara Reserve’s drainage woes, amid concerns over the financial impact on the local football netball club.

Bob McNamara, president of the McNamara Reserve Committee, said representatives of the Myrtleford Football Netball Club (MFNC), the Oven’s and Murray League, and the reserve committee had met with Alpine Shire Council last week to discuss the reserve.

He said council had committed to developing a report to assess the extent of drainage work needed to stop the playing surface turning into a quagmire.

“We already have a good idea of what’s needed, we just need it verified,” he said.

At the time of reporting, Mr McNamara was planning

Club,, league, g , reserve committee discuss options p with council a press conference to be held on Tuesday to further spread news about the reserve’s drainage issues.

“We’ve got to keep the ball rolling - keep it at the top of the priority list,” he said.

Mr McNamara said it was unlikely the work would start this year, due to the need for around $500,000 in funding, the logistics of contracting the work and relocating the Oven’s United Cricket Club, who are co-tenants of the ground.

“We’d have to start in September or October to give the ground enough time to set the surface,” he said.

Instead he suggested the work would likely start next year after the 2023 football season.

Ovens Valley MP, Tim McCurdy, said he was concerned there may not be another round of grants before the state election in No-

Pryor agreed that without drainage works the club was likely to host less matches next year, especially since 2023 is predicted to be another wet winter.

“That could have kind of all sorts of ramifications, including financial ramifications,” he said.

Mr Pryor said the club relied on ticket sales and hospitality sales to keep the club running, and the regular games were an important social event.

“The money that we make through the gate and our hospitality sales, including after the game, assists in paying the weekly fees to the Oven’s and Murray to cover umpires and footballs and everything else,” he said.

“Every home game, before we even talk about player payments, we’re talking close to $5000 per home game in order to put all our netball and football teams on the ground.”

QUAGMIRE: Drainage works have become a priority at McNamara Reserve due to the muddy conditions of the football ground. vember, leaving McNamara Reserve without the necessary drainage works to keep matches at the pitch.

He suggested the work needs to be started soon in order to prevent a financial blow to the MFNC. “You need to do it in the

summer - that’s a tight window,” he said.

“They can’t afford to lose more games.”

Mr McCurdy said he was to meet with the Alpine Shire Council on Tuesday and planned to discuss the reserve with them.

He also spoke in Parliament last week, calling on Minister for Community Sport Ros Spence to consider providing financial support to assist the MFNC with drainage and better soil at the McNamara Reserve.

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Precocious piano star shines at eisteddfod

By BRODIE EVERIST PIANIST Maisy Crawford’s three performances at the AlburyWodonga Eisteddfod this month all received a ‘Highly Commended’ from judges, with each performance scoring in the 90’s (out of 100).

In her first competition performances the 10-yearold missed out on winning a medal for two of her pieces by a single point only.

“For her to come away one point shy of two medals really surprised and delighted her - she was super excited,” said Maisy’s mother Victoria Schmidt.

Maisy performed in three solo piano sections in the bronze category, playing Edvard Grieg’s ‘Morning’ in the pre-1900 section, ‘In the Eyes of a Tiger’ in the post1900 section, and ‘Plaisir d’Amour’ in the open choice section.

The bronze category accepts performers up

to an Australian Music Examination Board grade three level.

Maisy said Plaisir d’Amour was her favourite piece of the three, and she chose it for the open choice section because she thought the judges would like it.

According to Ms Schmidt, the first two sections had more than 14 competitors, while the open choice section featured 21 competitors.

Maisy will also be performing two of the pieces at the Bright-P-12 soiree on September 2 at the Bright Art Gallery.

The 10-year old has been taking piano lessons for nearly four years from a music instructor at Bright P-12 College.

Ms Schmidt said it was fantastic the AlburyWodonga Eisteddfod had returned after cancellations in the previous two years, and also thanked the PLEASING PIANO: 10-year-old Maisy Crawford’s three performances eisteddfod volunteers for at the Albury-Wodonga Eisteddfod all received a ‘Highly Commended’ their work. from judges.

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Lake Buffalo boat ramp upgrade complete A STATE Government-funded boat ramp upgrade at Lake Buffalo has been completed.

According to the State Government, the $250,000 project, which began construction in May, included formalising parking and boat preparation areas near the boat ramp to reduce queueing and make parking trailers easier.

Minister for Fishing and Boating, Sonya Kilkenny,said the upgrade forms part of the Labor Government’s $33 million Better Boating Fund to make boating facilities safer and more accessible.

“Lake Buffalo is a popular spot to fish, ski or simply go for

Council of the Parliament has passed, with Coalition MPs and crossbench MPs voting in favour of cancelling current, and planned, aerial and ground shooting of brumbies.

The motion drew attention to the government’s failure to adhere to its own management plan which included publishing updated population counts of the wild horses.

It also failed to undertake rehoming and trapping of the horses.

The motion now requires the Labor Government to: • publicly provide the current

brumby numbers in the Barmah and Alpine National Parks; • reverse the suspension of trapping and rehoming operations; • provide approval to volunteer brumby rehoming organisations; and • cancel current or planned brumby shooting operations, especially those leaving carcases to decompose on public land.

Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh, said the Liberals and Nationals will end the senseless culling of wild horses.

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UPGRADE COMPLETE: A State Government funded boat ramp upgrade at Lake Buffalo, costing $250,000, has been completed. a cruise - so it’s great to see this upgrade complete to make it easier to get on the water with family, friends and loved ones,” she said.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thankyou to our healthcare professionals MY stepfather John Gilmour passed away in Bright Hospital two weeks ago.

Our family’s greatest comfort was knowing he was being looked after by the unbelievably professional and compassionate nursing team.

Considering everything our healthcare professionals have been through over the last few years they continue to work tirelessly for families in their

hours of need.

We owe them a huge debt of gratitude and recognition for their quiet achievements.

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A win for brumbies, environment and our heritage LAS Friday was an important day for animal welfare in Victoria as the Parliament has ordered that Labor stop their extermination of Victoria’s brumby population.

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better access road and protecting the boat ramp from erosion will all make Lake Buffalo a goto destination for boaters in the state’s North East.”

Additional works included

reinforcing the foreshore area around the boat ramp to allow for temporary mooring and reduce the impacts of erosion, while the connection between the boat launching area and the top of the ramp was also improved to make it easier to reverse trailers down the ramp when launching or retrieving boats.

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Mount Beauty Hospital Op Shop donation boosts X-ray capabilities THE Mount Beauty Hospital Op Shop has made a donation of $73,900 to Alpine Health Mount Beauty for the purchase of a stateof-the-art digital radiography system.

According to an Alpine Health spokesperson, the Konica Aero Digital Reader System will modernise the management of patient Xrays as they can now be processed and managed digitally and referred to specialists or regional centres.

The new system will allow patients to continue to have their X-rays taken closer to home, cutting down on travel time as well as reducing the pressure placed on ambulances being used for patient transfers and the emergency department at Albury Wodonga Health.

The purchase of this new system is in line with Alpine Health’s commitment to deliver local services for local people to improve the health outcomes for the Alpine communities, in addition to continually improving integrated sustainable local health services.

“We are incredibly grateful to the Mt Beauty Hospital Op Shop volunteers,” Alpine Health chief executive officer Nick Shaw said.

“Their substantial donations allow us to upgrade our technology and improve our service delivery

BIG DONATION: Mt Beauty Hospital Op Shop volunteers (from left) Margaret Ranten, Lynda Barter, Jan Driver and Margaret Mills with Dr Jeffrey Robinson of the Mount Beauty Medical Centre, health services manager Leanne Kilpatrick and acting nurse unit manager Kerri Hore with the $73,900 donation. group was “extremely proud” to be able to support Alpine Health.

“We think it’s so important for them to be able to provide quality medical services and equipment, not just for benefit of residents, but for the numerous visitors we have as well,” she said.

for the local community.

“On behalf of Alpine Health I’d like to say a big thank you to Mount Beauty Hospital Op Shop for helping us to improve the health and wellbeing of the Alpine communities.”

Mt Beauty Hospital Op Shop president Lynn Blandford said the

“We’d like to acknowledge and thanks our donors and customers who support our team of volunteers to achieve these results.

“Since we’ve been opened from May, 2014 our takings have been in excess of $400,000 which we feel is a great effort.”

Local VFF branch to continue

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Ovens Valley branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) decided to continue operating for the next 12 months at their August 10 branch meeting.

According to a spokesperson for the VFF, members also talked about finding younger members, agricultural costs of production, and

concerns over foot-andmouth disease.

The branch was considering disbanding due to a lack of active members, and had contemplated starting a new branch in the Kiewa Valley, according to branch president Barry Morey.

Mr Morey said he was pleased the branch had decided to continue and said the VFF was a worthwhile

cause for farmers.

“They’re our voice to government if we want to protest anything,” he said.

Mr Morey joined the United Dairy Farmers of Victoria in the 1970’s before later joining the VFF. “I’ve always believed it’s a worthy cause,” he said.

“I’m a bit disappointed we don’t have the member strength we use to have.”

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COVID cases stay steady

By BRODIE EVERIST ACTIVE cases of COVID-19 in the Alpine Shire have remained at a similar rate over the past week, however decreases have been recorded across surrounding shires.

Nine new cases of COVID-19 in the Alpine Shire were recorded in the 24 hours prior to last Sunday at 10:30am, bringing the total number of active cases to 46 - three cases greater than last week.

According to coronavirus. vic.gov.au, surrounding municipalities have recorded a decrease in cases.

In the 24 hours preceding Sunday 10:30am, Wangaratta recorded 12 new COVID cases, bring its total to 124 active cases (down from 138 last week).

Indigo Shire has 61 active cases, with 12 new cases recorded in the 24 hours before Monday - down from 73 active cases last week.

Wodonga has recorded 10 new cases, bringing its total number of active COVID cases to 182, down from 267 cases last week.

Benalla has 99 active COVID cases, down from 106 last week, while 10 new cases have been recorded in the 24 hours preceding Sunday 10:30am.

Moira has recorded eight new COVID cases, with a total of 94 active cases, down from 115 last week.

