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A chance to be part of history ENTERTAINED: Chris Toole (left) on electric guitar, vocalist Iva Mahoni, Toby Mobbs - percussion, drummer Naomi Best, Nick Keogh - vocals and guitar, Emily Lawson on tambourine and vocalist Asha Bright delighted the crowd at the Under the Pines music festival. Story page 10. PHOTO: Jasmine Rochow

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Hold up on courthouse project INDIGO Shire Council remains on track to bring the Beechworth Historic Courthouse - Kelly Trials Project to life despite a set back with creative design agency Arterial Design that last week announced it will no longer deliver the project.

The Melbourne-based exhibition design company had won the $680,000 contract from a pool of 17 tenders in February last year to undertake the exhibition curation, design, construction and installation to create a word-class heritage tourism experience.

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Fund each contributed $500,000 towards the venture that goes beyond the Kelly story.

A joint statement from council and Arterial Design reads, “Indigo Shire Council and Arterial Design reviewed the project’s curatorial and creative direction and agreed there was a divergence of interpretative methodology and creative approach.”

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Council thanked Arterial Design for its enthusiasm and efforts while Arterial Design said it looked forward to seeing council bring the project to life.

Shire chief executive Trevor Ierino said great progress had been made with completed research and information gathered for the project’s first stage with the venture still going forward to progress to the next one.

“We’ve had to slightly change direction but the project will be better for the wonderful stories and information that has emerged

during the consultation workshops that were held last year,” he said.

While seeking a new exhibition experience consultancy to deliver the project which will be pushed back with a completion date from July this year to mid 2023, Mr Ierino said the project will be delivered within the original budget.

Mr Ierino said the completed exhibition based on the trials associated with Ned Kelly, the Kelly family and their associates as well as other characters and stories from the courthouse

with its significant history in the North East will be a word-class heritage tourism experience.

“The next stage of further research, curatorial work and story interpretation will build on the rich input gathered from many important community and expert stakeholders over the course of 2021,” he said.

With a significant investment in cultural heritage interpretation and tourism, Mr Ierino said a massive increase in cultural heritage tourism to the region is expected.

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Valuable insights into renewable energy storage options

By CORAL COOKSLEY TOTALLY Renewable Beechworth’s event Battery Fever drew strong interest from locals as well as from people around the region on Saturday.

One of more than 100 people who attended the volunteer organisation’s event, Beechworth’s Lesley Milne said she gained an understanding of project complexity in TRB’s goal in achieving transition to totally renewable energy by 2030 by listening to the speakers who shared their expertise and experience.

“Dr Helen Haines with her Local Power Plan, for example, provided a practical, realistic and costed model, co-designed by communities and experts across Australia, to ensure large scale renewable power,” she said.

Ms Milne said renewable energy advocate Dr Saul Griffiths and also author of the book ‘The Big Switch’ also provided hope with his brief explanation about transfer to renewable electricity production and what it took for infrastructure transformation, grid update, and household adaptation.

“Dr Griffith emphasised how we will need to pro-

HAVING A SAY: Beechworth locals Bob Bath (left), Anne McDonald, Linda Erskine, Dennis Bittisnich with Lesley Milne in a working group that contributed ideas to reach totally renewable energy goals for Beechworth at the TRB event on Saturday. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley duce two and a half times more electricity in the future to achieve decarbonisation of our economy,” she said.

“We need to urgently consider how to make the move from the central to decentralised electricity generation through microgrids and household generation and storage.”

Ms Milne said commitment from communities and the willingness to act swiftly is needed.

“Totally Renewable Yackandandah, and Totally Renewable Beechworth models among others will enable other communities to learn from their experi-

ences,” she said.

Beechworth’s Anne Geddis gained further insight into a renewable energy future and steps that can be taken to reach goals to become totally renewable.

Finding Dr Griffith talk inspirational with his work in the Unites States, Ms Geddis could see comparisons between the two countries.

“He made a point that Australia should be leading the way because of some of the country’s advantages,” she said.

“Leading the way would become worldwide and we’re in a good position to be able to do

that,” she said.

