IN THE SWING
Rock ‘n Roll dancers from Johnny’s Rockers delighted the crowd at Chiltern’s successful ‘Back to the 50s’ event on Saturday, 6 September.
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Bottles uncorked for wine lovers
THE 137TH RUTHERGLEN WINE SHOW WILL BE SHOWING THE BEST OF WINES FROM AROUND AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEKEND
By CORAL COOKSLEY
Wine-lovers have the chance to taste a diversity of wines from around Australia at the Rutherglen showground’s Henderson Pavilion next week.
The public tasting on Friday, September 26 held on the eve of the AFL Grand Final follows last week’s four-day wine judging for the 137th Rutherglen Wine Show – the longest running wine show in Australia.
The show also incorporates the 2025 Australian Fortified Wine Show – the biggest exhibition of fortified wine in the nation.
McWilliams senior wine maker,
and highly respected wine industry expert, Russell Cody, led the judging.
Pfeiffer winemaker and Rutherglen Show committee chair Chris Pfeiffer (OAM) said a combined total of close to 1000 entries for both table and fortified wines had been received from all states around Australia.
Mr Pfeiffer said the wine show is holding its own despite wine shows not being as a buoyant as they used to be in the past.
“Table wines were a little down in this year’s entries but there’s still growth across some categories with strong growth
occurring in the tawny and fortified vintage reds,” he said.
“Tawny was a dominant category within the fortified wine show.”
Mr Pfeiffer said Iberian table wines continue to gain interest, such as Tempranillo, with the idea recognising the Spanish and Portuguese grape varieties grown on the Iberian Peninsula.
“The varieties are also common in the south of France,” he said.
“Historically we’ve had good growth in these varieties around Australia, with planting of the varieties in our region in the late 1980s.
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PHOTO: Coral Cooksley
Back to the 50s event swings a big hit
By CORAL COOKSLEY
Chiltern came alive with a weekend of rock ‘n roll for the town’s inaugural ‘Back to the 1950s’ event.
Dancers from Johnny’s Rockers hit the floor swinging for an evening community dance held at the Chiltern Soldiers Memorial Club while giving towns folk and visitors a toe tapping time when dancing demonstrations took place in an open arcade off Conness Street on Saturday, 6 September.
The town’s band ‘50s Fools’ played at the dance too.
Johnny Phung who runs Johnny’s Rockers said it had been a wonderful experience to be part of the Chiltern tourism event.
“It brings people into the town and see what Chilton offers with its great atmosphere,” he said.
“It’s still like the way it used to be.”
Mr Phung said half the crew from Johnny’s Rockers were at the event with 18 dancers putting on a good show.
Among other items on the fun weekend agenda included a1950s fashion parade at Posh Plonk, screenings of iconic 50s inspired movie ‘Grease’ in the historic Star Theatre, vintage car and bike displays and a cruise along old Highway 31.
For Chiltern Singers the
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event marked a 20-year anniversary since the group began.
Musical director Pam McDonald who started the group said it was the first time the singers had sung rock ‘n roll songs as many of them are classically trained.
“We do a mixture of things such as songs from musicals, popular ballads and folk music but it’s been a lot of fun with rock ‘n roll,” she said.
Ms McDonald said songs
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included Bill Haley’s’ Rock Around the Clock’, ‘Don’t be Cruel’ by Elvis Presley, ‘Unchained Melody’ by the Righteous Brothers and ‘Bye, Bye Love’ by the Everly Brothers.
“We also included some Australian Johnny O’Keefe’s songs ‘She’s my Baby’, and ‘Sing (until the blues so long)’ which was from his show on the ABC and Cole Joy’s song ‘Bye, Bye, Baby, Goodbye,’” she said.
Another was ‘Stupid Cupid’ by American singer Connie Francis.
“There are eight of us and we have three soloists in our program,” Ms McDonald said.
Singer Marelle Whitaker said Pam had found music from right through the 1950s period representing different years.
“It was lots of fun to go back over that music and prepare for the program,” she said.
“Most of them are songs
Pedal push to help make a difference
By CORAL COOKSLEY
A young Beechworthian cyclist is set to pedal push for a worthy cause next month with a goal to raise $1000.
An advertisement on tele for ‘Ride for the Kids’ a few weeks ago caught the eye of 12-year-old Jack Mannix who loves riding his bike around town and beyond.