Mansfield has 30 active cases, with only three recorded in the 24 hours preceding Sunday, down from 38 active cases last week.

The Victorian Government is continuing to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and the wearing of a face mask indoors to prevent the virus spreading.

If you test positive to COVID-19, or have been told you are a close contact, visit https:// www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/ checklist for information on what to do next.

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PEOPLE AROUND TOWN

FALLS CREEK

Julie Mitas How long have you lived in the area?

I was born and bred in the valley, so I have lived here for 34 years, but Falls Creek has been home for quite some time now.

I have spent many years living and travelling overseas.

What do you like about the area?

I love the area for all the amazing activities it has to offer and the diverse range of people it attracts. Falls Creek is a magnet for all demographics and how lucky are we to live in such a fulfilled environment with amazing people.

Would you like to see any changes?

Change is nearly always a positive. I have loved watching Falls Creek grow and evolve over the years. There is so much

development to come, but all in due time when local people have big ideas.

What do you do - your hobbies and interests?

Hobbies, too many to mention, but a few would be skiing, motorcycle riding and fashion, and combining all three.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

To a great night out on the town in Falls Creek, so many fabulous restaurants all in one square kilometre. Watch locals, staff and guests’ world collide in the bustling bars in amongst the snow gums. Have fun and then wake up to a backcountry tour with Macca from Falls Creek Guides and experience the beauty of the spectacular Victorian Alps without without the chairlift!

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Barry Corlis How long have you lived in the area?

I originally came from Newcastle. I spent all my working life up there, and moved down here about 15 to 16 years ago.

What are your hobbies and interests?

Since I’ve been here I’ve been the treasurer of the Lions club, treasurer of the golf club, treasurer of the Probus club. I was a treasurer of the Lions club in Newcastle.

The fact I was a Lions club member made the transition to this town a lot easier for me.

What do you like about the area?

We came through here many years ago on a bus

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tour and the area just sort of clicked. When we were looking to move we looked at all sorts of places - the Blue Mountains at one stage, but every place there for sale was fire prone so we said ‘no way’. We came down here and everything fell into place for us. We rented a place and ended up buying it.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

The river walk’s nice. I should do it more myself.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

I really don’t know. I hope it doesn’t get too touristy. I’d like it to stay the way it is - a working man’s town.

How long are you staying here?

This time we’re up for a week, but this is the fourth time we’ve stayed at Bright this winter.

What do you do?

I’m a historian - I do mostly popular history. I run a TikTok account and I run a YouTube channel that focuses on military history. I just finished my PhD. What are your hobbies and interests?

I like to surf, I like to ski and I make my own surfboards.

What do you like about the area?

I love skiing and the mountains in general, and I love Bright. It’s a beautiful town. It reminds me of

Queenstown in New Zealand.

It’s got beautiful views, and I love the pub, love the brewery, love the food. It’s just a really nice place.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

If they wanted to drink I’d take them to the brewery. I’d take them up to Mount Buffalo for sure. I’d walk them around the town, and Wandiligong’s really nice for drive. I love Harrietville - that’s a beautiful place, and I’d potentially drive them to Mount Beauty to show them views of Mount Bogong.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

Not really, no. It’s nice.

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Veterans’ day brings memories of service

By BRODIE EVERIST MYRTLEFORD local Trevor Isherwood recalled his service in the Australian military last Thursday, as one of the six people who attended a small 11am service at the Myrtleford Cenotaph for Vietnam Veterans Day, an annual day of remembrance for those who served during the Vietnam War. Mr Isherwood served in the Seventh Infantry Battalion for around eight months during 1970-71, before injuring his back.

“A number of friends that I served with, they’ve all passed away,” he said.

The 73-year- old said sometimes the injuries and trauma they experienced only came to present in old age.

“The experience was harrowing at times, but we didn’t think about it because at 20 we were invincible - it’s only when you get to 70 plus that you feel the effects of it,” he said.

“It’s the bad backs as a result of falls.

“The hearing is completely shot.”

But he said the comradeship was fantastic and has some good memories of the experience.

“It had its bad points along with its good ones,” he said.

Australians’ opposition to the conflict grew in the late 1960s, leading to

IN REMEMBRANCE: TREVOR Isherwood (left) and Alan Garside laid a wreath at the Myrtleford Cenotaph to mark Vietnam Veterans Day last Thursday. Also pictured attending are Angela Isherwood (left) and Judy Pitts (right).

PHOTO: Brodie Everist protests and marches demanding an end to the Vietnam War. The protests weren’t always peaceful, as Mr Isherwood found out when protesters chased him down Melbourne’s Swanston Street because he was in uniform.

“There were shouts and screams - ‘get the son of a bitch’ or something like that,” he said.

“I took off like a ferret.”

He took refuge in Young and Jacksons, a well-known Melbourne pub.

“I said ‘help me’ and all the

Young and Jacksons’ patrons got up,” he said.

“These kids came through the door - the guys just stood there and said piss off.

“So I stayed there all day.”

Beverly Cunningham, who also attended Thursday’s service, said servicemen were treated dreadfully by the public at the time.

“People were spat on, had paint thrown over them,” she said.

“They shouldn’t have been doing it to the soldiers, they should have been doing it to the politicians.”

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Legacy is an Australian charity that cares for the families of Australian Defence Force men and women who have lost their lives or their health as a result of their service.

Mr Garside said he expected the organisation’s assistance to Vietnam veteran widows will be increasing over the next 10 years.

A larger service for Vietnam Veteran’s Day was held in Beechworth last Thursday, attended by members of the Myrtleford, Bright, and Mount Beauty RSLs.

Council extends Dinner Plain services contract

By BRODIE EVERIST ALPINE Shire Council has extended contracts to GF and AM Peterson for waste management, maintenance, snow grooming and snow clearing services on Dinner Plain.

At a meeting earlier this month, councillors approved a recommendation to extend the contracts for another five years, with council paying two year one lump sum payments equaling just over $569,000.

Extra snow grooming will be delivered at the entrance and exit of Dinner Plain Village and at Scrubbers End, costing council an extra $6000 per annum.

The annual lump-sum cost of waste management under the contract has increased by $10,480 due to increased visitation to Dinner Plain, while added snow clearing works will occur due to new parking spaces in Cattlepen Drive, Scrubbers End and Horseyard Carpark, and a new bus stop and bus standing area.

The annual lump-sum cost of snow clearing will cost council an extra $9574.

“I’m confident in the services that GF and AM Peterson provide to council and to ratepayers and visitors up on Dinner Plain,” Councillor Ron Janas said.

“They’ve done it for many years and they go above and beyond their requirements year after year.”

According to council meeting records, GF and AM Peterson has been providing these services at Dinner Plain since at least 2007.

Council chief executive officer Will Jeremy said this was the last time the contract could be extended, and after it has expired they will place a new contract out to a full market tender.

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Students, Landcare unite to help tackle bully birds

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE MYRTLEFORD P-12 VCAL students have done their part for local wildlife this month by working together with the local Landcare and sustainability group.

Students recently completed building three Indian Myna Bird traps for the Myrtleford and District Landcare and Sustainability Group, under the direction of their teacher Andrew Murray.

The group researched information regarding the native environmental challenges faced in the Alpine region due to increasing Indian Myna bird populations.

Myrtleford Landcare secretary Glenda Janas said Indian Myna birds are an introduced species and can adapt very well to urban and rural settings.

“They are bully birds and overtake our native bird nesting areas, which unfortunately leads to a decline in native bird survival rates,” she said.

“The students also researched how to make ethical traps for these birds.

“The traps are available to any-

one in the community.

“We can drop a trap off to residents and, if required, will take the trapped birds away to ethically euthanise.

“Myrtleford Landcare would like to thank the VCAL students and Andrew Murray for their ex-

cellent work and we would also like to acknowledge the Alpine Shire for financially supporting the Myna Bird program.”

Myrtleford Landcare can be contacted via email on landcaremyrtleford@gmail.com or on 0447 650 403.

ON THE JOB: Myrtleford P-12 VCAL students (from left) Connor McAuliffe, Nick McIntyre-Ellis, Nathan Brown and Declan Mason with Gayle South from Myrtleford Landcare, Taylah Geddes, teacher Andrew Murray and Tyler Heywood with the Indian Myna Bird traps.

Feedback invited for youth strategy THE Alpine Shire’s first draft youth strategy is available now for community feedback.

Communities that Care Alpine (CTCA), a group that includes council, schools and Alpine Health, has developed the strategy which is open for feedback until Tuesday, August 30.

The strategy sets the direction for the next three years, guiding CTCA and its partners’ efforts to cultivate resilience, wellbeing and opportunities for young people and their families.

Alpine Shire Mayor Sarah Nicholas said council wants to hear from local young people, their carers, and those who care about them.

“The strategy recognises that young people in Alpine Shire are unique and diverse individuals with a wide range of identities, needs and priorities,” she said.

“We want our local young people to tell us if the strategy is reflective of what matters to them.

“This is your strategy, it will drive actions to support you into the future - it’s essential that it meets your needs.”

Learn more, read the strategy and have your say at www. alpineshire.vic.gov.au/community/have-your-say/draft-alpineshire-youth-strategy-2022-2024.

Mount Beauty students enjoy scintillating science

By BRODIE EVERIST SOME 22 year 10-12 students at Mount Beauty Secondary College were treated to a science bonanza last Tuesday, with physics experts visiting as part of the National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip.

The team of scientist and science communicators presented on quantum technologies and dark

matter discovery, and used a series of hands-on experiments to teach the students.

Year 11 student Harry Derrick is studying chemistry and physics, and said the session was informative and the presenters were thorough.

“I enjoying learning about stuff we don’t know, and there’s so much we don’t know about,” he said.

While he had some understanding of the science behind the presentation, Harry said it helped broaden his understanding.

“It was definitely worth going,” he said.

Year 11 student Tristan Eriksson agreed the demonstrations were interesting and said the presenters were great communicators.

“They made it really easy to understand what

was happening” he said.

To coincide with National Science Week, the group of science experts is travelling from Brisbane to Perth, delivering engaging presentations, handson activities, and even pub quizzes as part of the National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip.