Mark Aarons travelled from the Mornington Peninsular to hear the latest developments in renewable energy and storage.

“We wanted to hear TRB’s experiences and from the people who are working with them such as Mondo and Indigo Power,” he said.

“TRB is looking at storage options and TRY has the first community battery of its kind,” he said.

“We don’t have those opportunities in the Mornington Peninsula town I live in yet and finding out has been really valuable.”

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As of 11.59pm on Friday, a Victorian recommendation to work or study from home where possible will be removed, with masks no longer required in most indoor settings.

According to Minister for Health, Martin Foley, an increase in third dose vaccination rates has allowed mask expectations to relax, with facial coverings only required in specific circumstances, including: • People on public transport, in taxis and rideshare, on planes, and indoors at an airport; • People working or visiting hospitals and indoor areas at care facilities; • Hospitality, retail and court system workers; • Workers at justice and correctional facilities; • Students in year three or above at primary school, and workers at early childhood centres and primary schools (masks can be removed in secondary school); and • People working indoors at an event with more than 30,000 people attending in special circumstances, such as if you have COVID-19 or are a close contact and you’re leaving home.

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Public hospitals will be permitted to resume all surgery, but capacity will be dictated by staff availability and additional COVID demands.

“Victorians have done such a great job getting vaccinated, so we’re able to take safe steps to get more people to return to the office,” Mr Foley said.

“We’re balancing the need to support our health system with the benefits of easing restrictions in a careful and sensible way.”

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Fully vaccinated workers yet to be eligible for a third dose will have a deadline off three months and two weeks from their second dosage, while workers who have recently arrived from overseas will be required to receive their third dose within four weeks of their arrival.

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Powering into a renewable energy future

By CORAL COOKSLEY A CHANCE to listen to renewable energy experts about the latest in battery storage options for generation, distribution and ownership of renewable energy by the local community drew more than 100 people to an event held in Beechworth on Saturday.

Held in the Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall by Totally Renewable Beechworth’s (TRB), guest speakers for the three hour session “Battery Fever’ were Federal member for Indi, Dr Helen Haines MP and Indigo Power managing director Ben McGowan.

Jodie Hallam and Matt Charles-Jones from Mondo delivered an informative talk about the future of battery technology, latest developments and research which included the Edge Project while Totally Renewable Yackandandah’s (TRY) Juliette Milbank talked about TRY’s projects and the town’s community battery - the first of its kind in Australia.

TRB committee chair Sue Gold said projects and research had been placed under the spotlight with their translation into what the community is doing now and what can be done in continuing to pave the way to a renewable energy future.

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“Dr Haines is advocating at the federal level for national leadership and ANU researchers Marnie Shaw and Hedda Ransan-Cooper discussed their research into batteries, grid integration, social implications and equity of community power supply.”

“The TRB team was thrilled by the number of people in the Beechworth community who have a high level of interest in different types and scale of batteries, and in contributing to what battery installations could look like,” she said.

Dr Haines said the number of people who turned up to talk about switching their community to one hundred per cent renewables showed that regional Australians understood renewables held promise.

“They just want to get on and do it,” she said.

“We want to see renewables suited to local needs, deliver profits and jobs locally, and meet communities’ aspirations.”

Dr Haines said if Beechworth could hit its goal of 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2030 that would mean energy security and economic revitalisation.

With electricity and petrol from distant suppliers, she said around $10 million left the town community each year in power

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“If we generated our own electricity, and powered our houses and our cars with that electricity, that would be $10 million injected back into our local economy each year.”

With Beechworth relying on external electricity supply, she also said in a bushfire, Beechworth had limited ability to generate its own power supply where generation and storage of local power meant self-reliance should a crisis hit.

Engineer, inventor and advocate on a global scale for climate change mitigation Dr Saul Griffith delivered an informative talk including Australia as a potential leader in renewable energy on the world stage.

Dr Griffith has led federally-funded research projects among them for agencies such as NASA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Advanced Research Projects AgencyEnergy (ARPA-e) and the National Science Foundation as well as an adviser to US President Joe Biden.

Ms Gold said event feedback indicated strong support for installations from residential to community scale batteries.

