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Highlighting local arts Page 3

Showcase of preserve production Page 6

CHALLENGED: Latin summer school participants Dr Carol Williams (left), Vivarium’s teacher John Weretka and participant Janet Norman at the summer school in Beechworth earlier this month. Full story page 3.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley.

Track closure action

By CORAL COOKSLEY

PARKS Victoria has advised that design work for the reopening of the Lake Kerferd - Lake Sambell track has now completed, with onthe-ground work expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The project had been scheduled last year as part of a statewide works program to improve the safety of parks.

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Lake Kerferd - Lake Sambell track in line to reopen p byy end of yyear A spokesperson also advised that Parks Victoria will be working with Traditional Owners on plans for the future of the Yeddonba art site.

For more than three years the Yeddonba Indigenous Rock Art site in the ChilternMt Pilot National Park has been closed with the wellused Lake Kerford to Lake Sambell walking track closed

for around the same time.

Last year in May the O&M Advertiser reported Parks Victoria had stated a design team would be completing their first inspection of the Yeddonba site “in the next two weeks”.

Advice had also been received that following a review of environmental, heritage, planning and cultural

heritage requirements of the design, a construction program would be released.

When asked about the closure and reopening of a section of the Gorge Scenic Drive, the spokesperson said recent flooding in the Beechworth Historic Park caused structural damage to abutments of the Spring Creek Bridge.

“An engineering assess-

ment of the damage is currently underway to determine the extent of the damage and estimate how long it will take to repair,” the spokesperson said.

“Pedestrians can access Gorge Road but are not permitted on the bridge while an engineering assessment is undertaken.”

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Trees tell stories of region’s history

By CORAL COOKSLEY A WOORAGEE resident is on a mission to help protect ring trees and their significant links to First Nations history with an aim to have them protected.

A fascinating talk will be delivered by Pieter Mourik AM about their historical importance at a meeting hosted by Beechworth Urban Landcare Sustainability (BULS) on Tuesday, February 23 at the Old Beechworth Railway Station.

The retired medical professional has delved into the trees’ history as he works with local Aboriginal Elders after a friend sent a photo of one sixth months ago.

Although the trees are found and known about around Australia, Dr Mourik had never heard of them until he received the photo and has now seen more than 40 ring trees within the region.

“I’m sure there are hundreds more,” he said.

With flexible limbs of young trees altered as a way of communication, it is believed the trees had significant purposes such as direction for First Nations’ people travelling through the land, signifying boundaries where a country may

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Presenting music for peace

By CORAL COOKSLEY SIXTY-FIVE members of the community supported an endeavour by three local musicians to raise funds for families impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine, with a special concert held at the Beechworth Town Hall last Saturday.

Renowned entertainer Mark Stephens joined Ukrainian-born John Weretka, an esteemed organ teacher and music conservatorium member at Melbourne University, and Beechworth Christ Church director of music, Sandra Williams, to captivate their audience with an hour-long performance.

Beautiful early organ music played by Mr Weretka on the 170-year-old organ filled the hall, while Ms Williams presented a piano solo as well as supporting Mr Stephens as he performed his new song ‘Save Ukraine’ to the capacity audience.

Mr Stephens also led the audience in well-

known favourites including ‘Imagine’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again.’

With amazing songs and music, Mr Stephens said the performances resonated with the receptive audience about the devasting, inhumane and unnecessary war.

“Sandra played the Ukrainian National Anthem on the organ where John Weretka narrated the words in English,” he said.

“Sandra also played an orchestral arrangement of ‘A Ukrainian Prayer’ by John Rutter where John Weretka narrated the words in Ukrainian.

“Many people made donations to UNICEF and we are aware that one person donated $1,000.”

Local community ladies glamorously dressed as though from a bygone era of the gold rush days supported the event, holding a ‘meet and greet’ as concertgoers arrived.

Donations directly to UNICEF can be made by calling 1300 884 233 or by visiting www.unicef. org.au/donate/where-the-need-is-greatest.

SIGNIFICANT: An example of a ring tree in the region.

