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SPECIAL VISITOR WANGARATTA’s St Patrick’s Hall early voting centre received a visit from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday, who continued to flag his support for the ‘Yes’ campaign ahead of this Saturday’s ‘The Voice’ referendum.

Mr Albanese spoke with local Bpangerang elder Uncle Dozer (pictured), as well as members of Wangaratta’s ‘Yes23’ cohort throughout.

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FLEXIBLE safety barriers along the Hume Freeway have saved lives with the number of fatalities and serious collisions reducing by 35 per cent since their installation in October 2019.

Historical data between 2002 and 2019 show 35.4 serious or fatal crashes on the Hume Freeway occurred

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on average each year compared to 23 in the 2020 to 2022 data period.

The Victorian Government spent $89

million to install around 980km of new, flexible safety barriers on the Hume Freeway from the M80 to the NSW border after it was identified as one of the highest-risk roads in the state.

Data shows a decline in head-on and run-off-road collisions along the Hume

Freeway that account for half of Victoria’s total road deaths.

Crash data on the Hume Freeway since 2002 shows a lower number of serious injuries in recent years with the average annual figure of 20 serious injuries, well below the 29 long-term serious-injury

average (2002-2019).

The average number of other injuries over the last three years (2020-2022) is 27 compared to the long-term average of 37.

The average number of fatalities on the Hume Freeway (2002-2019) has been four per year, with the last three years involving

three per year off the back of zero in 2019 - the year the barriers were installed.

The government reported that the barriers work by absorbing much of the force in a collision, reducing the impact to passengers and allowing the vehicle to come to a gradual standstill.

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Police investigating graffiti reports REFERENDUM-related graffiti which was spotted at multiple locations in Wangaratta at the weekend has prompted police to call for public assistance to identify those responsible.

Sergeant Jeffrey Kyne of Wangaratta Police said a ‘Yes’ sign outside of a residential property on Gray Street had been altered on Saturday night, while ‘No’-related graffiti had also been spotted at the nearby railway underpass.

“There has been someone or a group have been around the town and have changed the signs to have a no over a yes,” he said.

“At the railway underpass there’s an indication there as well, so there were a couple of places where people have been out voicing their opinions.”

Anyone who may have witnessed the offending or has additional information is urged to contact Ben Cogan at Wangaratta Police Station on 5723 0888.

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By STEVE KELLY PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese made a surprise visit to Wangaratta on Friday afternoon to say thank you to volunteers at the Ford Street referendum polling place.

The PM, flanked by security detail, walked along Ford Street at a thrifty pace as he carried out a meet and greet to volunteers and other people who flocked for their chance to say hello to the highest ranking politician in the country.

He was greeted by local Aboriginal Elder Darren ‘Dozer’ Atkinson who said “welcome to Bangerang County” and Mr Albanese praised his surroundings saying, “Wangaratta is a nice town”.

“This is my third state I’ve visited today - we had Brisbane, then Sydney, and we’re off to Shepparton after Wangaratta.”

Mr Albanese asked Dozer how the referendum was going in Wangaratta and Dozer expressed his hopeful sentiments that people will vote yes when they make their decision by polling day on October 14.

“A lot of people are still making up their mind about things - they’re getting through the fear campaign that’s out there to see

ENGINE ROOM: Anthony Albanese visits the Yes23 campaign office on Murphy Street.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling what it actually is,” Mr Albanese said.

“It’s recognition of a voice that just gives us a chance to listen, but no country ever advanced with fear and what changes a country is hope and optimism.

“It’s fantastic to be here in Wangaratta and great to be greeted by Traditional Owners and the fact that the mayor came to say G’day as well.

“I’m getting out and putting forward the view that Australia has

an opportunity to advance reconciliation with a yes vote in this referendum.

“There’s just two things it will do, recognition, and the second thing is it will give a voice to Indigenous Australians so that we can get better results.

“I’m really hoping that Australians vote yes to advance reconciliation over the next eight days.”

Minister Albanese likened the no vote campaign to “a fear campaign” similar to when the Austral-

ian Government apologised to the Stolen Generation.

He allayed these fears by saying “there’s nothing to lose here, everything to gain - it’s all positive and it’s very clear that it’s a non-binding advisory committee that will just be able to give advice.

“If it’s good advice, government will be able to accept it and if it’s not, they shouldn’t accept it.

“It doesn’t change the way the parliament functions, there’s nothing to lose here and everything to gain.”

If the yes vote goes through, Mr Albanese said “we’ve waited 122 years since Federation and it’s important that we recognise the great privilege that we have of sharing this great island continent of ours with the oldest, continuous culture on earth”.

Before Mr Albanese took off to Shepparton, he stopped off at the Yes23 campaign office in Murphy Street to thank volunteers there as well and get selfies with anyone who asked.

Early voting for the national Voice to Parliament is continuing at Wangaratta’s St Patrick’s Hall on Ford Street.

For polling place opening times visit www.aec.gov.au.

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ONE day before hosting a Melbourne couple’s wedding at her Whorouly property and function centre Remel 185, Ruth Costenaro spent much of Friday cleaning the mess left by moderate flooding which roared through the local area on Wednesday and into Thursday.

Following heavy downpours earlier in the week in both the Ovens and Buffalo river catchments, floodwaters covered roads and rendered some homes inaccessible throughout Thursday, and delayed deliveries for Ms Costenaro’s important Saturday event.

The flooding, which would eventually peak between the moderate and major flood level at Wangaratta on Thursday evening, is something the residents of Whorouly have become used to in recent years.

It follows similar flooding events in October last year and in 2016, while the Costenaros elected to raise the foundations of their home by 1.5m in 1997, after the region’s 1993 one-in100-year flooding event had water pour through their home’s windows.

“It really started (Wednesday) night – we’re probably in a bit of a low spot and we noticed the river was starting to break out down the back paddocks,” husband Eddie Costenaro said.

“What we usually do is start lifting everything that needs to be lifted, such as pumps – we move cattle – anything that’s going to get damaged we try to lift and move to higher ground.

“We’re pretty lucky the actual function centre and everything doesn’t get impacted, but it’s everything else around.

“We keep a bit of an eye on

MAJOR CLEAN-UP: Floodwaters from the Ovens River quickly approached Ruth Costenaro’s Whorouly home through the property’s rear paddocks on Thursday, and were expected to remain stagnant for several days.

PHOTO: Ryan Malcolm Rocky Point ridge with the river levels there – if the water stays high then guests can’t get in and that’ll affect us.”

Deep floodwaters covered Whorouly Road in each direction on Thursday, with Mr Costenaro estimating 1km was underwater if travelling towards Wangaratta, while rapidlyflowing water blocked the road for 600m towards the Whorouly township.

On Friday morning, significant water remained on the roads, while water was visibly stagnant in the Costenaro family’s paddocks and in a neighbour’s front yard.

Ms Costenaro said she had immediately contacted the bride-to-be, whose family hail from Wangaratta, to inform her the big day would not be impacted by the flooding, with the water having receded considerably from the property by

mid-Friday morning.

“At moderate flood level we don’t mind these sorts of floods in a way – moderate floods don’t do too much damage,” Mr Costenaro said.

“With another two or three inches it starts getting a lot of current and that’s when it starts doing a lot of damage.

“Every flood’s a bit different – a few of us have been talking and sort of saying how there’s not much water in this area but in the last flood there was heaps of water, and now there’s none there.

“We think (this flood) is a little bit higher than last year.

“On the moderate flood level it’s just enough to be annoying where it leaves a mess, goes away and doesn’t do too much damage – there’ll still be a big clean up and you will get a few tracks which have been washed away in the low spots.”

In Wangaratta, much of the flood water was expected to have begun receding by yesterday afternoon, after the Ovens River peaked at 12.61m early on Friday morning.

SES units from Wangaratta, Ballarat, Fawkner, South Barwon, Whittlesea, Bannockburn, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Numurkah and Shepparton were deployed throughout the rural city to assess flooding overnight on Thursday, aided by local CFA units and the council staff.

The Environment Protection Authority has also called on residents to avoid exposure to floodwater, after testing during last year’s flooding events showed there were elevated risks from microbial contaminants such as E. Coli, sourced from domestic and native animal faeces.

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Feel-good story emerges at saleyards A GROUP of students and staff from Wangaratta District Specialist School watched last Tuesday’s sale at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange with great interest, as a steer donated to the school went under the hammer.

Provided by Taminick cattle farmer Rob Hutchinson, whose daughter Courtney was a student at the school about five years ago, the 540kg steer was snapped up for just over $1700 by Corcoran Parker Wangaratta.

The money raised will be used to develop a fence around the school’s new swing - but you couldn’t put a price on students’ level of fascination with the process as they watched the sale.

Those who attended on Tuesday are part of WDSS’ new agriculture and horticulture program, which is in its first year and proving a winner among the 20 students involved.

WDSS teacher Matt Baxter said the program had evolved from interest expressed by senior students about industries they would like to explore after leaving school.

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Their year of experience with the program has so far included time at Squires Winery, and at Country Road Holsteins in Edi Upper.

“It’s been really well-received; they loved the work experience, and many can see a future in the industry,” Matt said.

“At the end of term four, they’ll be doing some fruit picking, and we hope that this summer, coming into picking season, local businesses will see how capable our students are, and there might be benefits for both parties through some employment.”

Students watched on with great interest during Tuesday’s sale.

“We’ve been to the saleyards a lot, but this is the first time the students have been invested in a sale,” teacher Jordan Griffin said.

Mr Hutchinson said he was only too happy to support the school by donating the steer for sale.