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ON A MISSION: Dr Saul Griffith (left), TRB committee chair Sue Gold, TRB’s committee members Peter Anfruns and Bev Smith with Federal member for Indi, Dr Helen Haines and Mondo’s Matt Charles-Jones at Saturday’s ‘Battery Fever’ event.

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“People who don’t have solar panels or battery storage can still benefit from distributed power from buy-into community batteries.”

“It means a lower cost of electricity for everyone in the community and Indigo Power is an important player.”

“Post-COVID we were able to meet face-to-face and I think people were really energised to share their ideas and aspirations in person.”

Ms Gold said different activities to be delivered by TRB needed support by local people.

“We’re always on the hunt for volunteers to help deliver our projects to the community,” she said.”

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Tania Maxwell questions fire risk communications integration timeframe DERRYN Hinch Justice Party MP Tania Maxwell has asked Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes when the government expects cross-border emergency services will be able to communicate seamlessly in a disaster.

Ms Maxwell told Parliament this week that incompatible emergency services radio networks between Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia made communication between border fire brigades “near impossible”.

“In 2004, the Council of

Australian Governments’ National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management supported the alignment of emergency services’ communications between the states,” Ms Maxwell said.

“The 2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements report notes that little progress has been made in the 17 years since then.

“Lack of action on this issue is, frankly, dangerous for residents in border communities and hampers the tactical capacity of local emergency services.

“So, my question is, will the government commit to a time line and finally sort this out?”

Beechworth CFA captain Bruce Forrest, in evidence to the 2020 royal commission following the ‘Black Summer’ bushfires, said: “The Murray River is between you (and NSW Rural Fire Service brigades) but, bar getting out a waving, there’s not really much you can do”.

Legislative Council standing orders require questions to be answered within 14 days.

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Ms Maxwell asked Ms Symes when the Country Fire Authority’s Wangaratta’s district 23 will again have an operating incident control centre.

Ms Maxwell said Wangaratta had “currently no dedicated Country Fire Authority incident control centre within the city boundary”.

“The CFA district 23 headquarters building, which also hosts the Emergency Management Victoria Wangaratta incident control centre, had to be evacuated late last year due to damp and mould, and the district 23 leadership team needs a new

premises to meet its needs,” she said.

“Senior CFA volunteers have raised with me their significant concerns that the Wangaratta incident control centre has been offline for the 2021-22 fire danger period.

“The 16 CFA brigades of the Wangaratta group have no permanent facility in Wangaratta at all to date.

“What assurances can you provide, Minister, to the Wangaratta district 23 area that these issues will be urgently addressed?”

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she was “aware of the issues”.

“We have some meetings just this week to further discuss these matters,” the minister said.

“You have written to me, and so have many of the brigades. I have met with them in person.

“Most of them, as I said, I have a longstanding relationship with, so this is ongoing work.

“But I am not in a position to give you any further information in relation to funding or the like. It is an ongoing matter that I am very well across.”

Standing ovation at Christ Church concert on Sunday

By CORAL COOKSLEY INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed harpsichord and saxophone players received a standing ovation from an 80-strong audience at a concert held in Beechworth on Sunday.

In the first of the Christ Church concert series to be held this year, world-renowned Peter Hagen on harpsichord with Niels Bijlon on saxophone enraptured music lovers with their combined interpretation of baroque music.

The musicians performed pieces by Handel, Vivaldi, De Fesch, Sammartini and Telemann.

Event organiser Kate Sutherland said the exceptional concert with a combination of the two musical instruments - one soprano and the other baritone had been an eye-and ear opening experience.

With the unusual combination of instruments, Beechworth’s Sandra Williams who attended the event said the saxophone had not been invented and patented

until 1846, around a century after Baroque composers like Vivaldi and Handel were writing their music.

“But it works,” she said.

“In Baroque times, composers were not precious about assigning particular and specific instruments to realise their compositions.”

“The goal was to bring the joy of the music to anyone who could read the musical score and play it on their particular instrument.”

“Peter and Niels are carrying on this refreshing concept.”

“Various-sized saxophones are very expressive instruments and the music was re-interpreted beautifully.”