ON A MISSION: Wooragee’s Dr Pieter Mourik will be talking about ring trees at next week’s talk hosted by BULS in Beechworth.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley have ended, or to mark a meeting or burial place.

Ring trees used for these purposes by original Aboriginal custodians of this Country makes them all more than 250 years old.

“Working with Aboriginal Elders, my aim is to have an inventory of trees in the region with legislation introduced to protect them for the future,” he said.

On an education path Dr Mourik is alerting people

to be on the lookout to help with the inventory to protect the trees.

“I think it’s important that they are protected for the future because of their significant cultural history,” he said.

“Not only is the tree highly significant, but the location is too.”

The talk is set commence at 7pm, with refreshments and the opportunity to talk with Pieter after the event.

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ENTERTAINED: Musicians Mark Stephens (back left), Sandra Williams and John Weretka with local supporting community members Ute Jeffcott (front left), Sharon Khull, Heidi Freeman and Karin Michelini dressed reminiscent of the gold rush days at last Saturday’s concert.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley

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Asked about the Wallaby Mine closure the spokesperson said the mine remained a highrisk area due to mine workings and track instability as well as bushfire impacts on wooden structures.

“We know the local community has strong aspirations for preserving and visiting mining

heritage, but the site will remain closed for the time being - we encourage visitors to experience mining heritage at the nearby Beechworth Historic Park,” he said.

Benambra MP Bill Tilley last year levelled stinging criticism over what he believed to be a lack of action for popular local tourism and cultural sites.

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‘Spring Ditch’ highlights local arts

By CORAL COOKSLEY LOCAL young musicians have a chance to show their talent when Beechworth’s BMF Rock School hits the stage next month to open ‘Spring Ditch’ in Stanley, with organisers expecting the event to draw bigger crowds than last year.

Organised by Beechworth Music Festival (BMF) productions, co-founder Rikki Raadsveld said the fun-filled family day boasted an exciting line up of musicians as well as some great activities.

The event is slated to take place at Stanley Sportsground on Saturday, March 4.

“We have the Melbournebased punk rock band the Meanies who were meant to play at our first-time event last year but got COVID,” she said.

“Just a week before our event they were the support act for one of the world’s biggest rock bands, the Foo Fighters, who came over from America when the arts first opened up after the pandemic, and played to a crowd of around 35,000 at Geelong’s stadium.”

The Meanies have been wooing the crowds for more than three decades.

“We have local musician Liv Cartledge with her band, and we love her music,” Rikki said.

“Indigenous artist Benny Walker from Echuca will be playing too and we’re proud to have secured him for our event.”

Originally hailing from Wangaratta, rock band DROID will be entertaining music lovers as well, while local entertainer John Walk-

er will be MC with Jane Doe as DJ. Rikki said the Stanley and Beechworth communities had pulled out all the stops with sponsorship and support for raffles, spinning wheels and other fundraising efforts, where a sizeable amount of money raised along with other donations will be given to community causes.

“The event is an opportunity for businesses to showcase what they do, and we’re highlighting nearby farm gates too,” she said.

With an armful of colourful winning ribbon, the former Stanley resident has fond memories of competing in many horse events in her late teens at the annual Stanley Sports Day. “Our family always went along, and we used to make

EXCITEMENT BUILDING: BMF Productions members (from left) Rikki Raadsveld, Anita Mihaljevic and Lex Fletcher are excited to showcase music and heritage from the region at next month’s ‘Spring Ditch’.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley a camp under one of the pine trees for the day,” she said.

‘Spring Ditch’ - not a sports day - is a ‘tip of the hat’ to the old Stanley sports day that ran every year on New Year’s

Day for 140 years until it stopped in the mid-90s.

Rikki said the Stanley Athenaeum will have memorabilia displayed again this year including photos from the archives with some

Latin lovers gather in Beechworth

By CORAL COOKSLEY MELBOURNE’S Angela Rodd jumped at the chance to join the second Latin summer school “Vivarium’ held in Beechworth held earlier this month with the first one held last year.

Angela had studied Latin at school as well as one year of the language undertaken in her first year of high school many years ago.

A rediscovered interest sparked when she undertook classes with Latin teacher John Weretka two years ago in Melbourne.