The group also presented at the Mount Beauty Library last Tuesday.

SUPER SCIENCE: (From left) presenter Jacinta May, Mount Beauty Secondary College teacher Chris Greenhalgh, and presenters Elisabeth Wagner, Riddhi Ghosh, Raghda Abdel Khaleq and Alexander Hahn.

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CHRISTINE MANFIELD

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Writers Festival in Mt Beauty LATE last year it was suggested to me by a publisher to hold a Writers Festival in Mt Beauty.

This came about because of the “What are you Reading” program we broadcast on Alpine FM Radio.

A small committee was formed and the wheels put in motion to apply for grants and sponsorships.

Now it is all happening - a two day Writers Festival will be held on October 14 and 15 this year.

Day one will be a free Kids Day. The line up will be authors for kids from kinder to year nine nine.

Among them will be award winning authors James Phelan, Amelia Mellor and Carly Nugent.

This will be held at the Mt Beauty Community Centre from 10am.

Day two on October 15 will be held at the West Peak Hotel func-

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tion room from 9am.

Guests that day are a variety of award winning best selling authors, celebrity chef, artist, actor and wine maker.

Crime/thriller authors James Phelan, Lee Christine and Chris Hammer will feature in the morning session.

After lunch the featured authors will be celebrity chef Christine Manfield, then a memoir from Peter Coleman and Matt Fowles on friendship and wine.

At 3pm artist Ross Watson will speak on his journey with art, that now sees his works selling for around the $100,000 mark among his collectors are Ian McKellen, Elton John, Stephen Fry and Justice Michael Kirby.

Prolific writer Roland Perry will talk about the memoir ‘Bradman vs Bodyline’.

Roland will be joined on stage by award winning actor Gary Sweet, who played Bradman in the series.

The Writers Festival is a a notfor-profit event, primarily to generate visitors to Mt Beauty.

The event has a cultural aspect, auspiced by the Upper Kiewa Valley Regional Arts group.

To see the details and book please go to the website www. mountbeautywritersfestival.com or for enquiries call myself as festival director on 0410 738 266.

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Bright Men’s Shed going up and up

By BRODIE EVERIST A RANGE of creative projects are underway at the Bright United Men’s Shed (BUMS), with many using the new upstairs extension completed this year.

Built by members and paid for by the club, the new mezzanine section extends across the shed and houses the club’s 3D printer and laser cutter.

Committee member Ron Ford is a particular whiz at the laser cutter, which the club obtained in 2020.

According to specifications downloaded from the internet, Mr Ford uses the laser cutter to make model parts out of medium-density fibreboard.

He then glues the parts together to make models, such as an x-wing starfighter from Star Wars.

Some members are involved in a project with the Wandiligong Primary School, making wind chimes as part of a study on sound.

Members have harvested long bamboo canes from nearby, cut pieces to different lengths and made the pieces into sets of wind chimes.

Mr Ford said Wandiligong Primary students were going to help them make more.

Club member Ed Rozitis has been exploring multiaxis wood turning, having

made an elaborate goblet and saucer, and a bird-like toothpick holder.

He was also on-hand when the men’s shed had a run of orders for rolling pins, and he showed one made of hardwood and red gum, with two decorative pieces of red gum inset diagonally in the pin.

Member Bill Connolly was keen to show a project he has been working on for the past two years - a model train reproduction of the Ovens Valley and Everton to Yackandandah railway lines.

Situated upstairs in the meeting room, Mr Connolly said he has to clean up the room when the committee have their monthly meetings.

“People brought us some train gear and said ‘what would you like to do with it?’” he said.

“I stuck my hand up, I said ‘I’ll have it’.”

Mr Connolly thanked the Alpine Shire Council and the Bright Community Bank for a combined $5000 donation to the project, which has been used to establish electrical points for the model railway.

What I would like, when it’s working, is for people to bring their grandkids up here,” Mr Connolly said.

“They can come with a gold coin donation and play trains with their grandkids.”

TRAIN EXTROARDINARE: Men’s shed member Bill Connolly (above) has spent two years creating a model reproduction of the Oven’s Valley and Everton to Yackandandah railway lines.

WOODWORK WONDERS: Ed Rozitis (left) with his multi-axis woodturning projects.

PHOTOS: Brodie Everist CHIME TIME: Men’s Shed members David Webb (left) and Ron Ford have been making wind chimes for a Wandiligong Primary School project.

SPACE MODEL: Ron Ford with the x-wing starfighter model he is creating from pieces made with the men’s shed’s laser cutter.

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

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FTER World War II, the expanding needs of agriculture along the Ovens and Buffalo river flats and demands for a reliable water supply for industry and domestic use in Wangaratta led to a call to examine storage possibilities in the Ovens and King catchment in the 1950s.

In 1962 a Public Works Committee of the Victorian Parliament reported that the catchment’s best site for a storage was the Buffalo River.

The State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC) had previously examined possible sites and had listed 12 for examination in the Ovens and King catchment.

Sites ranged from Fifteen Mile Creek to the Buckland River, from Happy Valley Creek to the Buffalo River.

Of the four sites on the Buffalo River, stretching from Abbeyards downstream to McGuffie’s Bridge, the site at the confluence of the river with the Yarrabulla Creek was finally chosen as the best site for a storage.

This site would also capture inflows from the Catherine, Rose and Dandongadale rivers upstream of the storage site.

The decision resulted in the displacement of eight farming families and 200 people from 350 hectares of arable land in Buffalo River South, where 150 hectares for grazing and 200 for tobacco had been utilised.

Opposition from farmers and a suggestion on an alternative Abbeyards site was presented by a deputation of the Buffalo River Ratepayer’s Association to the Public Works Committee on July 4, 1962, but to no avail.

On August 14, 1962 the ‘Myrtleford Times’ optimistically announced “WORK ON DAM TO START AFTER XMAS—Experts favour Yarrabulla, providing storage at cheaper cost than at Abbeyards”.

Compulsory acquisition of land followed; from September 1963 options for land owners to sell their whole property immediately or continue occupancy until required for storage works were offered.

The perceived need to secure additional water supply as soon

BUFFALO LAKE DAM CONSTRUCTION, 1964: A busy construction scene, involving machinery and workers carrying out major earthworks and a diversion of the Buffalo River.

LAKE BUFFALO DAM WALL, 1965: Spillway works and road construction underway prior to filling the storage.

LAKE BUFFALO SITE, 1963: Looking to the north, the Buffalo River storage site is in the far distance.

Inundation will cover the river flats and properties in the foreground.

LAKE BUFFALO, PLUGGING THE DAM WALL, 1965: The diversion tunnel is plugged and Lake Buffalo Dam begins to fill.

LAKE BUFFALO VIEW, 1966; A ‘Nu-Color-Vue’ postcard available in the 1960s depicting a full Lake Buffalo and the promise on the signboard of a ‘Stage Two’ in the future.

as possible created a “two-stage approach” by the SRWSC; a smaller ‘Stage One’ dam wall was to be built initially, with a planned ‘Stage Two’ being built from 1970.

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onstruction of stage one began on May 24, 1964, the dam site located on Mr K White’s property in a narrow river section, with rock outcrops overlooking the area.

A ‘Commencement of Construction Ceremony’ was conducted by the SRWSC on May 28; the Victorian Premier, Henry Bolte, MLA, set off an explosive charge at 3.30pm and announced: “This first stage is part of the government’s 10-year plan for country water conservation”.

Myrtleford Shire president,

Cr Jack Browne, predicted a wages boom during construction involving 150 employees, a boost to tourism and motel accommodation and more security for irrigators.

“It could be a second Lake Eucembene,” he said.

Works involving removal of vegetation and the recently constructed Fletcher’s Bridge; inundation of other pioneer bridges, farm buildings and old school sites; and excavation, grading and quarrying of the landscape had commenced.

The ‘Border Morning Mail’ on June 5 reported: “the site of the new Buffalo River Dam is a messy mixture of mud, gravel, stark galvanised iron and red earth torn from paddocks where dried stems

remain as a legacy from the last tobacco crop”.

The ‘Myrtleford Times’ reported the site was “a hive of activity and a great source of interest for visitors and locals alike”.

Road and bridgeworks were hastened by the shire and the Progress Association began discussing the need for another storage at the headwaters of Buffalo Creek.

One year and four days after construction begun, on June 1, 1965, the SRWSC dropped a 10 tonne concrete plug into the dam wall, closing a diversion tunnel and commencing the filling of Lake Buffalo.

A 31-metre high earth and rock fill embankment, 600 metres long, dominated the scene.

n Friday, November 19, 1965 the Victorian Premier returned to perform the official opening ceremony of ‘Lake Buffalo Dam, First Stage’, activating an electrically operated spillway gate to send water cascading downstream.

The November 23 issue of the ‘Times’ recorded the desire of the SRWSC to “meet again in nine or 10 years time to see the finished Buffalo River High Dam” and the Premier’s statement that “In five years from now the second stage of this dam will be commenced and will be finished within ten years—that’s for sure”.

Since then, as a permanent feature of the Ovens Basin, Lake Buffalo ‘Stage One’, with a capacity to capture six per cent of the average annual flow of the river and store up to 23,500 megalitres, has become a refuge for aquatic and bird life, a venue for recreation and a source of secure water supply in most years for downstream users.

Knowledge of the impact of well known extreme weather events, whether serious drought (such as in 1919, 1944, 1968, 1982-83 and 2003) or extensive flooding (such as 1956, 1974, 1981, 1993 and 2008), have brought to the fore discussions on the need to implement the old 1970 ‘Stage One’ plan to secure greater storage capacity and regulate the flow of water in the Catchment.

As far back as 1970, at a meeting of the League for Balanced Development in Wangaratta, Myrtleford councillor Clarrie Rootsey asked the SRWSC about when “Stage 2” of the Buffalo High Dam would be completed.

He was informed of “cold, economic facts. Buffalo will give less water for four times the cost, so Dartmouth must come first.

Buffalo must await priority.”

Dartmouth, its construction completed in 1979 at the confluence of the Dart and Mitta Mitta rivers, now stores up to 3,850,000 megalitres.

