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A STRONG turn out by the Chiltern community helped the local fire brigade celebrate its 150th anniversary last Saturday. Chiltern Fire Brigade captain Shannon Beacom said around 150 to 300 people had lined the streets for a brigade parade. A brigade procession with proud fire brigade members, pipe band, the Scots School Albury and classic cars made its way down Conness Street past the old fire brigade station to Lake Anderson where a hive of activity took
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place including brigade displays from Rutherglen, Chiltern and Wangaratta. The brigade started as Chiltern Urban Fire Brigade in November 1873 then Chiltern had two brigades from 1921 including a bush fire brigade until December 2001 when they amalgamated. He said among displays had been
a ‘Show and Shine’ by the Murray Heritage Motorists Car Club from Wodonga as well as the brigade’s juniors, who partake in demonstrations in rural championships across the state. Mr Beacom said service awards for five to 65 years were presented by CFA (Country Fire Authority) Chief Officer Jason Heffernan. Chiltern Fire Brigade member Adrian Gray was awarded a medal for his 65 years of service while Russell Martin, who is still an active member of the brigade, received a
medal for 50 years of service. “Members Gary Richardson and Chris Segrave received national emergency medals for work in the 2019 black summer bushfires as well,” captain Beacom said. A fundraising dinner and a dance was held at the town’s memorial hall later in the night. “It was a fantastic day and great to see the community come together along with brigades from across the district joining in to help celebrate,” Mr Beacom said. ■ Continued page 2
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“As captain I’m extremely honoured to lead the brigade at its 150-year anniversary.” He said the foundation had been laid by past and present members who mentored brigade members as well as supporting young volunteers. “Our senior members have developed us into what we are today.” He said the brigade worked well by managing a junior development program for young people aged between 11 and 15. Mr Beacom said it had been
PROUD: Chiltern Fire Brigade captain Shannon Beacom (left) with CFA (Country Fire Authority) Chief Officer Jason Heffernan special event last Saturday.
Local input sought on communications strategy By CORAL COOKSLEY BEECHWORTH Health Service (BHS) has embarked on a new communications and marketing strategy with its commitment to enhance communication and profiling services for the local community. Feedback received during community consultations next week will be reflected in the service’s next strategic plan (20232026). BHS health promotion and community engagement officer Gabriella Tange said the method BHS used for the strategy will be to work closely with the community, its service partners, staff, and volunteers, using conversations and surveys. “This will allow us to focus very specifically on the best ways to communicate and to confirm the types of key messages and information that will best serve our community both now and into the future,” she said. She said BHS is working closely with a consultant who has guidance expertise in communications and marketing project.
“We understand the importance needed in having a really good communication strategy particularly for our community, and the enhancement of their access to and experience of BHS’ services” she said. Ms Tange said three community conversations would be held next week while an online survey is available for those who are unable to participate in the face-to-face meetings. “We’re also doing a call out to the Yackandandah community as part of our service catchment in the eastern part of Indigo Shire,” she said. A morning session on November 27, 2023, at 10am as well as an evening one at 5.30pm are being held in Beechworth while another session is being held in Yackandandah on December 4, 2023 at 5.30pm. Ms Tange said BHS wishes to address how the organisation can do better in this regard for the benefit of the community. “It’s about two-way conversations,” she said. “It’s a chance to share with us how people in the community see the organisation and we can get
NEW APPROACH: Beechworth Heath Service health promotion and community engagement officer Gabriella Tange is seeking community feedback on a new communications strategy for the health service. a greater understanding of their knowledge about BHS, and then what they want from us as well.” She said that following the scheduled communitybased conversations, BHS will ensure staff, volunteers and service partners get the opportunity to inform the development of the communications and marketing strategy. Board chair Harry Thomas reinforced the importance of community,
staff and service partner input into the way the health service communicates and profiles its services. “From a community development and communication community engagement perspective, it’s really exciting,” he said. To complete the online survey visit https://www. s u r vey m o n key.c o m /r/ BHSvoice. For more information about meetings phone (03) 5728 0200.
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LOOKING GOOD: Beechworth eight-year-old Lucy Read with face-painter Sophie Shields from Bonegilla and Beechworth seven-year-old Elizabeth Hopkins at the Drag’d Out Sunday Fair.