Ms Williams said the town is blessed to be able to experience in a live, intimate and excellent acoustic setting like Beechworth’s Christ Church.

“Peter and Neil are world class performers who have played to audiences all around the globe and recorded their work for posterity,” she said.

WORLD-RENOWNED: Peter Hagen (left) played harpsichord with Niels Bijlon on saxophone at Christ Church’s first concert on Sunday in this year’s series.

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A chance to be part of history

Correction A STORY in last week’s Ovens and Murray Advertiser incorrectly reported that Terry Walsh was awarded life membership of the Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL).

He was, in fact, presented with a certificate by the local sub-branch on behalf of the RSL recognising his 50 years service.

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By CORAL COOKSLEY THE BURKE Museum is on the hunt for Beechworthians for a photoshoot to add to an exciting new exhibition called ‘People of Beechworth.’

The exhibition that will be launched on Easter Saturday this year, showcases today’s modern, vibrant community, and matches 10 current residents with historical characters and collections.

By linking modern people and those in history, Burke Museum and Cultural Heritage manager Cameron Auty said that the exhibition will help to build a sense of community and resilience.

Mr Auty said a museum area had been designated for the long-term exhibition.

“People recorded now will be in history records for the future,” he said.

Mr Auty also said the exhibition had been funded by a $30,000 Federal Bushfire Recovery grant, as well as a $7000 donation from the family of Ern Hawking along with staff and funding support from Indigo Shire Council.

As part of the exhibition

HISTORY MADE: Long-time Burke Museum volunteer Lillian Hollands is one of 10 featured locals in the new exhibition ‘People of Beechworth’ being launched on Easter Saturday.

PHOTO: courtesy Indigo Shire Council all residents are invited to turn up and have their individual photo taken.

“These will be presented alongside the 10 featured personalities”, Mr Auty said.

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Scholarship keeps legacy vision From now until mid March GOLDEN HORSESHOES FESTIVAL PARADE CALL-OUT. With Easter just around the corner the Golden Horseshoes Festival committee is seeking parade applications from schools, community groups and individuals to participate in this year’s parade at 3pm on Saturday, April 16. Email Goldenhorseshoesfestival@gmail.com Enquiries Jim Didolis M 0409 958 340.

Saturday, February 26 QUERCUS BEECHWORTH. Repair Café.

10am-12pm. Volunteers will be at the Oregon Hall ready to inspire, repair and teach new skills. Corner of Ford & Church Street.

Thursday, March 3 U3A ‘Pioneer Women of the NorthEast.’2pm-4pm. Local historian and author Ian Hyndman will look at the privations endured by early pioneer women in the region with a focus on the lives of four lo-

By CORAL COOKSLEY A YOUNG Beechworthian this week started an exciting journey at university with the help of a Beechworth Rotary Club award.

A delighted Arwen Cropley received a $2000 Jack Tully scholarship from the club with an official presentation held at a Stanley pub dinner last week.

Arwen who finished her secondary education at Beechworth Secondary College last year has taken up a Bachelor of Arts degree at Melbourne University where she plans to study politics, international relations, history and French.

The 18 year old said receiving the scholarship had been amazing.

“It feels like all of Beechworth is behind me and it’s really nice to have that community support,” she said.

“The scholarship is going to help me a lot as it will be going towards my accommodation and other general uni costs.”

While Arwen hopes to inspire fellow secondary college students to follow in her footsteps to take up university studies, with her interest in politics she also looks

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IF you have an event you’d like added to this calendar, please email edit.omadvertiser@nemedia.com.au THRILLED: Beechworth Rotary Club honorary member Terry Walsh (left), scholarship recipient Arwen Cropley, club secretary Simon Kelly, and president Larry Goldsworthy.

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Red Cross calling of a different kind next month

By CORAL COOKSLEY COMMUNITY members have the chance to dig into pockets for donations to next month’s Red Cross Calling Appeal when local Red Cross volunteers will be collecting at the Beechworth kiosk in the town’s centre.

Beechworth Red Cross Branch chair, Julia Smith, said people in the local area had traditionally made contributions to the Australian Red Cross each year.