“It’s a little way of saying thank you for all the school

GIVING BACK: Taminick cattle farmer Rob Hutchinson, pictured with Wangaratta District Specialist School students Jack Eliott-Scragg, Jemma Bailey, Brock Mathews, Lachlan Sessions, Tyler Lawler, Montana West, Dylan Hasson, Chris Scott, Shalah Maiden and Stella Fitzgerald-Baboussouras, before the sale of the steer Mr Hutchinson donated to the school’s agriculture and horticulture class.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling has done; I was happy to do it,” he said.

He said he thought the agriculture/horticulture program was an excellent idea.

“There are astronomical opportunities in the agriculture industry, it’s screaming for people, so I think it’s wonderful,” he said.

Mr Baxter said any local businesses interested in providing opportunities for students in the agriculture and horticulture program

as it moves into its second year in 2024 could contact the Wangaratta District Specialist School on 5721 7424.

Data shows 35% decrease in fatalities, serious injuries on the Hume Freeway since 2019 ■ From front page

SERIOUS CRASHES DROP: The number of serious or fatal collisions on the Hume Freeway has decreased by 35 per cent on average since the installation of flexible safety barriers in October 2019.

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Victoria Police Eastern Region Division 4 Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant David Gillespie, who has been to the scenes of several serious and fatal collisions, believes the flexible safety barriers save lives and reduce the number of injuries resulting from road crash trauma.

“The number of crashes hasn’t necessarily changed over the years, but what has changed is the number of injuries and fatalities,” Sen Sgt Gillespie said.

“It has peaked in the last 12 months with more fatalities on the Hume Freeway from Thomastown to Wodonga compared to a number of years prior, but the number of injury collisions has reduced.

“The reason for that is vehicles are impacting the

wire rope barriers and not the trees, shrubs, or passing through the centre median strip into oncoming traffic.

“They (wire rope barriers) are controversial and they’re known by some as the cheese-cutters, which is a name labelled in association with motorcyclists, but in my experience I am yet to see a motorcyclist impact wire rope barriers and be hurt.

“Yes it would be scary skidding along the road and coming towards wire rope barriers but I’ve seen the result of a motorcyclist skidding along the road and head-butting a tree and that was life ending.”

A Department of Transport and Planning spokesperson said road safety is always their number one priority, and it’s a responsibility they take very seriously.

“Life-saving infrastructure

such as flexible safety barriers helps to prevent head-on and run-off-road collisions - the most common cause of death on Victorian roads,” she said.

“Since the completed installation of centreline and left-hand side flexible safety barriers along the Hume Freeway in October 2019, we’ve seen a significant reduction in the number of accidents on this road.

“Flexible safety barriers are the most effective way of preventing crashes on high speed roads or reducing the severity of injuries.”

There was a dip in the number of crashes in 2020 which could have been due to less traffic on the roads as a result of border closures and lockdown restrictions, which could have impacted overall statistics.

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Wangaratta Therapeutic Community helping people overcome addiction MORE than 70 people have been helped to overcome their addictions by the Wangaratta Therapeutic Community (TC) since the Residential Rehabilitation Centre opened in Wangaratta in April last year.

The 30-bed facility built by the State Government on the former Ovens College site in Greta Road and operated by Gateway Health in partnership with Odyssey House Victoria is providing a ‘Therapeutic Community’ Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) program for adults experiencing harm and significant problems relating to their AOD use.

“The TC is one of the only facilities of its kind in this region,” Maryanne Donnellan, general manager, alco-

hol and other drugs at Gateway Health said.

“It’s important for people to receive care close to their friends and family if they can.

“The community takes a holistic view of recovery.

“Our goal is to help people overcome their addiction and find a road to recovery and resilience.”

Ms Donnellan said the Wangaratta Therapeutic Community provides a structured residential program that incorporates a balance between work, therapy, education and recreation.

An anonymous resident one of 70 so far helped at the facility - said her time at the TC was a life changing experience that assisted her understand her addiction.

“Before rehab, I was a de-

pendent alcoholic and drug user, homeless, disconnected in society and mentally unwell,” she said.

“The program has taught me how to regulate my emotions, it has educated me and helped me understand my addiction, relapse prevention and the different groups that can assist me further once I leave rehab.”

The resident said her time at the TC has also allowed her to confidently re-integrate herself into the community.

“My current role as a senior resident is house co-ordinator and I help facilitate the daily running’s of the house,” she said.

“I am also a role model to all my peers who need assistance.

“I have also gained part-

time employment at a local business, where I am gaining confidence and skills that I can use in my future employment.

“I can see a future now, I will leave rehab and transition back into the community a strong and independent woman.

“I don’t know what I could have done if not for this TC and its program.”

Ms Donnellan said the TC currently has beds available for those seeking care.

Anyone looking for addiction support can contact Gateway Health at 1800 657 573 (freecall) or visit gatewayhealth.org.au for more information.

For information about referrals email: aodadmissions@gatewayhealth.org.au.

SUPPORT TEAM: Courtney Hindle, Kathrin Baer and Elviera Hamminga are part of the team providing a ‘Therapeutic Community’ at the Residential Rehabilitation Centre operated by Gateway Health.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

Over $70,000 for cancer research Monday, October 7, 2013

By LEAH TINDILL MORE than 600 people turned out for Relay for Life at the weekend.

Held at the WJ Findlay oval, 38 teams camped out Saturday night to raise over $70,000 for cancer research.

Organiser Barb Thomas said while the format of the event was slightly different to previous years it had proved to be a major success.

“It was good because we moved the teams closer together,” Ms Thomas said.

“We’ve raised over $70,000 at this stage but teams still have four weeks to get the rest of their money in.”

Ms Thomas said a highlight for the organising committee was the number of youth teams involved in this years event.

“We had 15 youth teams which was really great because it’s really the

young people who make it,” she said.

Ms Thomas said four teams raised over $5000 to gain research grants for particular areas of cancer research.

The Merry Marchers were the highest fundraisers with over $12,500 and they’ll get two grants,” Ms Thomas said.

Coming in equal second with over $6000 were True Blue and Oxley Residents’ Association and True Blue while was Ms Thomas’s own team the Sparkling Chicks and Roosters came third with $5800.

Entertainment was provided by local musicians to keep the crowd motivated but is was an hour long Zumba class that proved the most popular.

“At one point we counted over 150 people participating,” Ms Thomas said.

All money raised will go to the Cancer Council to assist in cancer research.

Applications invited for Young Artist Mentorship Program

WINNERS: Participants from the best dressed winning tent and team members of Wii Not Fit, Monique Mair and Meg Clohessy.

YOUNG artists in the local community aged 17 to 25 who would like the opportunity to further their practice, are encouraged to apply for the Art Gallery on Ovens Young Artist Mentorship Program.

Candidates can apply to join the gallery next year as a resident artist and if successful, will receive sponsorship from the artist-run, non-profit community gallery.

The annual program is designed to nurture young artists in the local region, giving them the opportunity to create and develop a body of work, exhibit and experience being part of a professional gallery.

To find out more or to download an application form, visit artgalleryonovens. com/young-artist-mentorship-program, or call Janet Leith on 0431 890 158 with submissions closing on October 30.

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grant to All motorists urged to stay Landcare boost sustainable aware of motorcycle danger climate education

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By RYAN MALCOLM ROAD safety authorities are urging Victorian motorists to be on the lookout for motorcyclists, with warmer weather likely to see more riders on the state’s roads.

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) recently joined the Department of Transport and Planning and Victoria Police to official launch Motorcyclist Awareness Month, in an effort to encourage motorists and motorcyclists to safely share the road.

So far this year, 35 motorcyclists have died on Victorian roads, with more than a quarter of fatalities occurring since the beginning of spring.

The figure marks a 17pc reduction on the same time last year, although authorities are keen to see the number of fatalities continue to decrease.

One motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a tree at Byawatha in March, marking the only motorcycle fatality in the North East so far this year.

TAC head of road safety Samantha Cockfield said motorcyclists were among the most vulnerable road users, accounting for 17 per cent of deaths and serious injuries on Victorian roads despite only making up four per cent of registered vehicles.

She said 60 per cent of motorcyclist fatalities involved other vehicles.

WATCH OUT: Motorcyclists and non-motorcyclists are being urged to share the road harmoniously throughout Motoryclist Awareness Month.

“Everyone needs to be aware of who they’re sharing the road with – motorcyclists are encourage to wear appropriate protective gear, and drivers should double check for riders at intersections and when changing lanes,” she said.

“As the weather warms up and days get longer, we tend to see an increase in the number of motorcyclists on our roads, however, we can’t accept that more people will die as a result.”

The TAC’s latest Motorcycle Monitor surveyed 949 Victorian motorcyclists and showed a large majority of riders do prioritise safety by wearing the appropriate protective gear.

The monitor also showed an increase in the number of people wearing motorcycle-specific riding boots after a recent TAC safety campaign.

Head of Road Safety Victoria, Marcelo Vidales, said the

Victorian Government would continue investing in programs, campaigns and infrastructure aimed at improving motorcycle safety in the short and long term.

“We’re committed to increasing the safety of all road users, particularly motorcyclists who are more vulnerable in a crash,” he said.

“Both riders and drivers need to look out for each other and share the road safely.”

WANGARATTA Landcare & Sustainability will use a $19,100 Victorian Landcare grant to roll out its clever sustainable climate futures: education display and student projects.

WLS president Russell Sully said the project will bring the ‘Future Now’ display developed by the Australian Museum as a touring exhibition to Wangaratta Library.

He said the display will underpin school and community information and education activities across the North East region of the state.

“The Future Now exhibition includes three display cabinets showing some of the ways Australians are working towards a safe, healthy, thriving tomorrow,” he said.