“I’d almost forgotten everything, started learning and it’s all gradually coming back,” the delighted summer school participant said.

“John is such a marvellous and knowledgeable teacher, I enjoy his teaching style and he’s entertaining too.”

Mr Weretka, a Melbourne University musicology lecturer and also a Latin teacher, hosted the weekend event held on February 5 and 6 at the U3A Old Railway Station premises in Beechworth.

“It was an exciting time with the group focused on the works, while it had been

fun to explore new texts too,” he said.

“We branched out a little this year into texts beyond the medieval period into the 17th century.”

For Monash University adjunct research fellow Dr Carol Williams, every text read opened a little window on something in a past culture.

The academic’s interest delves into 12th and 13th century culture, a particularly niche area in music and its philosophy.

“All the writing is in Latin and as a researcher being able to translate works into English is wonderful,” she said.

“It’s also fun to make sense out of something that INTRIGUED: Latin summer school participants Dr Pam Craig on the first glance, makes (left), Vivarium’s teacher John Weretka with participant Angela no sense at all.”

Rodd at a summer school event in Beechworth earlier this “It’s like working out a month.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley crossword puzzle, Sudoku or putting a jigsaw together branch of the medieval cur- ten in the late 15th century in sorting information into riculum, as well as Henry when Correr was a teenager, of Gent on the baptism of with John Milton’s poem Ad meaningful bits.”

A poetical account of the conjoined twins had been patrem (to my father) written in both Latin and English Battle of Hastings by Bishop among works studied.

Others included part of too.

Guy of Amiens, medieval Mr Weretka said the anphilosophy of Hugh of St an anonymous novel based Victor on the quadrivium on the King Arthur legend- nual free event had attracted - the quartet of ‘mathemati- arium and part of Gregorio people from different levels cal’ studies that formed one Correr’s play Procne, writ- of study.

memorabilia at the old sports pavilion too.

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Locals l raise i more than $1600 for MND research

By CORAL COOKSLEY A LOCAL group’s fundraising efforts last Saturday raised more than $1600 with all profits going to the Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Association of Victoria.

Held outside Ritchie’s IGA supermarket last Saturday, local group End MND North East Victoria and Albury member Georgia O’Connor said funds had been raised from strong community support as well as from IGA, Beechworth Bakery and Bendigo Bank.

Group member Nichola Schulz said the fundraiser had also been a success in building connections with the community, where people wanted to join and support efforts to raise much needed funds for research to combat the disease.

“Members of the community generously offered to donate goods and services for a future raffle while

others came forward to express interest in joining future fundraisers,” she said.

‘We really were blown away by the generosity off people wanting to get involved - we already knew the North East Victorian community had a big heart, but experiencing it first hand was incredibly moving and encouraging for us’ she said.

Ms Schulz welcomed everyone in the North East Victoria and Albury communities to get involved with the group with an upcoming sausage sizzle to raise funds for ‘Fight MND’ being held at Bunnings in Wodonga mid-year.

‘This is just the beginning for us - we’re really excited to continue connecting with the community and working together to help end MND’ she said.

Community members are encouraged to register to support future fundraisers by contacting EndMNDNorthEastVic@gmail. com.

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Totally Renewable Beechworth powers ahead with energy mission

By CORAL COOKSLEY TOTALLY Renewable Beechworth (TRB) is forging ahead with its mission for Beechworth and nearby surrounds to be powered by totally renewable energy by 2030.

The volunteer-run organisation is hosting an event ‘The Home Energy Efficiency Expo’ on April 29 at Quercus Beechworth with a 1pm start.

Industry professionals will deliver presentations on how to improve energy efficiency to enhance comfort in homes, and reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, while information will be on hand too.

More than 100 people took part in last year’s TRB battery forum at Beechworth Memorial Hall, while the organisation has also provided support for EV charger projects, battery installations and helped install solar panels and batteries for community organisations.

TRB’s participation in Mondos’s EDGE project, and Indigo Power’s community scale project had also given TRB broader market insights as well as a community voice.

Indigo Power analyst Nick Mason-Smith at TRB’s AGM delivered insights into re-

newable generation, storage and distribution as well as legislation, network operations and funding models.