Nearby Lake William Hovell, constructed on the King River in 1973, stores 13,690 megalitres.

Today, almost 50 years after ‘Stage Two’ was due to commence, commentary is still heard on the merits or otherwise of the extra capacity offered by ‘Big Buffalo’ and the impact the storage has had on the way of life of Buffalo Valley people and beyond.

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ALPINE RESORT NEWS

New centralised board to take over governance of all resorts

By JEFF ZEUSCHNER THE most significant restructure of Victoria’s alpine resorts in decades is forging ahead, with the announcement of the new centralised board set to takeover governance from the current boards at each of the alpine resorts under the new entity, Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV).

Minister for Environment and Climate Action, Lily D’Ambrosio, said the new board will commence from October 1 and provide “strategic leadership to deliver tourism growth and to manage the impacts of climate change” for the state’s $1.1 billion alpine sector.

Alpine Resorts Victoria’s board will manage all six alpine resorts at Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Mount Baw Baw, Mount Buller, Mount Stirling and Lake Mountain, replacing four alpine resort management boards and the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council.

The board’s composition has been welcomed by some and questioned by others who are concerned

INVESTMENT into mountain resorts, and clear lines of consultation with on-mountain stakeholder advisory bodies need to be among key priorities for the new Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV) and its board, according to Falls Creek and Mt Hotham chamber of commerce presidents.

Lisa Logan (Falls) and Steve Belli (Mt Hotham) were “surprised” by the composition of the ARV board.

Ms Logan said stakeholders had sought a new structure where they could have greater input into resort governance, but there are concerns of a higher level of bureaucracy and she said it remained paramount that mountain stakeholders - such as ratepayers, sporting/recreational/skier bodies, businesses, chambers and lift companies - had a meaningful voice on each resorts’ advisory committee. industry stakeholders should have had a wider representation.

Three of the new eight member board have previously served on existing alpine boards.

These include new board deputy chair Helen Moran who is a member of three alpine resort management boards and has extensive experience in the Victorian alpine industry and tourism - and Julia Hunter and Michael Monester.

“It’s important to recognise alpine resorts have a unique structure...it’s not just an industry sector but you have mountain communities,” she said.

Mr Belli said it was good to see Traditional Owners represented on the board’s mix of “old and new”.

“There will be consultative bodies on each mountain which will feed into their alpine resort manager and have a direct line with the new board CEO and minister ...it may be six months before these bodies are finalised, but hopefully sooner,” he said The state budget allowed $5-$6 million to bankroll the formation of FRV and operations over the next five years, and Mr Belli said he believed further funding will be worked out with the new board and CEO. He said one of the key things FRV has to address is the current uncertainty over bushfire insurance

The eight member board will be chaired by Ali Wastie who is currently chief executive officer of Bass Coast Shire Council and is also a board member of South Gippsland Hospital, Destination Phillip Island, Destination Gippsland and Bass Coast Country University.

New board members include Natalie Ajay who is currently director, communications and engagement at GOTAFE and is a

for mountain properties, with many insurers no longer dealing with mountain buildings, seeing exorbitant premiums and some properties simply unable to be insured.

“It’s vital if we want to grow the industry,” he said.

“You can’t borrow money if don’t have insurance...everyone is acutely aware of it.”

Ms Logan said future state investment into the resorts must be a significant consideration.

“We’ve see the dramatic rise in visitation and there will be additional strains on resources and going forward there needs to be a major allowance on infrastructure, such as water/sewerage, roads, car parking,” she said.

“Around 80 per cent of current investment is from the private sector...you don’t want to put that in danger.”`

non-executive director of Murray Regional Tourism Board and a member of IndiGrow.

Daniel Miller is a Yuin man, a First Nations group from the south coast of NSW who is currently chief executive officer of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation.

Kaley Nicholson is a Taungurung woman and co-founder and director of Yilam Pty Ltd, a com-

pany that offers on Country experiences, and chair of the Taungurung Land and Waters Council.

Nadia Jaworski is a partner on infrastructure matters at PwC, and Peter Anderson is currently the chief executive officer of the Victorian Transport Association and the Victorian Waste Management Association.

The position for the new CEO is yet to be announced.

Cross country concerns Falls Creek considers clearing Bogong High Plains Road in winter, creating all-season car park

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By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE

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proposal to change use of a section of the Bogong High Plains Road that is currently the base of Falls Creek’s cross country trail network has sparked a call to arms within the skiing fraternity.

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

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

The Falls Creek Alpine Resort Management Board (FCARMB) developed a masterplan in 2016 as part of its strategic planning initiatives which included a focus area for the development of the Rocky Valley Lake foreshore.

After the 2019/2020 bushfires and the resort’s economy being severely impacted by the loss of summer visitation, numerous grant funding opportunities were pursued to assist the local economy recover.

With support from the Falls Creek community and the recovery committee, funding was successfully sought from Bushfire Recovery Victoria for the Lakeside Trail Head and Foreshore Redevelopment Project.

A key part of this facility development is the refurbishment of the current ANARE shed at the lake.

The project is in the com-

SKIER OR VEHICLE TRAFFIC? This section of the Bogong High Plains Road could be cleared of snow throughout winter. munity consultation phase, with preliminary planning and design undertaken, and further detailed design to be implemented following community feedback.

In June this year the first two Falls Creek Stakeholder Consultation Groups were held and last month the third was held, with a stakeholder survey to be distributed in coming weeks.

The FCARMB said it has not made a decision with respect to clearing snow from the road and will not be doing so in its remaining term.

It said community feedback is being sought on a range of opportunities for activation of the lakeside precinct, including working with clubs and user groups on the widening of other cross country access options and new trail development to compensate if future changes are made to the current trail network.

It said feedback will

inform future strategic planning around the lakeside and its activation.

In addition, the FCARMB will be recommending to the incoming ARV Board that a strategic review of cross country skiing be undertaken as a priority project.

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irkebeiner Nordic Ski Club president Ewen Silvester last month sent a position paper on behalf of the club, to provide feedback and express concern over the proposed development.

Mr Silvester said BNSC which is Australia’s largest cross country ski club and organises events, including Australia’s most prestigious cross country ski race, the Kangaroo Hoppet - is not supportive of the proposed winter activation of the Lakeside precinct.

“In its current form the proposed development will adversely impact on the

cross country trail network and significantly affect the utility of the BNSC day lodge,” he said.

“There appear to be very few benefits to cross country, and very little scope to compensate for the negative impacts on the trail network.

“The view of the club is that the current proposal, and in particular the proposed clearing of the Bogong High Plains (BHP) Road in winter, will not lead to a good outcome for cross country skiing at Falls Creek.”

Mr Silvester listed several major impacts of the project in the report.

“The section of BHP road from Windy Corner to the proposed new Lakeside development is 1.6km long and is the main artery of the cross country trail network,” he said.

“This will impact the broader trail system and will create a loss of home trail and a protected and easy ac-

cess spot for beginners.

“Access to cross country ski trails from the Windy Corner would also be lost.

“YMCA cross country ski hire, ski school and retail would remain at Windy Corner and there are genuine concerns the ski school will no longer be viable.

“From our perspective, the plans for winter activation of Lakeside - ANARE are poorly formed and were developed without any real consideration of the impacts on cross country skiing; rather, BNSC was asked by FCRM to provide feedback on how cross country skiing can work around the proposed winter usage and road clearing.

“As a starting point we believe that a (well-funded) strategic plan for cross country skiing is urgently required (akin to that developed for MTB) and should be embarked upon without delay.”

alls Creek Alpine Resort chief executive officer Stuart Smythe said the consultation phase currently underway has the aim of allowing all stakeholders to provide feedback.

“Local community business stakeholders, represented on the Falls Creek Bushfire Recovery Committee, slated this as the number one economic recovery project they’d like to see progressed,” he said.

“Hence why local community and businesses sought the funding to redevelop the shed and approve the amenity.

“The development will provide for shelter, public toilets accessible to all and will function as the trail head for the iconic Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing, hopefully launching in 2024.

“This major project has been in the works for years and is now starting to progress with new trail design and development.

“We’ve had a steering committee on the project since funding was received to discuss with major stakeholders and we’re now going out to the local community and smaller groups of users.

“That consultation will continue through the whole design and feedback phase.”

Improvements included as part of the precinct development, though funded separately, are the installation of a pontoon and jetty together with a boat ramp and upgraded visitor facilities.

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

• For more information on the project go to https://corporate.fallscreek.com.au/lakesidedevelopment-project-planning/.

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Bright golfers maintain form

IN ACTION: USA team member Julia Kern has been training at Falls Creek and will compete in the Kangaroo Hoppet this weekend.

BATTLE OF THE AUSSIES: Triple Olympian Phil Bellingham and first time Olympian Seve de Campo, pictured at the Beijing Winter Olympics, will be competing in this Saturday’s Kangaroo Hoppet.

30th milestone for Kangaroo Hoppet set to be a cracker STRONG fields and perfect conditions look set to make this Saturday’s 30th Kangaroo Hoppet at Falls Creek one to remember.

The 42 km ski marathon is the southern hemisphere’s largest annual international snowsports event, organised by the Mt Beauty’s Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club.

Kangaroo Hoppet chairperson Allan Marsland said on Sunday that entries across all three events - Hoppet, 21km Australian Birkebeiner and 7km Joey Hoppet - had reached 800, with more expected prior to entries closing on Friday.

“We’re really happy with that number, which includes 94 foreigners from 21 other countries,” Marsland said.

“There are a significant number of first time entrants from within Australia too.”

As of Sunday, August 21, there were 292 Hoppet entries (25 per cent women); 225 for the 21km Australian Birkebeiner (45 per cent women); and 138 adults (84 females) and 89 juniors (54 male/35 male) for the 7km Joey Hoppet.

“Race wise, conditions should be great, with snow expected in the five days leading up to the day before the race, with clear days and no precipitation forecast,” Mr Marsland said.

“Along with the usual collection of local Australian recreational skiers, state and national elite athletes and ski marathon tragics from around the world, we have a few special guests who will be making an appearance.