“The themes include Caring for country; Clever Homes - adapting homes to cope with a changing climate while reducing emissions; and Smart Towns Foster Clever towns to adapt and cope with climate change.

Each cabinet has a three-dimensional model of possible actions and each action is highlighted by a disc which explains the examples.

Greater detail for each action is provided outside the body of the cabinet and each cabinet has three touch screen videos with people explaining key messages.

School students across the region will do projects that capture their learnings, and enter into a regional competition.

The project will highlight the increasing environmental and climate challenges we are facing, along with solutions we can implement.

A student project will create a “Find me if you can” sculpture trail of endangered species to be located in an open green space which adjoins the Ovens or King Rivers.

Wangaratta Landcare & Sustainability was one of eight Landcare groups in the Rural City of Wangaratta to share in $96,419 in Victorian Landcare grants.

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Don’t add to region’s road trauma MUCH has been made of the danger of driving on Victorian roads so far this year, with fatal and serious injury crashes on track to reach their highest in at least the last five years.

As of Thursday, 218 people have lost their lives in fatal crashes across the state, a figure well above the five-year rolling average of 175 to the same date, and 24 of those fatalities have occurred on roads in the state’s North East.

In the Wangaratta local government area, four motorists have died this year.

Today’s front page story analyses a decrease in the number of fatal and serious injury crashes since 2019 along the Hume Freeway, in line with when flexible wire rope barriers were installed along the major arterial.

It’s pleasing to see that data trend downwards, however, the reality is that regional and rural Victoria remains a particularly challenging and dangerous place to drive, with more than half (126) of the state’s fatalities so far this year occurring outside of metropolitan areas.

In the face of such concerning statistics, it’s important every driver utilising roads in regional areas of the state takes a step back to consider their risk.

In the Wangaratta area, the road risk is multiplied in the wake of the North East’s most recent flooding event, which is expected to further diminish roads already damaged considerably in recent years.

October is also Motorcyclist Awareness Month, and while motorcycle fatalities are down slightly on last year, the figure still exceeds the state’s rolling average.

The onus is on motorists to do their utmost not to add to these statistics.

The Quiz No. 56 1. Snidely Whiplash was the archenemy of which classic cartoon character?

2. The capital of which African country was named after former US president, James Monroe?

3. In what year did Pat Cash win the men’s Wimbledon singles title?

4. What is Australia’s westernmost mainland point?

5. What is the commonly used English translation of the Latin phrase, Cogito ergo sum?

6. Which 2001 movie featured the character, Jacobim Mugatu?

7. By what other name, starting with O, is the popular board game, Reversi, known?

8. Michele Timms is best known for her involvement in which sport?

9. What is the official language of Oman?

10. Who was the first person to defeat Ronda Rousey in a UFC bout?

11. Giorgio Borg Olivier was Prime Minister twice of which country?

12. Who played the role of Robert Barone in the TV series, Everybody Loves Raymond?

13. The Collier Range National Park is in which region of Western Australia?

14. Adam Gilchrist played for which two states in domestic cricket?

15. Which explorer was the inspiration for Patrick White’s novel, Voss?

16. What is actress, Jodie Foster’s, real first name?

17. Which team knocked East Perth out of 2015 WAFL finals series?

18. Peter Beattie was the Premier of which Australian state from June 1998 until September 2007?

19. Which music duo consisted of Andy Van Dorsselaer and Cheyne Coates?

20. In what month of the year is Groundhog Day in the USA? Answers 1. Dudley Do-Right 2. Liberia 3. 1987 4. Steep Point 5. I think, therefore I am 6. Zoolander 7. Othello 8. Basketball 9. Arabic 10.

Holly Holm 11. Malta 12. Brad Garrett 13. Pilbara region 14. NSW, Western Australia 15. Ludwig Leichhardt 16. Alicia 17. West Perth 18. Queenland 19. Madison Avenue 20. February Compiled by Ric Allport – www.brainfoodfactory.com – Challenge your Brain

Yes campaign damages those it purports to help THE Voice to the Parliament referendum is not achieving what it set out to do but instead is being damaging to the very people it was intended to help, is entrenching their disadvantage permanently, and dividing Australians by race in our constitution.

Firstly, the Yes campaign is stereotyping all people who identify as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) heritage, not as individuals, but as a homogeneous group.

It is suggested that all are suffering from poor health, limited education, living in substandard housing and more likely to be imprisoned - all caused by the settlement of non-Indigenous Australians, over the past 250 years.

It is then stated that ATSI heritage people are unable to make representations to Parliament on their own behalf, and that they need a Voice to the Parliament to make representations on the behalf of all the ATSI people, both to the Federal Parliament and the executive government.

By putting the Voice to the Parliament in the constitution means that the Yes campaign sees that this stereotyping of Indigenous people will never be overcome and the Voice will be needed forever.

As only people of ATSI heritage can be chosen to be members of the Voice, a division of Australians by race is being introduced into the constitution, which should be never be allowed to happen.

I much prefer to see people of ATSI heritage as being individuals, a great number who are already fully a part of Australian society.

Others should be helped and encouraged to stand on their own two feet, with their own aspirations, benefiting from their own endeavours and being able to represent themselves.

Treating them as a special group, decided by racial heritage is something that should never be put into the constitution.

That is why I am urging everyone to vote No, to having a Voice to the Parliament written into the constitution.

John Moore, Wangaratta

Being our best selves - empathy and compassion EVERY Prime Minister including, and since John Howard have supported the recognition of First Nations people in the constitution.

History shows Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese all support Indigenous recognition.

How would we feel if Japan had successfully invaded Australia in the Second World War? Imagine in every city and town the bronze statues of their conquering war heroes that we had to walk past.

First Nations people have been exposed to this since white colonial settlement in 1788.

They have been ignored and excluded from history.

They are not even recognised in Australia’s birth certificate - the constitution.

And yet all recent Prime Ministers

How will you be voting in the October 14 Voice referendum?

PATTERN PLAY: See a range of bold paintings and sculptures by local artist Tyome Thompson (pictured) at the Art Gallery on Ovens today. Tyome has joined Karen McGann for the joint exhibition called Inspire and Influence, which will come to an end at 4pm. PHOTO: Kurt Hickling have supported recognition.

First Nations Australians are not bad people or illegal immigrants.

They have lived here for 65,000 years, long before colonial settlers arrived.

They are the oldest living culture on this planet.

A Yes vote in the referendum is a step towards recognition of First Nations people and ending exclusion and disadvantage.

It gives our original culture a say in matters that affect their lives and increase their accountability for the outcomes that matter.

Let’s give all Australians a fair go!

Vote Yes for inclusion, empathy, compassion and practical change.

The proposed addition to the constitution has two simple concepts: 1. A Voice so we can listen to First Nations people; 2. Recognition in the nation’s birth certificate - the constitution.

There is nothing to fear from this simple request to achieve better outcomes for us all.

Yes is a vote for the future.

An assertion that we are capable of great things by acknowledging our shared history.

Yes is a constructive response to a simple request to include Australia’s First peoples in the nation’s birth certificate.

An act of decency, mutual respect and optimism. It lays the basis for confidently forging a shared path ahead as a mature nation.

We have always believed that Australians deserve a fair go for all.

A Yes vote does that for First Nations people and the growth of our united nation.

Russell Sully, Wangaratta South

First Australians deserve to have their say IN response to John Vance’s letter “Noone will benefit from a Yes vote” (Chronicle letters, October 4).

It is letters such as this that are divisive in this case.

Although we have immigrants who have rescued a life for themselves here in

Australia, it is the First Australians who lost their cultural lands, practices, families and 65,000 year existence here at the expense of colonisation.

The First Australians are effectively the immigrants left behind in those war-torn countries.

Exiled, massacred, and left to die out on missions whilst their children were taken to assimilate into the ‘new’ Australian culture.

We have thrived from our ancestors’ arrival at the expense of Aboriginal Australia, resulting in a huge debt of acknowledgement and an Indigenous advisory body to Parliament like the other areas of our constitution have.

Let’s settle the ‘Trump-like hysteria’ down about voting Yes “at your children’s peril”.

If we vote ‘Yes’, the First Australians will have representation to advise on policies regarding their agency, and we as a country will acknowledge their thriving existence prior to our arrival and reconcile our shared history.

However, if we vote ‘No’ to the referendum, we are effectively stating that it’s fine to invite everyone from the immigrants of war-torn countries to the wealthy relocating for the ‘Great Australian Lifestyle’, whilst ignoring the fact that our arrival tore the First Australians’ existence apart, creating ongoing disparity between us in all areas of success.

And no, we’re not going to give them a voice on how to try and recover from that because that would be divisive for us.

Now that’s just un-Australian.

Céline Forster, Wangaratta

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COME TOGETHER FOR FESTIVAL

Put me on the No and anti-Andrews lists please

Allison Winters, Kelly Timms, Safa Molan, Rob McAdam and Bek NashWebster are among the organisers of tomorrow’s Grit and Resilience Festival in the King George Gardens.

They can’t wait to welcome locals to the gardens between 4pm and 6pm on Tuesday to peruse stalls, listen to music, enjoy giant games and even yoga sessions, and grab something to eat and drink - all while building community connection and resilience.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the second annual event.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

IN last Friday’s Chronicle (September 29) there was a list of people who I believe are deluded in their intention to vote Yes in the October 14 referendum.

If there is a list of No voters, would you please place my name amongst them?

As for (former premier Dan) Andrews, I find it rather revolting how people, including some in the RCOW, heap praise on a man who has, in my opinion, single-handedly ruined this state and its people for years to come.