The annual bike ride to fundraise for Brainwave Australia is a month-long virtual cycling challenge held in October to support children with brain illnesses and injuries across Australia.
“As I ride my bike, I thought it would be good to ride for the charity and I signed up for it,” Jack said.
“I think it really matters to help because if we were in that position, I think we would like a charity to be there for us.”
With a love of riding his bike, Jack said he usually does a lap around town on the weekends.
Jack with his dad also go bike riding somewhere about every second weekend on the rail trails around the area to places like Yackandandah.
“Brainwave Australia supports people with things like emergency accommodation, funds therapy and equipment, and they also organise days out for children with brain disorders like paying
for them to go to the zoo,” Jack said.
The Cathedral College Year 6 student will be clocking up the 298km target over the month of October starting with some close by local rides with his dad every night as daylight saving will have kicked in.
“We’ll do big rides on the weekend and try and get to the 298km goal,” Jack said.
On average, 10 children a day are diagnosed with a brain injury or illness in Australia equating to 3000 families each year thrown into crisis.
Brainwave Australia, running for more than 30 years began from a mother’s love of her son diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The organisation partnering with every major paediatric hospital in Australia is the only national charity dedicated to holistically supporting children with brain disorders and their families.
Visit www.rideforthekids. org.au/fundraisers/jackmannix/ride-for-the-kids-2025 for more information on the ride, Jack’s fundraising efforts and more information on Brainwave Australia.
PEDAL CLOCKUP: Beechworth’s Jack Mannix is set to fundraise next month for Brainwave Australia by taking part in next month’s ‘Ride for the Kids.’
we’ve heard them in our childhood and through the years because they’re ‘evergreens.’
Chiltern Tourism committee member Andrea Crossman behind the event said she thought it would be a great idea to have the town decked out in the 1950s for a local and tourism event.
“I love everything 50s including rock and roll and old cars,” she said.
Ms Crossman said the
town lent itself to a 50s style event with its heritage buildings and set up like a stage.
“The town looks like it’s a movie set and has been used for movies,” she said.
Ms Crossman said shop windows were dressed up for the 1950s with a competition for the best dressed window.
“The Bakery had their polka dot skirts on too,” she said.
“Everyone was really supportive, and the event brought the town to life.”
GREAT IDEA: Chiltern Tourism committee member Andrea Crossman behind the event with town support for the successful ‘Back to the 50s’.
GREAT VIBE: CHILTERN
BROUGHT ALIVE
SEPTEMBER WITH ROCK ‘N ROLL DANCERS FROM JOHNNY’S ROCKERS. PHOTOS: CORAL COOKSLEY
Local FFMVic firefighters given national recognition
By CORAL COOKSLEY
Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) firefighters and incident management staff from across the North East have been formally recognised for their efforts to protect threatened communities during the devastating 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires.
Five Beechworthians were among more than 170 current and former FFMVic staff awarded the prestigious National Emergency Medals last Friday.
FFMVic chief fire officer Chris Hardman, and Hume deputy chief fire officer Aaron Kennedy presented medals to Dylan Pritchard, Ben Merritt, Leith McKenzie (retired), Matthew Hicks and Chelsea Cherry.
The five were among recipients at the ceremony held by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) at La Trobe University’s campus in Wodonga.
Mr Kennedy said the Black Summer bushfires had a significant and lasting impact on many local communities, staff, and the broader emergency management sector.
“The courage, strength and commitment involved in the response and recovery efforts for the fires is something that is truly admirable,” he said.
The Black Summer fires burned more than 1.5 million hectares of public and private land in Victoria,
with over 3500 fires responded to by emergency crews over a 98-day period.
FFMVic staff were deployed to major fires in the Upper Murray and Ovens districts which impacted communities and the environment.
“Many medal recipients continue to work in forest and fire management, helping to mitigate the impacts of bushfires on the community and environment,” Mr Kennedy said.
Retired FFMVic member Beech-
worth’s Leith McKenzie had a longtime career with DEECA previously known as the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) spanning 44 years.
Mr McKenzie - an incident controller in the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires - said receiving the award as a member of a the team is a privilege.
“These awards recognise the huge effort undertaken in campaign fires (for more than seven days),” he said.