“Community members will be welcomed at the kiosk where we will have collection tins for cash but

EFTPOS and credit card donations can be accepted too,” she said.

“Every Friday and Saturday morning in March our members will be at the kiosk from 9am to noon when people can make donations.

“Funds raised will go towards many Red Cross programs such as patient transport, disaster and recovery, Telecross and breakfast programs.”

Ms Smith said Red Cross Emergency RediPlan booklets will also be available at the venue to help people plan for emergencies.

“It’s not just for natural disasters like bushfires of floods, but advice is given on incidents such as what to do if people fall in their homes that lead to a hospital stay,” she said.

“This booklet may help people lessen the impact of emergencies by being prepared.”

For more than 70 years, thousands of volunteers have made a huge contribution to local communities during Red Cross Calling.

For more information contact Julia Smith on mobile 0418 888 653 or 03 57 281 071.

HAPPY VOLUNTEERS: Beechworth’s Wendy Kelly (left), Helen Roberson, Julia Smith, Jenna Holt and Kim Rowley will be some of the local Red Cross members collecting donations next month at the town’s kiosk.

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EXCITING ROLE: Stanley’s Chris Baker provides leadership and productivity consulting services to organisations across Australia from his home office.

Communities working together for the future CHRIS Baker was born in Hardingstone in England.

His family emigrated to Australia as ten-pound poms in 1969 when he was a toddler, settling first in Wangaratta and later moving to Eldorado.

After some years in Melbourne, Chris finally moved back to the area with his wife, Michelle, and two kids, Kimberley and Hartley about eight years ago.

The couple found a property in Stanley with a wonderful garden they love and with enough room to experiment with self-sufficiency and small-scale agriculture.

What’s your job?

I have run my own consultancy, Kallista Consulting, for 16 years.

I provide training, consulting and mentoring services in process improvement and leadership.

It’s a challenging and exciting role with a diverse client base that includes manufacturers of all sizes, from small family-owned business to major FMCG brands, federal, state and local government agencies, defence suppliers, police, agriculture and much more. It never gets boring!

What brought you to this role?

My career started with tutoring in physics and electronics at LaTrobe University in Bendigo.

This experience gave me a love of teaching which I have always carried.

I then moved into high tech manufacturing and was very fortunate to receive excellent coaching in the ‘Lean Six Sigma’ methodologies that were emerging from the automotive industry.

This gave me a head start in the field and proved invaluable in my later management roles.

With experience, I began to connect the dots between productivity, leadership and workplace culture.

What do you love about your job?

I get to see how so many things are done, which is fascinating, but I think the main thing is seeing the huge improvements in workplace culture.

Watching managers grow in confidence and hearing teams report how much more they enjoy their work is incredibly satisfying.

What do you do in the community?

My main community contribution is as a volunteer firefighter with the Stanley Fire Brigade.

Chris Baker, Stanley I also have a keen interest in local history, and recently contributed some of the historical notes for the Walking Stanley Project.

What’s the most important current community issue for you?

While I’m not a primary producer myself, Stanley is largely an agricultural community, so sustainability and how we adapt to changes in bushfire severity, rainfall, extreme weather and rising fertiliser costs will be the biggest challenges ahead.

What would you do to solve, change or improve that situation?

We can all work to be more self-sufficient, conserve resources and try to shift towards renewable energy sources.

Working as a community to experiment with new (or old) agricultural techniques and sharing ideas and successes will be paramount.

Technology also has a significant role to play.

What’s the most important current world issue for you?

Global instability and the lack of cooperation among nations undermines progress on all the other issues.

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

Billy Connolly. I’d show him the hard-working people and the inspirational leaders in the area.

And I’d take him gold panning.

Why would you show him that?

He’d love meeting those people and would make us all laugh and feel good about ourselves in the process.

And I also think he’d love turning up some gold in his pan.

What book are you reading?

‘An economic history of the world since 1400’ by Professor Donald J. Harreld.

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STRUMMED: Young Chiltern musician loved the chance to perform on Saturday at ‘Under the Pines’ youth mini music festival in Beechworth on Saturday wihere some of the crew looked on too.