He has saddled us with a debt that is more than NSW, QLD and TAS combined, not to mention the trampling of our civil liberties during COVID. Mike Culley, Killawarra

Use of ‘I am Australian’ song on shaky ground ON a recent visit to Glenrowan I was surprised to walk passed a shop which has used the words of the Bruce Woodley/Dobe Newton ‘I Am Australian’ song to advertise their support for a No vote in the upcoming referendum.

A few years ago, Pauline Hanson tried to use this song to advance her racist and divisive agenda until she was asked to stop by the songwriters who stated that she had completely misunderstood the intention of the song.

It appears that Woodley is reluctant for anyone to use the song without permission or payment.

The Glenrowan shop should stop using his words and twisting them to suit their political views unless they have the authors’ permission.

Viviane King, Milawa

Yes provides new pathway for us all REFERENDUMS can be challenging.

They are rarely held and the specific referendum questions are unique, unlike the issues that regularly roll forward in federal elections.

The uncontrolled noise of social media, which often becoming the story itself, is also obscuring the simple proposition offered in the referendum.

As a member of Wangaratta Landcare and Sustainability, we considered whether it was important or appropriate to express a formal view on the referendum.

We have worked collaboratively with local First Nations people, the Bpangerang, which has been a great benefit to our pro-

jects plus it has provided some insights into the challenges and opportunities facing First Nations people.

Wangaratta Landcare and Sustainability is in support of a ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum, a position which is entirely consistent with WLS existing values and purpose.

It is notable that after careful reflection, many large corporations, sporting codes and highly regarded services organisations are making public statements in support of a ‘Yes’ vote.

However, it is only individuals who vote, so this referendum requires us all to take a deep dive, so we arrive at a well formed decision before writing Yes or No on the ballot paper.

A recent and most useful contribution is by Simon Longstaff of the Ethics Centre - “We Are The Voice”.

Simon recognises that the referendum question is a significant challenge for Australians to wrestle with.

Please seek it out if you think applying an ethical lens would be useful in determining your vote.

When the referendum is finally over, it will do one or two things.

The referendum outcome will certainly be dissected and analysed which will reveal much about the character of Australia in 2023.

If the referendum gets up, the additional 92 words included in the constitution will allow a new pathway to lead First and all Australians forward.

A No vote will simply leave a failed approach in place.

Tony Lane, vice president, Wangaratta Landcare and Sustainability Inc

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Get your entries in to the 2023 King Valley Art Show Heavy rainfall see the WHAT’S UP WITH THE WEATHER?

By Peter Nelson, retired CSIRO climatologist

By ANITA MCPHERSON ARTISTS looking to share their creative expression with a broader audience are encouraged to be part of this year’s King Valley Art Show.

The event being held at King River Brewing in Whitfield celebrates the power of artistic expression to bring art into the public domain, with entries now open and closing on October 20.

For artists, participating in such events is more than just displaying their creations; it’s about taking risks, building confidence and enjoying the camaraderie of fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

Carmel Star, who entered her first art show last year and won a prize, found taking part a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

“I was a bit apprehensive entering my first art show, however it was a supportive environment and I learnt a lot from the process and other experienced artists,” she said.

One of the most significant advantages of participating in the King Valley Art Show is the exposure it offers.

The art show provides a platform for artists to present their work to a broad and diverse audience where it can be appreciated, critiqued and celebrated; potentially opening doors to new admirers, patrons and even collaborations.

For more established artists, it’s also incredibly rewarding.

One of last year’s category winners was internationally established artist, Fran O’Neill, who is local to Cheshunt.

“After being overseas for many years, it was so great to be back in the com-

wettest October days in some areas

ACROSS THE

munity and be a part of the King Valley Art Show,” she said.

“It was great to receive the non-acquisitive award for the ‘abstract’ category.”

Committee member Megan Star said the King Valley Art Show brings together artists, art lovers and collectors, creating a rich tapestry of creative minds.

“It’s a chance for artists to get their work out there, take risks and become an integral part of a vibrant arts community,” she said.

“The experience can be transformative, helping artists overcome selfdoubt, gain exposure and connect with like-minded individuals who share their love for the arts.”

The King Valley Art Show offers a broad range of categories including oil/ acrylic, pastel, watercolour/gouache, printmaking and works on paper.

All entries are eligible to win, with over $15,000 in prize money, including the Grand Award of $3000, to be judged

by Kyneton-based portrait artist and Archibald finalist, Daniel Butterworth.

To find our more or to enter visit kingvalleyarts.com.au/entry-form/ with entries closing on October 20.

WE VOTE

CREATIVE EXPRESSION: Established artist Fran O’Neill (pictured) is among those who enjoy being part of the King Valley Art Show, picking up an award last year.

AFTER many weeks of warmer and drier conditions in Victoria the pattern changed dramatically last Tuesday when a small low pressure trough with a cold front stalled over the eastern half of NSW and Victoria, bringing heavy rainfalls with some places recording their wettest October day on record.

Most of the western half of Victoria and all of South Australia had little or no rainfall.

In the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday last week Wangaratta recorded 52.8mms - the fourth wettest October day behind 58mms in 1894, 63mms in 1973 and 88.8mms in 1993.

Benalla with 82.2mms recorded its wettest October day since 177mms in 1993, while Yarrawonga with 53mms had its wettest October day since 1935.

Other big rainfalls were Lake Eildon 108mms, Latrobe Valley 96mms, Warragul 72.4mms, Yarram 60.8 mms and East Sale 100mms.

All these daily totals were either the wettest October day on record or the wettest October day since October 21, 1953.

That year saw more heavy rain in early November, but we dried out after mid November and had a heatwave during the third week of December with temperatures up to 42 degrees, the hottest in December since 1898.

The heaviest rainfalls to 9am Wednesday, October 4 were 198.8mms at Mt Hotham and 149.4mms at Falls Creek.

Mt Hotham easily had its wettest October day on record and there was only one wetter day in the last 97 years - 271.4mms on May 16, 1974.

BECAUSE….

“I never give up hope”

- Ruth Sinnhuber

“Personal conviction to not do harm; NEVER, EVER, EVER”

- Enid May Smith

“The BIBLE says: Though shalt not kill. STOP BLACK DEATHS”

- John Chivers

“Jesus said : Love thy neighbour…so I do!”

- Beryl Smith

“We oppose exploitation so YES to a Voice”

“A friend in need is a friend indeed”

“ENOUGH is ENOUGH = No MORE INDIGENOUS DEATHS in Australian PRISONS”

“When Mum died the tribe cared for me and my brother”

“I want to! support the oldest living culture to thrive and celebrate!”

- Mary Chivers

- Emily Chivers

- Tom Chivers

“I want to live in a society with equality where everyone has a voice”

- Rose Wedler

“I listen with my heart and answer with my head”

- Tilley aka Penny Bristol Jones

- Sue. Educator Alice Springs

- Felix Vincent Wedler-Nichol

“For the children, the next generation”

- Marianne Gardner

“Its bloody time we listened…”

- Linda Bradbury Authorised by Rose Wedler Wangaratta

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Mentally prepared for emergency

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN NORTH East Multicultural Association (NEMA) has moved onto the next stage of its disaster support program for local multicultural communities.

The crisis management and women’s health session was held on September 20 at the Gateway Hotel, where 41 community members from three LGAs (Wangaratta, Alpine and Indigo) attended.

During the session NEMA project manager, Faryal Khan, briefly explained the project and its purpose, stages, achievements, and success.

Crisis management and socialising is the third stage of NEMA’s Community Cultural Advocates Project.

The aim of this stage is to

prepare community members mentally and emotionally for crisis events.

Ms Khan said she had received “incredible” feedback from the community members who attended the first crisis management session, which focused on coping with the sharp mental strain of a crisis event.

“Most people mentioned to me and my co-workers they had learnt new activities and techniques including mediation, exercises, breathing exercises, and they also received information and awareness about local health support and their contact details,” she said.

Physiotherapist and mindfulness educator from Hogan Health, Amanda Hogan, and Gateway Health

Wangaratta psychologists Kim Haebich, Melissa Harris and Alexandra Nixon were guest speakers for the session, providing crucial information on mentally dealing with a crisis.

Ms Hogan presented on anxiety and breathing exercises to stop and settle, while providing resources and health booklets for attendees to take home.

She also donated a white scarf of wellbeing and compassion to everyone which is made in Nepal, which has three handmade knitted lines indicating breath, body, and mind to calm yourself.

Gateway Health Wangaratta’s presentation was focused on dealing with crisis and connection with people, going through a mental

TRAINING THE MIND: The group of 41 community members from Wangaratta, Alpine and Indigo shires taking art in NEMA’s third stage of their disaster support program. health care plan, local support programs and how local community can access their facilities.

The fourth stage will be the final stage of the project, focusing on emergency assessment, review and reporting.

A similar crisis management and socialising session is planned to be held in Mansfield in the near future.

Seniors Festival events continue THE 2023 Wangaratta Seniors Festival continues this week with a variety of entertainment, activities and information sessions to enjoy.

Try aqua aerobics at the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre (WSAC) today, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30am (no bookings required) or Zumba at the centre tomorrow at 10.30am.

Anyone interested in finding out how food and garden waste are processed locally can take a tour of the Wangaratta Organics Facility at 11am today (with bookings required on 5722 8128).

Adult swimming lessons will be held tomorrow at WSAC at 11.30am, 6pm and 6.30pm (with bookings required on 5722 1723).

Enjoy lunch and live music with a performance by Arthur Hull at St John’s Anglican Church in Whorouly tomorrow from 12pm to 2pm (bookings required by contacting s.molan@wangaratta.vic.gov. au) and story time for grandparents and grandkids will be held at the Wangaratta Library tomorrow from 10.30am (no bookings required).