“Leading the list is Jessie Diggins, 2022 American Skier of the Year, gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics, silver and

bronze medals at the recent 2022 Winter Olympics, and in 2021 the number one ranked skier in the FIS Cross Country World Cup. “And then we have Julia Kern who podiumed in the 2019 sprint World Cup in Slovenia, and fellow USA athletes Katie Feldman, Jake Aldicoff and Peter Wolter.

“Phil Bellingham (Sochi, PyongeChang, Beijing), Casey Wright (PyeongChang, Beijing), Lars Young Vik (Beijing) and Seve de Campo (Beijing) are our current Australian Winter Olympians who have entered this year’s Hoppet.

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THE Myrtleford Savoys men’s side will be looking to take the positives out of their loss to league champions Albury United 2-0 on Sunday at Savoy Park as they head into the finals.

The Savoys took it up to the top of the table side for almost the entirety of the contest, with the exclusion of a five minute period before halftime where United capitalised off a deflected penalty and scored again shortly after to prove the difference in the match.

Coach Rob Caponecchia said although the team had an eye on their finals match up with Boomers this week, they didn’t want to make it easy for United and he was impressed with the team’s link up play and intensity throughout the match.

“I felt that our boys played really well,” he said.

“It was really disappointing that those two goals were conceded because we felt the tempo of the game was going into our favour and the goals came against the grain and I must admit we played great in that second half.

“There was just those couple of minutes in the first half where they scored and unlevelled us, but I thought the game as a whole, a draw would have been a more justified result.”

The result sealed United as the league champions for the 2022/23 Division 1 men’s season, finishing on top by just one point over Cobram.

STRIDING: Will Osborn competing for the ball.

TAKING IT ON: Brayden Gasperotti taking on Albury United defenders.

Whereas the Savoys have known their finals fate for sometime and will be facing off against the Boomers in a do or die clash.

Caponecchia said the Savoys will take a lot of confidence from their performance against a high quality opposition on Sunday.

“What we got out of it was that we can match it with these teams, and it’s just a matter of a bit of belief and taking our chances when they do come,” he said.

“It’s going to an even tussle, Boomers are a good outfit no

GET UP: Lewis Holloway goes airborne over two Albury United defenders.

doubt about it and it should be an even matchup I feel.”

In their previous meetings this season the Boomers defeated the Savoys 4-0 early in the year and played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in their most recent encounter.

Caponecchia said he feels his team is fully prepared for what the Boomers have to offer and would like to see his team go deep into finals.

“We’ll explain how we want to play them on Thursday night,” he said.

“If we can shut down a couple of their key players, I feel like we can exploit them in certain areas and that’s what we’ll be trying to look at on Sunday.

“If we can play them on a good surface, it should be a pretty good spectacle from both sides.”

Meanwhile the Savoy women’s side had a win by forfeit over Melrose and did not play their last game of the regular season.

The Savoys finish the season in last, one point behind Wangaratta and will play Albury Hotspurs in their elimination final.

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Mountain biking star heads to France

By BRODIE EVERIST BRIGHT year 11 student Cohen Jessen has been selected for the Australian team to compete at the week-long Mountain Bike World Championships which kicked off at Les Gets in France yesterday.

Cohen will be competing in Olympic Cross Country (XCO) in the junior men (U19) division.

According to his father Phil Jessen, the Australian team is staying in Morzine in the French Alps for 10

days, around 6kms from the race venue.

Mr Jessen said due to being a young rider Cohen will be starting well down the grid, but he hopes to have a strong ride and work his way through traffic.

At 16 years old, he will be the youngest rider in the race - his birthday is on December 31, meaning he only qualified by one day.

Cohen’s biking coach Todd Cuthbert said the track is between 5-7kms long and the cyclists will race for between five and

seven laps, depending on its length.

“The course will be made up of two main climbs with technical descents and technical features within that to stretch out the field and test riders’ abilities,” he said.

According to Mr Cuthbert, Cohen trains six days a week, with two sessions a week off the bike.

He rides around Bright, Mystic Park and Tawonga, doing both road and mountain biking and also trains at home when the weather

is unsuitable for cycling.

“He’s an exceptionally dedicated young man, very naturally gifted and humble,” he said.

“He’s a quiet achiever.”

According to Cohen’s parents, there will be around 150 riders in the race from all over the world, and they are expecting around 250,000 spectators on course through the week.

Cohen’s older brother, Cooper Jessen, was part of the last Australian team to SUPERSTAR: Bright year 11 student Cohen Jessen has been travel overseas to Canada selected for the Australian team to compete at the Mountain Bike World Championships in France. in 2019.

MATCH REVIEW

FINALS

Alpine juniors still in finals TWO junior football teams from the Alpine regions are still in the hunt for a grand final ticket, with Bright’s under 12 side and the Myrtleford under 17s still standing.

The Bright juniors pulled off a commanding win in their semi-final, with a 6.6 (42) to 4.1 (25) win over Junior Magpies, with Alex Tanaskovic booting three goals.

Bright led for the majority of the match, accelerating from a onepoint margin at half-time to blow their opponent away.

They face College this Saturday at 8.50am in a preliminary final at WJ Findlay Oval, with the winner to play Kangaroos in the grand final.

The Myrtleford under 17s had a tougher show of it, defeated in their qualifying final by Mansfield 6.12 (48) to 9.10 (64).

Thanks to their top-ofthe-table finish, the junior Saints have a second bite at the apple, and must defeat Centrals at 12.30pm on Saturday to book a rematch against Mansfield for the flag.

WATCH THE BALL: Thomas Morgan keeps his eye on the ball.

CRUNCHED: Myrtleford players watch on as Jude Browne is hit with a tackle after trying to barge through his opponent.

ON THE RUN: Harry Stripeikis leaves his opponents in the dust.

DYNAMIC MIDFIELD: Jack Hazeldine bursts from the pack to deliver the ball to his forwards.

SET SHOT: Myrtleford under 17 player Charlie Piazza lines up the shot in his match against Mansfield. PHOTOS: Janet Watt

UNDER 17 SCOREBOARD QUALIFYING FINAL 2 Myrtleford Mansfield

1.2 3.3

2.6 4.6

2.9 9.9

TWO ON ONE: Jude Browne contends with two Mansfield players to possess the ball.

UNDER 14 SCOREBOARD 6.12.48 9.10.64

SEMI FINAL Centrals Benalla Giants

2.7 3.0

4.9 5.0

4.9 9.2

UNDER 12 SCOREBOARD 6.13.49 12.3.75

SEMI 1 Kangaroos College

0.0 1.1

1.1 1.1

2.6 1.1

3.8.26 1.1.7

BEST: MYRTLEFORD: Jude Browne, Jake Skahill, Marcello Vescio, Noah McMonagle, Tyler Heywood, Thomas Morgan. MANSFIELD: Hunter Reee, Oscar Clelland, Ashton Dean, Daniel Bruno, Benjamin Elliott, Private player.

GOALS: MYRTLEFORD: Jetson Walton 2; Jack Hazeldine 1; Fearghus Jones 1; Thomas Morgan 1; Harry Stripeikis 1. MANSFIELD: Oscar Clelland 3; Riley Hall 1; Jack Marks 1; Riley Northcott 1; Harry Purcell 1; Benjamin Reardon 1; Jack Stoney 1.

BEST: CENTRALS: Angus Jayet, Kade Hadley, Kaiden Wohlers, Seth Johnson, Jack Lewis, Dean Balfour. BENALLA GIANTS: Owain Boyle, Xavier Wapling, Josh Hart, Logan Hyland, Noah Hogan, Max Smyth.

GOALS: CENTRALS: Cooper Boman 1; Cohen Hazell 1; Angus Jayet 1; Henry McDonald 1; Reid McNamara 1. Owain Boyle 5; Max Smyth 3; Josh Hart 2; Cooper Binion 1; Noah Hogan 1.

BEST: KANGAROOS: Henry Ackerly, Mitchell Murphy, Urban Holt, Archie Symons, Kieran White, Mason Skermer. COLLEGE: Charlie OBrien, Cooper Bowman, Luke OBrien, Joshua Duffy, Zeke Peebles, Baiden Hallinan. GOALS: KANGAROOS: Archie Symons 2; Isaac Chilcott 1. COLLEGE: Luke OBrien 1.

SEMI FINAL Junior Magpies Centrals

QUALIFYING FINAL 2 Imperials Mansfield

SEMI 1 Bright Junior Magpies

2.1 1.3

3.3 2.6

6.4 6.8

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6.1 3.2

8.2 10.2 5.4 6.9

10.2.62 8.12.60

2.0 1.0

3.1 3.0

5.3 4.0

6.6.42 4.1.25

BEST: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Samuel Phillips, Aubyn Newton, Kaeden Burrows, Lukas Allan, Riley Burrows, Will Phillips. CENTRALS: Brodie Hamill, Private player, Charlie Kerwin, Samuel Rourke, Harrison White, Charlie Hernandez. GOALS: JUNIOR MAGPIES: Aubyn Newton 4; Will Phillips 2; Samuel Comensoli 1; Jack James 1; Samuel Phillips 1.

CENTRALS: Caleb Gilbert 2; Hunter Barry 1; Brodie Hamill 1; Charlie Hernandez 1; Cody Johnson 1; Matthew Prestianni 1; Samuel Rourke 1.

BEST: IMPERIALS: James Long, Charlie Flynn, Nicholas Kjar, Jed Marek, Kai McPhan, Charlie Maher. MANSFIELD: James Benton, Edwin Morphett, Cruz Purday, Noah Pigdon, Jaxon McCormack, Charlie Dobson. GOALS: IMPERIALS: Will Prebble 4; Max Marek 2; Archer Direen 1; Charlie Flynn 1; Lucas Ingleton 1; Nicholas Kjar 1. MANSFIELD: Charlie Dobson 2; James Benton 1; Astin Browning 1; Christopher Caminos 1; Hayden Desmond 1; Edwin Morphett 1; Liam Smith 1.