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First time youth mini music festival rocks

By CORAL COOKSLEY MUSIC pumped as young emerging professional musicians showcased their talent at the first-time youth mini music festival on Saturday at Beechworth’s Town Hall Gardens.

‘Under the Pines’ had been a dream come true for local musician and creative director Asha Bright with the event organised by a group of talented Beechworth young people supported by Indigo Shire Council’s youth worker Sal Kimber.

“With Asha as the driver, the team learned about running events where festivals like this have a great vibe and are really worthwhile,” Sal said.

“It’s great experience for running future similar events too that provide learning pathways and gives young people inspiration and confidence.”

Chiltern’s Molly Williams among performing musicians strummed her guitar while singing to the crowd that gathered for the free event.

As a young person, Mollie said festivals like ‘Under the Pines’ are a great experience for emerging performers.

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The year 12 student at Victory Lutheran in Wodonga has been playing guitar and songwriting for around three years as well as singing ever since she could remember.

Mollie said she would love to pursue a career in songwriting and singing if given the chance.

“I think it is a great way to express yourself and your feelings, and really connect with the audience,” she said.

For Yackandandah’s Jasmine Rochow with a passion for photography since a youngster, the festival helped build event skills.

“It’s about working as a team and communicating with others besides getting my name as a photographer out there,” she said.

“Now that I’m photographing musicians, I love it even more and being part of the energy they bring to a festival, and it’s great to capture their favourite moments.”

The Beechworth Secondary College student said she would love to have a career as a photographer focusing on music and event photog-

raphy, as well as working in the environment, such as an Outdoor Ed instructor.

Both Sal and Asha said the mini-musicalfest had been a great turnout.

“We had incredible young musicians, chill-out space, games and a free barbecue hosted by the Beechworth Rotary Club,” Sal said.

“The key idea is for young people to gain experience playing on stage where amazing 13-year-old Maya Humphreys played on stage to an audience too.

“Maya is in the event crew and is learning how to run an event as well.”

With the event planned to be held annually, Asha said it had been great to have local young musicians get together to perform for an audience.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to have events because of COVID and it’s been an incredible one,” she said.

The FReeZA event run by councils is a youth development program and Victorian Government initiative to support young people between aged 12 to 25 to learn festival organisation skills, run live music events and cultural workshops for other young people in their local community.

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Croome takes Summer Cup TWILIGHT golf last Thursday saw 19 players front up for a round on the front nine.

Steve Piddington used his pluses to his advantage to win with a score of 26 (18+8), Kerin Rowbottom was the bridesmaid again coming runner up for the second week in a row with 25 (19+6).

Ball winners were Rod Shaw 24 (18+6), Andy Croome 23 (19+4) and John Sheehan 23 (17+6).

Only one Nearest the pin went off and that was Warwick Deuis on the 5th which won him the half dozen.

Dylan Pool claimed the cash for nearest chip on the 9th.

John Sheehan took home the Flippin’fresh Seafood Wodonga voucher in the raffle.

At the Twilight presentation we presented Rod Shaw with a brand new putter that was funded by the Thursday and Sunday golfers as a thank you for all the work he does around the course and flipping the snags on the barbecue on a Thursday.

We wish Rod a safe trip to London on Friday and we look forward to seeing him when he returns in August.

Summer Cup On Sunday the final round of the Summer Cup was played.

The daily winner was Andy Croome (18) with 36 points, Jamie Dolny (18) was runner up with 35. Aaron Haw (19) won a ball with 32.

Nearest the pins went to Andy Croome on the 7th, Ryan Hayes on the 10th and Col Carmody

with nearly a hole in one on the 17th.

Andy Croome with his 36 points today leapfrogged Aaron Haw to claim the 2022 Summer Cup denying Aaron a chance of back to back wins.

Andy’s best three out of four scores totalled 104, with Aaron runner up on 103, Jamie Dolny was third on 98.

Friday Twilight Twenty players hit off last Friday for the first week of the Summer Twilight competition.

Great to welcome some newcomers as well as the regulars back to this competition.