READY FOR FUN: NSW Central Coast’s Amanda Downing (left), Carmen Pervin, local drag queen, event committee member, stage manager and festival ‘glambassador’ Sarah Belle, Myrtleford’s Atlas Leverton and Beechworth’s Leah Nankervis get ready to party last Friday night. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley
IN THE SPIRIT: Beechworth’s Tania Sutton (left) with eight-year-old Mica, and Georgia Rose with three-year-old Max Keely at the Drag’d Out Sunday Fair.
Popular Drag’d Out Festival returns to dazzle township CROWDS went wild with excitement at last weekend’s Drag’d Out Festival as music pumped while top Australian drag performers dazzled audiences in a number of highly entertaining events around town. Another fabulous success following last year’s inaugural showcase, organisers were thrilled to announce the festival will be back again next year. Beechworth’s Lisa Peters said the festival had been brilliant, fun, inclusive, bright and energetic. “We were away last year so we made sure we stayed home for this one,” she said. Ms Peters said the festival
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encouraged everyone to accept people for being themselves. “I think that’s a message we need to have more of,” she said. Beechworth’s Cathy Sandow said the festival was extremely inclusive. “It has a great friendly vibe as well as the town benefits from new visitors who I’m sure will return,” she said. “We had a ball at the street party on Friday night.” Creative director Andrew Madden said it had been difficult to gauge the number of
people attending the festival from near and far but estimated a similar sized crowd as last year. “We sold around 3300 tickets this year across all activities with $6500 worth of tickets already sold for some of the festival’s events next year,” he said. Mr Madden said the festival’s community spirit had been replicated this year. “Everyone had a ball and I’ve been stopped by people in the street to thank us,” he said. “It was just a celebration but important conversations around the event emerge about well-being as it did last year too.
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Shed spreading Christmas cheer By CORAL COOKSLEY LOCALS have the chance to stock up with presents at the Yackandandah Christmas Fair on Sunday, December 3, which is being held in the Yackandandah Soldiers Memorial Park from 9am to 1.30pm. The event, in its third consecutive year, is run by the Yackandandah Women’s Shed and will have 31 stall holders from local artisans to community groups. Yackandandah Women’s Shed president Chris Zerbst said the fair drew around 1500 people last year. “We’re hoping for around the same number or more for this year,” she said. Five community groups including Brave Hearts on the Murray – raising funds to support the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre’s wig library, Plasticwise Yackandandah, Rural Australians for Refugees, the local Men’s Shed and the Yackandandah Writing Group have been supported by the Women’s Shed with free stall sites, with many offering handmade items for sale. Among items will be reindeers of various sizes, bon bons filled with treats for dogs, Christmas decorations,
mosaic items and many more for filling stockings. With a focus on engaging young people, Ms Zerbst said there will be three craft tables with flower pots to be decorated then filled with popcorn, as well as face painting. Santa will bring presents for the kids from 10am with his elf and two roving performers. Bank WAW is the major supporter for the event with Yackandandah Community Development Company supporting a raffle with $150 for the first prize and $50 for both second and third. “Every store holder donates a gift for the raffle too which is fabulous,” she said. She said the fair is the Women’s Shed’s major fundraiser for the year with raffles, a sale table, and funds raised from stall site fees. “Our goal is to raise money for our own shed and we’re looking for land,” she said. “We use a shed on a property lent to us by a local which is fantastic but we need a shed for tools so we can set up a proper workshop.” The fair has previously been organised by the Yackandandah Community Centre.