Play the popular sport for over 60s called Lifeball at WSAC tomorrow from 1pm to 2pm, try yoga-based class Body

CELEBRATE IN SONG: Fresh from The Voice in 2022, Arthur Hull will perform popular ballads during a free concert in the Memorial Hall at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre on Wednesday from 2pm to 3.30pm, with tickets required by visiting wpacc. com.au/Whats-On/Seniors-Festival-Concert-with-Arthur-Hull.

Balance in the King George V Gardens on Saturday at 10.30am (with no bookings required for either activity).

The Grit and Resilience Festival will be held in the King George V Gardens tomorrow from 4pm to 6.30pm, a free, inclusive, family-friendly event for World Mental Health Day where those who come along can have a bit of fun and find out about the services and supports available in the area.

Wangaratta Men’s Shed in Shanley Street will be holding an open day on Wednesday from 10.30am to 2.30pm

THE RIPPLE EFFECT LIVE MUSIC BY LOCALS PROMOTING POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH Saturday November 25th 2023 Wangaratta rodeo grounds LIVE MUSIC BY LOCALS promoting positive mental health twilight market & food stalls in a family friendly atmosphere.

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Experience Pilates with a free session at Pilates Wangaratta in Murphy Street at 11am on Wednesday (bookings required on 0439 820 660) and a Rural Women Online Program drop in session will be held at the Wangaratta Library on Wednesday from 10am to 12pm, to find out how the program can provide online

help with computers, phones, and the internet.

Don’t miss the free concert in Wangaratta when Arthur Hull performs in the Memorial Hall at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre on Wednesday at 2pm (bookings required by calling 5722 8105).

There is also plenty more to do later in the week with a program available from the Wangaratta Government Centre or at wangaratta.vic.gov.au/Residents/ Seniors/2023-Wangaratta-SeniorsFestival.

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REGIONAL NEWS

Bright gallery welcomes spring

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE

SPRING weather doesn’t just bring a change in leaves and more sunshine; the Bright Art Gallery has also officially opened their seasonal exhibition featuring a range of artists.

Committee member Pauline McCall said the opening night, held last Wednesday, was a great success with around 40 attendees admiring the three individual artists’ works as well as up to 110 works from Bright Art Gallery members.

“The highlights for me were the talks given by Carol Stewart from Wagga Wagga, Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan from the Dandenongs and Natalie Malseed from Albury,” she said.

“Carol does oil paintings of landscapes, flowers and animals, Jessie’s favourite subject is birds and her mosaics are striking; she spoke about growing up in France and being educated in fine arts there before moving to Australia and Natalie has an installation upstairs related to chestnuts and rural living.

“It was really interesting to hear them talk about their inspirations.

“We also always love to see the art provided by our members.

“This is our spring exhibition, we’re attempting to have one for

SPRING HAS SPRUNG: Bright Art Gallery officially opened its spring exhibition last week. PHOTO: Jean-Pierre Ronco each season and the summer exhibition will open in late November.

“This will be a focus on Christ-

mas presents, so ceramic pieces, photography and jewellery will all feature alongside paintings and other art.

“This exhibition will be all produced by our talented members of the gallery.”

Artist Jessie Yvette Journoud-

Ryan said the opening night was one filled with wonderful community spirit.

“I love Bright, it’s a wonderful place and I’ve been coming since I was little,” she said.

“My in-laws live in Bright so my mother-in-law is a volunteer at the gallery and made me aware of it so I became a member this year and submitted pieces for the winter show.

“The gallery were interested in showing a larger amount of work there so I was invited to be part of the spring exhibition.

“It was a bit of an odyssey carting my work from Melbourne as I work with ceramics and mosaic so it’s very fragile.

“It was 30 pieces all up and it was great to see them in the gallery; the volunteers did an excellent job displaying them.

“For the past 10 years I’ve opened my home to the general public for the Dandenong Ranges open studios annual weekend so a lot of this work I had created for the open studios in April and it was nice to exhibit that work in a gallery context.

“I really enjoyed speaking to the other artists and the whole event had a really wonderful community spirit; it’s clearly people who are very enthusiastic about art.”

Upgrade of Savoy Soccer Club almost underway Queen’s choristers

crown concert year

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE MYRTLEFORD Savoy Soccer Club’s major building works are set to commence in two weeks time, following a $1.5 million contract awarded at the September council meeting.

The recommendation before council saw Colin Joss & Co Pty Ltd T/A Joss Facility Management awarded the contract for the fixed lump sum price of $1,588,898, part of the funding Alpine Shire Council recieved through the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Program in 2021.

Savoy Soccer Club committee member and project liaison Peter Sacco said the club was very excited and grateful to see the project come to fruition.

“It’s pretty amazing to be approved for these works, it’s a really big deal for the club,” he said.

“The clubrooms haven’t had an upgrade since they were built about 40 years ago so on one side of things it’s getting the building up to Football Australia standards but also making our clubrooms a more safe, welcoming and inclusive place.

“For the past five years we’ve put a big focus on supporting our young junior members and our female players and this will continue that.

“It will be a complete refurbishment of the whole site; the footprint is staying the same but everything inside is changing.

“We’re upgrading the change rooms, toilet and shower facilities to bring it into this millennia and also a whole new kitchen and canteen area which is great for the club.

“Alpine Shire Council are the project managers on this upgrade and they’ve done a great job; we’ve been working with their architects over the last 12 months so

MAJOR WORKS: Vice president of the Savoy Soccer Club, Carlo Gios, is looking forward to seeing the upgrade complete.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist the design process is complete.”

Mr Sacco said the process will move quickly now, with demolition of the internal site to be in around two weeks time.

“The first step is to gut the whole inside and then start rebuilding and it will be completed by the end of March next year,” he said.

“There may be a slight delay to the start of the season but we are hoping to have it done in time.

“I believe next year the season will start at the beginning of April.

“Everyone is really excited, we’ve had lots of feedback and its just an amazing club because it draws in community from the whole shire.

“We have players from Bright, Harrietville, Mount Beauty, Beechworth, Whorouly, Gapsted and that’s across the juniors to senior squads so as a club we’ve always been able to attract good numbers.

“We’ve been working hard as a club to maintain that safe and positive culture especially for juniors and our female players, so the aim is making those clubrooms comfortable and welcoming for people of all ages and genders so its modernised and inclusive for everyone.

“We’ve got a really strong committee of management at the club and this is real lovely shiny light off the back of bushfires and COVID.

“It’s been a real challenge through COVID to keep the club going and keep people interested so it’s really important for the club to help us provide a platform to keep all members and players engaged.

“Community sport doesn’t happen without community volunteers; that connection for community-led sporting clubs, with support of the Alpine Shire who manage it, is crucial.

“We’re proud of the way we’ve navigated the relationship with Alpine Shire Council and we’re supportive of them.

“It’s all about creating safe and equitable place for young people to come in and enjoy soccer.”

QUEEN’S College chapel choristers from the University of Melbourne will perform at the last of this year’s concert series in Beechworth’s historic Christ Church on Sunday, October 15.

Vicar Matthew Healy said the choir’s program will feature sublime works from 19th and early 20th century composers who populated what has become the great tradition of English cathedral music.

“It’s truly a program not to be missed,” Reverend Healy said.

College choirmaster John Weretka, who lives in Beechworth, will direct the 20-voice choir with chapel organist David Agg at the keyboard of the church’s 1882 colonial-built pipe organ.

They will present works by Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Villiers Stanford, John Stainer and Hubert Parry.

Christ Church music director Sandra Williams will feature as associate artist.

Soloists Christopher-Jack Andrew, Rebekah Weaich and Mr Weretka will also perform Josef Rheinberger’s Sechs geistliche Gesänge (Six Sacred Songs), and two of Johannes Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs).

“We’ve had five wonderful concerts this year which contribute greatly to the tuning and maintenance of the church’s organ and grand piano,” Reverend Healy said.

“This is the last of them for 2023 and I acknowledge the fine work of parishioner Kate Sutherland who has co-ordinated each of the annual series in recent years.”

The Queen’s College concert will start at 2:30pm.

Tickets cost $40 ($30 concession) and can be bought online at https://rb.gy/ hlcr9 or at the door.

This Saturday, October 7, Reverend Healy will lead the annual blessing of animals at Beechworth Farmers’ Market, held in the churchyard, at 9:30am at the church entrance.

All people are welcome to bring the creatures who share their lives to the short service.

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Spring ball at Wangaratta RSL

By CHLOE JAENICKE LIMITED seats are available for the Wangaratta RSL’s Women’s Auxiliary Spring Ball later this month.

Auxiliary president, Wilma Bright, said the ball at the Wangaratta RSL on October 28 will be an unforgettable night of elegance and fun.

“People should come along to enjoy a good fun night filled

with camaraderie,” she said.

“Local band Take 6 will be playing, which is made up of six of the members of Sweet Buzz.

“Normally we hold the balls in May when it was really cold so this time, we decided to give it a go in the spring because of the nicer weather.”

The spring ball raises funds for veterans and will include a two-course meal, canapes, pre-

SHOWTIME: Gwynda Morrow and Cheryl Seymour.

meal drinks, a raffle and a live band all included in the $120 ticket.

Tickets can be bought at the Wangaratta RSL reception.

ELEGANCE AND FUN: Wilma Bright, Joye Coombs, Jenny Ashton and Louise McKenzie are excited to host the Women’s Auxiliary Spring Ball.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

OUT AND ABOUT: Barry and Margaret Reardon and Jan Burge.

SOCIAL FOCUS

MATINEE SHOW: Frank and Judith Keskes.

Audience enjoys Double Feature by Damian Callinan THEATREGOERS gathered at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre on October 5 to see Double Feature by comedian Damian Callinan.