The National Emergency Medal
Men’s health out in the open
By CORAL COOKSLEY
A recent series of Beechworth Men’s Shed sessions with conversations and a workshop wrapped around men’s health drew interest from around 30 people to each event.
Two free sessions titled ‘Men’s Pelvic Health – A Conversation that Matters’ over two weeks held at the Beechworth Senior Citizens Club last month with a workshop at the Beechworth Men’s Shed had been rated a success by organisers.
An experienced physiotherapist with advanced qualifications in men’s pelvic health, presenter
Amanda Baxter delivered the informative talks as well as the workshop to shine a spotlight on men’s health and opening up conversations.
Beechworth Men’s Shed member Ian Smith said sessions sparked many good questions about men’s health.
“Prostate cancer was a significant topic discussed as well,” he said.
“It also drew a totally new audience apart from Men’s Shed members.
“The sessions clarified what people have been told but not encouraged to talk about and it would be
good to have this event on the calendar every year.”
Ms Baxter said her aim of the talks is to raise awareness of ‘below the belt’ often-ignored health issues.
The physiotherapist said the messages are serious and there are prevention programs for many issues as well as management and treatment.
While nearly all men, young and old, will experience a pelvic health issue in their lifetime, a staggering majority will never seek professional help or talk about it.
Indigo Shire Council and Beechworth Health Service supported the events.
forms part of Australia’s Honours and Awards system and recognises significant or sustained service in response to nationally significant emergencies.
Fourteen FFMVic staff were also awarded National Medals which recognises long and distinguished service to organisations that protect life and property.
Eight of the staff members also received the medal for 15 years of service, and six staff received clasps for additional decades of service.
Amanda Baxter, Chris Kenneard (second left), Joe Rinaudo and Rick Box at a men’s health session last month.
TASTED: Members of judging panels evaluated wines at the 137th Rutherglen Wine Show and 2025 Australian Fortified Wine Show last week. PHOTO: Paul Blake Bottles uncorked for
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“They are adaptable to climate change compared to many other grapes grown for Australian traditional wines.”
Mr Pfeiffer said shiraz and chardonnay as Australia’s top wine varieties were well represented and stood out in classes as well.
“Pinot Noir had a strong representation from Tasmania too,” he said.
The committee chair said the Rutherglen Wine Show team have worked hard at being innovative over the years.
“The event is recognised as one of the most educational wine shows in Australia with its strong program on fortified wines,” he said.
“Our role is to educate, and we try to build experiences for judges to have for other wine shows around Australia.”
Mr Pfeiffer said more than 30 people on the judging panel included an extra panel of six.
Thirteen judges from around the wine-making industry, as well as 10 associate and 10 steward judging panels including members from Adelaide University, Charles Sturt University and Melbourne Polytechnic evaluated the wines.
“We run educational classes and take people from all around Australia giving them two or three years of training,” Mr Pfeiffer said.
Mr Pfeiffer said the Rutherglen Wine Show and 2025 Australian Fortified Wine Show also has a strong focus on benchmarking for wine makers.
Winners will be announced at the presentation dinner open to the public on Thursday, 25 September at Tuileries Restaurant in Rutherglen with 28 awards, among them trophies, and gold, silver and bronze medals.
For tickets to the presentation dinner with a 6pm start on Thursday and public tasting on 26 September from 6pm to 10pm, visit www. rutherglenwineshow.com.au.
INFORMATIVE: Physiotherapist
PROUD: National Emergency Service medal recipients from the Beechworth work centre Dylan Pritchard (left), Ben Merritt, Leith McKenzie, Matthew Hicks and Chelsea Cherry.
PHOTO: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
Giving back to community
Helen Eames was born in Melbourne and has lived in Chiltern for 16 years. Her husband was raised in the town from the age of seven.
What do you do workwise?
I work for PEXA – innovative digital services connecting people businesses and governments across the property community as a customer solutions specialist. I have been with them for more than eight years.
What led you to your role/career?
I worked at Hume Bank for 15 years and someone at PEXA approached me to apply for a role. What do you love (or did) about your work?
I love helping people and finding better solutions for their business to save time. I get to meet some amazing people who have different life experiences. I can say some have become great friends. What do you do in the community?
I am the Unit Controller for Chiltern SES. I have been the controller for the past three and a half years and love my role. If everyone waited until they have time to volunteer, we wouldn’t have any. I want to be able to give back to the community and as I am also part of the community, it made sense. We work as a team, learning fantastic new skills and we have become a family. We are always looking for new volunteers, so would love people to reach out to us.