CHRISTMAS FUN: Yackandandah Women’s Shed members Penny Wright (left), Nicky Carr, Janet Russell, Robyn Koller, Lynda Folkard and Margo Northey making doggie treat bon bons for the Christmas Fair. PHOTO: Lynne Davies
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CHILTERN Primary School on Tuesday brought the school community together with family members including grandparents as part of Friends of the Burke Museum Australian Identity program activity. Another three primary schools - Chiltern’s St Josephs, Wooragee and Beechworth Primary’s before school group - joined the program with various activities held by each school. The four schools participated as part of the program offered to all primary schools throughout the shire with the aim to connect young people to local history. Bendigo Bank supported each participating school with $200 to help with their activities. The activity titled ‘my family in the community’ wrapped around this year’s main event theme Ancestry and Communities: A Celebration of Family Heritage through Time,” with the main session to be held tomorrow in the Beechworth Town Hall. Chiltern Primary School activities included games with families having a picnic in the school grounds. Grandparent Heather Hunter said history connected people to their present and past communities, allowing them to see how things developed over time, with museums play an important part. “As grandparents we’re able to pass on our knowl-
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INTEREST IN HISTORY: Grandparent Heather Hunter (front left), Chiltern Primary School students and grandchildren five-year-old Cody and 10-year-old Holly Hunter and aunt Sally Hunter with grandparent Alan Hunter and aunt Erin Hunter-Reilly at Tuesday’s school activity. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley edge of the past and also how that has influenced the future,” she said. Year six student Razzy Nancarrow said she learned new things being connected to her grandparents. Chiltern Primary School mother Tammy Price said her grandparents and great grandparents grew up in the town. “It’s a big thing for my kids to learn about their town and its history,” she said. Chiltern Primary School principal Louie Tempany said the school is a generational one connected to the
local community. “Our school motto is about the school, parents and the community working together,” she said. Friends of the Burke Museum project manager for the event John Baines said primary school activities for the program built on a previous project started by former Burke Museum manager Cameron Auty working with history collections around the shire. Local guest speakers at a panel presentation tomorrow will be speaking about their family connections
contributing to the town’s history. The panel session at Beechworth’s Town Hall from 2.30pm to 4.45pm will be followed by a meet and greet, with refreshments also available. Renowned Australian entertainer and writer Adam Zwar is the headline guest speaker at a dinner held at the Hotel Nicholas at 7pm. Tickets are available from Beechworth Visitor Information Centre by contacting 1300 366 321 or emailing info@explorebeechworth. com.
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By RYAN MALCOLM A CHEMICAL spill at Beechworth’s Billson’s Brewery on Monday morning saw two staff members hospitalised in a stable condition. A CFA spokesperson said emergency crews had been called to the Last Street venue around 9.30am, and labelled the response a “hazmat incident”. “Crews discovered a slight chemical spill; however, the site manager handled the scene,” the spokesperson said. An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson confirmed a woman in her 30s and a man in his 40s were both transported to Albury Wodonga Health in a stable condition following the incident, having suffered injuries to their upper bodies. Billson’s Brewery director Nathan Cowan said the company had spoken with the team members involved. “Following an incident at our factory, two team members were assessed and care for onsite before being taken by ambulance to hospital for further assessment,” he said. “We have spoken with the individuals involved and are working with the relevant authorities.”
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Northern Victoria MP Jaclyn Symes and Indigo Shire Mayor Sophie Price cut the ribbon on the new $4.13m Chiltern Community Hub late last week.
$4.13m Chiltern hub open to community A NEW ‘one-stop-shop’ for the Chiltern community is now available, following the official opening of the Chiltern Community Hub late last week. The $4.13m facility houses a new library, council customer experience and maternal and child health services as well as childcare and a kindergarten all under the same roof. Northern Victoria MP Jaclyn Symes joined Indigo Shire Mayor Sophie Price and a crowd of almost 100 people in touring the new facility on Friday.
Cr Price said the facility would cater to all ages. “The completion of this project is such an important milestone for this community and already we’re seeing its benefits,” she said. “Not only do we now offer a permanent customer experience presence in Chiltern, we also have an expanded library offering and within a week of opening, we saw almost 40 new library members join. “Our community has never had greater access to council services and support.” The hub also features internal and
external community spaces which can be used for art exhibitions, public events and gatherings, according to an Indigo Shire Council spokesperson. A new community gathering space which consolidated community services and created an inclusive, welcoming space for residents was identified as a top priority as part of the Chiltern Placemaking and Structure Plan adopted in 2016. A total of $530,000 was committed to the project by council, with the remainder of the funding coming from federal and state funding streams.
RUTHERGLEN artist and farmer Courtney Young has been announced as the recipient of the Susan Moorhead Memorial Award, by the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA). Supporting local emerging visual artists, the Susan Moorhead Memorial Award was established by Charles Sturt University Visual Arts Faculty in 2002 in memory of artist Susan Moorhead (1947-1990). Now held in trust by the MAMA Art Foundation, the award assists local artists in the development and realisation of their professional career. Courtney was chosen as the award recipient as part of her successful application to the Murray Art Museum Albury Open Call Program. MAMA Art Foundation chair Tony Smith said he was thrilled to announce Courtney Young as the recipient of award. “It is an honour to maintain the legacy of Susan Moorhead’s work as a passionate advocate for emerging visual arts in our region by rewarding Courtney, who is an artist with a very promising future ahead,” he said. The winner of the annual award receives $2000, in addition to their exhibiting artist fees. Courtney’s solo exhibition Bank Manager Hour is currently on display at MAMA and runs until January 21.