BEST: BRIGHT: Noah White, Harry West, Alex Tanaskovic, Gabriel Banks, Cash Garratt, Oscar Herschell. JUNIOR MAGPIES: Maxwell James, Harry Allan, Will James, Joel McNeill, Kalti Ross, Baxter McLeod.

GOALS: BRIGHT: Alex Tanaskovic 3; John Oswin 1; Harry West 1; Noah White 1. JUNIOR MAGPIES: Sam McIntosh 3; Will James 1.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 - WJ FINDLAY OVAL, WANGARATTA PRELIMINARY FINAL - 12:30pm Myrtleford vs Centrals

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 - WJ FINDLAY OVAL, WANGARATTA PRELIMINARY FINAL - 10:30am Mansfield vs Benalla

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 - WJ FINDLAY OVAL, WANGARATTA PRELIMINARY FINAL - 8:50am College vs Bright

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ROUND

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WINNERS AND LOSERS

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 WODONGA RAIDERS V LAVINGTON WANGARATTA V YARRAWONGA ALBURY V WANGARATTA ROVERS NORTH ALBURY V WODONGA COROWA-RUTHERGLEN V MYRTLEFORD

A GRADE: Wangaratta Rovers 41 def by North Albury 49: BEST: WANG ROVERS: Briony Simpson 3, Jeynelle Mills 2, Gracie Reid 1. NORTH ALBURY: Nat Heagney 3, Kelsey Lieschke 2, Sophia Kohlhagen 1. GOALS: WANG ROVERS: Kelsie Wilson 17, Sarah Riches 12, Hidden Player 12. NORTH ALBURY: Nat Heagney 38, Sophia Kohlhagen 11. Lavington 39 def by Wangaratta 42: BEST: LAVINGTON: Emily Stewart 3, Sarah Meredith 2, Grace Hay 1. WANGARATTA: Georgia Clark 3, Kate Dean 2, Leah Jenvey 1. GOALS: LAVINGTON: Maddy Plunkett 25, Emily Stewart 14 . WANGARATTA: Georgia Clark 30, Amy Byrne 12.

Yarrawonga 52 def Albury 27; Myrtleford 43 def by Wodonga Raiders 48; Wodonga Bulldogs 20 def by Corowa-Rutherglen 61 B GRADE: Lavington 48 def Wangaratta 37; Myrtleford 52 def Wodonga Raiders 41; Wangaratta Rovers 40 def by North Albury 49; Wodonga 36 def by Corowa-Rutherglen 66; Yarrawonga 42 def by Albury 47. C GRADE: Lavington 44 def Wangaratta 26; Myrtleford 38 def

by Wodonga Raiders 46; Wangaratta Rovers 27 def by North Albury 32; Wodogna 26 def by Corowa-Rutherglen; Yarrawonga 37 def Albury 29 17 & UNDER: Yarrawonga 29 def by Albury 32; Lavington 27 def by Wangaratta 28; Myrtleford 33 def by Wodonga Raiders 56; Wangaratta Rovers 39 def by North Albury 45; Wodonga 52 def Corowa-Rutherglen 38.

THIRDS RESULTS

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Brody O’Connor. WANGARATTA: Braeden Marjanovic, Waitai Tua, Will O’Keefe, Charlie Ross, Hugh Canning, Max Bihun. GOALS: LAVINGTON: Conor Willis 1.

WANGARATTA: Max Bihun 4; Will O’Keefe 3; Jayden Adamo 1; Hunter Graham 1; Ethan Guy 1; Will Johnson 1; Harry McMonigle 1.

Wangaratta Rovers 22.22.154 def North Albury 1.0.6 BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Sam Nolan, Kyle McQuade, Judd Schubert, Zak

Sartore, Wallace Gemmill, Charlie Philpotts. NORTH ALBURY: Miles Hemann-Petersen, Cooper Summers, Jackson Carey, Jacob Csorba, Alexander Tremonti.

GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Judd Schubert 7; Kyle McQuade 4; Sam Nolan 4; Wallace Gemmill 2; Ned Turner 2; Luke Arcuri 1; William Ashton 1; Rufus Niedra 1.

NORTH ALBURY: Jack Maher 1.

Yarrawonga 7.5.47 def by Albury 12.11.83; Wodonga 0.2.2 def by Corowa Rutherglen 11.14.80; Myrtleford 3.4.22 def by Wodonga Raiders 8.4.52.

6.11 8.17.65 15.8 16.10.106

GOALS: LAVINGTON: Aidan Cook 3; Myles Aalbers 2; Jack Driscoll 1; William Glanvill 1; Sam Hopper 1. WANGARATTA: Mark Anderson 2; Callum Moore 2; Michael Newton 2; Ben Reid 2; Jessie Smith 2; Abraham Ankers 1; Jackson Clarke 1; Fraser Ellis 1; Mathew Grossman 1; Joe Richards 1; Harrison Smart 1. BEST: LAVINGTON: William Glanvill, Clayton Marsh, Jake O’Brien, Aidan Cook, Christopher Annett, Drew Beavan. WANGARATTA: Joe Richards, Daniel Sharrock, Michael Bordignon, Chris Knowles, Mark Anderson, Jamie Anderson.

YARRAWONGA ALBURY

2.6 2.7 2.1 5.6

7.9 12.12.84 7.9 11.10.76

GOALS: YARRAWONGA: Nicholas Fothergill 3; Leigh Williams 3; Bailey Frauenfelder 2; Jess Koopman 1; Tim Lawrence 1; Jackson Meade 1; Mark Whiley 1. ALBURY: Jacob Conlan 5; Jeff Garlett 3; Riley Bice 2; Isaac McGrath 1. BEST: YARRAWONGA: Nicholas Fothergill, Lach Howe, Jack Sexton, Leigh Masters, Mark Whiley, Matthew Holgate. ALBURY: Riley Bice, Lachlan Taylor-Nugent, Lucas Conlan, Jacob Conlan, Isaac McGrath, Ben Kelly.

WANG ROVERS NORTH ALBURY

1.9 4.14 17.17 20.22.142 1.1 2.4 2.4 7.8.50

GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Alexander Marklew 4; Samuel Murray 4; Dylan Wilson 3; Raven Jolliffe 2; Dylan Stone 2; Shane Gaston 1; Jack Gerrish 1; Elijah Amery 1; Alex Dowsley 1; Cameron Ramsay 1. NORTH ALBURY: Luke Boothey 1; Flynn Gardiner 1; Izak Gejas 1; Julian Hayes 1; Will Maclean 1; Callum Pattinson 1; Clay Thomas 1. BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Jack Gerrish, Dylan Stone, Brodie Filo, Dylan Wilson, Lukas Webb, Alexander Marklew. NORTH ALBURY: Sam Azzi, Riley Smith, Callum Pattinson, Connor Bradbury, Tom Sharp, Fletcher Ramage.

WODONGA COROWA-R’GLEN

3.2 7.4 1.2 3.5

9.6 12.10.82 6.6 8.9.57

GOALS: WODONGA: Ethan Redcliffe 6; Oscar Willding 2; Kade Brown 1; Jett Cassidy 1; Jordan Taylor 1; Rhys Venturoni 1. COROWA RUTHERGLEN: Cameron Barrett 3; Charlie Nastasi 3; Daniel Saunders 1; Matthew Wilson 1. BEST: WODONGA: Charlie Morrison, Michael Driscoll, Ethan Redcliffe, Joshua Mathey, Angus Baker, Jordan Taylor. COROWA RUTHERGLEN: Cameron Barrett, Cameron Wilson, Charlie Nastasi, Joe Hansen, Justin Lewis, Callum Spencer.

MYRTLEFORD WODONGA RAIDERS

Lavington 1.5.11 def by Wangaratta 12.6.78 BEST: LAVINGTON: Samuel Male, Conor Willis, Will Liersch, Ethan DePaoli, Corby Robertson,

RESERVES RESULTS

2.3 5.6 0.1 0.3

9.8 1.3

11.9.75 2.4.16

GOALS: MYRTLEFORD: Nicholas Warnock 4; Brody Ricardi 3; Degan Dolny 3; Josh Muraca 1. WODONGA RAIDERS: Nathan Clarke 1; Jake Twycross 1.BEST: MYRTLEFORD: Callum Crisp, Riley O’Shea, Nicholas Warnock, Murray Waite, Degan Dolny, Elijah Wales. WODONGA RAIDERS: Jake Twycross, Max Beattie, Cooper Daly, Charlie St John, Connor Taylor, Joshua Cheek.

Lavington .................... 6.6.42 Wangaratta ...............11.10.76 BEST: LAVINGTON: Nicholas Barr, Conor Willis, Alex McMaster, Judd Mcleod, James Oeser, Neil Smith. WANGARATTA: Fraser Holland-Dean, Zackery Leitch, Thomas Gorman, Luke Shepherd, Alex Johnstone, Nathan Sampson.

GOALS: LAVINGTON: Darcy Smith 2; Kade Garland 1; Judd Mcleod 1; Charlie Sanson 1; Nicholas Sheridan 1.

WANGARATTA: Fraser HollandDean 5; Thomas Gorman 2; Jesse Bianco 1; Kent Braden 1; Brennan Jenvey 1; Josh Nanson 1.

Wangaratta Rovers ..18.12.120 North Albury ................ 2.4.16 BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Regan Gorman, Xavier Naish, Sam Allen, Archie Thomson, Lukas Jakobsson, Noah Amery.

NORTH ALBURY: Jackson Carey, Joshua Mercieca, Cooper Summers, Riley Wise, Carl Wenke, Clinton Gilson. GOALS: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Sam Allen 4; Xavier Naish 3; Tyson Hartwig 3; Regan Gorman 2; Sean O’Keeffe 2; Joe Allen 1; Lukas Jakobsson 1; Josh O’Donohue 1; Archie Thomson 1.

NORTH ALBURY: Clinton Gilson 1; Murray Leahy 1.