Is there an important community issue that you think needs addressing?
I suppose for us, it’s volunteers for our emergency services like SES, CFA, ambos, Red Cross and
Lions Club. Without volunteers for these community groups, the community would find it difficult. These volunteer groups are the fibres that make a community great and keep the heart of a small town pumping. When we are there for our community in times of need, that’s why I do it. What would you do to solve change or improve that situation? I would love to have at least one volunteer per household in the community for any of the services we provide. As far as implementing this, I think it comes down to education of what anyone can do to help. From the simplest tasks of
making coffee for the volunteers on the tools, to being on the tools –any help is needed. What do you see as one of the most important current world issues?
Stop the hate. I don’t understand why people seem to hate someone with a different opinion to them. Everyone deserves the right to voice their views without judgement or prejudice and just value each other for their differences.
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?
It would be American singer and songwriter, Pink. I love her values and point of view, from where she has come from and to never give up. She raises her kids to be themselves, and authentic and to always give back and enjoy life, family and friends. I would show her all the quaint shops we have in the shire, and the beautiful scenery and great country hospitality we have in every town. She is an artist so would love to show her all the talented artists we have. What book are you reading? ‘Unbreakable’ by Jelena Dokic.
An Australian
Locals
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By CORAL COOKSLEY
Eleven residents from around Indigo Shire took their pledge as new Australian citizens in a moving citizenship ceremony at the Beechworth Town Hall on Wednesday. The special event held by Indigo Shire Council drew a huge number of family and friends to celebrate the occasion.
From now until December
STANLEY ATHENAEUM:
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Saturday, 20 September
CHILTERN LIONS CLUB (FLICK):
Classic film night at the historic Chiltern Star Theatre. 6.45pm. ‘Death in Brunswick’ - a quirky Australian film released in 1990 with actors Sam Neill, John Clarke and Zoe Carides. $35 includes barbeque tea, film showing, discussion and supper. Bookings required for catering purposes. Bookings: hotson@westnet.com. au; mobile 0457 262 358 or 0402 809 445. 30 Main Street, Chiltern. Saturday and Sunday, 20 and 21 September
BEECHWORTH SINGERS: 2pm. Concert at the Town Hall. ‘Classical Hits and Soft Baroque’. Director Colleen Arnott. Accompaniment Sandra Williams. Tickets $20. Purchase at the door by cash or EFTPOS. Children free. Afternoon tea provided.
Sunday, 21 September
YACKANDANDAH LIONS CLUB MARKET: 9am to 1pm. Select from the region’s finest produce and products ranging from olives, hand-crafted soaps and candles, wines, plants, clothing, jewellery and more. There is something for everyone. Wellsford Street.
Wednesday, 8 October
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Mayor Sophie Price warmly welcomed everyone as she delivered her address followed by delivering the Minister’s message. The ceremony included a presentation of certificates and gifts, Australian citizenship affirmation and singing the Australian National Anthem.
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6.30pm. Rotary District 9790 e-Club of Change Makers and Appin Park Rotary Club Wangaratta invite people to a fundraiser – a screening of ‘The Traveller’ at Wangaratta Cinema. Tickets $22 plus booking fee. Tickets: https://events.humanitix. com/the-travers-a-rotary-filmfundraiser. Fundraiser is for the International Rotary Plus campaign to eradicate polio.
Saturday, 11 October
ANGLICAN CHRIST CHURCH: 2pm. Experience the brilliant musicianship of young pianist Josh Hooke playing Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schubert. 27 Ford Street, Beechworth. Tickets: $40 adult, $35 concession. $20 under 17 years of age. Booked out last year. Bookings: trybooking.com/ DFGSS
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Citizenship ceremony took place yesterday at the Beechworth Town Hall. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley
Local Aboriginal history will be told at a Memorial Lecture in Stanley
By CORAL COOKSLEY
Unknown stories about local history of First Nations people in the North East will be at the forefront of this year’s talk at the 7th Geoff Craig Memorial Lecture in Stanley.
The event to be held at the Stanley Soldiers Memorial Hall on Sunday, 28 September at 2pm and is being hosted by the Friends of Stanley Athenaeum.