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Unusual spaces set for innovative art exhibition By CORAL COOKSLEY
EXCITED: Artistic director Nina Machielse Hunt at an art installation site – the small prisoner holding cells in the Beechworth heritage precinct – for next year’s Biennale.
ONE of Australia’s oldest Aboriginal art centres renowned nationally and internationally will have works showcased in next year’s innovative Beechworth Biennale running from March 8 to 12. Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation will join 16 exhibiting artists from around the nation, following last year’s event known as the Contemporary Art award, with a wide range of art installations all designed to celebrate the town’s history in an exciting new way. Renowned local Indigenous visual artist, educator and performer, Albury’s Glennys Briggs, will have her art work featured too. Biennale Artistic Director Nina Machielse Hunt said in a recent national call out, artists had been asked to creatively respond to specific exhibition sites around the town for the five-day event. “We invited artists to create art work around our heritage and not just the buildings but also the layers of interpretation from the past, present and future,” she said. “We dug deep and found some really unusual exhibition spaces.” Among unique non-traditional exhibition sites are the Hotel
Nicholas’ underground barrel cellar where an artist will install a film-based work around the 1854 hotel’s history, while an artistic performance will shed new light on an abandoned swimming pool in the Old Beechworth Gaol. More conceptual pieces wrapped around the history of Beechworth’s iconic buildings will also be on display, such as a Melbourne-based artist’s connection to Mayday Hills with a fascinating night time art projection on the grand Italianate façade of the town’s former asylum. “While people can enjoy what the artworks are communicating, they have a chance to rediscover their own community by looking at familiar historical spaces in different ways,” the artistic director said. “We aim to bring as many components of our diverse community together and engage as many people as possible on different levels and generate conversations. “The Biennale will bring the community together through interesting, thought provoking and entertaining contemporary art.” Fun artworks for all the family including a huge inflatable puppy will be on display at a public location as well. Artists have been selected
from more than 60 submissions received from around Australia. The selection panel included Benalla Art Gallery director Eric Nash, Shepparton Art Museum curator Indigenous Belinda Briggs, Gundowring artist and 2022 Beechworth Contemporary Art Award winner Susie Losch and Ms Machielse Hunt. The initiative received a regional arts project grant from the Federal Government, and will also be supported by Indigo Shire Council, Bank WAW and Bendigo Bank. Volunteers of all ages will be on hand as guides while a map will be available with QR codes taking people to the website for further information on each installation. Most sites will be open to the public at no cost between 9am and 5pm with additional times for night time art projections. More volunteers are being sought to help deliver the exhibition program and to assist artists and oversee exhibition sites. Anyone wishing to put their hand up can contact the Biennale committee via email at beechworthbiennale@gmail. com or call 0421 072 098. For more information about the Biennale visit www.beechworthbiennale.com.au/beechworth-biennale-2024.
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HELP US HELP YOU: Stakeholders gathered at the official GROW launch earlier in the year. Pictured are (from left) Judy Charlton, AVCL chair; Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees, Diarmuid Kelly (regional recovery manager, Emergency Recovery Victoria), Fiona Nicholls (Alpine CRC chair). Ms Hines said each participating group would receive up to six hours of one-on-one support over the course of the program, from February to June. Into Our Hands Foundation executive officer, Peter McCabe, said this year the foundation saw a positive take-up by a diversity of groups. “The beauty of this program is that it provides support that can flexibly meets the unique needs of each group,” he said. “The program also provides a number of online webinar ses-
sions that focus on how groups can attract and retain a strong membership base, develop a vision for what the group wants to achieve in the next three years, and create a plan to achieve that vision.” Ms Hines said any volunteer group in Indigo or Mansfield shires could put in an expression of interest by December 13 through the AVCL website. “Local communities rely on the collective efforts of a multitude of volunteer-run groups, who provide on the ground support and solutions, particularly
in times of need,” she said. “The goal of the program is to provide groups with advice and support that builds resilient, strong, and adaptive organisations who are able to sustain their operations and contribute to community recovery efforts.” The program is available to directly support up to 15 community groups in each LGA at no cost to participating groups. Further information can be found on the AVCL website: http://avclp.org.au/grow-volunteer/.
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PASSIONATE PROSPECTOR: Beechworth’s Darren Sutton gets enormous satisfaction finding unique gemstones in the local area, cutting and polishing them, and crafting them into jewellery pieces.