It was the final matinee show of the year at the centre and a popular inclusion in the 2023 Wangaratta Seniors Festival.

PHOTOS: Kurt Hickling ENTERTAINMENT: Julie Lamond, Beatrice Powley and Joan McNaughton.

SPECIAL EVENT: Josie Green and Marg Daw.

PERFORMANCE: Jane Baker and Margaret Brickhill.

GOOD MORNING: Margaret Sartori and Margaret Hochfeld.

LIVE THEATRE: Michael and Alla McCarron.

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RURAL

Willoughby’s cattle sale swansong was greeted with pleasant returns

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN

WANGARATTA STORE SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 No. Breed

HANSONVILLE resident Mike Willoughby’s last sale of his 40-year career in the local cattle industry was met with a slight uptick in market prices which served as a pleasant surprise for sellers.

Some 924 head of cattle were sold at the Wangaratta October Store Sale on Friday morning, at an average price of $2.28/kg overall, up 20 cents across the board from last week.

A dry start to spring and a big surge in slaughter cattle supply since early August had brought upon an even further slide in the market last week.

Corcoran Parker cattle agent Reiley Murtagh said the sales went a little bit better than he was expecting, countering recent downward market trends.

“Cows and calves were a standout but that was quality driven,” he said.

“We were already going pretty well, another 120mm (of rain) in a fair radius of our area is really good.

“It’s going to keep kicking things on and it’s going to put a bit more confidence in the local area to buy cattle, and I think it’s stretched all through Victoria and into some south-

OVER AND OUT: Mike Willoughby looks over one of his pens of over 150 head of cows and calves Friday morning, selling his entire herd at his soon to be former Hansonville propety as he looks to travel the country after 40 years in the local cattle industry. PHOTO: Kurt Hickling ern parts of New South Wales which generally does help out the market.”

The offering of around 180 head of cows and calves went for $3.88/kilogram on average.

The feature seller at the sale Friday morning was Mike Willoughby, whose sale came with extra significance.

After 40 years of living at his Hansonville property and being involved in the local

cattle industry, Mr Willoughby had a full herd dispersal on Friday as he prepares to sell his property and travel the country.

Mr Willoughby said it was a strange feeling to walk away from what’s been a big part of his life so far.

“We’ve had breeders before when we first started out there, then we went over to steers for a period of time and

WANGARATTA CATTLE MARKET AVERAGES

TUESDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2023

No. BREED PRODUCER BULLOCKS (550kg & over)

DISTRICT

AGENT

Av Wgt

c/Kg

AV PRICE

1 1

IJPG&A Mullens F&F Martino

Killawarra Moyhu

CP Nut

550 835

238.0 160.2

$1,309.00 $1,337.67

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Killawarra Killawarra Laceby Laceby Chiltern Tarnook Taminick

CP CP Elders Elders Elders Nut AWN

558 510 532.5 510 375 417 540

234.0 232.2 274.2 265.0 346.2 148.2 322.0

$1,305.72 $1,184.22 $1,460.12 $1,351.50 $1,298.25 $617.99 $1,738.80 (Charity Steer)

Ang X Friesan

STEERS 3 1 2 2 1 2 1

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Greta Peechelba

AWN AWN

670 650

240.0 220.0

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380 398 395

344.2 322.2 342.2

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AJ & CA Dinning C & W Thorpe

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CP Nut

756 677

175 180.0

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Moyhu

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1200

169.2

$2,030.40

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back into breeders about six or eight years ago,” he said.

“It’s good to have the cows and calves, there’s a bit of satisfaction out of breeding and getting a good result.

“It’s more work because sometimes you might have to assist the cow if it’s having trouble calving and all those sorts of things, but it’s part of the fun.”

Mr Willoughby’s swansong was well received by buyers, with his head of 76 by 76 Angus and Black Baldy cows and calves going for an average price of $1790/head, including a standout price of $2610/head for a pen of 13 cows and calves.

He said despite the below average current market, he was happy with whatever he could take from the rest of his herd.

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“Some of these cows here I paid $3450 for them at Wodonga last year, I took them and calved them down, but I won’t get that for them today,” he said.

“You can’t come with any pre-conceived ideas, you’ve just got to accept what the market is doing at the moment and so be it.

“But on the flip side of that if I wanted to buy a few steers to have in the background, I’d probably be able to go alright.

“It’s shaping up to be a

AGENT

Av Wgt

AV PRICE

Nut Nut Nut Eld Eld AWN AWN AWN CP CP CP CP

458 323 488 306 297 384 296 312 400 462 434 372

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364 320 321 389 370 333 262

$690.00 $615.00 $710.00 $830.00 $660.00 $620.00 $450.00

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528 511

$700.00 $690.00

CP CP CP CP

$2,610.00 $2,280.00 $1,750.00 $1,820.00

CP CP

$2,750.00 $2,500.00

good season, we had 115mm of rain out there just over the last few days, it’s very, very good.”

Mr Willoughby said he was excited to see more of the country he hadn’t had the chance to see yet after he sells his property, starting with seeing family at Coffs Harbour.

“I’ll have a bit of a look around Australia, there’s no rush to do it but I want to be able to do it when I can, put the van on and just see where the road leads you,” he said.

State Government extends dingo, wild dog control order

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Victorian Government has extended an order allowing dingoes and wild dogs to be controlled near farmland.

The ‘Dingo Unprotection Order’ declares the animal as unprotected wildlife on private land and within 3 kilometres of private land across most of Eastern Victoria and some of North West Victoria.

In other parts of Victoria, the dingo remains protected under the Wildlife Act 1975, and is listed as a threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

A 2018 order was due to expire on October 1, but the order has been remade for a further 12 months until October 1 2024.

“Following emerging research, the current order will be extended for 12 months to allow for a comprehensive assessment of the dingo population across Victoria to inform the appropriate protections moving forward,” a Victorian Government spokesperson said.

STILL A TARGET: The Victorian Government has extended an order allowing dingoes and wild dogs to be controlled near farmland.

“We will continue to work with Traditional Owners, farmers and private landholders to appropriately balance the protection of livestock and dingo conservation.”

Under the order, only those working for DEECA or Parks Victoria may kill or take dingoes on public land.

According to DEECA, the government is undergoing a review into dingo conservation, predicted to be finalised within a year, which will consider new research into dingo populations.

A spokesperson for Nationals MP for Ovens Valley Tim

McCurdy said the decision to extend the existing wild dog prevention orders is a win for local farmers and communities.

“Mr McCurdy is pleased to have worked with the community and his National Party colleagues to pressure the government for this outcome,” they said.

“Farmers know their livestock better than anyone, and they know how to look after them, which is why it is important to continue to listen and advocate for them and the hard work they put in to build our communities.”

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Data released from the Crime Statistics Agency on Thursday shows the number of criminal incidences in the Rural City of Wangaratta

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year are all up on the previous year, but assaults and related offences were down.

Senior Sergeant Kym Clark of Wangaratta police said while collectively the statistics are up on the previous year there is no reason to be unduly concerned.

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Teens look to the future with uni

WANGARATTA High School year 12 graduates Kayla Fisher and Amy Henderson were among hundreds of local students, and tens of thousands around the state, who received their first round university offers yesterday.

The pair are both interested in humanitarian work and development, and were offered their first choice course at their chosen universities.

Kayla, 17, has been offered a

double degree in Arts and Public Policy with a major in third-world development at the Australian National University in Canberra.

“I was happy with my ATAR score even if I thought I could do better but it’s been a tough year,” Kayla said.

“It was difficult not having feedback from classmates because I didn’t know if I was doing okay or needed to improve.

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looking forward to the next step.”

Amy, 18, will be doing occupational therapy at Deakin but hopes to branch into humanitarian work in third world countries.

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“Last year I really missed out on having the balance of sport and social aspects of school which really help me get through the study aspect.

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“I’ll jump straight in this year I think because my initial plans to have a gap year and travel aren’t likely now.

“Eventually I want to go into allied health overseas and Kayla and I have always talked about collaborating; she’s more interested in the politics side and I’d do the health side so that could be cool.”

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Wangaratta & District Cricket Association 2023/24 season

SCOREBOARD: Saturday, October 7

YARRAWONGA MULWALA DEF WANGARATTA MAGPIES

BENALLA BUSHRANGERS DEF ROVERS UNITED BRUCK

CITY COLTS DEF BY OVENS VALLEY UNITED

DELATITE VS BEENCHWORTH WANDERERS

Yarrawonga Mulwala 1st innings Reid Clarke c: Fraser Ellis b: Charlie Stafford ...............62 Matt Knight c: Matt Gathercole b: Thomas Clayton ...11 Jobe Fraser not out ........................................................65 Brock McCabe c: Ryan Malcolm b: Frazer Dent...........16 Angus McMillan c: Frazer Dent b: Chris Clement ..........4 Ben Welsh not out ............................................................3 Kyle Archibald (c) did not bat Andrew Dishot did not bat Angus Heslin did not bat James Irvine did not bat Matt McCabe did not bat Extras (4WD, 1NB, 1LB, 0B, 0P) .......................................6 Total....................................................................... 4 / 167 Overs ................................................................................40 FOW: 1-35 Matt Knight, 2-114 Reid Clarke, 3-146 Brock McCabe, 4-161 Angus McMillan.

Bowling: Chris Clement 8/1/1/35, Matt Gathercole 8/1/0/23, Thomas Clayton 8/0/1/30, Fraser Ellis 6/0/0/20, Charlie Stafford 8/0/1/45, Frazer Dent 2/0/1/13.