Proud Waywurru woman and researcher, historian and storyteller Megan Carter, has been collecting stories, images, places and biographies of Indigenous people in the region for more than a decade.
The presentation uncovers deeply personal and often painful history of Aboriginal reserves and ration depots in the North East.
Ms Carter said it is important for people to have a greater understanding of the land they work and live on.
“In particular are Indigo Shire sites extending from Rutherglen to Tangambalanga,” she said.
“At least two Aboriginal reserves, with one starting in Tangambalanga in 1862 and ran until 1873 included an-
other unofficial one at Lake Moodemere with ration depots in the confines of the shire.”
Ms Carter said First Nations history of the area is largely unknown.
“History is in just a few lines of antiquated history books,” she said.
“It’s an important part of Australian history and needs to be discussed.”
Ms Carter said in early Australian history Aboriginal populations still living on country undertook paid or unpaid work in local hotels such as in Tangambalanga to support their children.
“In my family, women would take on domestic duties to undertake work such as washing clothes, become nurses or nurses’ aides to children of European white pastoralists,” she said.
Ms Carter said places created through policies of control and exclusion disrupted
lives, families, and connection to country.
Aboriginal people found ways to endure, resist, and hold onto culture and identity within the imposed boundaries.
This is a story of survival against the odds with a testament to strength, resilience,
and the unbroken spirit of community in the face of injustice.
Megan’s ancestors were recorded regularly camping and holding ceremony in Baarmutha well beyond the disruption of the gold rush.
Pictorial and oral storytelling has long been a fundamental aspect of Indigenous culture serving as a potent tool for transmitting knowledge, history and philosophies to future generations and the community at large.
Ms Carter lives on the NSW’s Central Coast and visits on Country in North East Victoria around eight times a year.
Fourteen years ago, the Friends of the Stanley Athenaeum held the first Geoff Craig Memorial Lecture.
The biannual event is a platform for a speaker to introduce and explore current issues in the community.
The lecture was named in memory of Geoff Craig for his significant contribution to the Stanley Athenaeum, other community groups and his legacy of researching and writing local history.
For more information phone 0458 606 922 or email stanleyathenaeum@gmail. com
VILLAGE VENUE: This year’s Geoff Craig Memorial Lecture hosted by Friends of Stanley Athenaeum will be held in the Stanley Soldiers Memorial Hall.
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Tennis Victoria is hitting the road to support volunteers, coaches, and clubs across Victoria, including Yackandandah, with the launch of the Sustainable Regional Tennis (SRT) Roadshow.
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Artistic delves into Greek mythology
By CORAL COOKSLEY
A former priest at the Anglican Christ Church in Beechworth, Father Thomas Leslie, returned to the town to launch an art exhibition on Thursday, 4 September for two local artists.
Fr Leslie, now Dean at St Alban’s Cathedral in the NSW regional city of Griffith, said he had been delighted to open the event.
The exhibition ‘Archetypes and Icons. Greek Mythology and the sense of self’ set a scene for different works by Valerie Crosse and Darren John Pope who worked together for the exhibition.
The pair delved into Greek mythology to bring Greek characters to the canvas.
“The Greeks had a way of capturing character and archetype so well with such clarity, that even today thousands of years later, we’re still reading about Greek myths,” Mr Pope said.
“We’re writing about them, and making art that’s inspired by them, and it extraordinary that those stories have carried through time and over continents.
“This is my first figurative work and I love it.”
Ms Crosse said she discovered an obsession with one of the most famous tales of Greek mythology - the Persephone myth.
“It allows me to hang my belief system about the interior world of all people and that we have our exterior world,” Ms Crosse said.
“For example, and we come to
the church and look at an exhibition, and we come to a service in the church in the external world.”
Ms Crosse said due to her yoga training, the interior world is more about observance of one’s emotional body with reactions and responses to a variety of situations.
Exhibition curator and wellknown artist Peter Caddy has known Valerie and Darren for the last 25 years.
“I’ve watched their progress, and what’s exciting is their style, palette and stories have been a continual development and
growth,” he said.
“Embracing mythology and archetypal stories of ancient Greece and these wonderful mythical figures, shows a real sophistication to even understand or attempt the stories.
“You have to study these things and have them become a part of you, and I believe that’s what Valerie and Darren have done in this exhibition.”