Yarrawonga 8.13.61 def by Albury 10.6.66 Wodonga 17.14.116 def Corowa Rutherglen 4.1.25 Myrtleford win by forfeit Wodonga Raiders LADDER Wang Rovers .........352.43 Yarrawonga...........342.03 Albury...................216.13 Wodonga ..............183.08 Wangaratta ...........153.67 Myrtleford ................. 128.60 Corowa R’glen............. 39.41 Lavington .................... 80.02 Wodonga Raiders ....... 18.50 North Albury ............... 13.55

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WINNERS AND LOSERS Whorouly bow out of netball finals FINALS

By NATHAN DE VRIES

WHOROULY’s A grade netballers were unable to progress past the first round of finals, downed 42-50 by Goorambat on Sunday at North Wangaratta.

The Lions trailed at every break, unable to overcome a strong and experienced Bats squad - Whorouly came within two goals of their foes on multiple occasions but just couldn’t hit the front.

Down by five goals at three-quarter time and with

potentially their last quarter of netball for the year in front of them, Whorouly cocoach Ebony Allen said the message to the squad was simple.

“Just go out there and have some fun, we had nothing to lose,” she said.

“Make sure at the end of the game that everyone had given it 100 per cent and had just enjoyed being out there with each other, which we did.

“Obviously it was disappointing we couldn’t get the win, but myself and Jane-

NETBALL SCORES SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 A GRADE: Benalla All Blacks 35 def by Tarrawingee 40 B GRADE: Goorambat 30 def by Benalla All Blacks 39 B RESERVE: Tarrawingee 28 def by Bright 31 C GRADE: Tarrawingee 26 def Greta 23 U15s: North Wangaratta 18 def Benalla All Blacks 16

Maree (co coach Jane-Maree Fitzpatrick) were very proud of the girls and how hard they worked the entire game.

“Even to get to finals we were really proud of.

“We’re quite a young side, so we haven’t had all that many years of experience playing together with finals, whereas Goorambat do have that bit more experience within their side.

“I think that’s something which definitely helped them as well.

“Hopefully we can come

FINALS Saturday, August 27 QUALIFYING FINAL

BENALLA vs BRIGHT Sunday, August 28 SEMI FINAL

A GRADE: Goorambat 50 def Whorouly 42

BONNIE DOON vs GRETA

B GRADE: Bright 43 def North Wang 41

PRELIMINARY FINAL

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21

B RESERVE: Whorouly 40 def by Milawa 45

SEPTEMBER 3

C GRADE: Moyhu 29 def North Wangaratta 25

GRAND FINAL

U15s: Greta 24 def Tarrawingee 22

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back bigger and stronger next year.”

While the result may not have gone their way, several players performed exceptionally well.

“Sally Wood had another outstanding game for us, she was really consistent in that goalkeeper position - she just got her hands to balls and lots of rebounds, so that was great,” Allen said.

“Katie Ivone like always was really strong in the ring, getting all those goals in and getting her own rebounds from the one she missed.

“Tayla Allen played well also, and Grace Way was strong in the wing defence position putting a lot of pressure on their wing attack which was definitely needed.”

The Lions are sure to be finals contenders again next year, with Allen learning a lot from her first year at the helm of an A grade team.

“It was my first year of A grade coaching - I’d coached B grade last year - so it was really fun, I really enjoyed it,” she said.

“We had a really great

ELIMINATION FINAL 1 BONNIE DOON GOORAMBAT

3.1 5.1 1.4 4.4

8.1 7.6

10.2.62 7.9.51

GOALS: BONNIE DOON: James Law 4; Al Bennett 2; Ben Hedin 2; Joel Sanford 1; Beau Smith 1. GOORAMBAT: Jamie Dunne 2; Charlie Campbell 1; Ethan Cooke 1; Toby Feehan 1; Matthew Priest 1; Thomas Ryan 1. BEST: BONNIE DOON: Patrick Smith, Trent Smith, Sean Campitelli, Campbell Smedley, Joel Sanford, Beau Smith. GOORAMBAT: Campbell McCoy, Samuel Gladstone, Jamie Dunne, Ethan Cooke, Perry Knox, Private player.

ELIMINATION FINAL 2 GRETA MILAWA

1.1 6.2 3.2 3.4

11.4 14.7.91 7.8 11.10.76

GOALS: GRETA: Brenton Newbold 3; Daniel Cassidy 2; Matt Naish 2; Luke Vogels 2, Tyler Arrowsmith 1; Josh Bell 1; Ned Rohrt 1; Cameron Newbold 1; Dale Walker 1. MILAWA: Brent Newton 4; Josh Owen 2; Kheda Stevenson 2; Daniel Bihun 1; Cheyne Gilmore 1; Luke Toohey 1. BEST: GRETA: Ned Rohrt, Dale Walker, Brenton Newbold, Josh Bell, Paul Fruzynski, Tyler Arrowsmith. MILAWA: Xavier Ham, Brent Newton, Josh Owen, Simon Pane, Todd Bird, Aiden Bihun.

bunch of girls that were really strong and determined to go really well this year, it definitely made mine and Jane-Maree’s job a lot easier.

“I was definitely glad to have Jane-Maree by my side, she brings a lot of experience and knowledge to the group, which was definitely something we needed.”

The Lions’ B reserve side also suffered a loss, downed by five goals against Milawa, leaving the under 15 netballers as the club’s sole team left in finals after finishing on top of the ladder.

RESERVES ELIM. FINALS Milawa 8.7.55 def Tarrawingee 6.10.46 BEST: MILAWA: Tim Leslie, Nic Bonwick, Zachary Wallace, Daryl Harrison, Tom Davies, Matt Graham. TARRAWINGEE: Ryan Hearne, Joel Fisher, Dan Hogarth, Jalees Khan, Chris Penney, Daniel Everitt. GOALS: MILAWA: Tim Leslie 3; Jack Stevenson 2; Zachary Wallace 2; Tom Davies 1; Matt Graham 1. TARRAWINGEE: Hayden Johnston 3; Daniel Everitt 1; Chris Penney 1; Thomas Salmon 1.

Greta 12.4.76 def Bonnie Doon 7.11.53 BEST: GRETA: Jason Humphries, Bradley Spencer, Mathew Vernon, Tom Webster, Zack Watson, Trent Whitecross. BONNIE DOON: Archie Smith, Hayden Watkins, Luke Berriman, William Wiggett, Andrew Marshall, Isaac Murray. GOALS: GRETA: Jason Humphries 3; Osbert Ramage 2; Matthew Vernon 2; Zack Watson 2; Tom Webster 2; Bradley Spencer 1. BONNIE DOON: Geordie Mclennan 2; Archie Smith 2; Luke Berriman 1; Noah Kelleher 1.

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MATCH REVIEWS Bright ressies ready for finals footy FINALS

By NATHAN DE VRIES THEY’VE been the benchmark side in many areas this year, and this Saturday Bright’s reserves footy side take to the field for their qualifying final clash with Benalla.

The Mountain Men finished on top of the ladder, earning a double chance to make the grand final and were able to sit out last weekend’s opening round of finals.

With only the solitary loss through the home and away season, Bright co-coach Darcy Martin said the stage was set for his side to go all the way.

“It’s been a pretty successful year, but it’s also been a

difficult year numbers-wise,” he said.

“I think one of the reasons we’ve had a fair bit of success is the fact that blokes have been committing to training in the second half of the season, getting there two nights a week.

“We’ve been having numbers up near 30 or 40 each training session, which really helps work on things when you don’t normally get to put structures in seconds very often and get to practice them.

“But we’ve seen lots and lots of players play well, so it’s going to be really tricky to pick 22 this Thursday.”

Martin said his team had been relatively untouchable

ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE: Bright’s seconds team have only dropped one game this year.

PHOTO: Charlotte Kilner for the entire season, except for their loss to Milawa under challenging circumstances.

“There were six outs for

the seniors, so if you take six of our players out, it’s a bit different,” he said.

“That was earlier in the year when we had a bit of

turnover of numbers, and it would be a completely different side that goes out there later in the year.

“We should be able to go all the way this year, as long as we can stick to playing the football that we can.

“We need to be really focused on using our voice and spread.

“We find that in the reserves, it seems everyone wants to get their hands on the ball, so we need to make sure we’re playing as a team rather than a group of individuals.

“We always talk about if we can improve one or two things each, it’s going to help our whole team, just focus on what we can do individually.”

Bright face number two

Senior footballers take confidence into this weekend with grand final spot for the victor

Bright B grade, B reserve’s advance in thrilling fashion

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN IT was a weekend to remember for Bright’s B grade and B reserve grade netballers as both teams won their elimination finals in exhilarating style to advance to the semi-finals this Sunday.

Four quarters wasn’t enough for the B grade girls as they and North Wangaratta were tied at 33 at full time and went on to play overtime.

Mia Lynch scored a goal in the final 10 seconds to send the game into the extra period, where Bright’s defence helped secure the 43-41 win.

B grade co-coach Sarah Hourigan said performances defensively from Beth Pearse, Amy Ford and best on court Kristi Hacket lifted her team to the win.

“Our defenders played really well and completely shut them down,” she said.

team Benalla this weekend at Tarrawingee for a ticket to the grand final, with a loss sending the Mountain Men to a preliminary final against either Milawa or Greta.

“I think we stack up pretty well against Benalla - they don’t seem to have that many key forwards, and our backline seem to be able to get on top,” Martin said.

“There’s no really big target for them, and we’ve got some players who are able to intercept mark.

“Their midfield is really strong, so that’s where, if we can get on top, that’s where we should be able to capitalise and give them the opportunity to get those midfielders running forward.”

REACH: Amy Ford contesting a shot against North Wangaratta on Sunday.

PHOTOS: Kate Buckley “The North Wangaratta girls were shooting from really far out, they were rebounding the ones they missed really well.

“Very glad we stuck it out in the last quarter.”

The Bright girls came out the better side in the first half to jump out to a handy four goal lead at half time, but quickly evaporated in the third quarter.

Hourigan said having her full strength side at her disposal along with the atmosphere of the travelling Bright fans filled the girls with enough adrenaline to run out the extra period and come out the winning side.

“We’ve only had seven players for the last couple of weeks and have been running out of legs in

MILESTONE GIRLS: Marni Witts in her 150th game and Chloe Pasquinelli in her 50th game being chaired off after the game.

the last quarter of games,” she said.