Darren strikes gold with local lifestyle change LOCAL resident Darren Sutton was born in Melbourne and moved to Beechworth in 1995 after spending many years working in the region and from a young age visiting family, who have lived in the area since the gold rush days. What do you did do workwise and what do you do now? For more than 45 years I worked in corporate business management and later in tourism management. During COVID and all the lockdowns we all had to endure I decided to make a lifestyle change and go back to what I like doing the most. I now work from home in my own business as a self-employed gold and gem prospector, silver and goldsmith, and jewellery maker based here in Beechworth. What brought you to your role/ career? I have had an interest in gold, gemstones and mining from a young age. My parents took my sister and myself out in the bush looking for gems when we were very young, then I found my first gold nugget at 18, studied gold and silversmithing at RMIT,
Darren Sutton and after years in the corporate sector decided to do what I want to do, not what I have to do. What do you love about your work? In my work I get enormous satisfaction finding unique gemstones in the local area, cutting and polishing them, and making them into jewellery pieces which I then sell at local markets. I love it when people appreciate the work I do and the pieces I create. It is a lifestyle choice, where I can work at my own pace and enjoy more time in the bush enjoying the natural environment. What do you do in the community? I manage the monthly
Beechworth Farmers Market for Christ Church Beechworth Anglican Parish. I really enjoy my role and see this as an important opportunity to support local makers, bakers and growers, and help them grow their businesses. Is there an important community issue that you think needs addressing? The most pressing community issue at present is the lack of affordable or any accommodation for young people wanting to leave the nest and be independent. Our young people have no choice but to leave town and their families if they wish to be independent but even then finding affordable rental accommodation is near impossible. What do you see as one of the most important current world issues? At the moment the most important world issues are the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East which have the potential to escalate and have a serious effect on the world economy. We
are seeing the emergence of a new world order which has the potential to forever change world economies, and the freedoms we once enjoyed. 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 like to bring TV personality Adam Liaw to Beechworth to show him our Chinese history, including the Chinese section in the cemetery, the Oriental bank, Chinese Gardens, and where the Chinese village was situated. Adam has a keen interest in history and is a great bloke with a strong interest in Chinese Australian history. I had the pleasure of working with him on a TV history show a short time back. What book are you reading? ‘Geopedia’ by Marcia Bjornerud, described as a “Brief Compendium of Geological Curiosities”, which is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them.
COUNCIL areas across the North East will formally enter their fire danger period (FDP) together from 1am on November 27. Wangaratta, Wodonga, Alpine, Indigo, Benalla, Strathbogie and Mansfield shires are among a host of municipalities across regional Victoria expecting hotter and drier summer conditions over the coming months, as the El Nino weather pattern continues to set in. Communities are now being urged to prepare their properties and establish a bushfire survival plan, with North East CFA deputy chief officer Ross Sullivan noting grasses in the region had dried significantly to now present with a yellow colour, indicating increased fire risk. “As we head into summer, fuel loads are becoming greater, so we are asking residents to take this opportunity ahead of the restrictions to clean up their properties,” he said. “All it takes is some basic maintenance such as clearing your gutters, picking up loose leaves and twigs, pruning tree branches so they aren’t overhanging the roof of your property, or even just keeping your lawn under 10cm tall. “We are also urging landowners to conduct safe private burn-offs where possible and to register them online in advance.” CFA is urging community members to use common sense and take responsibility for preventing fires this summer. Those conducting burn-offs in the lead-up to the FDP must notify authorities online by visiting www.firepermits.vic.gov.au or by calling the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority on 1800 668 511. By registering your burn-off online, you allow emergency call takers to allocate more of their time taking calls from people who need emergency assistance immediately. No burning off is permitted during the FDP without a permit, which can be applied for through the Fire Permits Victoria website. The permits include strict conditions and the liability sits with the permit holder to ensure they always act safely. For more information on what you can and can’t do during the FDP, visit www.cfa.vic.gov.au/can or call the VicEmergency hotline on 1800 226 226.
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Wanderers youngsters put talent on show THREE of Beechworth Wanderers’ up and coming stars put their best foot forward for selection in January’s u/12 Junior Country Week competition last weekend. Timothy Young (19 runs, 1/12 off four overs), George Pfahlert (32no, 0/13) and Jobe Warner (36no, 2/14 off three overs) showcased their skills alongside other talented youngsters from across the Wangaratta and District Cricket Association (WDCA) at Sunday’s talent day in Benalla. All three boys are plying their trade in the Wanderers’ u/12 side this season. Beechworth was also represented in the announcement of the North East Knights squads set to contest the inaugural Country Cup tournament. Marianne Edwards was named in the u/15 girls team, which is set to take on Gippsland Pride on December 18.