Fr. Leslie said Valerie has gone from strength to strength with her artworks while Darren has developed his technique and stepping into new forms.
“Each of the artworks really
Saunders shines at Chiltern
Men’s Tournament
By DYLAN POOL
Last Sunday a small field assembled on a nice early spring day at Beechworth
Andrew Field showed his class again returning a great score of 39 points off a one handicap (two under off the stick). Fantastic golf.
Runner up only seven points behind was Simon Pfahlert
with 32 points.
Next to follow were
great score of 5 under off the stick. It tied the course record and of course won the A Grade scratch.
The only other result of note was that Jacob Howard was the A Grade nett runner up.
This coming Sunday we will have golf at Beechworth.
Arrive at 11:30am for 12pm hit off.
Vaughan Saunders had a fantastic day recording a
speaks about some form of fundamental myth narrative that goes to the heart of who we are as people in our everyday lives,” he said.
“Darren’s works has a martial quality about them but also have a sense of the underneath relational narrative.
“Valerie’s have really strong female mythological figures who are not necessarily caught up in the midst of eternal dynamics but are heroines of their own stories.
“They’re works that challenge us to enter into mythological space and ask deep questions.”
Please start getting your names in for our Ambrose day on Friday, 26 September and for the men’s tournament on Sunday, 5 October.
TO: Coral Cooksley
Golf Club.
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Dave Clark (14) 30, Jamie Dolny (16) 30 and Peter Smith (19) 25.
to Dave Clark on the 3rd, Simon Pfahlert on the 5th and Andrew Field on the 10th. Down at Chiltern we had seven of our members attend for their men’s tournament.
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Liana sets her sights on 2026 Paralympics
Beechworth’s Liana France is a step closer to representing Australia at the Paralympics next year
Beechworth’s Liana France is a step closer to her dream of representing Australia in March next year at the Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games.
Referred to a rising star in skiing competitions by professional skiers, Liana won her category race in the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) ParaAlpine National Championships held for the first time in Australia at Perisher last week.
“This was the big race of the season held in Perisher and one of my qualifying competitions,” Liana said.
“I will be undertaking a series of qualifying competi-
BY CORAL COOKSLEY ccooksley@
nemedia.com.au
tions overseas, but this race was my debut into international ones.
“It’s also an adult race where you have to be 16 years old.”
Liana said she has come a long way in her competitive skiing journey clocking up great achievements.
“This win in the pinnacle of achievements as I’ve won the first internationally accredited para race held in Australia and it’s so exciting,” she said.
After a severe vehicle accident severed her hand two and a half years ago Li-
ana has only skied with one stock, and a prosthetic on her left hand.
“Part of this race series was getting my classification which is my position in para sports, and where I fit in,” she said.
“My classification is lower limb LW6/8-2 which means that I don’t get a time penalty because I have a small impairment that doesn’t impact me.
“In Paralympics, the races are time handicapped according to the degree of disability of impairment for race score calculations.
“Having qualified with this classification means I can go overseas and com-
pete internationally.”
Liana – long-listed for the Paralympics in Slalom and Giant Slalom – will leave Australia in December to train with the Snow Australia Para High Performance Team in Canada.
The young athlete will then head to the European circuit which will bring her directly into the Paralympics.
“I’ll start in Liechtenstein and end in Milano where the Paralympics is being held,” she said.
“It will be an amazing opportunity if I can represent Australia and I will be really honoured.
“I’m with an amazing Australian team of athletes in a
really positive community.
“I feel like a little sister as they are a quite a bit older than me, but they have kind of adopted me into the team.
“It’s all so exciting.”
Liana has an Australian Sports Foundation campaign page at www.asf.org.au/campaigns/liana-france/get-meto-the-games-winter-paralympics-2026 to help her get to the games and undertake qualifying competitions.
“People can be part of an official cheer squad of the Australian Paralympic team too by visiting www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/lianafrance/,” she said.
During the ski season, Liana spends most of her time at
Falls Creek where she takes part in a full-time International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) race training program with the Falls Creek Race Club.
The Year 10 student fits her studies in remotely with great support from her school, Beechworth Secondary College.
Recent wins this year also include successfully defending her Giant Slalom title at the Mogul Ski World Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships at Mount Buller.
She also won the Under 35 Female category in the Summit Masters Giant Slalom Race at Falls Creek.