“It was good to have a full team and someone on the bench.

“Alecia and I both play A grade, so every game at three quarter we usually have to leave the bench and go warm up ourselves so it was good that we could actually have a bit of a crowd sticking around and cheering us on.... it made a big difference.”

The B grade will take on Benalla in the semi-final, who they have split the wins with in their games in the regular season.

In the B reserves Bright pulled off a huge upset win over Tarrawingee, winning 31-28 on the Saturday.

In the absence of runner up league MVP Kate Armstrong and Jemma Hourigan, Bright went in

with only four qualified players, having to call up three under 17’s and one under 15 player to make the numbers.

Hourigan said it wasn’t looking great for the girls being down by six goals at quarter time, but quickly turned it around with a 13 goal to two second quarter to surprise everyone.

“We pretty much expected B res to lose on Saturday with only four qualified players playing,” she said.

“It was great to see the juniors step up and they didn’t look out of place at all... it was exciting.”

The B reserves will face Milawa in their semi-final on Sunday at North Wangaratta along with the B grade for a chance at playing in the preliminary finals.

BRIGHT senior footballers will have the golden opportunity to book their spot into a grand final on Saturday as they take on the Benalla All Blacks at the Tarrawingee Recreation Reserve.

After securing the second chance in the last game of the year, the Mountain Men enjoyed an extra week of rest last weekend to prepare for the All Blacks.

Bright will be going in as underdogs against the formidable Benalla, but coach Paul Harrison said his team will be taking in plenty of confidence from their last encounter where they only fell three goals short.

“All the boys now know that they (Benalla) are definitely beatable and we‘re confident we‘re going to give it a real good shake against them,” he said.

“Our aim is to be really hungry at the footy and crash those contests hard.

“We want to make a statement because they tend to start a bit slow.”

Bright will be welcoming the return of star midfielder Nick Lebish on the weekend who Harrison hopes can lift his team to another level.

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From back page “He never gets out-marked and usually he’s the one who marks it and brings it to ground so he’s really predictable for our boys to play with.

“It just alleviates a bit of pressure off Ryley Sharp from having to be the sole target all the time.

“Our mids were really aware of Isaac (Muller) and the impact he’s been able to have on games - we went in with a plan for him, a knowledge of what he can do.

“Callum Crisp was fantastic on the day and was able to spread and get a lot of the ball and held his own in the ruck against a really strong and monstrous ruckman.”

The one downside for the day was in Declan Bren, the dynamic forward/mid going down in the first quarter with pain in his Achilles’ tendon - scans will reveal the extent of the injury.

While Myrtleford’s reserves enjoyed a week off following a forfeit from Raiders, the thirds suffered a 30 point loss.

The senior Saints will need to win their final match of the regular season this weekend away to Corowa-Rutherglen to make finals, but could finish as high as fourth.

All three football grades are in the running for finals, an achievement which would be a first for the club.

“We need to win, we need Wangaratta Rovers to lose for us to finish fourth,” Simpson said.

“We’re just focused on what we’re going to do, and we’ll go out there and hopefully play our best footy.

“The future for our footy club is in good hands - we’ve got a lot of good, young players coming through, but equally at the moment we’ve got a very hungry list who want to go deep into finals.”

GOAL-DEN BOY: Nick Warnock led the Saints on the scoreboard, booting four majors in trying conditions.

PHOTO: Janet Watt

STRONG EFFORT: Sophie Cappellari had a fantastic game in wing defence in the Saints’ five goal loss to Raiders.

PHOTOS: Janet Watt

TWO ON TWO: Myrtleford shooters Sally Botter (left) and Rebecca Piazza work to outposition Raiders’ Molly Goldsworthy and Mackensey House.

“Disappointing” result from penultimate Saints

By NATHAN DE VRIES MYRTLEFORD’S A grade netballers squandered a three goal lead at half time to be downed by five against Wodonga Raiders in their second-last match of the year last Saturday.

The Saints started strongly at McNamara Reserve, pushing out a single goal margin at quarter time to lead by three at the half, before momentum shifted and the Raiders were able to equalise at 32-32 by three-quarter time.

A flustered Myrtleford squad was unable to claw back control of the game, with the Raiders running out winners 48-43.

Coach Tina Way said the result was deeply unfortunate. “’Disappointing’ is the word, I was very disappointed after the game that we weren’t able to take the win,” she said.

“There were lots of ebbs and flows throughout the game and they got on top at the right time and were able to go away and have the win.

BY NATHAN DE VRIES ndevries@ nemedia.com.au

“Momentum just swung their way, they were able to pick up a few cross court balls - we were up and aerial for too long and they were able to read the play.

“In netball, momentum can swing your way, you can try to grapple it back and usually in a close game we have grappled it back, but not this time.

“I think we were a bit frazzled and a bit rattled for a few minutes there and with only 15 minutes to try and regain control and take the lead again, we weren’t able to do that.”

Despite the humbling result against Raiders, Way said there were definite moments of solid netball produced by her side, particularly in the defensive end of the court.

“Defensively, across the court, we did a good job - we’ve been

working on some full-court defence work, and all seven girls out there did contribute to turning a lot of that defensive ball,” she said.

“Sophie Cappellari had a really good game in wing defence, the defensive end did very well, and Rebecca (Piazza) shot really well in the goals - she shot at 85 per cent for the game - she put up 32 of our 43 goals, so that’s a high volume of shots for one player.

“Our ball movement up and down the court was pretty smooth.

“We were able to find her in the circle, and defensively, Rhiannon (McIlroy) and myself were able to turn a fair bit of ball to send back down to the attackers.”

Myrtleford’s C grade failed to take a win over Raiders 38-46, while the B grade side secured their spot in finals with a 52-41 win.

The Saints will travel to Corowa to finish off their season against the top placed A grade Roos this weekend, while Myrtl-

eford’s under 17 squad fight for a finals berth.

The young Saints sit at fifth, equal on points with three other sides, and the entire club is set to cheer them on to a victory.

“We really want them to have a great game this weekend, last year I think they came eighth or ninth and for them to get into the five would be fantastic,” Way said.

“They’re a good little side, they’ve got some pace and some accuracy, and some long tall young players, so it would be great if they could take the win on the weekend.

“It’s going to be a really tough game (in A grade), they’re on top of the ladder for a reason, they’re very tall, their goalers are extremely accurate, they shoot a high volume of goals every week, over 60 most weeks.”

Myrtleford’s C grade failed to take a win over Raiders, while the B grade side secured their spot in finals.

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By BRODIE EVERIST DEDERANG-Mount Beauty senior footballers were unable to stop an ascendant Beechworth in soggy conditions last Saturday at Dederang Reserve, losing 3.6 (24) to the Bushrangers’ 7.10 (54) in their last match of the home and away season.

Beechworth took an early lead, booting four goals and two behinds in the first quarter, while the Bombers only managed seven points.

A brief downpour in the second quarter made the pitch even more swamp-like while Beechworth seemed to win every contest, taking another eight points to the Bombers’ two.

Dederang-Mount Beauty had an improved second half, taking six points in the third quarter and nine in the fourth, but Beechworth maintained its lead with ease and booted two goals in the last quarter.

Captain Elliott Powell was named best on ground, with special mentions for Brady Johnson, Lachlan Brodie, Benjamin Rigoni, Connor Brodie and Jordan Harrington, with Rigoni celebrating his 100th senior match for the club.

Despite the loss Dederang-Mount Beauty remain fourth on the ladder, meaning this week they will face Barnawatha in the first finals round at Sandy Creek Reserve.

The Dederang-Mount Beauty reserves fared better in their match, winning 5.6 (36) to the Bushrangers’ 4.6 (30).

On the netball courts, the A grade Bombers defeated Beechworth 50 goals to 35, maintaining a steady lead throughout the game.

Primary goal scorer Alysha de Koeyer scored 39 goals, while Tessa Walsh took 11.

Despite the win, the Bombers remain eighth on the ladder ahead of Wodonga.

A tussle in the B-grade match saw Dederang Mount-Beauty and Beechworth come to a 41-point draw, while the C grade team won 52 goals to the Bushrangers’ 38.

The Dederang-Mount Beauty Football Netball Club also held their presentation night on Saturday, with best and fairest awarded to seniors captain Elliot Powell and reserves captain Nick Goznik.

In the netball, best and fairest was awarded to Tessa Walsh in the A grade, Phoebe Bennett in the B grade, and Maddison Coulston in the C grade.

ONE STEP CLOSER: Myrtleford’s seniors are within striking distance of playing finals following a 59-point victory over Wodonga Raiders on a muddy McNamara Reserve deck.

PHOTO: Janet Watt

Senior Saints one win from finals MYRTLEFORD’S senior footballers are just one match away from making finals, following the Saints’ 11.9 (75) to 2.4 (16) deconstruction of Wodonga Raiders, playing at home on Saturday for the last time this year.

While ground conditions left a lot to be desired, Myrtleford found a way to hit the scoreboard, leading by 33 points by half-time and keeping Raiders goalless.

Despite the best efforts of titanic Raiders’ ruckman Isaac Muller (63 hitouts), Saints’ tall Callum

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Crisp and the rest of the midfield brigade cut the visitors off at the legs, limiting supply to Wodonga’s forwards.

While the third term saw Raiders finally find the middle of the big sticks, the damage was already done, as Myrtleford proceeded to run out 59-point winners.

“It was a really pleasing performance in trying conditions again, but the boys were extremely compliant with the game plan and what we wanted to achieve across the board,” Myrtleford co-coach Dawson Simpson said.

“Raiders are no easy beat, they throw a fair bit at you, but we were able to win it at the source and then we were able to get what we wanted behind the ball and our forward line operated really well.

“The ground was almost as bad as it was in the Wangaratta game,

but we only had the two games on it this week given that the reserves didn’t have a match because Raiders didn’t have enough players to field a reserves team.”

Nick Warnock excelled up forward, kicking four goals, while Crisp’s efforts on Muller earned the ruckman a best on ground nod.

“We’ve been really pleased he (Warnock) has been able to hit the scoreboard but also the way he impacts the ball when it’s there,” Simpson said.

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