FUTURE STARS: (From left) Timmy Young, George Pfahlert and Jobe Warner.
Champion golfers set to be crowned By DYLAN POOL LAST Sunday was the second round of the Men’s Club Championships played in great but slightly warm conditions. The scores were hot as well, with one shot separating the top four golfers. Winner of the day was Vaughan Saunders with an even par round of 68 off a three handicap for a nett 65.
Runner up on a three way countback was Andy Croome (18) with 66, followed by Gary Pool (16) 66 and Brian Cropley (45) 66. Other good scores were recorded by Xavier Palamarczuk (4) 68, Aaron Haw (18) 69 and Jarryd Pritchard (5) 70. Nearest the pins went to Xavier Palamarczuk on the 5th, Darren Edwards on the 10th and Andy Croome on the 17th.
After the second round of the Championships the top players in each grade are. A Grade: Vaughan Saunders 139 (71, 68), Xavier Palamarczuk 148 (76, 72), Dylan Pool 149 (73, 76), Darren Edwards 151 (76, 75), Jarryd Pritchard 152 (77, 75). B Grade: Gary Pool 170 (88, 82), Graeme Cordy 172 (87, 85), Jacob Howard 175 (90, 85), Jamie Dolny 183 (93, 90).
C Grade: Peter Smith 182 (88, 94), Phil Pelgrim 187 (86, 101), Rod Shaw 213 109, 104). The leaders in the 54 home handicap are: Phil Pelgrim (27) 133 (59, 74), Vaughan Saunders (3) 133 (68, 65), Gary Pool (16) 138 (72, 66). The final round is this Sunday. If the round gets called off due to the course being deemed unplayable due to weather or course condi-
tions, the two round scores will count and the winners will stand as above. 11:30am for a 12 noon hit off. Of course anyone is encouraged to play on Sunday and if you have your own group organised and want to play outside of the 12 hit off time, just let Dylan know of your intentions. Last Thursday we had 18 players for twilight golf on the back nine.
We welcomed four visitors from Albury and it looks like they had a good night as one of them took out the competition. Barry Verbunt was the winner with 20 points. Runner up was Jamie Dolny with 18. The only ball winner with 18 points (17+1) was Darren McCormick. There were five players on 17 points, so none of them got a prize.
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HAPPY DAYS: Richie Worcester and the Wanderers celebrate one of Worcester’s three wickets.
TAKE OFF: Tim Cogger sets to bowl in his seven over spell.
IN RHYTHM: Dean Fitzpatrick finished with a standout 3/9 off his seven overs last Saturday to help Beechworth cruise to a 141 run win. PHOTOS: Janet Watt
Wanderers roll through Tigers A NEAR faultless display with the ball capped off a dominant two weeks for Beechworth’s A grade cricketers, smashing Ovens Valley United (OVUCC) by 141 runs. Starting with a clean slate, the OVUCC openers found runs hard to come by with the new ball partnership of Gareth Taylor and Cam Fendyk dotting the
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scorecard early as they chased their target of 229, with the first wicket falling at the start of the 11th over. A string of consistent dismissals followed to stifle any chance of a clean run
chase for the home side at Myrtleford’s McNamara Reserve, bowled out for 87 within 40 overs. Dean Fitzpatrick (3/9) and Richie Worcester (3/19) finished with dream figures off just seven overs apiece while Tim Cogger (2/16) off his seven overs continued his impactful early season form with the ball. Only three Tigers batters
reached double figures in Kane Fitzpatrick (25), Tyler Thomason (11) and Gurjot Gosal (10) in the team’s second score of below 100 in as many games. Batting out the remainder of the overs, the Wanderers put on 7/143 in their second innings with opener Clancy Ellett backing up his first innings 50 with a top score of 72.
A forecasted 10-30mm of rain and a chance of a thunderstorms looks set to dampen hopes of play tomorrow, as Beechworth head to Benalla Gardens for another two-dayer against the Bushrangers, eager to make amends after being out righted against YarrawongaMulwala. Opening batsman and
current highest run scorer Priyank Chohan has been leading the way for Benalla who have lost their past three matches. In other grades last Saturday, Beechworh’s B grade were handed a 123 run loss by OVUCC while C grade chased down Yarrawonga-Mulwala’s 129 comfortably thanks to 65 runs from Hunter North.
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