David Lang won the Men’s section with 16 points just sneaking ahead of Rick Atkins and Ric Pierce both on 15 pts.

A very close shot on the par three 7th (32 cms) created a lot of excitement.

Nada Guyatt won the Women’s section with 19 points just edging out Pam Nankervis with 18 pts.

We still have the teams’ event to get under way.

Watch this space.

Wednesday Golf is on for anyone interested. 8.30am for 9am hit off. Women’s Opening Day is Wednesday, March 9.

This coming Sunday is the Club’s Opening Day for 2022.

A four ball better ball event (pairs) will be played, which will incorporate the John and Joan Anderson Mixed 4Ball Championships.

Teams will be drawn out at random on the day.

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Summer Cup winner Andy Croome.

All men, women, visitors and members are encouraged to attend.

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time if 11:30am for 12noon start.

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From back page Sophie Panozzo joined Randell they were able to partner for 12 runs before Randell was dismissed.

Cath Wood joined Panozzo and in the space of three overs added 36 runs with seven boundaries to progress the score to 3/48 from six overs.

Panozzo was dismissed LBW for 25.

Wood was able to play all her shots for 30 runs before retiring after the 30 ball limit.

Bree Wojtowyez and Kaitlyn Ritchie came together at the wicket and ran hard between the wickets.

With the score on 85 Wojtowyez was dismissed for 10 which triggered a batting collapse with a triple wicket maiden restricting Beechworth from 4/85 to teeter at 7/88.

A valuable eight run partnership ensued with Alyssa Priest and Emmaline Howard which took the total to 8/96 when Priest was dismissed.

Burns came and was dismissed with still two runs required for victory.

Number 11 bat Andrea Belci then came to the crease and joined Howard.

After surviving the first ball, Belci took a blow to the helmet but scampered through for a single to tie scores.

After the injury was assessed, Belci came from the field and was replaced by Wood returning from retired not out.

With Howard on strike, a wide was bowled which saw the 2021/2022 Goulburn Murray A grade women’s premiership secured by the WDCA/Beechworth team.

For her score of 30 from 30 balls and taking 1/12, Wood was awarded player of the grand final.

In batting order, the premiership team was Alex Randell, Crystal Stevens, Sophie Panozzo, Cath Wood, Bree Wojtowyez, Kaitlyn Ritchie, Emmaline Howard, Kate Burns, Neve White, Alyssa Priest and Andrea Belci, while Erin Brond was 12th team member.

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WDCA/Beechworth win first cricket title

By STEPHEN HICKS IN a grand final for the cricket connoisseurs, Beechworth have been crowned premiers in the Goulburn Murray Cricket competition.

In a replay of last season, the clash against powerhouse Echuca went down to the wire with victory secured on the second last ball

of the innings.

Played at the picturesque Tongala Recreation Reserve, Echuca won the toss and elected to bat.

Neve White and Sophie Panozzo opened the bowling and Echuca batted well against some quality bowling.

The introduction of Cath Wood saw the first wicket

fall in the seventh over with the score on 39.

Kate Burns bowled two overs conceding just one run.

Kaitlyn Ritchie was introduced into the attack and after consecutive fours she turned the tables to remove the danger wicket of Grace Moyle to a brilliant catch by Alyssa Priest for eight runs.

At the 10 over mark, Echuca was 2/56.

After a 17 run partnership, Priest bowled her opponent to take the score to 3/66 and then quickly it was 4/67 when Crystal Stevens struck to claim the next wicket.

Stevens’ bowling was superb and her four overs yielded figures of 1/6 with

17 dot balls.

Priest bowled two overs taking 1/7.

The fifth and final wicket to fall for Echuca was a fantastic run out by Alex Randell who threw the ball to Stevens to rattle the stumps.

Echuca mustered 5/97 from their 20 overs.

Neve White had figures of 0/18 off two overs; Panozzo

0/17 off four overs; Ritchie 1/15 off one over; Wood 1/12 off two overs; Burns 0/14 off four overs; Emmaline Howard 0/6 from one over.

After the tea interval, Beechworth took to the batting crease and unfortunately Stevens was dismissed in the first over after a mix up led to a run out.

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