Rovers United Bruck 1st innings Blake Nixon c: Charlie Bull b: Tyler Begnone ..............11 Luke Whitten c: James Carboon b: Tyler Begnone ....13 Josh O’Donohue c: Charlie Bull b: Priyank Chohan ...14 Jacob Beattie c: Gary Priest b: Sameera Witharana.....4 Paddy McNamara (c) c: Daniel Brew b: Clinton Relf...16 Matthew Whitten b: Sameera Witharana ......................3 Lakpriya Shantha Gangabadawatta Arachchilage c: Charlie Bull b: Conor Brodie..........................................34 Connor Dennis c&b: Charlie Bull ....................................4 Josh Ansell c: Sameera Witharana b: Charlie Bull......10 Matthew Winter lbw: Conor Brodie................................4 Drew Winter not out .........................................................2 Extras (9WD, 4NB, 2LB, 0B, 0P)......................................15 Total.................................................................... 10 / 130 Overs ...............................................................................36 FOW: 1-26 Blake Nixon, 2-34 Luke Whitten, 3-39 Jacob Beattie, 4-58 Josh O’Donohue, 5-61 Matthew Whitten, 6-84 Paddy McNamara, 7-103 Connor Dennis, 8-121 Lakpriya Shantha Gangabadawatta Arachchilage, 9-127 Matthew Winter, 10-130 Josh Ansell.

Bowling: Conor Brodie 6/0/2/29, Tyler Begnone 6/0/2/29, Charlie Bull 5/1/2/12, Sameera Witharana 8/1/2/24, Priyank Chohan 8/1/1/14, Clinton Relf 3/0/1/20.

City Colts 1st innings Tyler Nanson run out: Dylan Bursill, Nicholas Impink .0 Mitchell Giggins(c) c: Samuel Piazza b: Mikka Paulsen 5 Tyler Schulze b: Conner Forde ........................................8 Kent Braden (vc) b: Cooper Thomason .........................1 Josh Nanson c: Tyler Thomason b: Samuel Piazza....13 Justin Solimo c: Conner Forde b: Samuel Piazza .......12 Hayden Murray c: James Neary b: Mikka Paulsen .......9 Private player not out.......................................................8 Fill-in b Mikka Paulsen .....................................................0 Jed Marek c: Nicholas Impink b: Mikka Paulsen...........3 Caleb Bell b: James Neary...............................................0 Extras: (8WD, 3NB, 1LB, 0B, 0P).....................................12 Total....................................................................... 10 / 71 Overs ................................................................................34 FOW: 1-0 Tyler Nanson, 2-8 Mitchell Giggins, 3-17 Tyler Schulze, 4-17 Kent Braden, 5-35 Justin Solimo, 6-58 Josh Nanson, 7-59 Hayden Murray, 8-59 Player, 9-64 Jed Marek, 10-71 Caleb Bell.

Bowling: Mikka Paulsen 8/3/4/9, James Neary 7/1/1/12, Cooper Thomason 5/2/1/15, Conner Forde 4/2/1/8, Samuel Piazza 4/0/2/21, Glenn White 6/3/0/5.

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Wangaratta Magpies 1st innings Cooper Matheson c: Brock McCabe b: Angus Heslin .12 Ryan Malcolm c: Reid Clarke b: Angus Heslin ...............0 Jack Davies (c) c: Angus McMillan b: Angus Heslin.....28 Nic Bonwick c: Brock McCabe b: Jobe Fraser .............25 Fraser Ellis c: Andrew Dishot b: Angus McMillan.........19 Nicholas Pell not out ......................................................14 Frazer Dent not out.........................................................23 Thomas Clayton did not bat Chris Clement did not bat Matt Gathercole did not bat Charlie Stafford did not bat Extras (8WD, 0NB, 0LB, 0B, 0P)........................................8 Total....................................................................... 5 / 129 Overs ................................................................................40 FOW: 1-0 Ryan Malcolm, 2-15 Cooper Matheson, 3-60 Nic Bonwick, 4-82 Jack Davies, 5-97 Fraser Ellis.

Bowling: James Irvine 6/2/0/14, Angus Heslin 8/3/3/20, Angus McMillan 8/1/1/24, Jobe Fraser 8/1/1/28, Andrew Dishot 3/0/0/12, Matt McCabe 7/1/0/31.

Benalla Bushrangers 1st innings Michael Honman lbw: Jacob Beattie ...........................17 Priyank Chohan c: Matthew Winter b: Jacob Beattie.30 Daniel Brew c: Josh O’Donohue b: Lakpriya shantha Gangabadawatta Arachchilage ....................................10 James Carboon c&b: Jacob Beattie ...............................0 Charlie Bull not out.........................................................39 Jonty Priest c: Josh O’Donohue b: Drew Winter.........17 Susanka Gamage c: Jacob Beattie b: Drew Winter ......2 Clinton Relf lbw: Drew Winter .........................................6 Conor Brodie not out .......................................................0 Tyler Begnone did not bat Gary Priest (c) did not bat Extras (17WD, 3NB, 0LB, 0B, 0P)....................................20 Total....................................................................... 7 / 141 Overs ................................................................................40 FOW: 1-54 Michael Honman, 2-64 Priyank Chohan, 3-64 James Carboon, 4-79 Daniel Brew, 5-124 Jonty Priest, 6-126 Susanka Gamage, 7-139 Clinton Relf.

Bowling: Josh Ansell 6/0/0/40, Paddy McNamara 8/0/0/19, Jacob Beattie 8/0/3/36, Matthew Winter 8/1/0/14, Blake Nixon 2/0/0/7, Lakpriya shantha Gangabadawatta Arachchilage 5/1/1/18, Drew Winter 3/0/3/7.

SMASHED: Jake Riley middles the ball through the off side.

Ovens Valley United 1st innings Conner Forde b: Caleb Bell..............................................5 Jake Riley c: Mitchell Giggins b: Josh Nanson ..............9 Cooper Thomason c: Justin Solimo b: Jed Marek .......6 Dylan Bursill (c) c: Fill-in b: Kent Braden ......................22 Tyler Thomason b: Jed Marek ........................................0 Kane Fitzpatrick c: Tyler Nanson b: Archie Crispin.......4 Samuel Piazza c: Josh Nanson b: Caleb Bell...............30 Nicholas Impink c: Hayden Murray b: Jed Marek .......21 Glenn White c: Fill-in b: Archie Crispin .........................14 James Neary not out........................................................0 Mikka Paulsen b: Kent Braden ........................................1 Extras (18WD, 1NB, 1LB, 0B, 0P)....................................20 Total.................................................................... 10 / 132 Overs ................................................................................36 FOW: 1-17 Conner Forde, 2-17 Jake Riley, 3-34 Cooper Thomason, 4-34 Tyler Thomason, 5-43 Kane Fitzpatrick, 6-69 Dylan Bursill, 7-109 Samuel Piazza, 8-128 Nicholas Impink, 9-131 Glenn White, 10-132 Mikka Paulsen.

Bowling: Josh Nanson 6/1/1/32, Caleb Bell 8/1/2/34, Jed Marek 8/0/3/35, Archie Crispin 6/0/2/18, Ken Braden 7/3/2/8, Tyler Nanson 1/0/0/4.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie PACE: Jed Marek storms in to deliver the ball.

A RESERVE: Wangaratta Magpies 5/161 Callum Honey 62 Zac Guilfoyle 4/19 def Yarrawonga Mulwala 8/99 Adam Dodd 31 Aneeque Azam 2/14. Rovers Unuited Bruck 8/149 Jonathan Hyde 72 Jonathan Hyde 3/6 def Benalla Bushrangers 9/111 Greg Hoysted 26 Will Botten 3/16. City Colts 10/138 Aaron Thrum 43 Thomas Moore 2/28 def by Ovens Valley United 6/163 Seamus Phillips 43 Seamus Phillips 2/19.

SMART SHOT: Josh Nanson works the ball through the leg side.

HOWZAT: Cooper Thomason goes up for the appeal.

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Wangaratta & District Cricket Association 2023/24 season

REVIEWS: Saturday, October 7

Premiers plucked in round one shock

By NATHAN DE VRIES

IN FINE FORM: Conor Brodie (pictured last season) and the Bushrangers started their season well with a solid win over Rovers United Bruck.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

THE 2023/24 Wangaratta and District Cricket Association season looks like it’ll be a close one after reigning premiers Rovers United Bruck were downed by Benalla Bushrangers in their opening round clash on Saturday.

The Hawks were sent in to bat after losing the toss, and were bowled out for 130 with four overs remaining, before the Bushrangers made 7/171 from their 40 overs.

Openers Blake Nixon and Luke Whitten started their innings off well, but some quick wickets from Conor Brodie and Sameera Witharana had RUB struggling at 3/39.

Skipper Paddy McNamara tried to steady the ship, but managed just 16 before he was caught by Daniel Brew off the bowling of Clinton Relf.

‘Lucky’ Shantha blasted 34 at almost a run a ball in his cameo appearance, but after Conor Brodie found his edge, the Rovers were eight down with 121 on the board, with the tail managing to limp to 130.

Every Bushranger picked up at least one wicket, with Charlie Bull’s 2/12 the best figures of the innings.

With their target in sight, Benalla’s Michael Honman (17) and Priyank Chohan (30) worked up a 54-run partnership before Jacob Beattie trapped Honman LBW. Beattie struck again just 10 runs later, removing Chohan, and when James Carboon departed for a three ball duck, the match was well and truly in the balance.

Charlie Bull’s composed 39 not out from 85 deliveries al-

lowed the Bushrangers to build an innings around an anchor, with Jonty Priest (17) and Daniel Brew (10) pitching in with handy contributions.

Beattie was best with the ball for RUB, ending with 3/36 from eight overs.

Bushrangers’ manager Trevor Saker said the club’s newer players really stood up. “’Sunny’ Chohan batted very well opening, and our best bat was young Charlie Bull,” he said.