Past TRB president Sue Gold said Nick’s research into models of solar panel and battery combinations and how these fit into current network models and changing systems “helped us understand the wider context.”

As community batteries are an essential part of generation storage, Ms Gold said Indigo Power’s understanding of options suitable for Beechworth is of great value.

“We hope funding for implementation of a community battery will be secured,” she said.

TRB president Peter Anfruns said Beechworth had a high solar energy uptake compared to the rest of the state, with an estimated 43 per cent of households and businesses utilising solar, while Yackandandah sat around 60 per cent.

Mr Anfruns said with increasing electricity prices, getting on board with renewable energy was a step in the right direction.

“The Australian government has said it will be funding 400 community batteries around the nation in the near

future where battery storage is really vital to renewables being a viable source of power,” he said.

Mr Anfruns said the Victorian government has set a policy around fossil fuel energy sources to be phased out over the next decade with an ambitious policy where renewable energy generation, storage and distribution solutions need to be implemented.

“It means everyone needs to work together to come up with solutions and the Victorian Government is reestablishing an energy distribution centre to generate renewable energy for the state.”

“It’s important with the way we generate, store and distribute energy for regional communities as it provides energy security as well.”

Mr Anfruns said this also covered bushfires, where communication networks and essential services could remain operating if the system shut down with time away from the electricity grid.

With TRB keen to include community in their projects, to join in contact Peter or Sue by email at trbeechworth@ gmail.com.

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LOOKING AHEAD: TRB’s Sue Gold and Peter Anfruns are part of the team helping the community strive to achieve totally renewable energy goals.

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Energy resilience given major boost MORE Than $1.6m in new bushfire recovery funding has been awarded to projjects in communities impacted by the Black Summer bushfires in Indi.

As part of the initiative, Totally Renewable Yackandandah (TRY) will receive $276,543 for the Yackandandah Emergency Readiness project, which will improve resilience and provide adw ditional community services by improving maintenance of power supplies during emergencies and disruptions.

The third and final round of the Local Community Projects Grants scheme was w jointly funded by state and federal governments as part of a focus on disaster recovery, with local funding also set to benefit communities in Porepunkah, Myrtleford, Corryong and both Towong and Alpine Shires.

“These projects will continue the recovery effort in communities affected by the Black Summer bushfires, covering community recreation and sport, digital support for businesses and energy resilience during future emergencies,” Independent Indi MP, Helen Haines, said.

“I was proud to support some of these projects through letters of support, and I look forward to seeing the changes all of these projects will make to their towns.

“Bushfire recovery takes a long time and it’s important that government continue to support these communities over time.”

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Beechworth to showcase preserve production

By CORAL COOKSLEY BEECHWORTH Food co-op kicks off its first workshop ‘Preserving’ on Saturday (tomorrow) as part of a new program ‘Sow it, Grow it’ developed to meet the needs of locals keen to grow healthy and nutritious food from their own gardens.

Well-known locals Fay and Charlie Robinson from Fat Goose Farm will talk about how to preserve abundance from gardens with a 10am start at Quercus Beechworth’s Oregon Hall located near the corner of Ford and Church Streets.

The couple will cover preserving aspects from jar sterilisation to tips and techniques for turning produce into preserves.

Faye said the couple looked forward to encouraging people to start preserving their produce at the workshop.

“It’s a great time to for people to start preserving with its many benefits including cost saving,” she said.

“People can be more active in providing fresh produce for themselves and where excess produce can be eaten out of season.”

“It might be a little extra work but it’s well worth it.”

Co-op president Fiona Wigg said a tasting of locally made

SHARING KNOWLEDGE: Beechworth’s Faye Robinson gave a talk to Wooragee landcare members last year about food preservation and will be at Quercus Beechworth on Saturday joined by her husband Charlie for the Beechworth Food Co-op presentation.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley sweet and savoury preserves with recipes on hand to inspire participants will follow the talk.

“As the workshop is a free member event, if people would like to become a member, they can head over to the website - beechworthfoodcoop.org.au - to join or sign up on the day,” she said.