“He’s a Benalla product who just didn’t play cricket last year - he took four catches as a fielder, not a keeper, and he bowled pretty well. “’Sammy’ Samaweera is a left-arm orthodox, he bowled very well for his 2/24.

“We’re pretty happy with the win to start the season.”

In other A grade matches, Yarrawonga Mulwala proved too strong for reigning one day premiers Wangaratta Magpies.

The Lakers kept Wangaratta to 5/129 chasing their 4/167, with Reid Clarke (62) and Jobe Fraser (65*) on fire with the bat.

It was a challenging day in the field for the Magpies, as chances flew wide of fielders and the batters got further settled.

The Magpies’ run chase started poorly when opener Ryan Malcolm edged one to the keeper first ball, and runs were coming few and far between.

Skipper Jack Davies stood up with 28 from 80 balls, and Nic Bonwick and Frazer Dent contributed with some quick scores, but the Lakers kept the pressure on and ground out a win, with Angus Heslin taking 3/20 from eight overs.

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“Our whole bowling group bowled really well, tied the Colts down - they played some rash shots in the end so it was good.”

Bursill said more work was needed with bat in hand going forward, with the top order crumbling too easily.

“There were a few cheap dismissals, chips to short cover and short midwicket, just get out shots so we were a bit unlucky there,” he said.

“We still said it wasn’t going to be easy – when we’ve been bowled out before we come out and want to make amends with the ball, and we knew Colts were going to be no different to that.

“If someone in that top four gets 25 or 30 runs, we know we should comfortably make it, and it didn’t quite happen.

“We were lucky enough for Sam Piazza to come in at number seven, and Nick Impink batted well at number eight.

“It’s good to see some of those young guys stepping up when we had our back against the wall.”

The Tigers also triumphed in the A reserve clash, successfully chasing down the 138 target with five wickets in hand.

HE HELD IT: Nick Impink celebrates teammate Conner Forde (behind stumps) holding onto a tough catch, as Justin Solimo walks off in disbelief.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

DRIVEN: Sam Piazza’s 30 from 44 deliveries helped the Tigers get over the line.

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SPORT

TAKEOFF: Mackenzie Lawford launches into the Parap Pool in Darwin at the country swimming nationals.

UP TO SPEED: Liam Kidgell and Aidan Thomson swim it out in the breaststroke.

BREATHE IN: Mackenzie Lawford goes up for breath in the breaststroke.

WINNING TEAM: Wangaratta Amateuer Swimming Club medalists (front L-R ) Jasmin Thwaites, Ingrid Brettig, Sadie Skewes, Nina Fortaliza, Alice Colson; (back L-R) Harry Allen, Aidan Thomson, Gabe Watson and Liam Kidgell.

Swimmers star in top end nationals

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN

WANGARATTA Amateur Swimming Club made a big splash at the Australian Country Swimming Championships last weekend, taking home 29 medals.

As the premier swimming event for swimmers from regional or remote areas of Australia, 60 clubs from all parts of the country converged atthe Parap Pool in Darwin to compete against the best country swimmers in Australia over four thrilling days.

Victorian swimmers qualified for the event through the State Short Course Championships held in Wangaratta back in August.

The Wangaratta club had 14 swimmers compete in Darwin from Saturday, September 30 to Tuesday, October 3, finishing with a total of six gold medals, 10 silver and 13 bronze in a widely successful national meet for the club.

Gold medalists included Nina Fortaliza (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke), Liam Kidgell (200m backstroke) and Gabe Watson (100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke) who took home eight medals in total.

Club president Allison Allen said it was an electrifying week for the club and was extremely proud of her swimmers who

AND THEY’RE OFF: Wangaratta Amateur Swimming Club’s Nina Fortaliza and Alice Colson (closest to frame) make fast starts in one of their 20 plus events swam over four bumper days at the country swimming nationals held in Darwin. PHOTO: Josh Dillon

shone on the national stage.

“Even when we weren’t achieving medals we were swimming really good times,” she said.

“It was really good, because it’s the start of the long course season and a lot of our swimmers have already achieved the qualifying times for state meets coming up.

“We went up for a week so we got some training sessions in up at Nightcliff before the meet started and we also did some nice team bonding we went to the Mindil Markets and to the deck chair cinemas.

“It was a really great and friendly atmosphere at the meets; our swimmers met swimmers from

all over Australia and Victoria so it’s just really good for them to meet those other swimmers and make friends.

“Hopefully now they see them at state championships or at nationals in the near future, it was a great experience.”

In a total of 238 events swam by members of the club, they were represented in finals in half of those events, with every swimmer recording at least two personal best times across their events and 120 PBs swam in total.

Swimmers will now shift their focus to the 50m pool, with training already beginning for the long course season.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS  Harry Allen: 20 events; 12 finals; 14 PBs Bronze medals – 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 4x50m medley relay New Victorian Age qualifying time – 100m freestyle  Ingrid Brettig: 22 events; 11 finals; 14 PBs Silver medals – 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke New Victorian Sprints qualifying time – 50m breaststroke  Alice Colson: 22 events; 13 finals; 15 PBs Silver medals – 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly Bronze medals – 200m individual medley, 50m breaststroke, 200m freestyle New Victorian Sprints qualifying time – 50m butterfly New Victorian Age qualifying time – 100m freestyle  Maddison Craven: 9 events; 4 finals; 2 PBs  Nina Fortaliza: 27 events; 17 finals; 15 PBs Gold medals – 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke Silver medal – 50m breaststroke New Victorian Age qualifying times – 100m breaststroke, 50m freestyle, 200m breaststroke New Victorian Sprints qualifying time – 50m butterfly  Sofia Gall: 16 events; 9 finals; 11 PBs  Liam Kidgell: 25 events; 16 finals; 15 PBs Gold medal – 200m backstroke Bronze medal – 4x50m medley relay New Victorian Age qualifying time – 100m backstroke New Victorian country qualifying times – 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly  Mackenzie Lawford: 10 events; 4 finals; 7 PBs New Victorian country time – 50m freestyle  Jemima Pizzini: 11 events; 6 finals; 3 PBs  Evelyn Selby: 17 events; 8 finals; 10 PBs New Victorian Country qualifying time – 100m butterfly New Victorian Sprints qualifying time – 50m butterfly  Sadie Skewes: 12 events; 5 finals; 5 PBs Bronze medal – 50m butterfly New Victorian Age qualifying time – 50m freestyle  Jasmin Thwaites: 16 events; 11 finals; 3 PBs Bronze medal – 50m backstroke  Gabe Watson: 31 events; 19 finals; 6 PBs Gold medals – 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke Silver medals – 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 50m butterfly, 200m backstroke, Bronze medal – 4x50m medley relay  Aidan Thomson: 20 events; 12 finals; 6 PBs

Jess Koopman awake as NOW ACCEPTING community continues to rally NETBALL COACHING Expressions of interest

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN

YARRAWONGA premiership player Jess Koopman has woken from an induced coma as support funds for his recovery continue to grow.

In a statement released to Facebook on Tuesday night, the Pigeons were pleased to share the news of Koopman’s recovery in a Melbourne hospital where he was awake and has had his breathing tube removed, after suffering serious facial burns last week due to an exploding firework.

“Whilst still woozy, many

signs are good, however, it d h is expected he will remain in hospital in Melbourne for a time,” the statement read.

“No doubt many of us would like to find a way to help and to facilitate such, the Yarrawonga Pigeons are continuing their fundraiser.”

As of Tuesday night more

than $15,000 had been raised by the club in their fundraiser pool, with every dollar going towards Koopman’s family and his recovery.

You can donate to the trust account via a EFT transfer to Hargraves Trust Account, BSB 063 537, account number 1019 7147, with the reference JK and your surname.

Receipts are available by emailing Hargrave@hargrave.com.au.

People are encouraged to leave their well wishes on Yarrawonga’s social media accounts or include them in the email.

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Tigers roar over Colts RATTLED: City Colts’ Kent Braden plays over the top of one which kept low from Ovens Valley United’s Cooper Thomason.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

Ovens Valley’s y bowlers keep p Cityy Colts q quiet with four wicket victoryy to start the season OVENS Valley United kickstarted their 2023/24 season with a handy win over City Colts at Bill O’Callaghan Oval on Saturday.

The Tigers maintained a strong line and length with the ball to knock Colts over for 71, before reaching the total with four wickets in hand, eventually recording 132.

Handed the ball by the

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Colts, the Tigers struck with the first delivery, running out Tyler Nanson.

Wickets tumbled as the home side slipped to 4/17 with Cooper Thomason getting one to keep low and

crash into Kent Braden’s poles.

Justin Solimo and Josh Nanson (top scoring with 13 runs) attempted a revival, making 23 runs together before Solimo edged one which was juggled and caught in the slips by Conner Forde.

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with 4/9 from eight overs, while Sam Piazza ended with 2/21 from his four over spell.

Determined to make up for their shortcomings with the willow, the Colts fired back, dismissing the Tigers’ top three batters before they made it to double digits.

The bleeding was stopped by Dylan Bursill (22 off 33) and Sam Piazza

(30 from 44), who took the Tigers across the line.

Skipper Bursill said his bowlers set the game up with dedicated line and length deliveries.

“We bowled really well, all of our bowlers came on and hit a length, no one really got taken to or anything,” he said.

“It was really positive in the field, we fielded really

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well to back up our bowlers.

“We talked about building the dots, creating pressure, and that’s what got us the wickets in the end.

“It’s great to have Mikka back after a year off last year with travel and his year 12 studies - he’s a big fella, about 6’6” so he gets a lot of bounce and he can bend his back and send them down.

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