“Further workshops are planned throughout the year

to learn about composting and soil preparation, seed conservation and raising seedlings, the best nutrition for your growing plants as well as organic pest and disease control during the growing season.”

Fiona said ‘Patch to Patch’ where people can visit some of the region’s incredible gardens and meet passionate growers, will be held on 4 March

to find inspiration from their gardens plus there will be a microgreens workshop and other events later this year too.

Ticket information for ‘Patch to Patch’ - a joint event with Beechworth Urban Landcare and Sustainability (BULS) with a supporting community events grant from Indigo Shire Council - can be viewed on the Coop’s website too.

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$1m boost to Indigo roads INDIGO Shire is set to benefit from more than $1m in federal road funding, as part of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI).

A total of $1,068,549 is set to be injected into local roadways in the coming months, with council set to discuss funding distributions at a future meeting.

Indigo Shire Mayor, Sophie Price, welcomed the announcement, and said it was critically important to see this level of funding flowing through to council in the wake of COVID and the region’s recent devastating floods.

The Rural City of Wangaratta ($1.5m), Alpine Shire ($710,300) and Towong Shire ($1.4m) were also major winners in the latest round of funding.

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) lauded the funding initiative, but raised concerns over the Federal Government’s intention to prioritise $250m in LRCI funding announced in last year’s

budget for regional, rural and urban area roads.

“These funding allocations will be welcomed by councils right across the nation and help them build and revitalise playgrounds, community centres, libraries and sporting facilities,” ALGA president Cr Linda Scott said.

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Croquet coaching masterclass BEECHWORTH croquet competitors will be well equipped to tackle the best players in the region, following a two-day elite coaching workshop led by Croquet Victoria earlier this month.

Some 16 players from Beechworth, Wangaratta, Kew, Howlong and Wodonga gathered at Beechworth Croquet Club over the weekend of February 4 and 5, to learn from state coaching coordinator, Maurice Cevaal-Hewitt, Beechworth coach Allan Holt and Albury’s Sarina Cevaal-Hewitt.

As part of the program, base-level performance metrics were taken on day one, and were subsequently compared to their accuracy, placement and mallet technique in the wake of day two.

The sun greeted participants on day two, and more advanced techniques, such as stop shots, cut

shots, bombards and promotional shots were explored in order to add depth and situational awareness to the players’ repertoire.

Beechworth Croquet Club president, Maria Harvey, said the Beechworth program had been designed for players in the handicap range of 10-14 who have an interest in entering competitions.

Local players, such as Wendy Kelly, Paula Dorrington, Herman Knopers, Chris Ireland, David Box and Margaret and John Barwood all saw increased accuracy up to around 10 metres, while also improving their hoop-making abilities from more acute angles.

A further two weekends of coaching will be undertaken later this year, providing the group the opportunity to further develop their knowledge of strategy and specialty mallet strokes.

REFINING SKILLS: Beechworth Croquet Club members Wendy Kelly and David Box took part in a recent elite coaching clinic held at the Beechworth greens.

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COMPASSIONATE LISTENER: Stanley‘s Jenny Bould finds her work an immense privilege helping to make a difference to peoples‘ lives.

Community mental health weighs heavily

JENNY Bould was born in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston into a family of Irish Italian Catholic jazz musicians where amazing Italian food and friendly, talented musicians prevailed.

By 1965, the family had moved to Noorat, a sleepy small town near Terang in southwest Victoria. One of Jenny’s greatest joys throughout childhood and adolescence was being with her gentle horse Daisy.

With a dream to explore the world, Jenny was accepted for a Rotary student exchange in 1980 to Sacramento, California. Her American family were generous and kind, and she had a wonderful time. Among many highlights had been a trip to Niagara Falls and narrowly missing the infamous and dramatic Mount St Helen’s volcano explosion.

When Jenny returned, she moved to Melbourne for studies, and remained there until happily moving back to the country, landing in Beechworth in 1997 with a final move to Stanley in 2005.

What do you do workwise?

I’m a psychologist and social worker. My husband Harry and I are running a small group practice in Beechworth. I’ve been a counsellor since 1992.

What brought you to your role and career?

Since I was 17 years old my dream was to find a career in psychology. I had developed a keen sense of responsibility to make some kind of contribution to the community, being deeply affected by the unexpected and terribly sad deaths of both my father and baby sister.

What do you love about your work?

My job is an immense privilege where I try my best to make a difference to people’s lives. It’s a lifelong learning process for me too, I’ve learned so much from my clients and colleagues.

What do you do in the community?

I support cycling events and fun runs as a participant.

It’s great being outdoors in this beautiful environment with happy, motivated and interesting people from all walks of life and all ages. Later this year, I plan to go with friends on the Beechworth to Bridge walk. I enjoy yoga, too. After retirement, I’m really keen to get more actively

Jenny Bould, Beechworth involved in our community.

Is there an important community issue that you think needs addressing?

The overall mental health of our community members after such a difficult few COVID years as well as the complex and heavy workloads health workers have carried during this time, including our local GPs and their staff. I’m hopeful that if we all pull together and support each other, we’ll ride out this storm and come out the other end in reasonable shape.

What do you see as one of the important current world issues?

People in power who don’t seem to have moved on from the “win-lose” law of the jungle. I like to think that most folks realise that, in the modern world, we can afford to look for “win-win” solutions and compromises to most problems, be they small or large.

I’m looking forward to more of these people running the world.

If the person you would most like to meet came to Indigo Shire (past or present), or was already here, who would that be, what would you show them, and why?

I would show my dad around Stanley. He died in 1963.

He’d love to see where we all ended up. I like to imagine he’d love the pace of country life, and get his tuba out with a few fellow musicians at one of our local pubs.

What book are you reading?

A New York Times bestseller “Waking Up” by Sam Harris - it’s part-memoir and part-exploration of traditional wisdoms and modern neuroscience.

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Wanderers captain Brenton Surrey to bring up his 200th game this coming weekend “There’s a responsibility week in week out that keeps you going, people say Beechworth are only built around a couple of main guys, well they’re still struggling to get them couple of guys out,” he said.

“For me I want to develop our young guys, this year we’ve got Tim Cogger, young Henry Scalzo, Clancy Ellett and Shon Francis are prime examples this year.

“We want to give them every opportunity to establish themselves and the more opportunity they get the quicker they’ll have it.”

Surrey has won two A grade premierships as captain at Beechworth, with his highlight coming in the fortnight of the 2015 finals series where he was able to make big scores with the bat, including a 100 in the final, to steer the Wanderers to wins in close games.

Surrey brings up his 200th for Beechworth in a crucial match for the Wanderers against Ovens Valley United this weekend, with the winner to jump to fourth and put themselves in the box seat for finals with one round to go.

“I think at the start of the year no one would’ve thought

we’d be in this position, even ourselves we were thinking we would struggle a bit,” he said.

“I’m hoping for a bit of luck to be honest, I think last week we weren’t far off, myself and Kayde had a mix up and we were going really nicely before that and a couple of other games we’ve just missed out by half a dozen runs or one wicket.”

“In saying that you’ve got to create your own luck, we can bowl and bat well to give ourselves a chance, and the top two is a fair way out in front but the rest is a relatively close competition which is great.”

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MILESTONE MAN: Beechworth Wanderers captain Brenton Surrey (wicket-keeping) will be bringing up his 200th match with the club in this weekend’s big game against Ovens Valley United at R.C. McNamara Reserve.

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By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN BEECHWORTH Wanderers stalwart Brenton Surrey will bring up his 200th senior match for the club this weekend and mark himself as one the finest servants of the club.

After growing up in Beechworth and working his way through the grades, Surrey shifted to the Wangaratta Magpies when the Wanderers dropped out of A grade, where

Wanderers captain p Brenton Surreyy to bring g up p his 200th ggame this weekend he won three two day premierships in four years.

The Wanderers re-entered A grade in season 2008/09, when Surrey returned and has been captaining the A grade side ever since.

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rey, Matt Ryan, Matt Hunt and Alessandro Belci within Beechworth cricket, after being mentored in his early days by former A grade cricketers such as Brendon Thompson.

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